About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: 1887 ships, Railway locomotives introduced in 1887, Sherlock Holmes, HMS Victoria, Koonya, HNoMS Tyr, LNWR Improved Precedent Class, Russian battleship Sinop, Spanish battleship Pelayo, Spanish cruiser Reina Cristina, Russian battleship Imperator Aleksandr II, SS Samuel Mather, Omega, Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes, Union Pacific 737, USS Reina Mercedes, Glenfiddich, Phenacetin, USS Don Juan de Austria, HMS Sans Pareil, Spanish cruiser Don Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish cruiser Don Juan de Austria, Spanish transport Buenos Aires, Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII, Sigyn, CLR Class DN2, French armoured cruiser Dupuy de Lome, SS St. Sunniva, Japanese gunboat Ch kai, SMS Tiger, Elbe, Japanese gunboat Atago, USS Shearwater, HMS Buzzard, SMS Irene, Thistle, Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, SMS Eber, Russian cruiser Admiral Kornilov, USS Satellite, New South Wales Z17 class locomotive, HMS Immortalite, HMS Racoon, LSWR A12 class, USC&GS Cosmos, RFA Maine, Ararat, GS&WR Class J11, French battleship Marceau, French battleship Neptune, TSS Olga, HMS Aurora, HMS Galatea, SS Thesis, SS Earnmoor, Log Cabin Syrup, List of ship launches in 1887. Excerpt: Sherlock Holmes ( ) is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant 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 difficult cases. Holmes, who first appeared in publication in 1887, was featured in four novels and 56 short stories. The first story, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and the second, The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in Strand Magazin...
