MEMORIES ANDADVENTURES

BY
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1924

Copyright, 1924,
By Arthur Conan Doyle

Published September, 1924

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CHAPTER	PAGE
I Early Recollections	1
Extraction—“H.B.”—Four Remarkable Brothers —My Mother’s Family Tree—An Unrecognized Genius—My First Knockout—Thackeray—The Fenians—Early Reading—My First Story.

II Under the Jesuits	8
The Preparatory School—The Mistakes of Education —Spartan Schooling—Corporal Punishment— Well-known School Fellows—Gloomy Forecasts— Poetry—London Matriculation—German School— A Happy Year—The Jesuits—Strange Arrival in Paris.

III Recollections of a Student	17
Edinburgh University—A Sad Disappointment— Original of Professor Challenger—Of Sherlock Holmes—Deductions—Sheffield—Ruyton—Birmingham —Literary Aspirations—First Accepted Story— My Father’s Death—Mental Position—Spiritual Yearnings—An Awkward Business.

IV Whaling in the Arctic Ocean	29
The Hope—John Gray—Boxing—The Terrible Mate—Our Criminal—First Sight of a Woman—A Hurricane—Dangers of the Fishing—Three Dips in the Arctic—The Idlers’ Boat—Whale Taking—Glamour of the Arctic—Effect of Voyage.

V The Voyage to West Africa	42
The Mayumba—Fearful Weather—An Escape —Hanno’s Voyage—Atlantis—A Land of Death— Blackwater Fever—Missionaries—Strange Fish—Danger of Luxury—A Foolish Swim—The Ship on Fire—England Once More.

VI My First Experiences in Practice	52
A Strange Character—His Honeymoon—His Bristol Practice—Telegram from Plymouth—Six Amusing Weeks—A Deep Plot—My Southsea Venture —Furnishing on the Cheap—The Plot Explodes.

VII My Start at Southsea	... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN! Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!

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