The Boys' Sherlock Holmes: A Selection from the Works of a Conan Doyle

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Howard Haycraft (Editor)

Introduction: the true story of Sherlock Holmes --
Part I.A study in Scarlet --
part II. The original of Sherlock Holmes / by Dr. H.E. Jones --
Part III. The sign of the four --
part IV. Selected short stories: The adventure of the speckled band. The adventure of the noble bachelor. The adventure of the beryl coronet. The adventure of the copper beeches. The adventure of the blue carbuncle.

Genres: Mystery

368 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1960

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Reviews

[Joanne G. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I persistently checked this book out of my junior high library and was constantly peeved that the book was touted for "boys." There was no boy who loved the cerebral detective more than I.

It pains me that the book has been reprinted as recently as 2005, and it is still marketed to "boys." Would a girls' edition come with a pink jacket?

[Alisia · Rating 5 out of 5]

As usual enjoyed ever bit of the stories written in here.