The Original Text Solar Pons Omnibus Edition is a collection of detective fiction

Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a sub-genre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator , either professional or amateur, investigates a crime, often murder.-In ancient literature:...

 stories by author August Derleth

August Derleth

August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...

. It was released in 2000

2000 in literature

The year 2000 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* February 13 - Final original Peanuts comic strip is published...

 by Mycroft & Moran

Mycroft & Moran

Mycroft & Moran was an imprint of Arkham House publishers and was created in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1945. The imprint was created to publish weird detective stories and the Solar Pons stories by August Derleth...

 and was published in two volumes. The set collects all of the Solar Pons

Solar Pons

Solar Pons is a fictional detective created by August Derleth as a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.-Approach:On hearing that he had no plans to write more Holmes stories, the young Derleth wrote to Conan Doyle, asking permission to take over the job...

 stories of August Derleth

August Derleth

August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...

. The stories are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

 tales of Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...

. The collection restores the text to its original state removing the edits done by Basil Copper

Basil Copper

Basil Copper is a prolific English writer and former journalist and newspaper editor. He became a fulltime writer in 1970.In addition to horror and detective fiction, Copper is perhaps best known for his series of Solar Pons stories continuing the character created as a tribute to Sherlock Holmes...

 for The Solar Pons Omnibus

The Solar Pons Omnibus

The Solar Pons Omnibus is a collection of detective fiction stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1982 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,031 copies. The collection was published in two volumes with a slipcase. The set collects all of the Solar Pons stories of August Derleth. The...

(1982). The stories are also ordered by their date of publication rather than by their internal chronology as was done for the earlier omnibus edition.

Volume One

1. "Introducing Solar Pons of Praed Street", by Peter Ruber
   Peter Ruber
   Peter Ruber is a United States author, editor and publisher. He has been an advertising executive, book publisher, and for the past two decades, a consultant and free-lance journalist for many leading business information technology magazines...
   
   
2. "Of Basil Copper, James Turner, and the Solar Pons Fiasco of 1982", by Peter Ruber
   Peter Ruber
   Peter Ruber is a United States author, editor and publisher. He has been an advertising executive, book publisher, and for the past two decades, a consultant and free-lance journalist for many leading business information technology magazines...
   
   
3. "In Re: Sherlock Holmes" -- The Adventures of Solar Pons [1945]
   • "In Re: Solar Pons", by Vincent Starrett
     Vincent Starrett
     Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett , known as Vincent Starrett, was an American writer and newspaperman.- Biography :...
     
     
   • "A Word From Dr. Lyndon Parker"
   • "The Adventure of the Frightened Baronet"
   • "The Adventure of the Late Mr. Faversham"
   • "The Adventure of the Black Narcissus"
   • "The Adventure of the Norcross Riddle"
   • "The Adventure of the Retired Novelist"
   • "The Adventure of the Three Red Dwarfs"
   • "The Adventure of the Sotheby Salesman"
   • "The Adventure of the Purloined Periapt"
   • "The Adventure of the Limping Man"
   • "The Adventure of the Seven Passengers"
   • "The Adventure of the Lost Holiday"
   • "The Adventure of the Man With a Broken Face"
4. The Memoirs of Solar Pons [1951]
   • "Foreword", by Luther Norris
   • "Introduction", by Ellery Queen
     Ellery Queen
     Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay and Manford Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee , to write, edit, and anthologize detective fiction.The fictional Ellery Queen created by...
     
     
   • "The Adventure of the Circular Room"
   • "The Adventure of the Perfect Husband"
   • "The Adventure of the Broken Chessman"
   • "The Adventure of the Dog in the Manger"
   • "The Adventure of the Proper Comma"
   • "The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot"
   • "The Adventure of the Six Silver Spiders"
   • "The Adventure of the Lost Locomotive"
   • "The Adventure of the Tottenham Werewolf"
   • "The Adventure of the Five Royal Coachmen"
   • "The Adventure of the Paralytic Mendicant"
5. The Return of Solar Pons [1958]
   • "Introduction", by Edgar W. Smith
   • "The Adventure of the Lost Dutchman"
   • "The Adventure of the Devil's Footprints"
   • "The Adventure of the Dorrington Inheritance"
   • "The Adventure of the 'Triple Kent'"
   • "The Adventure of the Rydberg Numbers"
   • "The Adventure of the Grice-Paterson Curse"
   • "The Adventure of the Stone of Scone"
   • "The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm"
   • "The Adventure of the Penny Magenta"
   • "The Adventure of the Trained Cormorant"
   • "The Adventure of the Camberwell Beauty"
   • "The Adventure of the Little Hangman"
   • "The Adventure of the Swedenborg Signatures"
6. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons [1961]
   • "Introduction{, by Anthony Boucher
     Anthony Boucher
     Anthony Boucher was an American science fiction editor and author of mystery novels and short stories. He was particularly influential as an editor. Between 1942 and 1947 he acted as reviewer of mostly mystery fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle...
     
     
   • "The Adventure of the Mazarine Blue"
   • "The Adventure of the Hats of M. Dulac"
   • "The Adventure of the Mosaic Cylinders"
   • "The Adventure of the Praed Street Irregulars"
   • "The Adventure of the Cloverdale Kennels"
   • "The Adventure of the Black Cardinal"
   • "The Adventure of the Troubled Magistrate"
   • "The Adventure of the Blind Clairaudient"
7. Abbreviations for the Solar Pons Canon

Volume Two

1. The Casebook of Solar Pons [1965]
   • "Foreword", by Vincent Starrett
     Vincent Starrett
     Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett , known as Vincent Starrett, was an American writer and newspaperman.- Biography :...
     
     
   • "The Adventure of the Sussex Archers"
   • "The Adventure of the Haunted Library"
   • "The Adventure of the Fatal Glance"
   • "The Adventure of the Intarsia Box"
   • "The Adventure of the Spurious Tamerlaine"
   • "The Adventure of the China Cottage"
   • "The Adventure of the Ascot Scandal"
   • "The Adventure of the Crouching Dog"
   • "The Adventure of the Missing Huntsman"
   • "The Adventure of the Amateur Philologist"
   • "The Adventure of the Whispering Knights"
   • "The Adventure of the Innkeeper's Clerk"
   • "Afterword"
2. Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey [1968]
   • I. "The Last of Jonas Fairlie"
   • II. "Farway Hall"
   • III. "The Poor Cousins"
   • IV. "Mr. Abercrombie's Reticence"
   • V. "An Attempt at Murder"
   • VI. "Inquest"
   • VII. "A Visit to Cheltenham"
   • VIII. "Jonas Fairlie's Retreat"
   • IX. "The Second Secret"
3. The Chronicles of Solar Pons [1973]
   • "Introduction", by Allen J. Hubin
   • "The Adventure of the Red Leech"
   • "The Adventure of the Orient Express"
   • "The Adventure of the Golden Bracelet"
   • "The Adventure of the Shaplow Millions"
   • "The Adventure of the Benin Bronze"
   • "The Adventure of the Missing Tenants"
   • "The Adventure of the Aluminum Crutch"
   • "The Adventure of the Seven Sisters"
   • "The Adventure of the Bishop's Companion"
   • "The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians
     The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians
     "The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians" is a detective fiction short story by author August Derleth. It was released in 1968 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 2,012 copies. The chapbook is illustrated by Frank Utpatel. The story is part of Derleth's Solar Pons series of pastiches of the...
     
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4. A Praed Street Dossier [1968]
   • "The Beginnings of Solar Pons"
   • "The Sources of the Tales"
   • "Concerning Dr. Parker's Background"
   • "The Favorite Pastiches"
   • "From the Notebooks of Dr. Lyndon Parker"
   • "The Adventure of the Bookseller's Clerk"
   • "Solar Pons, Off-Trail"
   • "The Adventure of the Snitch in Time" (with Mack Reynolds
     Mack Reynolds
     Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Clark Collins, Mark Mallory, Guy McCord, Dallas Ross and Maxine Reynolds. Many of his stories were published in Galaxy Magazine and Worlds of If Magazine...
     
     )
   • "The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus" (with Mack Reynolds
     Mack Reynolds
     Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Clark Collins, Mark Mallory, Guy McCord, Dallas Ross and Maxine Reynolds. Many of his stories were published in Galaxy Magazine and Worlds of If Magazine...
     
     )
5. The Final Adventures of Solar Pons [1998]
   • The Terror Over London
     • i. "If You See a Hunchback"
     • ii. "At the Foreign Office"
     • iii. "Pons Explains"
     • iv. "The Lady Ysola Warrender"
     • v. "The King of Clubs"
     • vi. "Lord Norton is Indiscreet"
     • vii. "Mr. Howells Appears and Disappears"
     • viii. "The Lady in Black"
     • ix. "The Green Light"
     • x. "Mr. Howells Once More"
     • xi. "Number 21, Limehouse Causeway"
     • xii. "The Enemy Strikes"
     • xiii. "Mr. John Devore"
     • xiv. "The Horror in the Fog"
     • xv. "The Halting Footsteps"
     • xvi. "The Dead Man Comes to Life"
     • xvii. "Alvert, the Dove"
     • xviii. "Frick is Heard From"
     • xix. "The End in Sight"
     • xx. "The Last of the Clubs"
   • The Lost Adventures
     • "The Adventures of Gresham Old Place"
     • "The Adventure of the Burlstone Horror"
     • "The Adventure of the Viennese Musician"
     • "The Adventure of the Muttering Man"
   • The Off-Trail Solar Pons
     • "The Adventure of the Nosferatu" (with Mack Reynolds
       Mack Reynolds
       Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Clark Collins, Mark Mallory, Guy McCord, Dallas Ross and Maxine Reynolds. Many of his stories were published in Galaxy Magazine and Worlds of If Magazine...
       
       )
     • "The Adventure of the Extra-Terrestrial" (with Mack Reynolds
       Mack Reynolds
       Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Clark Collins, Mark Mallory, Guy McCord, Dallas Ross and Maxine Reynolds. Many of his stories were published in Galaxy Magazine and Worlds of If Magazine...
       
       )
6. Praed Street Papers
   • Cartoons by Frank Utpatel
   • "The Adventure of the Limping Man"
   • "The Adventure of the Missing Tenants"
7. Abbreviations for the Solar Pons Canon