The 2025 BSI Trust Lecture

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“a course of lectures” [COPP] </h4><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSCUorFPXhzcXTGV-AOo-oBY3Q_kaPb8lfvedXxw8Bbh6zoACpKFnc8O89wU4kepdWQs1kB2fMlLrBoj38jy4GB1OWHPt2Z03Jjp4Wz7YXwGT0EH-oyV0K-3TviTRJZSo3Bw1fub4o8BuPJiDv1xY7S42V2TvFvlPosg-d_BRDFyx0HKNKE2qzwol3EXu/s606/Susan%20Dahlinger%20-%20square.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="606" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSCUorFPXhzcXTGV-AOo-oBY3Q_kaPb8lfvedXxw8Bbh6zoACpKFnc8O89wU4kepdWQs1kB2fMlLrBoj38jy4GB1OWHPt2Z03Jjp4Wz7YXwGT0EH-oyV0K-3TviTRJZSo3Bw1fub4o8BuPJiDv1xY7S42V2TvFvlPosg-d_BRDFyx0HKNKE2qzwol3EXu/w400-h400/Susan%20Dahlinger%20-%20square.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>From 1899 to the height of the Great Depression, a Connecticut Yankee in a deerstalker cap starred on both sides of the pond in a legendary play about a very British detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle.  </p><p>This BSI Trust Lecture by <b>S.E. Dahlinger</b> is about the enigmatic actor <b>William Gillette</b>, his career and his castle, and his role in reviving the Sherlock Holmes franchise. It happens on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET.</p><p>Registration information is below.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">About S.E. Dahlinger</h3><p>S.E. Dahlinger, BSI ("The Bruce-Partington Plans") is an independent scholar in theatre history and operatic performance. She is a volunteer historian for The Friends of Gillette Castle State Park. Her article, "The Sherlock Holmes We Never Knew," won <a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2001/05/01/morley-montgomery-award/" target="_blank">The Morley-Montgomery Award</a> in 1999. </p><p>The title of her BSI Trust Lecture is "<b>Marry Him or Murder Him: William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes</b>."</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">The BSI Trust Lecture</h3><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (New York)</b></h4><p></p><ul><li>Online using Zoom</li><li>Open to all Sherlockians & the public</li><li>Free – no registration fee</li><li>Advance registration required</li><li>Registration closes when event reaches capacity</li></ul><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Event Notes</h3><p>Only the scheduled speakers will be visible and talking, so attendees do not need a camera or microphone to watch the Lecture.</p><p>A recording of the Lecture will be posted online in the BSI Digital Archive in the future (date TBD).</p><p>While the Lecture is free, advance registration is required, as space is limited.</p><p><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_58lLH_9TTOaGofyepZmNcQ" target="_blank">Register now</a> to attend what will be a comprehensive and fascinating event for fans of Sherlock Holmes and those curious about the history of the Baker Street Irregulars.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Further Resources on William Gilllete</h3><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2018/04/remembering-william-gillette.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remembering William Gillette</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/10/breaking-long-lost-william-gillette.html#.VVaRR_lViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Long Lost William Gillette Sherlock Holmes Film from 1916 Found</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/05/the-1916-william-gillette-sherlock.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 1916 William Gillette "Sherlock Holmes" Is Available for Order on Blu-ray / DVD</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2019/07/gillette-castle-needs-your-help.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gillette Castle Needs Your Help</a></li><li>IHOSE Episodes:</li><ul><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2011/08/episode-34-william-gillette-americas.html#.UuXENcQo5w0" target="_blank">Episode 34: William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2017/08/episode-126-becoming-gillettes.html" target="_blank">Episode 126: Becoming the Gillettes</a></li></ul></ul><div><br /></div><p></p><br />

The 2025 BSI Trust Lecture

“a course of lectures” [COPP]  From 1899 to the height of the Great Depression, a Connecticut Yankee in a deerstalker cap starred on both si...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 316: The Sherlock Holmes Pub

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Here is the key. You can look for yourself.” [GOLD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJzqRNl6ZandmMsV2EC5dCCmGKFJF0IMc_VLQNQsdYdOzm9IZndkceWPE4W5FsxnSOHn0A98C1hBrXP4rhP456wHZb3a0znLLu62nVMjtkHUnXOxGa5qXxBXQ-sWPBosAjVB1wWmOdJJWENVa1N4bOS2yvtbqTgyoZZW4TP0DzYf0gcl0Zpol_5gvzuY2/s3173/ihearofsherlock316-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2130" data-original-width="3173" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJzqRNl6ZandmMsV2EC5dCCmGKFJF0IMc_VLQNQsdYdOzm9IZndkceWPE4W5FsxnSOHn0A98C1hBrXP4rhP456wHZb3a0znLLu62nVMjtkHUnXOxGa5qXxBXQ-sWPBosAjVB1wWmOdJJWENVa1N4bOS2yvtbqTgyoZZW4TP0DzYf0gcl0Zpol_5gvzuY2/w640-h430/ihearofsherlock316-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><p><br /></p><p>Imagine having the key to 221B Baker Street, and what it must feel like to open that door. And imagine being trusted to keep Holmes and Watson’s famous sitting room in good order. That rare honor belongs to <!--x-tinymce/html-->Roger Johnson, BSI ("<em>The Pall Mall Gazette</em>") and Jean Upton, BSI ("Elsie Cubitt"), a well-known couple among the small community of married Sherlockians. </p><p>Jean and Roger have preserved and maintained the sitting room at London’s Sherlock Holmes Pub for 30 years. Join us as we hear how the Northumberland Hotel evolved into the pub, and why Sir Henry Baskerville would have been an unlikely guest. </p><p>You'll learn the origin of the sitting room in 1951’s Festival of Britain, how Jean and Roger saved it from neglect, and how it stands today after the pub’s recent renovation.</p><p>Then we look ahead to Sherlockian gatherings for the last half of September in "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment. Madeline Quinones is back with "<b>A Chance of Listening</b>," and the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with something from the vaults for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by August 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>We have some wonderful images of the pub, the sitting room, and the exhibition that led to it, courtesy of Roger and Jean and available exclusively for our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporters</b></a>. Join us on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>). </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock316.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 72.5 MB, 1:04:27</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="3174" data-dashlane-rid="188470f53ab0415f" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/37841025/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> has a number of new Sherlock Holmes books out by various authors. 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Episode 316: The Sherlock Holmes Pub

“Here is the key. You can look for yourself.” [GOLD]  Imagine having the key to 221B Baker Street, and what it must feel like to open that d...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – The Wizarding World of Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“as if by magic” [REDC] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SwTWBcgsWFep9i0tzBVki64G-Ti_rXuAZ4OCMTGQSFdauAaHQFJ3A_CbqL8xY7-dXgTpwzReg02rWa0dOLU6cvYbGS08cO5mkzvwS2dbE1UVcsFBt1Nkd6ZEn6PdVoPO8M_JC5Sdlj3aYWEYzrmCTqusBHHliweE6-iwUFdmtDa2VxhKXTHN8_gONIKX/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20207.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SwTWBcgsWFep9i0tzBVki64G-Ti_rXuAZ4OCMTGQSFdauAaHQFJ3A_CbqL8xY7-dXgTpwzReg02rWa0dOLU6cvYbGS08cO5mkzvwS2dbE1UVcsFBt1Nkd6ZEn6PdVoPO8M_JC5Sdlj3aYWEYzrmCTqusBHHliweE6-iwUFdmtDa2VxhKXTHN8_gONIKX/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20207.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>One of the great effects of Sherlock Holmes's talents was his ability to surprise and amaze those around him.</div><div><br /></div><div>As Robert Ferguson's wife noted at the conclusion of "The Sussex Vampire": </div><div><blockquote>“When this gentleman, who seems to have powers of magic, wrote that he knew all, I was glad.”</blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div><div>At times it was his ability to infer from clues or to seemingly read people's minds; at others it was his use of sleight of hand to accomplish his results.</div><div><br /></div><div>When he asked Miss Holder if the greengrocer had a wooden leg, she responded, </div><blockquote><div>“Why, you are like a magician.” ("The Beryl Coronet")</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Watson was no stranger to being taken aback, whether it was the famous "mind-reading" scene in "The Cardboard Box" or Holmes having eyes in the back of his head in <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i> when he was merely using a well-polished coffee pot in front of him.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>In terms of his sleight of hand, we were introduced to his facility with his fingers in the very first story, <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, when Holmes slipped the handcuffs on an unsuspecting Jefferson Hope in such a way that everyone was surprised:</div><blockquote>“At that instant there was a sharp click, the jangling of metal, and Sherlock Holmes sprang to his feet again.. The whole thing occurred in a moment—so quickly that I had no time to realize it. I have a vivid recollection of that instant, of Holmes’ triumphant expression and the ring of his voice, of the cabman’s dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs, which had appeared as if by magic upon his wrists.”</blockquote><div><div>At the conclusion of "The Second Stain," the missing letter finds its way from Mrs. Trelawney Hope's possession back into the despatch-box. The Premier was amazed, exclaiming:  </div><blockquote><div>“But this is inconceivable—impossible. Mr. Holmes, you are a wizard, a sorcerer! How did you know it was there?”</div></blockquote></div><div>When asked by the Premier how the letter came to be in the box, Sherlock Holmes responded like any good magician, by not giving away how he did it: </div><blockquote><div>“We also have our diplomatic secrets.”</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>If Holmes had attempted these practices in earlier eras, he might not have been admired and marveled at, but under deep suspicion, as Watson told him in "A Scandal in Bohemia": </div><div><blockquote><div>“My dear Holmes this is too much. You would certainly have been burned, had you lived a few centuries ago.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>How fortunate we are that he lived in Victorian times. And to think that it all started at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr89Q9xnYFaBhgq2pjAJb6NWKdmV-5fntvGcJWhm68dJB6jHAsFDb4kFGF1aemMjrgWd4MPkGdtHBRDsFxx_hvYYY11RtQpcl6TOe0x1c8j8VcGxwa5rzpTdeA1pHWAA5TExK0aAqdaimi_XbpnZgIlRC-0D8WxC_EjEM_18hhJt2OtVzVJrP7r4qfkmDB/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20207.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr89Q9xnYFaBhgq2pjAJb6NWKdmV-5fntvGcJWhm68dJB6jHAsFDb4kFGF1aemMjrgWd4MPkGdtHBRDsFxx_hvYYY11RtQpcl6TOe0x1c8j8VcGxwa5rzpTdeA1pHWAA5TExK0aAqdaimi_XbpnZgIlRC-0D8WxC_EjEM_18hhJt2OtVzVJrP7r4qfkmDB/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20207.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOC2pmBJSxqqsiB1VYtowFEoS34DHQEHy_s3H0LM9Iolu24lKpUeE-GHdqu7wDDnVlsLLsPnXIRIrkV5ktm-IIHKn7NMGTAElU0R-D1WnrGS3M8rXFxN5Cp2BVytt0gy1-QqywoX7FVkT60oY7XfrGVT1ARim0uj03z54DjAKl7tQDbRL99_DpTIsq27n5/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20207.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Baker Street Elementary – The Wizarding World of Sherlock Holmes

“as if by magic” [REDC]  One of the great effects of Sherlock Holmes's talents was his ability to surprise and amaze those around him. A...

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Episode 315: The Sherlock Holmes LEGO Book Nook

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“you could just fill that gap on that second shelf” [EMPT] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTV3ny-I9hfd2pjTLWXu_WJ65krghyphenhyphen6ZWUU1VhCpVXNbKkDcQcuts0o_quZTg-ODNA2XBjSFRTKouo-dlIViizH2K9NSMuupXJk8FaHkkCMchltoxc9PFpMaYRD33KBXhPZJpZaSm3DQlg2d2suTvgHTDnc7IrxZQkIXXJPs1ClJR-I9Ndl3GhLJ7j_t7/s1800/ihearofsherlock315-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1800" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTV3ny-I9hfd2pjTLWXu_WJ65krghyphenhyphen6ZWUU1VhCpVXNbKkDcQcuts0o_quZTg-ODNA2XBjSFRTKouo-dlIViizH2K9NSMuupXJk8FaHkkCMchltoxc9PFpMaYRD33KBXhPZJpZaSm3DQlg2d2suTvgHTDnc7IrxZQkIXXJPs1ClJR-I9Ndl3GhLJ7j_t7/w640-h462/ihearofsherlock315-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>If you discovered Sherlock Holmes when you were young, you might still recall the joy of your first reading. The world of Baker Street is fun, so much so that some adults still extend the Great Detective's career with their own stories. </p><p>Many adults also enjoy LEGO as a nostalgic, relaxing, and creative outlet. That’s why we were eager to talk to LEGO Group Design Master Antica Bracanov and Graphic Designer Crisy Dyment about their creation of the LEGO Sherlock Holmes Book Nook. </p><p>Joining us from LEGO’s offices in Billund, Denmark, Antica and Crisy take us through the concept, the process, and the community of designers, engineers, and model-makers who brought it to life. You’ll hear how the key moments and objects Sherlock Holmes fans will recognize were selected, and how they were adapted to fit LEGO’s style and humor. You’ll find there are some self-described “Sherlock Holmes nerds” on the LEGO team, too.</p><p>Speaking of Sherlockian nerds (guilty), we share upcoming events for the first half of September in our "<b>The Learned Societies</b>" segment. Then, you will not want to miss this episode’s<b> Canonical Couplet</b> quiz, which this time is <b><a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">only open to our paying Patreon and Substack supporters</a></b>. This episode’s prize is a LEGO Sherlock Holmes Book Nook! Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by August 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. If your correct answer is selected at random, you’ll win!</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't forget to become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><b>supporter</b></a> of the show on the platform of your choice (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/122378915" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://ihearofsherlock.substack.com/p/episode-305-bonus-content" target="_blank">Substack</a>). </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock315.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 55.6 MB, 58:07</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="4114" data-dashlane-rid="f6895cf181835e5b" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/37616870/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere you get podcasts<br /></a></span><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">Leave I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere a five-star rating on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere/id258126625?ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30WtRn1mnXfAtX7YaeRY5Y">Spotify</a>; listen to us <a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>.</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> has a number of new Sherlock Holmes books out by various authors. You'll want to check out the breadth of their offerings by <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/" target="_blank">visiting the site</a> to learn more.</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? You can find <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" target="_blank">more information here</a>. 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Episode 315: The Sherlock Holmes LEGO Book Nook

“you could just fill that gap on that second shelf” [EMPT]  If you discovered Sherlock Holmes when you were young, you might still recall th...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Watch Your Mouth

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“wild, profane, and godless” [HOUN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8XkrehPZdiVO1PlNUqcb-7qg6GldLHrVM6PCEC5dkViCca8TZR7TWHo60QIZt43t-NP5e7DrrvVxQXBnp-Bdvrik-yJKhl-BmynI0jYyhog84qgcbQii7F1sEjjEy7WvLHSfwf8ZqN21YWXowlvhXMCS9jeV9F9x_hkDFrzdsIVYPgmzDSCZ8B07fbNu/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20206.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8XkrehPZdiVO1PlNUqcb-7qg6GldLHrVM6PCEC5dkViCca8TZR7TWHo60QIZt43t-NP5e7DrrvVxQXBnp-Bdvrik-yJKhl-BmynI0jYyhog84qgcbQii7F1sEjjEy7WvLHSfwf8ZqN21YWXowlvhXMCS9jeV9F9x_hkDFrzdsIVYPgmzDSCZ8B07fbNu/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20206.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>For all of the realism that the Sherlock Holmes stories give us from late Victorian / early Edwardian England, we're mostly shielded from that which would make young ladies from that era collapse on the fainting couch.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are, of course, referring to profanity.</div><div><br /></div><div>We get a sense of foul language from time to time, but we're never given an exact quote. When Sir Hugo Baskerville, "a most wild, profane, and godless man" finds that the girl he kidnapped has made her escape, we get a sense as to his temper tantrum:</div><div><blockquote><div>"Then, as it would seem, he became as one that hath a devil, for, rushing down the stairs into the dining-hall, he sprang upon the great table, flagons and trenchers flying before him, and he cried aloud before all the company that he would that very night render his body and soul to the Powers of Evil if he might but overtake the wench. And while the revellers stood aghast at the fury of the man, one more wicked or, it may be, more drunken than the rest, cried out that they should put the hounds upon her."</div></blockquote></div><div>One has to imagine such a fellow as employing a few choice invectives.</div><div><br /></div><div>And although there are no profanities—even the use of "bloody" is reserved for actual sanguinary events—there are a number of insults that are peddled. </div><div><br /></div><div>Holmes himself is the subject of many of these, usually uttered by frustrated antagonists. He's been called a jack-in-office, a busybody, a rascal, a spy and thief, "Mr. Cocksure," a double traitor, and more.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are insults aplenty to be had, and you can listen to an entire discussion about them in <a href="https://www.episodes.fm/1198869691/episode/YjVkN2RmMDcyM2YzNDg0YTlhYmRlYTkxNDMxMjllMWI" target="_blank">Episode 91</a> of <i>Trifles</i>: </div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="21689" data-dashlane-rid="962a0144f4a8b487" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7092591/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/1d234a/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, we'll see how the boys manage to keep their mouths clean at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJ3ESdd3lECk5kzVS0TBxJZ-FBulJ7RKKUchhFO6gBjYz8rnvEHF0P_DMM6UEYrzeU5KNpTBKQeH3zOcw3o1FY2XbrXSScAHr-uEjlIN97Inz78FR4zj0fdTiHPQqAc_Wscsj48kQSHd-B7z-2sxr_dvEFcf6fvSIBdpsRsE0cA1AyahoATHtEX1F9dsE/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20206.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJ3ESdd3lECk5kzVS0TBxJZ-FBulJ7RKKUchhFO6gBjYz8rnvEHF0P_DMM6UEYrzeU5KNpTBKQeH3zOcw3o1FY2XbrXSScAHr-uEjlIN97Inz78FR4zj0fdTiHPQqAc_Wscsj48kQSHd-B7z-2sxr_dvEFcf6fvSIBdpsRsE0cA1AyahoATHtEX1F9dsE/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20206.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyNb-zqyHCIT23UVniqmIdRtCWU4zRbEc_W9yGHAQixBkFbYBJx4zg6yAq_pqiIwGLr1adiGh21A_tIgh9WLiahMAjg98Ht4VpP6Qci41FYYe1pNg2nD2lBaEm537sFsxcOPzEBbMdis__cFopLcfEo0vq5NYXAGPGC04hk9b2bjEzr74U6N3CHzdr9xD/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20206.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyNb-zqyHCIT23UVniqmIdRtCWU4zRbEc_W9yGHAQixBkFbYBJx4zg6yAq_pqiIwGLr1adiGh21A_tIgh9WLiahMAjg98Ht4VpP6Qci41FYYe1pNg2nD2lBaEm537sFsxcOPzEBbMdis__cFopLcfEo0vq5NYXAGPGC04hk9b2bjEzr74U6N3CHzdr9xD/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20206.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4XO6FYVdMlmMfcSF7gYvZKmndkM7vjRjUT48cjUbc_um8YRZ9usUABeUOfleJ4Qvwnsp-9_bmdAPSsV_zl7Jfv9crftl5myJ21EGBtjUAio2IH-KQtJ5czzcBg3dHpcAhJvf3whtf93P9eBI1nqyfRWt9RwVUWxF-knIlMXGkbeh5B6Qz7Vy4gcS1Laf/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20206.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4XO6FYVdMlmMfcSF7gYvZKmndkM7vjRjUT48cjUbc_um8YRZ9usUABeUOfleJ4Qvwnsp-9_bmdAPSsV_zl7Jfv9crftl5myJ21EGBtjUAio2IH-KQtJ5czzcBg3dHpcAhJvf3whtf93P9eBI1nqyfRWt9RwVUWxF-knIlMXGkbeh5B6Qz7Vy4gcS1Laf/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20206.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. 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Baker Street Elementary – Watch Your Mouth

“wild, profane, and godless” [HOUN]  For all of the realism that the Sherlock Holmes stories give us from late Victorian / early Edwardian E...

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Episode 314: 52 Weeks | 52 Sherlock Holmes Novels

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a case for personal investigation” [SUSS] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DqG4kSwkCnL-7DcZCeXjeV5mLjxpnPWPpBGF4qlk60hgW7MaCdjcnZok0tib7_T2xavi9gXlQDDGBXnGt48l-_33kv0G7wH2ZXX_oux-Um3oZasT1KlxUHPnghLNdG2nxyo-0XIt6EdvrEpx_vQhoRHeh1rPS0aD7CrSX37wjzS9o-NMXnkN4YUac_KB/s2400/ihearofsherlock314-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DqG4kSwkCnL-7DcZCeXjeV5mLjxpnPWPpBGF4qlk60hgW7MaCdjcnZok0tib7_T2xavi9gXlQDDGBXnGt48l-_33kv0G7wH2ZXX_oux-Um3oZasT1KlxUHPnghLNdG2nxyo-0XIt6EdvrEpx_vQhoRHeh1rPS0aD7CrSX37wjzS9o-NMXnkN4YUac_KB/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock314-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>The number of Sherlock Holmes pastiches is endless. They include stories and novels set in any era, any place, and any time. They all bring the Great Detective to new audiences — so how do you go about selecting (just) fifty-two to explore? Join our conversation with Paul Bishop as we explore his new book, <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3Ixva0x" target="_blank">52 Weeks | 52 Sherlock Holmes Stories</a></i></b>. Paul is the author of 15 novels and numerous TV and film scripts — and also a 35-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department.</p><p>Paul’s new book is a selection of Sherlockian pastiches chosen and recommended by the individual essay writers themselves. Beyond the plots and author bios, Paul’s writers give personal perspectives on why these stories were important to them, and the connection Sherlock Holmes has played in their lives. </p><p>Paul also discusses his writing career, which spans multiple genres including screenplays, westerns and other novels. He discusses his journey as an author, and how storytelling has shaped his life. We also talk about connecting with fellow writers, and the remarkable variety of people drawn to Sherlock Holmes.</p><p>Some of those remarkable people will be gathering in person and virtually in the weeks ahead, so you will want to hear about August events in “<b>The Learned Societies</b>” segment. Madeline Quiñones is back with “<b>A Chance of Listening</b>,” and the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with <b>a copy of Paul's book </b>for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by July 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 314: 52 Weeks | 52 Sherlock Holmes Novels

“a case for personal investigation” [SUSS]  The number of Sherlock Holmes pastiches is endless. They include stories and novels set in any e...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Until the Cows Come Home

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“make England ring” [THOR] </h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSDQoYXHyA2n3DwMkLdXgAlt6wBoCvERcmcOL09BmDAVsKZNEYcJVS5XhrE35TZ_q3nLFxFjsE_8-h6vi3oM7oV7peXgzTBKIBDuncwKiTecOIYCcMsyQgGoDNWDv7v3tdNNIVqvyU0CY2KBuPjI8Gw4otcff1XbaFK2RusSEusa-2Z09ZhdTjqoKJfM/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20205.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSDQoYXHyA2n3DwMkLdXgAlt6wBoCvERcmcOL09BmDAVsKZNEYcJVS5XhrE35TZ_q3nLFxFjsE_8-h6vi3oM7oV7peXgzTBKIBDuncwKiTecOIYCcMsyQgGoDNWDv7v3tdNNIVqvyU0CY2KBuPjI8Gw4otcff1XbaFK2RusSEusa-2Z09ZhdTjqoKJfM/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20205.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></h4><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Here's an interesting thing to consider: how often are cows mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories?</div><div><br /></div><div>The easiest reference is most likely in "The Priory School," as we find Holmes and Watson tracing cow tracks across the moor as they search for the abducted Lord Saltire.</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote><div>“Strange, Watson, that we should see tracks all along our line, but never a cow on the whole moor; very strange, Watson, eh?”</div></blockquote></div><div><blockquote><div>“Only that it is a remarkable cow which walks, canters, and gallops. By George, Watson, it was no brain of a country publican that thought out such a blind as that!”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>Aside from cows (or not cows) on the moor, we find moorland cows in The Hound of the Baskervilles, as Watson describes arriving on location:</div><div><blockquote><div>“In a very few hours the brown earth had become ruddy, the brick had changed to granite, and red cows grazed in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke of a richer, if a damper, climate.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>In A Study in Scarlet, Lucy Ferrier was out riding when she came across a herd of cattle that spooked her horse. Jefferson Hope showed up and saved her, and she reacted:</div><div><blockquote><div>“I’m awful frightened,” she said, naively; “whoever would have thought that Poncho would have been so scared by a lot of cows?” </div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>No mention of cowbells, but we can imagine them softly ringing across the fields and moors. There may be more references, but for now, let's see what's ringing in the ears of the boys at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKCxlCasSxcDViwsUMvtkx2moXbj541NE_OZwpptRUrJWIJpsQ0F4TI753wy7mShpUkEJ25eisKJoGW1deI8hm67D9_9KmYgVeVhGtRAIjYyFpdk416UWaE4oto-QpbPsqiwvtrFcHKtSbu1AO2iyi83vetPFQGS_oJT6xwWG8CdKrUxxj8PIRO6isG4/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20205.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKCxlCasSxcDViwsUMvtkx2moXbj541NE_OZwpptRUrJWIJpsQ0F4TI753wy7mShpUkEJ25eisKJoGW1deI8hm67D9_9KmYgVeVhGtRAIjYyFpdk416UWaE4oto-QpbPsqiwvtrFcHKtSbu1AO2iyi83vetPFQGS_oJT6xwWG8CdKrUxxj8PIRO6isG4/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20205.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Baker Street Elementary – Until the Cows Come Home

“make England ring” [THOR]  Here's an interesting thing to consider: how often are cows mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories? The ea...

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by I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 313: Knave of Diamonds

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“it's the king of diamonds” [MAZA] </h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP205ZeCiZEGqzoqc4Ta1CVKjsUKgGh2QP0OwPtcjvROVcm_MJ16QHPtWSvZ0GGpRP4AlodR5xTfhUS9yzvF5BkLLifKL5kPcYtg0NJckP7l6fVRNiaS6MG4FBcKcseh9hQ86wxKQolcp4ChmoPrjE_oKTq4yND_2macGiszFVfFQoQTDyPulKmwT3VMCY/s2400/ihearofsherlock313-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP205ZeCiZEGqzoqc4Ta1CVKjsUKgGh2QP0OwPtcjvROVcm_MJ16QHPtWSvZ0GGpRP4AlodR5xTfhUS9yzvF5BkLLifKL5kPcYtg0NJckP7l6fVRNiaS6MG4FBcKcseh9hQ86wxKQolcp4ChmoPrjE_oKTq4yND_2macGiszFVfFQoQTDyPulKmwT3VMCY/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock313-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></h4><div><p>It took Laurie R. King six years to find a publisher for her first book, but it was worth the wait. She won the Edgar in 1994 for Best First Novel with <i>A Grave Talent</i>, which launched her Kate Martinelli series, set in San Francisco. That same year, <i>The Bee-Keeper’s Apprentice</i> introduced the impressive, young Mary Russell, who would meet and eventually marry the retired Sherlock Holmes — “the least marriageable man I knew,” according to Mary, in 1921.</p><p>Since then, Russell and Holmes have traveled the world in eighteen novels, finding mystery and adventure everywhere from the English countryside to Palestine to California. Along the way, Mary’s partnership with Holmes has evolved, usually in plots that mix real events with suspenseful intrigue. </p><p>Now <i>Knave of Diamonds</i>, the nineteenth book in the series, brings Mary a case not even Sherlock Holmes could solve: the very real theft of the Irish Crown Jewels from Dublin Castle years before. It comes with the sudden return of Mary’s unprincipled Uncle Jake, traveling on a cloud of fabrications and falsehoods.</p><p>Laurie R. King was named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master in 2022. Join us for a conversation about the Irish Crown Jewels, Laurie’s approach to storytelling, Mary’s background and her conflicting loyalties, and much more.</p><p>So you can see what’s coming, we share the first half of August in “<b>The Learned Societies</b>” segment. Madeline Quiñones is back with “<b>A Chance of Listening</b>,” and the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with <b>a signed copy of <i>Knave of Diamonds</i></b> for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by July 14, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 313: Knave of Diamonds

“it's the king of diamonds” [MAZA]  It took Laurie R. King six years to find a publisher for her first book, but it was worth the wait. ...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Impractical Jokes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I can take a joke with the best” [HOUN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70fJmjMaEksFLWQ5-bm6G1UnUAYzGHzed-lzIShZBvY9mh7NsS3EY7MNBmqfoIKpZWUSOqiDHvf_Cw-OuiDK8b-lfKawr8ql9qsgg-XFA9mmFFztR_nefaBS9I9NZhtUO3WG_nP1ve0uqzh3sUKwbG5GSyE5204pNC4TygJuqsuIwruH7lvd0hTdtlIo/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70fJmjMaEksFLWQ5-bm6G1UnUAYzGHzed-lzIShZBvY9mh7NsS3EY7MNBmqfoIKpZWUSOqiDHvf_Cw-OuiDK8b-lfKawr8ql9qsgg-XFA9mmFFztR_nefaBS9I9NZhtUO3WG_nP1ve0uqzh3sUKwbG5GSyE5204pNC4TygJuqsuIwruH7lvd0hTdtlIo/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>"Dad jokes" are typically punny or corny humor used mainly by fathers (although anyone can tell them). Responses range from mild laughter to eye rolls.</div><div><br /></div><div>That got us to thinking while there are plenty of <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2021/06/sherlock-holmes-and-fathers-day.html#:~:text=The%20heroic%20John%20Ferrier%20and%20magnanimous%20Grant%20Munro,just%20how%20abusive%20and%20criminal%20some%20can%20be." target="_blank">fathers and father figures</a> in the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is the state of dad jokes — or more broadly, jokes overall? We find a mixed bag.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Jokes as an Excuse</h3><div>Let's begin with father figures. Who can you think of that, when brought to justice, claimed they were only joking?</div><div><br /></div><div>The first is a stepfather, who, in collusion with Mary Sutherland's mother, duped her into believing Hosmer Angel was a real suitor in "A Case of Identity": </div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>“It was only a joke at first,” groaned our visitor.</div><div>“We never thought that she would have been so carried away.”</div></blockquote><div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>In "The Norwood Builder," Jonas Oldacre was smoked out of his hiding place after John Hector McFarlane was accused of his murder:</div><div></div><blockquote><div>The wretched creature began to whimper.</div><div>“I am sure, sir, it was only my practical joke.”</div></blockquote></div><div>And later, has he was being taken away by Inspector Lestrade: </div><div><blockquote><div>“It was a joke, my good sir, a practical joke, nothing more,” he whined incessantly. “I assure you, sir, that I simply concealed myself in order to see the effect of my disappearance, and I am sure that you would not be so unjust as to imagine that I would have allowed any harm to befall poor young Mr. McFarlane.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>In order to dismiss any fear her husband might have or keep him from harm, Elsie Cubitt claimed that the dancing men cipher was a joke: </div><blockquote><div>“She answered that it was some senseless practical joke, and that I should not take any notice of it.” </div></blockquote><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Jokes Eliminated as Motives</h3><div>There are also instances of jokes being eliminated as a motive in certain dire circumstances.</div><div><br /></div><div>When he awoke to find the house abandoned in "Wisteria Lodge," John Scott Eccles told Holmes:</div><div><blockquote><div>“I was furious. My first idea was that I had been the victim of some absurd practical joke.” </div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>Holmes and Lestrade, discussing the motive of the severed ears arriving in "The Cardboard Box": </div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>“You have observed, of course,” said he at last, “that the ears are not a pair.”</div><div>“Yes, I have noticed that. But if this were the practical joke of some students from the dissecting-rooms, it would be as easy for them to send two odd ears as a pair.”</div><div>“Precisely. But this is not a practical joke.”</div></blockquote><div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Holmes played things up for Culverton Smith in "The Dying Detective," getting the criminal to admit that he sent Holmes a poisoned booby-trap:</div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>“Yes, yes, I opened it. There was a sharp spring inside it. Some joke—”</div><div>“It was no joke, as you will find to your cost.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Mistaken for a Joke</h3><div>And there are cases where something considered a joke when Sherlock Holmes knew something much more serious was at stake:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>After Jabez Wilson discovered he had been duped to be away from his shop, he viewed it as an inconvenience and a monetary loss:</div><div></div><blockquote><div>“But I want to find out about them, and who they are, and what their object was in playing</div><div><div>this prank—if it was a prank—upon me. It was a pretty expensive joke for them, for it cost them two and thirty pounds.”</div></div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>In "The Five Orange Pips," John Openshaw's father was left with the effects of his own brother, Colonel Openshaw. When an envelope arrived and told him to "put the papers on the sundial," the elder Openshaw dismissed the threat and remarked:</div><div><blockquote><div>“ ‘Some preposterous practical joke,’ said he. ‘What have I to do with sundials and papers? I shall take no notice of such nonsense.’</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>When the race was over and Colonel Ross wondered where the murderer of John Straker was, Sherlock Holmes claimed that he was "In my company at this moment." Ross didn't take kindly to it:</div><div><blockquote><div>“I quite recognize that I am under obligations to you, Mr. Holmes,” said he, “but I must regard what you have just said as either a very bad joke or an insult.”</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>The jokes that fly at Baker Street Elementary are nowhere near as mistakable...</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Related:</h4><div><i>Trifles</i> <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2021/12/episode-259-did-sherlock-holmes-have.html" target="_blank">Episode 259 - Did Sherlock Holmes Have a Sense of Humor?</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEl5LDRzbmo1Ezq09PsSEwUpSLCqkse-0Glm-cVrG_LRKxUWRftnmb8ng-H0I_jWd9ebDCxz-7bVcwgkrhfTaAQ_1dQB_mGafVNy2CZdK_zfdzQLxceb14Q-F21u-TwQYVK0KFVFAjZXJDThH6f_EnJnMB6IavFjjREaDL7amw6ev-JDks5WDyMD32SEQ/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEl5LDRzbmo1Ezq09PsSEwUpSLCqkse-0Glm-cVrG_LRKxUWRftnmb8ng-H0I_jWd9ebDCxz-7bVcwgkrhfTaAQ_1dQB_mGafVNy2CZdK_zfdzQLxceb14Q-F21u-TwQYVK0KFVFAjZXJDThH6f_EnJnMB6IavFjjREaDL7amw6ev-JDks5WDyMD32SEQ/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqqgqICINw1enJN5TQEJ3USHbbyzZHEfYcFettY8BnxYNO2DBT-leRcLwj8sjFPsu4v1Um9I7oinfrpdyB9hT4hx4jrWBGtB3bxghml94RQGzrbpM_vpXiFsKQkQNh_Bwom-mGsWCgVOm-UOResxr8nrWVHcfWHspzTn3NkkHV0n04TkJLmp6-eu12yA/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqqgqICINw1enJN5TQEJ3USHbbyzZHEfYcFettY8BnxYNO2DBT-leRcLwj8sjFPsu4v1Um9I7oinfrpdyB9hT4hx4jrWBGtB3bxghml94RQGzrbpM_vpXiFsKQkQNh_Bwom-mGsWCgVOm-UOResxr8nrWVHcfWHspzTn3NkkHV0n04TkJLmp6-eu12yA/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_7NocIW5ZOmYrUDZ0OAflKfxXgwIvNi4cmZbZWkHE2k8fnCYhmrd0lbvxMhD9M9QBLfq3W5XZI6mVMNeSNai8ybNpXSFOLcwJbJ44czpXFVrdLrhMiL2PvQko5nT-UKgWaGPlptjW1AUdFp-CARhecq9iA_q9IgDkotCWHENFJ5cqgjSGMmXg1FEmxA/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_7NocIW5ZOmYrUDZ0OAflKfxXgwIvNi4cmZbZWkHE2k8fnCYhmrd0lbvxMhD9M9QBLfq3W5XZI6mVMNeSNai8ybNpXSFOLcwJbJ44czpXFVrdLrhMiL2PvQko5nT-UKgWaGPlptjW1AUdFp-CARhecq9iA_q9IgDkotCWHENFJ5cqgjSGMmXg1FEmxA/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20204.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Impractical Jokes

“I can take a joke with the best” [HOUN]  "Dad jokes" are typically punny or corny humor used mainly by fathers (although anyone c...

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Episode 312: Worldwide Doyle

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“from Portsmouth at midday” [LAST] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigR6eJNxD6M6hn-hvbkU75PNnwG1WRba1hlIuS_dCzV36tqqsWA29ihhODwaUm-94Wx960tvH_DyNO5lqyerNTYZrJPTQbIfh6WsAEFTrMsGPjsm1wluniZXdLsHqZRnSG-nf-EVjPk9qvK0dTm6sV6Xm1rEaTmy-nh3W4fDtrw9jnBQr9uWExxUQFq6Gq/s1748/ihearofsherlock312-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="1748" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigR6eJNxD6M6hn-hvbkU75PNnwG1WRba1hlIuS_dCzV36tqqsWA29ihhODwaUm-94Wx960tvH_DyNO5lqyerNTYZrJPTQbIfh6WsAEFTrMsGPjsm1wluniZXdLsHqZRnSG-nf-EVjPk9qvK0dTm6sV6Xm1rEaTmy-nh3W4fDtrw9jnBQr9uWExxUQFq6Gq/w640-h424/ihearofsherlock312-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>The Portsmouth Library is home to the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, largely made possible by the bequest of Richard Lancelyn Green. This world-renowned collection, the work of one of the foremost Doylean scholars, is a treasure trove for researchers, enthusiasts, and the public. The Collection preserves books, manuscripts, artifacts, and ephemera that illuminate Conan Doyle's life, his beloved Sherlock Holmes, and the cultural impact of his work.</p><p>Laura Weston is the Education and Learning Officer for the Collection at the Portsmouth City Council, making the collection accessible and engaging to a global audience. Laura joins us to discuss the annual Worldwide Doyle conference, a series of virtual talks by writers, fans, and academics who are passionate about Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. The program is taking place in June and July; all events take place at 7:00 pm BST and are free of charge, and will be available online.</p><p>How does a city like Portsmouth turn a literary archive into a global attraction — and why does it matter? What behind-the-scenes choices shape the talks and exhibits that bring Sherlock Holmes to life for new audiences? Laura discusses all of this, including the unexpected item in the Collection that made even its curator stop and say, “I didn’t see that coming.”</p><p>So you can see what’s coming, we share the full calendar of July in “<b>The Learned Societies</b>” segment. Madeline Quinones is back with “<b>A Chance of Listening</b>,” and the Canonical Couplet quiz tests your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with something from the vaults for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by June 29, 2025 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 312: Worldwide Doyle

“from Portsmouth at midday” [LAST]  The Portsmouth Library is home to the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, largely made possible by the beques...

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by Scott Monty

Worldwide Doyle 2025 Lectures in June and July

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “His lectures were as brilliant as ever” [CREE]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNQXvgFLRIa4G5lDXAT2-CqIGQuw6uhdjQZR4-59-T-KiJLOQzIrerof0s5Qnd00_FNF-FQ-CNpLR5wThuKlKHoRrpPZ2qxeGO3zaPHptZEZPLjB5dWP8vkoMAP0at0TS4abroNnqRdGP84ja83inQODT2J4XNHQCHyOTeeeRK_LVayGe605fDdVRRtk/s1200/Worldwide%20Doyle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNQXvgFLRIa4G5lDXAT2-CqIGQuw6uhdjQZR4-59-T-KiJLOQzIrerof0s5Qnd00_FNF-FQ-CNpLR5wThuKlKHoRrpPZ2qxeGO3zaPHptZEZPLjB5dWP8vkoMAP0at0TS4abroNnqRdGP84ja83inQODT2J4XNHQCHyOTeeeRK_LVayGe605fDdVRRtk/w640-h240/Worldwide%20Doyle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In June and July, the Portsmouth Library and Archives will be hosting a series of four online talks related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, following what began as the <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2021/05/new-lecture-series-on-conan-doyle.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Professor Neil McCaw Lecture Series</a> (more on its origins in that link).</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Library and Archives are the home to <a href="https://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conan-doyle" rel="nofollow" style="color: #013fd3; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Conan Doyle Collection Lancelyn Green Bequest</a>, an unrivaled collection of books, photographs, objects, documents, and memorabilia chronicling the life of Conan Doyle and beyond, coming from the estate of Richard Lancelyn Green.</p><p>This year's lineup is filled with experts on Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, and is guaranteed to educate, elucidate, and delight all who attend. Register for each lecture in the link under the descriptions to watch them for free via Zoom.</p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Worldwide Doyle 2025 Schedule</h1><div><i>All events take place at 7:00 pm BST and are free of charge.</i></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">June 5, 2025 — Burt Wolder </h2><div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>“Conan Doyle: Adventurous Life, Enduring Memories</i>”</h4>As Conan Doyle’s health began to fail, he looked back upon a life rich with accomplishment. In 1930 he drew a cartoon depicting himself as “The Old Horse,” pulling a wagon loaded with memories. This talk explores his life’s work, underscoring the characteristic decisions which made it uniquely memorable. Three lessons are suggested that could be applied to enhance our own experiences.<br /> Burt Wolder, BSI (“Third Pillar from the Left”) is an editor and co-host of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, the first podcast for Sherlock Holmes devotees, and Trifles, a weekly podcast about Holmes’s cases. He also serves on the board of Frederic Dorr Steele Memorial, Inc., a non-profit organization publicizing the life and work of the illustrator F. D. Steele (1873-1944).</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://wegottickets.com/event/660551" target="_blank">Register for this event here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div><h2 style="text-align: left;">June 11, 2025 — Clifford Goldfarb</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>“If Arthur Conan Doyle Met Charles Dickens”</i></h3>This talk is about Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens and the possibility of their actual meeting, as well as a general discussion of Conan Doyle’s view of Dickens and a bit of comparison.<br /> Clifford Goldfarb is the author of <i>The Great Shadow: Arthur Conan Doyle, Brigadier Gerard, and Napoleon</i>; and the introduction to the Barnes & Noble edition of <i>The Complete Brigadier Gerard</i>. Also <i>Investigating Sherlock Holmes</i> (with Hartley R. Nathan). He is currently editing <i>Rodney Stone</i> for the Edinburgh New Critical Editions Arthur Conan Doyle Project. </div><div><br /></div><div>His Doylean writing has been published in such places as <i>Journal of Olympic History</i>, <i>Finest Hour</i> (magazine of the International Churchill Society), <i>Journal of the Oscar Wilde Society</i> and <i>Green Bag Almanac and Reader</i>. He is Chairman of the Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Reference Library and the Advisory Board of the ACD Society. He is a frequent speaker on topics related to Conan Doyle. He practices charity and non-profit law.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://wegottickets.com/event/660553" target="_blank">Register for this event here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">June 25, 2025 — Dr Jonathan Cranfield</h2></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>“Conan Doyle: Marriage and Divorce”</i></h3>This talk will examine Arthur Conan Doyle’s role in the movement for divorce reform in the early twentieth century. Doyle was perhaps an unlikely champion for divorce reform which had historically been the preserve of radical thinkers from the feminist and atheist margins. Yet the unpopular divorce reforms of the 1890s helped to assemble a diverse coalition to argue for a complete reformulation and destigmatization of marriage dissolution. Debates on this topic in Britain help to reveal Conan Doyle’s key role in the fraught transition away from deep-seated Victorian attitudes on the subject. The issue formed a crucial part of his developing views on a number of issues including home rule for Ireland, free trade and female suffrage.</div><div><br /> Dr. Jonathan Cranfield is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University. He is the author of <i>Twentieth-Century Victorian: Arthur Conan Doyle and the Strand Magazine, 1891-1930</i> (2016) and the editor of<i> The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes</i> (2023).</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://wegottickets.com/event/660554" target="_blank">Register for this event here</a>.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">July 3, 2025 — Sheldon Goldfarb</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>“Conan Doyle, Misquoter”</i></h3><div>Did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle get things wrong? There is a whole Sherlockian industry devoted to errors in the Sherlock Holmes stories, but what about when he was writing non-fiction, as in his collection of essays called <i>Through the Magic Door</i>, a collection of charming observations about literature, boxing, and Napoleon, in which Conan Doyle recounts a series of anecdotes about Thomas Carlyle, Walter Scott, Oliver Cromwell, and himself. Often the anecdotes are wrong. And then there are his quotations: often they are wrong too.</div><div><br /> Does it matter? Should we not worry unnecessarily about precision when listening to a good story? What did Doyle himself think? In this talk, Goldfab will explore the errors and the rationale for them, and see if we should care about whether Thomas Carlyle bought a whole set of Gibbon to start his private library.</div><div><br /> Sheldon Goldfarb is editing <i>Through the Magic Door</i> for the new Edinburgh University Press edition of the works of Conan Doyle. He is the president of the Sherlock Holmes society in Vancouver, Canada (aka the Stormy Petrels of British Columbia) and is the author of <i>Sherlockian Musings: Thoughts on the Sherlock Holmes Stories</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://wegottickets.com/event/660557" target="_blank">Register for this event here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>  <br /><br /></div></div>

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Baker Street Elementary – Increased Devotion

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“an honored friend” [SIGN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEfsL3ZUtLQvPvjuq6slT82WjVAoVDuDd6es7NyZBMdRb6-TI3dgdP3GCgcLzQ_Vidodc8viScaYGWvmm76v1WE8x8fJHkAzYx9X1r2kNmRp3hbibsTYpcJMfY0tO5S33e7ZzxTWFirc-u0sY_o_RW0Sj7mN8uCPtXngvmC9fAoFFFmOpIt9hlDxUofvP/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEfsL3ZUtLQvPvjuq6slT82WjVAoVDuDd6es7NyZBMdRb6-TI3dgdP3GCgcLzQ_Vidodc8viScaYGWvmm76v1WE8x8fJHkAzYx9X1r2kNmRp3hbibsTYpcJMfY0tO5S33e7ZzxTWFirc-u0sY_o_RW0Sj7mN8uCPtXngvmC9fAoFFFmOpIt9hlDxUofvP/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Memorial Day just passed here in the United States. It's the day we honor those who have fallen in the line of duty to their country.<div><br /></div><div>The British of Sherlock Holmes's time were no strangers to war; in fact, John H. Watson, MD was a military man who undoubtedly saw his fair share of death when he was overseas.</div><div><br /></div><div>And the Canon mentions its share of wars — the Crimean War (GLOR, LADY), the Second Afghan War (SIGN), the U.S. Civil War (FIVE, CARD), the great war of Napoleon (SIXN), the Franco-Prussian War (NOBL), potential war in Europe if a document wasn't recovered (SECO), the Civil War involving Charles I (VALL), the Boer War (BLAN), and of course what would eventually become known as World War I (LAST).</div><div><br /></div><div>And then of course, there is the unfortunate Colonel James Barclay, who died not in the line of duty, but nevertheless died as a military man, felled by a just providence decades after he sent his romantic rival, Corporal Henry Wood, into harm's way in "The Crooked Man." Barclay must have assumed that Wood perished in the arranged ambush, but we all know the rest of that story...<br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In just about every country in the world, we can count the honored dead who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Let us be mindful of the wise and timeless words of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YuSGIyqD5Ms-O-6v8dB9L9PNRbdUkxx8HYBEhx8PjCb1y_V6L0mMRXS6ia5nqDDEGvcLXJjnqtMnkF5iY9yOIXAQu5pvvW4oNFAfnmAYZQA_82JGdyJqiPbxp-GuqslqS_XEORAu9aUc2hotL6CGBns0sye90tfqyqQlc-2PZXrIVBsum0FcK54bY41F/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YuSGIyqD5Ms-O-6v8dB9L9PNRbdUkxx8HYBEhx8PjCb1y_V6L0mMRXS6ia5nqDDEGvcLXJjnqtMnkF5iY9yOIXAQu5pvvW4oNFAfnmAYZQA_82JGdyJqiPbxp-GuqslqS_XEORAu9aUc2hotL6CGBns0sye90tfqyqQlc-2PZXrIVBsum0FcK54bY41F/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7FUKRDFBKkd2ibRK-deozne6UNzkLjm6U3jfmuENpIUIotgh0y3pTLZCUlj4ZIBj4j1ktuUo7nMySXhIgFLAQFcVn8ubJtdGBW7QMxwljff3cJOJ9jrbczh5r7Mh-SJTdJyMdJNrIMxvXrEJRgOC8NCR1bzZUEim9Kk7CT_9VDzxm4CMS_6l8_TTzBOe/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7FUKRDFBKkd2ibRK-deozne6UNzkLjm6U3jfmuENpIUIotgh0y3pTLZCUlj4ZIBj4j1ktuUo7nMySXhIgFLAQFcVn8ubJtdGBW7QMxwljff3cJOJ9jrbczh5r7Mh-SJTdJyMdJNrIMxvXrEJRgOC8NCR1bzZUEim9Kk7CT_9VDzxm4CMS_6l8_TTzBOe/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3v_VTKfHAXNsycBuBxAp2nCh0-2XSL5FVJQAUBRXg5aHCjXFtJRnMUWGnjYIaYflEkxWSp-wwkt9Pcit0S-rQE3G2DcipjJHGc5ElmPZ_Qe-bYS1Xkyk4OaRLELc2uu5q00ah6MrM56kjXVOV43SxYsz2ux_ePrGNPjTC4GVcVlnFzz7R0tBEPi9Cosf/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3v_VTKfHAXNsycBuBxAp2nCh0-2XSL5FVJQAUBRXg5aHCjXFtJRnMUWGnjYIaYflEkxWSp-wwkt9Pcit0S-rQE3G2DcipjJHGc5ElmPZ_Qe-bYS1Xkyk4OaRLELc2uu5q00ah6MrM56kjXVOV43SxYsz2ux_ePrGNPjTC4GVcVlnFzz7R0tBEPi9Cosf/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. 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Baker Street Elementary – Increased Devotion

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