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The Return of Solar Pons is a collection of detective fiction

Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a sub-genre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator , either professional or amateur, investigates a crime, often murder.-In ancient literature:...

short stories

Short Stories

Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

by author August Derleth

August Derleth

August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...

. It was released in 1958

1958 in literature

The year 1958 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*August 18 - Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in United States.*First volume of The Civil War by Shelby Foote is published....

by Mycroft & Moran

Mycroft & Moran

Mycroft & Moran was an imprint of Arkham House publishers and was created in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1945. The imprint was created to publish weird detective stories and the Solar Pons stories by August Derleth...

in an edition of 2,079 copies. It was the fourth collection of Derleth's Solar Pons

Solar Pons

Solar Pons is a fictional detective created by August Derleth as a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.-Approach:On hearing that he had no plans to write more Holmes stories, the young Derleth wrote to Conan Doyle, asking permission to take over the job...

stories which are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

tales of Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...

The Return of Solar Pons contains the following tales:

"Introduction", by Edgar W. Smith
"The Adventure of the Lost Dutchman"
"The Adventure of the Devil's Footprints"
"The Adventure of the Dorrington Inheritance"
"The Adventure of the 'Triple Kent'"
"The Adventure of the Rydberg Numbers"
"The Adventure of the Grice-Paterson Curse"
"The Adventure of the Stone of Scone"
"The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm"
"The Adventure of the Penny Magenta"
"The Adventure of the Trained Cormorant"
"The Adventure of the Camberwell Beauty"
"The Adventure of the Little Hangman"
"The Adventure of the Swedenborg Signatures"

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