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Episode 98: Europe and Sherlock Holmes

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While Sherlock Holmes is firmly rooted in London, the connections to Europe in the Sherlock Holmes stories are many. But have you ever stopped to ponder, as a whole, how mentions of the Continent and various European countries stack up? You might be surprised.<br />
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Travel with us as Burt and Scott take a deeper look into some of the European influences that Conan Doyle infused into the various stories. From Moriarty's European reputation to the "European situation" mentioned in "The Second Stain." What was so delicate at the time and who was Lord Bellinger? We note how refugees were treated in Europe in the time of <i>The Valley of Fear</i>. We even do an accounting of Holmes's fine work for many of the royal houses of Europe.<br />
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In addition, we treat you to a rundown of some Sherlock Holmes news, we welcome Steve Mason as our quiz contestant and have a special themed Gas-Lamp from <i>The Sherlock Holmes Journal</i> to fall in line with our European topic. All this and more!<br />
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1:50 Hello and the perils of punctuation<br />
3:52 Current celebrations in London<br />
5:18 Brexit and <i><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qgt7" target="_blank">The Now Show</a></i><br />
8:33 Sponsor: <i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/" target="_blank">The Baker Street Journal</a></i><br />
10:45 Europe and Sherlock Holmes<br />
13:00 WARNING: Two bad dad jokes within 30 seconds of each other<br />
17:30 What was going on in Europe during the events of 'The Second Stain'<br />
23:33 Europe and London as central characters<br />
36:55 Holmes never ate chocolate (perhaps to avoid memories of Switzerland)<br />
39:30 Two Sherlock Holmes museums in Switzerland<br />
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45:17 Sherlock Holmes in the news<br />
56:18 Sponsor: <a href="http://amandalester.net/" target="_blank">Amanda Lester, Detective</a><br />
57:35 Mental Exaltation<br />
1:07:40 Gas-Lamp<br />
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Episode 98: Europe and Sherlock Holmes

"Oh, he has a European fame, has he?" [REDC] While Sherlock Holmes is firmly rooted in London, the connections to ...

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by Scott Monty

The Secret Notebook of Sherlock Holmes — A Review

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"in the funny mood" [MAZA]</h4>
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<i>The Secret Notebook of Sherlock Holmes</i> by Liz Hedgecock, like many pastiches, starts with an introduction “verifying” the authenticity of the document. It goes on for a little longer than necessary, but it does set the tone — you know you’re in for lighthearted fare. This is a collection of short, humorous tales, more along the lines of <i>Without a Clue</i> or <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother</i> than it is reminiscent of the Canon.<br />
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That’s not to say that the Canon is ignored. The author makes good use of it, and the comedy is never derisive. The plots are just as often simple domestic troubles at 221B Baker Street as they are cases from clients, but those scenes are just as entertaining as the mysteries.<br />
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Whether witnessing Watson’s imagination run wild and suspecting Mrs. Hudson of poisoning Holmes, or watching Holmes track down Oscar Wilde’s notebook with anticlimactic results, these short tidbits from the lives of Holmes and Watson are a fun read. My personal favorite was “The Mystery of Mornington Crescent,” a post-retirement story that brings Holmes back to London to investigate an Underground station where no trains stop. The characters were well done, Holmes gets some great lines, and the solution was fitting.<br />
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If you’re looking for a quick lunch-break trip to Baker Street, with a laugh rather than a complex mystery, then this collection will serve you well. <i><a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B01D1VTKWS" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="fe9587ae39dbc55beea4b19f0bddd6e8" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="The Secret Notebook of Sherlock Holmes" href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Notebook-Sherlock-Holmes-ebook/dp/B01D1VTKWS/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=thebakerstree-20&linkId=fe9587ae39dbc55beea4b19f0bddd6e8&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_644124" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Secret Notebook of Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_644124" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=thebakerstree-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=fe9587ae39dbc55beea4b19f0bddd6e8&_cb=1465816659348" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /></i> is available for Kindle on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Notebook-Sherlock-Holmes-ebook/dp/B01D1VTKWS?ie=UTF8&keywords=secret%20notebook%20of%20sherlock%20holmes&qid=1463170527&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>.<br />
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The Secret Notebook of Sherlock Holmes — A Review

"in the funny mood" [MAZA] The Secret Notebook of Sherlock Holmes by Liz Hedgecock, like many pastiches, starts with an intr...

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by Katie Magnusson

Just What Will a Whitaker's Almanack Get You?

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We all remember that when Holmes and Watson solved Porlock's cipher in the early paragraphs of <i>The Valley of Fear</i>, their tool was a slightly out of date edition of <i>Whitaker's Almanack</i>. There is no other mention of Whitaker's (or any other almanac) anywhere in the Canon, but there can be little doubt that it was a frequently used reference at 221B Baker Street, standing on the shelf right next to such other workhorses as <i>Bradshaw's </i>(railway timetables), <i>Crockford's </i>(Church of England clergy), <i>Debrett's </i>(genealogy and careers of the aristocracy), perhaps even <i>Wisden's </i>(cricket).</div>
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Whitaker's is still in business, now in its 148th annual edition, and <a href="http://www.whitakersalmanack.com/" target="_blank">complemented by a website</a>, <a href="http://whitakersalmanack.com/">whitakersalmanack.com</a>.<br />
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It is distinctly British, with its emphasis on names and details of British government and business. The North American equivalent probably is (or was, before the Internet was everybody's default reference source) the <i>World Almanac</i> formerly published by the <i>New York World-Telegram</i>. The <i>Old Farmer's Almanac</i>, legendary though it be, is hardly in the same league.<br />
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I don't believe I've ever owned an up-to-date <i>Whitaker's</i>, but I do have an old one, and it is an essential tool in my Sherlockian research, as well as evidence of how valuable it must have been at times to Holmes and Watson. It is the almanac for 1893, right in the heart of the Baker Street era. I've lost track of how I came upon it, its original gilt-and crimson leather binding has been replaced, and its digest-sized pages are yellowing, but it is as vital a tool as ever it was.<br />
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Behold this volume of 728 pages (plus more than another 150 for advertisements). Holmes speaks accurately when he observes that "It is in double column. Though reserved in its earlier vocabulary, it becomes… quite garrulous towards the end." Every page is crammed with essential information — well, information, anyway — in what I would calculate to be 6-point type ("nonpareil", the British used to call it, as a chart on page 414 confirms). <br />
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Beyond that, there are exhaustive lists of peers and baronets, majors-general, Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, judges, warships, archdeacons, professors — yes, Whitaker's is one of the "several trustworthy books of reference" in which Professor Moriarty's salary could have been ascertained. Oddly, I do not find his name here; but of course, this is the 1893 edition, and he is known to have died at Reichenbach in 1891.<br />
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The book continues with information about the Royal Academy (artists), banks, sheriffs, fairs, wheat prices, weights and measures, tax rates, and railway companies. Garrulous passages, interspersed with statistics, running from page 441 to page 571, cover the British Empire and the nations of the world. There are a couple of mentions of Mahratta, though none, so far as I can see, of pigs'-bristles. Page 534, which Holmes and Watson used to solve their cipher, is in this 1893 edition of the book mostly about the economy of Egypt, with a mention of the Khalifa.<br />
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The world is vastly changed since Joseph Whitaker, the almanac's first editor, put this volume to press 123 years ago. For that very reason, a Sherlockian (this Sherlockian, at any rate) finds it useful for the information it provides about postage rates, cab fares, the salaries of government employees (the postmaster at Wandsworth earned £450 a year, just like Mycroft Holmes), and the hours of the British Museum. Here, too, you can find details of the hood Watson was entitled to wear as a Doctor of Medicine, and a long description of how one might find the will of a deceased person (Doctors' Commons, to which Holmes refers in "The Speckled Band", was not involved). <br />
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And if a cipher message from Porlock ever comes your way, you'll be ready.<br />
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Just What Will a Whitaker's Almanack Get You?

"Let us consider the claims of Whitaker's Almanac" [VALL] We all remember that when Holmes and Watson solved Porlock...

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by Chris Redmond

Qualify for the Quiz on IHOSE #98

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