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Sherlock Holmes". Chi non conosce Sherlock Holmes che, con la sua inesorabile catena di deduzioni, riesce a far luce sui misteri più fitti e a svelare le trame dei più agguerriti adepti del crimine? Questo libro raccoglie alcune delle indagini più esemplari del grande investigatore privato britannico il quale, con le sole armi dell'intelligenza e della capacità di osservazione, riesce a risolvere casi in apparenza insolubili. "Il mastino dei B...

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Un giovane gentiluomo del Sussex di nome John Openshaw arriva nell'ufficio di Sherlock Holmes con una strana storia. Quando John aveva dodici anni, suo zio Elias lo aveva accolto nella propria tenuta dopo essere tornato dall'America. Tuttavia, anche se John poteva andare ovunque in casa, non aveva mai potuto entrare in una stanza chiusa a chiave contenente 1 bauli di suo zio. Un'altra particolarità fu che nel marzo del 1883 una busta con il ti...

Un caso d'identità" si apre con il dottor Watson che va in visita dal suo vecchio amico Sherlock Holmes. Holmes è impegnato come non mai, ma il detective desidera ardentemente un caso in cui possa davvero mettere a frutto i suoi poteri di deduzione. Presto, un potenziale cliente viene avvistato davanti all'ingresso di Baker Street 221B: miss Mary Sutherland, una donna con un reddito notevole grazie agli interessi di un fondo istituito per lei,...

Excerpt from The Refugees, Vol. 3: A Tale of Two ContinentsThanks to the early tidings which the guardsman had brought with him, his little party was now ahead of the news. As they passed through the village of Louvier in the early morning they caught a glimpse of a naked corpse upon a dunghill, and were told by a grinning watchman that it was that of a Huguenot who had died impenitent, but that.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hun...

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Excerpt from The White CompanyWoman woman groaned the Abbot. Well has the holy Chrysostom termed them radix mala'ram. From Eve downwards, what good hath come from any of them Who brings the plaint?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitall...

Excerpt from Songs of ActionThe Shaft was cut in England A long Shaft, a strong shaft, Barbed and trim and true, SO we'll drink all together To the grey goose-feather And the land where the grey goose ¿ew.What of the mark P Ah, seek it not in England, A bold mark, our old mark IS waiting over - sea. When the strings harp in chorus, And the lion ¿ag is o'er us.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classi...

Excerpt from A Duet: With an Occasional ChorusMY dearest frank: I am sure that you are right in thinking that it would be as well not to have the ceremony too near the date of 'uncle Percival's arrival in England. We should be so sorry to hurt his feelings in any way! Mother has been down to Madame Mortimer's about the dresses, and she thinks that everything could be hurried up so as to be ready by July 7th. She is so obliging, and her skirts ...

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Excerpt from The Refugees, Vol. 2: A Tale of Two ContinentsFrom the side of how it would effect himself, that it had never struck him that his long suffering family, who had always yielded to him the absolute obedience which he claimed as his right, would venture to offer any opposi tion to his new resolution. He was surprised, therefore, when his brother demanded a private interview that afternoon, and entered his presence without the complai...

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Excerpt from The Croxley Master: A Great Tale of the Prize RingHis trouble was deeper and more personal. The winter session was approaching. He should be back again at the University completing the last year which would give him his medical de gree, but alas! He had not the money with which to pay his class fees, nor could he imagine how he could procure it. Sixty pounds were wanted to make his career, and it might have been as many thousands ...

Excerpt from The War in South Africa: Its Cause ConductFor some reason, which may be either arrogance or apathy, the British are very slow to state their case to the world. At present the reasons for our actions and the methods which we have used are set forth in many Blue-books, tracts, and lea¿ets, but have never, so far as I know, been collected into one small volume. In view of the persistent slanders to which our politicians and our soldi...

Excerpt from Songs of the RoadAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as...

Excerpt from Beyond the CityIf you please, mum, said the voice of a domestic from somewhere round the angle of the door, number three is moving in.Two little old ladies, who were sitting at either side of a table, sprang to their feet with ejaculations of interest, and rushed to the win dow of the sitting-room.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis b...

Excerpt from The Green Flag: And Other Stories of War and SportIes homogeneous, but these have this in common: that they concern themselves with war and sport - a fact which may commend them to the temper of the times. Such as they are I have chosen them as the fittest survivors out of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of ...