His Tangled Beard - ______d Hair - And Outstanding - Drooping Eyebrows Combined To Give An Air Of Dignityand Power To His Appearance - But His Face Was Of Anashen White - While His Lips And The Corners Of Hisnostrils Were Tinged With A Shade Of Blue;""The Further Points - That He Is Middle-aged - Thathis Hair Is ______d - That It Has Been Recently Cut - And That He Uses Lime-cream - Are All To Be Gatheredfrom A Close Examination Of The Lower Part Of The Lining; "He Is A Man Who Leads A Sedentary Life - Goes Out Little - Is Out Of Training Entirely - Is Middleaged - Has ______d Hair Which He Has Had Cut Withinthe Last Few Days - And Which He Anoints With Limecream;"He Was A Large Man With Rounded Shoulders - Amassive Head - And A Broad - Intelligent Face - Sloping Down To A Pointed Beard Of ______d Brown; Toller - For That Is His Name - Is A Rough - Uncouth Man - With ______d Hair And Whiskers - Anda Perpetual Smell Of Drink

A collection of twelve short stories, published in 1892, by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. I The stories are not in chronological order, and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson. The stories are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view. In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice.