Beeton's Christmas Annual/1887

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1887

BEETON'S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL.

TWENTY-EIGHTH SEASON.

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A

STUDY IN SCARLET

BY A. CONAN DOYLE.

CONTAINING ALSO

Two Original Plays for Home Performance.

I.

"FOOD FOR POWDER."

BY R. ANDRE.

II.

"THE FOUR-LEAVED SHAMROCK."

BY C. J. HAMILTON.

With Numerous Original Engravings

BY

D. H. FRISTON, R. ANDRÉ, and MATT STRETCH

WARD, LOCK AND CO.

LONDON : WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.

NEW YORK: BOND STREET.

[All rights reserved.]

CONTENTS.

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A STUDY IN SCARLET.

Part I.

Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., late of the Army Medical Department.

1. chap

   page

2. I.

   Mr. Sherlock Holmes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

3. II.

   The Science of Deduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   7

4. III.

   The Lauriston Gardens Mystery ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   15

5. IV.

   What John Rance had to Tell ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   24

6. V.

   Our Advertisement brings a Visitor ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   30

7. VI.

   Tobias Gregson shows What He Can Do ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   35

8. VII.

   Light in the Darkness ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   42

Part II.

The Country of the Saints.

1. I.

   On the Great Alkali Plain ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   50

2. II.

   The Flower of Utah ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   58

3. III.

   John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   64

4. IV.

   A Flight for Life ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   68

5. V.

   The Avenging Angels ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   76

6. VI.

   A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   83

7. VII.

   The Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   91

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1. FOOD FOR POWDER. A Vaudeville for the Drawing-Room ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   96

2. THE FOUR-LEAVED SHAMROCK. A Drawing-Room Comedietta ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   115