"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left--" "Backwards!" cried my uncle, in wild amazement. "Oh most cunning Saknussem...

But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents, and I continued to read with ...

But a learned man, a philosopher, is nothing if not a philosopher, when he keeps his ideas calm and collected; and certainly the Professor possessed t...

I requested his advice concerning the books I ought to procure. Waldman, “to have gained a disciple; and if your application equals your ability, I ha...

If you will keep the two corner seats I shall get the tickets.” We had the carriage to ourselves save for an immense litter of papers which Holmes had...