Contents

  1. Overture: Remembering
  2. Part 1: Dr. Bell and Mr. Doyle
  3.   1.   A Super-Man
  4.   2.   Your Powers of Deduction
  5.   3.   Art in the Blood
  6.   4.   Seven Weary Steps
  7.   5.   Athens of the North
  8.   6.   No Man of Flesh and Blood
  9.   7.   Ode to Opium
  10.   8.   Drinking Poison
  11.   9.   Intemperance
  12. 10.   Dr. Conan Doyle, Surgeon
  13. 11.   A Wealth of Youth and Pluck
  14. 12.   The Circular Tour
  15. 13.   The Unseen World
  16. Part 2: Prophets and Police
  17. 14.   The Method of Zadig
  18. 15.   The Footmarks of Poe
  19. 16.   How Do You Know That?
  20. 17.   Games of Chess, Played with Live Pieces
  21. Part 3: Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson
  22. 18.   Dr. Sacker and Mr. Hope
  23. 19.   Bohemians in Baker Street
  24. 20.   A Little Too Scientific
  25. 21.   The Book of Life
  26. 22.   A Basilisk in the Desert
  27. 23.   A Born Novelist
  28. 24.   The Preternatural Sagacity of a Scientific Detective
  29. 25.   Truth as Death
  30. 26.   Watson’s Brother’s Watch
  31. 27.   Dread of Madhouses
  32. 28.   Adventures in the Strand
  33. 29.   Deerstalker
  34. 30.   To My Old Teacher
  35. Acknowledgments
  36. Notes
  37. Bibliography and Further Reading
  38. Index
  39. A Note on the Author
  40. Plate Section
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