This Dover edition, first published in 1992, is an unabridged republication of six stories reprinted from a standard text. "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-headed League," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" were first published in book form in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, George Newnes Limited, London, 1892. "The Final Problem" was first published in book form in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, George Newnes Limited, London, 1893. "The Adventure of the Empty House" was first published in book form in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, George Newnes Limited, London, 1905. All the stories had appeared in magazines before their book publication. .