| His Last Bow | |
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 Cover of the first edition of His Last Bow |
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| Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Sherlock Holmes |
| Genre(s) | Detective fiction short stories |
| Publisher | John Murray |
| Publication date | 1917 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 305 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | The Return of Sherlock Holmes |
| Followed by | The Valley of Fear |
His Last Bow is a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories (eight in American, and some British, editions) by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the title of one of the stories in that collection. Originally published in 1917, it contains the various Holmes stories published between 1908 and 1913, as well as the one-off title story from 1917.
The collection was originally called Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes and did not contain the actual story His Last Bow, which appeared later, after the full-length The Valley of Fear was published. However later editions added it and changed the title. Some recent complete editions have restored the earlier title.
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge was not originally published under that name; it is a lengthy two-part story, consisting of The Singular Experience of Mr John Scott Eccles and The Tiger of San Pedro, and on original publication it bore no collective title other than "A Reminiscence of Mr Sherlock Holmes".
Contents
- "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge"
- "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" (this story is in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions of the canon)
- "The Adventure of the Red Circle"
- "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans"
- "The Adventure of the Dying Detective"
- "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax"
- "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot"
- "His Last Bow" (told in the third person)
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