Later, both Lupin and the professor realize that a lottery ticket, left inadvertently in the desk, is the winning ticket, and Lupin proceeds to ensure he obtains half of the winnings while executing a near-impossible escape with a blonde lady. The desk is subsequently stolen, as it turns out, by Arsène Lupin. The first story, 'The Blonde Lady', opens with the purchase of an antique desk by a mathematics professor.

'The Jewish Lamp', comprising two chapters.'The Blonde Lady', comprising six chapters.The two English collections contain the following chapters or stories:Īrsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmès (2 stories)Īrsène Lupin versus Holmlock Shears, aka The Blonde Lady (2 stories) The English translations appeared in 1910. The collection of these two stories was published with modifications in February 1908, and in 1914, another edition appeared with further modifications. The first story, The Blonde Lady, was published from November 1906 to April 1907, while the second, The Jewish Lamp, appeared in September and October 1907. The two stories were initially published in the magazine Je sais tout from November 1906. The collection was translated twice into English, as Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmès in the US (1910, by George Morehead), and as Arsène Lupin versus Holmlock Shears in the UK (1910, by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, printed as The Blonde Lady in the US). The character 'Herlock Sholmès' is a transparent reference to Sherlock Holmes of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories, who appeared in 'Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late', one of the eight stories in the first collection, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar. Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmès ( French: Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès) is the second collection of Arsène Lupin stories written by Maurice Leblanc, featuring two adventures following a match of wits between Lupin and Herlock Sholmès.

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