Tales from Many Sources

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Tales from Many Sources vol. 1-6 (1885-1886)

Tales from Many Sources is a 6-volume series of books published by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1885 and 1886 including various stories of authors of the time, with a short story Bones, the April Fool of Harvey's Sluice by Arthur Conan Doyle (originally published in april 1882 in London Society).

This is the first work by Arthur Conan Doyle published in book form.


Stories

Volume I (1885)

  • The Three Strangers, by Thomas Hardy
  • The Black Poodle, by F. Anstey
  • Lord Richard and I, by Julian Sturgis
  • The Pavilion on the Links, by R. L. Stevenson
  • The Heart of Saint-Eugène, by W. E. Norris
  • Mattie, from Blackwood's Magazine

Volume II (1885)

  • My Paris Masters, by author of Reata
  • Mouflou, by Ouida
  • Beauchamp & Co., by Herbert Martin
  • The Knightsbridge Mystery, by Chas. Reade
  • Archdeacon Holden's Tribulations, from The Cornhill Magazine
  • Michel Lorio's Cross, by Hesba Stretton
  • In Durance Vile, by the Duchess

Volume III (1885)

  • The Professor and the Harpy, from The Cornhill Magazine
  • The Marquis Jeanne Hyacinth de St. Pelaye, by author of John Inglesant
  • The Rock Scorpions, from The Cornhill Magazine
  • Queen Tita's Wager, by William Black
  • King Pepin and Sweet Clive, from The Cornhill Magazine
  • A Film of Gossamer, by E. M. Clerke
  • The Lay Figure, from The Cornhill Magazine
  • The Count of Rochmont, from Temple Bar

Volume IV (1885)

  • The Ten Years' Tenant, by Walter Besant & James Rice
  • Truth Triumphant, by Margaret Hunt
  • Bones, the April Fool of Harvey's Sluice, by A. Conan Doyle
  • Two Plots, by Findley Muirhead
  • She Loves and Lies, by Wilkie Collins
  • The Siege of Berlin, from the French of Daudet
  • Patient Kitty, by James Payne

Volume V (1886)

  • Lob Lie-by-the-Fire, by Juliana H. Ewing
  • Wild Jack, from Temple Bar
  • Virginia, by Mrs. Forrester
  • Mr. Josiah Smith's Balloon Voyage, from Belgravia
  • Number 7639, by Mary Frances Peard
  • Goneril, by Mary F. Robinson
  • Out of Season, from Temple Bar

Volume VI (1886)

  • Uncle Geroge's Will, from Temple Bar
  • Fleur de Lys, by E. C. Grenville Murray
  • Emilia, an Episode, by E. C. Poynter
  • How Quedglington was Sent Down, by J. Stanley
  • Au Pair, from Temple Bar
  • My First Client, by Hugh Conway
  • Gracie, by Lady Lindsay of Balcarres