I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

1923's The Sign of Four at The San Francisco Silent Film Festival

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"this Norwood business" [SIGN]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbcrC32YIvmm3NKyiCZq2z2yyus75r-gj2123kDFThnKdZMSWRe0mBQmQCIHR9jK61L3rWYlwqpk1h6X9bgdh-lQoGEpGpD892Uq3JSkt39dgluRpnqGXv7IEsviX_gK2eI2opiwdGPw/s1600/eille+norwood+with+Doyle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbcrC32YIvmm3NKyiCZq2z2yyus75r-gj2123kDFThnKdZMSWRe0mBQmQCIHR9jK61L3rWYlwqpk1h6X9bgdh-lQoGEpGpD892Uq3JSkt39dgluRpnqGXv7IEsviX_gK2eI2opiwdGPw/s1600/eille+norwood+with+Doyle.jpg" width="444" /></a></div>
<br />
Long before Jeremy Brett assayed the role of the Sage of Baker Street, another Brett had worn the mouse-colored dressing gown. Eille Norwood (1861-1948) was born Anthony Edward Brett. For his stage name, he took Norwood from the London suburb where he lived (and which features in <i>The Sign of Four</i> and "The Norwood Builder") and Eille a variant of the first name of a former flame Eileen.<br />
<br />
In the early 1920s he starred in a series of films for Stoll Picture Productions Ltd. based on Doyle’s original stories. Fifteen shorts under the general title of <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i> were released in 1921, as was the feature length <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>; fifteen more called <i>The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i> in 1922; the final fifteen as <i>The Last Adventures of Sherlock Holmes </i>in 1923 along with <i>The Sign of Four</i>. <br />
<br />
Norwood had a compulsion to get his Sherlock Holmes right. According to Alan Barnes in <a href="http://amzn.to/1tYDjdu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Sherlock Holmes on Screen</i></a> “Norwood’s greatest contribution was his sheer diligence: he re-read all the Holmes stories to date prior to beginning work, learned scratch violin-playing and would study Strand magazine artist Sidney Paget’s Holmes illustrations for clues to costume and even posture.” Barnes also notes Norwood’s very Holmesian talent with make-up and disguise:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Another much-repeated anecdote has [managing director of Stoll Pictures] Jeffrey Bernerd attempting to have a ‘common-looking’ cabby removed from the set of <i>A Scandal in Bohemia</i>, completely unaware that the insalubrious ‘cabby’ was none other than Norwood wearing one of Holmes’ many disguises. Bernerd’s embarrassment was compounded by his earlier claim that Norwood would never be able to alter his stature and physique to the extent this particular disguise demanded."</blockquote>
<br />
Like the original short stories when they first appearing in the Strand, Stoll’s Holmes films were a hit with the public. And with early Sherlockians as well. Vincent Starrett in <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/privatelife.html"><i>The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</i></a>: “Needless to say, when Mr. Norwood made up as Sherlock Holmes, he looked like Sherlock Holmes. His pictures were a trifle slow, but in fidelity to theme and period they frequently surpassed their more elaborate successors. All of the more famous tales were filmed for Norwood, and one at least—the Hound—was serialized.” Daniel Stashower reports in <a href="http://amzn.to/1tvUpxn"><i>Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle</i></a>: “Conan Doyle heartily approved of Norwood’s performance. At a 1921 testimonial dinner, he enthused over the actor’s ‘extraordinarily clever personation,’ adding that he had ‘never seen anything more masterly’ than Norwood’s performance in The Hound.”<br />
<br />
Almost all of Norwood’s films have survived as “preservation material” but are rarely seen. The 2009 DVD <a href="http://amzn.to/U2c4T0"><i>Sherlock Holmes: The Archive Collection Vol. One</i></a> contains <i>The Man with the Twisted Lip</i>. Now, if you are in the San Francisco area from May 29 to June 1 you can experience Eille Norwood as Doyle did, on the big screen at the <a href="http://silentfilm.org/">San Francisco Silent Film Festival</a> 2014 at the historic <a href="http://www.castrotheatre.com/">Castro Theatre</a> (429 Castro Street, San Francisco, California). The festival showcases 17 silent features including 1923’s The Sign of Four on Sunday, June 1 at 5:00 pm.<br />
<br />
The early 20th century saw many actors take on the role of Sherlock Holmes and Norwood is considered one of the best impersonators. If you attend the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, let us know at <b>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</b> what you thought of <i>The Sign of Four</i> and Norwood performance. <br />
<br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=jamesoleary-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=B002K0WBT6&asins=B002K0WBT6&linkId=WXXMM5ILIXQFR4FL&show_border=false&link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;">
</iframe>

1923's The Sign of Four at The San Francisco Silent Film Festival

"this Norwood business" [SIGN] Long before Jeremy Brett assayed the role of the Sage of Baker Street, another Brett had worn ...

+ Read more »

by James C. O'Leary

An Eyewitness Account to the Free Sherlock Appeal

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"A higher judge had taken the matter in hand" [STUD]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimb41eqZcbU6FfrMGy56zmbHmvbthTjTmp0eaWNx6yWMc-8qwRtQLWA68oWHRxJxsNirlX2j0j1iTXmJP4WltChbpIg7MduTReJOwKwRK0qzGJhWykjOdD_q78EVweZv73hX5ia-v1pUz3/s1600/ArthurConanDoyle+-+head+in+hands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimb41eqZcbU6FfrMGy56zmbHmvbthTjTmp0eaWNx6yWMc-8qwRtQLWA68oWHRxJxsNirlX2j0j1iTXmJP4WltChbpIg7MduTReJOwKwRK0qzGJhWykjOdD_q78EVweZv73hX5ia-v1pUz3/s1600/ArthurConanDoyle+-+head+in+hands.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
In the last installment of the case of <i>Klinger v. Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd</i>., we were aware that the <a href="http://free-sherlock.com/2014/01/27/january-2014-news-release-re-appeal/" target="_blank">CDE had until March</a> to file for an appeal, which it did. You'll recall the <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/12/special-episode-free-sherlock.html#.U37Z5PldWSo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">discussion we had with legal scholar and Baker Street Irregular Betsy Rosenblatt on the Special Episode</a> in December. There's a great background of the case and next steps in that audio recording. Here is <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search/label/%23FreeSherlock#.U37Z6PldWSp" target="_blank">all of the coverage we've had</a> of the case to date.<br />
<br />
It was entirely appropriate then, that the appeal hearing should take place on May 22 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday. And it was even more momentous that we Brenda Rossini, an avid Sherlockian, was in attendance at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago for the appeal. The panel consisted of judges Flaum, Posner, and Manion.<br />
<br />
It should be noted that <a href="http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/posner-r" target="_blank">Judge Richard Posner</a> is a legal scholar of some renown and a well-read jurist; in fact, <a href="http://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/posner101104" target="_blank">he reviewed <i>The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</i></a>, in which he noted that the "Holmes stories and the Holmes persona seem to me wildly overrated, and this annotated edition an eccentric venture."<br />
<br />
With that unflattering review, we now turn it over to the observations of Ms. Rossini:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Judge Posner was indeed on the panel; the Klinger v. CDE case was preceded by a number of lawyers -- at times fatuous, unimaginative, incapable of going beyond the four corners of their arguments and at wit's end when Posner interrupted (repeatedly, as in "Answer the question...Yes or No...not "If'," and that was the less brutal).<br />
<br />
The oral argument is available to listen to. It can be downloaded from or heard directly <a href="http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/rt.14-1128.14-1128_05_22_2014.mp3" target="_blank">on this link from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals</a>.<br />
<br />
<b>For the Appellant/Conan Doyle Estate</b>, soft-spoken, precise, cautious Benjamin Allison:<br />
Like a racehorse, Posner interrupted within seconds, and the tenor of which, was words such as "threats," "spurious," "incomprehensible."<br />
<br />
Soft-spoken Mr. Allison began with his legal argument (set forth in the Brief, so why bother repeating what's in the judges' hands?) that Klinger had merely asked for an advisory opinion of the lower court, and that the decision of the lower court should be reversed. Posner didn't like this tack one bit:  Klinger had to resort to the court because You (Posner's pronoun) said you'd sue. You used a threat.<br />
<br />
He said Klinger's was a justiciable case. He rejected Allison saying that it had no "immediacy or reality."  Posner scoffed then and scoffed throughout.<br />
<br />
More words from the Posner:  "You put Klinger in a terrible box and caused him to spend a lot of money, and you made your threats."<br />
<br />
Allison tentatively objected to using the word "threat."  But Posner said when you say "it's all copyrighted and you can't do that, you're making a threat."<br />
<br />
(if the facts are on your side, pound the facts; if the law is on your side, pound the law; if neither the facts nor the law are on your side, pound the table.)<br />
<br />
Another thing that annoyed Posner was the use of a "mural" to pose the ACD argument-- that SH and Watson are all part of the big picture.<br />
<br />
He went on and on about the mural--it really got under his thin skin-- and finally forced Allison to "abandon the mural argument." Posner also managed to weave in the memorable "Your argument is incomprehensible."<br />
<br />
Posner said the ACD estate was being ambitious and aggressive in seeking to enlarge a copyright so no one could use what was properly in the public domain.<br />
<br />
"What do you regard as non-violative?" he asked Allison.  No answer.<br />
<br />
"What you're asking is "the irresistible temptation for any copyright owner to perpetuate a copyright."  "It's a game being played here."<br />
<br />
Posner stated explicitly that the "46 stories" (which Appellee corrected later as 50) are no longer copyrighted. They are in the public domain; Klinger can do anything he wants with them. He is not infringing when he uses them.  Klinger was not asking to infringe, "but to get the Conan Doyle Estate 'off his back.'"<br />
<br />
He advised the CDE to simply set out the limits for Klinger; he will be cautious and not violate the copyright on the 10 remaining stories. He will acknowledge that he can do whatever he wants as long as he doesn't infringe on the copyright of the latter 10.<br />
<br />
<b>Appellee Jonathan Kirsch for Klinger</b> -- brilliant, florid, lucid, imaginative, in control of the panel. He spoke, they listened.<br />
<br />
He began at the outset, forcefully, with the "fog of uncertainty" metaphor," where people are made to pay by the intrusive CDE, which they prefer to do rather than incur lawsuit fees.<br />
<br />
He said Klinger wanted the declaratory judgment, quick, simple, less expensive, so far as the 50 works being in the public domain, and as a final resolution.<br />
<br />
Posner apparently agreed, and said further, provocatively, "Did you think of filing an action for tortious interference?" with what the CDE was doing with Amazon?<br />
<br />
Jonathan responded that the publisher hadn't wanted to incur fees once learning of the Estate's purported interest, and Klinger didn't want toincur the time and expense in intense litigations.<br />
<br />
I might add that Posner (ingenously) queried Jonathan on whether or not Klinger had published previously. We all know that Judge Posner reviewed, with jaundiced eye, Klinger's annotated in <i>The New Republic</i>, back in 2004.<br />
<br />
When Allison returned for his last go-round, Posner was still on the attack: "You want to tie anyone in knots who wants to write a Sherlock Holmes story."<br />
<br />
"You have a vague notion of what you want...waving your arms and making huge circles. You're trying to intimidate."</blockquote>
<br />
So there you have it. We're not lawyers, nor do we play one on TV, but it seems fairly straightforward to us. We'll await the final opinion of the court. What do you think the outcome will be?<br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />

An Eyewitness Account to the Free Sherlock Appeal

"A higher judge had taken the matter in hand" [STUD] In the last installment of the case of Klinger v. Conan Doyle Estate, Lt...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

BREAKING NEWS from Wessex Press

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"Jupiter is descending today. What on earth can it mean?" [BRUC] </h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_tJVYzuX3E6PEPZwWlBSXwKFPBiKlwj7ngWRYkabcI3BwotiKIBYAOi-erE9s_m-1Wq0hfl_wHfjVrTMIbWPdprdJRbNJBLqDtJ1MkhEl9USTVdWGm290a4E1IkoFkQJe8z8TuHWBAfr/s1600/G2BIV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_tJVYzuX3E6PEPZwWlBSXwKFPBiKlwj7ngWRYkabcI3BwotiKIBYAOi-erE9s_m-1Wq0hfl_wHfjVrTMIbWPdprdJRbNJBLqDtJ1MkhEl9USTVdWGm290a4E1IkoFkQJe8z8TuHWBAfr/s1600/G2BIV.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
As you're probably aware, the Wessex Press is a sponsor of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. From their <i><a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/shrl.html" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Reference Library</a></i> series to their <a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/audio.html" target="_blank">audio recordings</a> and more, they're a treasure trove of Sherlockian content.<br />
<br />
But more than that, for the last decade, they've also put on the event From Gillette to Brett, where they host viewings and lectures, including some special guests, to discuss Sherlock Holmes of the stage and screen. They're now entering <a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/g2b4.html" target="_blank">From Gillette to Brett IV: Basil, Benedict and Beyond</a>, which will be held in Bloomington, Indiana from September 12-14, 2014.<br />
<br />
So you can imagine the excitement when today, they announced a <b><i>very</i></b> special guest for this installment: none other than <i>Sherlock</i> co-creator, producer, writer and actor <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309693/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">Mark Gatiss</a>. That's right, Mycroft himself will descend upon us for this momentous occasion.<br />
<br />
If you're interested in seeing the talented and accomplished Mr. Gatiss, <a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/g2b4exhibit.html" target="_blank">a unique collection of Sherlockian relics from stage, screen and radio</a>, and some of the best conference events on this side of the Atlantic, stay tuned for registration, which is set to open this weekend.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3i_weAo5BeDZgGhJeFZyRQ-xfGNjLbYro8HGBxd_C9W1Lr7dXZ-EfhQOZYfpRSNdfiPGN1QkiA7Emdoie7o2TQ64eJzq_YBf5zuCLRXvn7NaNnBcGAq1hOZEXrKQlnxeWV1KSdjmr3-N/s1600/G2BIV+registration.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3i_weAo5BeDZgGhJeFZyRQ-xfGNjLbYro8HGBxd_C9W1Lr7dXZ-EfhQOZYfpRSNdfiPGN1QkiA7Emdoie7o2TQ64eJzq_YBf5zuCLRXvn7NaNnBcGAq1hOZEXrKQlnxeWV1KSdjmr3-N/s1600/G2BIV+registration.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
And for heaven's sake, please purchase something from <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/" target="_blank">Wessex Press</a> and tell them that IHOSE sent you. It would mean a great deal to us.<br />
--<br />
<br />

BREAKING NEWS from Wessex Press

"Jupiter is descending today. What on earth can it mean?" [BRUC] As you're probably aware, the Wessex Press is a sponsor...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Episode 64: Sherlock Holmes in Translation

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
</h4>
<center>
</center>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBacheaqcopUvAsyG4GSWtX_3NlwEFDokJBZak6HD3IMStkQ8uXHBwcoU0vLL0nQawXqYbfiyGRH6XPQPitFIHsrLXl39q5wdsiwnrW3nHWXWvECwIR5sSITKknDvTyjNfc5uGsL9wqmh5nUJbZPA6qNCclAWy9YZg_QfP1XVZdOUZiJkmx0x6WdLiEaKD/s624/ihearofsherlock64%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="624" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBacheaqcopUvAsyG4GSWtX_3NlwEFDokJBZak6HD3IMStkQ8uXHBwcoU0vLL0nQawXqYbfiyGRH6XPQPitFIHsrLXl39q5wdsiwnrW3nHWXWvECwIR5sSITKknDvTyjNfc5uGsL9wqmh5nUJbZPA6qNCclAWy9YZg_QfP1XVZdOUZiJkmx0x6WdLiEaKD/w400-h400/ihearofsherlock64%20cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
After a long hiatus, we're back in the Collectors' Corner. This time, we're joined by the Maniac Collector himself, Don Hobbs, BSI ("Inspector Lestrade").<br />
<br />
For those of you who don't know Don, you're in for a treat, for Don is a Texan through and through - and that means big stories, a big appetite for his interests and a big BIG collection of Sherlock Holmes books in translation. Of the 100 languages that the Canon has been translated into, Don has books in 96 of those languages. And that's only part of his 11,000 book collection. As a world traveler, he stays in touch with his network of connected individuals to keep him up to date on new pieces for his collection.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TpVBqvc15Z-QYsktKBusiPOeKJqAOOswc3yvW4WoJ38xWTGjK59OvoGxl2vL1rCIVwh8_P8ZqOPrDiAKyeCbzZ9f5Nhv-3mYAcg0WJe5ipHdrxUYe8L8Q0tM2fOULl1zC1m5XINSN1i2/s1600/Don+Hobbs+HOUN+in+Occitan.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TpVBqvc15Z-QYsktKBusiPOeKJqAOOswc3yvW4WoJ38xWTGjK59OvoGxl2vL1rCIVwh8_P8ZqOPrDiAKyeCbzZ9f5Nhv-3mYAcg0WJe5ipHdrxUYe8L8Q0tM2fOULl1zC1m5XINSN1i2/s1600/Don+Hobbs+HOUN+in+Occitan.jpg" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles in Occitan" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Hound of the Baskervilles</span></i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">in Occitan</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Don is also the general editor for the <a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/bsiinternationalseries.html" target="_blank">BSI International Series</a>, which to date has included scholarship from Japan, Scandinavia, Australia and Italy. Future volumes include Spain and Canada, to name two.<br />
<br />
Tune in to hear about Don's inspiration, his favorite among all of his foreign editions, where he first encountered Sherlock Holmes, how collecting has affected his life, the most amazing collections he's seen of other Sherlockians, and advice for future collectors.<br />
<br />
In lieu of our Gas-Lamp, we asked Don to read one of his previous entries in the Maniac Collector's Inbox - #333 from October 19, 2008, titled "<a href="http://www.sherlockpeoria.net/ManiacCollector/Maniac2008/ManiacColl101908.html" target="_blank">The Anti-Peter Principle</a>."<br />
<br />
<h4>
Links:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Don's Blog: <a href="http://inspectorlestradesblotterpage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Inspector Lestrade's Blotter Page</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sherlockpeoria.net/ManiacCollector/ManiacArchives.html" target="_blank">The Maniac Collector Archives on Sherlock Peoria</a></li>
<li><a href="http://barquelonestar.com/" target="_blank">Crew of the Barque Lone Star</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search/label/collectors%20corner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Previous Collectors' Corner interviews</a></li>
</ul>
<div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock064.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 49.2 MB, 1:11:43</h3>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="1252" data-dashlane-rid="d028d5bae60ed85a" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2839778/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br />
<br /><br />
<br />
Please <a href="http://bit.ly/ihearofsherlock">subscribe to us on iTunes</a> and be kind enough to leave a rating or review for the show. And please tell a friend about us, in any fashion you feel comfortable.<br />
<br />
Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email, call us at (774) 221-READ (7323) or use the Speakpipe app right here on the site. Connect with us and other interested Sherlockians on any of our social links: <a href="https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.<br />
<br />
And above all, please let our sponsors know that you heard us rant and rave about their excellence during the programme: <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/">Wessex Press</a> and <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/"><i>The Baker Street Journal</i></a>.<br />
<br />
<h4>
Bonus Material</h4>
Don's library (click to enlarge)<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeccpbjbjVzFlSsLye3kpukZ4l2a1MJW6cw_Gm_fpTZevzPphyphenhyphenhgiYD4vSB-9EhI8xKbKsPA8Pmr7pIAabBgHJUqOzFrI-9gIlshv91OCXFcSh6lbn34N611eGvIFdGF0SD8PtpsDPVWe/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeccpbjbjVzFlSsLye3kpukZ4l2a1MJW6cw_Gm_fpTZevzPphyphenhyphenhgiYD4vSB-9EhI8xKbKsPA8Pmr7pIAabBgHJUqOzFrI-9gIlshv91OCXFcSh6lbn34N611eGvIFdGF0SD8PtpsDPVWe/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-fiAVUUExZDMs63N12iJ6TxoS62iBTQHkohZ-a4i42G4r2rhha8mhtuS7ttJ5n_F7IQwZvTawvYxawasWD1j4_O-Kdw8-Pj0rxvma8PwOgmLZr4rbK0wyv_jfvJXMhN5xbPJvgABt5CC/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-fiAVUUExZDMs63N12iJ6TxoS62iBTQHkohZ-a4i42G4r2rhha8mhtuS7ttJ5n_F7IQwZvTawvYxawasWD1j4_O-Kdw8-Pj0rxvma8PwOgmLZr4rbK0wyv_jfvJXMhN5xbPJvgABt5CC/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9Lr7IKEBWYHtSodAPzB0zKZglVeMvH63CSnGzqVgqP7kUY1oAru_l58UKP44zWqzPAluhO6-wgReTVw-lpfzs46zz3tQaySCEocQxp6IidlAd3gMDfjoReTizJlgH7paF8vG1wBJw3zW/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9Lr7IKEBWYHtSodAPzB0zKZglVeMvH63CSnGzqVgqP7kUY1oAru_l58UKP44zWqzPAluhO6-wgReTVw-lpfzs46zz3tQaySCEocQxp6IidlAd3gMDfjoReTizJlgH7paF8vG1wBJw3zW/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+3.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtWJ6Q-rCFY18FR9lMYAmXQje6Ey5hnyeJbjk1bbkBxVWyxqBIJcxfQ__2cycBHNCTfnri8Rc_jPO469O_Dwz7Dkq_vP8KO31aR0GiaFKJhbOciY4d5VnbF4j1yeRm0BpaLu6mUoAepdh/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtWJ6Q-rCFY18FR9lMYAmXQje6Ey5hnyeJbjk1bbkBxVWyxqBIJcxfQ__2cycBHNCTfnri8Rc_jPO469O_Dwz7Dkq_vP8KO31aR0GiaFKJhbOciY4d5VnbF4j1yeRm0BpaLu6mUoAepdh/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+4.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8I9ycFeppckzmWLplc_Wy0iyqNncMfZDtf6Je8xOmA5EL88fZ_fkd-69Kl3BYAtUsKBHrxhyphenhyphenx2Coj_Eiud-Yhuo11GAS-4sWe-Jjo6zuXyZ1R88JfxLupUAsVHY1W7ZUX-MtoP3uPN7I/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8I9ycFeppckzmWLplc_Wy0iyqNncMfZDtf6Je8xOmA5EL88fZ_fkd-69Kl3BYAtUsKBHrxhyphenhyphenx2Coj_Eiud-Yhuo11GAS-4sWe-Jjo6zuXyZ1R88JfxLupUAsVHY1W7ZUX-MtoP3uPN7I/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+5.jpg" width="200" /></a>  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsyVDxMzU4iw4dXbUH-JmVv_Z8GQB6ljumfCtI7iXEbe1UyX_UtzaRpSE2QJKhni8ZHGlmd16fiYgPhAIdiIkYmgjjn0u2E9O_u5sZ5fijtOZGi0jppQXSym0OBXdueDJLSp0zDl5Rkkw/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsyVDxMzU4iw4dXbUH-JmVv_Z8GQB6ljumfCtI7iXEbe1UyX_UtzaRpSE2QJKhni8ZHGlmd16fiYgPhAIdiIkYmgjjn0u2E9O_u5sZ5fijtOZGi0jppQXSym0OBXdueDJLSp0zDl5Rkkw/s1600/Don+Hobbs+Library+6.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
--</div>

Episode 64: Sherlock Holmes in Translation

After a long hiatus, we're back in the Collectors' Corner. This time, we're joined by the Maniac Collector himself, Don Hob...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Bow Ties for Sherlock Holmes Fans

<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYa7SRd15owbIyUyiNRrGov-VeuqyG02hadcCe-12SWmbPYBtSnZ2OMxJfQUBh42dkKOZGfvrX4VlshsoSNgpa8aSHzKHy7Zzto9zJ5l2DM1UgNb2tYscn3uYaqqJZCdX4R9wfB-Zz980n/s1600/Reichenbach+Falls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="I saw the Reichenbach, but I fell for you." border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYa7SRd15owbIyUyiNRrGov-VeuqyG02hadcCe-12SWmbPYBtSnZ2OMxJfQUBh42dkKOZGfvrX4VlshsoSNgpa8aSHzKHy7Zzto9zJ5l2DM1UgNb2tYscn3uYaqqJZCdX4R9wfB-Zz980n/s1600/Reichenbach+Falls.jpg" title="Reichenbach Falls bow tie" width="640"></a></div>
We've been longtime customers of <a href="http://www.beautiesltd.com/" target="_blank">Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont</a>. Established as a mom-and-pop operation in the 1990s, they expanded from a simple newsletter to a catalog to an online presence in relatively short time. That the ties are all handmade in Vermont by local employees made it even better.<br>
<br>
The company offers bow ties in a variety of materials such as woven or printed silk, linen and satin, in a number of sizes such as butterfly, slimline, very slimline, diamond point, and as pre-tied or self-tie models. For those not interested in bows, they also offer necktie versions of each pattern, as well as scarves for ladies, pocket squares, cummerbunds, vests, ascots and children's ties. Each pattern has a name that evokes something about the pattern, whether it's the colors, the design, where it's from, etc.<br>
<br>
Imagine our surprise then, when browsing their summer sale, that we came across a bow tie that is inescapably Sherlockian: it's called <a href="http://www.beautiesltd.com/product/reichenbach-falls-bow-tie/" target="_blank">Reichenbach Falls</a>.<br>
<br>

Bow Ties for Sherlock Holmes Fans

We've been longtime customers of Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont . Established as a mom-and-pop operation in the 1990s, they expanded from ...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Think Twice About This Mysterious Theater Host

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"his reconstruction of this mysterious episode" [LAST]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bhyI-9YJQViS1c0rkq5vzxVIZs5n-BqE-l5RL_bxUqbQxu4KwMAGXyvbu4ZZUdffNvDyEFPKO8vz51e73EC-wCtmN58-2v3jyLNL8z3vYlFlfDx2JVQaxZ8lCtKg_ZfJr4AV7nTEGxpo/s1600/Sesame+Street+-+Mysterious+Theatre.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bhyI-9YJQViS1c0rkq5vzxVIZs5n-BqE-l5RL_bxUqbQxu4KwMAGXyvbu4ZZUdffNvDyEFPKO8vz51e73EC-wCtmN58-2v3jyLNL8z3vYlFlfDx2JVQaxZ8lCtKg_ZfJr4AV7nTEGxpo/s1600/Sesame+Street+-+Mysterious+Theatre.PNG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
While we had an opportunity last week to look at <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/05/one-of-best-features-of-jeremy-brett.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vincent Price and his introductions for <i>Mystery</i></a> on PBS, we thought we'd turn to another host who might be less well known to you.<br />
<br />
We bring you, Vincent Twice, Vincent Twice, the host of "<a href="http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Mysterious_Theater" target="_blank">Mysterious Theater</a>" on <i>Sesame Street</i>. A parody of the original series as well as of its host Vincent Price, the Muppet version can be seen in a in front of a fireplace, seated in a plush armchair and surrounded by candelabras in a dimly lit room. Naturally, he introduces Sherlock Hemlock, the world's greatest detective, who attempts to solve some mysteries appropriate for <i>Sesame Street</i> viewers.<br />
<br />
Below we have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EY5kvGaGlE&index=2&list=PLUHZPFBkJvfCHvIUslN2EeXXUkrkdDkLG" target="_blank">a playlist of the four known episodes of "Mysterious Theater"</a> starring Vincent Twice, Vincent Twice and Sherlock Hemlock: "The Missing Toast," "Dial M for Mother," "The Case of the Missing Cat" and "Circle Search."<br />
<br />
<br />
<center>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="337" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9EY5kvGaGlE?list=PLUHZPFBkJvfCHvIUslN2EeXXUkrkdDkLG" width="599"></iframe></center>
<br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />

Think Twice About This Mysterious Theater Host

"his reconstruction of this mysterious episode" [LAST] While we had an opportunity last week to look at Vincent Price and his...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Book Review - Strongwood: A Crime Dossier

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"The disconsolate journalist had seated himself at a writing-table." [SIXN] </h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKbu-CYgwQ_LP_OHiYWNhxDHB2ZgA31g0bPBak2mWofLsx1ZozonEIUd7QXcO2RkGdng_UsWA4Jb_HMP_1joLF-_kYhM1UgGXtqQn6JKBn-Hf8b1iNqMhIKI2zVcKxNNs_P1pmYu_DKc2/s1600/14069340876_6cbd5f0ab2_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKbu-CYgwQ_LP_OHiYWNhxDHB2ZgA31g0bPBak2mWofLsx1ZozonEIUd7QXcO2RkGdng_UsWA4Jb_HMP_1joLF-_kYhM1UgGXtqQn6JKBn-Hf8b1iNqMhIKI2zVcKxNNs_P1pmYu_DKc2/s1600/14069340876_6cbd5f0ab2_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
When I first heard of<i> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816690936/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0816690936&linkCode=as2&tag=theconblo04-20&linkId=ORF3HACPCL5XMTQK" target="_blank">Strongwood: A Crime Dossier</a></i> by Larry Millett, I didn't even think it was a Sherlock Holmes story. I quickly glanced over the description and just saw that it was about a young woman, Addie Strongwood, in a 1903 Minneapolis (yes really, Minneapolis), who reportedly shot her lover, Michael Masterson. It wasn't until I was assured it was a Holmes pastiche and went back and read below the fold to discover that for some reason Sherlock Holmes in in Minneapolis (no, seriously Minneapolis), and subsequently helps solve the case.<br />
<br />
Not only did I not realize this was a Sherlock Holmes story, I had never heard of the author, Larry Millett, nor did I realize that this was his seventh Sherlock Holmes story. Although this is not a judgment on the author, as even within the genre of Sherlock Holmes pastiches, there are undoubtedly thousands, if not tens of thousands, of authors, and I doubt anyone knows them all.<br />
<br />
The story is told through a reconstruction of trial testimony, newspaper stories, Addie’s defense attorney journal entries, and her own account which is recounted in the <i>Minneapolis Tribune</i>. No really, the real <i>Minneapolis Tribune</i>. You see, as the author explains in the intro, this is a true crime story, that Millett has managed to weave Sherlock Holmes into. Well, that seems interesting.<br />
<br />
Addie Strongwood, a working class girl has shot her upper-class lover and claiming self-defense. Through the story Millett build a mystery where the reader has to decide if Addie, a lower class working girl was the victim of rape or the perpetrator of blackmail against an upper-class member of society?<br />
<br />
Sherlock doesn’t make an appearance until almost 100 pages into the book but, of course, makes a crucial discovery about the case. This part obviously didn't really happen. Well, actually it turns out, none of it happened. I know what I said earlier, but it's not actually based on a true crime, it's just written that way. Very convincingly. So much so, that you'll find many reviews of this book where people think it is real.<br />
<br />
Larry Millett is a journalist in Minneapolis (yes a real journalist), and it is with that journalistic experience that he very convincingly writes the newspaper articles excerpted in the book, and even takes his deception to the level of writing in the introduction that this is a true crime that he stumbled across while researching his next Sherlock Holmes adventure.<br />
<br />
Larry Millett is properly clever and creates a very engaging read with this book. Plus if you like the characters in the story, there are six other books featuring Sherlock Holmes and several of the other characters, most of them taking place in Minneapolis (no, I don't know why I'm giving Minneapolis such a hard time).
<br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=ss_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=theconblo04-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=0816690936&asins=0816690936&linkId=&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;">

Book Review - Strongwood: A Crime Dossier

"The disconsolate journalist had seated himself at a writing-table." [SIXN] When I first heard of Strongwood: A Crime Dossi...

+ Read more »

by Tac Anderson

You Won't Believe Where This Re-Creation of 221B Is

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"there was a small room" [VALL]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2duGgEnoM4q4EJi8N_WAj8tma8HMwDNySJNTi_kBk0uSIm7yA996G7t2i3xejfmQK8TRwR6zALyn4UcsISnB7fD0ELBi4Sz5FXErlvKeU-Sl3P0DGiuMWIg67H12sF84fGgR8Edkv0s9a/s1600/Sherlock+Miniature+Original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2duGgEnoM4q4EJi8N_WAj8tma8HMwDNySJNTi_kBk0uSIm7yA996G7t2i3xejfmQK8TRwR6zALyn4UcsISnB7fD0ELBi4Sz5FXErlvKeU-Sl3P0DGiuMWIg67H12sF84fGgR8Edkv0s9a/s1600/Sherlock+Miniature+Original.jpg" width="640"></a></div>
<br>
We know there are versions of the sitting room at 221B Baker Street that can be found at the <a href="http://www.sherlockholmespub.com/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Pub</a> in London, the <a href="http://www.sherlockholmes.ch/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Museum</a> in Lucens, at <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/" target="_blank">221B (aka 239) Baker Street</a> in London, and in <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/7603051766/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Meirengen</a>, and Denny Dobry's basement in <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/05/221b-baker-street-reading-pennsylvania.html#.U2m4X_ldWSo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reading, Pennsylvania</a>, to name a few.<br>
<br>
But did you know that <a href="http://minitonga.thing.com/" target="_blank">The Mini-Tonga Society</a> is a Sherlock Holmes group that is interested only in miniature recreations of 221B? Founded in 1979 by Dee Snyder, Dorothy Shaw and John Bennett Shaw, it was mostly a correspondence club whose members occasionally gathered and showed off their creations. Some were made by hand, while others hunted for pieces to complete their creation. Sadly, we can't seem to get any of the images to load on the Mini-Tonga Society's site.<br>
<br>

You Won't Believe Where This Re-Creation of 221B Is

"there was a small room" [VALL] We know there are versions of the sitting room at 221B Baker Street that can be found at th...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Would You Buy a Book from This Man?

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"this advertisement from a local paper" [3GAR]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKxb0dJO2PnUw_AP8m460DEPM_gy3m-7nfGkaI8Ynsa18cMfoX0bugFPbm_hXhEGNwKG6qTpTUHBB9teavF7GfFv0sDu_OcOWR5f2tDC_B63asCUVK7Z9W5Pns4YIgCh_w2lr6lm5XTVx/s1600/Steimatzky+-+Sherlock+company.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The right book will always keep you company - Sherlock Holmes for Steimatzky" border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKxb0dJO2PnUw_AP8m460DEPM_gy3m-7nfGkaI8Ynsa18cMfoX0bugFPbm_hXhEGNwKG6qTpTUHBB9teavF7GfFv0sDu_OcOWR5f2tDC_B63asCUVK7Z9W5Pns4YIgCh_w2lr6lm5XTVx/s1600/Steimatzky+-+Sherlock+company.jpg" title="Steimatzsky Sherlock Holmes ad" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
As we know, Sherlock Holmes has been used in advertising for more than 100 years. The sold-out <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/christmasannual2009.html" target="_blank">2009 <i>Baker Street Journal</i> Christmas Annual</a> was all about the topic. (Which reminds us: you can't get the Christmas Annual as a standalone any longer - <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/subscriptions.html" target="_blank">subscribe to the BSJ toda</a>y and you'll receive the Annual bundled with your quarterly subscription).<br />
<br />
Previously on these pages, we've covered how <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2012/04/a-collector-of-fairy-tales-houn_13.html#.U2mtIPldWSp" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes was used in a visual campaign to encourage reading</a>, so it should be no surprise that he's back at it.<br />
<br />
Peter Blau kindly pointed out on <a href="http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/steimatzky_book_stores_sherlock_holmes" target="_blank">Ads of the World</a> that there is a campaign featured for Steimatzky Book Stores, the largest and oldest bookstore chain in Israel, under the tagline "Your book, your cast.". The idea is that everyone has his or her own vision of a character, so they're trying to fill the role of famous characters and are having casting calls: Sherlock Holmes, Don Quizote, Dracula and Red Riding Hood.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0UhYEqbc7VYk7oMLeurwEdmpYHifLZFm9V8jNL9aBONf9LFQhD0P_wRP06nzT-aCJGf5AaPrHO_VuJDTXzQ9VqTZfkk9mNqLATIwVzUD-1Gu6juoClndSGlzlqwbCgLdXFcPZhyBXnlY/s1600/Steimatzky+-+Sherlock+cast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Your book, your cast. Sherlock Holmes for Steimatzky Books" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0UhYEqbc7VYk7oMLeurwEdmpYHifLZFm9V8jNL9aBONf9LFQhD0P_wRP06nzT-aCJGf5AaPrHO_VuJDTXzQ9VqTZfkk9mNqLATIwVzUD-1Gu6juoClndSGlzlqwbCgLdXFcPZhyBXnlY/s1600/Steimatzky+-+Sherlock+cast.jpg" title="Will the real Sherlock Holmes please stand up?" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrQNnu0a55-kXlZS-gc0fzYg6dYS7ggwWOXyzL-nNkSV93nCodvhLGZtfkOys2WDCD39gtZ7jAwoC2-yhr3xk1RKZlumwNMnuNtalZoZUCE4foYGcmjbAgIMyQxweId3UzZ5gPrkOhXZ0/s1600/Steimatzky+-+Dracula.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrQNnu0a55-kXlZS-gc0fzYg6dYS7ggwWOXyzL-nNkSV93nCodvhLGZtfkOys2WDCD39gtZ7jAwoC2-yhr3xk1RKZlumwNMnuNtalZoZUCE4foYGcmjbAgIMyQxweId3UzZ5gPrkOhXZ0/s1600/Steimatzky+-+Dracula.jpg" title="Steimatzsky Dracula" width="200" /></a>  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK65vDZXZ_7ZSAtE9v-RzYZgLunsDfZYx5BhFFYszz7SLVlRwFwT2EJkvVYHQTZiYkhbKMKv_3ym6_ymn_4Bn8PYbjYj_onZxfLuhjoQH2dKKruALC03qsNVEa9HOYlB4fqVAbCx8jnmmo/s1600/Steimatzky+-+Quixote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK65vDZXZ_7ZSAtE9v-RzYZgLunsDfZYx5BhFFYszz7SLVlRwFwT2EJkvVYHQTZiYkhbKMKv_3ym6_ymn_4Bn8PYbjYj_onZxfLuhjoQH2dKKruALC03qsNVEa9HOYlB4fqVAbCx8jnmmo/s1600/Steimatzky+-+Quixote.jpg" title="Steimatzky Don Quixote" width="200" /></a> </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MprH6v-EgqGihDIcdgwG0jqi13GX1SdFa7Vho3ZlLXIQELNcoMyqvpY02hqxQPa6NGwdmOb9xZ_Q4z2JfZyMkIiRm5qcbb8EInzkIcwfucBfHzo9B1NZR3qKCfMsysXEETTWUGA8_Pa0/s1600/Steimatzky+-+Red+Riding+Hood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MprH6v-EgqGihDIcdgwG0jqi13GX1SdFa7Vho3ZlLXIQELNcoMyqvpY02hqxQPa6NGwdmOb9xZ_Q4z2JfZyMkIiRm5qcbb8EInzkIcwfucBfHzo9B1NZR3qKCfMsysXEETTWUGA8_Pa0/s1600/Steimatzky+-+Red+Riding+Hood.jpg" title="Steimatzky Red Riding Hood" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
This is not the first time Steimatzky has featured the great detective; the lead image is from <a href="http://adofdamonth.com/steimatzky-bookstore-sherlock-holmes/" target="_blank">a similar campaign a few years ago</a>, titled "The right book will always keep you company."<br />
<br />
Are there any ads that you've seen with Sherlock Holmes featured?<br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />
<br />

Would You Buy a Book from This Man?

"this advertisement from a local paper" [3GAR] As we know, Sherlock Holmes has been used in advertising for more than 100 yea...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Remembering Playwright Charles Marowitz

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"something else of Charles" [MUSG]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXC2KGf-8Yz-6ZIr4FzADPhR2q1oz5yDxCiQ30iKMCP18DlJjWLedPOwvXReFDsDd4gyiC7LXHd7saXH9Jts4MfUzRIsYTj10_zNtoPwnVGZHMXCuaVRXgvDpmhbvjpoBiCN753QWjA1G5/s1600/charles_marowitz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Playwright Charles Marowitz, who wrote Sherlock's Last Case" border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXC2KGf-8Yz-6ZIr4FzADPhR2q1oz5yDxCiQ30iKMCP18DlJjWLedPOwvXReFDsDd4gyiC7LXHd7saXH9Jts4MfUzRIsYTj10_zNtoPwnVGZHMXCuaVRXgvDpmhbvjpoBiCN753QWjA1G5/s1600/charles_marowitz.jpg" title="Playwright Charles Marowitz" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Director, playwright and critic Charles Marowitz <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-charles-marowitz-20140506-story.html" target="_blank">died on May 2</a> in California at the age of 80.<br />
<br />
Born in New York in 1934, by the 1960s he was part of the London theater scene and eventually mounted plays around the world. One of his assignments was a co-director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Experimental Group, where he may have felt the influence of the RSC's 1974 production of William Gillette's play <i>Sherlock Holmes</i> starring John Wood.<br />
<br />
For in 1987, Marowitz wrote the spoof <i>Sherlock's Last Case</i> in just one week, and it played on Broadway from August through December of 1987, starring Frank Langella in the title role.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj389HP_Q8Wxg8Q6EyvFGp6wsWRcRLerndHgp8hjx8xFL4qUaljr_Njm7CHuEf_DRg0WY48gbMuan8uwsb67rbqL1yVDXZqLHSTQLLE6_OpMN28DcVnxMumKAskqBTkGNyrMwA0wRkYooSP/s1600/Sherlock's+Last+Case+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj389HP_Q8Wxg8Q6EyvFGp6wsWRcRLerndHgp8hjx8xFL4qUaljr_Njm7CHuEf_DRg0WY48gbMuan8uwsb67rbqL1yVDXZqLHSTQLLE6_OpMN28DcVnxMumKAskqBTkGNyrMwA0wRkYooSP/s1600/Sherlock's+Last+Case+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Of course, Langella was no stranger to Sherlock Holmes, as he played the part in the HBO production of William Gillette's play in 1981.<br />
<br />
UPDATE: Roger Johnson, BSI ("<i>Pall Mall Gazette</i>") has brought the following to our attention:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>Sherlock's Last Case</i>, directed by Charles Marowitz but attributed to "Matthew Lang", was first performed at the Open Space in London in March 1974, with Julian Glover, Peter Bayliss and Kate O'Mara in the leading roles - so it actually predated the RSC's production of Gillette's Sherlock Holmes. The version staged on Broadway in 1987 was revised and expanded from the original - and it was only then, 13 years after the play's first appearance, that Marowitz admitted that he was in fact the author.</blockquote>
<br />
Of the play itself, <a href="http://www.stageplays.com/products/sherlocks_last_case/Charles%20Marowitz" target="_blank">stageplays.com</a> has this to say:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Picking up where the famous stories ended, the play centers on a death threat against Sherlock Holmes by the supposed son of his late nemesis, Professor Moriarty.<br />
<br />
Oddly enough, however, Holmes is warned of the plot by Moriarty's daughter, to whom Holmes (who turns out to be quite a ladies man) is strongly attracted. The plot then twists and turns until Holmes finds himself imprisoned in a dank cellar, trapped not by young Moriarty but, to his shocked surprise, by the good Dr. Watson--who, it turns out, has long been bitterly resentful of his second class status as Holmes' lackey.<br />
<br />
After Holmes' demise Watson comes into his own, or seems to, until a number of imposters turn up claiming to be the real Sherlock Holmes.<br />
<br />
In sorting all this out the play mixes humor and suspense in equal amounts, leading to a stunning final twist which will surely catch audiences by complete and breath-stopping surprise.</blockquote>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUZDAX9zhxet9o8y87JQqNnGi_opDXiRzTDr4wvA190TfT2gTWyHD_SAm6TbFpHTwmfMvznm7aK2v7ubRZq4IIqat2dq7cLep0pz11QpVhE0loN3uEL_RjFydFINGVliGMMjY5yRGFt8A/s1600/Sherlock's+Last+Case.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUZDAX9zhxet9o8y87JQqNnGi_opDXiRzTDr4wvA190TfT2gTWyHD_SAm6TbFpHTwmfMvznm7aK2v7ubRZq4IIqat2dq7cLep0pz11QpVhE0loN3uEL_RjFydFINGVliGMMjY5yRGFt8A/s1600/Sherlock's+Last+Case.jpg" width="438" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<i>Image courtesy of Jane Windsor-Marowitz, via <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/playwright-charles-marowitz-dies-at-702036" target="_blank">THR</a></i><br />
--<br />
<br /></div>

Remembering Playwright Charles Marowitz

"something else of Charles" [MUSG] Director, playwright and critic Charles Marowitz died on May 2 in California at the age o...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

One of the Best Features of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Series

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"put a price upon it" [3GAB]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwTU5wO7WQHav6BGW2HhRcUgzrHUw5F2_XdXXGenkEF7DHBlsiRPfnnGeK77e-RyCicfrrGkUdDG8WFSlhxsvCHasSHZdZ-Bhpn82R-vBYysIxhzoteWFMu7YakwzGQt2j42BpGQN58jt/s1600/Mystery+-+Gorey.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="PBS Mystery promotional poster by Edward Gorey" border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwTU5wO7WQHav6BGW2HhRcUgzrHUw5F2_XdXXGenkEF7DHBlsiRPfnnGeK77e-RyCicfrrGkUdDG8WFSlhxsvCHasSHZdZ-Bhpn82R-vBYysIxhzoteWFMu7YakwzGQt2j42BpGQN58jt/s1600/Mystery+-+Gorey.PNG" title="Edward Gorey poster for PBS Mystery" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
We just celebrated <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/03/sherlockian-history-30-years-ago-today.html#.U2k15fldU1I" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">three decades of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes</a>, and we were happy to discover that many fans of that lavishly produced series still exist. Nearly all of our correspondence and comments indicated that the earlier episodes were the strongest - before the show went off the rails.<br />
<br />
However, one element that simply does not get enough attention is something that you won't find in the DVD editions or re-airings of the Granada series on PBS channels across the nation. Lest we forget, in those days, <i>Mystery </i>and <i>Masterpiece Theater</i> alike had introductions that were nearly five minutes long and were hosted by luminaries such as Vincent Price and Alistair Cooke, respectively.<br />
<br />
Indeed, to many who watched that quality programming on those two PBS powerhouse shows, Price and Cooke were just as much part of the spectacle and interest as the actual programming was. After Price's failing health required him to give up the chair in 1989, Diana Rigg took over the duties and remained the host until PBS discontinued the practice in 2004.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9g-AluIe5g" target="_blank">The clip below</a> includes the very first introduction Vincent Price made for <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>, as Jeremy Brett made his debut in "A Scandal in Bohemia." Price gives some essential background information to the character of Sherlock Holmes - as he did each week - and on the world of Sherlockians. Typically, the broadcast of the episode included a valedictory commentary in addition to the salutation, during which Price performed the same duties.<br />
<br />
As a bonus, the "outro" to the show is also part of the clip, as well as the end titles with Patrick Gowers' score and Sidney Paget's original illustrations.<br />
<br />
<br />
<center>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="450" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/g9g-AluIe5g?rel=0" width="600"></iframe></center>
<br />
<br />
They don't make 'em like this any more.<br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />

One of the Best Features of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Series

"put a price upon it" [3GAB] We just celebrated three decades of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes , and we were happy to di...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

A Historic Selfie for the BSI

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"at either end to make it self-lighting" [SCAN]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBvhKyctRzgt_eIjS-ZJk11CYhEkvJFtv8PV_63fxLr_8UNkrtfojt9yX26TxnTq1kFBVa1KQrbaPH4TU7hNq8yB7cjfZBGjYMfC1QxMLC8y4ijdplYm6kMXowBDNy6oZAgpPrN4VrmZl/s1600/God+and+Adam+take+selfies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="God and Adam take selfies by Dennis Redfield" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBvhKyctRzgt_eIjS-ZJk11CYhEkvJFtv8PV_63fxLr_8UNkrtfojt9yX26TxnTq1kFBVa1KQrbaPH4TU7hNq8yB7cjfZBGjYMfC1QxMLC8y4ijdplYm6kMXowBDNy6oZAgpPrN4VrmZl/s1600/God+and+Adam+take+selfies.jpg" title="The first selfie?" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
You may have heard of a word that has entered our collective lexicon, either in casual conversation or because of the news that it was the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year for 2013. That word is: <b><i>selfie</i></b>.<br />
<br />
Simply put, a selfie is a photograph that is taken by an individual with his smartphone by extending an arm and snapping the photo back at himself. The most notorious selfie is the one snapped at the 86th Academy Awards in March:<br />
<center>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23oscars&src=hash">#oscars</a> <a href="http://t.co/C9U5NOtGap">pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap</a><br />
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/statuses/440322224407314432">March 3, 2014</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center>
<br />
Indeed, it has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/14/how-selfies-became-a-global-phenomenon" target="_blank">become something of a global phenomenon</a>, in conjunction with the rise of social networks, the ubiquity of smartphones and the seemingly narcissistic behavior many of them seem to encourage. Everyone wants to capture themselves in a unique situation, with or without someone whom they happen to be with, or perhaps they just want to emote for the camera. Here's an individual who got a little more than he bargained for when he decided to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/30/squirrel-selfie_n_5242242.html" target="_blank">take a selfie with a squirrel</a>:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKobl6BTTqYMrN30Dd5ybAlAWGzCNCpyMiAX6KGj8sf9laY6V_v_M6PIeh-0gpNqz2lk0RrxQEhX8VrlhHwtAmjsEx0tAxL0KLNmnMOCi-Ni0OphvOKsPG0SEncxZulaB9VxVyYJvUMEP/s1600/Squirrel+selfie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Taking a selfie with a squirrel - what could go wrong?" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKobl6BTTqYMrN30Dd5ybAlAWGzCNCpyMiAX6KGj8sf9laY6V_v_M6PIeh-0gpNqz2lk0RrxQEhX8VrlhHwtAmjsEx0tAxL0KLNmnMOCi-Ni0OphvOKsPG0SEncxZulaB9VxVyYJvUMEP/s1600/Squirrel+selfie.jpg" title="Squirrel selfie" width="426" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Always one to find humor in trends and to lampoon them based on taking an (un)conventional approach, Steve Martin made it clear that he's bucking the trend:<br />
<center>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
Just took my first "Them-ie." A photo of someone else without me in it.<br />
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveMartinToGo/statuses/461511338620379136">April 30, 2014</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center>
<br />
But one wouldn't normally think of Michael Whelan, the current "Wiggins" of the Baker Street Irregulars, as the type that goes in for trendy things. In fact, he has described himself as a Luddite when it comes to technology. Fortunately, we caught him in a jovial mood at the annual dinner of the Speckled Band of Boston on Friday night, after he had an eye-opening day seeing all sorts of state-of-the-art digital technology at Harvard's Houghton Library - the institution that houses the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/" target="_blank">BSI Archives</a>.<br />
<br />
We were fortunate enough to ask Mike if he'd be willing to take a selfie with us, and he complied!<br />
<center>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
Last night, we made BSI history: this is the first documented selfie of Wiggins: <a href="http://t.co/2KkBpae7YQ">pic.twitter.com/2KkBpae7YQ</a><br />
— I Hear of Sherlock (@IHearofSherlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/IHearofSherlock/statuses/462686198075768832">May 3, 2014</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center>
<br />
We're pleased to say that this is the first documented instance of the head of the Baker Street Irregulars being in a selfie. Now, how do you include a tweet in the Archives?<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>Image credit: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/nsSQUn" target="_blank">Dennis Redfield (Flickr)</a></i><br />
--<br />
<br />

A Historic Selfie for the BSI

"at either end to make it self-lighting" [SCAN] You may have heard of a word that has entered our collective lexicon, either...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

221B Baker Street, Reading, Pennsylvania

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
". . . a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished . . ."  [STUD]</h4>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6YKZ5SfsRzdtM99RK4gCGz8pR_jgf94Bmq6ORQM8ECbJT7O7Uk3_SOtQbWgaA0hkYIKXw12STC2w5tig13T6f0yTTOCaHdosjN6y06vpPsLXdTVxtBIE5H9PEDjLZZ7aZKNPGT9HM9Q/s1600/FinBroadSpan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6YKZ5SfsRzdtM99RK4gCGz8pR_jgf94Bmq6ORQM8ECbJT7O7Uk3_SOtQbWgaA0hkYIKXw12STC2w5tig13T6f0yTTOCaHdosjN6y06vpPsLXdTVxtBIE5H9PEDjLZZ7aZKNPGT9HM9Q/s1600/FinBroadSpan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
We have all been there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps you imagined Watson removing a decanter from the tantalus on the
sideboard, pouring you a drink, adding a splash of soda water from the gasogene
before inviting you to take a chair in the sitting room at 221B Baker Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You also may be able to imagine the 'VR' on
the wall, the wax bust of Holmes in the corner, and a violin carelessly left
out of its case and much too close to Holmes’ glassware and chemicals on his
lab table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But 'fess up – your imagination
just isn't up to vividly re-creating the entire sitting room in your mind’s
eye.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
But if you build it, they will come.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlRwIX7d6T271FTsxdtdrGP4ERHuz4Gk0g6gG5TT9jVVsggt_qrP29DsdpF0C9I1SdVFafrU8lJ6Q08jyaQ3il9jLtMafJdB30mX_Yo061GVirKx-fyC8ZLqGfJ5qHRwKGo5dHKoyavA/s1600/FinSeltGaso.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlRwIX7d6T271FTsxdtdrGP4ERHuz4Gk0g6gG5TT9jVVsggt_qrP29DsdpF0C9I1SdVFafrU8lJ6Q08jyaQ3il9jLtMafJdB30mX_Yo061GVirKx-fyC8ZLqGfJ5qHRwKGo5dHKoyavA/s1600/FinSeltGaso.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
On Saturday, April 26<span style="font-size: x-small;">,</span> over 30 people attended
the open house at 221B in Reading, PA, as Denny Dobry and his wife Joann
showcased one of the most elaborate and complete reproductions of Holmes's and
Watson's sitting room on Baker Street in London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have seen several other re-creations – at the
<a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Museum</a> and at the <a href="http://www.sherlockholmespub.com/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Pub</a> in London, and back in the ‘70s I visited the Sherlock Holmes, Esq. Public
House on Union Square in San Francisco. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t been to all that exist (<a href="http://www.221bbakerstreetla.com/" target="_blank">221A Baker Street in LosAngeles</a> is one, and there is another in <a href="http://www.sherlockholmes.ch/" target="_blank">Meiringen, Switzerland</a>) but the amount of work and detail seen in
the room in the basement of a typical middle-class house just outside of
Reading is truly remarkable.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Though constructed in the basement, the impression of a
first floor flat (second floor in America) is complete with the two
windows mentioned by Watson in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Study in
Scarlet</i> overlooking Baker Street, with London street sounds in the
background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can look through the
windows to see a façade of the other buildings on Baker Street (painted on a
solid back wall).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The illusion is quite
striking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<br />
But the real excitement is
experienced as you take in the incredible amount of detail that is seen in this
labor of love by Denny Dobry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everywhere
you look you see not only most every single item ever mentioned in the Canon, but
there are one or more artifacts from each of the 60 stories (including Baron Gruner’s 'little black book' with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">very</i> private photographs of Victorian ladies with details of their
lives suitable for blackmailing and a specimen of a Lion's Mane jellyfish in a
glass jar!)<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19IqWCIv6ml9vsjBc2T2e5MI1mfg3RJ1mxK9lNuCPs4-ruwCQdnnaRw1ufI_UjfMBWLE9JRreRscfJFKKLdEc3RrfDT-GYty01iq8aWjNbB0lINjZzwWlPRibtX9MB9RWn0ukAljwHTM/s1600/FinChairs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19IqWCIv6ml9vsjBc2T2e5MI1mfg3RJ1mxK9lNuCPs4-ruwCQdnnaRw1ufI_UjfMBWLE9JRreRscfJFKKLdEc3RrfDT-GYty01iq8aWjNbB0lINjZzwWlPRibtX9MB9RWn0ukAljwHTM/s1600/FinChairs.JPG" width="426" /></a></div>
<br />
There are, of course,
photographs of General Gordon and Henry Ward Beecher and Her Royal Majesty,
Queen Victoria, and an unbroken small plaster bust of Napoleon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there are literally hundreds of items <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> mentioned explicitly in the Canon
that we all <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">know</i> had to be there as
well: checks signed by Holmes or Watson made out to Mrs. Hudson for rent,
receipts from local shops, telegram blanks as well as Watson’s foot locker from
the Army and a framed copy of his commission in the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Denny was inspired by Paul Churchill's sitting room
re-creation in 1996 and began collecting (and manufacturing!) artifacts as he
planned his own room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Construction of
the room's walls, floor and ceiling took about a year and was completed in
1999.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Members of various scions local to
Pennsylvania, and of course members of Denny’s own scion, the <a href="http://www.whiteroseirregulars.net/" target="_blank">White Rose Irregulars</a>,
have had the pleasure of visiting over the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This open house was an opportunity for other
Sherlockians to marvel at the planning and effort that went into what is
arguably the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">most</i> complete
re-creation of the sitting room of the world’s first consulting detective and
his biographer, John H. Watson, MD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 
</span>Please <a href="mailto:dendobry@ptd.net" target="_blank">contact Denny directly</a> to attend a meeting of the White Rose Irregulars of York or to arrange for a visit to see the Sitting Room for yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be worth the
trip, no matter how far you must travel.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeB96Gskt_R9inAZQO8H9MZUYU4qieD_uwVM9fpCsYGgJEtYUT9Wl4Y4iet8szqmXu_M9vA7_C-TeSN5ngthBD63pCmKoC9cVriMM1ucKcsRyihQmz3zuGL63Mq-B_ju2nl6u4g_O4yI/s1600/Finblue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeB96Gskt_R9inAZQO8H9MZUYU4qieD_uwVM9fpCsYGgJEtYUT9Wl4Y4iet8szqmXu_M9vA7_C-TeSN5ngthBD63pCmKoC9cVriMM1ucKcsRyihQmz3zuGL63Mq-B_ju2nl6u4g_O4yI/s1600/Finblue.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqp2-A6b7LI8k9Glk0Mg0vj1ibKeJHCCQqNlDz3B3foCuCGiAzhyphenhyphen3v0pl3i2EjgPyfkDQzy3Fe5egYVlrLp0Lm64wpa7RZb2wGjIjMxsGy5G2rJMDTviO6V5FjVNaqjgY44WpmwbQ7EAY/s1600/FinFirep.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqp2-A6b7LI8k9Glk0Mg0vj1ibKeJHCCQqNlDz3B3foCuCGiAzhyphenhyphen3v0pl3i2EjgPyfkDQzy3Fe5egYVlrLp0Lm64wpa7RZb2wGjIjMxsGy5G2rJMDTviO6V5FjVNaqjgY44WpmwbQ7EAY/s1600/FinFirep.JPG" width="426" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYmZS52Tfx8j8jVGcfF2wCAK5OttCSaiP7xrRaHYZE8JlmWOVsqu9OKxCQEEajrKs1Lmo0d4HPsfKKVtn1-nQOFMcXVbouCe4SHlJ8SBEQP7XqlikYf84eviadNHMUkgwClm9DnzIOgs/s1600/FinChemCorner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYmZS52Tfx8j8jVGcfF2wCAK5OttCSaiP7xrRaHYZE8JlmWOVsqu9OKxCQEEajrKs1Lmo0d4HPsfKKVtn1-nQOFMcXVbouCe4SHlJ8SBEQP7XqlikYf84eviadNHMUkgwClm9DnzIOgs/s1600/FinChemCorner.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM6odl3nzXpQK1Guk06v1z2i3MrWsGoPmbggVl1QOJOMedrujcWkegRfzfces2xJmGL2ZoFPV2A2mHOuN4tTQu2JZmoAt5-fGl1JWzoW_C7pclgJYyxvhA_OHnNFCC0KLh2T5MBcz9HE/s1600/FinChemTab.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM6odl3nzXpQK1Guk06v1z2i3MrWsGoPmbggVl1QOJOMedrujcWkegRfzfces2xJmGL2ZoFPV2A2mHOuN4tTQu2JZmoAt5-fGl1JWzoW_C7pclgJYyxvhA_OHnNFCC0KLh2T5MBcz9HE/s1600/FinChemTab.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNL25upRSiu-ZFaN8vjbDi9F9UBH4NiMmCmWil6NJ7TLQAxcc2a6Gn60Lh8JXRZBZeI47u82iSMlJmrgvN_74c1kgH3LO6vGVQyJGPn3XRbABbKMDxfHuFMUC2UUKcOrGD-vRZLDUZQ58/s1600/FinDiningTab.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNL25upRSiu-ZFaN8vjbDi9F9UBH4NiMmCmWil6NJ7TLQAxcc2a6Gn60Lh8JXRZBZeI47u82iSMlJmrgvN_74c1kgH3LO6vGVQyJGPn3XRbABbKMDxfHuFMUC2UUKcOrGD-vRZLDUZQ58/s1600/FinDiningTab.JPG" width="426" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vR_ckpiT-bYBscn_NAFp9m-YTflPm2msqPIcxcN0FEzSY5HsZPLnytG_0NIwwoZjgFgH3m_YEBKeSZ31WjSJztv-RHxKF1gcBz6b6cYCf8ohG960OVz0PvrgrXT6EBBymHeyHjR0OIY/s1600/FinDyingDect.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vR_ckpiT-bYBscn_NAFp9m-YTflPm2msqPIcxcN0FEzSY5HsZPLnytG_0NIwwoZjgFgH3m_YEBKeSZ31WjSJztv-RHxKF1gcBz6b6cYCf8ohG960OVz0PvrgrXT6EBBymHeyHjR0OIY/s1600/FinDyingDect.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCw1maQTfhaUuHHVRfRddqTS9HLnF-bcMJnLkgeAkYl5aYHMDuezyPfvi2KGuwRNdFE4iLhzL5AsYqk7MAVcTljz7Xl4yB0gPHXLKi0hZLonbtldzE0nODCo9jQjnG-us0hD-RNu0iZM/s1600/FinFeint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCw1maQTfhaUuHHVRfRddqTS9HLnF-bcMJnLkgeAkYl5aYHMDuezyPfvi2KGuwRNdFE4iLhzL5AsYqk7MAVcTljz7Xl4yB0gPHXLKi0hZLonbtldzE0nODCo9jQjnG-us0hD-RNu0iZM/s1600/FinFeint.jpg" width="618" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNwwI-oyexISsUVU1f6pyhjIU9QOXzwMWKb_Xy_TX16TOgOAd-_DA4ErsJhM_8s6Ng_CQ7Y-gQt2y3gagA5WlDu3xOobeSI2dSdNb9ZvhM1APj0hEQKJNNAoNY3xI22dhYLT9C3sRH0A/s1600/FinHolDesk2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNwwI-oyexISsUVU1f6pyhjIU9QOXzwMWKb_Xy_TX16TOgOAd-_DA4ErsJhM_8s6Ng_CQ7Y-gQt2y3gagA5WlDu3xOobeSI2dSdNb9ZvhM1APj0hEQKJNNAoNY3xI22dhYLT9C3sRH0A/s1600/FinHolDesk2.JPG" width="426" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfRhzWsdfhBjOoqQ2AClOL2ELIwnJgnaOObWWyIPh4qbs2PtZOjPL9524GT3PzLHGKS5KAe7QCkwOnXpoL_kTa9Z1wKFbga3KMujaRCsdoO104ypRNGRHj6oBRSbNI-KkWgzo2lECq-o/s1600/FinJackKnife.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfRhzWsdfhBjOoqQ2AClOL2ELIwnJgnaOObWWyIPh4qbs2PtZOjPL9524GT3PzLHGKS5KAe7QCkwOnXpoL_kTa9Z1wKFbga3KMujaRCsdoO104ypRNGRHj6oBRSbNI-KkWgzo2lECq-o/s1600/FinJackKnife.JPG" width="426" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLIlW0pcMHlMKOstPjPpoD9AIxosbPQzunBz7L1TCGpJnQOGgt-Aqy7xA2LIHwfx3dRU0qdf8ttAWJ-Babm_MrbFa89fzpOaaziCk_A2Du7LxlDKS7ebELH-thzZypdbh-aG3MTG0Xvc/s1600/FinMantel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLIlW0pcMHlMKOstPjPpoD9AIxosbPQzunBz7L1TCGpJnQOGgt-Aqy7xA2LIHwfx3dRU0qdf8ttAWJ-Babm_MrbFa89fzpOaaziCk_A2Du7LxlDKS7ebELH-thzZypdbh-aG3MTG0Xvc/s1600/FinMantel.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoTLeRJutr8bMn-0_n1nBGzRbosQPSD2CA-IASUC6ChPnIMFlVldz1sLWz1X4UiggJ9Z7gFmyes3QZ8dnfalweW23B1sbE6HYpVXMJgGQGxlDYgGlttIoQlgxsjBppT02pSAqN783j9o/s1600/FinSilvWeiss.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoTLeRJutr8bMn-0_n1nBGzRbosQPSD2CA-IASUC6ChPnIMFlVldz1sLWz1X4UiggJ9Z7gFmyes3QZ8dnfalweW23B1sbE6HYpVXMJgGQGxlDYgGlttIoQlgxsjBppT02pSAqN783j9o/s1600/FinSilvWeiss.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TxwLvMjR5HdkSxee-Yk2TYrWBOY0WAydd6gwO6AoQyHjSEPLsMwhKF9Ojit-mjrTsHIyDzDS8zf2uYwoPUY1328hL-AnehPXs7EDb8ZnfElJT8H4IZmNZCAzPI_zjNpo6MehjLhvbaI/s1600/FinSlipper.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TxwLvMjR5HdkSxee-Yk2TYrWBOY0WAydd6gwO6AoQyHjSEPLsMwhKF9Ojit-mjrTsHIyDzDS8zf2uYwoPUY1328hL-AnehPXs7EDb8ZnfElJT8H4IZmNZCAzPI_zjNpo6MehjLhvbaI/s1600/FinSlipper.JPG" width="426" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHRpz-fx4SjjLsp31zZRdzfxr56IKVei9tMRYsUwMBsj3Ou2lQW2BJzQZ4JV0fYwf4k3IrL8dNLr8aomVp4nEF9Lj_JRp0btoTIJi0SmUaxXTvLw8cQLyyWm-lNuoNykI8Ey9QKCPZ8Y/s1600/FinStrand.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHRpz-fx4SjjLsp31zZRdzfxr56IKVei9tMRYsUwMBsj3Ou2lQW2BJzQZ4JV0fYwf4k3IrL8dNLr8aomVp4nEF9Lj_JRp0btoTIJi0SmUaxXTvLw8cQLyyWm-lNuoNykI8Ey9QKCPZ8Y/s1600/FinStrand.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUN76ML1AZZrJ2kTR5n2raPWAW8S-9VcseCFACGFoVKrhiDUGnukGHkwimNW4vNDxFwFLC8IvcfzDWpYLQfvfXe4y7dtqcdgI642gnx8sZM0NFB0WI-qTPrB5rtY6pe54MyAonwV3jbB0/s1600/FinVall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUN76ML1AZZrJ2kTR5n2raPWAW8S-9VcseCFACGFoVKrhiDUGnukGHkwimNW4vNDxFwFLC8IvcfzDWpYLQfvfXe4y7dtqcdgI642gnx8sZM0NFB0WI-qTPrB5rtY6pe54MyAonwV3jbB0/s1600/FinVall.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaOs53LZ6y2ocY-Ff0F6DiyMgJWeXILXH6WUTSARoDk0yGn-nzTyaaWdpBQlFluepWglWXa93xQblsxRKZ1rpFkl_MZtvfW1rXcq4WLEdUwQKIWYSN_Lwd_FvlRBT65uwdHH3OG2uu14/s1600/FinWatComm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaOs53LZ6y2ocY-Ff0F6DiyMgJWeXILXH6WUTSARoDk0yGn-nzTyaaWdpBQlFluepWglWXa93xQblsxRKZ1rpFkl_MZtvfW1rXcq4WLEdUwQKIWYSN_Lwd_FvlRBT65uwdHH3OG2uu14/s1600/FinWatComm.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3PeOxu_Y9FhFvW3rpR6xLb6h-8Opowvu6q4WyMyPz1-Bs4_zAp-kBm7I_ByW6DeYfdRUefG3tz3HQnT9P2XZyZRTt56SyE-rUOld17lYCVMZYFmNGSNBcUMHVi35ILr1Kxpiscj26bg/s1600/FinWatDesk.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3PeOxu_Y9FhFvW3rpR6xLb6h-8Opowvu6q4WyMyPz1-Bs4_zAp-kBm7I_ByW6DeYfdRUefG3tz3HQnT9P2XZyZRTt56SyE-rUOld17lYCVMZYFmNGSNBcUMHVi35ILr1Kxpiscj26bg/s1600/FinWatDesk.JPG" width="426" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Hb6jgYatviAMVhfCy8TPRAde7TQ4EdVP_v-yYC5wHfpJH1lHy_L67MHlwFRGrEm9P21Ob_H8G73Dy_cMJGAq-G93SZL5VfXX7YKQu4W1mVO-7TgEdeyfS3AmwHqmMwV8G05k8N5g9ac/s1600/FinWatsonDesk.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Hb6jgYatviAMVhfCy8TPRAde7TQ4EdVP_v-yYC5wHfpJH1lHy_L67MHlwFRGrEm9P21Ob_H8G73Dy_cMJGAq-G93SZL5VfXX7YKQu4W1mVO-7TgEdeyfS3AmwHqmMwV8G05k8N5g9ac/s1600/FinWatsonDesk.JPG" width="410" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvtkMB0viKTClrZ1SQ0Mb2-EQ0xpsnBJ_7HGWoeCg30klK97cQfdkcloMSrlP13q1nKn6ZJ5TV3-UsaSy9AVP28AuVG1W4-gPycJMvsYfS1qDtmK9R96-igdzPouD13olpAAtamRvXYc/s1600/WindatChem.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvtkMB0viKTClrZ1SQ0Mb2-EQ0xpsnBJ_7HGWoeCg30klK97cQfdkcloMSrlP13q1nKn6ZJ5TV3-UsaSy9AVP28AuVG1W4-gPycJMvsYfS1qDtmK9R96-igdzPouD13olpAAtamRvXYc/s1600/WindatChem.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
(photos courtesy of Denny Dobry)<br />
--<br />
<br /></div>