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The One and Only in beekeeping retirement
THE PUBLICATION of this anthology marks the first time the great parodies and pastiches of that "Extraordinary Man," as Mark Twain affectionately called him, have been collected in a single volume.
Why no one thought of doing it before, we shall never understand. But we are grateful the task has been left for us. Perhaps it was ordained that way from the beginning, by Someone who looks after twelve-year-old boys; perhaps this is a token-payment for the moment that, early or late, comes only once in a lifetime.
ELLERY QUEEN
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION v
PART ONE: BY DETECTIVE-STORY WRITERS
1892 THE GREAT PEGRAM MYSTERY
by Robert Barr 3
1907 HOLMLOCK SHEARS ARRIVES Too LATE
by Maurice Leblanc 14
1915 THE ADVENTURE OF THE CLOTHES-LINE
by Carolyn Wells 39
1920 THE UNIQUE HAMLET by Vincent Starrett 48
1925 HOLMES AND THE DASHER
by Anthony Berkeley 66
1929 THE CASE OF THE MISSING LADY
by Agatha Christie 70
1942 THE ADVENTURE OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS IMPOSTOR
by Anthony Boucher
1943 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. JAMES PHILLIMORE
by Ellery Queen
1943 THE ADVENTURE OF THE REMARKABLE WORM
PART TWO: BY FAMOUS LITERARY FIGURES
1893 THE ADVENTURE OF THE Two COLLABORATORS
by Sir James M. Barrie 119
1902 A DOUBLE-BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY
by Mar\ Twain 123
1902 THE STOLEN CIGAR CASE
by Bret Harte 164
1911 THE ADVENTURES OF SHAMROCK JOLNES
by O. Henry 175
PART THREE: BY HUMORISTS
1893 THE UMBROSA BURGLARY
by R. C. Lehmann 185
1897 THE STRANGER UNRAVELS A MYSTERY
by John K.endric\ Bangs 190
1903 SHYLOCK HOMES: His POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS
by John KendricJ^ Bangs 208
1911 MADDENED BY MYSTERY : OR, THE DEFECTIVE DETECTIVE
by Stephen Leacoc]{ 218
1916 AN IRREDUCIBLE DETECTIVE STORY
by Stephen Leacocf^ 227
PART FOUR: BY DEVOTEES AND OTHERS
1894 THE ADVENTURE OF THE TABLE FOOT
by Zero (Allan Ramsay} 231
1894 THE SIGN OF THE "400"
by R. K. MunkittricJ^ 235
1907 OUR MR. SMITH by Oswald Crawjurd 238
1920 THE FOOTPRINTS ON THE CEILING
by Jules Castier 245
1927 THE END OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
by A. E. P. 256
1928 THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORCROSS RIDDLE
by August Derleth 261
1929 THE MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS JEWEL
by William O. Fuller
1932 THE RUBY OF KHITMANDU
by Hugh Kingsmill
1932 His LAST SCRAPE: OR, HOLMES, SWEET HOLMES!
by Rachel Ferguson
1933 THE ADVENTURE OF THE MURDERED ART EDITOR
by Frederic Dorr Steele
1933 THE CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL MURDER
by Frederic Arnold Kummer and Basil Mitchell
275
291
301
306
Ji I v I* \f f If t* 4 J-t It'\sfiA' •*•*- vtnit>ii»\*i
and Basil Mitchell 313
CONTENTS
1934 THE CASE OF THE MISSING PATRIARCHS
by Logan Clendening, M.D. 330
1935 THE CASE OF THE DIABOLICAL PLOT
by Richard Mallett 33 2
1936 CHRISTMAS EVE by S. C. Roberts 33 6
1941 THE MAN WHO WAS NOT DEAD
by Manly Wade Wellman 348
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 357
BIBLIOGRAPHY 359
HOLMES, Sherlock; b. circa 1854, grandson of sister of the French military fainter Vernet, younger brother of Mycroft Holmes. Unmarried. Educ. College graduate, irregular student in chemical and anatomical classes of London University at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London; while a student devised new test for bloodstains, replacing old guaiacum test, through reagent precipitated by hemoglobin and no other substance; private consultive practice begun circa 7^77 and continued 23 years; after disappearance and reported death, May i, 1891, explored Tibet and penetrated Lhassa as a Norwegian named Sigerson, visiting Persia, Mecca and Khartoum before returning to professional practice in London, April, 1894, to complete the destruction of Professor Monarty's criminal gang; retired circa 7903 to small farm upon Sussex Downs five miles from Eastbourne, devoting himself to bee-keeping and giving up professional wor\ except for a mysterious mission to Shantung, 1914, for the Admiralty, clearing up the death of Fitzroy McPherson, and a German espionage case, 1912-1914, which caused him to reside at various times in Chicago,
THE PUBLICATION of this anthology marks the first time the great parodies and pastiches of that "Extraordinary Man," as Mark Twain affectionately called him, have been collected in a single volume.
Why no one thought of doing it before, we shall never understand. But we are grateful the task has been left for us. Perhaps it was ordained that way from the beginning, by Someone who looks after twelve-year-old boys; perhaps this is a token-payment for the moment that, early or late, comes only once in a lifetime.
ELLERY QUEEN
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION v
PART ONE: BY DETECTIVE-STORY WRITERS
1892 THE GREAT PEGRAM MYSTERY
by Robert Barr 3
1907 HOLMLOCK SHEARS ARRIVES Too LATE
by Maurice Leblanc 14
1915 THE ADVENTURE OF THE CLOTHES-LINE
by Carolyn Wells 39
1920 THE UNIQUE HAMLET by Vincent Starrett 48
1925 HOLMES AND THE DASHER
by Anthony Berkeley 66
1929 THE CASE OF THE MISSING LADY
by Agatha Christie 70
1942 THE ADVENTURE OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS IMPOSTOR
by Anthony Boucher
1943 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. JAMES PHILLIMORE
by Ellery Queen
1943 THE ADVENTURE OF THE REMARKABLE WORM
PART TWO: BY FAMOUS LITERARY FIGURES
1893 THE ADVENTURE OF THE Two COLLABORATORS
by Sir James M. Barrie 119
1902 A DOUBLE-BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY
by Mar\ Twain 123
1902 THE STOLEN CIGAR CASE
by Bret Harte 164
1911 THE ADVENTURES OF SHAMROCK JOLNES
by O. Henry 175
PART THREE: BY HUMORISTS
1893 THE UMBROSA BURGLARY
by R. C. Lehmann 185
1897 THE STRANGER UNRAVELS A MYSTERY
by John K.endric\ Bangs 190
1903 SHYLOCK HOMES: His POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS
by John KendricJ^ Bangs 208
1911 MADDENED BY MYSTERY : OR, THE DEFECTIVE DETECTIVE
by Stephen Leacoc]{ 218
1916 AN IRREDUCIBLE DETECTIVE STORY
by Stephen Leacocf^ 227
PART FOUR: BY DEVOTEES AND OTHERS
1894 THE ADVENTURE OF THE TABLE FOOT
by Zero (Allan Ramsay} 231
1894 THE SIGN OF THE "400"
by R. K. MunkittricJ^ 235
1907 OUR MR. SMITH by Oswald Crawjurd 238
1920 THE FOOTPRINTS ON THE CEILING
by Jules Castier 245
1927 THE END OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
by A. E. P. 256
1928 THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORCROSS RIDDLE
by August Derleth 261
1929 THE MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS JEWEL
by William O. Fuller
1932 THE RUBY OF KHITMANDU
by Hugh Kingsmill
1932 His LAST SCRAPE: OR, HOLMES, SWEET HOLMES!
by Rachel Ferguson
1933 THE ADVENTURE OF THE MURDERED ART EDITOR
by Frederic Dorr Steele
1933 THE CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL MURDER
by Frederic Arnold Kummer and Basil Mitchell
275
291
301
306
Ji I v I* \f f If t* 4 J-t It'\sfiA' •*•*- vtnit>ii»\*i
and Basil Mitchell 313
CONTENTS
1934 THE CASE OF THE MISSING PATRIARCHS
by Logan Clendening, M.D. 330
1935 THE CASE OF THE DIABOLICAL PLOT
by Richard Mallett 33 2
1936 CHRISTMAS EVE by S. C. Roberts 33 6
1941 THE MAN WHO WAS NOT DEAD
by Manly Wade Wellman 348
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 357
BIBLIOGRAPHY 359
HOLMES, Sherlock; b. circa 1854, grandson of sister of the French military fainter Vernet, younger brother of Mycroft Holmes. Unmarried. Educ. College graduate, irregular student in chemical and anatomical classes of London University at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London; while a student devised new test for bloodstains, replacing old guaiacum test, through reagent precipitated by hemoglobin and no other substance; private consultive practice begun circa 7^77 and continued 23 years; after disappearance and reported death, May i, 1891, explored Tibet and penetrated Lhassa as a Norwegian named Sigerson, visiting Persia, Mecca and Khartoum before returning to professional practice in London, April, 1894, to complete the destruction of Professor Monarty's criminal gang; retired circa 7903 to small farm upon Sussex Downs five miles from Eastbourne, devoting himself to bee-keeping and giving up professional wor\ except for a mysterious mission to Shantung, 1914, for the Admiralty, clearing up the death of Fitzroy McPherson, and a German espionage case, 1912-1914, which caused him to reside at various times in Chicago,
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