In one story, this man wrote about an abolitionist who finds a stone idol’s ear and escapes the Marie Celeste. This man’s friend (20[1])Harry Houdini mocked his (20[1])belief (0[1])in the Cottingley (20[2])Fairies. One story (20[1])by this (20[1])author (20[3])promises to tell (20[1])the (20[1])reader (20[1])about “the giant rat of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet prepared,” but never mentions it again. Professor Challenger discovers (0[2])dinosaurs (20[3]0[1])in South America (20[1])in a novel by this (0[1])man, (0[1])(*) The Lost World. (10[1]0[1])This man’s most (10[1])famous character realizes (10[1])that a snake coming through a ventilator (10[1])is “the Speckled Band.” (10[1]0[2])In the story “The Final Problem,” (10[2])that (10[1])character created by this author (10[1])is killed at the Reichenbach Falls by Professor Moriarty. (10[3])For 10 points, name this creator of Sherlock Holmes. (10[3])■END■ (10[4])