“My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.”

Sherlock Holmes: The Collection includes:

• A Study in Scarlet
• The Sign of the Four
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
• The Hound of the Baskervilles
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes
• The Valley of Fear
• His Last Bow
• The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes (two stories)

• Notes
• Mr. Sherlock Holmes by Dr. Joseph Bell
• The Creator of Sherlock Holmes by James MacArthur
• The Original of Sherlock Holmes by Dr. Harold Emery Jones
• Illustrations by Sidney Paget, F. H. Townsend, C. R. Macauley