His Last Bow

For the short story, see His Last Bow (short story).

Not to be confused with His Last Vow.

His Last Bow

File:HisLastBow.jpg First US edition cover
Author	Arthur Conan Doyle
Illustrator	Richard Gutschmidt
Cover artist	R Sax
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Sherlock Holmes
Genre	Detective fiction
Publisher	John Murray
Publication date	22 October 1917
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	305
Preceded by	The Valley of Fear
Followed by	The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by 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 (1917), Holmes is long retired from his profession of detective but is still alive and well, albeit suffering from a touch of rheumatism.

Description

Earlier editions contain seven stories in total; some later editions of the collection also include an eighth story, "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box", which was also included in the first edition of in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) but was dropped from later editions of that book.

Five of the stories were published in The Strand Magazine between September 1908 and December 1913. The Strand published "The Adventure of Wistaria 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

• Preface by John H. Watson, M.D. (1917)
• "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (1908)
• "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" (1892)
• "The Adventure of the Red Circle" (1911)
• "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" (1912)
• "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)

† ^ Only included in some later editions.

External links

• "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" at Project Gutenberg
• "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" at Project Gutenberg
• "The Adventure of the Red Circle" at Project Gutenberg
• "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" at Project Gutenberg
• "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" at Project Gutenberg
• "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" at Project Gutenberg
• "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" at Project Gutenberg
• "His Last Bow" at Project Gutenberg
• His Last Bow public domain audiobook at LibriVox

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