Both Uses

succession
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
(Edited)

He flicked the horse with his whip, and we dashed away through the endless succession of sombre and deserted streets, which widened gradually, until we were flying across a broad balustraded bridge, with the murky river flowing sluggishly beneath us.
Chpt 6 *

succession = sequence (one after another)
Sherlock Holmes had been silent all the morning, dipping continuously into the advertisement columns of a succession of papers until at last, having apparently given up his search, he had emerged in no very sweet temper to lecture me upon my literary shortcomings.
Chpt 12

succession = series (one after another)

Definitions:

(1) (succession as in: a succession of events)
series or sequence (one after another)
(2) (succession as in: presidential line of succession)
replacement -- especially someone to taking a job or position after another leaves it
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)