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Conan Doyle, Sir Author was born on May 11, 1859 Edinburgh, Scotland. Despite being raised in an Irish-Catholic household, Conan Doyle emerged an agnostic. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh between 1876 and 1881 and opened a private practice in Portsmouth. Business was slow, however, and he began writing short stories to fill his time. In 1887, Conan Doyle s first significant work, A Study in Scarlet, was published in Beetons Christmas Annual, The story introduced his hero, detective Sherlock Holmes, who later became very famous. After The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was serialized in Strand Magazine, the author tired of his popular creation, and tired to killed off his hero in The Final Problem, but was compelled in 1903 to revive him, in response to Holmes enthusiastic fans. In all, Holmes appeared in 56 of Conan Doyles short stories and four of his novels. Other works include science stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry and so on. Many of the Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into other languages and have been made even more popular in plays, movies and TV. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930 at the age of seventy-one. But each day, the number of his readers increases, as someone discovers, for the first time, the amazing Mr. Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based “consulting detective”, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and inference to solve difficult cases. 在这个世界上，你到底做了些什么，这倒不关紧要。要紧的是，你如何能够使 人相信你做了些什么。 There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before 世界上本来就没有什么新鲜事，都是前人作过的。 What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done? Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth. 除去其他的因素，剩下的必是事实了。 “That will do, Billy,” said he. “Your life was in danger just now, my boy, and I cant do without you just yet. Well, Watson, it is so good to see you once again. You come at a critical moment,” “I think so” “You can go, Billy. That boy is a problem, Watson. I can not put him under danger.” “Danger of what, Holmes?” “To be murdered, Watson.” “No, no, you are joking, Holmes!” “I am not joking. But lets joy at first. Shall we drink? Cigars are in the old place. Please sit down in your former armchair. I hope you dont mind my pipe and tobacco? They have replaced my food these days.” “But why not eat?” “Because people can do things better when they are hungry. Surely, as a doctor, my dear Watson, you must admit when digestion system works,it gains blood. So it will be a lost to the brain. I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix. Therefore, it is the brain I must consider. “Its all here, Count. Such as, the death of old Mrs. Harold, who left you the Blymer House but you rapidly gambled away.” “You are dreaming!” “And the complete life history of Miss Warrender.” “Tut! You will make nothing of that!” “Plenty more here, Count. Here is the robbery in the train to the Riviera on February 13, 1892. Here is the forged check in the same year on the Bank Lyonnais.” “No, youre wrong there.” “Then I am right on the others! Now, Count, you are a card-player. When the other fellow has all the success, it saves time to throw down your cards. Now, be reasonable, Count. Consider the situation. You are going to be locked up for twenty years. So is Sam. What is the use of the diamond? Nothing! But if you hand it over well, Ill compound a felony.