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= His_Last_Bow_ =
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Introduction
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'His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes' is a 1917
collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by British
writer Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, "His
Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917). The collection's
first US edition adjusts the anthology's subtitle to 'Some Later
Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes'.
All editions contain a brief preface, by "John H. Watson, M.D.", that
assures readers that as of the date of publication, Holmes is long
retired from his profession of detective but is still alive and well,
albeit suffering from a touch of rheumatism.
Publication history
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The book was published in the UK by John Murray in October 1917, and
in the US by George H. Doran Co. that same month.
The collection contains "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box", which
was also included in the first American edition of 'The Memoirs of
Sherlock Holmes' (1894) but was dropped from later editions of that
book.
Six of the stories were published in 'The Strand Magazine' between
September 1908 and December 1913. 'The Strand' published "The
Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" as "A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes"
and divided it into two parts, called "The Singular Experience of Mr.
John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro". Later printings of
'His Last Bow' correct 'Wistaria' to 'Wisteria'.
The final story, "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes"
(1917), an epilogue about Holmes' war service, was first published in
'Collier's' on 22 September 1917--one month before the book's premiere
on 22 October.
Contents
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:: Preface by John H. Watson (1917)
# "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (1908)
# "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" (1893)
# "The Adventure of the Red Circle" (1911)
# "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" (1908)
# "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" (1913)
# "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" (1911)
# "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" (1910)
# "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917)
Adaptations
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Series for which all the stories in 'His Last Bow' were adapted
include the Sherlock Holmes Stoll film series (1921-1923) and the
radio series 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' (1930-1936). All the
stories in the collection except "His Last Bow" were adapted as
episodes of the 1939-1950 radio series 'The New Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes', and all were dramatised for the BBC Sherlock Holmes 1952-1969
radio series.
Except for the short story "His Last Bow", the stories in the
collection were adapted for television as episodes of the Granada
television series (1984-1994). 'His Last Bow' was dramatised for BBC
Radio 4 in 1994 as part of the BBC Sherlock Holmes 1989-1998 radio
series. All the stories in the collection were adapted as episodes of
the radio series 'The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'
(2005-2016). The stories in 'His Last Bow' have also been adapted for
various other productions.
License
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