IT’S ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE’S BIRTHDAY: Everybody talks about Sherlock Holmes, but it’s worth remembering that Doyle thought other works of his superior. You might check out The White Company — worth it for the N.C. Wyeth illustrations alone, and predecessor to much modern military/fantasy fiction. You might also try the Professor Challenger stories.

UPDATE: Reader John Chalupa notes that Doyle is in the public domain, and links to a bunch of stuff available free online.

Public domain? We still have that?