I was baptised in the canon through a short story collection
not very aptly titled "Yellow Face", since it contained 5 stories
one of which was "The Yellow Face". The other stories were
"Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax", "Five Orange Pips"
and "Adventure of Cardboard Box".

I still recall how my imagination was ignited by the last two stories,
more by "Five Orange Pips" than the other, because it had
a reference to an actual organization and the criminals had an
aura surrounding them, since they were never spotted in the act.
The way Holmes approached the case by working back from the
sea ports was classic.

For this reason my favorite introductory story is "Five Orange Pips".

--Anand


On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 6:09 PM, sumalsn <no_reply@...> wrote:
> Dear Holmesians,
> Which is the Adventure Of sherlock Holmes would you think is the best
> introduction to the Canon?
> My vote goes to the " Red Headed League and Speckled band"
> Sumalsn
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