# John Thorndyke S Cases Related By Christopher Jervis And Edited

Author: Unknown

Genre: Public Domain

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: Local public-domain TXT source

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## Summary

The stories in this collection, inasmuch as they constitute a somewhat new departure in this class of literature, require a few words of introduction. The primary function of all fiction is to furnish entertainment to the reader, and this fact has not been lost sight of. But the interest of so-called "detective" fiction is, I believe, greatly enhanced by a careful adherence to the probable, and a strict avoidance of physical impossibilities; and, in accordance with this belief, I have been scrupulous in confining myself to authentic facts and practicable methods. The stories have, for the most part, a medico-legal motive, and the methods of solution described in them are similar to those...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-thorndyke-s-cases-related-by-christopher-jervis-and-edited-0d96620e/chapters/20/index.md)