Episode 269: Ben Abramson Speaks

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“my strange old book-collector” [EMPT] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEist8JlK-MH2E60XiAIRR69r0WL99xh7omgEUIGRI6OYC1Q7BdTzKA6G01XhFoL6lo26rVfm-_Z4gPQ9zWA3_OVu82H6ftyEYwNFCkGXO1pCKVGdu2Rok7gjp9NTeN-jIKgGZI60g1HDIzC8ik7oaiWb3vGbt7LDEpIoR5AiGOLIJ5Qnbl9QpnGmr51hu7S/s1988/ihearofsherlock269%20widescreen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="1988" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEist8JlK-MH2E60XiAIRR69r0WL99xh7omgEUIGRI6OYC1Q7BdTzKA6G01XhFoL6lo26rVfm-_Z4gPQ9zWA3_OVu82H6ftyEYwNFCkGXO1pCKVGdu2Rok7gjp9NTeN-jIKgGZI60g1HDIzC8ik7oaiWb3vGbt7LDEpIoR5AiGOLIJ5Qnbl9QpnGmr51hu7S/w640-h448/ihearofsherlock269%20widescreen.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Ben Abramson with Vincent Starrett at a signing event for ‘Books Alive’ Circa 1940. Location Unknown / Photographer Unknown (Source: <a href="https://intangibleinclinations.wordpress.com/2023/06/15/ben-abramson-speaks-about-the-bsi/" target="_blank">A Road of Intangible Inclinations</a>)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><p>There are some Sherlockians we wish we could have interviewed for this program — individuals long gone but fondly remembered — whose unique perspectives would be a boon to our listeners. Unfortunately, most of them are beyond our reach.</p><p>In this case however, we have one who is available to us but comes to us in a prepackaged interview. Ben Abramson, BSI ("The Beryl Coronet") was a bookseller and the first publisher of <i>The Baker Street Journal</i>. And he sat for an interview on the radio in 1954.</p><p>We share Ben's background, his early days as a bookseller, his move from Chicago to New York City, his association with some of the Sherlockian greats such as Vincent Starrett, Edgar W. Smith, and Peter Blau, and trace the rise and tragic fall of the <i>BSJ</i> and of Ben himself. </p><p>The winner of the previous episode's <b>Canonical Couplet</b> is revealed and we share yet another couplet for your identification. The winner will receive a copy of an Old Series BSJ as published by Ben.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by August 14, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 269: Ben Abramson Speaks

“my strange old book-collector” [EMPT]  Ben Abramson with Vincent Starrett at a signing event for ‘Books Alive’ Circa 1940. Location Unknown...

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by Scott Monty

Remembering Two Baker Street Icons

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“She departed then and the lights went out” [NAVA]</h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9ES-_XhlmaDIfw83xHWqViZBbk-02WI9zyPXX7RqzT5OYyiSL4MJJSe1bJsrf2bDfl3f4pPBPM06TmFXXJoZoyjQ_lhEb9VOuewAZLU0-FJ5Bv90lJn_X5tLyDKawtDznSav-xdWD279izU1JrtRNeIVrOTZaB5Ly1BJPDwxicOQ5DCduTU2IY_WTUvL/s1280/Baker%20Street%20-%20theater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="1280" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9ES-_XhlmaDIfw83xHWqViZBbk-02WI9zyPXX7RqzT5OYyiSL4MJJSe1bJsrf2bDfl3f4pPBPM06TmFXXJoZoyjQ_lhEb9VOuewAZLU0-FJ5Bv90lJn_X5tLyDKawtDznSav-xdWD279izU1JrtRNeIVrOTZaB5Ly1BJPDwxicOQ5DCduTU2IY_WTUvL/w640-h582/Baker%20Street%20-%20theater.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This was a difficult week for fans of the theater, as two individuals associated with <i>Baker Street</i> passed away: <b>Jerome Coopersmith</b> and <b>Inga Swenson</b>.<p></p><p><i>Baker Street</i> was a 1965 musical with a book by Jerome Coopersmith and music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff and <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/09/remembering-ray-jessel.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raymond Jessel</a>. It starred Fritz Weaver as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Gabel as Professor Moriarty, Inga Swensen as Irene Adler, and Peter Sallis as Dr. Watson.</p><p>We interviewed Fritz Weaver for <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 26: A Musical Stroll Down Baker Street</a>.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="3707" data-dashlane-rid="90c3e4cbae4d284d" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/1115060/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></p><p> </p><p><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_(musical)" target="_blank">Baker Street</a></i> was a huge hit at the time, garnering three Tony nominations for Best Author - (Jerome Coopersmith), Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Inga Swenson), and Best Costume Design (Motley). It won one Tony for Best Scenic Design (Oliver Smith).</p><p>It was based on three Sherlock Holmes Stories: "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Final Problem," and "The Empty House," and was set in 1897, amid Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.</p><p>Sadly, this week we learned that both Jerome Coopersmith and Inga Swenson passed away just one week apart.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Jerome Coopersmith (1925–2023)</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Coopersmith" target="_blank">Jerome Coopersmith</a> passed away on July 21 at the age of 97 in Rochester, NY. He was a prolific and award-winning writer, having penned some more then 100 projects, including 30 episodes of <i>Hawaii Five-O</i>, and a number of other shows including <i>The Streets of San Francisco</i>, <i>The Night Before Christmas</i>, and <i>The Gabby Hayes Show</i>.</p><p>But to Sherlockians, he'll be best remembered for <i>Baker Street</i>, which was only his second theatrical work. It was produced on Broadway by Alexander H. Cohen, directed by Harold Prince, and appeared at the </p><p>Coopersmith was a member of the Dramatists Guild, Mystery Writers of America, and a past officer of the Writers Guild of America, East.<br /><br />He was also a World War II veteran, serving in the United States Army, 94th Infantry Division from 1943-1945. He was the recipient of a Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, and European Theater of Operations Medal with three battle stars. </p><p>And in 2019, at age 94, like Sherlock Holmes, he was honored with the highest distinction of Chevalier, or Knight, in the National Order of the French Legion of Honor in recognition of his service to France in World War II. </p><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/AVvXsEj2ZnPmQlT37roua4OPhcFuFGnrjpZtiTdkYcf3aO1wKf_5Ow6gM_12PejJoN44lmvaGc7yVy2_3vv1hPSR5lj9Jo8Rbl0iEc1NNucIm5PpzoDawDtXzde-B4qwBCE9ALHXSFUDvCImQWluL263mr_dculitCFxmnEv0tE_cFdP-CLfojdNPYKyZPpWRtCJ/s2304/Jerome%20Coopersmith%202014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="2304" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZnPmQlT37roua4OPhcFuFGnrjpZtiTdkYcf3aO1wKf_5Ow6gM_12PejJoN44lmvaGc7yVy2_3vv1hPSR5lj9Jo8Rbl0iEc1NNucIm5PpzoDawDtXzde-B4qwBCE9ALHXSFUDvCImQWluL263mr_dculitCFxmnEv0tE_cFdP-CLfojdNPYKyZPpWRtCJ/w640-h520/Jerome%20Coopersmith%202014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jerome Coopersmith at the 2014 BSI Weekend (credit: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/qKYMeh" target="_blank">self</a>)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Inga Swenson (1932–2023)</h2><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842421/" target="_blank">Inga Swenson</a> passed away on July 28 in California. She was nominated twice for a Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical — once for <i>Baker Street</i>, as noted above, and once for <i>110 in the Shade</i>.</p><p>She made her stage debut in 1949 in <i>Peg O' My Heart</i> at the Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She had significant experience on stage before <i>Baker Street</i>, having made her Broadway debut in 1956, and continued her stage presence for many years before retiring in 1998.</p><p>Swenson got her training at the drama department of Northwestern and was a lyric soprano, which served her well in the first half of her career. But she was probably most widely known to television audiences for her role as Gretchen Kraus in the sitcom <i>Benson</i>, which ran on ABC Television from 1979–1986.</p><p>But her theater career is her most impressive; we can't even begin to do it justice here. Take a moment to check her other works on her <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842421/otherworks/?ref_=nm_pdt_wrk" target="_blank">IMDb profile</a> and her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inga_Swenson" target="_blank">Wikipedia page</a>.</p><p>Swenson married sound engineer Lowell Harris in 1953 and by all accounts of Sherlockians in Southern California, they were simply a lovely couple and wonderful hosts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLHEjGX-QxFxlVLFS2nzy9RiQHKMvIZEaGvEA_oRYjlZiq9iFB9Rwo8IGmp44l8WADaPU2Dm058ivHcBKx0I8NTFb4kNaNCMAv-l-TfChKatAd3tl4BmJWgBBcaZ_z2FYPMrIqX4838ZsosQ1gqVeqkHNyQ8RLcu5fvemETH6_wC9mnTFKkLgn9cS1VpB/s1024/Baker%20Street%20-%20Fritz%20Inga%20Martin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="678" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLHEjGX-QxFxlVLFS2nzy9RiQHKMvIZEaGvEA_oRYjlZiq9iFB9Rwo8IGmp44l8WADaPU2Dm058ivHcBKx0I8NTFb4kNaNCMAv-l-TfChKatAd3tl4BmJWgBBcaZ_z2FYPMrIqX4838ZsosQ1gqVeqkHNyQ8RLcu5fvemETH6_wC9mnTFKkLgn9cS1VpB/w424-h640/Baker%20Street%20-%20Fritz%20Inga%20Martin.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><p>We mourn the loss of these two last connections to <i>Baker Street</i>.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Related: <i><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/09/remembering-ray-jessel.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remembering Raymond Jessel, of Baker Street Fame</a></i></h4>

Remembering Two Baker Street Icons

“She departed then and the lights went out” [NAVA] This was a difficult week for fans of the theater, as two individuals associated with  Ba...

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by Scott Monty

Sherlock Holmes and the $64,000 Question

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “It was sixty-four” [MUSG]</h4><p></p><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/a/AVvXsEi8rWN9rpkCLaimKzE8mfYe2Td0wVpnuiDSPwR9Uk673eh3uwqHA1lO96AM9HgScrTCgtYafxnJchSkplKJhoEu3nnnzIhUlvIWGKlhOpPkuTNnZwxz81BEoh1AmbE58iWUuJR5oKBqGzecfQhn2H7_-ipvj4r98QIbffg-tyrjrMyC3KXNXWktbwiVIrnL" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="911" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8rWN9rpkCLaimKzE8mfYe2Td0wVpnuiDSPwR9Uk673eh3uwqHA1lO96AM9HgScrTCgtYafxnJchSkplKJhoEu3nnnzIhUlvIWGKlhOpPkuTNnZwxz81BEoh1AmbE58iWUuJR5oKBqGzecfQhn2H7_-ipvj4r98QIbffg-tyrjrMyC3KXNXWktbwiVIrnL=w640-h486" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Screengrab via <a href="https://youtu.be/Ytu4-oFPv48" target="_blank">YouTube</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />If you listened to <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles343" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 343</a> of the <b><i>Trifles </i></b>podcast, "<a href="https://ihose.co/trifles343" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canonical Sevens</a>," you'll know that the episode was inspired by Ruth Buchholtz's article "Seventy-Seven Canonical Sevens" from <i>The Baker Street Journal</i>.<p></p><p><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1575275797&color=%23af6ac0&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes: Trifles">Sherlock Holmes: Trifles</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/canonical-sevens" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Canonical Sevens">Canonical Sevens</a></div><p></p><p>Ruth was described as a contestant on "The $64,000 Challenge" [sic], having gone up against Bobbiye [sic] O'Rourke.</p><p>In the summer of 1956 millions of American viewers were glued to their television sets as, week-by-week, Air Force Captain Thomas O'Rourke and his wife Bobbye, answered questions about Sherlock Holmes on NBC's "The $64,000 Question."</p><p>We <a href="https://mediaburn.org/video/the-64000-question-the-buick-berle-show/" target="_blank">unearthed an archival clip of the show</a> in which Mrs. O'Rourke and her husband complete their heart-stopping journey. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/228100999?h=b5dde4cb41" title="vimeo-player" width="640"></iframe></p><p>Spoiler: they win $32,000 each.</p><p>Can you imagine being <i>paid </i>to showcase your knowledge of Sherlock Holmes?</p><div>If you'd like to try your hand at the questions without watching the video, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/86750224" target="_blank">we've got all of them on Patreon</a>. Just click through for access.</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternatively, you can find them all in Peter Haining's <i><a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fsts%3Dt%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-home-_-Results%26tn%3DA%2520Sherlock%2520Holmes%2520Companion%26an%3DHaining" target="_blank">A Sherlock Holmes Companion</a></i>, published in 1980.</div><div><br /></div>

Sherlock Holmes and the $64,000 Question

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Baker Street Elementary – Partners in Crime

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“they took into partnership” [VALL] </h4><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/AVvXsEhcCT5cgoXyHKj4rut96fccHRfeY8hU0mvdBpvx02_Q5WUBUYCv27xJ0TKTxnZYFK5DjjWKEypM9g3LUfgAiuknaiofipmlQXb64N9-qV0pwwNygChQMo6ust0Uk30G7l-Je63YqcgKwTUcbDlO98Vl2eXRICXiAT635iuVBiXbX-mjkOSjAPpTTW9nHS4f/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20157.1.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/AVvXsEhcCT5cgoXyHKj4rut96fccHRfeY8hU0mvdBpvx02_Q5WUBUYCv27xJ0TKTxnZYFK5DjjWKEypM9g3LUfgAiuknaiofipmlQXb64N9-qV0pwwNygChQMo6ust0Uk30G7l-Je63YqcgKwTUcbDlO98Vl2eXRICXiAT635iuVBiXbX-mjkOSjAPpTTW9nHS4f/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20157.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As Christopher Morley told us, the Sherlock Holmes stories were a textbook of friendship. But more than that, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson relied on each other as erstwhile business partners. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not partners in the legally binding sense, but certainly a symbiotic relationship of sorts: Holmes gained notoriety through Watson's writings, and Watson gathered story material from Holmes's cases. Partners in crime, as it were.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But it got us thinking about more formal partnerships—of the professional sort. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a list of 20 professional firms in the Canon. Can you name the sort of business each practiced, and which story they're from?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Allan Brothers</li><li>Mawson & Williams</li><li>Brickfall and Amberley</li><li>Coxon & Woodhouse</li><li>Dawson & Neligan </li><li>Graham and McFarlane</li><li>Harding Brothers</li><li>Holder & Stevenson</li><li>Madame Lesurier</li><li>Marx & Co.</li><li>Morton & Kennedy </li><li>Morrison, Morrison and Dodd</li><li>Ferguson & Muirhead</li><li>Rae & Sturmash</li><li>Ross & Mangles </li><li>John Underwood & Sons</li><li>Westhouse & Marbank</li><li>Stimson & Company</li><li>Venner & Matheson</li><li>Holloway & Steele</li></ol></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Five points for each correct answer. We're relying on the honor system. Send answers to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com and we'll have a prize for the best score.</div></div></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Meanwhile, let's see what kind of a partnership is brewing at Baker Street Elementary...</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><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/AVvXsEi_yHSpo2iHwrUYXH-BdWOUu8DHViRBeoGUodb0nQJHNtsGdB1aYX7UpqH6yi0YcAGzB5CsDL9HPxcbpJ3I90n67OAEJRNTEvcnRTqHD1TiIaGV2U0zE01UwD3voK48QlYh9ACuFnVi-6FI6TzaBAPcBW0M_FeZwM5TUvz75VmrLCNLZsyC0BKzZjzYVT5Q/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20157.2.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/AVvXsEi_yHSpo2iHwrUYXH-BdWOUu8DHViRBeoGUodb0nQJHNtsGdB1aYX7UpqH6yi0YcAGzB5CsDL9HPxcbpJ3I90n67OAEJRNTEvcnRTqHD1TiIaGV2U0zE01UwD3voK48QlYh9ACuFnVi-6FI6TzaBAPcBW0M_FeZwM5TUvz75VmrLCNLZsyC0BKzZjzYVT5Q/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20157.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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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; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><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><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Partners in Crime

“they took into partnership” [VALL]  As Christopher Morley told us, the Sherlock Holmes stories were a textbook of friendship. But more than...

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by Scott Monty

Finding Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“He can locate him, I guess” [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1XaR6WLTP9BlsMbiLulQQ27THFMUcwQnOdmZicGvqnhcq0uTlpB7ZK_eSjn5cobLf6ipvH1KDeo8njgiFwNyAvtZlIPtcZAoSg4xl750oHozTxUvGRk2TiNR2zRafHzfSfNEYLLq6jlFppjjH8SjZxUIBRql7ee2qweilxx7eX4U9bUw-q5fWLxCHpBp/s1915/Finding%20Sherlock%20Holmes.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1915" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1XaR6WLTP9BlsMbiLulQQ27THFMUcwQnOdmZicGvqnhcq0uTlpB7ZK_eSjn5cobLf6ipvH1KDeo8njgiFwNyAvtZlIPtcZAoSg4xl750oHozTxUvGRk2TiNR2zRafHzfSfNEYLLq6jlFppjjH8SjZxUIBRql7ee2qweilxx7eX4U9bUw-q5fWLxCHpBp/w640-h360/Finding%20Sherlock%20Holmes.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p>There is only one thing that could be better than visiting all the locations in England mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes canon: </p><p>A guide to all the locations in England mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes Canon. </p><p>That's exactly what Paul Thomas Miller and Belanger Books are giving us in a new <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1606726313/finding-sherlock-holmes?ref=android_project_share" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a>.</p><p>Miller is the author of <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3NZlBXg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watson Does Not Lie</a></i>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3pPC6xh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes in Portsmouth and Southsea</i></a>, and <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3pJv2Co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No Holmes Barred</a></i>) takes you on a tour of the locations in England mentioned in every single one of Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes stories. </p><p>Through Mr. Miller’s witty and fun storytelling style, readers learn of specific locations from the Canon as well as walks centered around specific stories.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RuDOGv02FGHhCP8J39tYLUzc-ltQ_qGp_DO8-FlwnJY6Clsv9GqM_WZags6lLBxUcpbZBu9oABN3o0APkHJ7gz6MtlEfXo8B3a_R_VFtWbx3FDd4o7oqkBPDAXTiHFQtNXEkJ7OEp3J84IB80myOfxfvh_3c8j7bI1evYRagYPPmH5DtnFaqLZM681_4/s1020/Finding%20Sherlock%20Holmes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RuDOGv02FGHhCP8J39tYLUzc-ltQ_qGp_DO8-FlwnJY6Clsv9GqM_WZags6lLBxUcpbZBu9oABN3o0APkHJ7gz6MtlEfXo8B3a_R_VFtWbx3FDd4o7oqkBPDAXTiHFQtNXEkJ7OEp3J84IB80myOfxfvh_3c8j7bI1evYRagYPPmH5DtnFaqLZM681_4/s320/Finding%20Sherlock%20Holmes.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Whether you are an armchair traveler or like to go to locations yourself, this is a book for every fan of Sherlock Holmes. Some highlights:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The walk for "The Blue Carbuncle" covers the gem’s entire journey from the Countess of Morcar’s room at The Hotel Cosmopolitan to 221B Baker Street</li><li>The locations for <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i> include Dr. Mortimer’s house, Baskerville Hall, and The Grimpen Mire, all with specific GPS coordinates</li><li>The locations of Jabez Wilson’s shop and the offices of the infamous Red-Headed League</li><li>The addresses in Surrey where "The Speckled Band" took place</li><li>The locations of The Diogenes Club, Mycroft Holmes’s lodgings, the actual 221B Baker Street, and Watson’s home</li><li>And many, many, more</li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p><p>With over 500 pages of text and more than 100 photographs of locations, this is a book every fan of Sherlock Holmes needs in their collection.</p><p>Whether or not there's a trip to England in your future, this book ought to be on your shelf. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1606726313/finding-sherlock-holmes?ref=android_project_share" target="_blank">Don't miss the Kickstarter</a>, which is open through August 8, 2023.</p><p>Rewards include the book in PDF, ePub, paperback, and hardcover formats. Check it out and see what will work for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>We'd be remiss if we didn't mention the episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere when we spoke with Paul: <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose172" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watson Does Not Lie / Doyle's Rotary Coffin</a>.</p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/651517571&color=2879af" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/watson-does-not-lie-doyles" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Watson Does Not Lie / Doyle's Rotary Coffin">Watson Does Not Lie / Doyle's Rotary Coffin</a></div><p><br /></p>

Finding Sherlock Holmes

“He can locate him, I guess” [VALL]  There is only one thing that could be better than visiting all the locations in England mentioned in th...

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Episode 268: A Study in Sherlock - Watson's Notebook

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Out came the official notebook” [WIST] </h4><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/AVvXsEjz0DoEmXgIWqaBRDJDXv_SWASU6dBI43Inq1QhcvyVd0lNrkTNbY9mcbtpt60-8dt2wfis7FjQPjjYNTfLO1HObVwqC1JBk0PkQZIk-pQQUDE-gkLQSZ0yxCy3y_X9xap5BMNVhyWIFNwmCVNc12Yy-Pu5GSDr9ZPGcIR9i82ZFaDb6isgX7yWzudTz9rW/s1005/ihearofsherlock268-widescreen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1005" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0DoEmXgIWqaBRDJDXv_SWASU6dBI43Inq1QhcvyVd0lNrkTNbY9mcbtpt60-8dt2wfis7FjQPjjYNTfLO1HObVwqC1JBk0PkQZIk-pQQUDE-gkLQSZ0yxCy3y_X9xap5BMNVhyWIFNwmCVNc12Yy-Pu5GSDr9ZPGcIR9i82ZFaDb6isgX7yWzudTz9rW/w640-h512/ihearofsherlock268-widescreen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>As we know from experience with Jonas Oldacre, when a builder puts his mind to something, he can really go far.</p><p>In the case of Raymond Farney though, it concerns something that began as a personal project but ended up becoming a book — a reference book of more than 600 pages: <i>A Study in Sherlock - Watson's Notebook</i>.</p><p>This unique tome is a wonderful companion to anyone who's reading the Sherlock Holmes canon, either for pleasure or for research purposes. We highlight some uses, ponder with Ray over the amount of time Watson spent at 221B Baker Street, and consider the possibilities of a follow-up work.</p><p>We announce the winner of last episode's <b>Canonical Couplet</b> (a LEGO figure and book are headed their way) and introduce another one. Some material from the bulging vaults at IHOSE headquarters will go to the winner of yet another couplet we share in this episode.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by July 29, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p><!--x-tinymce/html--><strong>Special bonus content:</strong> We have <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/86162204" target="_blank">a poll for our Patreon supporters</a>. 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Episode 268: A Study in Sherlock - Watson's Notebook

“Out came the official notebook” [WIST]  As we know from experience with Jonas Oldacre, when a builder puts his mind to something, he can re...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – The Best of Them

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“He used to make merry over the cleverness of women” [SCAN] </h4><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/AVvXsEjjCuTMMTADfzcO3x5g2vHBSASY4aTlUPzfsfa3U0CB-c2q-_M3EXkZ5miKw0lkPqhcxjL2cyDHmmIefL-MazIxAx4DSc1Qc1A8Cfy5PdLfUPqsv32lg2JaLsnzi7F7ksNS_4-wHnSW7LBBopoIRRG289ep1PE9jdiKCWBs9v7TjAke7c9x19BR0IVgqQdD/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20156.1.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/AVvXsEjjCuTMMTADfzcO3x5g2vHBSASY4aTlUPzfsfa3U0CB-c2q-_M3EXkZ5miKw0lkPqhcxjL2cyDHmmIefL-MazIxAx4DSc1Qc1A8Cfy5PdLfUPqsv32lg2JaLsnzi7F7ksNS_4-wHnSW7LBBopoIRRG289ep1PE9jdiKCWBs9v7TjAke7c9x19BR0IVgqQdD/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20156.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a few lines of poetry concerning his hopes for The Lost World, opining:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“I have wrought my simple plan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If I give one hour of joy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">To the boy who’s half a man,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Or the man who’s half a boy.”</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But that stanza could just as easily describe the Sherlock Holmes stories, as there was a collection of them released in 1938 under the title <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3POHmeV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conan Doyle's Stories for Boys</a></i> and again in 1959 under Howard Haycraft's arrangement of them in <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3roNsZC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Boys' Sherlock Holmes</a></i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But where would we be without the influence of women in the Canon? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In a 1946 letter to Edgar W. Smith, editor of <i><a href="https://ihose.co/BSJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Baker Street Journal</a></i>, Esther Longfellow wrote about "The Distaff Side of Baker Street":</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"Dr. Watson would have us think Mr. Sherlock Holmes was indifferent to the charms of women, and that he had never been married. In support of his contention he declares, "he never spoke of the softer emotions, save with a give and a sneer." It would never occur to the unsubtle Watson that those trenchant words and that scoffing manner might hide a wounded, humiliated heart. Wold Mr. Sherlock Holmes be, then, the first proud man who endeavored to conceal his hurt under a mask of coldness and contempt of what had caused it? Only once did the mask slip — and Sherlock Holmes narrowly escaped becoming "the argument of his own scorn" — when he met <i>The</i> Woman. And Dr. Watson — the dependable family practitioner, familiar with the complications of mumps and measles, and even an obscure East Indian disease or two — never sense nor diagnosed the disorders of the great detective's soul: a citadel impregnable to any but a clever darling like Irene Adler."</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The entire piece is well worth a read (available in the <a href="https://ihose.co/eBSJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eBSJ</a> and <i><a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2011/01/15/grand-game-volume-one/" target="_blank">The Grand Game Volume One</a></i>) and is a reminder of the nuances in the difference of the sexes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You might also catch a glimpse of the influence of women in <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/women" target="_blank">this playlist from the Trifles podcast</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/1406454958&color=%23ff0000&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes: Trifles">Sherlock Holmes: Trifles</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/women" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Women">Women</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Meanwhile, let's see what the boys are Baker Street Elementary are thinking about girls...</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><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/AVvXsEhnSK8Sf3EU_9u-LvktReYC-KlWBukOW9SEVeblGCX9KFtA4u5WKkzJAD9yBsr1MCiTwqF7pJ8jeq1XXWx0sGUmlrzfuwH_tm0KYVMLFK7pgR-La9f3RUbONX1mbAHEksayIC2O_5Lcy_DLQf-FsMjx9Lz4EBUkcSFu8KL7X-VSQazGxI311IRquaPDxGJE/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20156.2.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/AVvXsEhnSK8Sf3EU_9u-LvktReYC-KlWBukOW9SEVeblGCX9KFtA4u5WKkzJAD9yBsr1MCiTwqF7pJ8jeq1XXWx0sGUmlrzfuwH_tm0KYVMLFK7pgR-La9f3RUbONX1mbAHEksayIC2O_5Lcy_DLQf-FsMjx9Lz4EBUkcSFu8KL7X-VSQazGxI311IRquaPDxGJE/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20156.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Baker Street Elementary – The Best of Them

“He used to make merry over the cleverness of women” [SCAN]  Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a few lines of poetry concerning his hopes for The Los...

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