Review: The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes

The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes / 0-7858-1325-X

This collection contains the following stories from the following collections:

ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
- Scandal in Bohemia
- Red-Headed League
- Case of Identity
- Boscombe Valley Mystery
- Five Orange Pips
- Man with the Twisted Lip
- Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
- Adventure of the Speckled Band
- Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
- Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
- Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
- Adventure of the Copper Beeches

MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
- Adventure of the Silver Blaze
- Adventure of the Cardboard Box
- Adventure of the Yellow Face
- Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
- Adventure of the "Gloria Scott"
- Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
- Adventure of the Reigate Squires
- Adventure of the Crooked Man
- Adventure of the Resident Patient
- Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
- Adventure of the Naval Treaty
- Adventure of the Final Problem

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
- Adventure of the Empty House
- Adventure of the Norwood Builder
- Adventure of the Dancing Men
- Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
- Adventure of the Priory School
- Adventure of Black Peter
- Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
- Adventure of the Six Napoleons
- Adventure of the Three Students
- Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
- Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
- Adventure of the Abbey Grange
- Adventure of the Second Stain

This is a very extensive collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, although the collection is not comprehensive - the stories contained in "The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes" are missing, and "A Study in Scarlet" is absent as well. The illustrations are quite good, and occur at a frequency of about once a page, and add a great deal to the narrative. I highly recommend this collection if you have not been exposed to Sherlock Holmes or if you are looking to consolidate your collection in a single, tightly-bound, illustrated volume.

~ Ana Mardoll

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