Sampling works by the creator of Holmes and Watson, this collection features Doyle's detective stories, horror tales, journalism, historical stories, and the complete text of his science-fiction novel The Poison Belt.

Introduction --
Chronology --
From A Study in Scarlet, Part I (1887) --
Scandal in Bohemia
"The Los Amigos Fiasco" (1892) --
"The Case of Lady Sannox" (1893) --
"How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom" (1894) --
"How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio" (1895) --
From The Stark Munro Letters (1895) --
"The King of the Foxes" (1898) --
"The Brazilian Cat" (1898) --
"The Brown Hand" (1899) --
Adventure of the Empty House
Dancing Men
From The Crime of the Congo (1909) --
From The Lost World (1912) --
The Poison Belt (1913) --
"Danger!" (1914) --
From A Visit to Three Fronts (1916) --
From The Wanderings of a Spiritualist (1921) --
Bibliography.