The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories originally published in 1894 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The first London edition in 1894 did not include The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, although all twelve stories appeared in The Strand Magazine. The first United States edition included the story, but it was quickly replaced with a revised edition omitting it.
The reasoning behind the suppression of the story is unclear. In Britain the story was apparently removed at Doyle’s request as it included adultery and so was unsuitable for younger readers. This may have also been the cause for the rapid removal of the story from the United States edition and some sources state the publishers believed the story was too scandalous for the American public.
As a result this story was not republished in the United States until many years later, when it was added to His Last Bow. Even today most American editions of the canon include it with His Last Bow, while most British editions keep the story in its original place in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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