"The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" is an interesting collection of stories edited and collected by Graeme Davis. It encompasses multiple stories by famous and well-known authors Poe, Dickens, Leroux, etc. All of the stories revolve around mysteries and the detective genre, in similar stylings as some of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The anthology is both engaging and interesting and continues to compel readers who are interested in not only the detective type mysteries but also such classic and well-regarded authors.

Personally, I quite enjoyed the ones written by Poe and Leroux. The stories contain well-written characters and dynamic plots that may keep you guessing while you unravel each of the mysteries. On the other hand, I felt that the anthology lacked some organizational and cohesive quality. It was an interesting idea in essence but ended up as a somewhat weird combination of classic mystery stories and actual information or backstory. While the information is educational and connects the reader to the author and story, it doesn't necessarily meld well and somewhat detracts from the organization of the whole anthology. Although, it is an interesting collection of how these mystery type stories both evolved and kept some elements over the years, through basically the 1800s, I also felt like this anthology doesn't really have that much to do with Sherlock Holmes either, other than that they are in the same genre and Doyle's stories are some of the more famous classical literature of that genre.

While it is an interesting anthology, if you are looking for something new and different, this might not be for you, especially seeing as the stories are written in such a specific way, which would be normal for the authors and time period, but may cause it to be slightly difficult to be easily understood by casual readers today.