Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes
Ars ne Lupin takes on his most fearsome opponent yet in this second collection of his larcenous adventures. More a loving homage than a straight copy, Herlock Sholmes (changed just enough to avoid fallout from a copyright claim by Conan Doyle) and his companion Wilson are summoned to France initially to throw light on the case of the Blonde Lady. Having encountered Ars ne Lupin before, Sholmes is only too happy to get a chance of revenge.This collection of two stories were originally serialised in the magazine Je Sais Tout from 1906 to 1907, and were translated into English in 1910. After an earlier story with an unauthorised Sherlock Holmes, Maurice Leblanc was forced to rename his antagonist for these stories. Ars ne Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (French: Ars ne Lupin contre Herlock Sholm s) is the second collection of Ars ne Lupin stories written by Maurice Leblanc, featuring two adventures following a match of wits between Lupin and Herlock Sholmes. The character "Herlock Sholmes" is a transparent reference to Sherlock Holmes of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories, 1] who appeared in "Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late", one of the eight stories in the first collection, Ars ne Lupin, Gentleman Burglar. The collection was translated twice into English, as Ars ne Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes in the US (1910, by George Morehead), and as Ars ne Lupin versus Holmlock Shears in the UK (1910, by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, printed as The Blonde Lady in the US). 2]
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