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Episode 176: The Man Who Would Be Sherlock

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Acclaimed biographer Christopher Sandford joins us to discuss his book <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2QaoJF7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Man Who Would Be Sherlock: The Real-Life Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle</a></i></b>.<br />
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But this isn't a biography. As Sandford explained, there was a perpetual itch that Conan Doyle had to scratch, and his writing wasn't enough to satisfy it. How did his lifelong crusade pan out? Why did he embrace spiritualism so fervently when he also valued the scientific method? How did he feel about the dissolution of his friendship with Harry Houdini?<br />
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We discover the answers to these questions and more in our conversation with Chris, as well as the gothic setting of his own childhood, which was eerily similar to Conan Doyle's—and, how a cricket match led to him writing Mick Jagger's biography.<br />
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Episode 176: The Man Who Would Be Sherlock

“it would be a great pleasure” [SIGN] Acclaimed biographer Christopher Sandford joins us to discuss his book The Man Who Would Be She...

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Discovered – THE Cardboard Box

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[<b>Editor's note:</b> This is James O'Leary's contribution to <i>The Newspapers: An Irregular Journal of Sherlockiana, Vol. 3</i>. Ordering information is below; <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=t2phDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR1&lpg=PR1&dq=The+Newspapers,+An+Irregular+Journal+of+Sherlockiana&source=bl&ots=zb13qm_kDa&sig=ACfU3U2Xdg0wGMA0_jKTWHatELl_cJvjMQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS-oXd_MvkAhXRrJ4KHU0GBfUQ6AEwD3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Newspapers%2C%20An%20Irregular%20Journal%20of%20Sherlockiana&f=false" target="_blank">Volume 2 can be found via Google Books</a>.]<br />
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In July 2013, the late <a href="https://multichannelmerchant.com/news/remembering-don-libey/" target="_blank">Don Libey</a> posed this question on an online forum: “Dr Watson uses the word ‘honeydew.’ Full particulars please; not just the Google gloss.”<br />
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I was intrigued and had some questions that I wanted to answer; how did honeydew tobacco get its name, what was it origins, what brand could the cardboard box received by Sarah Cushing have been? One does start by googling but the paucity of information does force the researcher to delve deeper.<br />
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The first thing that turns up in a Google search of “honeydew tobacco” is the sweet secretions left like drops of dew by aphids or naturally secreted by the plants themselves.  In <i><a href="http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/157227/2/tb1175.pdf" target="_blank">History and Status of the Green Peach Aphid as a Pest of Tobacco in the United States</a></i> by Frank Shirley Chamberlin (USDA, 1958) there is this quote:<br />
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“Heavy infestations of aphids can severely stunt the growth of young tobacco plants in the field. As the initial distribution of aphids in a field is likely to be irregular, an uneven crop can result from early attacks. Stunting of older plants and withering of leaves may be caused by large populations of aphids. Their feeding on the foliage produces tobacco leaves of an inferior or worthless quality, this condition being accentuated in the relatively thin cigar-wrapper types. On such types of tobacco, which are harvested by cutting the whole plant, the yield and quality may be reduced by premature ripening of the lower leaves. Feinstein and Hannon have shown that aphid-damaged tobacco contains less nicotine than comparable undamaged tobacco. Injury is believed to be due mainly to the removal of plant juices, but may be caused in part by injected salivary secretions absorbed and translocated by the plant. The deposition of prevents normal curing and causes disfiguration due to the presents of adhering cast skins and sooty molds.”</blockquote>
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Does this have anything to do with honeydew being a “kind of tobacco moistened with molasses?” There is no evidence that growers took the damaged tobacco and sweetened it to hide a substandard product. There is, in fact, evidence that growers took pride in producing a superior product. Early use of quotation marks around the term “honey-dew” would indicate it was perhaps named by analogy.<br />
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According to <b><i><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=EtQrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA527&dq=History+Of+American+Manufacturers+From+1608+To+1860,+honey+dew+tobacco&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DY8nUobMG-r94AOtkoDgBw&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=History%20Of%20American%20Manufacturers%20From%201608%20To%201860%2C%20honey%20dew%20tobacco&f=false" target="_blank">History of American Manufactures From 1608 To 1860, Volume 3</a></i></b>, James Thomas, Jr., a manufacturer of plug tobacco, specialized in lighter, “bright” tobaccos that made him well-known in the US and Europe.<br />
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Plug or cut tobacco are cured leaves pressed together into a cake or “plug” and wrapped in a tobacco leaf, twisted and/or pressed, usually for chewing but can also be smoked in a pipe. It was sweetened with molasses, licorice, or rarely, honey.<br />
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“The art of sweetening tobacco with mass licorice was discovered about this time [“[s]ixty years ago”] by Mr. Jesse Hare, also of Richmond, and this discovery may be said to be the first step taken towards elevating the business to one of national importance. 'Honey Dew' tobacco, as several of the varieties containing this ingredient were afterwards called, yielded its supremacy at length to the bright-assortments subsequently introduced, and of which James Thomas, Jr., may be considered the pioneer and founder." (p. 527)</blockquote>
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Another well-known name associated with honeydew tobacco is that of the Gravely family of Henry county, Virginia.  According to Steve Rucker in “<a href="http://www.mhchistoricalsociety.org/2018/05/15/the-tobacco-industry-in-the-city-of-martinsville-and-henry-county/" target="_blank">The Tobacco Industry in the City of Martinsville and Henry County</a>,” in 1792 “B. F. Gravely and Sons built a factory in Leatherwood.  Benjamin is credited with adding the essence of licorice to improve the flavor of plug tobacco. Around 1800, Gravely became world famous as a processor of plug tobacco.”<br />
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Their flue-cured bright tobacco was sold as the popular brands “Payton Gravely,” “J.G. Gravely Fine pounds,” “Honey Dew,” “Kate Gravely Fine 9 inch.” </div>
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John Redd Smith’s article “<a href="https://amzn.to/32HKcH5" target="_blank">Early Settlers of the Territory Now Occupied by Patrick and Henry Counties in Virginia</a>” notes:<br />
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"When I (the writer) was an undergraduate medical student in New York City, something over a half century ago, I walked into a fashionable tobacco store on Broadway and requested the proprietor to show me a plug of the very finest chewing tobacco. Without the slightest hesitation he reached up to a shelf and took down a plug of B. F. Gravely’s 'Superior,' and laid it on the counter with an air of finality, as if there could be no room for discussion….Many years ago, when the great explorer, Henry M. Stanley, forced an expedition through six hundred miles of seemingly impenetrable forests to the rescue of Emin Bey [Mehmed Emin Pasha  b. March 28, 1840  d. October 23, 1892], and when he and Emin met formally on the shore of the lake [Lake Albert, 1888], it seemed the proper thing for them to exchange diplomatic presents. Emil [sic] Bey’s gift to Stanley included a pound of Peyton Gravely’s 'Honey Dew' tobacco."</blockquote>
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Honeydew was a popular chewing tobacco enjoyed as “chaw” or in a pipe by both men and women in the U.S. Chaw was also very popular with sailors, from many nations, especially because of the fire hazard of smoking on wooden ships. <br />
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Honeydew spread throughout Europe and the world. Honey-dew tobacco was advertised for sale in <i>The New Zealander</i> in Auckland at 4 shillings a pound in 1852 and described as "The best in town."<br />
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How did Jim Browner use tobacco? There is actually no evidence within the story to form an opinion. No pipe or sealskin tobacco pouch in evidence; no quid in his mouth. No cigarettes or cigars. </div>
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In fact, the cardboard box might even have been someone else’s discard picked up from the trash. While English sailors were more likely than the average Briton to chew tobacco, any conclusion one could make would be mere guesswork.<br />
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While one can find many vintage honeydew tobacco tins, especially W.D. & H.O. Wills Gold Flake Honey-Dew cigarettes, cardboard would appear far more ephemeral. A clue, though, can be gleaned from W.R. Loftus’ <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=aAAAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=The+Tobacconist%E2%80%9D+A+Practical+Guide+to+the+Retail+Tobacco+Trade+in+all+its+Branches&source=bl&ots=jybcR6E5JP&sig=ACfU3U3C9L7L0ozFLZKVx3S_r2RexT1fsQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV14vX-cvkAhUYs54KHQS5BQ8Q6AEwAHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">The Tobacconist: A Practical Guide to the Retail Tobacco Trade in all its Branches</a> (1881).<br />
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"<b>Cut Honeydew</b>. --- Honeydew is a general name given at the present day to leaf-tobacco of a light colour that has been pressed after a slight damping into frames of moulds, and then sold either in a cut or an uncut state. Not having undergone fermentation to any extent like shag or birdseye, honeydew is of necessity strong-smoking. It is, in fact, cavendish without the dark colour which the great bulk of cavendish possesses, unless sold in stamped custom wrappers, without the molasses or liquorice used in the preparation of sweet cavendish. As very little water is added to the leaves employed in the making of honeydew, it is requisite to charge a higher price for it that for shag or birdseye, in order to compensate for the loss of the profit realized by selling these tobaccos in a damp condition. Hence honeydew is consumed chiefly by the well-to-do classes, and by those only amongst them who can tolerate or enjoy a strong smoke. It is rarely sold loose. The different makers send it out almost entirely done up<b><i> in fancy packets of various sizes</i></b>." [Emphasis added.]</blockquote>
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Loftus expands on this in the section <b>Packet Tobacco</b>:<br />
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"The increasing sale of almost every kind of tobacco in packets of definite weight, ready made up and labelled, has greatly changed the character of the retail trade throughout the country. All difficulty as to loss of weight by drying up in stock is thus removed; for, apart from the cases in which the tobacco is enclosed by the manufacturer in leadfoil, which practically prevents evaporation of the moisture, each package is sold to the customer as of the weight invoiced by the manufacturer, no allowance being made or expected for any difference of weight caused by keeping, so long as the tobacco remains enclosed in the original package, and has evidently not been tampered with since it came into the hands of the retailer."</blockquote>
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Under the subhead <b>Cake and Roll Tobacco</b>, Loftus says both cavendish and honeydew come in two types, sweetened and unsweetened and “sweetened tobacco must, by law, be enclosed in stamped Government wrappers before it can go into home-consumption. A heavy fine is imposed for any violation of this rule.”<br />
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Apparently, honeydew and other tobaccos were sold to local tobacconists directly imported from the tobacco manufacturers in preweighed packets, with the sweetened type of cake tobacco further enclosed in official wrappers.</div>
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<b>"A Yellow, Half-Pound Honeydew Box"</b></h2>
In my online search I came across a photo of a yellow(ing) cardboard box of honeydew tobacco. In 2012, renovations of the Inverness Steeple, in Inverness, Scotland, uncovered papers wrapped in wax paper tied in sisal string. Those papers along with other modern day items, including a Nokia cell phone were placed in a time capsule that November, to be opened in 100 years’ time, in 2112. </div>
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Then in May 2013, <a href="https://www.highland.gov.uk/news/article/7051/inverness_town_steeple_reveals_more_secrets_from_the_past" target="_blank">there was another find</a>: </div>
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“Joiners working at Inverness town steeple on the corner of Bridge Street and Church Street have uncovered another time capsule during the historic building’s renovation works. This earlier find is believed to date from 1878 and is the second discovery within the past 8 months. It predates, by 45 years, another package dating from 1923 which was discovered during October 2012 in the steeple. Tony Russell and Jordan Fraser of D.Y. Fraser Joiners, Inverness were carrying out works on the interior of the steeple building for The Highland Council when Tony revealed the find on Thursday 9 May 2013.”</blockquote>
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In a recess that was later covered over by a staircase Russell and Fraser found a Havana cigar box which contained:<br />
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<li>A booklet published by the American Sabbath Tract society itemising “The brief grounds serving to prove that the Ten Commandments are in full force and shall remain so…” </li>
<li>A Savings’ Book of Inverness Bank dated 1878; </li>
<li>A notebook with the signature of Angus McNeill; </li>
<li>A small envelope with a Penny Brown Stamp posted in Manchester on Jan 1878 and addressed to – Mr D.C.Taylor, Tobacconist, 1 Church Street, Inverness; </li>
<li>Inside the envelope were receipts dated 1877 from Sutton Company Parcel Express and their agents Robert Paton of Glasgow; and a Happy New Year message on a memo from Alexander Taylor, Pawnbroker, Manchester to Mr Taylor in Inverness. </li>
<li>Headed notepaper of the Prudential Assurance Company, 62 Ludgate Hill, London; </li>
<li>3 Promotional cards itemising “Free Fishing Days on the River Ness” published by the Inverness Advertiser in February 1878, and </li>
<li>A small ‘Honey Dew’ tobacco box containing coins including old pennies and shillings with dates ranging between 1851 and 1877. </li>
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Based on the coins inside the box, <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose128" target="_blank">Greg Ruby</a>, in a private conversation, surmised the box was about three inches square (the average human ear is about 2.6 inches square).  The cover has a printed red ribbon reading “Bright Flaked Honey Dew” but no other markings as to size or brand. </div>
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Holmes says of the box sent to Miss Cushing, “The box is a yellow, half-pound honeydew box, with nothing distinctive save two thumb marks at the left bottom corner.” [CARD]</div>
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This description would fit the box shown; nothing distinctive, just the type of tobacco, not even the weight of the contents, although Holmes and most other tobacco users would probably be able to tell the amount. </div>
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Now we have an example of a honeydew tobacco cardboard box and can see for ourselves the basis for a Sherlockian tale and a Canonical title. <br />
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Discovered – THE Cardboard Box

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Remembering the Humor of Jeremy Brett

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On September 12, 1995 Jeremy Brett passed away. It has now been 24 years since his death.<br />
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Many have hailed Brett as the definitive Sherlock Holmes, although it can be argued that each generation has its own definitive Holmes. In our estimation, the value of Brett's performance as Sherlock Holmes is twofold: 1) the careful crafting of the Victorian setting and (in the earlier episodes mostly) the faithful adaptation of the Canon; and 2) Brett's own interest and expertise in the Canon and Sherlock Holmes.<br />
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In <b><i><a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/studyincelluloid.html" target="_blank">A Study in Celluloid</a></i></b> (Wessex Press), Michael Cox, the producer of the Granada series noted that often times in script readings, Jeremy would make suggestions the steer the writing toward the Canon, with entire paragraphs of dialog being lifted directly from the original writings. Indeed, the team even had their own reference guide that kept the production crew and cast well informed as to Holmes's appearance and habits called <a href="https://amzn.to/2NW5FrG" target="_blank"><b><i>The Baker Street File</i></b></a> (occasionally available from Amazon).<br />
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We personally remember the outpouring of grief and memories that were shared online in 1995—the early days of the Internet—through discussion forums and listservs, and wonder just how the web would have exploded had his death occurred in the present day.<br />
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Brett's career was long and spanned television, film and the stage. And while we won't detail all of it here—sites like <a href="http://brettish.com/" target="_blank">The Brettish Empire</a> pay him tribute—we will share a couple of tidbits that bring us enjoyment as we remember Jeremy.<br />
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The first is the opening Baker Street scene in Granada's "The Resident Patient," <a href="https://youtu.be/vT5_Gx217wY?t=226" target="_blank">beginning at 3:44</a> in the video below. The subtle eye movements, the smile and the general sentiment toward Watson are a wonderful encapsulation of so much of the interaction we see between Holmes and Watson in the Canon.<br />
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The second is a rather funny story from David Stuart Davies' biography of Brett, <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2NWJ4Lo" target="_blank">Bending the Willow</a></i></b>. As you may know, Jeremy Brett suffered from manic depression and occasionally had bouts throughout the Granada filming.<br />
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His Watsons, David Burke and Edward Hardwicke, were not only both aware of his condition, but were also very supportive. If anything, Jeremy's own sense of humor and frankness came through, as this anecdote reveals:<br />
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One incident that David Burke recounted brought the house down at The Northern Musgraves' Jeremy Brett Memorial Lunch. It is a tale that reveals not only Brett‘s humour and eccentricity, but also his endearing, self-effacing qualities:<br />
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'Jeremy said to me on one occasion, "I was feeling so low the other day that I sent myself a fan letter."<br />
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' "Are you serious?"<br />
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' "I‘m absolutely serious."<br />
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' "What did you write to yourself?"<br />
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' "Dear Jeremy, I would just like to say what a wonderful actor you are. Your Sherlock Holmes puts every other attempt at the part in the shade. Basil Rathbone is not fit to clean your boots; and Douglas Wilmer and Robert Stephens should beg you to give them lessons. You're much prettier than all of them, for a start. There is only one word for your performance - magic. Please send me a signed photograph. Yours, Joe Bloggs. P.S. I've heard that you're really nice person, too."<br />
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' "Did you really write that?"<br />
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' "Yes, I did."<br />
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' "Did you send it?"<br />
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' "Yes. I put a first-class stamp on it. I wanted to get it as soon as possible. It came the next morning."<br />
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' "And did you read it?"<br />
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' "Of course I read it. I read it a dozen times. I felt wonderful afterwards."<br />
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' "Well, did you send yourself a signed photograph?"<br />
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' "David, I may be mad - but I‘m not barking mad! In any case, the bugger didn‘t send a stamped addressed envelope!" '</blockquote>
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Are there any special memories, images or clips of Jeremy Brett that you cherish? Please leave a comment and share them with all of us.<br />
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Baker Street Elementary – Burial Plot

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Using the ground as a hiding place for one's crime is nothing new. According to the tradition in the Bible, the first child of Adam and Eve was Cain, who was a tiller of soil. He killed his brother Abel and buried him in the field.<br />
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But you can't hide that kind of thing from God, who at that time only had four people to monitor on the Earth. God said:<br />
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How many of the Sherlock Holmes stories involve burial as a method of keeping a crime from being discovered?<br />
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In <i><b>The Sign of Four</b></i>, the ultimate in buried treasure stories, we come across two instances of buried treasure. Major Sholto's two sons assumed that the Agra treasure would be buried on the grounds of Pondicherry Lodge, and over the course of six years dug for it.<br />
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“It looks as though all the moles in England had been let loose in it. I have seen something of the sort on the side of a hill near Ballarat, where the prospectors had been at work.”</blockquote>
But the Four got their hands on the treasure by first murdering the merchant Achmet, who was carrying the iron box that contained the treasure. They buried him and the treasure in the same area of the fort.<br />
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"We carried the box, therefore, into the same hall where we had buried the body, and there, under certain bricks in the best-preserved wall, we made a hollow and put our treasure."</blockquote>
In "<b>Silver Blaze</b>," Holmes found the wax vesta that was "invisible, buried in the mud."<br />
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"<b>The Musgrave Ritual</b>" was another buried treasure story, originating in the 17th century when the royal party fled and "left many of their most precious possessions buried behind them, with the intention of returning for them in more peaceful times."<br />
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In "<b>The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax</b>," a specially constructed coffin concealed the unconscious lady, in an attempt to bury her with the corpse of a deceased elderly woman.<br />
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There are other instances of burying valuables, but not in the earth:<br />
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<li>The "small sliding shutter" that hid the photograph [SCAN] </li>
<li>The "small black cavity" beneath the hinged square of wood in the floor [SECO]</li>
<li>The "square piece of board" under the carpet that covered the T joint of the gas-pipe [NAVA]</li>
<li>A square that "had opened in the planks" in the rooms of Nathan Garrideb [3GAR[</li>
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Baker Street Elementary – Burial Plot

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Reflecting on Occupations in the Sherlock Holmes Stories

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We've often remarked on Christopher Morley's bon mot that the totality of Sherlock Holmes stories is "<a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/11/a-textbook-of-friendship.html#.XW0gFihKjb0">a textbook of friendship</a>." But the Canon is so rich in details that could be considered true to life that there are other elements of Victorian life that we're exposed to on a regular basis.<br />
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Conan Doyle's skill as a storyteller is evident: he didn't need to spend a great deal of time or space writing about certain elements; he knew when to "cut out the poetry" [RETI] and when to evoke emotion from his descriptions.<br />
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Since today is Labor Day in the United States, consider the various jobs and professions in the stories. We're generally not treated to a detailed description of them, because it was assumed that readers knew what these individuals did simply by virtue of the name of the job.<br />
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But to go through the list of occupations in the Canon is to have a snapshot of daily life. From plumbers (CHAS) to bank presidents (REDH, BERY), doctors (too many to list) to lawyers (NORW, SUSS), cab drivers (multiple) to carpenters (REDH), and grooms (so many) to governesses (COPP, THOR, WIST), we're treated to a roll call of jobs we know and understand.<br />
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But there are other occupations that we might not come across on a daily basis. A bodymaster in <i>The Valley of Fear</i>, a garroter in "The Empty House," a yeggman in "The Musgrave Ritual." An engineer even got his own story and we had ample opportunity to understand the type of work he did ("The Engineer's Thumb").<br />
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On Trifles, our weekly discussion program (<a href="https://forms.feedblitz.com/6ew" target="_blank">subscribe here</a>), we've touched on many of these occupations. So, we put together <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/jobs-professions" target="_blank">a playlist: Jobs and Occupations</a> for you to enjoy on this Labor Day.<br />
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Reflecting on Occupations in the Sherlock Holmes Stories

"a strange occupation in the circumstances" [RETI] We've often remarked on Christopher Morley's bon mot that the tota...

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Episode 175: Building an Archive

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When you have a world-class collection, it makes sense for a world-class institution to house it. And not just any such institution (as there are many), but one that can meet the needs of the depositor.<br />
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In this case, we're talking about the BSI Archives and the Lilly Library—two venerable institutions.<br />
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From November 8-10, 2019, the BSI is hosting at conference at the University of Indiana, where the Lilly Library resides. Titled "Building an Archive: A Celebration of the Arrival of the BSI Archive at the Lilly Library," it will feature scholars, collectors, and enthusiasts alike and will encompass two and a half days dedicated to the collection.<br />
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Guest Glen Miranker, BSI ("The Origin of Tree Worship") and Ross Davies, BSI ("The Temple") join us to give us a behind-the-scenes peek at this exciting event. Be sure to register today!<br />
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<li>This episode: <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose175" target="_blank">ihose.co/ihose175</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2019/08/28/building-archive-2019-conference/?fbclid=IwAR1DHphAUZQ35rep1Dqh1QzCOHHM74lzteycCjJVCOX5zrA9L_x-Z-TVedQ">The BSI's Building an Archive Conference</a> registration page</li>
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<li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose53" target="_blank">Episode 53: For the Sake of the Trust</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose79" target="_blank">Episode 79: Collectors' Corner - Glen Miranker</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose133" target="_blank">Episode 133: The Sherlock Holmes Collection of Dan Posnansky</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose137" target="_blank">Episode 137: Boxes from Royalty</a> (interview with Ross Davies)</li>
<li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose154" target="_blank">Episode 154: From the Red Carpet</a> (From Gillette to Brett) </li>
<li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose162" target="_blank">Episode 162: Deadly Harpoon</a> (interview with Glen Miranker)</li>
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Episode 175: Building an Archive

“furnished lodgings close to a library” [3STU] When you have a world-class collection, it makes sense for a world-class instit...

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Searching for Sherlock: The Game’s Afoot

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In an effort that would impress Sherlock Holmes himself, the Baker Street Irregulars and UCLA Film & Television Archive are teaming up in an effort to solve the mystery of the lost Sherlock Holmes films.<br />
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The <a href="https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">UCLA Film & Television Archive</a> is the second-largest moving image archive in the U.S. after the Library of Congress, and the world's largest university-based media archive. <a href="https://www.bakerstreetirregulars.com/" target="_blank">The Baker Street Irregulars</a> (BSI) is the first international Sherlock Holmes society. Together, the organizations are mounting a world-wide search for the lost Sherlock Holmes films.<br />
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The project is called “<b>Searching for Sherlock: The Game’s Afoot</b>,” and the two nonprofit organizations plan to contact film archives, Sherlock Holmes societies, film historians, collectors, and other potential sources around the world to find in their efforts. The plan is to restore and eventually screen currently lost films featuring the world’s first consulting detective.<br />
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After first appearing in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> in 1887, Sherlock Holmes became a household name, appearing in 56 short stories and four novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Since that time, the detective has appeared in every form of media and the works have never been out of print.<br />
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Sherlock Holmes has been played in hundreds of film and television shows, first appearing in the one-minute film "<a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/02/baffled-look-upon-holmes-face-chas_21.html#.XWfGMyhKjb0" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Baffled</a>," produced by Thomas Edison in 1900. This was the same time that William Gillette was playing Holmes on stage. Gillette went on to film his famous play in 1916, and that film was thought to be lost to the ages until <a href="https://ihose.co/1916film" target="_blank">a surprise announcement in 2014 that <i>Sherlock Holmes</i> had been found</a>.<br />
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<b>Searching for Sherlock</b> will seek to find and restore other known Sherlock Holmes films, including a British production of <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, produced in 1914; a Danish series, produced by Nordisk films, beginning in 1908; <i>The Missing Rembrandt</i>, produced in 1932, starring <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search/label/Arthur%20Wontner" target="_blank">Arthur Wontner</a>; and many more.<br />
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According to Dr. Jan-Christopher Horak, Director of the UCLA Archive, more than 100 films about the iconic British detective are lost or are in need of restoration or preservation. A committee has been formed to lead the search, including such notables as <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose85" target="_blank">Nicholas Meyer, BSI</a> ("A Fine, Morocco Case), author of the book and Oscar-nominated screenplay <i>The Seven-Per-Cent Solution</i>, and leading silent film historian <b>Kevin Brownlow</b>.<br />
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The Honorary Project Chair is <b>Robert Downey, Jr.</b>, who has portrayed Sherlock Holmes on the screen in two films, with a third Holmes film that will begin production in the fall and scheduled to be released December 2021.<br />
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<li>Kevin Brownlow, film historian; author</li>
<li>Barbara Roisman Cooper, BSI ("Mary Maberley"); Archive Board member; film historian; author</li>
<li>John P. Connolly, actor; Past President, AFTRA; former CEO, Actors’ Equity</li>
<li>Bryony Dixon, Curator of Silent Film, British Film Institute</li>
<li>Jan-Christopher Horak, Director, UCLA Film & Television Archive; film historian</li>
<li>Leslie S. Klinger, BSI ("The Abbey Grange"); author-editor</li>
<li>Bonnie MacBird, BSI ("Art in the Blood"); author; screenwriter</li>
<li>Nicholas Meyer, BSI ("A Fine Morocco Case"); author; screenwriter; film producer; film director</li>
<li>Russell Merritt, BSI ("The Trepoff Murder");Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley Department of Film & Media</li>
<li>Glen S. Miranker, BSI ("<i>The Origin of Tree Worship</i>"); former Co-Chair, BSI Trust; former Chief Technology Officer, Apple<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li>
<li>Judge Andrew J. Peck (ret.); BSI ("Inspector Baynes, Surrey Constabulary")</li>
<li>Steven Rothman, BSI ("<i>The Valley of Fear</i>"); editor, <i>The Baker Street Journal</i></li>
<li>Marisa Soto, Marketing & Communications Officer, UCLA Film & Television Archive</li>
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Searching for Sherlock: The Game’s Afoot

"there is a search-party" [SIGN] In an effort that would impress Sherlock Holmes himself, the Baker Street Irregulars and UC...

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Baker Street Elementary – Bogus Laundry Affair

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“who helped us in the bogus laundry affair” [CARD] </h4>
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There are certain aspects of Baker Street life that aren't mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories, but Watson doesn't tell us about them. Perhaps he does so out of a sense of discretion. Or simply because such minutiae would interfere with a good story.<br />
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For example, dental hygiene is important, as Holmes suggests Watson's overnight accouterments for a trip to Stoke Moran:<br />
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“An Eley’s No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. That and a tooth-brush are, I think, all that we need.” ["The Speckled Band"]</blockquote>
Although it immediately raises the question as to why Holmes and Watson might share a toothbrush...<br />
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Similarly, we wonder about the laundry situation in Baker Street. Like any other normal humans living in similar conditions at the time, Holmes and Watson would have required fresh linens and clean shirts and undergarments. But other than Lestrade mentioning "Aldrige, who helped us in the bogus laundry affair," there's no mention of washing clothes in the Canon.<br />
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We come close to is from hearing about Holmes's "cat-like love of personal cleanliness," and that even in his rudimentary dwelling on the moors in <i>The Hound of the Bakervilles</i>, he arranged things such that "his chin should be as smooth and his linen as perfect as if he were in Baker Street."<br />
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Back at Baker Street, it's likely that Mrs. Hudson arranged clean bed linens and towels, as any boarding-house operator would [Related: listen to our discussion about <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles133" target="_blank">Boarding Houses</a> on Trifles]. But what about the laundry? Would she do that herself? Given Holmes's "princely" payments, our supposition is that she likely had a washerwoman to take care of it.<br />
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Which brings us to Mrs. Turner. She's only mentioned once (in "A Scandal in Bohemia"), and she's called the "landlady." But perhaps she was a close associate of Mrs. Hudson's who was familiar enough with the establishment and its occupants, as a launderer of Holmes's and Watson's underwear might be. Was Mrs. Turner really the Baker Street washerwoman?<br />
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She may have gotten her start at Baker Street Elementary...<br />
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Baker Street Elementary – Bogus Laundry Affair

“who helped us in the bogus laundry affair” [CARD] There are certain aspects of Baker Street life that aren't mentioned in the ...

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Read The Hound of the Baskervilles as Your Ancestors Did

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We recently received an email from <b>Max Magee</b>, a member of the Madison Wisconsin scion society <b>The Notorious Canary Trainers</b>.<br />
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In an age when we're used to binge watching (or binge reading, if you will), we tend to forget the episodic nature of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Recall that when contemporary readers picked up <i>The Strand Magazine</i>, they had to wait for each story or chapter in the following month's publication. Or even years between segments.<br />
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We're spoiled by <i><a href="https://amzn.to/2HnMe6L" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Complete Sherlock Holmes</a>—</i>the entire canon of Sherlock Holmes stories in one volume. So we don't need to ask ourselves if Sherlock Holmes will return after "The Final Problem." We know that "The Second Stain" or "The Copper Beeches" aren't the last story.<br />
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Sherlock Holmes fans in the early 20th century, much like <i>Game of Thrones</i> fans in the 2010s, had to wait for each new segment to sate their hunger. They had no idea how long they had to wait between groups of stories.<br />
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Well, Max let us know that he's sending out a series of nine emails containing the scanned PDF pages of the serialized chapters of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i> over a period of nine months. This corresponds to the August–April publication period of <i>The Strand Magazine</i> from 1901–1902. Just send him an email: <b>maxpmagee AT gmail DOT com</b>.<br />
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In a way, it reminds us of the wonderful series that Stanford University undertook in 2006, when they reproduced the cover of The Strand and released one story per month. We wrote about it:<br />
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<li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/04/little-records-of-our-cases-which-you_17.html?m=0#.XWB_MOhKjb1" target="_blank">Discovering Sherlock Holmes at Stanford University</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/11/never-ends-watson-reti_8.html#.XWCBfuhKjb1" target="_blank">The Standford Sherlock Holmes Project Continues</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/01/even-embodied-it-in-small-brochure-sign_28.html#.XWCFSehKjb2" target="_blank">Reaction to the Stanford Strand Magazine Project</a></li>
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Be sure to sign up for Max's experiment and enjoy The Hound of the Baskervilles as your ancestors did.<br />
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You might also want to check out <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose139" target="_blank">our interview with Andrew Gulli</a>, the editor of the modern-day version of The Strand Magazine:<br />
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Read The Hound of the Baskervilles as Your Ancestors Did

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Episode 174: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not

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Episode 174: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not

“he was not the man that they had known” [CREE] Christopher Sequeira is a familiar name among those who enjoy speculative fictio...

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Baker Street Elementary – Cerebral Punishment

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We've always been fascinated with the use of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_fever" target="_blank">brain fever</a> as a malady in the Canon. Brain fever is a medical condition where a part of the brain becomes inflamed and causes symptoms that present as a fever.<br />
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<li><b>Alice Rucastle</b> ("The Copper Beeches") was harassed and mentally abused by her father.</li>
<li><b>Nancy Barclay</b> ("The Crooked Man") was visited by a past love she thought long dead.</li>
<li><b>Rachel Howells</b> ("The Musgrave Ritual") knew that the butler did it, but had other plans.</li>
<li><b>Percy Phelps</b> ("The Naval Treaty") had the responsibility of the Empire on his shoulders when he lost his homework.</li>
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Baker Street Elementary – Cerebral Punishment

“he kept on worrying her until she got brain fever” [COPP] We've always been fascinated with the use of brain fever as a malad...

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by Scott Monty