Four Noncanonical Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

What happens when the creator of the world's most famous detective writes four stories he didn't consider worth including in the official record? These are those rarities: genuine Arthur Conan Doyle Holmes tales that never made it into the canon. Written between 1896 and 1908, they slip through the cracks for various reasons - a charity parody for his Edinburgh alma mater, two railway mysteries published in The Strand, and a story whose manuscript was lost until decades after Doyle's death. "The Field Bazaar" is a slight, affectionate sketch. "The Lost Special" and "The Man with the Watches" offer more substantial fare: locked-room puzzles involving trains, passengers who vanish, and the cold logic Holmes brings to impossible situations. They are essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered whether every case was told, whether some were simply too odd, too brief, or too personal to share with the world.