A DESERT DRAMA
The Tragedy of the Korosko
By A. Conan Doyle
With Thirty-Two Full-Page Illustrations By S. Paget
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
A DESERT DRAMA
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece P78
Titlepage
So You Will Carve Your Names Also P26
The Soudanese Escort Filed Along P54
He Pointed up With his Donkey-whip P66
A Silence Fell Upon the Little Company P72
Long String of Red-turbaned Riders, Frontispiece P78
You Do No Good by Exposing Yourself P86
He Struck at the Snarling Savages P 94
Fell Suddenly Upon his Face P97
The Party Streamed Into Sight Again P103
Don't Miss Your Grip of It P111
Looking for Some Landmark P124
He Rolled over on to his Side P130
Norah, Darling, Keep Your Heart up P135
They Haven't Hurt You, Norah, Have They P139
Hour of Arab Prayer P142
The Old Soldier Fell Forward Gasping P145
Certain That I Would Not Leave You Here P152
The Creature, Stood Still P171
The Great Caravan Route P 174
Sword in his Hand P184
Grimy Bodies Lay Senseless Under the Palm-trees P188
Took a Large, Shining Date out of the Moolah's Beard P210
Stand Up! Cried Mansoor P214
Don't Fret, John! Cried his Wife P217
The Colonel Was the Winner of This Terrible Lottery P222
Good-bye, Little Sadie P229
On This Pinnacle Stood a Motionless Figure P242
The Colonel Leaned Forward With his Pistol P247
You Haven't Got Such a Thing As A Cigar P253
Not a Word! Not A Word! P255
Arabs Were Caught Between Two Fires P261
He Delivered Them from Their Distress P273
SONGS OF THE ROAD
BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
CONTENTS
I. — NARRATIVE VERSES AND SONGS
SONGS OF THE ROAD
A HYMN OF EMPIRE
SIR NIGEL'S SONG
THE ARAB STEED
A POST-IMPRESSIONIST
EMPIRE BUILDERS
THE GROOM'S ENCORE
THE BAY HORSE
THE OUTCASTS
THE END
1902-1909
THE WANDERER {1}
BENDY'S SERMON
II. — PHILOSOPHIC VERSES
COMPENSATION
THE BANNER OF PROGRESS
HOPE
RELIGIO MEDICI
MAN'S LIMITATION
MIND AND MATTER
DARKNESS
III — MISCELLANEOUS VERSES
A WOMAN'S LOVE
BY THE NORTH SEA
DECEMBER'S SNOW
SHAKESPEARE'S EXPOSTULATION
THE EMPIRE
A VOYAGE
THE ORPHANAGE
SEXAGENARIUS LOQUITUR
NIGHT VOICES
THE MESSAGE
THE ECHO
ADVICE TO A YOUNG AUTHOR
A LILT OF THE ROAD
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
ITS CAUSE AND CONDUCT
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. THE BOER PEOPLE 9
II. THE CAUSE OF QUARREL 23
III. THE NEGOTIATIONS 41
IV. SOME POINTS EXAMINED 61
V. THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE 73
VI. THE FARM-BURNING 84
VII. THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS 94
VIII. THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN SOUTH AFRICA 107
IX. FURTHER CHARGES AGAINST BRITISH TROOPS 123
X. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION 133
XI. CONCLUSIONS 150
THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS AND OTHER TALES
A. CONAN DOYLE
CONTENTS
PAGE
I The Last of the Legions 9
II The Last Galley 22
III Through the Veil 37
IV The Coming of the Huns 47
V The Contest 68
VI The First Cargo 83
VII An Iconoclast 98
VIII Giant Maximin 112
IX The Red Star 141
X The Silver Mirror 158
XI The Home-Coming 177
XII A Point of Contact 202
XIII The Centurion 215
THE GREAT KEINPLATZ EXPERIMENT AND OTHER TALES
By A. Conan Doyle
CONTENTS
PAGE
I The Brown Hand 9
II The Usher of Lea House School 30
III B. 24 51
IV The Great Keinplatz Experiment 72
V Cyprian Overbeck Wells 95
VI Playing with Fire 120
VII The Ring of Thoth 139
VIII The Los Amigos Fiasco 163
IX How It Happened 174
X Lot No. 249 179
XI "De Profundis" 225
XII The Lift 239
THE DEALINGS OF CAPTAIN SHARKEY
and Other Tales of Pirates
By A. Conan Doyle
CONTENTS
TALES OF PIRATES
I Captain Sharkey: How the Governor of Saint Kitt's Came Home
II The Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock
III The Blighting of Sharkey
IV How Copley Banks Slew Captain Sharkey
V The "Slapping Sal"
VI A Pirate of the Land (One Crowded Hour)
TALES OF BLUE WATER
VII The Striped Chest
VIII The Captain of the "Polestar"
IX The Fiend of the Cooperage
X Jelland's Voyage
XI J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement
XII That Little Square Box
THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL
and Other Tales of Adventure
A. Conan Doyle
CONTENTS
TALES OF ADVENTURE
I Début of Bimbashi Joyce
II The Surgeon of Gaster Fell
III Borrowed Scenes
IV The Man from Archangel
V The Great Brown-Pericord Motor
VI The Sealed Room
TALES OF MEDICAL LIFE
VII A Physiologist's Wife
VIII Behind the Times
IX His First Operation
X The Third Generation
XI The Curse of Eve
XII A Medical Document
XIII The Surgeon Talks
XIV The Doctors of Hoyland
XV Crabbe's Practice
THE CRIME OF THE CONGO
By A. Conan Doyle
CONTENTS
PAGE
Preface iii
Introduction vii
How the Congo Free State Came to be Founded 3
The Development of the Congo State 9
The Working of the System 22
First Fruits of the System 27
Further Fruits of the System 39
Voices from the Darkness 46
Consul Roger Casement’s Report 57
King Leopold’s Commission and Its Report 68
The Congo After the Commission 87
Some Catholic Testimony as to the Congo 97
The Evidence Up to Date 102
The Political Situation 114
Some Congolese Apologies 118
Solutions 123
Appendix 127
THE GUARDS CAME THROUGH AND OTHER POEMS
By Arthur Conan Doyle
CONTENTS
PAGE
THE GUARDS CAME THROUGH 9
VICTRIX 13
THOSE OTHERS 16
HAIG IS MOVING 20
THE GUNS IN SUSSEX 22
YPRES 26
GROUSING 37
THE VOLUNTEER 40
THE NIGHT PATROL 44
THE WRECK ON LOCH MCGARRY 47
THE BIGOT 55
THE ATHABASCA TRAIL 62
RAGTIME! 65
CHRISTMAS IN WARTIME 68
LINDISFAIRE 70
A PARABLE 75
FATE 76
THE WANDERINGS OF A SPIRITUALIST
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER I 9
The inception of the enterprise.—The Merthyr Séance.—Experience of British lectures.—Call from Australia.—The Holborn luncheon.—Remarkable testimony to communication.—Is individual proof necessary?—Excursion to Exeter.—Can Spiritualists continue to be Christians?—Their views on Atonement.—The party on the "Naldera."
CHAPTER II 24
Gibraltar.—Spanish right versus British might.—Relics of Barbary Rovers, and of German militarists.—Ichabod!—Senegal Infantry.—No peace for the world.—Religion on a liner.—Differences of vibration.—The Bishop of Kwang-Si.—Religion in China.—Whisky in excelsis.—France's masterpiece.—British errors.—A procession of giants.—The invasion of Egypt.—Tropical weather.—The Russian Horror.—An Indian experiment.—Aden.—Bombay.—The Lambeth encyclical. A great; Snakes.—The Catamarans.—The Robber Castles of Ceylon.—Doctrine of Reincarnation.—Whales and Whalers.—Perth.—The Bight.
CHAPTER III 60
Mr. Hughes' letter of welcome.—Challenges.—Mr. Carlyle Smythe.—The Adelaide Press.—The great drought.—The wine industry.—Clairvoyance.—Meeting with Bellchambers.—The first lecture.—The effect.—The Religious lecture.—The illustrated lecture.—Premonitions.—The spot light.—Mr. Thomas' account of the incident.—Correspondence.—Adelaide doctors.—A day in the Bush,—The Mallee fowl.—Sussex in Australia.—Farewell [iv]to Adelaide.
CHAPTER IV 84
Speculations on Paul and his Master.—Arrival at Melbourne.—Attack in the Argus.—Partial press boycott.—Strength of the movement.—The Prince of Wales.—Victorian football. Rescue Circle in Melbourne.—Burke and Wills' statue.—Success of the lectures.—Reception at the Auditorium.—Luncheon of the British Empire League.—Mr. Ryan's experience.—The Federal Government.—Mr. Hughes' personality.—The mediumship of Charles Bailey.—His alleged exposure.—His remarkable record.—A test sitting.—The Indian nest.—A remarkable lecture.—Arrival of Lord Forster.—The future of the Empire.—Kindness of Australians.—Prohibition.—Horse-racing.—Roman Catholic policy.
CHAPTER V 114
More English than the English.—A day in the Bush.—Immigration.—A case of spirit return.—A séance.—Geelong.—The lava plain.—Good-nature of General Ryrie.—Bendigo.—Down a gold mine.—Prohibition v. Continuance.—Mrs. Knight MacLellan.—Nerrin.—A wild drive.—Electric shearing.—Rich sheep stations.—Cockatoo farmers.—Spinnifex and Mallee.—Rabbits.—The great marsh.
CHAPTER VI 136
The Melbourne Cup.—Psychic healing.—M. J. Bloomfield.—My own experience.—Direct healing.—Chaos and Ritual.—Government House Ball.—The Rescue Circle again.—Sitting with Mrs. Harris.—A good test case.—Australian botany.—The land of myrtles.—English cricket team.—Great final meeting in Melbourne.
CHAPTER VII 151
Great reception at Sydney.—Importance of Sydney.—Journalistic luncheon.—A psychic epidemic.—Gregory.—Barracking.—Town Hall reception.—Regulation of Spiritualism.—An ether apport.—Surfing at Manly.—A challenge.—Bigoted opponents.—A disgruntled photographer.—Outing in the harbour.—Dr. Mildred Creed.—Leon Gellert.—Norman Lindsay.—Bishop Leadbeater.—Our relations with Theosophy.—Incongruities of H.P.B.—Of D.D. Home. [v]
CHAPTER VIII 176
Dangerous fog.—The six photographers.—Comic Advertisements.—Beauties of Auckland.—A Christian clergyman.—Shadows in our American relations.—The Gallipoli Stone.—Stevenson and the Germans.—Position of De Rougemont.—Mr. Clement Wragge.—Atlantean theories.—A strange psychic.—Wellington the windy.—A literary oasis.—A Maori séance.—Presentation.
CHAPTER IX 198
The Anglican Colony.—Psychic dangers.—The learned dog.—Absurd newspaper controversy.—A backward community.—The Maori tongue.—Their origin.—Their treatment by the Empire.—A fiasco.—The Pa of Kaiopoi.—Dr. Thacker.—Sir Joseph Kinsey.—A generous collector.—Scott and Amundsen.—Dunedin.—A genuine medium.—Evidence.—The Shipping strike.—Sir Oliver.—Farewell.
CHAPTER X 223
Christian origins.—Mithraism.—Astronomy.—Exercising boats.—Bad news from home.—Futile strikes.—Labour Party.—The blue wilderness.—Journey to Brisbane.—Warm reception.—Friends and Foes.—Psychic experience of Dr. Doyle.—Birds.—Criticism on Melbourne—Spiritualist Church.—Ceremony.—Sir Matthew Nathan.—Alleged repudiation of Queensland.—Billy tea.—The bee farm.—Domestic service in Australia.—Hon. John Fihilly.—Curious photograph by the State photographer.—The "Orsova."
CHAPTER XI 255
Medlow Bath.—Jenolan Caves.—Giant skeleton.—Mrs. Foster Turner's mediumship.—A wonderful prophecy.—Final results.—Third sitting with Bailey.—Failure of State Control.—Retrospection.—Melbourne presentation.—Crooks.—Lecture at Perth.—West Australia.—Rabbits, [vi]sparrows and sharks.
CHAPTER XII 280
Pleasing letters.—Visit to Candy.—Snake and Flying Fox.—Buddha's shrine.—The Malaya.—Naval digression.—Indian trader.—Elephanta.—Sea snakes.—Chained to a tombstone.—Berlin's escape.—Lord Chetwynd.—Lecture in the Red Sea.—Marseilles.
CHAPTER XIII 303
The Institut Metaphysique.—Lecture in French.—Wonderful musical improviser.—Camille Flammarion.—Test of materialised hand.—Last ditch of materialism.—Sitting with Mrs. Bisson's medium, Eva.—Round the Aisne battlefields.—A tragic intermezzo.—Anglo-French Rugby match.—Madame Blifaud's clairvoyance. [vii]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
On the War-Path in Australia, 1920-1921
Frontispiece
Facing Page
How This Book was Written
9
The God-Speed Luncheon in London. On this occasion 250 out of 290 Guests rose as testimony that they were in Personal touch with their Dead
16
The Wanderers, 1920-1921
72
Bellchambers and the Mallee Fowl. "Get along with you, do"
80
Melbourne, November, 1920
96
A Typical Australian Back-Country Scene by H. J. Johnstone, a Great Painter Who Died Unknown. Painting in Adelaide National Gallery
128
At Melbourne Town Hall, November 12th, 1920
144
The People of Turi's Canoe, after a Voyage of Great Hardship, at last Sight the Shores of New Zealand. From a Painting by C. F. Goldie and L. G. A. Steele
208
Laying Foundation Stone of Spiritualist Church at Brisbane
240
Curious Photographic Effect referred to in Text. Taken by the Official Photographer, Brisbane. "Absolutely mystifying" is his Description
252
Our Party en route to the Jenolan Caves, January 20th, 1921. In Front of Old Court House in which Bushrangers were Tried
256
Denis with a Black Snake at Medlow Bath
264
THE GULLY OF BLUEMANSDYKE, AND OTHER STORIES.
By A. Conan Doyle
CONTENTS
PAGE
THE GULLY OF BLUEMANSDYKE 7
THE PARSON OF JACKMAN'S GULCH 50
MY FRIEND THE MURDERER 79
THE SILVER HATCHET 114
THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL 144
THAT LITTLE SQUARE BOX 188
A NIGHT AMONG THE NIHILISTS 226
THE GERMAN WAR
By Arthur Conan Doyle
CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFACE v
I. THE CAUSES OF THE WAR 1
II. THE WORLD-WAR CONSPIRACY 32
III. THE DEVIL'S DOCTRINE 41
IV. THE GREAT GERMAN PLOT 55
V. THE "CONTEMPTIBLE LITTLE ARMY" 65
VI. A POLICY OF MURDER 79
VII. MADNESS 89
VIII. GREAT BRITAIN AND THE NEXT WAR 99
IX. AFTERTHOUGHTS 144
FOOTNOTES
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
THE COMING OF THE FAIRIES
Arthur Conan Doyle
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I HOW THE MATTER AROSE 13
II THE FIRST PUBLISHED ACCOUNT, STRAND CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1920 39
III RECEPTION OF THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS 59
IV THE SECOND SERIES 93
V OBSERVATIONS OF A CLAIRVOYANT IN THE COTTINGLEY GLEN, AUGUST 1921 108
VI INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE FOR FAIRIES 123
VII SOME SUBSEQUENT CASES 152
VIII THE THEOSOPHIC VIEW OF FAIRIES 171
ROUND THE FIRE STORIES
BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. The Leather Funnel 1
II. The Beetle Hunter 18
III. The Man with the Watches 41
IV. The Pot of Caviare 65
V. The Japanned Box 85
VI. The Black Doctor 103
VII. Playing with Fire 129
VIII. The Jew's Breastplate 149
IX. The Lost Special 177
X. The Club-footed Grocer 202
XI. The Sealed Room 229
XII. The Brazilian Cat 248
XIII. The Usher of Lea House School 276
XIV. The Brown Hand 299
XV. The Fiend of the Cooperage 321
XVI. Jelland's Voyage 340
XVII. B. 24 351
"I burst with a Shriek into my own Life." Frontispiece.
(From a drawing by A. Castaigne.)