# The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

- [Silver Blaze](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/silver-blaze.md): Holmes and Watson travel to Dartmoor to investigate the disappearance of the racehorse Silver Blaze and the murder of its trainer, John Straker. Holmes outlines the known facts and the police theory implicating Fitzroy S
- [The Cardboard Box](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-cardboard-box.md): On a blazing hot August day, Holmes and Watson visit Miss Cushing in Croydon after she receives a gruesome package containing two severed human ears. Through careful observation of the string, knot, and ear anatomy, Holm
- [The Yellow Face](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-yellow-face.md): Holmes and Watson return from a walk to find an impatient visitor, Grant Munro, who left his pipe behind. Munro recounts his marriage to Effie, a widow who had lived in America, and his discovery that she has been secret
- [The Stockbroker's Clerk](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-stockbroker-s-clerk.md): Hall Pycroft, a stockbroker's clerk, seeks Holmes's help after a bizarre series of events involving a dubious job offer from the Franco-Midland Hardware Company. Holmes deduces that the managing director, Arthur Pinner, 
- [The Gloria Scott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-gloria-scott.md): Holmes recounts his first case to Watson, involving a mysterious message that caused a Justice of the Peace to collapse in horror. The case is revealed through a letter from the old man, who confesses his true identity a
- [The Musgrave Ritual](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-musgrave-ritual.md): Holmes recounts to Watson the early case of the Musgrave Ritual, which helped establish his reputation. Reginald Musgrave, a former college acquaintance, visits Holmes to report strange occurrences at Hurlstone Manor, in
- [The Reigate Puzzle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-reigate-puzzle.md): Holmes, recovering from exhaustion after a major case, joins Watson at Colonel Hayter's country home near Reigate. A local burglary at Mr. Acton's house is followed by the murder of William Kirwan at the Cunningham estat
- [The Crooked Man](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-crooked-man.md): Late one night, Sherlock Holmes visits Dr. Watson at his home and asks for his help in a case involving the death of Colonel James Barclay. Holmes explains that Mrs. Barclay is suspected of murder, but he believes the tr
- [The Resident Patient](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-resident-patient.md): Dr. Watson recounts a case from his first year sharing rooms with Sherlock Holmes. A young specialist, Dr. Percy Trevelyan, seeks Holmes's help after a series of strange events at his home on Brook Street. Trevelyan's re
- [The Greek Interpreter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-greek-interpreter.md): Holmes reveals to Watson that he has a brother, Mycroft, who possesses even greater powers of observation and deduction but lacks the energy to pursue detective work. They visit Mycroft at the Diogenes Club, where they m
- [The Naval Treaty](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-naval-treaty.md): Dr. Watson receives a letter from his old schoolfellow Percy Phelps, who has suffered a nervous breakdown after a mysterious misfortune at the Foreign Office. Watson brings Sherlock Holmes to Woking, where Phelps reveals
- [The Final Problem](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-final-problem.md): Holmes reveals the existence of Professor Moriarty, the 'Napoleon of crime,' and explains the deadly intellectual duel between them. After a narrow escape from Moriarty's assassination attempt, Holmes and Watson flee to 

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