Arthur Conan Doyle's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Arthur Conan Doyle2008-03-14T13:44:02ZThe Adventure of the Second Stain (fiction)http://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle/writeups/The+Adventure+of+the+Second+StainArthur Conan Doylehttp://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle2008-03-14T13:44:02Z2008-03-14T13:44:02Z<p align="justify"><i>The Adventure of the Second Stain</i> is one of the short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir <a href="/title/Arthur+Conan+Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, first published in 1905. It is now in the public domain. It has been transferred to electronic text by <a href="/title/optical+character+recognition">optical character recognition</a>, and this copy has been reformatted for E2 and cleaned of OCR errors by <a href="/title/rootbeer277">rootbeer277</a>. A paper version can be found in a collection of short stories called <i><a href="/title/The+Return+of+Sherlock+Holmes">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a>.</i> </p>
<p align="justify"><i>The Adventure of the Second Stain</i> is uncomfortably prescient in its prediction of <a href="/title/World+War+I">World War I</a>. At the time this was written, Europe was divided into two superblocs, each intended as a deterrent to the other by threat of any minor conflict escalating into a war spanning the continent. As we all know, this did eventually happen, but if it weren't for <a href="/title/Sherlock+Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> it might have started a bit sooner. For the second time, in fact, considering the similar tale of <a href="/title/The+Naval+Treaty">The Naval Treaty</a>.</p>
<p align="justify"><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (fiction)http://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle/writeups/The+Adventure+of+the+Abbey+GrangeArthur Conan Doylehttp://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle2008-02-12T14:03:23Z2008-02-12T14:03:23Z<p align="justify"><i>The Adventure of the Abbey Grange</i> is one of the short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir <a href="/title/Arthur+Conan+Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, first published in 1905. It is now in the public domain. It has been transferred to electronic text by <a href="/title/optical+character+recognition">optical character recognition</a>, and this copy has been reformatted for E2 and cleaned of OCR errors by <a href="/title/rootbeer277">rootbeer277</a>. A paper version can be found in a collection of short stories called <i><a href="/title/The+Return+of+Sherlock+Holmes">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a>.</i> </p>
<p align="justify">Inspector Stanley Hopkins is becoming a regular character in <a href="/title/Sherlock+Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> stories, once again calling in Holmes to Abbey Grange to <a href="/title/consultant">consult</a> on a mysterious case involving murder. And once again the victim, Sir Eustace Brackenstall, is <a href="/title/the+Adventure+of+Black+Peter">a cruel and malicious man</a>, whose passing will be mourned by few. Still, the available evidence points to robbery, and his wife, the Lady Mary Brackenstall neé Fraser, received a blow to the head in the process.</p>
…The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter (fiction)http://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle/writeups/The+Adventure+of+the+Missing+Three-QuarterArthur Conan Doylehttp://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle2008-02-11T00:36:04Z2008-02-11T00:36:04Z<p align="justify"><i> The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter </i> is one of the short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir <a href="/title/Arthur+Conan+Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, first published in 1905. It is now in the public domain. It has been transferred to electronic text by <a href="/title/optical+character+recognition">optical character recognition</a>, and this copy has been reformatted for E2 and cleaned of OCR errors by <a href="/title/rootbeer277">rootbeer277</a>. A paper version can be found in a collection of short stories called <i><a href="/title/The+Return+of+Sherlock+Holmes">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a>.</i> </p>
<p align="justify"><i> The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter </i> is the story of an amateur <a href="/title/rugby">rugby</a> player (three-quarter being the position he plays) on the day before a critical match. As he is the team's star player, the others go to <a href="/title/Scotland+Yard">Scotland Yard</a> to see if the police could do anything. Inspector Stanley Hopkins, who has played a role in some of Sherlock's recent adventures, directs him to <a href="/title/221b+Baker+Street">221b Baker Street</a> to see what the famous detective can do.</p>
<p align="justify">The investigation takes Holmes and<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (fiction)http://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle/writeups/The+Adventure+of+the+Golden+Pince-NezArthur Conan Doylehttp://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle2008-02-04T04:21:06Z2008-02-04T04:21:06Z<p align="justify"><i>The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez</i> is one of the short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir <a href="/title/Arthur+Conan+Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, first published in 1905. It is now in the public domain. It has been transferred to electronic text by <a href="/title/optical+character+recognition">optical character recognition</a>, and this copy has been reformatted for E2 and cleaned of OCR errors by <a href="/title/rootbeer277">rootbeer277</a>. A paper version can be found in a collection of short stories called <i><a href="/title/The+Return+of+Sherlock+Holmes">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a>.</i> </p>
<p align="justify"><i>The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez</i> is another satisfying <a href="/title/detective">detective</a> story for our hero, Mr. Holmes. A murder has been committed, and the most valuable clue is a gold-rimmed <a href="/title/pince-nez">pince-nez</a> (a type of eyeglasses without stems that are secured by pinching the nose) apparently dropped by the killer. <a href="/title/Scotland+Yard">Scotland Yard</a> detective Stanley Hopkins, first seen in <a href="/title/The+Adventure+of+Black+Peter">The Adventure of Black Peter</a>, returns as Sherlock's <a href="/title/foil">foil</a> to contrast the common policeman's take on the mystery with Sherlock's own genius insight<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…The Adventure of the Three Students (fiction)http://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle/writeups/The+Adventure+of+the+Three+StudentsArthur Conan Doylehttp://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle2008-02-02T22:22:56Z2008-02-02T22:22:56Z<p align="justify"><i> The Adventure of the Three Students </i> is one of the short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir <a href="/title/Arthur+Conan+Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, first published in 1905. It is now in the public domain. It has been transferred to electronic text by <a href="/title/optical+character+recognition">optical character recognition</a>, and this copy has been reformatted for E2 and cleaned of OCR errors by <a href="/title/rootbeer277">rootbeer277</a>. A paper version can be found in a collection of short stories called <i><a href="/title/The+Return+of+Sherlock+Holmes">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a>.</i> </p>
<p align="justify"><i> The Adventure of the Three Students </i> represents a return to actual detective work for our brilliant detective, as he examines a crime scene, gathers clues, interrogates suspects, and ultimately uncovers the truth. The crime, such as it is, is not so terrible in this story as in some of the others. Rather than robbery, murder, or blackmail, Holmes attempts to uncover who it was that snuck into a tutor's room in order to <a href="/title/cheating+on+tests">cheat on a test</a>.</p>
<p align="justify">Of course true fans of<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (fiction)http://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle/writeups/The+Adventure+of+the+Six+NapoleonsArthur Conan Doylehttp://m.everything2.com/user/Arthur+Conan+Doyle2008-02-01T14:27:04Z2008-02-01T14:27:04Z<p align="justify"><i> The Adventure of the Six Napoleons </i> is one of the short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir <a href="/title/Arthur+Conan+Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, first published in 1905. It is now in the public domain. It has been transferred to electronic text by <a href="/title/optical+character+recognition">optical character recognition</a>, and this copy has been reformatted for E2 and cleaned of OCR errors by <a href="/title/rootbeer277">rootbeer277</a>. A paper version can be found in a collection of short stories called <i><a href="/title/The+Return+of+Sherlock+Holmes">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a>.</i> </p>
<p align="justify"><i> The Adventure of the Six Napoleons </i> is the story of six inexpensive plaster casts of a bust of <a href="/title/Napoleon+Bonaparte">Napoleon Bonaparte</a>, and the man who is methodically tracking them down to destroy them. It should be obvious to any modern reader far sooner than it is to the characters that there is something hidden in one of the busts, but fortunately the story goes beyond that simple mystery with a sudden murder and identities that must be discovered. In the end, we find that not only did Holmes discover the reason for<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…