y ▁of ▁Sher lock ian ▁past ich es ▁as ▁we ▁have ▁had ▁since ▁the ▁canonical ▁entertain ments ▁came ▁to ▁an ▁end ." ▁ ▁Despite ▁close ▁similar ities ▁to ▁Do yle ' s ▁creation , ▁P ons ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁post - World ▁War ▁I ▁era , ▁in ▁the ▁de cade ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁Though ▁Der le th ▁never ▁wrote ▁a ▁P ons ▁novel ▁to ▁equal ▁The ▁H ound ▁of ▁the ▁B ask erv illes , ▁editor ▁Peter ▁R uber ▁wrote : ▁"... Der le th ▁produced ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁few ▁Sol ar ▁P ons ▁stories ▁almost ▁as ▁good ▁as ▁Sir ▁Arthur ' s , ▁and ▁many ▁that ▁had ▁better ▁plot ▁construction ." ▁ ▁Although ▁these ▁stories ▁were ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁di version ▁for ▁Der le th , ▁R uber , ▁who ▁edited ▁The ▁Original ▁Text ▁Sol ar ▁P ons ▁Om n ibus ▁Edition ▁( 2 0 0 0 ), ▁argued : ▁" B ecause ▁the ▁stories ▁were ▁generally ▁of ▁such ▁high ▁quality , ▁they ▁ought ▁to ▁be ▁ass essed ▁on ▁their ▁own ▁mer its ▁as ▁a ▁unique ▁contribution ▁in ▁the ▁ann als ▁of ▁mystery ▁fiction , ▁rather ▁than ▁suffering ▁comparison ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁end less ▁im it ators ▁of ▁Sher lock ▁Hol mes ." ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁stories ▁were ▁self - pub lished , ▁through ▁a ▁new ▁im print ▁called ▁" My cro ft ▁& ▁Mor an ", ▁an ▁app ell ation ▁of ▁hum orous ▁significance ▁to ▁Hol mes ian ▁sch ol ars . ▁