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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final collection of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally published in 1927, it contains stories published between 1921 and 1927.

It is notable for containing two stories not narrated by Dr. Watson. "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" is narrated in the third person, and "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane"--which is set after Holmes's retirement, and in which Watson does not appear--is narrated by Holmes himself.

Contents

• "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client"
• "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier"
• "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone"
• "The Adventure of the Three Gables"
• "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"
• "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs"
• "The Problem of Thor Bridge"
• "The Adventure of the Creeping Man"
• "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane"
• "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger"
• "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place"
• "The Adventure of the Retired Colourman"

Most Holmesian aficionados and scholars consider the stories contained in The Casebook to be among the least impressive in the canon. They were written at a time when Doyle was heavily immersed in his newfound passion for spiritualism and seances, and considerably less than interested in continuing to produce Sherlock Holmes stories, which he regarded by now as a distracting nuisance. By the time The Casebook was published, 40 years had passed since publication of the first Holmes adventure, and the author's heart was no longer in his work, although sales remained very strong. A couple of the stories are comparable with Doyle's earlier work but in general this collection is very much a lesser entry in the Sherlock Holmes canon.

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