Download or read book Sherlock Holmes Christmas Special The Blue Carbuncle Sherlock s Christmas Case 63 Other Sherlock Holmes Thrillers in One Holiday Edition written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 1679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes is a "consulting detective" known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Table of Contents: Sherlock's Christmas Case: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League A Case of Identity The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip The Adventure of the Speckled Band The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet The Adventure of the Copper Beeches Silver Blaze The Yellow Face The Stock-Broker's Clerk The "Gloria Scott" The Musgrave Ritual The Reigate Puzzle The Crooked Man The Resident Patient The Greek Interpreter The Naval Treaty The Final Problem The Adventure of the Empty House The Adventure of the Norwood Builder The Adventure of the Dancing Men The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist The Adventure of the Priory School The Adventure of Black Peter The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton The Adventure of the Six Napoleons The Adventure of the Three Students The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter The Adventure of the Abbey Grange The Adventure of the Second Stain The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge The Adventure of the Red Circle The Adventure of the Cardboard Box The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans The Adventure of the Dying Detective The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax The Adventure of the Devil's Foot His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Illustrious Client The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone The Adventure of the Three Gables The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire ...

Download or read book The Blue Carbuncle Sherlock Holmes Christmas Special written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 1653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Christmas, e-artnow presents to you the Christmas case for the world's most famous detective. As London prepares for Christmas, newspapers report the theft of the near-priceless gemstone, the "Blue Carbuncle", from the hotel suite of the Countess of Morcar. John Horner, a plumber and a previously convicted felon, is soon arrested for the theft. Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson set out across the city to determine how the jewel travelled from the Countess of Morcar's hotel room to the goose's crop. Contents: Sherlock's Christmas Case: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League A Case of Identity The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip The Speckled Band The Engineer's Thumb The Noble Bachelor The Beryl Coronet The Copper Beeches Silver Blaze The Yellow Face The Stock-Broker's Clerk The "Gloria Scott" The Musgrave Ritual The Reigate Puzzle The Crooked Man The Resident Patient The Greek Interpreter The Naval Treaty The Final Problem The Empty House The Norwood Builder The Dancing Men The Solitary Cyclist The Priory School The Black Peter The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton The Six Napoleons The Three Students The Golden Pince-Nez The Missing Three-Quarter The Abbey Grange The Second Stain The Wisteria Lodge The Red Circle The Cardboard Box The Bruce-Partington Plans The Dying Detective The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax The Devil's Foot His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes The Field Bazaar How Watson Learned the Trick Sherlock Holmes: A Drama in Four Act The Crown Diamond: An Evening with Sherlock Holmes An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes

Download or read book The Blue Carbuncle Musaicum Christmas Specials written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 1507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Christmas, Musaicum Books presents to you the Christmas case for the world's most famous detective. As London prepares for Christmas, newspapers report the theft of the near-priceless gemstone, the "Blue Carbuncle", from the hotel suite of the Countess of Morcar. John Horner, a plumber and a previously convicted felon, is soon arrested for the theft. Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson set out across the city to determine how the jewel travelled from the Countess of Morcar's hotel room to the goose's crop. Contents: Sherlock's Christmas Case: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League A Case of Identity The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip The Speckled Band The Engineer's Thumb The Noble Bachelor The Beryl Coronet The Copper Beeches Silver Blaze The Yellow Face The Stock-Broker's Clerk The "Gloria Scott" The Musgrave Ritual The Reigate Puzzle The Crooked Man The Resident Patient The Greek Interpreter The Naval Treaty The Final Problem The Empty House The Norwood Builder The Dancing Men The Solitary Cyclist The Priory School The Black Peter The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton The Six Napoleons The Three Students The Golden Pince-Nez The Missing Three-Quarter The Abbey Grange The Second Stain The Wisteria Lodge The Red Circle The Cardboard Box The Bruce-Partington Plans The Dying Detective The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax The Devil's Foot His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes The Field Bazaar How Watson Learned the Trick Sherlock Holmes: A Drama in Four Act The Crown Diamond: An Evening with Sherlock Holmes An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Goose written by Michael Menendian and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " In this family-friendly holiday mystery, Sherlock Holmes is asked to discover the identity of a man who lost his hat and goose in a late-night scuffle. At first, Holmes treats the request as only a mild curiosity, but then the countess of Morcar's rare and valuable blue carbuncle is found stuffed down the goose's throat. The pursuit of the thief leads Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson from 221B Baker Street to Covent Garden Market and all over the streets of wintery London."--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book The Sherlock Holmes Christmas Collection written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 1680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Christmas, Musaicum Books presents to you the Christmas case for Sherlock Holmes. This edition includes of course as well the complete collection of all Sherlock Holmes books in one volume. As London prepares for Christmas, newspapers report the theft of the near-priceless gemstone, the "Blue Carbuncle", from the hotel suite of the Countess of Morcar. John Horner, a plumber and a previously convicted felon, is soon arrested for the theft. Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson set out across the city to determine how the jewel travelled from the Countess of Morcar's hotel room to the goose's crop. Contents: Sherlock's Christmas Case: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League A Case of Identity The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip The Speckled Band The Engineer's Thumb The Noble Bachelor The Beryl Coronet The Copper Beeches Silver Blaze The Yellow Face The Stock-Broker's Clerk The "Gloria Scott" The Musgrave Ritual The Reigate Puzzle The Crooked Man The Resident Patient The Greek Interpreter The Naval Treaty The Final Problem The Empty House The Norwood Builder The Dancing Men The Solitary Cyclist The Priory School The Black Peter The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton The Six Napoleons The Three Students The Golden Pince-Nez The Missing Three-Quarter The Abbey Grange The Second Stain The Wisteria Lodge The Red Circle The Cardboard Box The Bruce-Partington Plans The Dying Detective The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax The Devil's Foot His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes The Illustrious Client The Blanched Soldier The Mazarin Stone The Three Gables The Sussex Vampire The Three Garridebs The Creeping Man The Lion's Mane The Veiled Lodger The Shoscombe Old Place The Retired Colourman The Field Bazaar How Watson Learned the Trick Sherlock Holmes: A Drama in Four Act The Crown Diamond: An Evening with Sherlock Holmes An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes for Christmas written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 1680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Christmas, e-artnow presents to you the Christmas case for Sherlock Holmes. This edition includes of course as well the complete collection of all Sherlock Holmes books in one volume. As London prepares for Christmas, newspapers report the theft of the near-priceless gemstone, the "Blue Carbuncle", from the hotel suite of the Countess of Morcar. John Horner, a plumber and a previously convicted felon, is soon arrested for the theft. Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson set out across the city to determine how the jewel travelled from the Countess of Morcar's hotel room to the goose's crop. Contents: Sherlock's Christmas Case: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League A Case of Identity The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip The Speckled Band The Engineer's Thumb The Noble Bachelor The Beryl Coronet The Copper Beeches Silver Blaze The Yellow Face The Stock-Broker's Clerk The "Gloria Scott" The Musgrave Ritual The Reigate Puzzle The Crooked Man The Resident Patient The Greek Interpreter The Naval Treaty The Final Problem The Empty House The Norwood Builder The Dancing Men The Solitary Cyclist The Priory School The Black Peter The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton The Six Napoleons The Three Students The Golden Pince-Nez The Missing Three-Quarter The Abbey Grange The Second Stain The Wisteria Lodge The Red Circle The Cardboard Box The Bruce-Partington Plans The Dying Detective The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax The Devil's Foot His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes The Illustrious Client The Blanched Soldier The Mazarin Stone The Three Gables The Sussex Vampire The Three Garridebs The Creeping Man The Lion's Mane The Veiled Lodger The Shoscombe Old Place The Retired Colourman The Field Bazaar How Watson Learned the Trick Sherlock Holmes: A Drama in Four Act The Crown Diamond: An Evening with Sherlock Holmes An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes

Download or read book The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Christmas Eve, the invaluable Blue Carbuncle has been stolen from the Countess of Morcar’s hotel room. A plumber is arrested on the spot but the expensive missing gem is still nowhere to be found. Sherlock Holmes is called on to try to solve this puzzle. "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" is part of "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Scotland and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. After his studies, he worked as a ship’s surgeon on various boats. During the Second Boer War, he was an army doctor in South Africa. When he came back to the United Kingdom, he opened his own practice and started writing crime books. He is best known for his thrilling stories about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He published four novels and more than 50 short-stories starring the detective and Dr Watson, and they play an important role in the history of crime fiction. Other than the Sherlock Holmes series, Doyle wrote around thirty more books, in genres such as science-fiction, fantasy, historical novels, but also poetry, plays, and non-fiction.

Download or read book The Christmas Conundrum 20 Thrillers in One Edition written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Musaicum Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas holidays are the best time to enjoy some good mystery tales in the snuggling comfort of your home and family. This edition hence brings to you some of the finest literary gems together in one place to satisfy your cravings for some suspense. Enjoy: A Christmas Tragedy (Emmuska Orczy) The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Arthur Conan Doyle) An Exciting Christmas Eve or, My Lecture On Dynamite (Arthur Conan Doyle) What the Shepherd Saw: A Tale of Four Moonlight Nights (Thomas Hardy) The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (M.R. James) To Be Taken With A Pinch Of Salt: Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) Mustapha (Sabine Baring-Gould) Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Flying Stars (G.K. Chesterton) The Thieves who couldn't Stop Sneezing (Thomas Hardy) Mr Wray's Cash Box or, the Mask and the Mystery (Wilkie Collins) A Chaparral Christmas Gift (O. Henry) The Wolves of Cernogratz (Saki) Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe) Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs) The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa (John Kendrick Bangs) Wolverden Tower (Grant Allen) Glámr (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Ghosts at Grantley (Leonard Kip) Told After Supper (Jerome K. Jerome)

Download or read book The Greatest Christmas Murder Mysteries Thrillers written by Charles Dickens and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 1175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection includes some of the finest Christmas mysteries to keep you company for the entire holiday season! From puzzling detective cases to hair raising ghost tales, this collection has it all: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Flying Stars (G. K. Chesterton) Percival Bland's Proxy (R. Austin Freeman) A Christmas Capture (Fred M. White) McAllister's Christmas (Arthur Cheney Train) The Mystery of Room Five (Fred M White) A Policeman's Business (Edgar Wallace) Stuffing (Edgar Wallace) Mr Wray's Cash Box (Wilkie Collins) The Adventure of the Second Swag (Robert Barr) A Chaparral Christmas Gift (O. Henry) A Christmas Tragedy (Emmuska Orczy) What the Shepherd Saw (Thomas Hardy) The Silver Hatchet (Arthur Conan Doyle) Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Wolves of Cernogratz (Saki) Mustapha (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Christmas Banquet (Nathaniel Hawthorne) The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens) The Ghost's Touch (Fergus Hume) Glámr (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Ghosts at Grantley (Leonard Kip) A Terrible Christmas Eve (Lucie E. Jackson) Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe) Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs) The Abbot's Ghost (Louisa M. Alcott) Old Applejoy's Ghost (Frank R. Stockton) Wolverden Tower (Grant Allen) The Christmas-Eve Vigil (James Bowker) The Box with the Iron Clamps (Florence Marryat) Joseph (Katherine Rickford) The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton (Charles Dickens) The Ghost of Christmas Eve (J. M. Barrie) The Dead Sexton (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu) Uncle Cornelius His Story (George MacDonald) The Grave by the Handpost (Thomas Hardy) Number Ninety (Bithia Mary Croker) At Chrighton Abbey (Mary Elizabeth Braddon) The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step (Catherine L. Pirkis) Between the Lights (E. F. Benson) Transition (Algernon Blackwood) The Kit-Bag (Algernon Blackwood)

Download or read book The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle 1892 written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watson visits his friend Holmes at Christmas time and finds him contemplating a battered old hat, brought to him by the commissionaire Peterson after the hat and a Christmas goose had been dropped by a man in a scuffle with some street ruffians. Peterson takes the goose home to eat, but later returns to Holmes with a blue carbuncle his wife had found in the bird's crop (throat). Holmes makes some interesting deductions concerning the owner of the hat from simple observations of its condition, conclusions amply confirmed when an advertisement for the owner produces the man himself: Henry Baker. Holmes cannot resist such an intriguing mystery, and he and Watson set out across the city to determine exactly how the jewel, stolen from the Countess of Morcar during her stay at a hotel, wound up in a goose's crop. The man who dropped the goose, Mr. Henry Baker, comes to reclaim his hat in response to Holmes' advertisement. Holmes drops hints about how he saved the "innards" of the goose, but Baker fails to respond to them, simply saying that he is afraid goose remains are not much use. He does, however, give Holmes valuable information, eventually leading him to the conclusive stage of his investigation, at Covent Garden. Holmes offers a fresh goose to Henry Baker, who responds with gladness and departs, whereupon Holmes tells Watson that Baker is eliminated from the suspect list as he obviously knows nothing about the carbuncle. At Covent Garden, a salesman named Breckinridge gets angry with Holmes, complaining about all the people who have pestered him about geese sold recently to the landlord of the Alpha Inn. Clearly, someone else knows that the carbuncle was in a goose and is looking for the bird.

Download or read book Mystery Cases For Christmas Test your Power of Deduction During the Holidays written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who doesn't like a dose of mystery in a festive season? And who would ever say no to the master story tellers when they have these tingling Christmas mysteries for you: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step (Catherine L. Pirkis) A Policeman's Business (Edgar Wallace) The Flying Stars (G. K. Chesterton) Percival Bland's Proxy (R. Austin Freeman) A Christmas Capture (Fred M. White) McAllister's Christmas (Arthur Cheney Train) The Mystery of Room Five (Fred White) Stuffing (Edgar Wallace) Mr Wray's Cash Box or, the Mask and the Mystery (Wilkie Collins) The Adventure of the Second Swag (Robert Barr) An Exciting Christmas Eve or, My Lecture on Dynamite (Arthur Conan Doyle) A Chaparral Christmas Gift (O. Henry) A Christmas Tragedy (Emmuska Orczy) Mustapha (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Thieves Who Couldn't Stop Sneezing (Thomas Hardy) Joseph: A Story (Katherine Rickford) The Grave by the Handpost (Thomas Hardy)

Download or read book The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watson visits his friend Holmes at Christmas time and finds him contemplating a battered old hat, brought to him by the commissionaire Peterson after the hat and a Christmas goose had been dropped by a man in a scuffle with some street ruffians. Peterson takes the goose home to eat, but later returns to Holmes with a blue carbuncle his wife had found in the bird's crop (throat). Holmes makes some interesting deductions concerning the owner of the hat from simple observations of its condition, conclusions amply confirmed when an advertisement for the owner produces the man himself: Henry Baker. Holmes cannot resist such an intriguing mystery, and he and Watson set out across the city to determine exactly how the jewel, stolen from the Countess of Morcar during her stay at a hotel, wound up in a goose's crop. The man who dropped the goose, Mr. Henry Baker, comes to reclaim his hat in response to Holmes' advertisement. Holmes drops hints about how he saved the "innards" of the goose, but Baker fails to respond to them, simply saying that he is afraid goose remains are not much use. He does, however, give Holmes valuable information, eventually leading him to the conclusive stage of his investigation, at Covent Garden. Holmes offers a fresh goose to Henry Baker, who responds with gladness and departs, whereupon Holmes tells Watson that Baker is eliminated from the suspect list as he obviously knows nothing about the carbuncle. At Covent Garden, a salesman named Breckinridge gets angry with Holmes, complaining about all the people who have pestered him about geese sold recently to the landlord of the Alpha Inn. Clearly, someone else knows that the carbuncle was in a goose and is looking for the bird.

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes The Blue Carbuncle written by Alex Woolf and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. When the Countess of Morcar's priceless blue jewel is stolen, a former thief is charged with the crime, but is he really guilty? Never fear: Sherlock Holmes is on the case, and the truth will out! This thrilling tale has been retold and adapted with new illustrations, making it perfect for younger readers. Adapted by award-winning children's fiction author Alex Woolf, it will delight bright young things aged 7+.

Download or read book What Child is This A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Adventure A Sherlock Holmes Adventure Book 5 written by Bonnie MacBird and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s the season of peace and goodwill, but a Victorian Christmas is no holiday for the world’s most popular detective in this new book from Bonnie MacBird, author of the bestselling Sherlock Holmes novel Art in the Blood.

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred years ago, for Christmas 1920, Chicago bookman Vincent Starrett gave the world "The Unique Hamlet: A Hitherto Unchronicled Adventure of Mr. Sherlock Holmes". Forty-eight years later, for Christmas 1968, August Derleth's Mycroft & Moran publishing house printed Derleth's "The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians" featuring Solar Pons (who is almost but not quite Sherlock Holmes), and a plot line that unmistakably plays off the story of "The Unique Hamlet". Now, on the centennial celebration of "The Unique Hamlet"'s publication, comes this special volume in the great tradition of Sherlockian Christmas books. Here we bring together for the first time "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," which is the only Canonical Christmas story, and the Starrett and Derleth pastiches first issued as Christmas presents. When considered together, the complex interrelations among these works - and their authors - make for a fascinating Sherlockian triptych. Five delightful illustrations and three perceptive commentaries accompany each story, all specially produced for this book. SHERLOCK HOLMES: A THREE-PIPE CHRISTMAS is a wonderful present that will bring you a bit of Christmas whenever you pick it up.

Download or read book The Blue Carbuncle written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable jewel known as the Blue Carbuncle was stolen from the jewel case of the Countess of Morcar yesterday. A reward of £1000 has been offered by the countess for information leading to the stone's return ...While the police work to trace the missing diamond, Holmes attempts to reunite a Christmas dinner and its owner. But when the detective comes across the jewel, Holmes and Watson find themselves in a race against time to save an innocent man's life.A simplification of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, perfect for young fans of mystery books. A great introduction to classics for children aged 7+.

Download or read book The Blue Carbuncle written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-13 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short story.I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand. Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard-felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places. A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the purpose of examination.