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The Captain of the Polestar: Being an Extract from the Singular Journal of John M'Allister Ray, Student of Medicine

Arthur Conan Doyle

First published 1979
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

In early editions, the name "McAlister" was printed with a superscript c which has often been mistaken for an apostrophe; therefore, in a number of reprints and secondary sources, it appears as "M'Alister" (or, in this case, "M'Allister").

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1979 Cover The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle Dover Publications Collection 15
August 1979 Cover The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle Dover Publications Collection 15
June 1989 Cover The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle Amereon House Collection 15