Baker Street Elementary – What Is It Good For?

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“then so prepare for war” [SECO]<span> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGN_4QM4wFXAJr5Y66pFA3wzz_LyvjG6OdN4bVjBPPhJqXiwkAtSDH2LaiJAKdZsBMPjLgwK8RmkImOIoHIe8flUvKUcBqV6k9XYnyYIVwgDwUhdYCmWZRIZquHuvJCMMD2NA-qxARp7afcTe9KGAWe2dpydGt4Rq1hALjaIJ-GgXFhyphenhyphenuaqnvPgOcCV4/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20233.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGN_4QM4wFXAJr5Y66pFA3wzz_LyvjG6OdN4bVjBPPhJqXiwkAtSDH2LaiJAKdZsBMPjLgwK8RmkImOIoHIe8flUvKUcBqV6k9XYnyYIVwgDwUhdYCmWZRIZquHuvJCMMD2NA-qxARp7afcTe9KGAWe2dpydGt4Rq1hALjaIJ-GgXFhyphenhyphenuaqnvPgOcCV4/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20233.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></h4><div>General William Sherman once said, "War is hell." Partly because it's never-ending. In the mid- to late-20th century, historians Will and Ariel Durant estimated that over the past 3,421 years, humans experienced only about 268 scattered years without war.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the Sherlock Holmes stories, we open with war: Watson introduces himself to us in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> as a veteran wounded at the Battle of Maiwand. In <i>The Sign of Four</i>, we find ourselves at the Fort of Agra during a rebellion. During another rebellion in "The Crooked Man," one officer betrays another out of jealous love. Soldiers and veterans turn up throughout the Canon. </div><div><br /></div><div>In fact, it extends to the final story (at least chronologically) in "His Last Bow," set on the very eve of the Great War in August 1914 — in which Holmes delivered his now-famous, almost prophetic line to Watson: </div><blockquote><div>"There's an east wind coming... such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, and a good many of us may wither before its blast." </div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Other clients carry their own war histories: a Boer War veteran searching for a missing friend in "The Blanched Soldier," an admiral's son whose father commanded a fleet in the Crimean War in "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax," and a Confederate colonel from the American Civil War among the Openshaw family in "The Five Orange Pips," to name a few.</div><div><br /></div><div>War is always with us. As are its participants and after-effects. 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Baker Street Elementary – What Is It Good For?

“then so prepare for war” [SECO]   General William Sherman once said, "War is hell." Partly because it's never-ending. In the ...

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Baker Street Elementary – Ghostbusters

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“this agency stands flat-footed upon the ground” [SUSS]<span> </span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfxmwmtMWy1LSCI_Ux_SGtHEO_n-uGEmzlMd5ZvsJP-tHJG-HiGYAwiMhjAMdefGIU2A16pOEq5Z2qNyzRqwfefBzCELX8y5Kss1Ok3lSbNiNksx7o3Pqxwcg4_jwWpluWp-faAVvT0aR3DYzV-9gnOGaSiCNxCpj7GCb32Uci8rwGaUvkrFYQf-hJ1UI/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfxmwmtMWy1LSCI_Ux_SGtHEO_n-uGEmzlMd5ZvsJP-tHJG-HiGYAwiMhjAMdefGIU2A16pOEq5Z2qNyzRqwfefBzCELX8y5Kss1Ok3lSbNiNksx7o3Pqxwcg4_jwWpluWp-faAVvT0aR3DYzV-9gnOGaSiCNxCpj7GCb32Uci8rwGaUvkrFYQf-hJ1UI/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>One of the greatest ironies in literary history is that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the most famous logic-based human thinking machine in literature, was also a committed spiritualist — a devoted believer in being able to communicate with the dead.</div><div><br /></div><div>This belief spanned his writings, his public lectures, and even crept into the world of Sherlock Holmes after Conan Doyle's death: the 1939 production of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i> was infused with a seance (which was decided <i>not </i>in the book about the so-called spectral hound).</div><div><br /></div><div>He was thorough in his belief; he wasn't trying to hoodwink anyone, nor was he naively accepting. His belief was a rational and deeply personal decision shaped by childhood religious conflict, scientific inquiry, and the theological tenets of the religion he grew up with (and was conflicted about). In fact, it famously led to the dissolution of his friendship with Harry Houdini when the latter (a committed hoax-buster) felt duped by a seance to communicate with his departed mother.</div><div><br /></div><div>Conan Doyle's writing on the topic included the novel <i><a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3Dconan%2520doyle%26sts%3Dt%26tn%3Dland%2520of%2520mist%26ref_%3Dsearch_f_hp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Land of Mist</a></i>, numerous letters and articles, including "<a href="https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/wiki/The_Case_for_Spiritualism" target="_blank">The Case for Spiritualism</a>" in 1920. When one conducts a search at the Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia, it returns <a href="https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?search=spiritualism&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go" target="_blank">more than 700 entries for spiritualism</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>But the one item that requires additional attention is that of the seance that was held a week after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's death in July of 1930. Held at Royal Albert Hall, the president of the Marylebone Spiritualist Association (appropriately named "Craze") hosted the event at which Mrs. Estelle Roberts, a noted clairvoyant supposedly passed along a message to Lady Conan Doyle. Read all about it <a href="https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/building-and-history/our-history/the-seance-of-conan-doyle" target="_blank">at the Royal Albert website</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's almost enough to make <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/08/conan-doyle-sues-own-estate-from-beyond.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conan Doyle sue his estate from beyond the grave</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div> Let's see who's getting spooked at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfmdXSi-13Sr34IMNq7uvMnaKYKXJbSsYrTvaQ2-JmDEy4VyJWJ071PUbZVKTGJvRsFFFFmIUWVopI6LnuHJSj7NH0qpRVhMJXJCvVUTDnILoe-aw4afsUZ3m_GfVDuJlWpa1W-D0RmW9tzTzX9CUpeJ5PZa5_N7fLHkYFKJ1BPp1nenMO4g6E6qWeWuX/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfmdXSi-13Sr34IMNq7uvMnaKYKXJbSsYrTvaQ2-JmDEy4VyJWJ071PUbZVKTGJvRsFFFFmIUWVopI6LnuHJSj7NH0qpRVhMJXJCvVUTDnILoe-aw4afsUZ3m_GfVDuJlWpa1W-D0RmW9tzTzX9CUpeJ5PZa5_N7fLHkYFKJ1BPp1nenMO4g6E6qWeWuX/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gnwIo53xBm_rm9W8x4CWQ3zMxg3AhXgYHRzSuwujFbMS_4xfAKfze9TRLiZteRohboeSQLVrHySetK2EL0MPsJGBQK3CfYDDoLepqn1j1mtybhukfR977cB4lauFFY9ajx1ejRXidczFRCz5VGeEKVI9yY4HPCDeGQH0lIuqqX-_9fZJb4XnyZPxNnb-/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gnwIo53xBm_rm9W8x4CWQ3zMxg3AhXgYHRzSuwujFbMS_4xfAKfze9TRLiZteRohboeSQLVrHySetK2EL0MPsJGBQK3CfYDDoLepqn1j1mtybhukfR977cB4lauFFY9ajx1ejRXidczFRCz5VGeEKVI9yY4HPCDeGQH0lIuqqX-_9fZJb4XnyZPxNnb-/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6h1CuqY0Nm2xZAdv0uHE-e8-1_D0TuR-J1ax5O9naIwzTws8IzadScbZnOGQ0XqLgjgL2wEPGXFSgQaHO_LPJviarML0yvFfEM5eHW9EFQUJfjQ_vAT_lNVi3jg7h3UxhlzBy0QnQJ5x-vsKhyC7G2ewmTYxdCAn822OeD27uD0yaWJtltGD6e34RmTR/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6h1CuqY0Nm2xZAdv0uHE-e8-1_D0TuR-J1ax5O9naIwzTws8IzadScbZnOGQ0XqLgjgL2wEPGXFSgQaHO_LPJviarML0yvFfEM5eHW9EFQUJfjQ_vAT_lNVi3jg7h3UxhlzBy0QnQJ5x-vsKhyC7G2ewmTYxdCAn822OeD27uD0yaWJtltGD6e34RmTR/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20232.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=John+Watson+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=3408911776569555507" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DJohn%2BWatson%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D3408911776569555507"></iframe></span>John Watson</a>, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Victorian+London&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=3408911776569555507" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DVictorian%2BLondon%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D3408911776569555507"></iframe></span>Victorian London</a>. 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Baker Street Elementary – Ghostbusters

“this agency stands flat-footed upon the ground” [SUSS]   One of the greatest ironies in literary history is that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, cr...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – A Pitched Battle

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“half-sporting, half-intellectual pleasure” [CROO]<span> </span></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvngylwy8hAOQXvrlYlWLVTwj4CQd-s4j4rGuk64OLaiiiiL1A2L9X80_tVUYWQy1geUMD-GdX58Z5F8q7PZ8qhQcCw6rM6CImDJqxkUO9TM-d5bbyBDZynjO1cd8Mh6_W2b4dWS8MAwrpwyRIRyykyjQ_xhbnHjUH_h_wP2gBgJ1Mncw4KMznV408lzI/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20231.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvngylwy8hAOQXvrlYlWLVTwj4CQd-s4j4rGuk64OLaiiiiL1A2L9X80_tVUYWQy1geUMD-GdX58Z5F8q7PZ8qhQcCw6rM6CImDJqxkUO9TM-d5bbyBDZynjO1cd8Mh6_W2b4dWS8MAwrpwyRIRyykyjQ_xhbnHjUH_h_wP2gBgJ1Mncw4KMznV408lzI/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20231.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Of the prevailing number of topics we find in the Sherlock Holmes canon — from tobacco to food, the role of women to social hierarchy, weapons to money — we don't often find ourselves considering the world of sport.</div><div><br /></div><div>We do get a glimpse of sports every now and again; in the opening chapters of <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, Watson remarks on Holmes's physical abilities: he was noted to be "an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman." Notably, none of these is a team sport. All require the talents of a single participant, matched against one opponent.</div><div><br /></div><div>As far as team sports go, the Canon provides us very few glimpses, and they are quintessentially British. One —rugby — even lends one of its positions to the title of a story. "The Missing Three-Quarter" concerns the mysterious and sudden disappearance of one of Cambridge's varsity right-wingers. As we sprint through the rest of the stories, we find that Gilchrist played for the rugby team in "The Three Students," and that Watson played for Blackheath when Robert Ferguson played for Richmond in "The Sussex Vampire."</div><div><br /></div><div>For team sports originating in India, we have polo and cricket. Baron von Bork ("His Last Bow") is said to be a polo player who belongs to the Hurlingham Club. And a young Percy Phelps ("The Naval Treaty") was the victim of cricket bats over the shin and young Lord Saltire's cricket cap turned up ("The Priory School").</div><div><br /></div><div>But nowhere do we find a mention of association football (that's "soccer" for our American readers), despite England being the birthplace of the first official rules of the game in 1863. Indeed, there is a history of the game that goes back to the twelfth century in England, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that it rose in popularity.</div><div><br /></div><div>By 1871, there was a divide in the sport, with those in favor of "hacking" (that's carrying the ball) splintering off to form the Rugby Football Union. Then there was a further split of professional and amateur teams, leading to official recognition of professionalism by the Football Association in 1885.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For a fun look at putting together a team, you might want to listen to <a href="https://pod.link/trifles/episode/MmZmZGMwYzYtMGI5MC00YzBhLWEwZGYtMTA1M2Q3ZmFiMDBm" target="_blank">Episode 270</a> of <i>Trifles</i>: "The Missing Three-Quarter One-Third Discovered" (Listen <a href="https://pod.link/trifles/episode/MmZmZGMwYzYtMGI5MC00YzBhLWEwZGYtMTA1M2Q3ZmFiMDBm" target="_blank">wherever you get podcasts</a>). And check out the the full <b>Games & Sports</b> collections on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/collection/372702" target="_blank">Patreon</a> and <a href="https://trifles.substack.com/t/games-and-sports" target="_blank">Substack</a>.</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="6589" data-dashlane-rid="533c6bb8333aaae8" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/12529856/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/3a4e59/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: medium;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div> Let's see what the field looks like at Baker Street Elementary these days...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Baker Street Elementary – A Pitched Battle

“half-sporting, half-intellectual pleasure” [CROO]   Of the prevailing number of topics we find in the Sherlock Holmes canon — from tobacco ...

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Baker Street Elementary – FDS

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I thought you might care to see it” [SIGN]<span> </span></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ATdMG58AZtcV55bOpM3uXpjy06qO92mULxHUstDYTSLiGun_QrItYZRAgDmeN_6CMphIbNH70QyhWmZnCAsx2o6MIlj7PDTd9qRwFZ19LiKf3AOIT5yQ-MgcvTwUkYEVQH20lrNHVpopTJkaFCbQWOEbBFSZsXhBYHSQdBj9PDgN6PgHmBy179_hcB4/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20230.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ATdMG58AZtcV55bOpM3uXpjy06qO92mULxHUstDYTSLiGun_QrItYZRAgDmeN_6CMphIbNH70QyhWmZnCAsx2o6MIlj7PDTd9qRwFZ19LiKf3AOIT5yQ-MgcvTwUkYEVQH20lrNHVpopTJkaFCbQWOEbBFSZsXhBYHSQdBj9PDgN6PgHmBy179_hcB4/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20230.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>From Hugo Baskerville’s portrait to the neighborhood of the Priory School, maps and drawings of all sorts were of great help to Sherlock Holmes. And they were just as important to Watson’s publishers. </div><div><br /></div><div>The <i>Strand Magazine </i>impractically wanted an illustration on every page. While Sidney Paget established Holmes’s look in the United Kingdom, dozens of American artists pictured him in wildly different ways before Frederic Dorr Steele picked up his pencil.</div><div><br /></div><div>A popular illustrator, Steele was the natural choice to create the iconic American image of Sherlock Holmes when the stories in <i>The Return</i> appeared in Collier’s Magazine in 1903.</div><div><br /></div><div>William Gillette’s play had been a triumph in 1899, and while the actor never modeled for Steele, he was his inspiration. Steele captured Holmes’s charisma, his presence, his confidence, and he created the portrait that's inspired every drawing, movie, and cartoon that followed.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can find out more about Steele and see some of his work at <a href="https://fdsteele.org">fdsteele.org</a>, the website of the <a href="https://fdsteele.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frederic Dorr Steele Memorial</a>. </div></div><div><br /></div><div> But now, let's see if young Freddy is breaking any crayons at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-f8Ta-B9TMb3CKuVL5ohLRqRoSpgVTcCbfXw1EX248n4jrKmpePxUrT6b9M_qWyAnf_UCzVmNBSGWZLrIOGzTeu9Z8cVAh5m6OIHbYYVv6lg012u7as7oNKqsegaIbkdyJQ-vlAS3pvxYjV1gICMJQ301CDEwB2NasC_nOncuSks1IKFk57UU0uayImI/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20230.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-f8Ta-B9TMb3CKuVL5ohLRqRoSpgVTcCbfXw1EX248n4jrKmpePxUrT6b9M_qWyAnf_UCzVmNBSGWZLrIOGzTeu9Z8cVAh5m6OIHbYYVv6lg012u7as7oNKqsegaIbkdyJQ-vlAS3pvxYjV1gICMJQ301CDEwB2NasC_nOncuSks1IKFk57UU0uayImI/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20230.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Baker Street Elementary – Allow Me To Bring This To Your Attention

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“When I draw your attention” [REIG]<span> </span></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIHcELgQInJitNXmDC5e6iT-48axfcjbcVnfV_evWZJpPWbdpQTrccPnUpdR728Ey4pD7zYLlUmZq6-yeN-e3rpaN3McEzmBDFDdpTNS5sCEj70ZrAoyYDt-RJv9mB7EGl4lftN8ajgZMoGObhNDcbBqhVxL_5ABRFTqv8mFZ6ZOqFYAuHj4rS3yn25E/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20229.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIHcELgQInJitNXmDC5e6iT-48axfcjbcVnfV_evWZJpPWbdpQTrccPnUpdR728Ey4pD7zYLlUmZq6-yeN-e3rpaN3McEzmBDFDdpTNS5sCEj70ZrAoyYDt-RJv9mB7EGl4lftN8ajgZMoGObhNDcbBqhVxL_5ABRFTqv8mFZ6ZOqFYAuHj4rS3yn25E/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20229.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>Dr. Watson's role was much more than Sherlock Holmes's friend, colleague, and sometime-flatmate. Writ large, he was a front-man — Holmes's publicist, bringing to life <span style="text-align: center;">“</span>those interesting little problems which the complex life of London so plentifully presents.” [EMPT]</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Considering that Watson was his own man, with his own practice, and just as widely known as his detective friend, it may seem odd that Watson didn't bring more cases to Holmes's attention. Certainly, fan mail and client visits would naturally gravitate to 221B Baker Street. But shouldn't Watson's notoriety afford him more occasions to make some referrals to Holmes?</div><div><br /></div><div>The number of cases in which he did is surprisingly low.</div><div><br /></div><div>In "The Engineer's Thumb," Watson admits that <span style="text-align: center;">“</span>there were only two which I was the means of introducing” a new case to Sherlock Holmes: that story and an unpublished one (Colonel Warburton's madness).</div></div><div><br /></div><div>But there is one other...</div><div><br /></div><div>An old school associate by the name of Percy "Tadpole" Phelps wrote to Watson asking him to bring Sherlock Holmes down to Woking to hear the case that Watson ultimately wrote up as "The Naval Treaty."</div><div><br /></div><div>So there we have it. Watson introduced two of the 60 cases to Holmes, and one unpublished case (that we know of). </div><div><br /></div><div>Let's see if they're teaching common sense at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxoMHINDgucPJfx5JUMKOCe3u5_iAeEivreCSmE7fgp6U6WlyVxuzyG-XbBlQqc9RkapKheCOhvJMPuaoRxjZcMtKU0FO6uQ_hCpKyzdvkdW-flZC6AJav0fn-1DoW-9LcA8lxHvC6MSkySRSMbgFW6LuYcIiXQsfOwi3BfFH89piPQRh9M-xxli3EwI/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20229.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxoMHINDgucPJfx5JUMKOCe3u5_iAeEivreCSmE7fgp6U6WlyVxuzyG-XbBlQqc9RkapKheCOhvJMPuaoRxjZcMtKU0FO6uQ_hCpKyzdvkdW-flZC6AJav0fn-1DoW-9LcA8lxHvC6MSkySRSMbgFW6LuYcIiXQsfOwi3BfFH89piPQRh9M-xxli3EwI/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20229.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Netflix Releases Enola Holmes 3 Trailer

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“But the money, Mr. Holmes, the money!” [COPP]</h4> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmu2XOzsnes-q12EPzBNC4dMIYsSH1H41x1z_jk-gjwdS-5ZdL-aeUA_q7desqpeU9aiwqcQqmpdDcCEc6ppYWgEav7EvMxzdIDIwGY5GIW0c9MkiVLsEz5Gjqxgd6beo_b7HsZkbUeA5G2n-GDE5bylbq6J5m82jwI0pTZeELbMGJKyg9AOXXRHxSmp_/s1600/enola-holmes-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmu2XOzsnes-q12EPzBNC4dMIYsSH1H41x1z_jk-gjwdS-5ZdL-aeUA_q7desqpeU9aiwqcQqmpdDcCEc6ppYWgEav7EvMxzdIDIwGY5GIW0c9MkiVLsEz5Gjqxgd6beo_b7HsZkbUeA5G2n-GDE5bylbq6J5m82jwI0pTZeELbMGJKyg9AOXXRHxSmp_/w640-h360/enola-holmes-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />When a film's unexpected and runaway success leads to a franchise, it becomes difficult to disengage from the momentum. Arthur Conan Doyle found this out when <i>The Strand Magazine</i>, not to be robbed of more Sherlock Holmes stories following the success of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>, bid $25,000 for six new Sherlock Holmes stories, or $30,000 for eight, or $45,000 for a set of thirteen and a promise of £100 per thousand words. (Source: <i><a href="https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/2670720/77416/2029?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3Dstashower%26cm_sp%3DSearchF-_-home-_-Results%26ref_%3Dsearch_f_hp%26sts%3Dt%26tn%3DConan%2520Doyle%2520Teller%2520of%2520Tales" target="_blank">Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle</a></i> by Daniel Stashower, 1999) <p></p><p>Buoyed by the success of the two previous entries in the Enola Holmes series, Netflix has announced that <em><strong>Enola Holmes 3</strong></em> arrives on <strong>July 1, 2026</strong>, providing an enticing trailer. </p> <p>The official summary sets the stage with characteristic economy: "Adventure chases detective Enola Holmes to Malta, where personal and professional dreams collide on a case more tangled and treacherous than any she has faced before." Sun-soaked Mediterranean intrigue, then — though the franchise's signature charm has always been less about the geography of its cases and more about the particular geography of its protagonist's interior life.</p><p><br /></p> <h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>The Facts</strong></h2> <h4 style="text-align: left;">“the essential facts of the case” [SILV]</h4><p>Millie Bobby Brown returns as Enola alongside Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, Sam Claflin as Mycroft, and Helena Bonham Carter as their mother Eudoria. Himesh Patel, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, and Louis Partridge complete the principal cast. Partridge's Lord Tewkesbury figures rather prominently in the new chapter: wedding bells are ringing for Enola and Tewkesbury, as Netflix's first-look images confirm the engagement has progressed toward the altar.</p> <p>The film is loosely based on Nancy Springer's young adult book series <em>The Enola Holmes Mysteries</em>. Philip Barantini takes the directing reins from Harry Bradbeer, who helmed the first two films. Jack Thorne returns to write the screenplay. The film runs 105 minutes and was produced by Legendary Pictures and PCMA Productions.</p> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYdx6bkN-JPoZgin4CQWjhKGjMQaHHTS-3L2jj1hvPFDspEFzVfrskj_m56QcSNkXdE6-AOp5rcHncrGhwu2ZlROEr_20xH2Rs0Cw3VbWsPHw1pwJj3XjBdG-nNqzE3bF3AsHOjLXMkPqHt8_nDqtN0OZUWmDuGf4iS7vzZPrgzNKLicsrpHMoA_GErp9/s1200/enola-holmes-3-tewkesbury.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYdx6bkN-JPoZgin4CQWjhKGjMQaHHTS-3L2jj1hvPFDspEFzVfrskj_m56QcSNkXdE6-AOp5rcHncrGhwu2ZlROEr_20xH2Rs0Cw3VbWsPHw1pwJj3XjBdG-nNqzE3bF3AsHOjLXMkPqHt8_nDqtN0OZUWmDuGf4iS7vzZPrgzNKLicsrpHMoA_GErp9/w640-h360/enola-holmes-3-tewkesbury.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><hr /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Related:</strong></h3><p>Don't miss our interview with Enola Holmes author <b>Nancy Springer</b> on <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2020/09/episode-200-enola-holmes.html" target="_blank">Episode 200</a>:</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="4695" data-dashlane-rid="a3567c404345a582" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16022789/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-color: currentcolor; border-image: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></p><hr /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">A Darker Turn</h2><h4 style="text-align: left;">“no sister of his should ever have accepted such a situation.” [COPP]</h4> <p>Those expecting more of the breezy, fourth-wall-breaking energy of the first two films should prepare for a shift in tone. Barantini has compared the sequel to <em>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</em> — that telling moment when a beloved franchise acknowledges that its audience has grown up and that the story must grow with them.</p> <p>Brown herself described Enola as stepping into a version of herself that "feels much more defined but still evolving," noting that "she's built something for herself, which is amazing, but she's also questioning what she wants next." </p><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqu3ETIoPtSywcYvm05hYsQsTGP0vlwcAa8-fSDLNKlzi3JkYpgrC9djDDpw_vnYnLZoK6nXrnFf9UpORPG9RysbVrTyt2TuUSBAfYaeOXtyDNcO4Y1s2ArQRZ8kpGZCaAG__uNOkrG4dE_Tn9EwYC-Bi6nYabQotwJSLTAu5oABAg52n3qkQ0m6bjmAdd/s1200/enola-holmes-3-fire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqu3ETIoPtSywcYvm05hYsQsTGP0vlwcAa8-fSDLNKlzi3JkYpgrC9djDDpw_vnYnLZoK6nXrnFf9UpORPG9RysbVrTyt2TuUSBAfYaeOXtyDNcO4Y1s2ArQRZ8kpGZCaAG__uNOkrG4dE_Tn9EwYC-Bi6nYabQotwJSLTAu5oABAg52n3qkQ0m6bjmAdd/w640-h426/enola-holmes-3-fire.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p> <p>The <em>Enola Holmes</em> franchise has, perhaps more than it is given credit for, done something quietly remarkable: it has taken one of literature's most celebrated figures of pure logic and reason and asked what it might mean if that same gift of observation were housed in someone for whom Victorian society had arranged a rather different set of expectations. Enola doesn't just solve cases. She insists, persistently and with considerable style, on embracing her unique talents and being seen. She <i>is</i> a Holmes, after all.</p> <p>In "The Greek Interpreter," Holmes told Watson: </p><blockquote><p>"I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers."</p></blockquote><p>Enola Holmes, in three films now, has taken that dictum to heart — and then, characteristically, gone her own way with it.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Watch the trailer:</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="347" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g1fq327snPU" width="606" youtube-src-id="g1fq327snPU"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p> <p><em>Enola Holmes 3</em> premieres on Netflix, July 1, 2026.</p><p>Image credits: <i><a href="https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/enola-holmes-3-photos" target="_blank">John Wilson / Netflix</a></i></p><br /><br />

Netflix Releases Enola Holmes 3 Trailer

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Baker Street Elementary – Nonsensical

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“systematized common sense” [BLAN]<span> </span></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fDiq2g6nREr3I9dfKdpeevek69v4mCB_LWl9GLVFnYIKa7zFWnfcnQvE_AQOWCnspDIo3POnCDEOyUyJ2uadWa_k6ioy5KLcm36vdhFvtTdxGHhDcZe8-CKnT8sELcbc8nIUgrSvUeJKaSauhBaAcVS3IyBv0cJ-T9QBEuBa5PNXA3w4PlDf49BDodA/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20228.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fDiq2g6nREr3I9dfKdpeevek69v4mCB_LWl9GLVFnYIKa7zFWnfcnQvE_AQOWCnspDIo3POnCDEOyUyJ2uadWa_k6ioy5KLcm36vdhFvtTdxGHhDcZe8-CKnT8sELcbc8nIUgrSvUeJKaSauhBaAcVS3IyBv0cJ-T9QBEuBa5PNXA3w4PlDf49BDodA/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20228.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>In "The Blanched Soldier," we find a quote from Sherlock Holmes that makes it clear that his way of thinking — as impressive and strange as it is to the reader — is second nature to him:</div><div><blockquote>“By cunning questions and ejaculations of wonder he could elevate my simple art, <b>which is but systematized common sense</b>, into a prodigy.” </blockquote><div>Systematized common sense? Well, if one has taken the trouble to memorize data about crimes past and to observe what others don't, it might be systematized.</div><div><br /></div><div>More often than not, we see Scotland Yard inspectors calling their approach "common sense" when it is more like systematized ignorance.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>For example, in <i>The Valley of Fear</i>, Inspector MacDonald challenges Holmes's theory about an outside killer, declaring: </div><div><blockquote>“It's clean against common sense!” </blockquote></div><div>His argument was that no rational man would choose a noisy shotgun as the weapon for a murder he needed to commit quietly and escape cleanly.</div><div><br /></div><div>And in <i>The Sign of Four</i>, Inspector Athelney Jones (who famously called the detective "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the theorist") uses the phrase twice while trying to theorize about the crime at Pondicherry Lodge, first dismissing the steps on the window sill: </div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>“Well, well, if it was fastened the steps could have nothing to do with the matter. That’s <b>common sense</b>. Man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing. Ha! I have a theory. These flashes come upon me at times.—Just step outside, sergeant, and you, Mr. Sholto. Your friend can remain.—What do you think of this, Holmes? Sholto was, on his own confession, with his brother last night. The brother died in a fit, on which Sholto walked off with the treasure. How’s that?”</div><div>“On which the dead man very considerately got up and locked the door on the inside.”</div><div>“Hum! There’s a flaw there. Let us apply <b>common </b><b>sense</b> to the matter.”</div></blockquote><div></div></div><div>Oh, poor Athelney Jones...</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's see if they're teaching common sense at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyk8oP8QZUpbVc5Z1_O9sMAi5ZgJieVQBNkYQpuyRZNZQOpMzxFouzm8zQCQh97ws63AmLY9lqvzMrzHXA8pAqGuZB4vkAuVl5xPe74s07AolKkyZ6ELDPC63JW7nphtUnLKCCsFq19kO_kRYI54qNMEaKMMNfPrrWBqJixoY7gSjRllOA20URjm7W4No/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20228.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyk8oP8QZUpbVc5Z1_O9sMAi5ZgJieVQBNkYQpuyRZNZQOpMzxFouzm8zQCQh97ws63AmLY9lqvzMrzHXA8pAqGuZB4vkAuVl5xPe74s07AolKkyZ6ELDPC63JW7nphtUnLKCCsFq19kO_kRYI54qNMEaKMMNfPrrWBqJixoY7gSjRllOA20URjm7W4No/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20228.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Baker Street Elementary – Nonsensical

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When Google Gave Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a Birthday Gift

<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><div class="image2-inset"><h3 style="text-align: center;">Today marks 20 years since its first appearance</h3><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ufo-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90be187a-5860-47ba-a14d-a6be5d70a954_960x539.jpeg" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt="File:ConanDoyle1.jpg" class="sizing-normal" data-attrs="{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/90be187a-5860-47ba-a14d-a6be5d70a954_960x539.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":539,"width":960,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":"File:ConanDoyle1.jpg","title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false,"align":null,"offset":false}" height="359" sizes="100vw" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ufo-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90be187a-5860-47ba-a14d-a6be5d70a954_960x539.jpeg" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ufo-!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90be187a-5860-47ba-a14d-a6be5d70a954_960x539.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ufo-!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90be187a-5860-47ba-a14d-a6be5d70a954_960x539.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ufo-!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90be187a-5860-47ba-a14d-a6be5d70a954_960x539.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ufo-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90be187a-5860-47ba-a14d-a6be5d70a954_960x539.jpeg 1456w" title="File:ConanDoyle1.jpg" width="640" /></a></h4></div><div class="image2-inset"><div></div></div></figure></div><div class="image2-inset"><h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>“a man of good birth and excellent education” [FINA] </strong></h4><div>On May 22, 1859, Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born. And it is still celebrated by Sherlockians and Doyleans around the world, who, at the very least, pause to honor the man who created Sherlock Holmes.</div></div><p><br />Hopping on that trend on May 22, 2006 — <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/05/fine-figure-of-man-tall-lithe-and-agile_22.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>20 years ago today</strong></a> — Google presented one of its famous “<a href="https://doodles.google/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Google Doodles</strong></a>” to honor his Conan Doyle and his famous creation. (Technically it was launched the evening before, but it was up all day on the 22nd). </p><p>This was before the Google Doodle became a near-daily thing.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XmrC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056120a8-4735-4067-becb-169f94ab3cba_640x231.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source sizes="100vw" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XmrC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056120a8-4735-4067-becb-169f94ab3cba_640x231.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XmrC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056120a8-4735-4067-becb-169f94ab3cba_640x231.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XmrC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056120a8-4735-4067-becb-169f94ab3cba_640x231.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XmrC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056120a8-4735-4067-becb-169f94ab3cba_640x231.jpeg 1456w" type="image/webp"></source><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" data-attrs="{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/056120a8-4735-4067-becb-169f94ab3cba_640x231.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":231,"width":640,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":"","title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false,"align":null,"offset":false}" height="231" sizes="100vw" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XmrC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056120a8-4735-4067-becb-169f94ab3cba_640x231.jpeg" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XmrC!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056120a8-4735-4067-becb-169f94ab3cba_640x231.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XmrC!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056120a8-4735-4067-becb-169f94ab3cba_640x231.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XmrC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056120a8-4735-4067-becb-169f94ab3cba_640x231.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XmrC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056120a8-4735-4067-becb-169f94ab3cba_640x231.jpeg 1456w" title="" width="640" /></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><br />There are scores of reasons to honor Sir Arthur every day, since his name is still associated not only with the immortal Sherlock Holmes, but the likes of Brigadier Gerard, Professor Challenger, poetry, politics, speeches, divorce law reform, <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose149" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>the defense of the wrongly-accused</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/09/you-have-eliminated-impossible-sign_10.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>his friendship with Harry Houdini</strong></a>, his <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose218" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>avid love of many sports</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/11/episode-13-arthur-conan-doyle-life-in.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>spiritualism</strong></a>, and much more.</p><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><pre class="text"> </pre></div><p>Happy birthday, Sir Arthur! Thank you for the eternal gift of Sherlock Holmes.</p><p></p><br /><p></p>

When Google Gave Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a Birthday Gift

Today marks 20 years since its first appearance “a man of good birth and excellent education” [FINA]  On May 22, 1859, Arthur Ignatius Conan...

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Baker Street Elementary – Prodigious Playing

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I shall try over the Hoffman ‘Barcarole’ upon my violin” [MAZA]<span> </span></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWMq7kFwpC1NjVyFSskFK7MD2XW5jFNg7-vL2KlRirARbeh5Jf6yAZXnHQF4XJyOwVhFgvVKaiFdppoQifRaQJRwrN32mA42R9ZXQXbIMdB2SvaxL_9VbnZV5Y7xHiS0FW66o1S9Qal9aN30SkW_nJ6Jub5Lz-vzURhWOqW1M1hFygAAvMuIqWnUvFQI/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20227.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWMq7kFwpC1NjVyFSskFK7MD2XW5jFNg7-vL2KlRirARbeh5Jf6yAZXnHQF4XJyOwVhFgvVKaiFdppoQifRaQJRwrN32mA42R9ZXQXbIMdB2SvaxL_9VbnZV5Y7xHiS0FW66o1S9Qal9aN30SkW_nJ6Jub5Lz-vzURhWOqW1M1hFygAAvMuIqWnUvFQI/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20227.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>Sherlock Holmes's ability with the violin was introduced in the very first story Dr. Watson brought before the public. In <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, as each man is listing his peculiarities to the other, Holmes offers this question to his would-be roommate:</div><div><blockquote><div>“Do you include violin-playing in your category of rows?” </div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Watson tells us Holmes asked “anxiously”. But why anxiously?</div></div><div><br /></div><div>It could be that Holmes was a mere amateur and was self-conscious about his playing. Or that he practiced frequently, in order to improve his skill, and in doing so, he might not sound the best. To a perfectionist like Holmes, that may have been a vulnerability. His response indicates some sensitivity there:</div><div><div></div></div><blockquote><div><div>“It depends on the player,” I answered. “A well played violin is a treat for the gods—a badly-played one—”</div></div><div><div>“Oh, that’s all right,” he cried, with a merry laugh. “I think we may consider the thing as settled—that is, if the rooms are agreeable to you.”</div></div></blockquote><div>When Watson wrote up his famous list, he gave Holmes positive marks for his musical talents:</div><blockquote><div>10. Plays the violin well.</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>It is our supposition that Holmes as a virtuoso and not at all an unskilled, practicing amateur. Later in the story, Watson observes Holmes leaning back in his chair, where </div><div><blockquote>“he would close his eyes and scrape carelessly at the fiddle which was thrown across his knee.”</blockquote></div><div>That, ladies and gentlemen, is not the behavior of a new violin student or someone who is anxiously attempting to master a craft. No, that is the action of someone extremely familiar with the instrument and quite confident in his own level of performance.</div><div><br /></div><div>Could it be because Holmes got his start at music lessons at Baker Street Elementary?</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Related:</h3><div>Listen to <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles40" target="_blank"><i>Trifles</i> Episode 40</a>, where we discussed a true virtuoso whom Holmes admired: Sarasate.</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="5075" data-dashlane-rid="111f8ce6f6c5ddff" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5806614/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/3a4e59/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-image: initial; border-style: none; 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Baker Street Elementary – Prodigious Playing

“I shall try over the Hoffman ‘Barcarole’ upon my violin” [MAZA]   Sherlock Holmes's ability with the violin was introduced in the very ...

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by I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere