Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's interest in crime and criminals, in mystery and deduction, was not limited to Sherlock Holmes. Both before and after the invention of Holmes, he wrote many fine tales, many of which remain undeservedly obscure. They merit the attention both of the reader who is looking for a good yarn and the serious student looking for a good yarn and the serious student of Sir Arthur's work, and so the best specimens of his shorter crime and mystery fiction are collected here.