The Adventures of Picklock Holes

Piclock Holes in Lady Hilda's Mystery (Punch, 26 august 1893). Illustration by E. J. Wheeler

The Adventures of Picklock Holes is the first series of Sherlock Holmes parodies written by R. C. Lehmann under the parodic pseudonym of Cunnin Toil (approx. Conan Doyle) starring Picklock Holes as the detective and Potson as his sidekick. Published in Punch magazine, between 1893 and 1894. Holes came back in another series (Picky Back) 10 years later between 1903-1904. Then a last story was published in 1918.

List of Picklock Holes stories

The Adventures of Picklock Holes (1893-1894)

• No. I. - The Bishop's Crime (12 august 1893) 1 illustration by E. J. Wheeler
• No. II. - The Duke's Feather (19 august 1893) 1 "
• No. III. - Lady Hilda's Mystery (26 august 1893) 1 "
• No. IV. - The Escape of the Bull-Dog (2 september 1893) 1 "
• No. V. - The Hungarian Diamond (7 october 1893)
• No. VI. - The Umbrosa Burglary (4 november 1893) 1 "
• No. VII. - The Stolen March (23 & 30 december 1893) 1 "
• No. VIII. - Picklock's Disappearance (13 january 1894) 2 "

Picky Back (1903-1904)

• No. I. - Episode No. I (14 october 1903)
• No. II. - The Notch in the Tulwar (4 november 1903)
• No. III. - Episode No. III (2 december 1903)
• No. IV. - Episode No. IV (30 december 1903)
• No. V. - The Story of the Princess (13 january 1904)
• No. VI. - The Story of the Lamplighter (3 february 1904)
• No. VII. - The Adventure of the Swiss Banker (17 february 1904)
• No. VIII - The Story of the Lost Picklock (2 march 1904)

1918

• His Final Arrow (13 february 1918)

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