The Story of the Beetle Hunter

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Overview

PERIL PRESS presents:
The Strand Magazine, June 1898
THE STORY OF THE BEETLE HUNTER
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Illustrated by Archibald S. Hartrick
6200 Words

Dr. Hamilton, jobless, spots an strange advertisement in the newspaper. Three conditions are required to postulate the job: be a medical doctor, have a strong physique of steady nerves, have strong knowledge in beetles... Despite these weird considerations, Hamilton applies. The mission is to accompany Lord Linchmere for a night in the house of Sir Thomas Rossiter, a well known entomologist...


Circa 1865 Unpublished
THE STORY OF A BENGAL TIGER
by Arthur Conan Doyle
A 30 word fragment of a story the 6 year old Doyle wrote

This edition includes the 8 illustrations to the story as well as a gallery of the 10 illustrations to a Sherlock Holmes story.

The Strand Magazine, October 1891
THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
10 illustrations by Sidney Paget

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148890478
Publisher:	Peril Press
Publication date:	10/31/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

A prolific author of books, short stories, poetry, and more, the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for the creation of one of literature’s most vivid and enduring characters: Sherlock Holmes. Through detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction, Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step into the swirling fog of Victorian London to rescue the innocent, confound the guilty, and solve the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885