“My friend Watson's ideas, although limited, are unusually sticky. For a long time he pestered me with demands that I write about some of my cases myself. Perhaps I brought this disaster upon myself, since I often had reason to point out to him how superficial his own expositions were, and to accuse him of pandering to the tastes of the public, instead of limiting himself to facts and figures. “Try it yourself, Holmes!” - he retorted, and now, having taken the pen in hand, I am forced to admit that the material must be presented in such a way as to interest the readers...”