His Last Bow

His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within general and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: The friends of Mr. Sherlock Holmes will be glad to learn that he is still alive and well, though somewhat crippled by occasional attacks of rheumatism.
He has, for many years, lived in a small farm upon the downs five miles from Eastbourne, where his time is divided between philosophy and agricultur This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.