Contents The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Contents

A Study in Scarlet
The Sign of Four
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1  Mr. Sherlock Holmes
2  The Curse of the Baskervilles
3  The Problem
4  Sir Henry Baskerville
5  Three Broken Threads
6  Baskerville Hall
7  The Stapletons of the Merripit House
8  First Report of Dr. Watson
9  Second Report of Dr. Watson
10  Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
11  The Man on the Tor
12  Death on the Moor
13  Fixing the Nets
14  The Hound of the Baskervilles
15  A Retrospection
The Valley of Fear
His Last Bow
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THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

First edition
First edition, 1902

 

Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
Chapter 3. The Problem
Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
Chapter 7. The Stapletons of the Merripit House
Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
Chapter 9. Second Report of Dr. Watson
Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 15. A Retrospection

The story was first published monthly in the Strand Magazine, Aug. 1901 - Apr. 1902, with 60 illustrations by Sidney Paget. The first book edition was published on 25 Mar. 1902 by G. Newnes Ltd. in an edition of 25,000 copies. The first American edition by McClure, Phillips & Co. on 15 Apr. 1902 in an edition of 50,000 copies.

DEDICATION

MY DEAR ROBINSON: It was your account of a west country legend which first suggested the idea of this little tale to my mind. For this, and for the help which you gave me in its evolution, all thanks.

Yours most truly,
A. CONAN DOYLE.

 

David Soucek, 1998