The easiest book 



of the year 



to begin 



The hardest book 

 of the year 

 to lay down 



wa-* SHERLOCK HOLMES 



himself says of ihe Mystery in 



The Ho\irvd of 

 the Baskervilles 



" I told you in London, Watson, and I tell you again 

 now, that we have never had a foeman more worthy of 

 our steel." 



"The best Sherlock Holmes story 01 all." — Detroit Journal. 

 "Sherlock Holmes at his zenith." — Chicago Record-Herald. 

 "The book of the season." — London Sketch. 

 " Most absorbing mystery story we've read." — Worcester Gazette. 



Illustrated. 



VI. 25. 



McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO., Publishers, NEW YORK 



