About the book: 2014 / The publication is the most complete collection of stories to date by the mysterious P. Nikitin, one of the most notable authors of pre-revolutionary Russian Sherlockiana. Many books by P. Nikitin are not in the largest libraries in Russia. Nothing is known about his life - but the writer’s fascinating stories about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in the Russian expanses have been preserved. The collection of stories by P. Nikitin continues in the Salamandra PVV publishing house the “New Sherlockiana” series, which has long gained reader popularity.© A. Sherman, cont. text, afterword, 2014 © Salamandra PVV, composition, design, 2014