To my friend major-general A. W. Drayson as a slight token of my admiration for his great and as yet unrecognised services to astronomy this little volume is dedicated

Preface

For the use of some of the following Tales I am indebted to the courtesy of the Proprietors of "Cornhill", "Temple Bar", "Belgravia", "London Society", "Cassell's" and "The Boy's Own Paper."

A. Conan Doyle, M.D.

Contents:

• The Captain Of The Pole-star

• J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement

• The Great Keinplatz Experiment

• The Man From Archangel

• That Little Square Box

• John Huxford's Hiatus

• A Literary Mosaic

• John Barrington Cowles

• The Parson Of Jackman's Gulch

• The Ring Of Thoth