title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
description: &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;"Doyle's modesty of language conceals a profound tolerance of the human complexity . . . No wonder, then, if the pairing of Holmes and Watson has triggered more imitators than any other duo in literature." John Le Carr, author, <i>The Constant Gardener</i>&lt;/DIV&gt; --the adventures of sherlock<br /><br />&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;"Arthur Conan Doyle is unique in . . . ushering in a genre of writing that, while imitated and expanded, has never been surpassed." Stephen Fry&lt;/DIV&gt; --the adventures of sherlock
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  # The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  
  
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  1\. The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. The Tiger of San Pedro
  
  
  This etext was prepared by David Brannan of Woodbridge, Virginia.
  
  
  ##  1\. The Singular Experience of Mr. John
  
  
  Scott Eccles
  
  
  
  
  
  I find it recorded in my notebook that it was a bleak and windy day
  
  
  towards the end of March in the year 1892. Holmes had received a
  
  
  telegram while we sat at our lunch, and he had scribbled a reply. He
  
  
  made no remark, but the matter remained in his thoughts, for he stood
  
  
  in front of the fire afterwards with a thoughtful face, smoking his
  
  
  pipe, and casting an occasional glance at the message. Suddenly he
  
  
  turned upon me with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “I suppose, Watson, we must look upon you as a man of letters,” said
  
  
  he. “How do you define the word 'gr