"A Singular Case." [SIGN]

I'm not usually a pastiche kind of a guy. I've managed to enjoy Nicholas Meyers' <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GSCRT8?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000GSCRT8">The Seven Percent Solution</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000GSCRT8" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> and both <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GLS2L2?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000GLS2L2">The Revenge of Moriarty</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000GLS2L2" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425050939?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0425050939">Return Of Moriarty</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0425050939" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> by John Gardner, but that's about the extent of it.<br /><br />I was just informed of a set of stories first released in 2003 that has recently been revised and expanded. I refer to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1846855047?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1846855047">The Singular Adventures of Mr Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1846855047" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> by Alan Stockwell. While the titles of the (oh-so-Canonical number of 17) stories can be a little off-putting - "The Sulky Pony," "The Bride of the Moon," and "The Blue Silk Underwear" to name a few - evidently, the plots themselves are quite workmanlike in their construct.<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.mrsherlockholmes.co.uk/">Mr. Stockwell's Web site</a>, I found two very worthwhile recommendations. One from David Stuart Davies: "What makes the tales so enjoyable is the ingenuity of the plots: they are engagingly inventive."<br /><br />And another from Roger Johnson, one of our regular readers and commenters, noted "The style is a simulacrum of Dr Watson’s, and Mr Stockwell clearly knows his period and his Canon."<br /><br />While I can't comment on having read the stories myself, I'm more inclined to purchase this pastiche than any other.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1846855047?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1846855047" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/Singular.0.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a>

"A Singular Case." [SIGN]

I'm not usually a pastiche kind of a guy. I've managed to enjoy Nicholas Meyers' The Seven Percent Solution and both The Reven...

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by Scott Monty

"By Special License..." [COPP]

I know there are a number of Sherlockians out there with vanity plates (personalized license plates for automobiles). As a matter of fact, I seem to recall someone about 10 years go putting together a database of Sherlockian vanity plates. Does anyone know if it still exists?<br /><br />Well, I thought it might be interesting if we created our own right here. I found a <a href="http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/">License Plate Generator</a> that allows you to see your plates as they would appear, should you choose to spend the extra cash on them.<br /><br />I'm thinking that I might like to have one, but in my state, there are restrictions against beginning the plate with a numeral. So, in order to adhere to the guidelines of the Commonwealth and to seem a little more clever - and let's face it, to torment the already distracted Massachusetts drivers even more - my vanity plate would look like this:<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/vanity_plate.0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/vanity_plate.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />What would your Sherlockian vanity plate look like?<br /><br />Hey, while you're at it, pimp out your Holmesmobile with an <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2010/10/rooms-at-no-221b-baker-street-stud.html">oval sticker</a> and you're set!<br /><br /><a href="http://beaconsociety.com/supportthesociety.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/200/221B.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>

"By Special License..." [COPP]

I know there are a number of Sherlockians out there with vanity plates (personalized license plates for automobiles). As a matter of fact, ...

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by Scott Monty

Gene Weingarten Doesn't Understand Dr. Watson

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "to make some reply in defence" [SILV]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusBZKSFKJEDzxrSI6JEyDCLiEh6e9SCmJfFC76rT7FmVtJvA3jLMIWYNE5ddi3yEUk0D6ilRRwGj3jjhKpBGYbhSFMIfgFNzSLBXUC9ZAud_e4q7YUbwFkuM4tdhPbqQ-NzOBviMgo3Pa/s1600/Nigel+Bruce+as+Boobus+Britannicus+Dr.+Watson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusBZKSFKJEDzxrSI6JEyDCLiEh6e9SCmJfFC76rT7FmVtJvA3jLMIWYNE5ddi3yEUk0D6ilRRwGj3jjhKpBGYbhSFMIfgFNzSLBXUC9ZAud_e4q7YUbwFkuM4tdhPbqQ-NzOBviMgo3Pa/s1600/Nigel+Bruce+as+Boobus+Britannicus+Dr.+Watson.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Would anyone like to give Gene Weingarten at the <span style="font-style: italic;">Washington Post</span> a piece of their mind? In his column <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR2006111400973_pf.html">No Shot Sherlock</a>, he tries his deductive abilities to no avail as he attempts to correctly identify the owner of a lost address book.<br /> <br /> In the process, he calls Watson a " knuckleheaded, mealy-mouthed, jowly, boring" sidekick.<br /> <br /> We all know that Watson was anything but the <i>Boobus Britannicus</i> that Nigel Bruce played him as. He was a Doctor of Medicine, for goodness sake! But while he was intelligent in his own right, when compared with Sherlock Holmes, he naturally fades a bit - and his own humility plays it down as well. It doesn't help when Holmes tells him, "you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light." [HOUN]<br /> <br /> If any mere mortal pairs himself up with Sherlock Holmes, there's bound to be an element of perceived stupidity about the individual. But that doesn't mean that one is a knucklehead. And when one has seen war service and experienced women "over three separate continents," we struggle to think how a journalist could possibly call him "boring."<br /> <br /> Yes, Gene Weingarten doens't understand Dr. Watson. And he needs some enlightened Sherlockians to conduct some light in his general direction.<br /> <br /> The article allows comments. Go for it.<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br />

Gene Weingarten Doesn't Understand Dr. Watson

"to make some reply in defence" [SILV] Would anyone like to give Gene Weingarten at the Washington Post a piece of their min...

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by Scott Monty

"It Was in a City in Russia..." [GOLD]

Connoisseurs of Sherlockian sculpture have another city to visit if they care to indulge their artistic preferences. Interfax is reporting that <a href="http://mosnews.com/news/2006/11/18/holmesstatue.shtml">a Sherlock Holmes statue will appear in Moscow</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/929963/Moscovite%20Sherlock.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5683/1768/200/884647/Moscovite%20Sherlock.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a>Sergei Petrov, the head of Moscow's Monuments Committee, says that the committee "has decided that there needs to be a monument of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in Moscow." According to the article, <br /> <blockquote> "The statue is to open near the British Embassy on the banks of the Moscow River under the auspices of the Moscow-based non-profit foundation Cultural Dialogue/One World. The organisation has said it wants to unveil the monument later this year or early 2007.<br /> <br /> "No design has yet been chosen, however, and Petrov, of the monuments committee, said a closed competition would determine the architect."</blockquote> While it may seem a little odd that Holmes should appear in Moscow, it should come as no surprise to those attuned to the distant whine of the Russian television set. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Livanov">Vasily Livanov</a> has made the character immensely popular again - and he himself is up for an Order of the British Empire.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Livanov.jpg#/media/File:Livanov.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Livanov.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Livanov.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: start;">"</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Livanov.jpg#/media/File:Livanov.jpg" style="text-align: start;">Livanov</a><span style="text-align: start;">". Licensed under </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Livanov.jpg" style="text-align: start;" title="<a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_use_rationale_guideline" title="Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline">Fair use</a> of copyrighted material in the context of <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes_and_Dr._Watson" title="The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson</a>">Fair use</a><span style="text-align: start;"> via </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" style="text-align: start;">Wikipedia</a><span style="text-align: start;">.</span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <br /> Let's hope that the sculptor isn't too liberal in his approach. If he uses Livanov as a model, I'm sure many fans will be pleased.<br /> <br /> For those of you who are able to understand it, <a href="http://www.kp.ru/daily/23809/60014/">here is an article about the statue in Russian</a>.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">[Special thanks to Peter Blau for the link to the Russian article & photo]</span><br /> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;">--</span><br /> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>

"It Was in a City in Russia..." [GOLD]

Connoisseurs of Sherlockian sculpture have another city to visit if they care to indulge their artistic preferences. Interfax is reporting ...

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by Scott Monty

Remembering Richard Lancelyn Green, BSI

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "even his voice was gentle" [IDEN]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9XT90N8gGtGBt_KuB16tjnO1FtSo8DpETyxzTbaITKkc30BIzE66mZ3Pg6rAJCOjqyHhFRXTnHgwgDDORC9poxT8gHfLHHIiphebMcrqsebiazMY5334Gb3n-RSJ9xvxQpnyXAzjR7DT/s1600/Richard+Lancelyn+Green.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9XT90N8gGtGBt_KuB16tjnO1FtSo8DpETyxzTbaITKkc30BIzE66mZ3Pg6rAJCOjqyHhFRXTnHgwgDDORC9poxT8gHfLHHIiphebMcrqsebiazMY5334Gb3n-RSJ9xvxQpnyXAzjR7DT/s640/Richard+Lancelyn+Green.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Many readers of this blog will remember a true gentleman - and gentle man - of the Sherlockian world, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lancelyn_Green">Richard Lancelyn Green</a>, BSI ("The Three Gables"). Richard's untimely death two and a half years ago was a shock to all who knew him and still remains a mystery.<br /> <br /> Much was <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3653645.stm">written in the press</a> at the time - naturally the event was sensationalized to the degree that the tabloids typically do. Ultimately, the city of <a href="http://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/history/213.htm">Portsmouth was named the beneficiary</a> of Richard's legendary and massive collection.<br /> <br /> Late last year, the BBC released a documentary called <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074s10" target="_blank"><i>The Man Who Loved Sherlock Holmes</i></a>, narrated by Stephen Fry. Here's <a href="https://www.paulcornell.com/2005/12/the-man-who-loved-sherlock-holmes/">a quick impression of the film</a> from Paul Cornell.<br /> <br /> Feel free to share your personal memories of Richard in the comments section.<br /> <center> <br /></center> <center> </center> <center style="text-align: left;"> </center> <center style="text-align: left;"> <i>Image credit: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/jukg5z" target="_blank">The Sherlock Holmes Society of London (Flickr)</a></i></center> <center style="text-align: left;"> </center> <center style="text-align: left;"> --</center> <center style="text-align: left;"> </center>

Remembering Richard Lancelyn Green, BSI

"even his voice was gentle" [IDEN] Many readers of this blog will remember a true gentleman - and gentle man - of the Sherloc...

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by Scott Monty

An Honor for Al Rosenblatt

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "keen as mustard" [COPP]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLI7GmT6MmVRznbI7Mnmw9Q3JHC3WzFqHaK_AHQB2sUj0kbIeOU_I1NiaujctcTiCLGI7wyUhFX7JOyDvZJ8CKXLfxUHAvDgE_qB85ZtVcS1fuAbNtJk3t5TUEYYqG5gFbB1kqq3EnAfg/s1600/Al+Rosenblatt+%2526+Scott+Monty+BSIWeekend+2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLI7GmT6MmVRznbI7Mnmw9Q3JHC3WzFqHaK_AHQB2sUj0kbIeOU_I1NiaujctcTiCLGI7wyUhFX7JOyDvZJ8CKXLfxUHAvDgE_qB85ZtVcS1fuAbNtJk3t5TUEYYqG5gFbB1kqq3EnAfg/s640/Al+Rosenblatt+%2526+Scott+Monty+BSIWeekend+2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Fellow Baker Street Irregular Albert Rosenblatt ("Inspector Bradstreet") has just completed his term on the New York Court of Appeals, after serving 8 years. The Albany Times Union just published <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=535743&Category=STATE&LinkFrom=RSS">a story on Judge Rosenblatt's final day in court</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/329945/Rosenbl04.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5683/1768/200/593682/Rosenbl04.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a>Not that his retirement was a surprise. Last month, over 400 friends and colleagues <a href="http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061014/NEWS01/610140325/1006">gathered to honor him</a> at a retirement dinner. To give you a measure of the man honored that evening, here's one of Al's remarks:<br /> <span class="bodystory"></span><br /> <blockquote> <span class="bodystory">"As I look out at you and see your warm faces," Rosenblatt said,"I also see a sea of shoulders. And I have no illusions — you have carried me on your shoulders."</span></blockquote> <span class="bodystory">You get the same self-deprecating, humble and honest style when you speak with him personally as well.<br /> <br /> For a number of years, Al has served as the BSI's poet laureate, commemorating the previous year and the BSI Weekend in verse, presented at the annual <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/bsiweekend/schedule.html">BSI Cocktail Reception</a>. As someone who has dabbled in doggerel, it's one of the highlights of the Weekend for me. Subscribers to <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale.html">The Baker Street Journal</a> are treated to his witty writing in the Spring issue.<br /> <br /> In recent years, Al's daughter Betsy has joined him at the podium to give a familial assist on the reading (she also pulls a semi all-nighter to craft the verse with her dad the night before). Betsy has followed her father's footsteps in the law as well as in the Sherlockian movement. In coverage of the retirement dinner in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Poughkeepsie Journal</span>, Betsy mentioned that, when she visits her parents at home, she enjoys discussing legal points with her father:</span><span class="bodystory"></span><br /> <blockquote> <span class="bodystory">"I don't always reach a conclusion," she said, "but talking to Dad about the law sure opens the breathing passages. He's sort of the hot mustard of legal thought."</span></blockquote> <span class="bodystory">Indeed. He's an essential spice as far as the BSI is concerned. One with which we cannot do without.<br /> <br /> Congratulations on your retirement, Al. The Court of Appeals' loss is the BSI's gain.</span><span class="bodystory"><br /> <br /><br /><b>BONUS CONTENT</b>: Listen to <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose103" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 103 of IHOSE</a> in which we interviewed Al and Julie Rosenblatt:<br /> <br /> <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/280596458&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> [<span style="font-style: italic;">Thanks to Pat Ward for the link to the Times Union story</span>.]<br /> <br /> Update, 11/20/06: reader Ken Lanza sent along <a href="http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061119/NEWS01/611190332">a link to a very nice story written by the Poughkeepsie Journal</a>.</span><br /> <div> <span class="bodystory"><br /> </span></div> <div> <span class="bodystory">--</span></div> <div> <span class="bodystory"><br /> </span></div>

An Honor for Al Rosenblatt

"keen as mustard" [COPP] Fellow Baker Street Irregular Albert Rosenblatt ("Inspector Bradstreet") has just complete...

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by Scott Monty

"I Think I Hear the Fairy Footstep..." [MAZA]

The blog <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/2006/09/the_coming_of_the_fairies.php">Stranger Fruit</a>, written by an evolutionary biologist and historian of biology John M. Lynch, recently featured an excerpt from the introduction that he has written for the new edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0803266553?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0803266553">The Coming of the Fairies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0803266553" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" />:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0803266553/thebakerstree-20" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/Coming_Fairies.0.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><blockquote>In November 1920, the celebrated author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle announced the beginning of a new "epoch in human thought." He believed that he was presenting "a strong <i>prima-facie</i> case" for the existence of fairies, based on photographs taken by two pseudonymous young girls in July and September 1917. Noting that "in a matter involving so tremendous a new departure one needs overpowering evidence before one can say that there is no conceivable loophole for error," he laid out the case for the existence of fairies in the village of Cottingley, Yorkshire. Some have seen this announcement in <i>The Strand Magazine</i> and Doyle's subsequent book, <i>The Coming of the Fairies</i>, as the writings of a sixty-one year old who was losing his ability to think rationally. But to truly understand why the creator of Sherlock Holmes, one of the most unsentimental and logical characters in literature, would believe in fairies requires an understanding of Doyle's life, his general acceptance of Spiritualism, and what he felt would be the result of widespread recognition of the Cottingley photos.</blockquote>And another entry on <a href="http://torchwoodtv.blogspot.com/2006/11/cottingley-correction.html">Torchwood.TV</a> delves into it as well, mentioning Harry Houdini in the process. For background information on the Cottingly fairies, you might consider reading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies">this link</a>.

"I Think I Hear the Fairy Footstep..." [MAZA]

The blog Stranger Fruit , written by an evolutionary biologist and historian of biology John M. Lynch, recently featured an excerpt from the...

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by Scott Monty

"Engage a Special." [FINA]

If you haven't discovered the joys of podcasts yet, you should get on the ball. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast">Podcasts</a> are audio files set up in a serialized format that you can listen to on the go with an mp3 player, or sitting at your computer. Despite the name, there's no requirement to own an iPod in order to listen to a podcast.<br /><br />Think of it as radio on demand - you can select what you want to listen to, and where you want to listen to it. You get customized updates sent right to your feedreader or music interface, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/">iTunes</a>. You don't need a Mac or an iPod to use iTunes - it works with everyone's music and audio files and it's quite simple to us.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/silv-01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/200/silv-01.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>One podcast that I subscribe to (and highly recommend) is the <a href="http://detective.libsyn.com/">Radio Detective Story Hour</a> with Jim Widner. Each week, he spends a few minutes giving an introduction to the series he is highlighting. Up until episode 68, he rarely repeated a subject. Currently, he's on a multi-part series of "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar."<br /><br />Sherlockians might like to listen to a radio adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story <a href="http://www.diogenes-club.com/special.htm">The Lost Special</a>, which first appeared in print in 1908. The Radio Detective Story Hour features the only appearance of Inspector Collins of Scotland Yard.<br /><br />Go directly to the Radio Detective Story Hour page about <a href="http://detective.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=126338">Inspector Collins</a> or<br /><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/detective/rdshour_63.mp3" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/200/podcastIcon.gif" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>Listen to/download the episode<br /><br />If you have any questions on this technology or on subscribing to the show, just let me know. I'd be happy to help.

"Engage a Special." [FINA]

If you haven't discovered the joys of podcasts yet, you should get on the ball. Podcasts are audio files set up in a serialized format...

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by Scott Monty

"He Collects Books and Pictures." [ILLU]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0fjQi8VYQCp-DXM2u01imVeEZB5-VIRfOB1P-UIqy2PRCJJFkI3Cl9yDM1Sgfj4BjOg0jWNFLKP2t_kKWjqAHIchXBGltmDAEGmKW7klY73nwut0U4uIBCw_0Wk1kNOXVfcC4KKKyWvc/s1600/Newberry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0fjQi8VYQCp-DXM2u01imVeEZB5-VIRfOB1P-UIqy2PRCJJFkI3Cl9yDM1Sgfj4BjOg0jWNFLKP2t_kKWjqAHIchXBGltmDAEGmKW7klY73nwut0U4uIBCw_0Wk1kNOXVfcC4KKKyWvc/s640/Newberry.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The Newberry Library Sherlock Holmes-Arthur Conan Doyle Colloquium (<a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/08/started-my-pilgrimage-at-chicago-last_23.html#.VVJeI_lViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">previously mentioned</a> on this blog) sounds as if it was a smashing success.<br /> <br /> Read <a href="http://www.gapersblock.com/bookclub/2006/10/18/feature_the_sherlock_holmesart/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">one correspondent's impressions</a> of the event, featuring Baker Street Irregulars Dan Posnansky, Paul Martin and Glen Miranker.<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br />

"He Collects Books and Pictures." [ILLU]

The Newberry Library Sherlock Holmes-Arthur Conan Doyle Colloquium ( previously mentioned on this blog) sounds as if it was a smashing s...

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by Scott Monty

The Stanford Sherlock Holmes Project Continues

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> <b>"Education never ends, Watson." [RETI] </b></h4> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/subscribe_strand.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/200/subscribe_strand.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a>In early 2006, Stanford University initiated a public-reading project called <a href="http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/">Discovering Sherlock Holmes</a>, in which their "rediscovery of the 19th century" efforts resulted in <span style="font-weight: bold;">free</span> copies of the Holmes stories reproduced in the Strand magazine, in serialized format. The stories included "A Scandal in Bohemia," The Speckled Band," <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hound of the Baskervilles</span>, and "The Final Problem."<br /> <br /> The Stanford project will continue in 2007 with twelve additional stories, released on a weekly basis: “The Empty House,” “Silver Blaze,” “The Musgrave Ritual,” “The Reigate Squires,” “The Greek Interpreter, ” “Charles Augustus Milverton,” “The Abbey Grange,” “The Second Stain,” “The Bruce-Partington Plans,” “ The Devil’s Foot,” “The Dying Detective,” and “His Last Bow.”<br /> <br /> Since the first round of Sherlock Holmes serials proved more popular than the Stanford staff anticipated (there were over 12,000 requests for free facsimiles to be mailed out), this time around, the cost for paper-based reproductions will cost $20 for the set of 12. The site will again have PDF versions of each as well.<br /> <br /> If you're interested in signing up, please visit the <a href="http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/subscribe.html">Discovering Sherlock Holmes subscription page</a> (open as of November 9). There is also a place for you to make a donation, in order to keep this program going in the future.<br /> <br /> A special note to teachers: this is a great project to get your middle school and high school classes involved in reading Sherlock Holmes stories. For more information on incorporating the teaching of Holmes in the classroom, check out the <a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/">Beacon Society</a> and the wonderful work they're doing.<br /> <br /> Thanks to Randall Stock, who reported this item in a recent posting to the <a href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/ConanDoyle">Conan Doyle Yahoo! group</a>.

The Stanford Sherlock Holmes Project Continues

"Education never ends, Watson." [RETI]  In early 2006, Stanford University initiated a public-reading project called Discovering...

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by Scott Monty

"Why, a Yankee..." [LAST]

Connecticut Yankee <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette">William Gillette</a> played Sherlock Holmes for more than 35 years at the beginning of the twentienth century to great acclaim, but no film of his performance remains. Here then is something rather unique that I found on YouTube: the only known audio clip of Gillette playing Holmes, matched up to photographs from his production.<br /><br /><center><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/38HgyxMThOw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/38HgyxMThOw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></center><br /><br />And Part 2:<br /><br /><center><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sfHaVFKSYGE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sfHaVFKSYGE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

"Why, a Yankee..." [LAST]

Connecticut Yankee William Gillette played Sherlock Holmes for more than 35 years at the beginning of the twentienth century to great accla...

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by Scott Monty

"His Long Shining Waterproof..." [FIVE]

<a href="http://www.invernesscapes.co.uk/images/sherlock.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.invernesscapes.co.uk/images/sherlock.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 260px;" /></a>While most Sherlockians know that Sherlock Holmes didn't actually wear an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness_Cape">Inverness cape</a>, the world at large has another perception. Along with the meerschaum pipe and deerstalker hat, the Inverness is one of the classic accouterments that helps identify this Victorian era icon.<br /><br />In the November 5 issue of the <span style="font-style: italic;">New York Times</span>, the Money section has an article entitled <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/business/yourmoney/05goods.html?_r=1&ref=yourmoney&oref=slogin">Mist, Moors and a Better Rain Cape</a> concerning the ingenuity behind constructing a better Inverness for bagpipers. Interesting issues at play there.<br /><br />And, if you're in the market for an Inverness yourself (a number of my Sherlockian friends have them, both in light nylon waterproof material as well as Highland wool - which is amazingly warm), here are a few resources for you:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.invernesscapes.co.uk/">The Scottish Inverness Cape Company</a> - Harris tweed and rainproofs<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.misterantony.com/">Mister Antony</a> - manufacturer mentioned in the NYT article</li><li><a href="http://kiltstore.net/browse/mens-wear/outerwear/capes.html?referrer=google6&gclid=CL3n_t7yrogCFSVNVAod1SyPig">The Kilt Store</a></li></ul>

"His Long Shining Waterproof..." [FIVE]

While most Sherlockians know that Sherlock Holmes didn't actually wear an Inverness cape , the world at large has another perception. A...

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by Scott Monty

"Here Is a Quotation..." [WIST]

One of the benefits of being a Baker Street Irregular is the ability to "go everywhere, see everything and overhear everyone." As such, I generally find out about a variety of events, books and multimedia items of Sherlockian nature.<br /><br />Through the generosity of <a href="http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/qyd/fred.asp">Fred Shapiro</a> and his publishers at the Yale University Press, I recently received a copy of his new work <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300107986?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300107986">The Yale Book of Quotations</a>. As you no doubt can tell from each entry on this blog, I'm a fan of quotations. In fact, a reader sent me an email a few weeks back expressing admiration for my habit of using a Canonical quotation as the headline for each blog post.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300107986?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300107986" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/YBQ.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />Shapiro's contribution to the area traditionally dominated by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316084603?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&amp;amp;amp;amp;camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316084603">Bartlett's</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0316084603" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> is that it is the first major quotation book to emphasize modern sources and the first quotation book of any sort to use state-of-the-art research methods to comprehensively collect famous quotations and to trace quotations to their accurate origins.<br /><br />But he also does Sherlockians a great service. There are 39 quotations attributed to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</span>, largely from the Canon. We also hear from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Anthony Boucher</span>, one half of the Boucher-Green writing team for the Sherlock Holmes radio series in the 1940s. And the founder of the Baker Street Irregulars, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Christopher Morley</span>, makes an appearance with four quotes.<br /><br />Clever readers will also be able to enjoy quotations from members of the <a href="http://www.algonquinhotel.com/AboutUs/round_table.htm">Algonquin Round Table</a>, such as <span style="font-weight: bold;">Heywood Broun</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Edna Ferber</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">George F. Kaufman</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Robert E. Sherwood</span> and others like:<br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Robert Benchley</span>: "It took me 15 years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alexander Woollcott</span>: "Germany was the cause of Hitler just as much as Chicago was the cause of the Chicago<span style="font-style: italic;"> Tribune</span>."<br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dorothy Parker</span>: [<span style="font-style: italic;">Upon being challenged to use the word 'horticulture' in a sentence</span>] "You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think."<br /></li></ul><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300107986?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300107986">The Yale Book of Quotations</a> contains literally thousands of other quotations which span from traditional historical and literary sources to more modern areas such as advertising slogans, radio and television catchphrases, proverbs, film lines and nursery rhymes. And Shapiro has gone the extra distance of clearing up improperly attributed quotes - some you didn't even know were wrong. It was Napoleon Bonaparte, not William Tecumseh Sherman who said "War is hell!"<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0300107986" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />This is really a unique find and it's certainly easy for anyone to browse. In addition, there is a keyword index, in case you're looking for a certain quotation to fill a void, and there are plenty of annotations and cross-references that make this more than simply a reference book.

"Here Is a Quotation..." [WIST]

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by Scott Monty

"I Was Invited to a Week-End Gathering..." [LAST]

<strong style="font-weight: normal;"></strong>It's that time of the year! I don't know about you, but I'm always excited from the time I receive the official word of the BSI Weekend to the time of the event. It's like a second Christmas for a Sherlockian like me.<br /> <br /> The year 2007 marks Sherlock Holmes' 153rd birthday and Sherlockians in New York City will celebrate it in style. Events are listed below, with appropriate links to maps, resources, RSVPs and the like. A printable RSVP form is available at the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/bsiweekend.html">Baker Street Journal</a> site. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about what goes on, what to expect, etc.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday, January 10</span><br /> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />ASH Wednesday</span><strong style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.ash-nyc.com/">The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes'</a></strong> formally kick off the weekend with a dinner, for those who are already in the city.<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> 6:30 p.m.</span> <strong style="font-weight: normal;"></strong> Dinner at O'Casey's (<strong style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=22+e+41st+st.,+ny,+NY&iwloc=A&hl=en">map</a></strong>)<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost: </span>Attendees pay their own checks, it's a good idea to let <a href="mailto:%20susan221bee@gmail.com">Susan Rice</a> know if you're coming to the event.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Thursday, January 11</span><br /> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />The Christopher Morley Walk</span><br /> Jim Cox and Dore Nash lead the Christopher Morley Walk.<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">9:30 a.m.</span> The walk commences at the Algonquin Hotel (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=59+W+44th+St,+New+York,+NY">map</a>)<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">1:30 p.m.</span> Lunch at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McSorley%27s_Old_Ale_House" target="_blank">McSorley's</a> following the Walk<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> The walk is free; lunch is pay-your-own<br /> Please let <a href="mailto:jasdcox@yahoo.com">Jim Cox</a> know if you're planning to attend.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture</span><br /> This year's Distinguished Speaker is none other than Laurie R. King, the Edgar-winning author of the Mary Russell and Kate Martinelli series. Her latest novel is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553804537?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0553804537">The Art of Detection</a><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">6:15 p.m.</span> BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture at the Williams Club (<strong style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=24+e+39th+st.,+ny,+NY&spn=0.013744,0.037875&iwloc=A&hl=en">map</a></strong>)<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> $11.00 per ticket<br /> You can request a copy of the announcement and reservation form from The Baker Street Irregulars, 7938 Mill Stream Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46278 or you can <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/bsiweekend.html">download it here</a>.<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Friday, January 12</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">Open House - Mysterious Bookshop</span><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">11:00 a.m. </span> Otto Penzler opens the <a href="http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/">Mysterious Bookshop</a> (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=58+Warren+St,+New+York,+NY">map</a>) to Sherlockians; open until 5:00 p.m.<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost: </span> Depends on what you buy from Otto (heh, heh)<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">William Gillette Memorial Luncheon</span><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">12:00 noon</span> Lunch and entertainment at <strong style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.moranschelsea.com/">Moran's Chelsea Seafood Restaurant</a></strong> (<strong style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=146+10th+ave.,+ny,+NY&spn=0.013745,0.037875&iwloc=A&hl=en">map</a></strong>)<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> $43.00 for salmon or chicken; $48.00 for roast beef<br /> Contact <a href="mailto:%20susan221bee@gmail.com">Susan Rice</a> for an announcement; send checks to her at 125 Washington Place #2-E,New York, NY 10014.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Beacon Society</span><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">3:15 p.m. </span> <a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/">The Beacon Society's</a> annual meeting and Fourth Annual Beacon Award in the lobby of the Algonquin Hotel (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=59+W+44th+St,+New+York,+NY">map</a>)<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost: </span> Free<br /> Nominations for the Beacon Award are open until December 1<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">Commemorative Visit to Morgans Bar</span><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">5:00 p.m.</span> Join a group for a pre-dinner drink at the site of the very first BSI Dinner held in the now-defunct Hotel Duane Grill Room. The site is now <a href="http://www.morganshotel.com/morgans_hotel_morgans_bar.asp">Morgans Bar</a> and is located just a block from the Union League Club (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=237+Madison+Ave.,+New+York,+NY&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=40.750281,-73.98129&spn=0.016776,0.043259&om=1&iwloc=addr">map</a>) - open to all. Enter the door to the far left end of the building and proceed downstairs.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Baker Street Irregulars Dinner</span><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">6:00 p.m. </span> The BSI dinner at the <a href="http://www.unionleagueclub.org/"><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Union League Club</strong></a> (<strong style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38+e+37th+st.,+ny,+NY&iwloc=A&hl=en">map</a></strong>) - invitation only<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">The Gaslight Gala</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />6:30 p.m.</span> <strong style="font-weight: normal;">The Gaslight Gala</strong> (dinner and entertainment) at the Manhattan Club (<strong style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=201+w+52nd+st.,+ny,+NY&spn=0.013741,0.037875&iwloc=A&hl=en">map</a></strong>) - open to all Sherlockians and their friends<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> $75.00 (checks payable to Will Walsh) should be sent to Carol Fish, Box 4, Circleville, NY 10919<br /> Please include your e-mail address and primary Sherlockian society affiliation). Early reservations are advised for the William Gillette luncheon and the Baskerville Bash.<br /> <br /> Those who wish to have seasonal souvenirs in the dinner packets can send 175 copies (for the BSI) to James B. Saunders (3011 47th Street, Astoria,NY 11103), 125 copies (for the Gala) to Francine Kitts (35 Van Cortlandt Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301), and 20 copies (for The Women) to The Woman Dinner, 7938 Mill Stream Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46278); your material should arrive by Dec. 15.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, January 13</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Dealers' Room</span><br /> A wide variety of Sherlockiana will be offered for sale on the second floor of the <strong style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.thealgonquin.net/">Algonquin Hotel</a></strong> (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=59+W+44th+St,+New+York,+NY">map</a>)<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=59+W+44th+St,+New+York,+NY"><strong></strong></a><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">9:30 a.m.</span> Doors open; runs until 12:30 pm<br /> Please contact <a href="mailtp:bugmanhall@aol.com"><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Ralph Hall</strong></a> (2906 Wallingford Court, Louisville, KY 40218) (502-491-3148) for information information about dealers' tables.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Clients of Adrian Mulliner </span><br /> Devotees of the works of both John H. Watson and P. G. Wodehouse will hold a Junior Bloodstain<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">12:00 p.m. </span>Junior Bloodstain, second floor of the Algonquin Hotel<br /> If you are planning to attend, please tell <a href="mailto:ladybassett@comcast.net"><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Anne Cotton</strong></a> (12 Hollywood Street, South Hadley, MA 01075).<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost: </span> Free, old Bean<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Baker Street Irregulars Annual Reception</span><br /> Open to all Sherlockians and friends. Hors d'oeuvres and open bar.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />1:30 p.m. </span> Doors open at the New York Bar Association (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=42+W.+44th+Street,+New+York,+NY&ie=UTF8&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;z=15&ll=40.756262,-73.981333&spn=0.015214,0.042057&om=1&iwloc=addr">map</a>)<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> $65.00 in advance; $75.00 at the door<br /> You can request a copy of the announcement and reservation form from The Baker Street Irregulars, 7938 Mill Stream Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46278 or you can <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/bsiweekend.html">download it here</a>.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">Lost in New York with a Bunch of Sherlockians</span><br /> Presented by Baker Street West 1 and The Curious Collectors of Baker Street will present<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">6:00 p.m. </span>Dinner at Kennedy's Irish Pub & Restaurant (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=327+West+57th+Street,+New+York,+NY&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=40.768224,-73.981419&spn=0.015211,0.042057&om=1&iwloc=addr">map</a>)<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> $35.00 per person (including tax and tip, and with a cash bar).<br /> Reserve by sending your checks (payable to the CCOBS) to Jerry and Chrys Kegley (9338 Sophia Avenue, North Hills, CA 91343); more information is available from <a href="mailto:bsw1@socal.rr.com">Jerry Kegley</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday, January 14</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes - informal brunch</span><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">11:30 a.m.</span> Brunch at the <strong style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.oldcastlepub.com/">Oldcastle Pub</a></strong> (<strong style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=160+w+54th+st.,+ny,+NY&iwloc=A&hl=en">map</a></strong>)<br /> Open to all, but space is limited and reservations will be important; please contact <a href="mailto:judith-freeman@worldnet.att.net"><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Judith Freeman</strong></a> (280 Ninth Avenue #1-C, New York,NY 10001).<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Accommodations</span><br /> The unofficial headquarters of the BSI continues to be the famed <strong style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.thealgonquin.net/">Algonquin</a><a href="http://www.thealgonquin.net/"> Hotel.</a></strong><br /> Tax-exempt rate: <span style="font-weight: bold;">$175.00 a night</span> for single or double rooms (Tuesday through Sunday). This is the total cost, since there is no tax due on reservations arranged by the BSI.<br /> <br /> The offer is available to all Sherlockians, and room reservations must be made directly to the Algonquin (mention The Baker Street Irregulars) at 212-840-6800 on or before December 8.<br /> <br /> Mary Ellen Rich provides advice about hotels that offer reasonable rates, along with a warning about non-optional extras that include 14% in state and city taxes. Sites to consider as you're looking for optional hotel arrangements:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.priceline.com/">Priceline</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hotels.com/">Hotels.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.travelocity.com/">Travelocity</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/">TripAdvisor</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.expedia.com/">Expedia</a></li> </ul> <br /> <strong style="font-weight: normal;"></strong>Please consider donating to The Dr. John H. Watson Fund, which offers financial assistance to all Sherlockians who might otherwise not be able to participate in the weekend's festivities. Contributions can be made by check payable to John H. Watson and sent (without return address on the envelope) to Dr. Watson, care of The Baker Street Irregulars, at 7938 Mill Stream Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46278; all correspondence is handled anonymously. Requests for assistance should also be mailed (quickly) to Dr. Watson at the same address.<br /> <br /> Special thanks to Peter Blau for all of the above information.

"I Was Invited to a Week-End Gathering..." [LAST]

It's that time of the year! I don't know about you, but I'm always excited from the time I receive the official word of the BSI...

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by Scott Monty

"What Link Could There Be..." [YELL]

Here are the links for Peter Blau's monthly newsletter <span style="font-style: italic;">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</span> (or <span style="font-style: italic;">Scuttlebits & Bytes</span>, as the online version is known):<ul><li>A new lapel pin honors this year's <a href="http://sherlockholmesfestival.com/">Sherlock Holmes Festival</a> in Tryon, NC, taking place<a href="http://sherlockholmesfestival.com/images/2006pin.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://sherlockholmesfestival.com/images/2006pin.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 99px; height: 141px;" /></a> November 3-6, 2006</li><li>Nancy Springer's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399243046?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0399243046">The Case of the Missing Marquess</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0399243046" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> is the first in her children's series about Enola Holmes, the younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft; it is now available as <a href="http://recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=rb.show_prod&book_id=75458&prod_id=98352">an audio book from Recorded Books</a></li><li>The Noble Bachelors of St. Louis celebrated their 15th anniversary on Jan.<br />28, 1984, and <a href="http://jefferson_hope.blip.tv/">the festivities were recorded</a> and are now available on Chuck Lavazzi's site</li><li>The fall issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Magic Door</span>, the newsletter from the Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Public Library is a special 35th anniversary issue, available from <a href="mailto:doug.wrig@simpatico.ca">Doug Wrigglesworth</a></li><li>Six of Laurie R. King's novels about Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes have been translated into Japanese; cover art can be seen on <a href="http://homepage3.nifty.com/beekeeper">Naomi Tanaka's Web site</a></li></ul><a href="http://homepage3.nifty.com/beekeeper" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://homepage3.nifty.com/beekeeper/mreg.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" /></a><ul><li>Speaking of Laurie R. King, <a href="http://gaudynight.multiply.com/music/item/7">The Beekeeper's Apprentice</a> was dramatized for BBC Radio 4 and is now available for download<br /></li><li>Neil Gaiman's new book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060515228?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060515228">Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060515228" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> includes "A Study in Emerald." Hear Neil <a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/books/fragilethings">read the introduction</a> on his Web site.<br /></li><li>Trillium Productions has optioned the television rights to E.J. Wagner's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471648795?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0471648795">The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, The Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0471648795" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></li></ul><a href="http://americanprofile.com/article/19170.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/DickTracy.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><ul><li>Dick Tracy's 75th anniversary <a href="http://americanprofile.com/article/19170.html">is being celebrated on American Profile</a>, where Beverly Keel notes that Chester Gould modeled Dick Tracy after his childhood hero, Sherlock Holmes</li><li>Screenshots are now available for the computer game <a href="http://www.sherlockholmes-thegame.com/">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened</a></li><li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/giftcertificates.html">The Baker Street Journal</a> is now offering gift certificates, just in time for the holidays<a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/giftcertificates.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/GiftCert.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a></li></ul>

"What Link Could There Be..." [YELL]

Here are the links for Peter Blau's monthly newsletter Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press (or Scuttlebits & Bytes , as the onlin...

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by Scott Monty

"My Plans Did Not Work Out As I Intended." [THOR]

<a href="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/images/blue-07.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/images/blue-07.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" /></a>For those of you who follow the Baker Street Blog via an RSS feed or a feedreader, you probably noticed something slightly amiss. A "recent" posting (titled "THE Weekend") was actually a repost of a November 2005 entry regarding the 2006 BSI Weekend.<br /><br />The reason is that I've been cleaning up the blog, after having migrated over to a new template. A number of old posts were formatted to accommodate the previous template, and I was bringing them all into alignment. As a result, you may have noted the old post with odd dates, prices and links.<br /><br />Rest assured, I'll be writing about the 2007 BSI Weekend activities very soon.

"My Plans Did Not Work Out As I Intended." [THOR]

For those of you who follow the Baker Street Blog via an RSS feed or a feedreader, you probably noticed something slightly amiss. A "r...

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by Scott Monty

"But Surely, Mr. Wilder -- " [PRIO]

Further to my post on the music from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Private%20Life%20Sherlock%20Holmes&tag=thebakerstree-20&index=dvd&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes,</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> here is the closing scene from Billy Wilder's masterpiece.<br /><br /><center><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/204mmhP0QC4"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/204mmhP0QC4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></object>

"But Surely, Mr. Wilder -- " [PRIO]

Further to my post on the music from The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, here is the closing scene from Billy Wilder's masterpiece.

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by Scott Monty

"Wiggins Has Just Been Up to Report..." [SIGN]

This is a little dated, but fun news, nonetheless. Tipped off by a post to the <a href="http://www.bcpl.net/%7Elmoskowi/hounds/hounds.html">Hounds of the Internet</a> about a horse at Churchill Downs called Wiggins, I did a little sleuthing.<br /><br />Churchill Downs Racing News had an entry on May 26, called <a href="http://www.churchilldowns.com/news/racing_news/racing_news_05262006.html">Wiggins Sets Sights on Stephen Foster</a> in which the Canonically named gelding was reported as winning by 2 1/2 lengths to take home $58,900. Not bad for a Baker Street Irregular.<br /><br />Even more interesting: Wiggins is the sire of Cartwright. Cartwright, of course, was "the little chap from the express office" who accompanied Holmes to the moor in <a href="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/canon/houn-12.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Hound of the Baskervilles</span></a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Cartwright had come down with me,"</span> [HOUN]<br /></div>

"Wiggins Has Just Been Up to Report..." [SIGN]

This is a little dated, but fun news, nonetheless. Tipped off by a post to the Hounds of the Internet about a horse at Churchill Downs cal...

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by Scott Monty

"Light a Cigar and Let Me Expound." [BOSC]

The October 25 edition of the New York Times contains <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/books/25grim.html?_r=1&oref=slogin">a book review</a> of Daniel Stashower's latest book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/052594981X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=052594981X">The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=052594981X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" />.<br /><br />The book centers around the murder of a very real Mary Rogers, a woman of striking good looks who was hired to stand behind the cigar counter to attract men. Poe became interested in teh mystery and assigned the fictional Auguste Dupin to the case.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/052594981X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=052594981X" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/CigarGirl.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />It sounds as if Mary Rogers was the Paris Hilton of her day. Stashower writes: "she was the first woman in New York to be famous for being talked about," and quotes a contemporary newspaper article that noted "Her notoriety is unencumbered by position or achievement." Sounds like Paris Hilton to me.<br /><br />One excerpt from the book review:<br /><blockquote>"Mr. Stashower invests this high-wire act — a near disaster, as it turned out — with the same air of suspense as the murder investigation itself."<br /></blockquote><br />For those of you who may not be familiar with <a href="http://www.stashower.com/">Daniel Stashower</a>, he is a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, receiving his investiture "Thurston" in 2001. I had the good fortune to be staying in the same non-Algonquin hotel with Dan that year, and we toddled into Times Square together to get a cab. In true New York style, a limo driver offered us a flat-rate to the Union League Club. Bonded by this experience, we were linked further still by each receiving an investiture in the BSI that very night.<br /><br />His previous works, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805050744?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805050744">Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle,</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0805050744" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767907590?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0767907590">The Boy Genius and the Mogul: The Untold Story of Television,</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0767907590" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0380800586?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&amp;amp;amp;amp;creative=9325&creativeASIN=0380800586">The Houdini Specter</a> are all worth checking out.

"Light a Cigar and Let Me Expound." [BOSC]

The October 25 edition of the New York Times contains a book review of Daniel Stashower's latest book, The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary ...

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by Scott Monty

"A Case of Considerable Interest..." [BOSC]

As I understand it, the <a href="http://acdfriends.org/acdat35.htm">ACD@35</a> conference this past weekend was a remarkable success. I have heard very good things about the program, in particular about the caliber of speakers present.<br /><br />To keep the celebration going, the Toronto Public library has just announed a special exhibition that has been mounted. <a href="http://ve.torontopubliclibrary.ca/case_of_considerable_interest/index.html">A Case of Considerable Interest</a> will display items from from the Conan Doyle Collection, including Sherlock Holmes-related books, Doyle's other works, and a section on the Canadian connection.<br /><br />The exhibition runs until January 7, 2007. If you're up there, or if you visit the site, make sure you get in touch with Peggy Perdue, the librarian for the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the TPL.<br /><br /><a href="http://ve.torontopubliclibrary.ca/case_of_considerable_interest/index.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/400/TPL_logo.0.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a>

"A Case of Considerable Interest..." [BOSC]

As I understand it, the ACD@35 conference this past weekend was a remarkable success. I have heard very good things about the program, in p...

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by Scott Monty

"We Pay the Price, Watson..." [VALL]

<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/Pryce.0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/Pryce.0.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 98px; height: 131px;" /></a><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/14567/pryce-to-star-in-bbc1-sherlock-spin-off">The Stage</a> features an article mentioning that <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000596/">Jonathan Pryce</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665473/">Bill Paterson</a> will star in a BBC1 two-part drama about Sherlock Holmes "based on an original Sherlock Holmes mystery and has been adapted by Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle." [<span style="font-style: italic;">It's good to know they've managed to retain a Doyle as a writer.</span>]<br /><br />The movie, "The Baker Street Irregulars," will be a family-friendly piece that is based on two of the original stories and it will air in 2007.

"We Pay the Price, Watson..." [VALL]

The Stage features an article mentioning that Jonathan Pryce and Bill Paterson will star in a BBC1 two-part drama about Sherlock Holmes ...

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by Scott Monty

"...Good Wishes, Miss Winter." [ILLU]

<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/Maureen_Green.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/200/Maureen_Green.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>This has not been a good year for the Baker Street Irregulars. Once again, we have lost one of our own: Maureen Green Van der Flaes, BSI ("Kitty Winter") passed away yesterday, October 18, after suffering severe head injuries from a fall. Maureen was also a long-time member of the <a href="http://www.ash-nyc.com/">Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes</a>.<br /><br />As a Toronto-area Sherlockian, her husband, Edwin Van der Flaes, BSI ("Victor Trevor") has indicated that he doesn't want it to affect the <a href="http://www.acdfriends.org/acdat35.htm">ACD@35</a> weekend which is starting today.<br /><br />I'm sorry to say that I didn't know Maureen personally. Any recollections of her are welcome in the comment section below. I'll add her obituary when it's published (see below).<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/MaureenGreen_obit.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/400/MaureenGreen_obit.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a>

"...Good Wishes, Miss Winter." [ILLU]

This has not been a good year for the Baker Street Irregulars. Once again, we have lost one of our own: Maureen Green Van der Flaes, BSI (...

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by Scott Monty

"Your Pictures Are Not Unlike You..." [3GAR]

While Nathan Garrideb easily recognized Sherlock Holmes, we need your valuable assistance in identifying some Sherlockians from photos a decade and a half ago. This is a part of the BSI Photo Project, in which the Baker Street Irregulars are trying to identify everyone in photos that are part of the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/">BSI Trust</a> Arvhive.<br /><br />Take a look below and see if you know the gentleman circled in red bewteen Herb Tinning and Bob Hahn. If so, please use the "Comment" section below to tell us who he is.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/1992_BSI_Weekend_010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/400/1992_BSI_Weekend_010.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a>

"Your Pictures Are Not Unlike You..." [3GAR]

While Nathan Garrideb easily recognized Sherlock Holmes, we need your valuable assistance in identifying some Sherlockians from photos a dec...

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by Scott Monty

"Suggest Christie" [ILLU]

<a href="http://www.christies.com/">Christies</a> in London is holding an auction titled Modern First Editions Including Books From the Library of Lady Ottoline Morrell. Of particular interest to readers of the Baker Street Blog are 35 lots of <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/searchresults.asp?T=Lot&entry=4074+doyle">first editions by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</a>.<br /><br />Sale 4074 includes some notable works, including:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a 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auction also includes The Land of Mist, Uncle Bernac, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Doings of Raffles Haw, Rodney Stone, The Stark Munro Letters, The Refugees, a number of copies of The Hound of the Baskervilles... Check out the auction to see what's there.<br /><br />Although estimates have been listed in the hundreds of pounds, I think the final prices will be significantly higher. These are mostly seminal works which will command a good deal of attention from collectors.<br /><br />Thanks to Peter Blau for bringing this to my attention.

"Suggest Christie" [ILLU]

Christies in London is holding an auction titled Modern First Editions Including Books From the Library of Lady Ottoline Morrell. Of partic...

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by Scott Monty

"I Will Examine Your Symptoms..." [DYIN]

There have been a number of theories thrown around with regard to the mental health of Sherlock Holmes over the years. Those include such diagnoses as biopolar disorder, <a href="http://www.geocities.com/athens/acropolis/8950/holmes/autism.htm">autism</a>, <a href="http://www.geocities.com/sherlockiana/holmesian/add_yop.html">attention deficit hyperactivity disorder</a>, and most recently, Asperger's syndrome.<br /><br />I've previously blogged about Holmesian influence in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009WPM1Q?tag=thebakerstree-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B0009WPM1Q&adid=0JM5DFGC4058WS44SHDZ&">House</a>. It should come as no surprise then, that in a recent episode (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0836216/">"Lines in the Sand"</a>), Wilson noted symptoms of Asperger's syndrome in an effort to explain House's quirks:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">"Asperger's syndrome is a mild and rare form of autism. It is typically characterized by difficulty establishing friendships and playing with peers, trouble accepting conventional social rules, and they dislike any change in setting or routine. "</blockquote><br />But one positive side to Asperger's syndrome is the degree of creativity which is afforded to many of its sufferers. I happened to find a book review in the September 27, 2006 issue of <a href="http://beta.blogger.com/jama.ama-assn.org/">JAMA</a> (296:12, 1532) [subscription required]. The review was for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FGenesis-Artistic-Creativity-Aspergers-Syndrome%2Fdp%2F1843103346%2Fsr%3D8-3%2Fqid%3D1159852746%2Fref%3Dsr%5F1%5F3%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">The Genesis of Artistic Creativity: Asperger's Syndrome and the Arts</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&amp;amp;amp;l=ur2&o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> by Michael Fitzgerald, which focuses on artistic geniuses in the field of philosophy, literature, music and art. An excerpt from the review:<br /><blockquote>"...available data support the commonsense view that gifted people are different, in ways both rewarding and burdensome...the manic intensity and looser mental associations of bipolar disorder may lend afflicted writers emotional depth and a wellspring of metaphor but at a cost of high rates of suicide, depression, and substance abuse.<br /></blockquote><blockquote>"With this in mind, the premise of Michael Fitzgerald's worthy new book is unexpected and counterintuitive: people with high-functioning autism, or Asperger's syndrome, may be highly creative. Those affected by Asperger's...are typically rigid and literal-minded, often display ineptitude in social relations, particularly nonverbal communication, and may lack empathy and insight.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Artistic-Creativity-Aspergers-Syndrome/dp/1843103346/sr=8-3/qid=1159852746/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&tag2=thebakerstree-20" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/AspergerBook.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>"Patients with high-functioning autism have several traits that may be major assets to a creative mind. They have a narrow range of interests, which they pursue with workaholic zeal and single-minded concentration. Their social maladjustment and dissatisfaction may be a powerful stimulus to fantasy and imagination. They may have isolated savant-level abilities in music, mathematics, language, or art. Finally, their scant regard for the opinion of others can be a big plus for an original creative genius, helping them persevere in the in the face of failure, rejection, or mockery....<br /><br />"One suspects that because writers general need great resources of empathy and insight into character and motivation, they are less likely to have Asperger's syndrome than creative minds in other fields. There are some notable exceptions: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">one compelling chapter analyzes the career of Arthur Conan Doyle as a writer with Asperger's syndrome and suggests that Sherlock Holmes was an autistic detective.</span>"<br /><br /></blockquote>One simply has to call to mind Holmes' hyperfocus, such as skipping meals while consumed with cases, or the thought of Doyle writing the stories on a crowded train or at a cricket match, to appreciate the diagnosis.

"I Will Examine Your Symptoms..." [DYIN]

There have been a number of theories thrown around with regard to the mental health of Sherlock Holmes over the years. Those include such d...

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by Scott Monty

"...The Goodness of Providence..." [NAVA]

<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/ch-logo.1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/200/ch-logo.1.png" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />For those of you not connected with the New England area, there is a wonderfully gregarious and intelligent group of Sherlockians in Rhode Island. The Cornish Horrors have been meeting for three decades, and they don't show any signs of aging.<br /><br />These Horrible people are having their next dinner on November 4 in Providence, RI at the lovely <a href="http://www.providenceartclub.org/">Providence Art Club</a>. If you've never had a chance to dine there before, you're in for a treat.<br /><br />For all of the graphic details, <a href="http://bwolder.home.comcast.net/chflyer110406.pdf">download the PDF</a> of their flyer.

"...The Goodness of Providence..." [NAVA]

For those of you not connected with the New England area, there is a wonderfully gregarious and intelligent group of Sherlockians in Rhode I...

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by Scott Monty

"I Think That I Have Deserved Better..." [HOUN]

The <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13594096/">2006 Quill Awards</a> were awarded at a gala in New York City last night. Readers certainly did their part in voting for Les Klinger in the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller category. However, his monumental work, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=new%20annotated%20sherlock%20holmes&tag=thebakerstree-20&index=books&amp;amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="font-style: italic;">The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; font-style: italic;" width="1" />, was not the winner in the category last night.<br /><br />Still, it's wonderful to see a Sherlockian - one whom I am lucky to call a friend - in the same category as the competition. I suppose I was guilty of feeling a little overconfident, thanks to Les' other awards over the last year or two. Plus, I root for him simply because I like him.<br /><br />Les is coming to the end of his <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Sherlock%20Holmes%20Reference%20Library&tag=thebakerstree-20&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">Sherlock Holmes Reference Library</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> series as well. Between that and NASH, it's been quite a run...

"I Think That I Have Deserved Better..." [HOUN]

The 2006 Quill Awards were awarded at a gala in New York City last night. Readers certainly did their part in voting for Les Klinger in the...

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by Scott Monty

"...To Add to Your Collection, Watson." [DANC]

Abebooks.net has a great post in their Rare Book room called <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/docs/RareBooks/Avid-Collector/Sep06/sherlock-holmes.shtml">Clues on Collecting Sherlock Holmes</a> (thanks to Mark Wardecker for the link).<br /><br />Naturally, they had to give a nod to the giant in the field of collecting Sherlockiana, John Bennett Shaw:<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/JBS.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/200/JBS.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" /></a><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"> It is doubtful that anyone will ever again approach the sheer size of the collection amassed by the late <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=John+Bennett+Shaw&kn=Sherlock+Holmes&sortby=1">John Bennett Shaw</a>. Like Professor Moriarty, Shaw sat at the center of a vast web whose vibrations seemed to sense the appearance of anything new in the Sherlockian firmament. Shaw had his minions everywhere, and very little escaped him. But times change. The Sherlockian world has grown to such gigantic proportions that no one collector will ever again so dominate the field.</blockquote>When I started collecting as a college student, I thought I had amassed quite a collection of Sherlock Holmes material when I filled a single row on a bookshelf. Now, I've got three bookcases overflowing, plus at least 5 large boxes of books that don't yet have a home. And there are plenty of books that I <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">don't</span> buy.<br /><br />Those who knew JBS personally remember a gregarious and generous man - generous with his time and with his collection. The fact that Shaw's collection was the basis for the <a href="http://special.lib.umn.edu/rare/holmes.phtml">Sherlock Holmes Collection at the University of Minnesota Libraries</a> certainly proves that.<br /><br />Personally, I never had the chance to meet Mr. Shaw. If there are any readers out there with a personal experience with the great Sherlockian collector John Bennett Shaw, a comment would be welcome.

"...To Add to Your Collection, Watson." [DANC]

Abebooks.net has a great post in their Rare Book room called Clues on Collecting Sherlock Holmes (thanks to Mark Wardecker for the link). N...

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by Scott Monty

"Its Annual Contribution..." [VALL]

<a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/christmasannuals.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Quartering in the Fifties: The 2006 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual</span></a><br /><br />In "The Noble Bachelor," Sherlock Holmes said:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">“It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believe that the folly of a monarch and the blundering of a minister in far-gone years will not prevent our children from being some day citizens of the <small><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><a name="300"></a></span></small>same world-wide country under a flag which shall be a quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes."<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/Beeton%27s.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/Beeton%27s.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" /></a></blockquote><br />This year's <span style="font-style: italic;">Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual</span> takes great pleasure in showing how that idea was put into action almost half a century ago.<br /><br />Nicholas Utechin, editor of <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/journal.php"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Sherlock Holmes Journal</span></a>, has had unique access to the correspondence of the late Colin Prestige - a founding member of the <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/">Sherlock Holmes Society of London</a> with a distinguished quartet of American Holmesians: Nathan L. Bengis, Jay Finley Christ, James Montgomery, and Edgar W. Smith. Their letter show a sometimes bewildering enthusiasm for selling, collecting, and, above all, sharing when a trans-Atlantic Sherlockian camaraderie was being formed in the mid-1950s. Prestige left his Sherlockian collection to his alma mater - Oriel College, Oxford - and it is with their persmission that these letters have been made available for both this publication and eventual bedding-down in <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/index.php?page=text&id=archive">the BSI Archives at Harvard's Hougton Library</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Quartering in the Fifties</span> provides a rare glimpse back to the years when, despite the fewer participants, the hobby of Sherlock Holmes was just as vibrant as it is today, with truly archival baggage attached.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/christmasannuals.html">Order your copy of the 2006 Christmas Annual</a> today - unless you have already ordered as part of your 2006 Baker Street Journal subscription.

"Its Annual Contribution..." [VALL]

Quartering in the Fifties: The 2006 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual In "The Noble Bachelor," Sherlock Holmes said: “It is a...

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by Scott Monty

"I Have Already Heard of Your Meeting..." [CROO]

There's a little gathering up in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&amp;amp;amp;q=toronto,+canada&ie=UTF8&z=6&ll=43.731414,-79.3927&spn=8.097844,22.148437&om=1">Toronto </a>in a couple of weeks that, if you can manage to swing it, is going to be a major Sherlockian/Doylean event.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/ACD.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/ACD.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 193px;" /></a>The Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, the Bootmakers of Toronto, and the Arthur Conan Doyle Society are hosting <a href="http://www.acdfriends.org/acdat35.htm">ACD@35</a>, a major conference celebrating 35 years of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Central Library.<br /><br />With an impressive array of <a href="http://www.acdfriends.org/speakers.htm">distinguished speakers</a>, the conference is slated to kick off on Thursday, October 19 with a walking tour of Conan Doyle's Toronto, followed by a showing of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079592/">Murder by Decree</a>, and continues with sessions on Friday to Sunday, October 20-22, with a banquet on Saturday night, and an auction and entertainment on Sunday morning.<br /><br />If you can tear yourself away from the "weary workaday world" for a few days, ACD@35 will certainly give you a good reason for heading to Toronto.

"I Have Already Heard of Your Meeting..." [CROO]

There's a little gathering up in Toronto in a couple of weeks that, if you can manage to swing it, is going to be a major Sherlockian/Do...

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by Scott Monty

"Any Striking Illustration..." [SOLI]

An update to today's earlier post: I visited the "live" site containing what's called <a href="http://www.sidneypaget.com/">a chapbook of "A Scandal in Bohemia"</a> and took a look at the amazing images. You can see them below in a slideshow. All I can say is WOW. This is a unique way of looking at one of the 60 stories and a very enjoyable one at that.<br /><br /><center><style type="text/css"><!-- .dtop,.dbottom{display:block;background-color:#ffffff /* change the color of the corners here */} .dtop b,.dbottom b{display:block;height:1px;overflow:hidden;background:#000} .d1{margin:0 5px}.d2{margin:0 3px}.d3{margin:0 2px}.dtop .d4,.dbottom b.d4{margin:0 1px;height:2px} --></style><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 550px;"><br /><b class="dtop"><b class="d1"></b><b class="d2"></b><b class="d3"></b><b class="d4"></b></b><br /><iframe style="margin-top: 10px;" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?user_id=87925055@N00&set_id=72157594312734894" frameborder="0" height="500" scrolling="no" width="500"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/2005/09/flash-slideshow.html" style="font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">Flash Slideshow</a><br /><b class="dbottom"><b class="d4"></b><b class="d3"></b><b class="d2"></b><b class="d1"></b></b><br /></div></div><br /><br /></center>

"Any Striking Illustration..." [SOLI]

An update to today's earlier post: I visited the "live" site containing what's called a chapbook of "A Scandal in Boh...

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by Scott Monty

"You Have a Quick Eye for Colour..." [IDEN]

<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/Paget.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/200/Paget.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 157px;" /></a>In honor of the birthday of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Paget">Sidney Paget</a>, Goode Press is featuring its <a href="http://www.sidneypaget.com/">online version of 'A Scandal in Bohemia,'</a> with the illustrations of Sidney Paget in full color. The Cyber-Chapbook is a cost-free, advertisement-free gift to the Sherlock Holmes community from Goode Press.<br /><br />I haven't had a chance to review the site, as it's been in "preview" mode since the summer. October 4 is that date that it's launching, in honor of Paget's birth in 1860. Head on over and have a look.

"You Have a Quick Eye for Colour..." [IDEN]

In honor of the birthday of Sidney Paget , Goode Press is featuring its online version of 'A Scandal in Bohemia,' with the illustra...

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by Scott Monty

"One Tuesday Morning in Autumn..." [SECO]

This Tuesday morning we bring you news of the Autumn issue of the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">Baker Street Journal</a>. Here is a quick summary of <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/currentvolume.html">what you'll find in the latest issue</a> which is hitting the mail this week:<br /><br /><ul><li>The latest Editor's Gas Lamp, <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/currentvolume/theeditorsgaslamp.html">On the Street Where You Live</a> </li><li>The featured article, S.E. Dahlinger does anything but a <span style="font-style: italic;">sotto voce</span> in her <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/currentvolume/segregationofthebea.html">Some Observations on the Segregation of the Bea [<span style="font-style: italic;">sic</span>]</a>, in which she draws parallels between Sir Walter Scott's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Bride of Lammermoor</span> and "Shoscombe Old Place."<br /></li><li>Michael Pollak goes out on a limb as he makes a case for the appreciation of the pure skill of that old <span style="font-style: italic;">shikari </span>Col. Sebastian Moran</li><li>Bruce Harris applies social psychology to help explain the attraction between John H. Watson and Mary Morstan</li><li>"The Great Game is Afoot" by Susan Rice traces the origins of international intrigue and Middle East subterfuge</li><li>We get a look at "The <span style="font-style: italic;">Materia Medica</span> of Sherlock Holmes" - the pharmacological and clinical imprints of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Holmes and Watson, courtesy of Harold Billings<br /></li><li>And the usual roundup of the Baker Street Inventory, the editor's Commonplace Book, Scott Bond's artwork, and Letters to Baker Street</li><li>Two addtional items this month, one very welcome, the other not so much:</li><ul><li>The Sherlockian Societies Report<br /></li><li>Obituaries of the BSI, covered in "Stand with me here upon the terrace..."</li></ul></ul>Take a look at the latest poll along the right column and let me know what you like best about the current issue.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">NEW!! </span> In addition, we've updated the Web site to include <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/giftcertificates.html">gift certificates</a> that are redeemable for any BSJ/BSI merchandise on the site. With the holidays coming up, now's the time to stock up and give a bakerstreetjournal.com gift certificate to a Sherlockian friend or family member.

"One Tuesday Morning in Autumn..." [SECO]

This Tuesday morning we bring you news of the Autumn issue of the Baker Street Journal . Here is a quick summary of what you'll find in ...

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by Scott Monty