The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
The twelve stories of the Memoirs are:
- "The Adventure of Silver Blaze"
- "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" (this story is in His Last Bow in American editions of the canon)
- "The Adventure of the Yellow Face"
- "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk"
- "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" (Holmes's first case, described to Watson)
- "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" (another early case, told by Holmes to Watson)
- "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire"
- "The Adventure of the Crooked Man"
- "The Adventure of the Resident Patient"
- "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter"
- "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty"
- "The Adventure of the Final Problem" (Watson reports the death of Holmes)
The Cardboard Box
The first London edition of the Memoirs in 1894 did not include "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box," although all twelve stories had appeared in the Strand Magazine. The first US edition did include the story, but it was very quickly replaced with a revised edition that omitted it.
The reasoning behind the suppression is unclear. In Britain the story was apparently removed at Doyle's request as it included adultery and so was unsuitable for younger readers. This may have also been the cause for the rapid removal of the story from the US edition, although some sources state that the publishers believed the story was too scandalous for the American public.
As a result, this story was not republished in the USA until many years later, when it was added to His Last Bow. Even today, most American editions of the canon include it with His Last Bow, while most British editions keep the story in its original place in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Additionally, with the removal of the story several of its opening pages, where Holmes emulates Dupin, were shoved into the beginning of "The Adventure of the Resident Patient," and some restored versions of the "Cardboard Box" 'include' this removal.
Wikisource links
- Silver Blaze
- The Cardboard Box
- The Yellow Face
- The Stock-broker's Clerk
- The Gloria Scott
- The Musgrave Ritual
- The Reigate Puzzle
- The Crooked Man
- The Resident Patient
- The Greek Interpreter
- The Naval Treaty
- The Final Problem