my road to nowhere

Where to find some of the Sherlock Holmes manuscripts. So, if you want to read the SH stories in ACD’s own hand, you’ll find in this list all the manuscripts that are available via online. Here they are in all their glory and with all the corrections from those times ACD forgot a place or character’s name and when he changed a “he” for “my friend” and a “you” for “my poor Watson”, enjoy!

A Study in Scarlet (fragment)

A Scandal in Bohemia (entire work)

The Adventure of Black Peter (fragment)

The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (fragment)

The Adventure of the Dancing Men (entire work)

The Adventure of the Dying Detective (fragment)

The Adventure of the Empty House (fragment)

The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (fragment)

The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (entire work)

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter (fragment)

The Adventure of the Red Circle (fragment)

The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (fragment)

The Adventure of the Three Gables (fragment)

The Adventure of the Three Students (entire work)

The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (fragment)

The Problem of Thor Bridge (fragment)

The Reigate Squires (tiny fragment)

The Sign of Four (fragment)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (fragment) (fragment 2) (fragment 3)

His Last Bow (fragment) (another fragment)

Holmes’ letter to Watson in The Final Problem

More about the manuscripts, their current location and status.

Also:

How Watson learned the trick, ACD’s contribution to Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House library.

A chat with Conan Doyle

Doyle’s replies to a questionnaire, possibly as part of a party game.

The Detective of the Future

Conan Doyle’s application for a ticket for the British Museum Library

A page of the journal Conan Doyle kept while on the “Hope” whaler

A letter from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to William Gillette