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In November 1887.

Arthur Conan Doyle's first detective novel, A Study in Scarlet, is published in Beeton's Christmas Annual by Ward Lock & Co. in London, introducing the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes & his friend & chronicler Dr. Watson.

https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/244

Cover of Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887, featuring A. Conan Doyle's story A Study in Scarlet
Original illustration of Holmes with magnifying glass, by David Henry Friston. Left to right: Watson, Holmes, Lestrade, Gregson

So the clocks went back at the weekend, and the night falls ever more swiftly over our city each evening.

But on a positive note, it really makes our bookshop look oh-so cosy, doesn't it??

looking at the Edinburgh Bookshop doorway at night, the glass in the doors and the large windows on either side all glowing warmly with light inside, in contrast to the darkness outside, looking very inviting!

Inundación en la última planta de la Biblioteca Nacional tras las lluvias caídas en Madrid

> Un vídeo muestra el suelo del piso 12º, en el depósito general del edificio, anegado y con agua cayendo por varias goteras. Se han visto afectados un centenar de libros de los años ochenta del pasado siglo

Leer más en El País

https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-10-17/inundacion-en-la-ultima-planta-de-la-biblioteca-nacional-por-las-lluvias-caidas-en-madrid.html

Cuatro de las catorce bibliotecas de Sevilla no pueden completar su horario de apertura por falta de personal

> Siete vacantes se han quedado por cubrir, lo que afecta al funcionamiento de las bibliotecas Luis Cernuda (Bellavista), El Esqueleto (Polígono Sur), Alberto Lista (calle Feria) y la casa de las Columnas (Triana)

Leer más en Cadena SER

https://cadenaser.com/andalucia/2024/10/07/cuatro-de-las-catorce-bibliotecas-municipales-no-pueden-completar-su-horario-de-apertura-por-falta-de-personal-radio-sevilla/

In October 1902.

Beatrix Potter's self-illustrated children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit (originally published privately a year earlier) appears in its first trade edition with Frederick Warne & Co in London. It sells 28,000 copies by the end of the year. Potter created both the text and the illustrations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Peter_Rabbit#

The Tale of Peter Rabbit at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/14838

Cover of the first, privately printed edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

in 1914.

Arthur Machen's short story "The Bowmen" is published in The Evening News (London).

In this story, written and published during World War I, the ghosts of archers from the battle of Agincourt, led by Saint George, come to the aid of British troops. This is cited as the origin of the Angels of Mons legend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Machen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons

The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14044

E-Biblio cumple 10 años con más de 18 millones de libros, cómics y revistas prestados

> La plataforma digital de préstamo de libros y contenidos, supera los 3,5 millones de préstamos en 2023 y celebra su aniversario con una renovación y campaña para aumentar su visibilidad

Leer más en Infobae

https://www.infobae.com/espana/agencias/2024/09/27/e-biblio-cumple-10-anos-con-mas-de-18-millones-de-libros-comics-y-revistas-prestados/

"The Adventure of the Empty House" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Collier's in the United States in 1903, and in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom in October 1903.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Empty_House

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/108

Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Empty House" (1903), Illustration by Sidney Paget, in The Strand Magazine. Orginal caption: "I crept forward and looked across at the familiar window."