INDEX

“Admirable Crichton, The,” Barrie, 247 “Adventure of the Priory School, The,” 102 “Adventure of the Second Stain, The,” 102 “Adventure of the Tired Captain, The,” 102 Aeroplane, the author’s one experience in an, 283 Algonquin Park, Canada, 300-301 Allen, Grant, and his unfinished “Hilda Wade”, 254-255; his agnosticism and his last days, 255; as a popular scientist, 256 “All the Year Round,” contributions to, 67 “Amazing Marriage, The,” Meredith, 244 Amery, Lionel, 208 Ancestry, 1-4 Antoine, General, 367, 368 Arctic, seven months in the, on a whaler, 29-41 Armistice Day, 386 Armour, suggestions during World War for use of, for troops, 332-333 Asquith, 241 Athletics, work in the interest of, 229-231 Australian sector of the front, a visit to the, 375-386 “Backwater of Life,” Payn, 256 Balfour, Arthur James, first meeting with, 238-239; his home at Whittinghame, 239-241; abhorrence of cowardice, 240; interest in psychic matters, 241 Ball, Mr., experiments in thought transference with, 78 Balloon ascension, delights of a, 282-283 Bampton, Lord, conflicting characteristics of, 260 Barrett, William, and telepathy, 78 Barrie, Sir James M., parody on Sherlock Holmes, 97-100; a visit with, at Kirriemuir, 246-247; dramatic work, 247; his “The Admirable Crichton”, 247; an unfortunate dramatic venture with, 248-249 Barrington, Sir Eric, 186 Baseball, opinion of the game of, 287-288 Bell, Professor Joseph, 20-21; Sherlock Holmes based on, 69 Bergmann, Doctor, and the demonstration of the Koch cure, 82, 83 Berlin, demonstration of the Koch cure in, 82-84 “Beyond the City,” 93 Billiards, the supposed analogy between golf and, 271; ascertaining one’s “decimal” in, 272; experiences with the game, 272-273 Birkenhead, Lord, 231 “Blackwoods,” contributions to, 68 Blavatsky, Madame, 81 Boer War, the shadow of the, 147; first reverses of the, 148; organizing the Langman Hospital for the, 149-154; press correspondents in the, 156; days with the army in the, 160-173; dum-dum bullets in the, 159, 183 Books, favourite, in boyhood, 7 Boxing, keen relish for the manly art of, 265; some experiences in, 265-266; from the national point of view, 266-267; champions of old and of to-day compared, 267; its influence in France, 268 Boyhood days, 5-7 “Boy’s Own Paper, The,” contributions to, 67 “Brigadier Gerard” stories, 115, 121; dramatization of, 227-228 “British Campaign in France and Flanders, The,” 326-327 British Olympic Committee, 229 British front in the World War, on the, 335-352 Brown, Professor Crum, 19 Buller, Sir Redvers H., 174 Burnham, Lord, 238, 239 “Bush Villa,” Southsea, 75, 87 Business, unfortunate and fortunate ventures in, 234-235 Butler, General, dinner at head-quarters of the Third Corps with, 379 Cambridge, Duke of, 152, 153 Canada, a trip through, in 1914, 287, 292-303 Capetown, South Africa, 154 “Captain of the Polestar,” 67 Carnic Alps, the warfare in the, 356-357 Cassidy, Father, the kindly principal at Hodder, 8 “Cause and Conduct of the War in South Africa, The,” inception of the idea of writing, 184; financing the scheme, 185-188; the several translations of, 188-192; beneficial effect of publication of, 192; disposition of surplus earnings of, 192-194; 204 Caux, Switzerland, 120 “Chambers’ Journal” accepts author’s first story, 24 Channel Tunnel, 311, 312; feasibility and value of a, 314-317 Childers, Erskine, 208 Christian faith, author’s changing views of the, 26-27 Churchill, Winston, 317, 332, 335 Civilian Reserve, formation of the, 323; disbandment, 324 Classics, early distaste and later fondness for the, 9 Clemenceau, Georges, 360-361 Collins, Wilkie, 256 Conan, Michael, author’s granduncle and godfather, 15, 16 Conan, Miss. See Doyle, Mrs. John Conan Doyle, the steam trawler, in the World War, 331 Congo Association, work for the amelioration of conditions in the Belgian Congo, 228-229 Constantinople, a visit to, 222 “Cornhill,” contributions to, 67, 68, 75; 89 Coronation Oath, protest against form of, 220-221 Corporal punishment in school days, 5, 10 Cricket, early recollections of, 273; getting into first-class, 273-275; two unusual experiences at, 275-276; some memorable matches, 276-277; with J. M. Barrie’s team, 278-279; creditable records in bowling, 279 “Crime of the Congo, The,” 229 Cromer, Lord, impressions of, 123 Crowborough, removal to, 215 Crowborough Company, Sixth Royal Sussex Volunteer Regiment, 324-329 Cullingworth, Doctor, friendship with, at Edinburgh University, 52; strange character of, 52-54; author’s association with, 54-58 “Curious Experience of the Patterson Family in the Island of Uffa,” 102 Curzon, Lady, establishing a precedent in etiquette with, 259 “Daily Telegraph, The,” article on the Koch cure in, 84 “Danger,” article in “The Strand Magazine,” 310 Davos, Switzerland, 115, 119, 120 “Desert Dream, A,” 124 “Dicky Doyle’s Diary,” 2 Divorce laws, work for reform in the, 231-232 Doctor, determination to become a, 17 “Doings of Raffles Haw, The,” 88 Donald, Robert, of the “Daily Chronicle,” 360-361 Dorando and the great Marathon Race of 1908, 223-225 “Dorian Grey,” Wilde, 73, 74 Doyle, Annette, author’s sister, 5, 17; death of, 91 Doyle, Arthur Conan, birth, 1; ancestry, 1-4; boyhood days, 5-7; the preparatory school at Hodder, 8; the Jesuit public school at Stonyhurst, 8-12; school-mates, 11; first evidence of a literary streak, 11-12; a year at school in Austria, 12-14; feeling toward the Jesuits, 14-15; first visit to Paris, 15-16; adopts medicine as a profession, 17; enters Edinburgh University Medical School, 18; college life, 18-21; outside work in spare time, 21-24; first story accepted by “Chambers’,” 24; his father’s characteristics, 24-25; his spiritual unfolding and the Catholic Church, 25-27; a whaling voyage in the Arctic Ocean, 29-41; the ship’s company on the Hope, 30-32; hunting seals, 33-36; physical development, 41; ship’s surgeon on the Mayumba to West Africa, 42-51; experiences on the West Coast, 45-50; fire at sea, 50-51; professional association with an eccentric character, 52-58; in practice at Southsea, 59-61; joined by his brother Innes, 61-62; comedy and tragedy in practice, 62-64; marriage, 64-66; developing literary interests, 67-68; genesis of “Sherlock Holmes,” 69-70; “Micah Clarke,” 71; James Payn, Oscar Wilde and others, 72-74; “The White Company,” 74-75; first ventures in psychic studies, 77-81; birth of daughter Mary, 81; the Koch tuberculosis cure, 81-84; and W. T. Stead, 82; advice from Malcolm Morris, 84-85; first public speaking, 85-86; leaving Portsmouth, 87; a winter in Vienna, 88-89; as an eye specialist in London, 89-90; contributions to the magazines, 90; virulent influenza, 90-91; literature for a livelihood, 91; “The Refugees,” 92-93; and the death of Sherlock Holmes, 93-94; sidelights on Sherlock Holmes, 96-110; ventures in the drama, 96-97; collaboration with Sir James Barrie, 97; and Barrie’s parody on Holmes, 97-100; fact and fiction regarding Sherlock Holmes, 100-110; birth of his son Kingsley, 111; joins the Psychical Research Society, 111; and the literary life of London, 111-113; “A Straggler of ’15” and Henry Irving, 113-114; serious illness of Mrs. Doyle, 114-115; to Davos, Switzerland, 115; beginning of the “Brigadier Gerard” stories, 115; lecturing tour in the United States, 116-119; a strenuous winter, 117-118; anti-British feeling in the States, 118; back to Davos and Caux, 119-120; locating in Hindhead, 121; to Egypt in winter of 1896, 121; some notable men in Egypt, 122-124; a trip to the Salt Lakes, 125-128; the war against the Mahdi, 130; to the front as correspondent pro-tem., 130-138; incidents of the trip, 131-137; dinner with Kitchener, 137; return from the frontier, 138; the house in Hindhead, 140; literary work, 140-141; religious unrest, 141-142; psychic experiences, 142-143; and the little Doctor, 144-146; the shadow of South Africa, 146-147; the Boer War of 1899, 148; early reverses, 148; and the Langman Hospital service, 149-150; experiments with rifle fire, 150-152; and the Duke of Cambridge, 152-153; in South Africa, 153-154; inoculation for enteric fever, 154; Boer prisoners, 155; locating the hospital in Bloemfontein, 155-157; outbreak of enteric fever, 157-159; dum-dum bullets, 159; days at the front with the army, 159-170; return to the hospital, 170-173; temporary illness, 174-175; quelling a mutiny in the unit, 175-176; to Pretoria and Johannesburg, 176-180; interview with Lord Roberts, 178; an unusual surgical operation, 181; return to England, 182-183; misrepresentation concerning England and the Boer War, 184; an appeal to World Opinion, 184-194; and “The Cause and Conduct of the War in South Africa,” 187-188; translations and distribution of the pamphlet, 188-192; success of the undertaking, 192-194; experiences in politics, 195-203; writes “The Great Boer War,” 204; and the accolade of Knighthood, 205; interest in rifle clubs, 207-208; on the use of cavalry in war, 208; completion of “Sir Nigel,” 209; death of Mrs. Doyle, 209; and the Edalji Case, 209-215; second marriage, 215; removal to Crowborough, 215; and the Oscar Slater Case, 216-220; protests the form of the Coronation Oath, 220-221; visits Egypt, Constantinople and Greece, 222-223; the Marathon Race of 1908, 223-225; and the evil administration of the Belgian Congo, 228; work in the interest of athletics in England, 229-231; and reform of the Divorce Laws, 231-232; continued interest in psychic matters, 232; ventures in speculation, 233-235; acquaintance with some notable people, 236-261; impressions of Theodore Roosevelt, 236-238; and Arthur James Balfour, 238-241; Asquith and Lord Haldane, 241-242; visit with George Meredith, 242-245; acquaintance with Kipling, 245-246; friendship with Sir James M. Barrie, 246-249; and Sir Henry Irving, 249-250; on George Bernard Shaw, 250-251; long acquaintance with H. G. Wells, 251-252; and his brother-in-law, William Hornung, 252; correspondence with Stevenson, 253-254; and Grant Allen, 255-256; appreciation of James Payn, 256-257; dinners with Sir Henry Thompson, 258; settling a question of etiquette, 259; impressions of Sir Henry Hawkins, 260-261; and Sir Francis Jeune, 261; recollections of sport, 262-286; views on flat-racing and steeplechasing, 262-263; on hunting for pleasure, 263-264; a liking for fishing, 264-265; on the noble sport of boxing, 265-268; and the Jeffries-Johnson fight, 268-269; love for Rugby football, 269-270; and the game of golf, 270-271; the lure of billiards, 271-273; recollections of cricket, 273-279; some motoring experiences, 280-282; ski-ing in Switzerland, 283-285; a trip to the Canadian Rockies in 1914, 287-300; in New York, 287-289; through the land of Parkman, 289-292; on the wonders of Western Canada, 292-298; in Jasper and Algonquin Parks, 298-301; on the destiny of Canada, 301-302; disbelief in the German menace, 304-305; participates in the Prince Henry Competition, 305-308; effect of Bernhardi’s writings on, 308; “England and the Next War” by, 308-310; interviewed by General Henry Wilson, 310-313; meditations on methods of attack and defence, 313-314; urges building of Channel Tunnel, 314-317; on the lack of foresight in the Admiralty, 317-319; suggests life-saving devices for the Navy, 319-321; a letter from William Redmond, 321; organizing the Volunteers, 323-324; in the Sixth Royal Sussex Volunteer Regiment, 324-326; on the writing of “The British Campaign in France and Flanders,” 326-327; conditions in England during the World War, 327-328; communications with British prisoners, 329-330; luncheon with the Empress Eugenie, 331-332; suggests individual armour for troops, 332-333; heavy losses of his kith and kin in the War, 333-334; to the British front in 1916, 335-352; crossing to France with General Robertson, 337-338; a trip through the trenches, 339-341; a medal presentation in Bethune, 341-342; in an observation post, 342-343; a meeting with his brother Innes, 343; the Ypres Salient at night, 344; the destruction and desolation in Ypres, 345-346; on the Sharpenburg, 346-347; luncheon with Sir Douglas Haig, 347-349; an artillery duel at close quarters, 349-350; meets his son Kingsley at Mailly, 350; two days in Paris, 351-352; a mission to the Italian front, 353-359; attempts to reach Monfalcone, 354-356; in the Carnic Alps, 356-357; a day in the Trentino, 357-358; a spiritual intimation of the victory on the Piave, 358-359; effect of the death of Kitchener, 360; an interview with Clemenceau, 360-361; on the French front, 361-371 in Soissons, 362; through the French trenches, 362-365; in the front line, 367; the saviours of France, 371; breakfast and an interesting talk with Lloyd George, 373-375; a visit to the Australian front, 375-385; a second meeting with his brother Innes, 378-379; breaking the Hindenburg Line, 380-383; in London on Armistice Day, 386; the psychic quest, 387-399; public expositions of his psychic belief, 388-390; belief in the universality of the spiritual knowledge, 390-392; tangible evidence for his faith, 392-393; on the mistakes of science in investigations, 395-396; personal assurance in his spiritual belief, 397-398; as to the future, 398-399 Doyle, Mrs. Arthur Conan (née Hawkins), 64; marriage, 65; 85, 87; development of a serious malady, 114; to Switzerland in search of health, 115, 119; a winter in Egypt, 121, 122, 130; in Naples, 152; 204; death of, 209 Doyle, Mrs. Arthur Conan (née Leckie), marriage, 215; Sultan confers Order of Chevekat on, 222; home for Belgian refugees during the World War, 328; psychic interests and activities of, 388 Doyle, Monsignor Barry, 2-3 Doyle, Charles, author’s father, born in London, 2; enters Government Office of Works, Edinburgh, 2; marriage, 4; talent as an artist, 4-5; 17, 24; characteristics of, 25; death of, 25; his religious faith, 25 Doyle, Mrs. Charles, author’s mother, 3; marriage, 4; early struggles of married life, 5, 12; declines to dedicate son to the Church, 12; 17; her changing religious faith, 25; 41, 55, 92 Doyle, Connie, author’s sister, 5, 17, 115 Doyle, Henry, author’s uncle, manager of the National Gallery, Dublin, 2 Doyle, Ida, author’s sister, 17 Doyle, Innes, author’s brother, 17; joins brother in Portsmouth, 61; letter to his mother, 61-62; accompanies author on American lecturing tour, 116; death of, 334; 343, 347, 378 Doyle, James, author’s uncle, 1; literary and artistic ability of, 1-2 Doyle, John, author’s grandfather, reputation as a cartoonist, 1; personal appearance of, 1; his family, 1-2 Doyle, Mrs. John, author’s grandmother, 15 Doyle, Julia, author’s sister, 17 Doyle, Kingsley Conan, author’s son, birth of, 111; death of, 334; 350, 351 Doyle, Lottie, author’s sister, 5, 17, 115, 121 Doyle, Mary, author’s daughter, 81, 85; activities during the World War, 328 Doyle, Richard, author’s uncle, his whimsical humour, 2 Doyle, Sir Francis Hastings, 2 Drama, first venture in the, 113 Drayson, General, a pioneer in psychic studies, 79; and spiritualism, 80 Drury, Major, 149, 175 “Duet, A,” 141 Dum-Dum bullets in the Boer War, 159, 183 Dupont, General, 369 Edalji, George, a victim of the miscarriage of justice, 209-215 Edinburgh, birthplace and boyhood home of author, 1; political activities in, in 1900, 195, 196-199 Edinburgh University Medical School, the author a student in, 18-21 Edmonton, Canada, 297 Egypt, a winter in, with Mrs. Doyle, 121-139; men of note in, 122-124; the temples and tombs of, 124-128; the war against the Mahdi, 130-139 “England and the Next War,” the author’s article in the “Fortnightly,” 308-310; result of publication of, 310-313 Enteric fever, inoculation for, 154; in the Boer War, 157-159 “Esoteric Buddhism,” Sinnett, 81 Eugenie, Empress, 331-332 Feldkirch, Austria, a year in the Jesuit school at, 13-14 Fencing, limited experience in, 279 Fenians, first glimpse of the, 6-7 “Fires of Fate, The,” 124, 226-227 “Firm of Girdlestone, The,” 68 Fishing, a liking for the art of, 264-265 Foley, Mary. See Doyle, Mrs. Charles Foley, William, author’s grandfather, 3 Foley, Mrs. William, author’s grandmother, 3-4 Football, the best collective sport, 269-270 Fort William, Ontario, 293, 294 France, Bernhardi’s opinion of the soldiers of, 308; the Channel Tunnel and, 315; typical soldiers of, 363-367, 369; the saviours of, 371 Franco-German War, 8 French, General, Sir John, 330, 331 George, Lloyd, 361; breakfast and an interesting talk with, 373; his estimate of Lord Kitchener, 373-374; and the subject of armour, 375; on the revolution in Russia, 375 Germany, author’s disbelief in possible trouble with, 304-305; Bernhardi as a representative of thought in, 308 “Germany and the Next War,” Bernhardi, 308 Gibbs, Doctor Charles, 150, 175, 181-182 Golf, the fascination of, 270; in Egypt, 270-271; an obituary to the author’s, 271 Gray, Captain John, of the whaling ship, the Hope, 29, 30 “Great Boer War, The,” 204 Great Lakes, through the, 292 “Great Shadow, The,” 93 Gwynne, H. A., 137; in South Africa, 156; 205 “Habakuk Jephson’s Statement,” 67 Haig, General Sir Douglas, 331, 347; luncheon with, 348; personal appearance and traits of, 348-349 Haldane, Lord, 242 Hamilton, Sir Ian, 159 Hawkins, Miss. See Doyle, Mrs. Arthur Conan (née Hawkins) Hawkins, Sir Henry. See Bampton, Lord Henneque, General, 365, 366 “Hilda Wade,” Allen, completed by author, 254-255 Hindenburg Line, the, 379, 381; the break in the, 382 Hindhead, locating in, 121; 224 “History of the War” (World), 242 Hodder, two years in preparatory school at, 8 Home, Sir Anthony, 76 Hope, the Arctic whaling ship the, 29, 30, 33, 34, 36 Hornung, William, the author’s brother-in-law, 115; brilliant in repartee, 252 “House of Temperley, The,” dramatization of “Rodney Stone” 225-226 “Human Personality,” Myers, influence on the study of psychics, 78 Humbert, General, 368 Hunting for sport unjustified, 263-264; its effects on our better instincts, 264 “Idler, The,” contributions to, 112-113 Influenza, virulent attack of, 91 “Inner Room, The,” 94-95 Ireland, founding of the Doyle family in, 2; early visit to, 6-7 Irving, Sir Henry, 113-114; acquaintance with, 249; Bernard Shaw and, 250 Irving, Henry, the younger, 114 Italy, at the front in, 353-358; difficulties of the terrain in, 354, 356-358 “Jane Annie,” in collaboration with Barrie, 248 Jasper Park, Canada, 287, 298-300 Jerome, Jerome K., 112, 253 Jesuits, school life under the, 8-12; in Austria with the, 12-13; author’s feeling for and opinion of the, 14-15 Jeune, Sir Francis, 261 “John Creedy,” Allen, 256 “John Huxford’s Hiatus,” 68 Kipling, Rudyard, 118; the charm of his writing, 245; in his Brattleboro home, 245-246 Kitchener, 123, 131, 137, 138, 178, 179, 241; death of, 360; Lloyd George’s estimate of, 373-374 Knighthood, receiving the accolade of, 204-205 Koch, Doctor, and his so-called cure for consumption, 81, 83 Lang, Andrew, favourable opinion of “Micah Clarke,” 71 Langman, Archie, 149; captured and released by De Wet, 176 Langman, John, 149 Langman Hospital, service with the, in the Boer War, 147-183 Leckie, Jean. See Doyle, Mrs. Arthur Conan, née Leckie Lecturing tour in America, 116-119 Lewis, Colonel, of the Egyptian army, 126-129 “Light,” contributes article to, 80; 111 “Lippincott’s Magazine,” contribution to, 73 “Literary Reminiscences,” Payn, 256 Literary work, 67, 90 Literature, first knowledge of talent for, 11-12; first attempts in, 24 Lodge, Sir Oliver, 205 London, residence in, 89; literary life in, 1880-1893, 111-113 McClure, S. S., 119 McLean, Colin, acting mate of the Hope, 30 Maloja, Switzerland, 115 Maxse, Leo, 361 Maxwell, W. B., 253, 262 Mayumba, S. S., to West Africa on the, as surgeon, 42; life aboard the, 49; on fire at sea, 50-51 Medical practice, Plymouth, 54-56; Portsmouth, 57-87 Medicine, determines on the study of, 17-18; first experiences in practice of, 22-24 Meredith, George, talents and shortcomings of, 242, 243; a visit to, at Box Hill, 243-244; his brilliant conversation, 244; religious convictions, 245; 256 “Micah Clarke,” author’s first historical novel, 71 Milner, Sir Alfred, 182 Mind, opinion on the nature of the, 78 “Miracle Town,” 332 Monash, General Sir John, luncheon at head-quarters of Australian troops with, 378 Monfalcone, Italy, perilous attempt to reach, 354-356 Morris, Doctor Malcolm, 82, 84-85 Motoring, a disagreeable experience in, 280; fascination of, 280; accidents and humorous incidents when, 281; an international competition in, 282 “Mystery of the Sassassa Valley, The,” the author’s first adventure story, 24 Navy, lack of foresight in the, 317-318; protection from mines for, 318-319; safety devices for crews, 319-321 Newton, Lord, 335, 336, 337 New York, a week in, 287-289 Nile, a trip up the river, 124-125 Northcliffe, Lord, 229, 231, 315 Norwood, home in, 91, 111, 113; leaving, 115 O’Callaghan, Doctor, 149 “Occult World,” Sinnett, 81 Olympic Games, of 1908, 223-225 Pack, Sir Denis, 3 Pack, Katherine, author’s grandmother. See Foley, Mrs. William Pack, Reverend Richard, 3 Padua, Italy, 353 Paget, Sidney, original illustrator of “Sherlock Holmes,” 101 “Parasite, The,” 93 Paris, first visit to, 15-16; 89; during the World War, 351, 352 Parkman, Francis, author’s opinion of, 93; preparation for his life work, 290; the charm of his style and his work, 290-291 Parliament, unsuccessful attempts to enter, 195-203 “Pavilion on the Links, The,” Stevenson, 253 Payn, James, 67, 69, 71, 72, 75; his humorous view of life, 256-257; a kindly critic, 257 “Physiologist’s Wife, The,” 68 Piave River, psychic revelation regarding the, 358-359 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, birthplace of author in, 1 Plymouth, associated with Doctor Cullingworth in, 54-56 Podmore, Mr., psychic experience with, 142-143 Poetry, early attempts in, 11-12 Politics, first entry in, 86; two unsuccessful efforts in, 195-203 Pond, Major, manages author’s lecturing tour in America, 116 Port Arthur, Ontario, 293 Portsmouth, in practice in, 55-87 Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society, the, 85 Pretoria, South Africa, 176, 178 Prince Henry Competition, the so-called motor race, 305-307 Public speaking, first attempts at, 85; in political campaigns, 86 Psychic, studies, early contempt for, 77; author’s materialistic viewpoint in, 77; nature of the mind and soul, 78; influence of telepathy on, 78; table turning, 79; growing interest in, 111; researches and experiences, 142-146; séances, 232; the later quest, 387-399 Psychical Research Society, member of, 111 Racing, author’s lack of interest in flat-, 262-263 Rationalist Association, 141 Reading, early taste for, 7 Redmond, Major William, 321-322 “Refugees, The,” 92, 93, 140-141 Reichenbach, Falls of, the tomb of Sherlock Holmes, 93-94 Reid, Mayne, a favourite author in boyhood, 7 Repington, Colonel, 316, 318, 325, 337 “Richard Feverel,” Meredith, 243, 245 Rifle, value of the, as an arm, 207-208 Rifle clubs, formation of, 207, 285 “Rights and Wrongs,” Cook, 185 “Ring of Thoth, The,” 68 “Robert Elsmere,” Ward, 256 Roberts, Lord, 157, 174, 178, 207, 313 Robertson, General William, 337, 338 Rocky Mountains, first view of the, 298 “Rodney Stone,” 96, 225, 266 Roman Catholic faith, author’s family and the, 2; author’s changing views of the, 25-27 Roosevelt, President Theodore, recollections and impressions of, 236-238 Rosicrucians, 146 Rugby football. See Football Russia, Lloyd George on the revolution in, 375 Rutherford, Professor, 19 Sackville-West, Colonel, and the interview with General Henry Wilson, 310-313 “St. Ives,” unfinished by Stevenson, 254 Sandow, Eugene, 205, 206 Sanna’s Post, in the Boer War, 159 Sault Ste. Marie, 292-293 “Scalp Hunters,” a favourite book in boyhood, 7 Scharlieb, Doctor, 150 School days, early, 5-7; at Hodder, 8; at Stonyhurst, 8-12 Seals, in the Arctic in the close season, 33-34; and the open season, 34-35 Sharpenburg, the view from the, 346-347 Shaw, George Bernard, 250; and Henry Irving, 250; controversial spirit of, 250-251; peculiar characteristics of, 251 “Sherlock Holmes,” the origin of the character of, 69; interest of the public in character of, 92, 93; concern of public at death of, 94; letters addressed to, 94; sidelights on character of, 96-110; dramatizations of the character, 96-97; Barrie’s parody of, 97-100; author’s original conception of, 100-101; film productions of, 101 “Sign of Four, The,” 73 “Silver Blaze,” 102 “Sir Nigel,” 75, 209 Ski-ing, experiences in, 283-285 Slater, Oscar, a victim of the miscarriage of justice, 216-220 Smith, Reginald, 186, 191, 193, 194 Society for Psychic Research, 142-143 Soissons, the ruins of the cathedral of, 362 Sophia, Mosque of, 222-223 Soul, opinion on the nature of the, 78 South Africa, shadow of war in, 146-147; arrival in, 154; first impressions of, 155-156; pamphlets on British methods and objects in, 184-194 “Speckled Band, The,” 96, 226 Speculation, ventures in, 233-234 Spiritualism, 80, 81 Sport, some recollections of and reflections on, 262-286 “Stark Munro Letters, The,” based on first experiences in medical practice, 52; 66, 111 Stead, W. T., 82 Steeplechasing, more of a true sport than flat-racing, 263 Stevenson, Robert Louis, the influence of, on author, 253; correspondence with, 253-254; the unfinished “St. Ives” by, 254 Stonyhurst, the great Jesuit school at, 8; the seven years at, 9-12 “Strand Magazine, The,” 90 “Straggler of ’15, A,” 113; dramatization of, 113-114 “Study in Scarlet,” 69-70, 100 Submarine, possible effect on England in warfare of the, 309-310, 313, 314 Switzerland, visits, 93; to, for Mrs. Doyle’s health, 115, 119, 120 Symonds, Lily Loder, 334 Symonds, Captain William Loder, 329, 330 Tank, its influence on the World War, 333; viewing a battle from the top of a, 381-382 Tariff Reform, in election of 1905, 199-203 Telepathy, first experiments in, 78 “Temple Bar,” contributions to, 67 Territorials, the, 309, 312, 323 Thackeray, William Makepeace, 6 Theosophy, interest in, 80, 81 Thompson, Sir Henry, 184, 185; and his famous “octave” dinners, 258 Thought transference, experiments in, 78 “Three Correspondents, The,” 136 “Three Men in a Boat,” Jerome, 112 Thurston, Father, 11 Ticonderoga, Fort, 291 “To Arms,” in collaboration, 327 “Tragedy of the Korosko, The,” 124 “Transvaal From Within,” Fitz-Patrick, 185 Trentino, in the, during the World War, 357-358 Udine, the Italian head-quarters town, 353 “Uncle Bernac,” 141 “Undershaw,” the home in Hindhead, 140 University of Edinburgh, studies medicine at, 17-18, 21; graduates from, 41 Vaughan, Bernard, 11 Vicars, Sir Arthur, 3 Vienna, a winter of study in, 88-89 Volunteer Force, formation of, at outbreak of the World War, 324 Waller, Lewis, 227, 228 Ward, Mrs. Humphry, and the life of the Victorian era, 256 Watt, A. P., 90 Wells, H. G., democratic frankness of, 251, 252; forecasts of the future, 252 West African Coast, voyage to the, 42-51 “Westminster Gazette,” honorary correspondent in Egypt for the, 130-139 Whaling in the Arctic, 29-41 “White Company, The,” 74; author’s opinion of, 75; its success, 75; 89 Wilde, Oscar, favourable opinion of “Micah Clarke,” 73; as a conversationalist, 73; letter from, 74 Wilson, General Henry, interview with, after publication of “England and the Next War,” 310-313 “Windlesham,” the home in Crowborough, 215 “Window in Thrums, A,” Barrie, 246 Winnipeg, Canada, 294, 295, 297 World War, prologue of the, 304-322; formation of the Volunteer Force at opening of, 324; conditions in England during the, 327-328; on the British front in the, 335-352; the Italian front in the, 353-359; a visit to the French front, 361-371; the Australian sector of the line, 375-386 Wound stripes, on British uniforms, 371 Ypres Salient, the, at night, 344; 345-346