"A Scandal in Bohemia" was the first of Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories to be published Strand Magazine and the first Sherlock Holmes story illustrated Sidney Paget. (Four Sherlock Holmes novel, Two - Scarlet A Study and Four Sign of the Zodiac - the story prior to cycle). Fifth on his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories Doyle, "A Scandal in Bohemia" are listed.
