Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes illustrated Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" - news - newspapers - books - scholar - JSTOR (February 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesMemoirs of sherlock holmes.jpgCover of The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesAuthorArthur Conan DoyleIllustratorSidney PagetCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesSherlock HolmesGenreDetective fiction short storiesPublisherGeorge NewnesPublication date1893 (dated 1894) [1]Media typePrint (hardcover) Pagesviii, 279Preceded byThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Followed byThe Hound of the Baskervilles TextThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes at WikisourceThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published late in 1893 with 1894 date.[1] It was first published in the UK by G. Newnes Ltd., and was published in the US by Harper & Brothers in February 1894.[2] It was the second collection featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, following The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Like the first it was illustrated by Sidney Paget. The twelve stories were originally published in The Strand Magazine from December 1892 to December 1893 as The Adventures number 13 to 24. For instance, "The Final Problem" was published under the subheading "XXIV.-The Adventure of the Final Problem."[3]Doyle determined that these would be the last Holmes stories, and intended to kill off the character in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes novel in 1901-1902, The Hound of the Baskervilles, set before "The Final Problem". Next year a new series, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, begins with the aftermath of "The Final Problem", in which it is revealed that Holmes actually survived.