About this book
Arthur Conan Doyle first published his memories of his many various adventures around the world and his relationships with such famous figures of the age including Oscar Wilde, Empress Eugenie and Prime Minister Arthur Balfour to name a few, in The Strand Magazine between October 1923 and July 1924. This memoir was later formed into a book and published in September 1924.
Chapters (32)
1Early Recollections
2Under the Jesuits
3Recollections of a Student
4Whaling In the Arctic Ocean
5The Voyage to West Africa
6My First Experiences in Practice
7My Start at Southsea
8My First Literary Success
9Pulling Up the Anchor
10The Great Break
11Sidelights on Sherlock Holmes
12Norwood and Switzerland
13Egypt in 1896
14On the Edge of a Storm
15An Interlude of Peace
16The Start For South Africa
17Days With the Army
18Final Experiences in South Africa
19An Appeal to the World's Opinion
20My Political Adventures
21The Years Between the Wars
22The Years Between the Wars
23Some Notable People
24Some Recollections of Sport
25To the Rocky Mountains in 1914
26The Eve of War
27A Remembrance of the Dark Years
28Experiences on the British Front
29Experiences on the Italian Front
30Experiences on the French Front
31Breaking the Hindenburg Line
32The Psychic Quest
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