Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. General Editor’s Preface vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. A Chronology of the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle xi
6. Introduction xxi
7. PREFACE 1
8. Chapter 1 EARLY RECOLLECTIONS 2
9. Chapter 2 UNDER THE JESUITS 8
10. Chapter 3 RECOLLECTIONS OF A STUDENT 16
11. Chapter 4 WHALING IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN 26
12. Chapter 5 THE VOYAGE TO WEST AFRICA 38
13. Chapter 6 MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICE 47
14. Chapter 7 MY START AT SOUTHSEA 53
15. Chapter 8 MY FIRST LITERARY SUCCESS 60
16. Chapter 9 PULLING UP THE ANCHOR 69
17. Chapter 10 THE GREAT BREAK 78
18. Chapter 11 SIDELIGHTS ON SHERLOCK HOLMES 85
19. Chapter 12 NORWOOD AND SWITZERLAND 98
20. Chapter 13 EGYPT IN 1896 106
21. Chapter 14 ON THE EDGE OF A STORM 114
22. Chapter 15 AN INTERLUDE OF PEACE 122
23. Chapter 16 THE START FOR SOUTH AFRICA 129
24. Chapter 17 DAYS WITH THE ARMY 140
25. Chapter 18 FINAL EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA 152
26. Chapter 19 AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD’S OPINION 161
27. Chapter 20 MY POLITICAL ADVENTURES 171
28. Chapter 21 THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WARS 179
29. Chapter 22 THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WARS (CONTD.) 194
30. Chapter 23 SOME NOTABLE PEOPLE 206
31. Chapter 24 SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF SPORT 229
32. Chapter 25 TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN 1914 251
33. Chapter 26 THE EVE OF WAR 266
34. Chapter 27 A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS 283
35. Chapter 28 EXPERIENCES ON THE BRITISH FRONT 293
36. Chapter 29 EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT 308
37. Chapter 30 EXPERIENCES ON THE FRENCH FRONT 314
38. Chapter 31 BREAKING THE HINDENBURG LINE 325
39. Chapter 32 THE PSYCHIC QUEST 337
40. Appendix UP TO DATE 348
41. Illustrations 356
42. An Essay on the Text 360
43. Apparatus 388
44. Explanatory Notes 463