THE
CAPTAIN OF THE POLESTAR
AND OTHER TALES.

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE


TO
MY FRIEND
MAJOR-GENERAL A. W. DRAYSON
AS A SLIGHT TOKEN
OF
MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GREAT
AND AS YET UNRECOGNISED SERVICES TO ASTRONOMY
This little Volume
IS
DEDICATED


PREFACE
For the use of some of the following Tales I am
indebted to the courtesy of the Proprietors of
"Cornhill," "Temple Bar," "Belgravia," "London
Society," "Cassell's," and "The Boy's Own Paper."
A. CONAN DOYLE, M.D.

CONTENTS.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE POLE-STAR
J. HABAKUK JEPHSON'S STATEMENT