The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

I. A Scandal in Bohemia II. The Red Headed League III. A Case of Identity IV. The Boscombe Valley...

My dear Holmes, said I, this is too much. You would certainly have been burned, had you lived a few...

There will call upon you to night, at a quarter to eight oclock, it said, a gentleman who desires...

A man entered who could hardly have been less than six feet six inches in height, with the chest...

Our visitor glanced with some apparent surprise at the languid, lounging figure of the man who had...

To Clotilde Lothman von Saxe Meningen, second daughter of the King of Scandinavia. You may know the...

It was close upon four before the door opened, and a drunken looking groom, ill kempt and side...

I was still balancing the matter in my mind when a hansom cab drove up to Briony Lodge, and a...

I was half dragged up to the altar, and before I knew where I was I found myself mumbling responses...

It is nothing very formidable, he said, taking a long cigar shaped roll from his pocket. It is an...

Her banker or her lawyer. There is that double possibility. But I am inclined to think neither....

Then they carried me in. She was bound to have me in. What else could she do. And into her sitting...

It is true. And yet . Well. I wish she had been of my own station. What a queen she would have...

What a woman oh, what a woman. cried the King of Bohemia, when we had all three read this epistle....

Try the settee, said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, as...

Sherlock Holmes quick eye took in my occupation, and he shook his head with a smile as he noticed...

Well, it is just as I have been telling you, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, said Jabez Wilson, mopping his...

Why, says he, heres another vacancy on the League of the Red headed Men. Its worth quite a little...

I never hope to see such a sight as that again, Mr. Holmes. From north, south, east, and west every...

In the case of another, said he, the objection might be fatal, but we must stretch a point in...

Well, I thought over the matter all day, and by evening I was in low spirits again; for I had quite...

No, no, cried Holmes, shoving him back into the chair from which he had half risen. I really...

No, sir. But I want to find out about them, and who they are, and what their object was in playing...

We travelled by the Underground as far as Aldersgate; and a short walk took us to Saxe Coburg...

I trust that I am not more dense than my neighbours, but I was always oppressed with a sense of my...

Oh, if you say so, Mr. Jones, it is all right, said the stranger with deference. Still, I confess...

We are close there now, my friend remarked. This fellow Merryweather is a bank director, and...

Yes. We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources and borrowed for that purpose...

At first it was but a lurid spark upon the stone pavement. Then it lengthened out until it became a...

I have had one or two little scores of my own to settle with Mr. John Clay, said Holmes. I have...

It saved me from ennui, he answered, yawning. Alas. I already feel it closing in upon me. My life...

Indeed, your example is an unfortunate one for your argument, said Holmes, taking the paper and...

As he spoke there was a tap at the door, and the boy in buttons entered to announce Miss Mary...

Oh, no, sir. It is quite separate and was left me by my uncle Ned in Auckland. It is in New Zealand...

Well, you know father didnt like anything of the sort. He wouldnt have any visitors if he could...

Yes, sir, but very quietly. It was to be at St. Saviours, near Kings Cross, and we were to have...

For all the preposterous hat and the vacuous face, there was something noble in the simple faith of...

Pon my word, Watson, you are coming along wonderfully. You have really done very well indeed. It is...

Not only that, but the signature is typewritten. Look at the neat little Hosmer Angel at the...

Oh, that. I thought of the salt that I have been working upon. There was never any mystery in the...

Mr. Windibank sprang out of his chair and picked up his hat. I cannot waste time over this sort of...

Very likely not. However that may be, the young lady was very decidedly carried away, and, having...

Having once spotted my man, it was easy to get corroboration. I knew the firm for which this man...

We had the carriage to ourselves save for an immense litter of papers which Holmes had brought with...

On June 3rd, that is, on Monday last, McCarthy left his house at Hatherley about three in the...

My dear fellow, I know you well. I know the military neatness which characterises you. You shave...

Witness. I was so disturbed and excited as I rushed out into the open, that I could think of...

Lestrade laughed indulgently. You have, no doubt, already formed your conclusions from the...

Yes, have you not heard. Poor father has never been strong for years back, but this has broken him...

Ah, thereby hangs a rather painful tale. This fellow is madly, insanely, in love with her, but some...

Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent as this. Men who had only known...

Lestrade shrugged his shoulders. I am a practical man, he said, and I really cannot undertake to go...

Sherlock Holmes took a folded paper from his pocket and flattened it out on the table. This is a...

The man who entered was a strange and impressive figure. His slow, limping step and bowed shoulders...

You didnt know this dead man, McCarthy. He was a devil incarnate. I tell you that. God keep you out...

His son, you see, had grown up, and so had my girl, and as I was known to be in weak health, it...

James McCarthy was acquitted at the Assizes on the strength of a number of objections which had...

The man who entered was young, some two and twenty at the outside, well groomed and trimly clad,...

One day it was in March, 1883 a letter with a foreign stamp lay upon the table in front of the...

Well, to come to an end of the matter, Mr. Holmes, and not to abuse your patience, there came a...

In this sinister way I came into my inheritance. You will ask me why I did not dispose of it. I...

Holmes moved the lamp, and we both bent over the sheet of paper, which showed by its ragged edge...

Then I shall call upon you in a day, or in two days, with news as to the box and the papers. I...

Excellent. We have already a clue. There can be no doubt that the probability the strong...

You will observe, said Holmes, laying down the volume, that the sudden breaking up of the society...

All day I was engaged in my professional work, and it was late in the evening before I returned to...

Oh, I have my hand upon him. He and the two mates, are as I learn, the only native born Americans...

It was not the first time that she had spoken to us of her husbands trouble, to me as a doctor, to...

So I am. But youve got mixed, Watson, for I have only been here a few hours, three pipes, four...

Ay, bodies, Watson. We should be rich men if we had 1000 for every poor devil who has been done to...

Some years ago to be definite, in May, 1884 there came to Lee a gentleman, Neville St. Clair by...

And now as to the villains who seemed to be immediately implicated in the matter. The Lascar was...

No, I dont think you would guess. Every pocket stuffed with pennies and half pennies 421 pennies...

Because there are many inquiries which must be made out here. Mrs. St. Clair has most kindly put...

He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out upon the table he drew over the lamp...

A large and comfortable double bedded room had been placed at our disposal, and I was quickly...

We made our way downstairs as quietly as possible, and out into the bright morning sunshine. In the...

He certainly needs a wash, remarked Holmes. I had an idea that he might, and I took the liberty of...

You are the first who have ever heard my story. My father was a schoolmaster in Chesterfield, where...

Last Monday I had finished for the day and was dressing in my room above the opium den when I...

Not at all. I am glad to have a friend with whom I can discuss my results. The matter is a...

My dear fellow, there lies the problem. It is true that For Mrs. Henry Baker was printed upon a...

For answer Holmes clapped the hat upon his head. It came right over the forehead and settled upon...

One tallow stain, or even two, might come by chance; but when I see no less than five, I think that...

Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel Robbery. John Horner, 26, plumber, was brought up upon the charge of...

When the commissionaire had gone, Holmes took up the stone and held it against the light. Its a...

Our visitor gave a rather shamefaced laugh. Shillings have not been so plentiful with me as they...

It was a bitter night, so we drew on our ulsters and wrapped cravats about our throats. Outside,...

Thats the list of the folk from whom I buy. Dyou see. Well, then, here on this page are the country...

Ha. this may save us a visit to Brixton Road, whispered Holmes. Come with me, and we will see what...

Yes, and a most remarkable bird it proved. I dont wonder that you should take an interest in it. It...

Ryder threw himself down suddenly upon the rug and clutched at my companions knees. For Gods sake,...

Oh, says she, weve set yours aside for you Jems bird, we call it. Its the big white one over...

It was early in April in the year 83 that I woke one morning to find Sherlock Holmes standing,...

No, but I observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm of your left glove. You must have...

The family was at one time among the richest in England, and the estates extended over the borders...

She died just two years ago, and it is of her death that I wish to speak to you. You can understand...

That was what the county coroner asked me at the inquiry. It is my strong impression that I heard...

As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to day upon some most important business. It is...

I will go when I have had my say. Dont you dare to meddle with my affairs. I know that Miss Stoner...

Theres the village, said the driver, pointing to a cluster of roofs some distance to the left; but...

Miss Stoner did so, and Holmes, after a careful examination through the open window, endeavoured in...

Ah, yes, of course. Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a saucer of milk does not go very...

Sherlock Holmes and I had no difficulty in engaging a bedroom and sitting room at the Crown Inn....

There was little difficulty in entering the grounds, for unrepaired breaches gaped in the old park...

Suddenly there was the momentary gleam of a light up in the direction of the ventilator, which...

As he spoke he drew the dog whip swiftly from the dead mans lap, and throwing the noose round the...

Of all the problems which have been submitted to my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, for solution...

I am sorry to knock you up so early, Doctor, said he, but I have had a very serious accident during...

Oh, I have heard of that fellow, answered my visitor, and I should be very glad if he would take...

Holmes sat in his big armchair with the weary, heavy lidded expression which veiled his keen and...

That is quite correct, I answered; but you will excuse me if I say that I cannot see how all this...

I thought of the fifty guineas, and of how very useful they would be to me. Not at all, said I, I...

Well, when I came to think it all over in cool blood I was very much astonished, as you may both...

I glanced at the books upon the table, and in spite of my ignorance of German I could see that two...

Colonel Lysander Stark stopped at last before a low door, which he unlocked. Within was a small,...

And then suddenly in the silence I heard a sound which sent my heart into my mouth. It was the...

You are mad, Elise. he shouted, struggling to break away from her. You will be the ruin of us. He...

Here is an advertisement which will interest you, said he. It appeared in all the papers about a...

The station master laughed heartily. No, sir, Dr. Becher is an Englishman, and there isnt a man in...

How our hydraulic engineer had been conveyed from the garden to the spot where he recovered his...

I assure you, Watson, without affectation, that the status of my client is a matter of less moment...

Then I have just time, with your assistance, to get clear upon the subject. Turn over those papers...

The family of Lord Robert St. Simon has been thrown into the greatest consternation by the strange...

A most painful matter to me, as you can most readily imagine, Mr. Holmes. I have been cut to the...

Lord St. Simon shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows. We have been on a friendly footing...

Without, however, the knowledge of pre existing cases which serves me so well. There was a parallel...

Very good, Lestrade, said Holmes, laughing. You really are very fine indeed. Let me see it. He took...

I think that I heard a ring, said Holmes. Yes, there are steps on the landing. If I cannot persuade...

The next I heard of Frank was that he was in Montana, and then he went prospecting in Arizona, and...

Then I trust that you at least will honour me with your company, said Sherlock Holmes. It is always...

Ah, Watson, said Holmes, smiling, perhaps you would not be very gracious either, if, after all the...

You have come to me to tell your story, have you not. said he. You are fatigued with your haste....

Yesterday morning I was seated in my office at the bank when a card was brought in to me by one of...

The propriety of my leaving it. You may set your mind at rest about that. I should not dream of...

So much for the servants. My family itself is so small that it will not take me long to describe...

Yes, but you would not have me leave it a dishonoured man, said he. I could not bear the disgrace....

By this time the whole house was astir, for I had raised my voice in my anger. Mary was the first...

Now, my dear sir, said Holmes, is it not obvious to you now that this matter really strikes very...

The stable lane. She raised her dark eyebrows. What can he hope to find there. Ah. this, I suppose,...

Thank you. We have certainly been favoured with extraordinary luck during this inquiry, and it will...

Oh, so so. Nothing to complain of. I have been out to Streatham since I saw you last, but I did not...

Yes. Her bed this morning had not been slept in, her room was empty, and a note for me lay upon the...

It is unfortunately more than possible; it is certain. Neither you nor your son knew the true...

And that was why she shrieked and fainted when she saw the coronet, cried Mr. Holder. Oh, my God....

And who could it be who was her confederate. A lover evidently, for who else could outweigh the...

You have erred, perhaps, he observed, taking up a glowing cinder with the tongs and lighting with...

Pshaw, my dear fellow, what do the public, the great unobservant public, who could hardly tell a...

I could see that Holmes was favourably impressed by the manner and speech of his new client. He...

Oh, tut, tut. sweating rank sweating. he cried, throwing his fat hands out into the air like a man...