Baker Street Elementary – A Marked Man

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span>“on the down grade</span>” [VEIL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxO1g8EMppVh5g9TeYGzvn9msqffSgVxGaowm6RwUBmvHiNJybvTxBrRsKgPXZfseRxredM0Lp5IxmGoAQewK444HFfhAo3QD0_XU2Flakrx2J4GIK_pF7shWRBztYumkdoV79fTxJpBxT/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+107.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxO1g8EMppVh5g9TeYGzvn9msqffSgVxGaowm6RwUBmvHiNJybvTxBrRsKgPXZfseRxredM0Lp5IxmGoAQewK444HFfhAo3QD0_XU2Flakrx2J4GIK_pF7shWRBztYumkdoV79fTxJpBxT/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+107.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Thinking about the actions in "The Three Students," where we find that the tutor Hilton Soams is concerned because someone has disturbed papers on his desk, we have to wonder.<div><br /></div><div>Students who were going for the Fortescue Scholarship had to submit an exam that included "a large passage of Greek translation." There is no indication that the students would have had knowledge beforehand of exactly which work from the classics would be the subject of their translation.</div><div><br /></div><div>The proofs of "half a chapter of Thucydides" arrived at Soames' rooms, and were left out when Gilchrist happened to stop by. Now, he wouldn't have had to copy the entirety of the paper (nor would he have had time to do so) while Soames was out. But all he had to do was to verify which chapter the excerpt was from.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then, Gilchrist could retire to his room and study the chapter in question.</div><div><br /></div><div>But here's our question: if Soames had to review the proofs for accuracy, then perhaps he could have used them to his advantage. That is, if they were taken from a different text than the students had in their possession, variations or inaccuracies might have been helpful.</div><div><br /></div><div>That is, had Soames left any errors in the text in place, they would have acted as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_entry" target="_blank">mountweazel</a> of sorts and indicated who was translating the proofs in hand versus who was copying from his text.<div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, a weasel of a different sort is lurking at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhoiyZjg05wj94qkbMZqQSia-WSCMY3vBWe3N2MoQ1VeBNS7CYhGSD5YNUQ9m6HW8d0h4A7TM6uoCEJgY5tCHDobRfEqW827Ikk_DRUQj0B8KxxUYuhkfhHewzs8Fmz_D_vjS_JcvPnUP/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+107.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br />--</div><div><br /></div></div><div id="BC50F916_456F_EFDE_717A_89FB2DA8C3B7"><div></div></div><div id="1C3D0C7D_ABD9_AA0E_5834_523E2A0BEEB7"></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – A Marked Man

“on the down grade ” [VEIL]  Thinking about the actions in "The Three Students," where we find that the tutor Hilton Soams is conc...

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Episode 217: The Staunton Tragedy

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"many excellent qualities" [MISS] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZV4oVXAzq5FUDWsC0fdbzQPhfoI-_0d9QtA6DGmODV2Pw1WJ6II3Gvis5lDWrYjG1GBjEa-YOXzqwA1cpxlUpSxzlRvs-bguJLrNcB7Y9Vz2hdJgJkMVgLDobWGXDSJKJg7amZs6Mkrmr/s800/MISS+MSS.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="800" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZV4oVXAzq5FUDWsC0fdbzQPhfoI-_0d9QtA6DGmODV2Pw1WJ6II3Gvis5lDWrYjG1GBjEa-YOXzqwA1cpxlUpSxzlRvs-bguJLrNcB7Y9Vz2hdJgJkMVgLDobWGXDSJKJg7amZs6Mkrmr/w640-h357/MISS+MSS.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>One of the latest books in the BSI Manuscript Series from the BSI Press is <i><a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2020/12/30/staunton-tragedy/" target="_blank">The Staunton Tragedy</a></i>, the manuscript for "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter."<div><br /></div><div>Edited by Wiggins emeritus Michael F. 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Episode 217: The Staunton Tragedy

"many excellent qualities" [MISS]  One of the latest books in the BSI Manuscript Series from the BSI Press is The Staunton Tragedy...

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by Scott Monty

New Lecture Series on Conan Doyle Honors Neil McCaw

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a course of lectures ” [COPP]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVU5IzDEGdKTNSyIEJkCX_h1QbBW11rE03zYJeldR16ntK8kfo9uKNYEzU4r3KBJA7tc2Q7zzGOJnxQJRlhD7pqOxs8wj2HBLKCYB2RRqQHXERA7TAyTf8TUFjwdLQ7nakCA8dPOx7jPD/s910/Conan+Doyle+Collection+Portsmouth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="910" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVU5IzDEGdKTNSyIEJkCX_h1QbBW11rE03zYJeldR16ntK8kfo9uKNYEzU4r3KBJA7tc2Q7zzGOJnxQJRlhD7pqOxs8wj2HBLKCYB2RRqQHXERA7TAyTf8TUFjwdLQ7nakCA8dPOx7jPD/w640-h366/Conan+Doyle+Collection+Portsmouth.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>May 22 marked the 162nd anniversary of the birth of Arthur Conan Doyle. His legacy lives on in legions of books, collections, societies, and discussions across the world. And of course, in his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes.</p><p>It also lives on in a new lecture series from the Portsmouth City Council as part of <a href="http://cd.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conandoyle" target="_blank">The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection Lancelyn Green Bequest</a>. </p><p>Professor Neil McCaw was an individual who promoted his memory in his work and volunteering. Professor McCaw was a professor of Victorian Literature and Culture at Winchester University and became involved in the Collection in 2005, where he spent his time advising on the initial cataloging and identifying it as a unique and diverse collection. Neil McCaw passed away last year.</p><p>Neil went on to give wider academic talks globally about the Collection, which broadened our audiences, producing texts for exhibitions that have toured around the world to diverse audiences, writing and producing a facsimile for "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" and then later on curating the <a href="http://cd.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conandoyle/you-dont-know-sherlock-holmes-yet" target="_blank">You Don't Know Sherlock Holmes, Yet exhibition</a>. </p><p>Professor Neil McCaw was a true advocate for the collection, and his expert knowledge and advice have given a legacy to this world-class Collection, maintaining Richard Lancelyn Green's original bequest to make it accessible to the public.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Lecture Series for Professor Neil McCaw </h2><p>To commemorate Professor Neil McCaw's commitment and dedication to the Conan Doyle Collection, and to showcase the legacy of his work, by sharing learning and broadening the knowledge of the collection, the Portsmouth Conan Doyle Collection will be hosting a series of virtual talks with people — authors, fans, academics — who are also passionate about Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, and who have a connection to the Conan Doyle Collection.</p><p>This is the schedule of upcoming talks, all of which are free to the public and will be held on Zoom; registration is required.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Arthur Conan Doyle and the Case of the Parsee Lawyer, presented by author Shrabani Basu</h4><p>When George Edalji, a young Indian lawyer, is convicted of mutilating horses in a Staffordshire mining village in 1903, he appeals to Arthur Conan Doyle to clear his name. The creator of Sherlock Holmes, accepts the request and proceeds to investigate the case. Based on letters, police records and home office files, Shrabani Basu, author of <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3oMMa51" target="_blank">The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer</a></i>, goes on the trail of Arthur Conan Doyle as he wears the hat of Sherlock Holmes and uncovers the dark secrets lying in the English countryside. What is revealed is a story of racism and police corruption at the turn of the century. It is the only case that Conan Doyle investigates personally, with startling results.</p><p><b>May 27 at 7:00 pm BST</b></p><p>More information / registration: <a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=100173479 " target="_blank">Arthur Conan Doyle and the Case of the Parsee Lawyer by Shrabani Basu</a> | Portsmouth Library and Archive Service (spydus.co.uk)</p><p> </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Early Sherlock Holmes Fandom from 1890s-1930s, presented by scholar Katharine Brombley </h4><div>Summary: Sherlock Holmes is an iconic figure and to this day has a huge following from Sherlockians, fans, and scholars alike. But when did this start? Kate will discuss her findings from the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection and explain how the first British readers of Sherlock Holmes interacted with the stories, setting the foundations for the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. She will cover Victorian and Edwardian fan fiction, collecting, and the first Sherlock Holmes Society. </div><p>Kate is a PhD graduate from the University of Portsmouth and wrote her thesis 'Possessions and Obsessions: Fandom and the Case of Arthur Conan Doyle' in 2015. She is currently Senior Associate Editor for <i><a href="http://ihose.co/ihose212">The Conan Doyle Review</a></i>, an academic journal for Conan Doyle scholars.</p><p><b>June 3 at 7:00 pm BST</b></p><p>More information / registration: <a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=100174766 " target="_blank">Dr Katharine Brombley ‘Early Sherlock Holmes Fandom from 1890s-1930s’</a> | Portsmouth Library and Archive Service (spydus.co.uk)</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Arthur Conan Doyle, money, and the centenary of the Casebook, presented by author Alistair Duncan</h4><p>This presentation takes a look at the relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and money, beginning with his early career, before moving onto a brief examination of the final series of stories known as the Casebook - this set of stories turns 100 later this year.</p><p><b>June 10 at 7:00 BST</b></p><p>More information / registration: <a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=100174775 " target="_blank">Arthur Conan Doyle, money, and the centenary of the Casebook by Alistair Duncan</a> | Portsmouth Library and Archive Service (spydus.co.uk)</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Glamourous American—William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes, presented by author S.E. Dahlinger</h4><p>At the height of the Great Depression, a Connecticut Yankee in a deerstalker cap trouped America in the Final Tour of a legendary play about a very British detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Tonight’s talk is about the enigmatic actor, his career and his castle, and his role in reviving the Sherlock Holmes franchise to the joy of fans on both sides of the pond.</p><p><b>June 17 at 7:00 pm BST</b></p><p>More information / registration: <a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=100174768 " target="_blank">S.E. Dahlinger “The Glamourous American—William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes.”</a> | Portsmouth Library and Archive Service (spydus.co.uk)</p><p><br /></p><p>This should be a marvelous series of events. If you can't make it to Portsmouth in person, this is the next best thing.</p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div id="F97D4EF4_D0FA_3BC9_C88A_107D623BCF22"><div></div></div><div id="1C3D0C7D_ABD9_AA0E_5834_523E2A0BEEB7"></div><div id="6DF6BBFC_5DDA_9461_A5C0_84B63836F22F"><div></div></div><div id="1C3D0C7D_ABD9_AA0E_5834_523E2A0BEEB7"></div><div id="AE660E57_66BF_8AEE_0750_67D6856476DD"><div></div></div><div id="1C3D0C7D_ABD9_AA0E_5834_523E2A0BEEB7"></div>

New Lecture Series on Conan Doyle Honors Neil McCaw

“a course of lectures ” [COPP] May 22 marked the 162nd anniversary of the birth of Arthur Conan Doyle. His legacy lives on in legions of boo...

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Baker Street Elementary – That Smarts

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span>“I am such a farcical bungler</span>” [EMPT] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiing24h5g0100vmRDTUIeZMYyFQ7hBEA4EgH4cLWVdpqZoBVVGGgHmP5oC4_-hEc6chByz-NaIeRo2pceehPkFf2rIayPKQf_fFBrTJ19Wqm8Ex8ymeFnOlwVlKvYV_2PVxxim0Re4Ov/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+106.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiing24h5g0100vmRDTUIeZMYyFQ7hBEA4EgH4cLWVdpqZoBVVGGgHmP5oC4_-hEc6chByz-NaIeRo2pceehPkFf2rIayPKQf_fFBrTJ19Wqm8Ex8ymeFnOlwVlKvYV_2PVxxim0Re4Ov/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+106.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Every student of comedy film history knows <i>Young Frankenstein</i>, the Mel Brooks / Gene Wilder farce that picks up two generations after the original story.</div><div><br /></div><div>It debuted in 1974 to great acclaim, starring Wilder as the young Froederick Frankenstein, with Marty Feldman as Igor, Madeline Kahn as Frankenstein's fiancee, Teri Garr as Frankenstein's assistant, Peter Boyle as the monster, and Cloris Leachman in a send-up role as Frau Blücher.</div><div><br /></div><div>According to Wilder, he had been wanting to do a film about Sherlock Holmes for some time when, during the filming of <i>Young Frankenstein</i>, his friend, producer Richard Roth, asked him if he ever thought about Holmes as a basis for film comedy.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Once a week for the past year," Wilder said. (<i><a href="https://amzn.to/2SPXZvn" target="_blank">Deerstalker! Holmes and Watson on Screen</a></i> by Ron Haydock, The Scarecrow Press, 1978)</div><div><br /></div><div>Thus was born <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3w6pf7l" target="_blank">The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes's Smarter Brother</a></i>. The film brought Wilder, Feldman, and Kahn back together, as Sigerson Holmes, Orville Sacker, and Jenny Hill, respectively. Sigerson was Sherlock's younger and insecure brother, and Sacker (whose name was inspired by Conan Doyle's first choice of name for Dr. Watson: Ormond Sacker), who had a phonographic memory – a perfect recollection of the spoken word. </div><div><br /></div><div>Interestingly, Wilder's first choice to play Sherlock Holmes in that film was Keith McConnell (who had played Holmes in Schlitz Malt Liquor commercials!). McConnell had also played Holmes in the famously-deleted scene in Neil Simon's <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3hC9O2u" target="_blank">Murder By Death</a></i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Because of the change in venue from Hollywood to London and because of a shift in scheduling, McConnell was unable to play the role in Smarter Brother — a role that had been much more prominent before a rewrite.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sherlock Holmes, of course, would go to none other than <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/03/remembering-douglas-wilmer-bsi.html" target="_blank">Douglas Wilmer</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, Baker Street Elementary has some ab(by)normal activity in its theatre department...</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83wV2q_peK6w7lb0YdWn290DTF5OqZ_UfVy22aRKSw4wnyyEOhabGba1IdPa95Fxg2A4b6H0r0J9QX13aCCIrUq4IiB0UmI5lcqvHCHKKXMko4Me3CgdKu_c9nb3maml2S9Q5QHZPuIhK/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+106.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br />--</div><div><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – That Smarts

“I am such a farcical bungler ” [EMPT]  Every student of comedy film history knows Young Frankenstein , the Mel Brooks / Gene Wilder farce t...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 216: Remembering Jon Lellenberg

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"It is with a heavy heart" [FINA] </h4><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSd9i1VhChOZaDOko7gnAqb9AXBd_wEPeefa31pwudIF-cKdLkhk1wA9w7gOj8uqSJXCB4lYE8nkwx60jiwtXymm3fUhIC51fQ8Mgkr0jiXq5ayS5TjWs8sZgn9SXLqxfsWGwjfOW_MONt/s2048/Jon+and+Dan.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSd9i1VhChOZaDOko7gnAqb9AXBd_wEPeefa31pwudIF-cKdLkhk1wA9w7gOj8uqSJXCB4lYE8nkwx60jiwtXymm3fUhIC51fQ8Mgkr0jiXq5ayS5TjWs8sZgn9SXLqxfsWGwjfOW_MONt/w640-h426/Jon+and+Dan.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jon Lellenberg with Dan Stashower (courtesy of Dan Stashower)</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The worlds of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle enthusiasts have lost a giant. Jon Lellenberg, invested in the Baker Street Irregulars as "Rodger Prescott of Evil Memory" in 1974, passed away on April 24, 2021 after a short illness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jon's contribution to our hobby was almost too immense for words. He was a confidant and representative of the Conan Doyle Estate for many years, extending back to a close relationship with Dame Jean Conan Doyle. As an author and editor, he contributed to a number of books on Conan Doyle's life, including A Life in Letters and Dangerous Work, both co-edited with Dan Stashower, BSI ("Thurston"). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jon's knowledge of early Irregularity and the times in which those Irregulars lived and worked was unrivaled, which made him the perfect person to tackle the BSI Archival History Series. During that time, he was known as the Thucydides of the Baker Street Irregulars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With four appearances on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, Jon gave us so much material with which to work, so we pulled some clips from previous episodes to pepper our memories of him. If you have memories, please share them in a comment below and see the links for more information.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Plus, we have an announcement about a very rare piece of Sherlockian/Irregular history related to Jon Lellenberg that is available for auction. <br /><p>The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz winner this time will win a copy of Jon Lellenberg's <i>The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Thirteen Biographers in Search of a Life</i>. Answers are due by May 29, 2021 at 11:59 a.m.</p><br /><p>Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></div><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script><p></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">Please do consider becoming a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>. 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Smith)</li><li><a href="https://conandoyleestate.com/news/jon-lellenberg" target="_blank">Remembrances of Jon on the Conan Doyle Estate site</a> (additional contributions welcome)</li><li>Previous episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose13" target="_blank">Episode 13: Arthur Conan Doyle - A Life in Letters</a> (with Dan Stashower)</li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose29" target="_blank">Episode 29: Baker Street Irregular</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose37" target="_blank">Episode 37: The Lost Conan Doyle Manuscript</a> (with Dan Stashower)</li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose" target="_blank">Episode 48: Dangerous Work</a> (with Dan Stashower)</li></ul><li>On eBay: The <i><a href="http://ebay.us/HGw80l?cmpnId=5338273189" target="_blank">1998 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual: "Entertainment and Fantasy": the 1940 BSI Dinner</a></i> (RARE)</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at <a href="https://ihose.co/flipsherlock" target="_blank">ihose.co/flipsherlock</a> as well as through our accounts on <a href="https://facebook.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://youtube.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>Please subscribe on the podcast provider of your choosing:</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pod.link/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a></div><br />And would you consider leaving us a rating and review? 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Episode 216: Remembering Jon Lellenberg

"It is with a heavy heart" [FINA]  Jon Lellenberg with Dan Stashower (courtesy of Dan Stashower) The worlds of Sherlock Holmes and...

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Baker Street Elementary — The Bespectacled Band

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span>“He peered at me with great curiosity</span>” [FINA] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpdu1MZyzNxBOkNrjER9wZZPUBO-3C63qcL8Z6PJEZeAYzVK4IUbrdqA-y4YJMTyGabfNKy3IrdqjNUKWLcoIIQaxqgyuG-8UBk7Y5d0FYRDSXA7_iz2rNbwFmHFwwsSULFnHJDPat686/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpdu1MZyzNxBOkNrjER9wZZPUBO-3C63qcL8Z6PJEZeAYzVK4IUbrdqA-y4YJMTyGabfNKy3IrdqjNUKWLcoIIQaxqgyuG-8UBk7Y5d0FYRDSXA7_iz2rNbwFmHFwwsSULFnHJDPat686/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>For a set of stories that was written by a physician who himself was a failed ophthamologist, it's comforting to see his former profession creep into the Canon.</div><div><br /></div><div>One entry in the Sherlock Holmes stories, "The Golden Pince-Nez," even scores a title that was directly associated with Conan Doyle's former field of study. But what about other appearances of corrective lenses in the works?</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a quick accounting of some of those who required glasses:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Mr. Sherman</b>, the animal proprietor, had "stooping shoulders, a stringy neck, and blue-tinted glasses." [SIGN]</li><li><b>Mary Sutherland</b> wore pince-nez and her stepfather, James Windibank "wore tinted glasses against the glare." [IDEN]</li><li><b>John Openshaw</b> entered 221B Baker Street, saying ""I owe you an apology," he said, raising his golden pince-nez to his eyes." [FIVE]</li><li>A more grandiose entrance came from <b>Lord Robert St. Simon</b>, who "advanced slowly into the room, turning his head from left to right, and swinging in his right hand the cord which held his golden eyeglasses." [NOBL]</li><li><b>Jephro Rucastle</b> "sat at [Miss Stoper's] elbow with a pair of glasses on his nose, looking very earnestly at the ladies who entered." [COPP]</li><li><b>Wilson Kemp</b> "was a little gentleman, with glasses, thin in the face, but very pleasant in his ways, for he was laughing all the time that he was talking." [GREE]</li><li>One of the other famous pairs of glasses in the Canon was worn by <b>Charles Augustus Milverton</b>, whose "grey eyes, which gleamed brightly from behind broad, golden-rimmed glasses." [CHAS]</li><li><b>Dr. Mortimer</b> had "a long nose like a beak, which jutted out between two keen, gray eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses." [HOUN]</li><li><b>John McMurdo</b>'s "gray eyes gleamed with sudden and dangerous anger from behind his glasses." [VALL]</li><li>"Our client [<b>Nathan Garrideb</b>] shone with pleasure and his eyes gleamed from behind his big glasses." [3GAR]</li><li><b>Professor Presbury</b> "appeared at the front window, and we were aware of a pair of keen eyes from under shaggy brows which surveyed us through large horn glasses." [CREE]</li></ul>We're grateful that Conan Doyle wasn't so completely turned off by the study of the ocular that he gave up thinking about such things entirely. One of the reasons the Canon worked well at the time and remains popular today is its reality. Look around: we're surrounded by people who wear glasses.<br /><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, Baker Street Elementary brings this into focus for us...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3O5KyRBl9AVm11T6vXRTvKHrLJEr23BOvcF0025xO_M1BuE0JT-xRNFDlBEzEZnYOGscq_sQPqOpLJTQ5-wcA7ABs_vZEPz2MIF8KNm3a0tWoEq8Eb1rNYODFOMImHk1kArY_exZWMz2T/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3O5KyRBl9AVm11T6vXRTvKHrLJEr23BOvcF0025xO_M1BuE0JT-xRNFDlBEzEZnYOGscq_sQPqOpLJTQ5-wcA7ABs_vZEPz2MIF8KNm3a0tWoEq8Eb1rNYODFOMImHk1kArY_exZWMz2T/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.2.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/AVvXsEid2Iu-8uzJU2MEfyap5XGQDnEV0cRKc7kLD_1B8MdxDFkBqdHp1XiXbmNJbPUzEgCECC322L-SM9pyqR6eRvZSRPsg2ibJViWG7oEzm8IX-ib0gx0mdYXzQ1W1ZJfsru7s65_vh7Seu6ri/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2Iu-8uzJU2MEfyap5XGQDnEV0cRKc7kLD_1B8MdxDFkBqdHp1XiXbmNJbPUzEgCECC322L-SM9pyqR6eRvZSRPsg2ibJViWG7oEzm8IX-ib0gx0mdYXzQ1W1ZJfsru7s65_vh7Seu6ri/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.3.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/AVvXsEgZZQxg55FE1gZLQferXg7Zm24olyjSxaSXkiPXRc11BsJ_cAsGn279tmZv-tig7o9C_scwKCv7jsNlOv63KLDf6_WSFPTMeMvZZVNybDHXcUVEcffGAt1FT3u8pvaGmTIeldibnJhlMgEo/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZQxg55FE1gZLQferXg7Zm24olyjSxaSXkiPXRc11BsJ_cAsGn279tmZv-tig7o9C_scwKCv7jsNlOv63KLDf6_WSFPTMeMvZZVNybDHXcUVEcffGAt1FT3u8pvaGmTIeldibnJhlMgEo/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.4.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/AVvXsEhgPQS18z27-J9vdazZpmAHya0q_yD6V9ZL7N2Iy7rH2701D7ACjsh1WcISOpNn9CmektCIDekkBrnNvgGhyphenhyphenG4Teulc0xsRoCfZoDVmM1LTTDHHN1StcrK7MjaHWHjuUAttd94jNZ8lqtKH/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPQS18z27-J9vdazZpmAHya0q_yD6V9ZL7N2Iy7rH2701D7ACjsh1WcISOpNn9CmektCIDekkBrnNvgGhyphenhyphenG4Teulc0xsRoCfZoDVmM1LTTDHHN1StcrK7MjaHWHjuUAttd94jNZ8lqtKH/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.5.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/AVvXsEgRYu41aqMX3hIkZDYpMwDIRaFFQq5GgAeV0lCu46v6_J7tKxnvzwIaZAXBePwZ7pHQObwJLLq2kiXM_ONb01T9Ablr0VluzF8BBl2WtXUus6I6KOzpKj0sXocnnWt9js83hyphenhyphen7aa-mbSYMv/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYu41aqMX3hIkZDYpMwDIRaFFQq5GgAeV0lCu46v6_J7tKxnvzwIaZAXBePwZ7pHQObwJLLq2kiXM_ONb01T9Ablr0VluzF8BBl2WtXUus6I6KOzpKj0sXocnnWt9js83hyphenhyphen7aa-mbSYMv/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br />--</div><div><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary — The Bespectacled Band

“He peered at me with great curiosity ” [FINA]  For a set of stories that was written by a physician who himself was a failed ophthamologist...

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by Scott Monty