The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
“Holmes,” said I as I stood one morning in our bow-window looking down the street, “here is a madman coming along. It seems rather sad that his relatives should allow him to come out alone.”
Showing posts with label The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Show all posts
Saturday, November 1, 2014
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Posted by Unknown on 6:09 AM
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
Posted by Unknown on 6:07 AM
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
We were seated at breakfast one morning, my wife and I, when the maid brought in a telegram. It was from Sherlock Holmes and ran in this way:
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Posted by Unknown on 6:05 AM
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
“To the man who loves art for its own sake,” remarked Sherlock Holmes, tossing aside the advertisement sheet of the Daily Telegraph, “it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived.
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Posted by Unknown on 6:02 AM
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Of all the problems which have been submitted to my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, for solution during the years of our intimacy, there were only two which I was the means of introducing to his notice—that of Mr. Hatherley's thumb, and that of Colonel Warburton's madness.
The Five Orange Pips
Posted by Unknown on 6:00 AM
The Five Orange Pips
When I glance over my notes and records of the Sherlock Holmes cases between the years '82 and '90, I am faced by so many which present strange and interesting features that it is no easy matter to know which to choose and which to leave.
A Case of Identity
Posted by Unknown on 5:58 AM
A Case of Identity
“My dear fellow,” said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side of the fire in his lodgings at Baker Street, “life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
Posted by Unknown on 5:56 AM
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have long ceased to be a subject of interest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves.
The Red-Headed League
Posted by Unknown on 5:54 AM
The Red-Headed League
I had called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autumn of last year and found him in deep conversation with a very stout, florid-faced, elderly gentleman with fiery red hair.
A Scandal in Bohemia
Posted by Unknown on 5:28 AM
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Posted by Unknown on 5:07 AM
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes,
The Man with the Twisted Lip
Posted by Unknown on 4:55 AM
Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George's, was much addicted to opium.
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The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet