The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales
THE
CAPTAIN OF THE POLESTAR
AND OTHER TALES.
BY
A. CONAN DOYLE,
AUTHOR OF "MICAH CLARKE," ETC.
LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET.
1890.
All rights reserved.
MY FRIEND
Major-General A. W. DRAYSON
AS A SLIGHT TOKEN
OF
MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GREAT
AND AS YET UNRECOGNISED SERVICES TO ASTRONOMY
this little volume
IS
DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
For the use of some of the following Tales I am indebted to the courtesy of the Proprietors of "Cornhill," "Temple Bar," "Belgravia," "London Society," "Cassell's," and "The Boys' Own Paper."
A. CONAN DOYLE, M.D.
| PAGE | |
| The Captain of the Pole-Star | 1 |
| J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement | 37 |
| The Great Keinplatz Experiment | 84 |
| The Man from Archangel | 108 |
| That Little Square Box | 142 |
| John Huxford's Hiatus | 171 |
| A Literary Mosaic | 203 |
| John Barrington Cowles | 230 |
| The Parson of Jackman's Gulch | 267 |
| The Ring of Thoth | 289 |
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