This Dover edition, first published in 1997, is an unabridged republication of four stories reprinted from a standard text. "The Musgrave Ritual" was first published in book form in The Memoirs of Sherlock Homes, George Newnes Limited, London, 1893. "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" was first published in book form in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, George Newnes Limited, London, 1905. "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" and "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" were first published in book form in His Last Bow, John Murray, London, 1917.