the selection draws the best stories from the several Sherlock Holmes volumes, including one of the longer books, "The sign of four", in its logical place among the other chosen tales: "Silver blaze", "The speckled band", "A scandal in Bohemia", "The Naval Treaty", "The blue carbuncle", "The Greek interpreter", "The red-headed league", "The empty house", "The missing three-quarter" and "His last bow".