Sexton Blake is a fictional character, a detective who has been featured in many British comic strips, novels, and dramatic productions since 1893. As the years passed, Blake's character experienced various permutations. He was originally created to be similar to earlier 19th-century detectives but during the late 1890s, Blake's authors consciously modeled him on Sherlock Holmes. Sexton Blake adventures were featured in a wide variety of British and international publications (in many languages) from 1893 to 1978, comprising more than 4,000 stories by some 200 different authors. Blake was also the hero of numerous silent and sound movies, radio serials, and a 1960s ITV television series. This volume contains 23 tales, originally published in 1908 and 1909. Included are: A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT MY LORD THE BABY THE SILVER CANDLESTICK THE TATTOOED EYE MRS. LAMBERT'S LODGER A SLIP OF THE PEN AN ARTIFICIAL CLUE A MODERN ALCHEMIST THE ANCIENT MONK THE BLACK CAT AN OLD MAN'S DARLING THE BLUE LINE THE AMATEUR BURGLAR PY PONK THE YOUNG EARL NO ROBBERY A HOLIDAY TASK FOR SAFE DEPOSIT THE BARTON TUNNEL MYSTERY THE ADVENTURE OF THE COFFEE-POT THE BLACK PEARL OF BAHREIN THE BLACK DIAMOND THE MISSING WILL