The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is the second collection of short stories about the fictional protagonist, detective Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Published in 1983 it includes short stories originally published in The Strand Magazine. Odin's Library Classics Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.