The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, Issue 160, April, 1904Volume 27 — DIALSTONE LANE[A]Reading editionChapter navigation17 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterThe Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt.Chapter I · —CHILDHOOD.THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES[A].The Romance of the Bronze Duke.Two and a Tiger.The Best Comic Pictures.The Country of the Blind.Off the Track in London.Artists and Musicians.Detectives at School.DIALSTONE LANE[A]Chapter VIIChapter VIIIThe Phoenix and the Carpet.[A]The Making of a Lily.Curiosities.Previous chapter ←Volume 27 — Detectives at School.Next chapter →Volume 27 — Chapter VIIAll chapters and sections (17)Opening pagesFront matterVolume 27 · Other sectionsThe Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt.Volume 27 · Chapters1Volume 27 · Other sectionsTHE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES[A].The Romance of the Bronze Duke.Two and a Tiger.The Best Comic Pictures.The Country of the Blind.Off the Track in London.Artists and Musicians.Detectives at School.DIALSTONE LANE[A]Volume 27 · Chapters78Volume 27 · Other sectionsThe Phoenix and the Carpet.[A]The Making of a Lily.Curiosities.DIALSTONE LANE[A]BY W. W. JacobsNotes in this chapterNote 1 · Copyright, 1904, by W. W. Jacobs, in the United States of America.← Detectives at School.CHAPTER VII. →