. Review of reviews and world's work. s), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hasprobably closed forever the chronicles of his illustrious-(or is it notorious ?) detective. The new stories are notso fresh as the old, not so ingenious, nor do they offer-that full measure of breathless suspense without whichthe fiction of crime is only weariness and the now stereotyped method of Holmes, it hardlyneeded him in to solve the mystery of the ThreeStudents, or of the Priory School, or even of theGolden Pince-nez, and the helpless dullness of that-open-mouthed man of straw. Dr. Watson, become
. Review of reviews and world's work. s), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hasprobably closed forever the chronicles of his illustrious-(or is it notorious ?) detective. The new stories are notso fresh as the old, not so ingenious, nor do they offer-that full measure of breathless suspense without whichthe fiction of crime is only weariness and the now stereotyped method of Holmes, it hardlyneeded him in to solve the mystery of the ThreeStudents, or of the Priory School, or even of theGolden Pince-nez, and the helpless dullness of that-open-mouthed man of straw. Dr. Watson, becomes moreinexcusable and absurd than ever. For all that, weought to be thankful enough for these latest stories, oc-casioned by the return of Holmes, and, retrospectively,,for the whole series of adventures in which he form a series of detective stories preeminent inthat somewhat shady kind for intelligence, freedomfrom vulgarity, and an atmosphere of genuine mysteryand terror. To compare Sherlock Holmes to the hero of The. CON AN DOYLE. NOTABLE FICTION OF SPRING AND SUMMER. 763
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