Tales of Terror and Mystery

Tales of Terror and Mystery

Author	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Language	English
Genre	Short story collection
Publisher	John Murray
Publication date	12 July 1922
Publication place	United Kingdom

Tales of Terror and Mystery is a short story collection by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 12 July 1922. The collection comprises 12 stories: six "tales of terror" and six "tales of mystery". In autumn 1925, it was published in the United States by George H. Doran Company as The Black Doctor and Other Tales of Terror and Mystery. ^{[1] [2]}

Contents

• Tales of Terror
  • "The Horror of the Heights" (originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1913) ^[3]
  • "The Leather Funnel" (originally published in McClure's in 1902) ^[4]
  • "The New Catacomb" (originally published in The Sunlight Year-Book in 1898 as "Burger's Secret") ^{[5] [6]}
  • "The Case of Lady Sannox" (originally published in The Idler in 1893) ^[7]
  • "The Terror of Blue John Gap" (originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1910) ^[8]
  • "The Brazilian Cat" (originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1898 as "The Story of the Brazilian Cat") ^[9]

• Tales of Mystery
  • "The Lost Special" (originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1898 as "The Story of the Lost Special") ^[10]
  • "The Beetle-Hunter" (originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1898 as "The Story of the Beetle Hunter") ^[11]
  • "The Man with the Watches" (originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1899 as "The Story of the Man with the Watches") ^[12]
  • "The Japanned Box" (originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1899 as "The Story of the Japanned Box") ^[13]
  • "The Black Doctor" (originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1898 as "The Story of the Black Doctor") ^[14]
  • "The Jew's Breastplate" (originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1899 as "The Story of the Jew's Breast-Plate") ^{[15] [16]}

Reception

Writing for The Guardian in 2014, Lynne Truss named Tales of Terror and Mystery, as one of her "top 10 gothic novels", singling out "The Brazilian Cat". ^[17]

References

1. "Tales of Terror and Mystery". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
2. "Tales of Terror and Mystery". Arthur-Conan-Doyle.com. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
3. "The Horror of the Heights". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
4. "The Leather Funnel". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
5. "The New Catacomb". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
6. "The New Catacomb". Arthur-Conan-Doyle.com. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
7. "The Case of Lady Sannox". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
8. "The Terror of Blue John Gap". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
9. "The Brazilian Cat". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
10. "The Lost Special". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
11. "The Beetle Hunter". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
12. "The Man with the Watches". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
13. "The Japanned Box". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
14. "The Black Doctor". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
15. "The Jew's Breastplate". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
16. "The Story of the Jew's Breast-Plate". Arthur-Conan-Doyle.com. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
17. Truss, Lynne (3 December 2014). "Lynne Truss's top 10 gothic novels". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 January 2026.

External links

• Tales of Terror and Mystery at Project Gutenberg
• Tales of Terror and Mystery public domain audiobook at LibriVox
• Tales of Terror and Mystery title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database