Title: The Beetle Hunter

Title: The Beetle Hunter Title Record # 603229
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1898-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Series: Round the Fire
Series Number: 1
Language: English

Note: Non-speculative mystery story (one of Doyle's many mysteries in which the perpetrator is a madman). First published in the Strand Magazine, June 1898.

Synopsis: "An unemployed doctor answers an advert in the Standard and goes for an interview with Lord Linchfield who requires a strong man with a good knowledge of beetles. They go... to Delamere Court, home of tall eccentric beetle expert Sir Thomas Rossiter...." (Books & Boots) The events of the first night of their stay demonstrate why the doctor was summoned.

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Year	Title
1898	The Beetle-Hunter
1898	The Story of the Beetle-Hunter [as by A. Conan Doyle]
1925	The Beetle-Hunter [as by A. Conan Doyle]
1978	The Beetle Hunter [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]

Year	Language	Title
1911^ⓘTranslated by Louis Labat, first in Arthur Conan Doyle's collection Du mystérieux au tragique, Pierre Lafitte, Idéal Bibliothèque #29, 1911.	French	Le chasseur de scarabées
1981^ⓘTranslated by João Guilherme B. Lincke	Portuguese	O Caçador de Besouros
1983^ⓘTranslated by Bernd Seligmann	German	Der Käfersammler
2018^ⓘTranslated by Sandra Keli F. V. dos Santos	Portuguese	O caçador de besouros

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Strand Magazine, June 1898	1898-06-00	ed. Editors of The Strand Magazine, H. Greenhough Smith	George Newnes		1/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	200	octavo^?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Round the Fire Stories	1908-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	The McClure Company			3+ 356	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Round the Fire Stories	1908-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Smith, Elder & Co.		6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	382	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of Terror and Mystery	1922-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray		2/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	310	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Black Doctor and Other Tales of Terror and Mystery	1925-00-00	A. Conan Doyle	George H. Doran (The Conan Doyle Stories #3)		$0.90^?$: US dollar	v+ 279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1929-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray		20/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1939-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1940-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1945-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1949-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray		7/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1951-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1956-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1960-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of Terror and Mystery	1978-00-00	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Pan Books	0-330-25285-2		218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Alan Lee
Tales of Terror and Mystery	1979-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Penguin Books	0-14-004878-2	£^?£: UK pound	224	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
O Enigma do Trem Perdido	1981-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Francisco Alves (Mestres do horror e da fantasia #2)			170	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Le train perdu	1982-03-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	10/18^?Dix/Dix-huit (L'aventure insensée #1482)	2-264-00425-8		230+ [9]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jim Harter
Der Kapitän der Polestar und andere unheimliche Abenteuer	1983-02-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe (Phantastische Literatur #72023)	3-404-72023-7	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	206	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Roland Winkler
Round the Fire Stories	1991-05-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Chronicle Books	0-87701-883-9	$9.95^?$: US dollar	226	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Alex Laurant
Tales of Terror and Mystery	1996-05-01	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Project Gutenberg	537	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Classic Mysteries II: A Collection of Mind-bending Masterpieces	1999-00-00	ed. Glen Bledsoe, Karen Bledsoe	Lowell House (Lowell House Classics)	0-7373-0273-9	$5.95^?$: US dollar	123	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Tales of Terror and Mystery	2013-04-08	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Serenity Publishers (Detective & Mystery Series)	978-1-61242-842-0	$7.99^?$: US dollar	166	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Round the Fire Stories	2015-12-22	Arthur Conan Doyle	MysteriousPress.com / Open Road	978-1-4804-5343-2	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Gothic Tales	2016-10-01	Arthur Conan Doyle	Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)	978-0-19-873429-1	£16.99^?£: UK pound	592	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Gothic Tales	2016-10-20	Arthur Conan Doyle	Oxford University Press	978-0-19-105363-4	£16.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Round the Fire Stories	2017-02-04	Arthur Conan Doyle	Project Gutenberg	54109	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Gothic Tales	2018-03-22	Arthur Conan Doyle	Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics)	978-0-19-873430-7	£9.99^?£: UK pound	592	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Nota do Tradutor, June 2018	2018-06-00	ed. Gleiton Lentz	Revista de Tradução Literária e Biblioteca Digital^?Revista de Traducao Literaria e Biblioteca Digital ( Revista Literária em Tradução^?Revista Literaria em Traducao #16)				ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	mag
Tales of Terror and Mystery	2020-01-06	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Bibliotech Press	978-1-61895-831-0	$19.95^?$: US dollar	176	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll

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