the adventures of sherlock holmes illustrated (english edition)  the adventures of sherlock holmes is an assortment of twelve brief tales by arthur conan doyle, including his anecdotal criminal investigator sherlock holmes. it was first distributed on 14 october 1892; the singular stories had been serialized in the strand magazine between july 1891 and june 1892. the narratives are not in sequential request, and the main characters normal to every one of the twelve are holmes and dr. watson. the tales are connected in first-individual account according to watson's perspective.