The Beetle Hunter
| First published | June 1898 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
| Series | Round the Fire #1 |
"An unemployed doctor answers an advert in the Standard and goes for an interview with Lord Linchfield who requires a strong man with a good knowledge of beetles. They go... to Delamere Court, home of tall eccentric beetle expert Sir Thomas Rossiter...." (Books & Boots) The events of the first night of their stay demonstrate why the doctor was summoned.
Non-speculative mystery story (one of Doyle's many mysteries in which the perpetrator is a madman). First published in the Strand Magazine, June 1898.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| June 1898 |
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The Strand Magazine, June 1898 | George Newnes | MAGAZINE | 602 |
| 1908 | Round the Fire Stories | The McClure Company | Collection | 20 | |
| 1908 |
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Round the Fire Stories | Smith, Elder & Co. | Collection | 18 |
| 1922 |
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Tales of Terror and Mystery | John Murray | Collection | |
| 1925 |
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The Black Doctor and Other Tales of Terror and Mystery | George H. Doran | Collection | |8 |
| June 1929 |
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The Conan Doyle Stories | John Murray | Collection | |
| October 1939 | The Conan Doyle Stories | John Murray | Collection | ||
| December 1940 | The Conan Doyle Stories | John Murray | Collection | ||
| December 1945 |
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The Conan Doyle Stories | John Murray | Collection | 571 |
| March 1949 |
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The Conan Doyle Stories | John Murray | Collection | |
| August 1951 | The Conan Doyle Stories | John Murray | Collection | ||
| November 1956 | The Conan Doyle Stories | John Murray | Collection | ||
| August 1960 | The Conan Doyle Stories | John Murray | Collection | 571 | |
| 1978 |
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Tales of Terror and Mystery | Pan Books | Collection | |0.08 |
| 1979 | Tales of Terror and Mystery | Penguin Books | Collection | |9 | |
| 1981 |
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O Enigma do Trem Perdido | Francisco Alves | Collection | |
| March 1982 |
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Le train perdu | 10/18 | Collection | 144 |
| February 1983 |
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Der Kapitän der Polestar und andere unheimliche Abenteuer | Bastei Lübbe | Collection | 153 |
| May 1991 |
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Round the Fire Stories | Chronicle Books | Collection | 12 |
| May 1996 | Tales of Terror and Mystery | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |8 | |
| 1999 |
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Classic Mysteries II: A Collection of Mind-bending Masterpieces | Lowell House | Anthology | 55 |
| 2004 |
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Kadunud erirong | Fantaasia | Collection | |
| April 2013 |
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Tales of Terror and Mystery | Serenity Publishers | Collection | |0.08 |
| December 2015 |
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Round the Fire Stories | MysteriousPress.com / Open Road | Collection | |
| October 2016 |
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Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| October 2016 |
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Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| February 2017 | Round the Fire Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |18 | |
| March 2018 |
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Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Collection | 303 |
| June 2018 | Nota do Tradutor, June 2018 | Revista de Tradução Literária e Biblioteca Digital | MAGAZINE | ||
| June 2018 | Nota do Tradutor, June 2018 | Revista de Tradução Literária e Biblioteca Digital | MAGAZINE | ||
| January 2020 |
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Tales of Terror and Mystery | Bibliotech Press | Collection | |0.08 |