The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales

Arthur Conan Doyle

• Publisher: Baker Press
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473369832
• Print ISBN:
  9781447467960

This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1890 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, that he began writing short stories, and his first piece was published in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal before he was 20. In 1887, Conan Doyle's first significant work, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual. It featured the first appearance of detective Sherlock Holmes, the protagonist who was to eventually make Conan Doyle's reputation. A prolific writer, Conan Doyle continued to produce a range of fictional works over the following years. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Table of contents

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• PREFACE
• THE CAPTAIN OF THE “POLE-STAR.
• F. HABAKUK JEPHSON’S STATEMENT.
• THE GREAT KEINPLATZ EXPERIMENT.
• THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL.
• THAT LITTLE SQUARE BOX.
• JOHN HUXFORD’S HIATUS.
• CYPRIAN OVERBECK WELLS—A LITERARY MOSAIC.
• JOHN BARRINGTON COWLES.
• THE RING OF THOTH.