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The Conan Doyle Stories (John Murray, 7s. 6d.) is the

companion volume to The Sherlock Holmes Stories, and will be equally welcome to many readers. There will be few who do not recognize among the many excellent yarns one or two which struck him at the time of their first appearance, and many which might well have done so. It is good to be re- minded, by the excellent classification of the book, in how- many of the now popular types of story Sir Arthur was a pioneer, and it is certain that few of his imitators have sur- passed him. * * * *