This story is a magnificent piece of writing. Imagery is so strong that when I am reading, I feel that I am in the past. when the TREATY was theft it was as startling to me as that was to Mr. Percy Phelps. I thought that it was taken by the commissionaire's wife but it wasn't. The story becomes more interesting as it proceeds. I like the methods of Mr. Holmes. The MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is quite an interesting book. All the adventures are brilliant and deserve to be read.