TheSherlockHolmesBook

CONTENTS FOREWORD INTRODUCTION Steel true, blade straight • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don’t know • Sherlock Holmes I was a whetstone for his mind. I stimulated him • Dr. John Watson He sits motionless, like a spider in the centre of its web • Professor James Moriarty I am a practical man, Mr. Holmes, and when I have got my evidence I come to my conclusions • Inspector G. Lestrade THE EARLY ADVENTURES There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life • A Study in Scarlet I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule • The Sign of Four You see, but you do not observe • A Scandal in Bohemia I really wouldn’t miss your case for the world • The Red-Headed League The little things are infinitely the most important • A Case of Identity There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact • The Boscombe Valley Mystery I am the last court of appeal • The Five Orange Pips It is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all • The Man with the Twisted Lip In the larger and older jewels every face......