
The collection first appeared in 1894 in serial form in The Strand Magazine and then was later compiled into a single volume.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 stories featuring the pipe-smoking, violin-playing eccentric central character. Created by a Scottish writer and physician, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this immortal private eye has solved cases for kings and commoners, lovely damsels and little old ladies, engineers and country squires and a legion of others who come to him in distress and perplexity.

In the company of his faithful companion, Dr Watson, Holmes has consistently delighted generations of readers.

For more than a century and a quarter, fans of detective fiction have enjoyed the doings of the iconic sleuth, Mr.
