Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Read the lost Sherlock Holmes story found in an attic

Revealed for the first time, here is the short Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in an effort to save his favourite bridge in Selkirk

A book, containing a short Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A book, containing a short Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is on display at the Selkirk Pop Up Community Museum after Walter Elliot, 80, found it in his attic and donated it.  Photo: SWNS
After an historian unearthed the first unseen Sherlock Holmes story in more than 80 years, here is the full transcript of 'Sherlock Holmes: Discovering the Border Burghs and, by deduction, the Brig Bazaar':

'We've had enough of old romancists and the men of travel, said the Editor, as he blue-pencilled his copy, and made arrangements for the great Saturday edition of the Bazaar Book. 'We want something up-to-date. Why not have a word from "Sherlock Holmes"?'

Walter Elliot, 80, from Selkirk, with a book containing a short Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Walter Elliot, 80, from Selkirk, with the book containing a short Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Photo: SWNS 
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