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The First Day of the 2010 BSI Weekend

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The first day of the BSI weekend has kicked things off nicely. We arrived to the Algonquin Hotel mid-morning just in time to see the Christopher Morley Walk getting started on the streets of New York.<br />
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The lobby was fairly quiet, but there was a a table of longstanding friends and Holmesians gathered, including Susan Rice ("Beeswing"), Marilyn MacGregor ("V.V. 341"), Jon Lellenberg ("Rodger Prescott") and Susan Dahlinger ("The Bruce-Partington Plans").<br />
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We were soon joined by Curtis Armstrong ("An Actor and a Rare One"), John Baesch ("State and Merton County Railroad"), Scott Bond ("The Copper Beeches") and Sherry Rose Bond ("Violet Hunter"). We were able to briefly get caught up on families, jobs, retirement and general friendly chatter.<br />
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Lunchtime saw us first at the <a href="http://www.nationalartsclub.org/">National Arts Club</a> for the lunch of the Sacred Six, and then directly next door at <a href="http://www.theplayersnyc.org/members/">The Players</a> for the Lunch of Steele, in memory of Frederic Dorr Steele, illustrator of some of the Sherlock Holmes stories. A member of The Players for 40 years, his artwork was on display and his pool cue was still in its holder. The group enjoyed receiving the first lapel pin for the Three Hours For Lunch Club - the precursor to the Baker Street Irregulars.<br />
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At the Williams Club, the annual <a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/morleymontgomeryaward.html">Morley-Montgomery Award</a> for the best article in the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">Baker Street Journal</a>, was given to Marshall S. ("Mike") Berdan, a contributor for more than 30 years, won for his Spring 2009 article on "The Mazarin Stone". The award was presented at a reception sponsored by the <i>Baker Street Journal</i>, attended by many of the past year's contributors. While the gathering included many seasoned "regulars" who write frequently for the Journal, also present was 18-year-old Lucy Kiefer, whose first Sherlockian paper appeared in the Summer issue.<br />
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As the evening drew closer, it was time for the BSI Distinguished Speaker series, and this outing brought us an archivist - one Joan Winterkorn, a valuation expert with Bernard Quaritch of London. She spoke about some of the great archives she had known, including the papers and correspondence of seven generations of the John Murray publishing family.<br />
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The latter include most of Lord Byron's important manuscripts and letters as well as much correspondence with Arthur Conan Doyle. The Distinguished Speaker lecture was graced with the attendance of two previous Distinguished Speakers, Sir Christopher Frayling and Laurie R. King, as well as dozens of Sherlockians. It was a bibliophile's dream.<br />
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After the lecture, people formed small groups and found their way to local restaurants, savoring perhaps the last intimate moments before the festivities really kick into full gear tomorrow.<br />
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The First Day of the 2010 BSI Weekend

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The 2010 BSI Weekend Kicks Off

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Well, the <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/">Baker Street Irregulars weekend</a> is upon us! Hundreds of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts will converge upon New York in an annual ritual that has its origins all the way back in 1934.<br />
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The unofficial headquarters of the weekend is the <a href="http://www.algonquinhotel.com/">Algonquin Hotel</a>, home of the famed <a href="https://amzn.to/2Zv8fa1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Algonquin Round Table</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1419670417" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />, about which <a href="https://amzn.to/2HxMzEa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">much</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1440151520" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> has been <a href="https://amzn.to/2NKKKaC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">written</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0806509473" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />. We'll be spending plenty of time in the lobby, as well as running from meal to meal and catching up with those we haven't seen in a while.<br />
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You can also follow along on Twitter, as we use the "hashtag" (that's a pound sign in front of an acronym) <b>#bsiweekend</b>. Expect to get the news of the newest investitured members of the Baker Street Irregulars on Twitter as they're announced.<br />
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If you can't be with us in person, we hope you're with us in spirit. This is an exciting time for Holmesians everywhere. It's amazing how much we'll be able to share through the power of the web.<br />
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The 2010 BSI Weekend Kicks Off

"weekend visitors" [SOLI] Well, the Baker Street Irregulars weekend is upon us! Hundreds of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts w...

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Sherlock Holmes OST by Hans Zimmer

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As of January 12, 2010, <a href="https://amzn.to/2L5WmU5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>Sherlock Holmes: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack</i></b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002ZMZBD2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> is available for sale on Amazon.com. You even have the option of <a href="https://amzn.to/2NHSEBJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>downloading the digital (mp3) version</b></a><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0030CIAQQ" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b> of it as well.<br />
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You can see the previous mentions of the soundtrack and Mr. Zimmer on these posts:<br />
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<i><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2009/12/reviewed-whole-extraordinary-sequence_6.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"I Reviewed the Whole Extraordinary Sequence of Events" [SIGN]</a></i><br />
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We hope you'll indulge your musical Holmesian interests and add this fine soundtrack to your collection. We deem it a worthy item.<br />
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Related post: <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/04/composer-of-no-ordinary-merit-redh_18.html" target="_blank">Collectors' Edition of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Soundtrack</a><br />
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Sherlock Holmes OST by Hans Zimmer

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Episode 21: Sherlock Holmes at the Movies (Part 1)

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Well, it's been in the news quite frequently lately. The new Sherlock Holmes movie has brought new life to the literary franchise we all know and love.<br />
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But Holmesians have a number of questions: how is it? Does Robert Downey, Jr. make a decent Holmes? Is the "bromance" just a little too much for the purists? Will those raised on Rathbone be able to stand the latest reincarnation?<br />
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To help us answer these questions and perhaps raise a few more, Scott and Burt are joined in this episode by Sherlockian film critic David F. Morrill, BSI ("Count Von Kramm"), a man who owns as many as 10,000 movies - some of which are actually worth watching. David helps us discern what makes a good cinematic Holmes, shares his picks of the best film editions of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3D%2526%252334%253BThe%2520Sign%2520of%2520Four%2526%252334%253B%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Ddvd&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957%22%3EThe%20Sign%20of%20Four%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">The Sign of the Four</a>, and shares his opinion on how Downey stacks up while dressing down.<br />
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<li><a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/christmasannuals.html"><i>2008 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual - Reading the Signs: Some Observations and Aperçus on Film and Television Adaptations of </i>The Sign of the Four</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/christmasannuals.html"></a>David's picks for the best versions of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3D%2526%252334%253BThe%2520Sign%2520of%2520Four%2526%252334%253B%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Ddvd&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957%22%3EThe%20Sign%20of%20Four%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E"><i>The Sign of the Four</i></a>: the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Sign-Ian-Richardson/dp/6305871396?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Ian Richardson</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=6305871396" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> version, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Sign-Jeremy-Brett/dp/B00007G1WJ?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Jeremy Brett</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00007G1WJ" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> outing, and the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Collection-Matt-Frewer/dp/B00009YXEX?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Matt Frewer</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00009YXEX" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> edition.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Complete-Ronald-Howard/dp/B000BBOUGI?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: the Complete Series</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000BBOUGI" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, featuring Ronald Howard</li>
<li>For those interested in the other cartoons and films mentioned in passing: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Morning-Cartoons-1960s-Vol/dp/B001QU880M?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Secret Squirrel</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001QU880M" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Looney-Tunes-Spotlight-Collection-Premiere/dp/B0000AYJXV?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Wile E. Coyote</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/National-Lampoons-Animal-House-Anniversary/dp/B001CW7ZXA?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Animal House</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001CW7ZXA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> can be found here.<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0000AYJXV" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
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An Inspired Clip

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As we continue to try to grapple with writer's block over the movie review, let's lift our collective spirits with some humor. Fans of <a href="https://amzn.to/2MKV1UC">Benny Hill</a> will appreciate this video.<br />
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Remembering Author H. Paul Jeffers, BSI

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We just learned of the passing of H. Paul Jeffers, BSI ("Wilson Hargreave") <a href="http://www.pottsmerc.com/articles/2009/12/06/obituaries/srv0000007009387.txt">on December 4</a>. There's something of a personal connection here, but first, let's put the facts in front of you, as Sherlock Holmes would prefer. But fair warning: there are many links to click through if you're up to the task.<br />
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Paul was an author and a journalist and was prolific in all of his writing. And to know Paul was to understand how diverse his interests were. They ranged from Sherlock Holmes to Americana, from smoking (<i><a href="http://amzn.to/1wjHpzm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Perfect Pipe</a></i>) to religious topics (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Mysteries-Vatican-Paul-Jeffers/dp/0806531320?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Dark Mysteries of the Vatican</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0806531320" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Jerusalem/dp/1592571794?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jerusalem</i></a><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1592571794" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i>), from secret societies (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Freemasons-America-Inside-Secret-Society/dp/0806528362?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>The Freemasons in America: Inside the Secret Society</i></a><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0806528362" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i>) to maritime adventure (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Cold-Cruise-Prinsendam-Greatest/dp/0760320799?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Burning Cold: The Cruise Ship Prinsendam and the Greatest Sea Rescue of all Time</i></a><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0760320799" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i>).<br />
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The American icons in Jeffers' works included Theodore Roosevelt - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Roosevelt-Explorer-Adventures-Naturalist-Conservationist/dp/0878332901?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Roosevelt the Explorer: T.R.'s Amazing Adventures as a Naturalist, Conservationist, and Explorer</i></a> and <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0878332901" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Roughriders-Shadow-Story-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/0891417974?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>In the Roughrider's Shadow: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. -- War Hero</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0891417974" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> as well as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-New-York-Fiorello-LaGuardia/dp/0471024651?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fiorello LaGuardia</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0471024651" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Jim-Brady-Prince-Gilded/dp/0471391026?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Diamond Jim" Brady</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0471391026" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Mitchell-Battles-Americas-Prophet/dp/0760320802?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Billy Mitchell</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0760320802" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sal-Mineo-Life-Murder-Mystery/dp/0786710128?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sal Mineo</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0786710128" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. He even covered one of the greatest natural disasters in the U.S. in the last century in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Bay-Great-Francisco-Earthquake/dp/1592281397?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Disaster By the Bay: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906</i></a><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1592281397" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</i><br />
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His works that involved Sherlock Holmes include <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Irregular-concerning-Baker-Irregulars/dp/B000JD2SZ8?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>Murder Most Irregular</i></b></a><b><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000JD2SZ8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b> (in which a member of the Baker Street Irregulars is murdered on the evening of the <a href="http://bsiweekend.com/" target="_blank">annual dinner</a>), and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Night-Murder-H-Jeffers/dp/0312130848?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>A Grand Night for Murder</i></b></a><b><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0312130848" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b> (in which an <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search?q=edgars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edgar award</a> winner is offed the day after receiving the award). He authored the 2005 <a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/christmasannuals.html" target="_blank">Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual</a> <i><b>Once a Week in Baker Street: the Boucher Green Years</b></i> and edited a book from their work: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Adventures-Sherlock-Holmes-Original/dp/0786715871?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Forgotten Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Based on the Original Radio Plays by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green</i></b></a><b><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0786715871" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>. He even wrote one that combined his interest in Roosevelt and Holmes: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Stalwart-Companions-Paul-Jeffers/dp/B000GLNDYI?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions</i></b></a><b><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000GLNDYI" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>, which included Detective Wilson Hargreave of the New York Police Bureau, mentioned in "The Dancing Men."<br />
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As you can see, quite prolific. And this isn't even the end of it. Take a look at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FH.-Paul-Jeffers%2FB001ITX3FG%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dsr%255Ftc%255F2%255F0&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his Amazon page</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> for a more complete assessment, or scroll through the carousel below.<br />
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I was lucky enough to meet Paul at a meeting of the Men on the Tor - the first <a href="http://sherlockian.net/societies/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes society</a> I belonged to. It was after I left Connecticut to head to college, and I returned for a meeting at the <a href="http://www.griswoldinn.com/" target="_blank">Griswold Inn</a> in Essex, CT. I remember sitting next to him and admiring the <a href="http://www.pipesandcigars.com/peshhose.html" target="_blank">Peterson's Sherlock Holmes pipe</a> that he was smoking. We got to talking and he told me about the two books he wrote about Holmes, as well as his car-less existence; he traveled to meetings via train (or ride-sharing, in some cases). We struck up a correspondence and one day a package arrived in the mail from Paul: he sent me those two books, inscribed. I still have them in my collection and I'll always treasure them.<br />
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In 1999, Paul received his investiture from the BSI, which was "Wilson Hargreave," after the detective who made an appearance in <i>Stalwart Companion</i>. If you have a memory of Paul, please feel free to share it in the comments section below.<br />
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<i><b>Note</b>: From time to time, we run obituaries here on the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, to honor those Irregulars who have passed beyond the Reichenbach, aided by the BSI's Angel of Death, Francine Kitts. You can find previous entries by clicking on the "</i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/search/label/terrace"><i>terrace</i></a><i>" label at the end of the post. The reference to the terrace is from "</i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/His-Last-Bow-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0755334434?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><i>His Last Bow</i></a><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0755334434" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />," in which Holmes says to Watson:</i><br />
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Remembering Author H. Paul Jeffers, BSI

"I grieve to say" [ILLU] We just learned of the passing of H. Paul Jeffers, BSI ("Wilson Hargreave") on December ...

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"The Trend of Events" [LAST]

Opening day of the film "Sherlock Holmes" resulted in lots of online chatter. Twitter, as mentioned previously on these pages (<a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2009/11/with-every-nerve-in-twitter-twis.html">"With Every Nerve in a Twitter" [TWIS]</a>) manages to capture that public commentary in near real-time. And it's a fairly decent barometer of the public's reaction to any given current event, as we witnessed in 2009 with the death of Michael Jackson, the Tiger Woods affair(s) and events in Iran, to name a few.<br /><br />On December 26, we monitored some of the chatter on Twitter using the search feature at <a href="http://search.twitter.com/">http://search.twitter.com</a> which contains a listing of the top 10 trends at any given moment. Throughout the day, the terms "Sherlock" and "Sherlock Holmes" were squarely in the middle of the trending topics and remained there consistently - even beating "Happy Boxing Day" at one point:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyw5YBWp5M6oeMloXk1aZXPjndPBjzAubQuPEe8v81MJlDmfeYdc_BUEQ-7i_UNVXKOIr-QDeXpRZ08WX9Hc8tDdrAsWS4jANdRc6xNAGu0Lturpcbwl-TT9VdLrtZlu-_OtCkKAw0e9R/s1600-h/Sherlock-Twittertrend2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyw5YBWp5M6oeMloXk1aZXPjndPBjzAubQuPEe8v81MJlDmfeYdc_BUEQ-7i_UNVXKOIr-QDeXpRZ08WX9Hc8tDdrAsWS4jANdRc6xNAGu0Lturpcbwl-TT9VdLrtZlu-_OtCkKAw0e9R/s640/Sherlock-Twittertrend2.PNG" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />That trend continued on December 27th as well.<br /><br />When one stops to think about it , it's an amazing feat for a character so firmly rooted in the 19th century to appear in the public stream of consciousness so solidly. In addition, there are reports that not only did <a href="http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/first-look-alvin-2-beats-avatar/">the film beat the 3-D special effects film "Avatar,"</a>  but it also set the record for a Christmas Day opening. Overall, it took in $65.4 million at the box office for the weekend. Not to shabby for someone whose rates were on a fixed scale.<br /><br />Here's hoping that the continued attention on the film will bring more readers to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Sherlock-Holmes-Arthur-Conan/dp/1435114949?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">the original stories</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1435114949" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1435114949&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; width: 131px;"></iframe>  <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0553328255&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 131px;"></iframe>  <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000VDBD6Q&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>

"The Trend of Events" [LAST]

Opening day of the film "Sherlock Holmes" resulted in lots of online chatter. Twitter, as mentioned previously on these pages ( ...

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"The Second Morning After Christmas" [BLUE]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/4181728359_b8f87f411d_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/4181728359_b8f87f411d_m.jpg" /></a><br /></div>As part of our editorial duties, we always strive for a unique and original title for our posts. As such, we try not to duplicate the Canonical phrases that aptly sum up the topic at hand on any given day. And in nearly 500 posts, we've managed to avoid any such duplication, for the most part.<br /><br />The only exception to that has been the post "The Second Morning After Christmas" [BLUE] which has been used in <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2006/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue.html">2006</a> and <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2008/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue.html">2008</a> previously. As is the custom with the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, which annually reproduces a 1961 editorial on the pilgrims in the new world, we saw no reason to avoid replication here.<br /><br />So, we bring you "Two Days After Christmas," a tribute to "The Blue Carbuncle" in the style of Clement Moore's <a href="http://iment.com/maida//familytree/henry/xmas/poemvariants/troysentinel1823.htm" style="color: #003366;">A Visit from St. Nick</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/24531783/Two-Days-After-Christmas" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto; text-decoration: underline;" title="View Two Days After Christmas on Scribd">Two Days After Christmas</a> <object align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="500" id="doc_918193272192160" name="doc_918193272192160" width="100%">  <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=24531783&access_key=key-8qfi6uwtitozfa777tp&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="play" value="true"><param name="loop" value="true"><param name="scale" value="showall"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="devicefont" value="false"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="menu" value="true"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="salign" value=""><param name="mode" value="list"><embed src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=24531783&access_key=key-8qfi6uwtitozfa777tp&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" play="true" loop="true" scale="showall" wmode="opaque" devicefont="false" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="doc_918193272192160_object" menu="true" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" salign="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" mode="list" height="500" width="100%"></embed> </object> </center><br /><br />Please feel free to share and use this at your own Sherlockian society holiday meetings. The only thing we ask is that you attribute the poem to its rightful author.<br /><br />For those of you inclined more to listening rather than reading, here's the audio version, courtesy of <a href="http://ihearofsherlock.com/">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a>:<br /><embed height="40" src="http://www.blogcastone.net/audio/player.swf?soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.libsyn.com%2Fmedia%2Fihearofsherlock%2Fihearofsherlock_compliments2007.mp3&playerID=10&bg=0xf8f8f8&leftbg=0xeeeeee&lefticon=0x666666&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999&righticon=0x666666&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x9FFFB8&loop=no&autostart=no" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290" wmode="transparent"></embed>

"The Second Morning After Christmas" [BLUE]

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Episode 20: Cleaning (The Empty) House

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Collection-Peter-Cushing/dp/B001TE6P78?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Sherlock Holmes Collection" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B001TE6P78&tag=thebakerstree-20" /></a>As we finished the last episode, we realized that we never got around to talking more about "The Adventure of the Empty House," as we had promised. We've filled that gap nicely this time out, with a discussion ranging from the multitude of commentary on "The Empty House," to illustrators, to a sneak peek at a future episode.<br />
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We're also running a contest for our listeners. We have a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Collection-Peter-Cushing/dp/B001TE6P78?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Sherlock Holmes Collection</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001TE6P78" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> DVD set from the BBC / A&E (pictured to the left) to give away. <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001TE6P78" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />All you have to do to have a chance to win is leave us a comment here on the site, on our Facebook page, an <a href="mailto:comment@ihearofsherlock.com">email</a>, or an audio comment at (774) 221-READ (7323).<br />
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit-Bits"><i>Tit-Bits</i> magazine</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Dorr_Steele">Info on Frederic Dorr Steele</a></li>
<li><a href="http://special.lib.umn.edu/rare/holmes.phtml">Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collection</a></li>
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Episode 20: Cleaning (The Empty) House

As we finished the last episode, we realized that we never got around to talking more about "The Adventure of the Empty House," as...

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by Scott Monty

An Inspired Sherlockian Christmas Card Tradition

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Each year for the last five or six years, I've been lucky enough to receive a Christmas card from fellow Sherlockian Richard Ray Green of the Genus Loci of Birmingham, Alabama. His son Joshua has been a fellow co-conspirator in Richard's interest in the Canon and in many ways has eclipsed his dad with his own activity in plays and other local events.<br />
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But the highlight of their year - something they take great pride in - is their Sherlockian Christmas card. It's always a set of photographs that recreate scenes from the Sherlock Holmes stories that are well known. And you can tell that they really put serious thought and hard work into making their creation a reality.<br />
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This year, they chose a number of appearances of Holmes in comics and graphic novels, and a couple of stills from the latest film thrown in for good measure. Here's <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsjoYYt2R" target="_blank">a slideshow</a> of the original images that inspired their card and the resulting scenes that they shot:<br />
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If you like what you see here, you can get an entire 2010 Sherlockian calendar with images from Richard and Joshua. The Sherlockian purveyors <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.com/paper.htm">Classic Specialties</a> have used their images, along with the matching Canonical images and Sherlockian dates of interest throughout the year. As Classic Specialties themselves wrote:<br />
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In order to show the degree of canonical authenticity which Joshua, his contemporaries and his dad have achieved, we have taken the liberty of including appropriate illustrations from the original magazine publications (The Strand and Colliers). As has been our custom during the past couple of years, we also include on each month of the calendar, annotations of the birth dates of all our Sherlockian friends who were kind enough to share that information with us, and, of course, annotations of important canonical events with their associated dates. The graphic at your right shows the Greens' re-enactment of the slaying of The Hound of the Baskervilles (the insert is the Paget version). We certainly hope that you will receive this unique exposition of these Young Sherlockians' energy and creativity with the same enthusiasm that we have.</blockquote>
You can <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/sherlockholmes2.413504042">purchase a 2010 Sherlockian calendar for yourself by clicking here</a>.<br />
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