I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

If Sherlock Holmes Were...

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"it gave even my hardened nerves a shudder" [ENGR]</h4>
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We are all familiar with the phrase "To Sherlock Holmes, she was always <span style="font-style: italic;">the </span>woman," from 'A Scandal in Bohemia.' It is classic and it sums up in one short phrase Holmes' thoughts on the epitome of a woman.<br />
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But to read "If Sherlock Holmes were a hot chick in high school, he'd be Veronica Mars" in <a href="http://www.ifmagazine.com/review.asp?article=1378" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">a DVD review by iFMagazine</a> makes my head spin - and not in a good way.  The magazine caters to young filmmakers, so the attitude is somewhat understandable.<br />
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But what's next?  Here's a suggestion (and try not to shudder):  Watson countering Holmes with<br />
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"That is soooo not elementary."</blockquote>
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If Sherlock Holmes Were...

If Sherlock Holmes Were...

"it gave even my hardened nerves a shudder" [ENGR] We are all familiar with the phrase "To Sherlock Holmes, she was always...

Rockford, Illinois Will Feature Sherlock Holmes Events

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"Holmes struck his hand passionately upon the rock" [HOUN]</h4>
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There's some interesting activity afoot in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&amp;q=Rockford,+IL&ie=UTF8&z=5&ll=42.261049,-89.077148&spn=15.760732,42.890625&om=1&iwloc=A" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Rockford, Illinois</a>.  According to an article in the <a href="http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060830/NEWS0107/108300058/1004/NEWS" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Rockford Register Star</span></a>, eleven regional visitor attractions have banded together to form a series of themed events from September through January.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mysteriesofrockford.com/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Mysteries of Rockford</a> is the brainchild of the Discovery Center Museum, New American Theater and Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.  Over 30 events in all, some feature Sherlock Holmes exclusively, from the play "Sherlock's Last Case" to a Sherlock Holmes exhibit at the Discovery Center.<br />
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If you're heading to the Chicagoland area, see if you can make it to Rockford.  And check our <a href="http://www.frappr.com/sherlockians" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Sherlockians Around the World </a>map to see who you might visit while you're there!<br />
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Rockford, Illinois Will Feature Sherlock Holmes Events

Rockford, Illinois Will Feature Sherlock Holmes Events

"Holmes struck his hand passionately upon the rock" [HOUN] There's some interesting activity afoot in Rockford, Illinois . ...

"...He Wrote With a Broad-Pointed Quill..." [MISS]

One of the most remarkable books published in the last year on the subject of Sherlock Holmes is <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-style: italic;" href="http://www.annotatedsherlockholmes.com/">The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</a>, by Sherlockian and Baker Street Irregular Les Klinger.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/1600/quill_awards.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/quill_awards.gif" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 199px;" /></a>If you have enjoyed this work (or, more likely, are in the midst of enjoying it), here's your chance to show Mr. Klinger your appreciation:  <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13594096">vote for <span style="font-style: italic;">The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</span></a> as a recipient of a <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://thequills.org/">Quill Award</a> in the Mystery/Suspense category.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thequills.org/">The Quills</a>, created with the support of Reed Business Information and NBC, is an industry-qualified “consumers choice” awards program for books. The Quills were established to:<ul><li class="textBodyBlack">Celebrate excellence in writing and publishing</li><li class="textBodyBlack">Recognize and praise the writers & illustrators of wonderful books and great literature</li><li class="textBodyBlack">Interest more consumers in acquiring books and reading</li><li class="textBodyBlack">Act as a bellwether for literacy initiatives</li></ul>Let's show Les how much we value his <span style="font-style: italic;">opus magnum</span>.  And please - spread the word by using the email link (the envelope icon) below - send this on to other Sherlockians!

"...He Wrote With a Broad-Pointed Quill..." [MISS]

"...He Wrote With a Broad-Pointed Quill..." [MISS]

One of the most remarkable books published in the last year on the subject of Sherlock Holmes is The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes , by Sher...

"It May Be a Mere Intellectual Puzzle to You..." [SUSS]

Article III of the Constitution of the Baker Street Irregulars states that eligible members must pass "an examination of the Sacred Writings."<br /><br />After Christopher Morley convened the first meeting of the BSI in January of 1934, his brother Frank V. Morley (under the pseudonym 'Mycroft Holmes') published a crossword puzzle to serve as an entrance exam.  The original crossword appeared in the <span style="font-style: italic;">The Saturday Review of Literature</span> on May 3, 1934.<br /><br />Now, courtesy of Bob Crispen, you can test your knowledge on the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://holmes.crispen.org/bsi.html">original crossword puzzle</a> on the Web.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://holmes.crispen.org/bsi.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5683/1768/320/BSI_Crossword.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a>

"It May Be a Mere Intellectual Puzzle to You..." [SUSS]

"It May Be a Mere Intellectual Puzzle to You..." [SUSS]

Article III of the Constitution of the Baker Street Irregulars states that eligible members must pass "an examination of the Sacred Wri...

"...I Represent Justice So Far as My Feeble Powers Go..." [3GAB]

Evidently, there is a new poll afoot - many of you may already be aware of it.  <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://insidejustice.cjsonline.gov.uk/polls/index.php">Inside Justice Week 2006</a> is asking its readers to vote for a favourite British detective.<br /><br />Your options are:<br />Inspector Morse, James Bond, Horace Rumpole, Jack Regan, Iris Cope, Danger Mouse, Mr. Barrowclough, Sherlock Holmes, Judge John Deed and Miss Marple.<br /><br />This is your chance to keep Holmes in the lead - <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://insidejustice.cjsonline.gov.uk/polls/index.php">vote now</a>!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://insidejustice.cjsonline.gov.uk/images/vote.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://insidejustice.cjsonline.gov.uk/images/vote.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Merci to Thierry St. Joanis for the link!<br /><br /></span>

"...I Represent Justice So Far as My Feeble Powers Go..." [3GAB]

"...I Represent Justice So Far as My Feeble Powers Go..." [3GAB]

Evidently, there is a new poll afoot - many of you may already be aware of it. Inside Justice Week 2006 is asking its readers to vote for ...

"I Started My Pilgrimage at Chicago..." [LAST]

<a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2006/10/07/">Gaper's Block</a> noted the following upcoming event on October 7, 2006:<br /><br />Holmes/Doyle Colloquium @ Newberry Library<br /><blockquote>Come into the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.  The <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.newberry.org/">Newberry Library</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">'</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">s</span> annual <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.newberry.org/programs/SherlockHolmes.html">colloquium</a> delves into the author's collection of written works and memorabilia and showcases his contributions to Victorian literature. Lecture subjects include "Doyle's Favorite Book," "Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle: A Self Portrait" and "When Is a Book Not a Book?" Free and open to the public, 9:30am-12pm. The Newberry Library is located at 60 W. Walton St. Call 312-943-9090 for more information.</blockquote><p></p><p>Interested Sherlockians who are travlleing there might also want to check the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.frappr.com/sherlockians">Sherlockian map</a> for Chicago-area residents, as well as the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=sherlockian.calendar%40gmail.com">Sherlockian Calendar</a> for other items of note throughout the autumn.</p><p><br /></p><p></p>

"I Started My Pilgrimage at Chicago..." [LAST]

"I Started My Pilgrimage at Chicago..." [LAST]

Gaper's Block noted the following upcoming event on October 7, 2006: Holmes/Doyle Colloquium @ Newberry Library Come into the world of ...

"Who Do You Give Your Casting Vote To?" [ENGR]

<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"></span></span>The poll for the Summer issue of the <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">Baker Street Journal</a> (Vol. 56, No. 2) is up and running in the top right portion of the page.  If you haven't voted yet, hop on over and select the feature that you like the most.  Vote early and vote often (you know who you are).<br /><br />And for those of you who are curious, here are the results from the Spring issue, out of 94 votes (<span style="font-style: italic;">What is your favorite feature of the Spring BSJ?</span>):<br /><ul><li>Art in the Blood - 1 vote</li><li>The Editor's Gas-Lamp - 2 votes</li><li>The BSI Weekend Recap - 2 votes</li><li>Commonplace Book/Inventory - 3 votes</li><li>From Sardines to Sodality - 5 votes</li><li>Holmes, Moriarty & the Faust Ledgent - 14 votes</li><li>An Old Campaigner - 29 votes</li><li>Shoscombe Through the Looking Glass - 36 votes</li></ul><br />Thank you to everyone who voted!

"Who Do You Give Your Casting Vote To?" [ENGR]

"Who Do You Give Your Casting Vote To?" [ENGR]

The poll for the Summer issue of the Baker Street Journal (Vol. 56, No. 2) is up and running in the top right portion of the page. If you ...

Mutant Dog or Hound from Hell?

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<b>"Had I not known this legend" [HOUN] </b></h4>
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A recent headline "<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/14383883/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/dead-beast-marauding-hybrid-mutant/#.WaGa2CiGPb0" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine</a>" was arresting on its own, but the accompanying photograph was equally as alarming.<br />
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Some sort of a beast was found dead on the side of the road in Maine, after having been hit by a car. Officials think it may have been a cross between a wild dog and a coyote or a wolf. I was immediately reminded of <a href="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/canon/6-houn.htm" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Hound of the Baskervilles</span></a> by certain quotes in the story.<br />
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Compare the news quotes with actual quotes from the Canonical tale in which Mr. Sherlock Holmes faced down the hound:<br />
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<span class="story"><span style="font-style: italic;">"may be the mysterious creature that has mauled dogs, frightened residents and been the subject of local legend for half a generation."</span></span><br />
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<span class="story">"it is a statement of a certain legend which runs in the Baskerville family."</span><br />
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<span class="story"><span class="story" style="font-style: italic;"> "It was evil, evil looking."</span></span><br />
<span class="story"><span class="story"><span style="font-style: italic;">"For the past 15 years, residents across Androscoggin County have reported seeing and hearing a mysterious animal with chilling mon</span></span><span class="story"><span style="font-style: italic;">strous cries and eyes that glow in the night."</span><br /><br />"I assure you that there is a reign of terror in the district..."<br /><br />"...its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare.."<br /></span></span></blockquote>
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An update, 8/25/06: experts <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/08/18/beast_called_a_dog_after_a_close_look/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">call the beast a dog</a>, after all.<br />
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Mutant Dog or Hound from Hell?

Mutant Dog or Hound from Hell?

"Had I not known this legend" [HOUN] A recent headline " Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine " was arresting on its ow...

"...To Make It Clear to the Whole World..." [DANC]

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Brad Keefauver noted our <b>Sherlockians Around the World</b> Frappr map (now defunct) unveiling on his blog, <a href="http://www.sherlockpeoria.net/ViewFromSP/ViewSP2006/ViewSP081306.html" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The View of Sherlock Peoria</a>, with a nod to the influence the Internet has (and continues to have) on Sherlockiana.<br />
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He notes that chief among the Sherlockian tenets is the ability to share one's treasures with one's friends - and this is exactly what the Internet is designed to do!  It's certainly what the <a href="http://ihearofsherlock.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> is meant to do.<br />
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While it is tempting - and downright frightening - to think of a paperless world, to the degree that the Web allows us to share insights, discoveries and thoughts at the speed of light, it makes the Sherlockian world a smaller, better place.<br />
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Certainly, nothing can take the place of holding that long sought-after book, a rare manuscript, or even a chocolate bust of Sherlock Holmes in one's hands - the tactile nature of collecting is truly visceral at its core.  But for those who cannot afford to travel to remote libraries, aren't aware of ongoing public auctions, or don't know private collectors, the electronic transmission of information is the next best thing to holding a valuable in one's hands.<br />
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Some Sherlockians may view this wide dissemination of knowledge as counter to the very essence of what Christopher Morley was trying to create with the Baker Street Irregulars - that "whiskey and sodality" among a select few - but early members of the BSI created pamplets, booklets and publications to entertain and edify each other, originally at the annual dinners, then in print beyond that. And, as Brad notes, their correspondence was legend. But thanks to these writings in which they shared their experiences, we can enjoy them as well.<br />
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The journey of Sherlockian discovery is a profoundly personal one.  The ongoing series in <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/" style="color: #000066; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><i>The Baker Street Journal</i></a>, "<a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/images/First%20Meeting%20by%20Tweed%20Roosevelt%20EDITED.pdf" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">My First Meeting with Sherlock Holmes</a>" is a testament to the fact that each of us has come to enjoy the detective and the Game in vastly different ways.  And most of what you'll read, beyond the authors' love of reading, will inevitably come down to their appreciation for friendship.  Morley referred to the Canon as "a textbook of friendship," as it illustrated a wonderful relationship between Holmes and Watson.  For thousands of people around the world, the Canon serves as an introduction to friendships in Sherlockian circles which extend many generations and families.<br />
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In the Twenty-First Century, everyone is able to share his experience or her discoveries in a way that can be accessed and distributed by all.  It is my hope that this blog will continue to serve as a powerful and unique way for me to continue to share my own Sherlockian journey as it unfolds.<br />
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"...To Make It Clear to the Whole World..." [DANC]

"...To Make It Clear to the Whole World..." [DANC]

Brad Keefauver noted our Sherlockians Around the World Frappr map (now defunct) unveiling on his blog, The View of Sherlock Peoria , wi...

"He Has a Secretary Who Is Devoted to His Interests..." [CHAS]

<a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=filmNews&storyID=2006-08-11T061846Z_01_N11219620_RTRIDST_0_FILM-SHERLOCK-DC.XML">Reuters</a> is reporting that Mark Dindal, who directed the Disney animated film "Chicken Little," will make his live-action debut in "<a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466329/">Sherlock's Secretary</a>."<br /><br />Sherlockians know that since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's time, people have been writing letters to Sherlock Holmes at 221B Baker Street. In 1985, Richard Lancelyn Green edited <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&tag=thebakerstree-20&amp;camp=1789&creative=9325&location=/gp/search%3F%26index=books%26keywords=%26quot%3Bletters%20to%20sherlock%20holmes%26quot%3B%26_encoding=UTF8">Letters to Sherlock Holmes</a>, a compendium of some of the requests that arrived at the address over the years.<br /><br />According to the report, the movie will focus on the person living at that address, whose world is turned upside down when he gets one of these letters and decides to take on a real case.

"He Has a Secretary Who Is Devoted to His Interests..." [CHAS]

"He Has a Secretary Who Is Devoted to His Interests..." [CHAS]

Reuters is reporting that Mark Dindal, who directed the Disney animated film "Chicken Little," will make his live-action debut in...

"So Perfect Was the Organisation of the Society..." [FIVE]

A reader in Brazil recently asked about a "buy-law" with regard to the Baker Street Irregulars.  For the uninitiated, I post the entire Constitution and Buy-Laws of the Baker Street Irregulars, as written by <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Davis">Elmer Davis</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Constitution</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Article I</span><br />The name of the society shall be the Baker Street Irregulars.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Article II</span><br />Its purpose shall be the study of the Sacred Writings.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Article III</span><br />All persons shall be eligible for membership who pass an examination in the Sacred Writings set by officer of the society, and who are considered otherwise suitable.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Article IV</span><br />The officers shall be: a Gasogene, a Tantalus, and a Commissionaire.<br />The duties of the Gasogene shall be those commonly performed by a President.<br />The duties of the Tantalus shall be those commonly performed by a Secretary.<br />The duties of the Commissionaire shall be to telephone down for ice, White Rock, and whatever else may be required and available; to conduct all negotiations with waiters; and to assess the members pro rata for the cost of same.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buy-Laws</span><br /><ol><li>An annual meeting shall be held on January 6th, at which the canonical toasts shall be drunk which were published in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Saturday Review</span> of January 27, 1934; after which the members shall drink at will.</li><li>The current round shall be bought by any member who fails to identify, by title of story and context, and quotation from the Sacred Writings submitted by any other member.</li><ol><li>Qualification A: If two or more members fail so to identify, a round shall be bought by each of those so failing.</li><li>Qualification B: If the submitter of the quotation, upon challenge, fails to identify it correctly, he shall buy the round.<br /></li></ol><li>Special meetings may be called at any time or any place by any one of three members, two of whom shall constitute a quorum.</li><ol><li>Qualification A: If said two people are of opposite sexes, they shall use care in selecting the place of meeting, to avoid misinterpretation (or interpretation either, for that matter).</li><li>Qualification B: If two such persons of opposite sexes be clients of the Personal Column of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Saturday Review</span>, the foregoing does not apply; such persons being presumed to let their consciences be their guides.<span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;"  ></span></li></ol><li>All other business shall be left for the monthly meeting.</li><li>There shall be no monthly meeting.  </li></ol>

"So Perfect Was the Organisation of the Society..." [FIVE]

"So Perfect Was the Organisation of the Society..." [FIVE]

A reader in Brazil recently asked about a "buy-law" with regard to the Baker Street Irregulars. For the uninitiated, I post the e...

"Well, I Chose August..." [LAST]

August 7, 2006, to be precise.  This is the date I've chosen to unveil the feature of the <span style="font-style: italic;">"utmost coolness"</span> to the Sherlockian community.<br /><br />I started with Peter Blau's master list of Sherlockian societies, then mapped them all on a new site called Frappr in order to give us the beginnings of <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.frappr.com/sherlockians">Sherlockians Around the World</a>.  This site uses Yahoo's/Google's mapping technology and allows us to create a visual/virtual community of Sherlockians around the world.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.frappr.com/sherlockians"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/400/Frappr.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />It is entirely interactive, so you can add your name, photo, make comments, edit your scion society contact information (including adding a Web address if appropriate).  It works for <span style="font-weight: bold;">individuals </span>as well as <span style="font-weight: bold;">scions</span>, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sherlockian sites </span>of interest.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.frappr.com/sherlockians"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/320/Frappr2.0.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>Going on a trip and want to see if there's a Sherlockian nearby? Check the map.  Want to know if there's a local scion where you're going and if they're having a meeting? Check the map and cross reference it with our <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=sherlockian.calendar%40gmail.com">Sherlockian Calendar</a>.<br /><br />In addition to viewing the icons on the map, you can view a list of individuals, societies and locations in a list, which you can sort by name, location, or date added.<br /><br />Members can also post photos of themselves (similar to what has been done at the comprehensive database of Holmesians, the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.sh-whoswho.com/">Sherlockian Who's Who</a> site, maintained by Thierry St. Joanis and Alex Barquin).<br /><br />Please take a moment to visit the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.frappr.com/sherlockians/">Sherlockians Around the World</a> site and - most importantly - <span style="font-weight: bold;">add your information to it</span>.  The more people participate, the stronger our community will be.<br /><br /><br />And if you would like to tell a Sherlockian friend about this new feature, use the envelope icon below to forward this post to them. We need your help to spread the word!<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://del.icio.us/post" onclick="window.open('http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&noui&jump=close&url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title), 'delicious','toolbar=no,width=700,height=400'); return false;"> Save This Page</a>

"Well, I Chose August..." [LAST]

"Well, I Chose August..." [LAST]

August 7, 2006, to be precise. This is the date I've chosen to unveil the feature of the "utmost coolness" to the Sherlockia...

"Born in New Jersey..." [SCAN]

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In an article titled <a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1154556609175&call_pageid=970599119419" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">"The game's afoot in New Jersey,"</a> the <span style="font-style: italic;">Toronto Star</span> notes that Cape May, NJ is hosting a Sherlock Holmes weekend November 3-5, 2006.<br />
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Full weekend packages are available starting at $170 (U.S.) a couple, or $90 a person (not including accommodation). The Search for Clues Tour can be enjoyed separately for $15 a person.<br />
For more information, see the the Web site of the <a href="http://www.capemaymac.org/Tours-Events/Holmes/sherlockholmes.htm" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts</a>.<br />
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And we of course know that Irene Adler was "born in New Jersey" [SCAN] as her biography notes.<br />
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<i>Image credit: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A927_933_Beach_Cape_May_HD.JPG" target="_blank">Smallbones</a> (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</i><br />
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"Born in New Jersey..." [SCAN]

"Born in New Jersey..." [SCAN]

In an article titled "The game's afoot in New Jersey," the Toronto Star notes that Cape May, NJ is hosting a Sherlock Hol...

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 Project Gutenberg is a site of <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">over 18,000 free eBooks</a> available for download, many of which are audio books.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Top 100 eBooks</a> yesterday included the following (with dowloads in parentheses):<br />
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1.  <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9551" style="color: #000066;">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (614)</a><br />
8.  <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9557" style="color: #000066;">The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (223)</a><br />
13. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9552" style="color: #000066;">The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (193)</a><br />
14. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1661" style="color: #000066;">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (186)</a><br />
23. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9553" style="color: #000066;">The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (143)</a><br />
31.<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9555" style="color: #000066;"> The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (117)</a><br />
35. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9556" style="color: #000066;">A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (104)</a><br />
39. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9554" style="color: #000066;">His Last Bow by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (101)</a><br />
90. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9558" style="color: #000066;">The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (58)</a><br />
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle topped off the list as #1 on the Top 100 authors yesterday.<br />
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It is, of course, a trifle...

It is, of course, a trifle...

"...but there is nothing so important as trifles." [TWIS] Project Gutenberg is a site of over 18,000 free eBooks available...

"'So I See,' the Other Answered With the Utmost Coolness." [REDH]

"'So I See,' the Other Answered With the Utmost Coolness." [REDH]

"'So I See,' the Other Answered With the Utmost Coolness." [REDH]

Some time within the next week, we will unveil a tool of the utmost coolness to Sherlockians around the world. Stay tuned here so you see...

"Every link is now in its place..." [THOR]

We're pleased to bring you, once again, the links from the latest issue of Peter Blau's monthly newsletter <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/scuttle.htm">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>.<br /><br /><ul><li><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://http//www.dailyscript.com/">The Daily Script</a> is a collection of movie scripts and screenplays for writers, actors, and those who enjoy reading movie scripts.  Search for "Sherlock Holmes" and you'll find a script for Billy Wilder's <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066249/">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</a>.<br /></li><li>The Blue Ridge Radio Players have <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.nationalaudiotheater.org/">an audio recording of their performances</a> of "The Second Stain" and "The Six Napoleons" from the Sherlock Holmes Festival at Tryon, NC in 2005 (as well as five other Sherlockian performances)</li></ul><ul><li>Conan Doyle purchased <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.savills.co.uk/residentialSearch/2a5318db-0129-4108-b238-bd42520aeaf9-0-1-0-viewDetailsSubmit/residentialSearch/propertyDetail.aspx?pID=139716">Bignell Wood</a> in 1926, calling it "our country cottage"; it is up for sale again and viewable on the Savills Property site.  In addition to dowloading a brochure for the sale, readers can also take a look at the complete floorplan of this 5,568 square foot cottage.</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.savills.co.uk/residentialSearch/5aea9a18-e9b2-4bc2-bfc2-2571d536da3f-0-1-0-viewDetailsSubmit/residentialSearch/propertyDetail.aspx?pID=139716"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/320/Bignell%20Wood.2.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><ul><li>Search results for the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Doyle&y=0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;kn=Crowborough&x=0&sortby=1">"Crowborough Edition"</a> of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's works on Abebooks range from just over $6,000 to nearly $26,000</li></ul><ul><li><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.watsonshouseofales.com/">Watson's House of Ales</a> in Houston is a new addition to a Texas chain that<br />includes nine Sherlock's Pubs and six 221B Baker Street Pub and Grills</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">"Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms,"</span> could have not been more accurate than as in John Lennon's self-portrait in Sherlockian costume.  Limited edition prints are available from <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.johnlennonartwork.com/">Legacy Fine Art and Productions</a></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/1600/Sherlock%20Lennon.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/320/Sherlock%20Lennon.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><ul><li><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.authorstobelievein.com/">The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</a> by Paul E. Heusinger, is a collection of ten stories memorized by Watson and rescued by telepathic clairvoyance</li><li>"The Game's Afoot," or at least your tour is, with <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.acrossthepondtours.com/">Across the Pond</a>, which offers independent guided tours of the United Kingdom; mention SHM06 for a $250 discount</li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Entertainment Weekly</span> published a list of <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1213384_1_0_,00.html">"The 50 Greatest Sidekicks of All-Time,"</a> which featured <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1213415_1%7C%7C233618%7C1_0_,00.html">Dr. Watson as #6</a>, behind Ed McMahon, Robin, George Costanza, Chewbacca, and Ethel Mertz.  To give EW full credit, part of their writeup included <span style="font-style: italic;">"Watson is more than Holmes' friend: He's his humanity."</span></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1213384_1_0_,00.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/320/Watson%20Sidekick.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><ul><li><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mccranies.com/tobacco_tin.html">McCranie's</a> offers some Sherlockian pipe tobacco in tins: Peterson's Sherlock Holmes blend and McClelland's 221B-Black Shag, 221B-Arcadia, and 221B-Honeydew</li><li>Some geneological information on Nigel Bruce is available (with the photograph below) on <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/tom.paterson/BruceStenhouse.htm">Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse</a></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/tom.paterson/BruceStenhouse.htm"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/200/BrucesofStenhouse.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><ul><li>Scott and Alison Ibbitson breed bull terriers at <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bakerstreetbullterriers.com/">Baker Street Bull Terriers</a>; Scott's first bull terrier was named "Watson"</li><li>One Act Players' live performances of "The Speckled Band," "A Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Final Adventure" are available for free dowloand on <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.artistlaunch.com/artistsearch.asp">ArtistLaunch</a> (search for "Sherlock")</li></ul>

"Every link is now in its place..." [THOR]

"Every link is now in its place..." [THOR]

We're pleased to bring you, once again, the links from the latest issue of Peter Blau's monthly newsletter Scuttlebutt from the Sper...

Matilda, the Algonquin Hotel Cat

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The <a href="http://algonquinhotel.com/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Algonquin Hotel</a> has served as the unofficial headquarters of the Baker Street Irregulars' annual weekend gathering for many years.  For those who have visited, in addition to the plush lobby, bells that summon the waitstaff with your martini, and the venerable Oak Room with Andrea Marcovicci, one of the main features of the hotel cat, Matilda.<br />
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NPR has done a feature on Matilda, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5590366" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">The Algonquin Hotel's Feline Celebrity</a>, which contains a summary of the piece and a link to the audio file.  Long time BSI Weekend attendees may also recognize the voice of Mike Lyons, bell captain who has been with the Algonquin for four decades.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">More resources:</span><br />
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<li>The <span style="font-style: italic;">New York Times</span> did a feature on the <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9C00E1DC1238F93BA15756C0A96E958260" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Algonquin renovations</a> in its Travel section in 1998.</li>
<li>The Dorothy Parker Society threw <a href="http://www.dorothyparker.com/wordpress/2002/11/100th-birthday-bash-at-the-gonk.html" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">a 100th birthday party</a> for the Gonk in 2002 (that's Mike blowing out the cake)</li>
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Matilda, the Algonquin Hotel Cat

Matilda, the Algonquin Hotel Cat

"I could have laughed when I realized that it was the cat" [CHAS] The Algonquin Hotel has served as the unofficial headquar...

"I Travelled in My Youth, Took to the Stage..." [TWIS]

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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #ffcc00; font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Today is the anniversary of the birth of the stage actor most closely associated with the role of Sherlock Holmes.  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">William Gillette</a> was born on July 24, 1853 in Hartford, Connecticut.<br />
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If <s>you're</s> you were in the area on Sunday, <s>join</s> you would have seen the Men on the Tor's picnic at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette#Gillette_Castle" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Gillette Castle</a> to celebrate this happy event.<br />
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"I Travelled in My Youth, Took to the Stage..." [TWIS]

"I Travelled in My Youth, Took to the Stage..." [TWIS]

Today is the anniversary of the birth of the stage actor most closely associated with the role of Sherlock Holmes. William Gillette wa...

<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">"But Now Your Thoughts Went Back to Beecher..." [CARD]</span></span><br /><br />In the opening of "The Cardboard Box" (and "The Resident Patient," for that matter), Holmes makes the following observation of Watson as Watson stared at the photograph of Henry Ward Beecher:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">But now your thoughts went back to Beecher, and you looked hard across as if you were studying the character in his features. Then your eyes ceased to pucker, but you continued to look across, and your face was thoughtful. You were recalling the incidents of Beecher's career. I was well aware that you could not do this without thinking of the mission which he undertook on behalf of the North at the time of the Civil War, for I remember your expressing your passionate indignation at the way in which he was received by the more turbulent of our people.</blockquote>There is a new book out about Beecher, titled <span style="font-style: italic;">The Most Famous Man in America</span>, that was <a style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110008647">recently reviewed</a>: "Supposed that a man with Bill Clinton's charisma and wayward habits were the son of Billy Graham and had become the most famous liberal preacher in the country.  He might be something like a contemporary equivalent of the 19th-century superstar Henry Ward Beecher.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0385513968&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&amp;amp;amp;lc1=0000ff&bc1=000000&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /></div>

"But Now Your Thoughts Went Back to Beecher..." [CARD] In the opening of "The Cardboard Box" (and "The Resident Pat...

Letter of Support for Undershaw

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Below we have reproduced in full the letter that appeared in <a href="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1822045,00.html" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">the July 17 issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Guardian</span></a>. We do so because we have been following the Undershaw drama, and because the undersigned are largely all members of the Baker Street Irregulars.</div>
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"We write in support of the Victorian Society's appeal to English Heritage to raise the listed status of Arthur Conan Doyle's house Undershaw in Hindhead, Surrey, to Grade I (Sherlock Holmes and the case of the property developers, July 8).<br />
"Representing the worldwide interest in Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, we recognise that even though the recent application for listed building consent has been withdrawn, the house still desperately needs the protection that the higher grading will bring.<br />
"In 1895 Conan Doyle believed that his wife's tuberculosis meant a nomadic existence in foreign health resorts. But when he learned of the dry air and sheltered conditions of Hindhead, he built a remarkable home there.<br />
"Those years at Undershaw were among Conan Doyle's most productive. Sherlock Holmes, killed off in 1893, was restored to life, and many other stories and novels were written there, including Sir Nigel, which he considered his literary high point. He involved himself in public issues, and stood for parliament twice. He served as a volunteer army surgeon in South Africa during the Boer war, and wrote both a history of it and an internationally circulated pamphlet defending Britain's cause. He became deputy lieutenant of Surrey, and took an active role in the local golf club and in the Chiddingfold Hunt. He championed the cause of George Edalji, who was falsely imprisoned for animal mutilation (the subject of Julian Barnes's recent novel Arthur & George).<br />
"The many distinguished visitors to Undershaw included the writers James Barrie and Bram Stoker, the artist Sidney Paget, the cricketers Albert Trott and Frederic Meyrick-Jones, and even Field Marshal Lord Roberts, hero of Afghanistan and commander of British forces in the Boer war.<br />
"Conan Doyle's house is an obvious memorial to his achievements, and we believe it would be an indictment of British interest in its own heritage if the building's integrity were to be destroyed."<br />
<b>    Guy Marriott</b><br />
The Sherlock Holmes Society of London<br />
<b>    Michael Whelan</b><br />
The Baker Street Irregulars (US)<br />
<b>    Christopher Roden</b><br />
The Arthur Conan Doyle Society<br />
<b>    Steven Rothman</b><br />
The Baker Street Journal (US)<br />
<b>    Roger Johnson</b><br />
The Sherlock Holmes Journal<br />
<b>    Christopher Redmond</b><br />
Sherlockian.Net<b><br />    Jon Lellenberg</b><br />
US representative of the Conan Doyle Estate<br />
<b>    Daniel Stashower</b><br />
author, Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle</blockquote>

Letter of Support for Undershaw

Letter of Support for Undershaw

"let us now see the letter" [TWIS] Below we have reproduced in full the letter that appeared in the July 17 issue of The Gu...

"...The Story Is Still Told in India..." [EMPT]

<b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"></span></span></b>Today's edition of The Hindu has a book review of <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.hindu.com/br/2006/07/18/stories/2006071800261600.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">Experiments in Advocacy: A Colossus in the Courts of Justice, The Life and Times of Dr. Kailus Nath Katju</span></a>.  The book is a collection of Katju's essays and speeches, with more than a slight nod to one of his heroes, Mr. Sherlock Holmes:<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><p align="justify"></p><blockquote><p align="justify"> In his presentation of cases, none other than the detective of all times, Sherlock Holmes influenced him. "He [Holmes] always insisted upon close observation of detail and proper inferences, and those rules I found invaluable and indeed a key to success in many mysterious cases which I was briefed to argue in court of appeal." The master detective finds a reference throughout the book with two special chapters dedicated to him. "Sherlock Holmes in India" narrates three criminal cases that prove the adage "truth is stranger than fiction."</p><p align="justify"> In "The Sherlock Holmes Method Applied in Court," Katju describes how he developed his own powers of observation, deduction and inference on the lines indicated by Holmes to Watson.</p></blockquote><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"><br /></p><p align="justify"> </p></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hindu.com/br/2006/07/18/stories/2006071800261600.htm"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/320/Katju.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 228px;" /></a>

"...The Story Is Still Told in India..." [EMPT]

"...The Story Is Still Told in India..." [EMPT]

Today's edition of The Hindu has a book review of Experiments in Advocacy: A Colossus in the Courts of Justice, The Life and Times of Dr...

"It Is Full of Old Houses..." [SUSS]

<b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b>A couple of news stories Monday relate two houses that have a connection to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/travel/15056081.htm">Rudyard Kipling's home</a> in Dummerston, Vermont was visited by Conan Doyle, who went golfing and skiing in the area.  The home has been restored by the Landmark Trust USA, a division of a foundation based in the United Kingdom that preserves and restores notable British houses.  Interested individuals can even make <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.landmarktrustusa.org/naulakha/index.html">arrangements to sta</a><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.landmarktrustusa.org/naulakha/index.html">y</a> at the historic house.<br /><br />And a <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.blueplaque.com/">blue plaque</a> has been laid at the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED16%20Jul%202006%2019%3A07%3A17%3A030">Hill House in Happisburgh, North Norfolk</a>.  Conan Doyle visited this public house frequently and wrote <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/canon/danc.htm">"The Dancing Men"</a> while he was staying there in 1903.  You may recall that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travel to Norfolk to help Mr. Hilton Cubitt; as it happens, the Cubitt family ran the Hill House while Conan Doyle stayed there.

"It Is Full of Old Houses..." [SUSS]

"It Is Full of Old Houses..." [SUSS]

A couple of news stories Monday relate two houses that have a connection to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Rudyard Kipling's home in Dummersto...

"...I Observe That Your Circulation is More Adapted for Summer..." [BLUE]

<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"></span></span>The Summer (not June!) issue of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Baker Street Journal</span> is on its way!  We ask you to be patient as the Post Office does its thing.<br /><br />In the meantime, you might <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/currentvolume.html">check out the current contents</a> of the Journal, which include:<br /><ul><li>The latest <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/currentvolume/theeditorsgaslamp.html">Editor's Gas-Lamp</a></li><li>The featured article, <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/currentvolume/watsonsweirdtales.html">Watson's Weird Tales</a>, by former BSJ editor Phil Shreffler, concerning horror elements in Sherlock Holmes Canon</li><li>The text of <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/English/faculty/panek.htm">Leroy Lad Panek</a>'s 2006 BSI Distinguished Lecture on the origins of the detective story in America</li><li>David Musto's investigation of genetics and heredity in the Canon</li><li>Arthur Conan Doyle as a whaler and a sailor, by Walter Jaffee and Deborah Herman, respectively</li><li>Marshall Berdan pays a visit to <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Mansbridge">Ronald Mansbridge, BSI</a>, who turned 100 last November<br /></li><li>Charles Press delves into the timing and details in Arthur Conan Doyle's life in an effort to determine exactly when he met Jean Leckie, the future Mrs. Conan Doyle. The results may surprise you.</li><li>Another former editor of the BSJ, Donald Pollock, continues the tradition of "Maybe You Collect Yourself, Sir..." with an explanation of the Longman's "new edition" of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hound of the Baskervilles</span></li><li>And the usual roundup of the Baker Street Inventory, the editor's Commonplace Book, Scott Bond's artwork, and Letters to Baker Street</li></ul>As always, we would like to hear what you think!  We've set up another poll at the top of the blog to get your thoughts.

"...I Observe That Your Circulation is More Adapted for Summer..." [BLUE]

"...I Observe That Your Circulation is More Adapted for Summer..." [BLUE]

The Summer (not June!) issue of the Baker Street Journal is on its way! We ask you to be patient as the Post Office does its thing. In the...

"It Makes a Considerable Difference to Me..." [BOSC]

<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;"></span></span>If you've taken the time to head over to the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">Baker Street Journal</a> site, you will have noticed a considerable difference in the layout.  Please have a look around and let us know what you think - we want to have a site that works for you, so don't be shy.  We've set up <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/contactus/letterstobakerstreet.html">Letters to Baker Street</a> so we can read your comments on articles, get your feedback and answer your questions.<br /><br />One point of reference: the left side navigation bar (in grey) has both top-level and drop-down links; clicking on the top-level will get you to the main page, while the drop-down (or mouse-over) links will get you to sub-level pages.  You can see it all laid out on the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/home/sitemap.html">sitemap</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/400/BSJ-screenshot.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><img alt="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/SCOTTM%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" />

"It Makes a Considerable Difference to Me..." [BOSC]

"It Makes a Considerable Difference to Me..." [BOSC]

If you've taken the time to head over to the Baker Street Journal site, you will have noticed a considerable difference in the layout. ...

An Undershaw Update from the Sherlock Holmes Society of London

An Undershaw Update from the Sherlock Holmes Society of London

An Undershaw Update from the Sherlock Holmes Society of London

"you've surely saved the lodge" [VALL] Further to our post of July 6, it seems that Undershaw has been given a reprieve. D...

Conan Doyle's Undershaw May Be Destroyed

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"Possibly you have seen pictures and read descriptions of the famous old building" [MUSG]</h4>
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #ffcc00; font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b>In 1897 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle made his home in Surrey, where his personally-designed house Undershaw was completed.   It is while he lived there that he wrote <span style="font-style: italic;">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hound of the Baskervilles</span>.<br />
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From 1924 to 2004, the 36-room house was a hotel, but now it is in danger of losing the charm and details that have been part of the home for over 100 years, as developers are considering destroying it to make way for three homes to be built on the site of the house, plus another on the grounds.  The <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/06/nhomes06.xml" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">full article is available from the Telegraph</a>.<br />
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Some quotes:<br />
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From John Gibson (of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0967750008/002-7132755-0695226?v=glance&n=283155" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Gibson & Green</a> fame): <br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"This was the only house that Conan Doyle had built for himself. To gut it will destroy the integrity of the important building and all its connections."</span></blockquote>
From Nick Utechin (editor of <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/journal.php" style="color: #000066; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Sherlock Holmes Journal</a>):<br />
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"No thought appears to have been given to the incredible importance Conan Doyle has in popular literary culture. We are not saying the house needs to be maintained exactly as it was, but it would be nice if something could be kept or if the public were able to look around it."</blockquote>
Both the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and The Victorian Society are doing their part to save the property.<br />
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Conan Doyle's Undershaw May Be Destroyed

Conan Doyle's Undershaw May Be Destroyed

"Possibly you have seen pictures and read descriptions of the famous old building" [MUSG] In 1897 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle made h...

"Then We Solemnly Renewed Our Oath to Stand by Each Other..." [SIGN]

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"then we solemnly renewed our oath to stand by each other" [SIGN] </h4>
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<span style="color: rgb(255 , 204 , 0); font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Please stand by over at <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/" style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 102); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Baker Street Journal</a> web site, as we are making some slight improvements to the site.  Since its inception in July of 2001, the site has used frames.  We thought it was time to put an end to the frames, and the new templates require a bit more work from us.<br />
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"Then We Solemnly Renewed Our Oath to Stand by Each Other..." [SIGN]

"then we solemnly renewed our oath to stand by each other" [SIGN] Please stand by over at The Baker Street Journal web site...

Dispelling Myths About Sherlock Holmes

Dispelling Myths About Sherlock Holmes

Dispelling Myths About Sherlock Holmes

"it is a statement of a certain legend" [HOUN] Last week it was The Straight Dope ; this week, it's the Urban Legend Refere...

CSI: Sherlock Holmes

CSI: Sherlock Holmes

CSI: Sherlock Holmes

"the press, Watson, is a most valuable institution" [SIXN] We recently linked to E.J. Wagner's book The Science of Sherlock...

Links from the June 2006 Scuttlebutt

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"I have forged and tested every link" [GOLD] </h4>
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And now, the HTML links from the June issue of <a href="http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/scuttle.htm" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</span></a>.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.julianbarnes.com/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">The web site of Julian Barnes</a>, author of <span style="font-style: italic;">Arthur & George</span>, which was just issued in paperback</li>
<li>The Spring issue of <a href="http://www.pt-magazine.com/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Pipes & Tobaccos</a> has a heart-felt tribute to Tom Dunn, the late editor of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Pipe Smoker's Ephemeris</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/" style="color: #33ff33; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 102);">Wikipedia</span> </a>has a number of Sherlockian entries:</li>
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<li style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dynamics_of_An_Asteroid">The Dynamics of an Asteroid</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Treatise_on_the_Binomial_Theorem">A Treatise on the Binomial Theorem</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_Irregulars">The Baker Street Irregulars</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.camdenhouse.ignisart.com/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Camden House</a> now has an <a href="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/classified/index.php?method=showhtmllist&list=classifiedscategory&fromfromlist=classifiedscategory&fromfrommethod=showhtmllist&fromfromid=20&clearoff=1" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Agony Column</a> of Sherlockian classified ads</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.forensic.to/webhome/ejwagner/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">The Web site of E.J. Wagner</a>, author of The Science of Sherlock Holmes</li>
<li><span style="font-style: italic;">Baritsu: "The New Art of Self-Defence"</span> is featured in two issues of <a href="http://www.dragon-tsunami.org/Cfa/Pages/cfahome.htm" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Classical Fighting Arts magazine</a></li>
<li>Stuart M. Kaminsky's <a href="http://www.stuartkaminsky.com/man_from_capetown.html" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">"The Man from Capetown"</a> is featured on his web site</li>
<li>The play <a href="http://www.missourirepertorytheatre.org/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">"Sherlock Holmes: the Final Adventure"</a> is schedueld to be produced by the Kansas City Repertory Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri, February 23 through March 18, 2007.</li>
<li>Peter Calamai, BSI ("The <span style="font-style: italic;">Leeds Mercury</span>") won a Canadian Science Writers' Association award for his <a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;pubid=968163964505&cid=1128117013771&call_page=TS_SundayIdeas&call_pageid=1105528093962&call_pagepath=Weekly/SundayIdeas" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">10-part series on Albert Einstein</a></li>
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<li>Ken Ludwig's "Postmortem" (a mystery featuring William Gillette and set at his home in Connecticut) is playing at the <a href="http://www.lbph.com/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Long Beach Playhouse</a> until July 15 and at the <a href="http://www1.usu.edu/lyric" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Caine Lyric Theatre</a> in Logan, Utah from July 6 to August 8.</li>
<li>Barry Day's <a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_ONVO_000023&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes" style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 102); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Sherlock Holmes and the Apocolypse Murders</a> is available as an audiobook from <a href="http://www.audible.com/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Audible</a></li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.com/e_times11.htm" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">June issue of the Sherlockian e-Times</a> from Classic Specialties</li>
<li>The 1968 television series starring Peter Cushing is available in DVD from the <a href="http://www.bbcshop.com/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">BBC Shop</a></li>
<li>Copies of the Magic Door (the newsletter of the Arthur Conan Doyle Society) are available from <a href="mailto:doug.wrig@sympatico.ca" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Doug Wrigglesworth</a></li>
<li><span style="font-style: italic;">The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</span> is available from <a href="http://www.signals.com/cgi-bin/hazel.cgi?ACTION=SEARCH&SEARCH_SPEC=annotated&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=submit" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Signals</a> for $69.96</li>
<li>More audiobooks are available from <a href="http://www.audioeditions.com/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Audio Editions</a>, including Laurie King's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Art of Detection</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.avictorianvillage.com/gallery.htm" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">A Victorian Village Inn</a> in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;q=Clinton,+CT&ie=UTF8&ll=41.296897,-72.527962&spn=0.113751,0.343323&om=1" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Clinton, Connecticut</a> features a Sherlock Holmes Cottage</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.sherlockholmes.com/" style="color: #33ff33; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 102);">SHERLOCK MAGAZINE</span> </a>(formerly known as simply "SHERLOCK") has returned, with David Stuart Davies resuming his post as editor</li>
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Links from the June 2006 Scuttlebutt

Links from the June 2006 Scuttlebutt

"I have forged and tested every link" [GOLD] And now, the HTML links from the June issue of Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Pr...

Ripped from the Headlines: The Lion's Mane

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"anything to ease this infernal agony" [LION] </h4>
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A real-life version of "The Lion's Mane" occurred in Westport, Massachusetts, near Boston.    While not a Lion's Mane (aka<span style="font-style: italic;"> Cyanaea capillata</span>), it was no less traumatic when a swimmer was <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/06/29/swimmer_stung_by_portuguese_man_of_war_off_westport_beach/" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">severely stung by two Portuguese Man-of-War jellyfish</a>. Understandably, the victim said:<br />
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"It was the most excruciating situation I have ever been in. The pain was incredible."</blockquote>
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Ripped from the Headlines: The Lion's Mane

Ripped from the Headlines: The Lion's Mane

"anything to ease this infernal agony" [LION] A real-life version of "The Lion's Mane" occurred in Westport, M...

Harry Potter Death Portent — Echoes of Sherlock Holmes

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"the best and the wisest man whom I have ever known" [FINA] </h4>
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Penned by Watson after he presumed his friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, perished at the Reichenbach Falls, these words - and the extremely emotion-filled introduction to <a href="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/canon/fina.htm" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">"The Final Problem"</a> - reflect the level of despair that Watson and his readers felt when then learned of the demise of Holmes.<br />
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It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last     words in which I shall ever record the singular gifts by which my friend Mr. Sherlock     Holmes was distinguished. In an incoherent and, as I deeply feel, an entirely inadequate     fashion, I have endeavoured to give some account of my strange experiences in his company . . . and to have     said nothing of that event which has created a void in my life which the lapse of two     years has done little to fill.</blockquote>
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In a similar vein, J.K. Rowling is making headlines as <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/26/060626232443.lhc6qc94.html" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">she announced there will be two deaths</a> in the last installment of the Harry Potter series, possibly including the protagonist.<br />
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The <span style="font-style: italic;">Guardian 's </span>interactive editorial "Comment is free" section has an entry called <a href="http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/phil_maynard/2006/06/harry_potter_must_die.html" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">Harry Potter Must Die</a>, in which Phil Maynard claims "it's worth remembering that deaths in literature aren't always what they seem."  He naturally uses an example of a certain detective, whose exploits made him the Harry Potter of his day, in terms of popularity and sales.<br />
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Harry Potter Death Portent — Echoes of Sherlock Holmes

Harry Potter Death Portent — Echoes of Sherlock Holmes

"the best and the wisest man whom I have ever known" [FINA] Penned by Watson after he presumed his friend, Mr. Sherlock Holm...

Hugh Boone Knew How to Make Money

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"he had for years been known as a professional beggar" [TWIS] </h3>
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<b><span style="color: rgb(255 , 204 , 0); font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"></span></b>Readers of this blog are undoubtedly aware that Neville St. Clair, in <a href="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/canon/twis.htm" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">"The Man with the Twisted Lip"</a> left his respectable job as a journalist to take up the life of a professional beggar under the <span style="font-style: italic;">nom de travail</span> Hugh Boone.<br />
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In the June 27 installment of <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/index.html" style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 102); font-weight: bold;">The Straight Dope,</a> the question was posed to the research staff: <span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 102); font-weight: bold;">"</span><a href="http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbegprofit.html" style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">How much money do beggars make?"</a><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"Data! Data! Data! I cannot make bricks without clay."</span></blockquote>
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While there are little empirical data to go on, the author leads with the example from the Canon and even goes so far as to quote Leslie Klinger, BSI, editor of <a href="http://annotatedsherlockholmes.com/" style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 102); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</a>.<br />
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Hugh Boone Knew How to Make Money

Hugh Boone Knew How to Make Money

"he had for years been known as a professional beggar" [TWIS] Readers of this blog are undoubtedly aware that Neville St. Cl...

International Traffic on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

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"among the crowds who were gathered from all nations" [GLOR] </h4>
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255 , 204 , 0); font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Dr. Watson wrote that he had "an experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents," [SIGN] but clearly our exploits on the BSB surpass even that.<br />
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As of this posting, we have received visits from readers in no less than 43 countries.<br />
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In addition to the United States, we have received visits from:<br />
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Argentina, Australia,  Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Phillipines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom</blockquote>
A hearty thank you to all of our international visitors!  Clearly, Sherlock Holmes is an icon that is recognized across the globe.  It is always a joy to meet a Sherlockian, no matter what the nationality.<br />
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International Traffic on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

International Traffic on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

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