The boy scouts book of stories

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The great big man / O. Johnson A twilight adventure / M.D. Post Tad Sheldon, second class scout / J.F. Wilson [Red-Headed League](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262476W) / A.C. Doyle The ransom of Red Chief / O. Henry The honk-honk breed / S.E. White The devil-fish / N. Duncan The jumping frog / Mark Twain Bingism / B. Tarkingtorn Concho Curly at the op'ra / E.B. Bronson The lie / H. Hagedorn Story of the bandbox / R.L. Stevenson The hero and the cowboy / J.C. Lincoln The dollar / M. Robertson The mascot of "Troop 1" / S. Chalmers The lion's smile / T.W. Hanshew The roll-call of the reef / A.T. Quiller-Couch The house and the brain / E. Bulwer-Lytton.

subjects: Short stories,  banks,  detective fiction,  Encyclopædia Britannica,  pawnbrokers,  police inspectors,  red hair,  Mystery and detective stories,  Children's fiction

People: Sherlock Holmes,  John H. Watson,  Jabez Wilson,  Vincent Spaulding,  Duncan Ross,  Police Inspector Jones,  Mr. Merryweather,  John Clay,  Archie

Times: 1890