What would the genre of detective fiction be without the inimitable Sherlock Holmes? One can only speculate as to its state given the absence of its most famous character. "e;The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"e; was the first anthology of Sherlock Holmes stories and collected together the stories that were first serialized in "e;The Strand Magazine"e; between June 1891 and July 1892. The stories included in this reprint of that volume are as follows: "e;A Scandal in Bohemia"e;, "e;The Red-Headed League"e;, "e;A Case of Identity"e;, "e;The Boscombe Valley Mystery"e;, "e;The Five Orange Pips"e;, "e;The Man with the Twisted Lip"e;, "e;The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"e;, "e;The Adventure of the Speckled Band"e;, "e;The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb"e;, "e;The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor"e;, "e;The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet"e;, and "e;The Adventure of the Copper Beeches"e;. This edition includes a biographical afterword.