<Table> The Hound of the Baskervilles <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Cover of the first edition </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> Arthur Conan Doyle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Illustrator </Th> <Td> Sidney Paget </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cover artist </Th> <Td> Alfred Garth Jones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Series </Th> <Td> Sherlock Holmes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Detective fiction </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publisher </Th> <Td> George Newnes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 1902 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> The Final Problem (last story of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Return of Sherlock Holmes </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Cover of the first edition </Td> </Tr>

When was the hound of the baskervilles published