Episode 217: The Staunton Tragedy

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"many excellent qualities" [MISS] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZV4oVXAzq5FUDWsC0fdbzQPhfoI-_0d9QtA6DGmODV2Pw1WJ6II3Gvis5lDWrYjG1GBjEa-YOXzqwA1cpxlUpSxzlRvs-bguJLrNcB7Y9Vz2hdJgJkMVgLDobWGXDSJKJg7amZs6Mkrmr/s800/MISS+MSS.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="800" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZV4oVXAzq5FUDWsC0fdbzQPhfoI-_0d9QtA6DGmODV2Pw1WJ6II3Gvis5lDWrYjG1GBjEa-YOXzqwA1cpxlUpSxzlRvs-bguJLrNcB7Y9Vz2hdJgJkMVgLDobWGXDSJKJg7amZs6Mkrmr/w640-h357/MISS+MSS.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>One of the latest books in the BSI Manuscript Series from the BSI Press is <i><a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2020/12/30/staunton-tragedy/" target="_blank">The Staunton Tragedy</a></i>, the manuscript for "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter."<div><br /></div><div>Edited by Wiggins emeritus Michael F. Whelan, the book brought together Sherlockians of all stripes for a wide variety of essays about and related to the story. The story itself was fairly thin and didn't present anything in the way of crime-solving on Sherlock Holmes's part, but the essays in <i>The Staunton Tragedy</i> make up for that.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Series production manager John Bergquist, BSI ("The King of Scandinavia") and transcriptionist-cum-annotator Phil Bergem ("Birdy Edwards") join I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere to talk about this book and their collaboration on manuscripts that spans 10 books.</div><div><p>If you are chosen as the lucky <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz winner, we have a wonderful collection of Sherlock Holmes puzzle and quiz books. 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Episode 217: The Staunton Tragedy

"many excellent qualities" [MISS]  One of the latest books in the BSI Manuscript Series from the BSI Press is The Staunton Tragedy...

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by Scott Monty

New Lecture Series on Conan Doyle Honors Neil McCaw

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a course of lectures ” [COPP]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVU5IzDEGdKTNSyIEJkCX_h1QbBW11rE03zYJeldR16ntK8kfo9uKNYEzU4r3KBJA7tc2Q7zzGOJnxQJRlhD7pqOxs8wj2HBLKCYB2RRqQHXERA7TAyTf8TUFjwdLQ7nakCA8dPOx7jPD/s910/Conan+Doyle+Collection+Portsmouth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="910" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVU5IzDEGdKTNSyIEJkCX_h1QbBW11rE03zYJeldR16ntK8kfo9uKNYEzU4r3KBJA7tc2Q7zzGOJnxQJRlhD7pqOxs8wj2HBLKCYB2RRqQHXERA7TAyTf8TUFjwdLQ7nakCA8dPOx7jPD/w640-h366/Conan+Doyle+Collection+Portsmouth.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>May 22 marked the 162nd anniversary of the birth of Arthur Conan Doyle. His legacy lives on in legions of books, collections, societies, and discussions across the world. And of course, in his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes.</p><p>It also lives on in a new lecture series from the Portsmouth City Council as part of <a href="http://cd.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conandoyle" target="_blank">The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection Lancelyn Green Bequest</a>. </p><p>Professor Neil McCaw was an individual who promoted his memory in his work and volunteering. Professor McCaw was a professor of Victorian Literature and Culture at Winchester University and became involved in the Collection in 2005, where he spent his time advising on the initial cataloging and identifying it as a unique and diverse collection. Neil McCaw passed away last year.</p><p>Neil went on to give wider academic talks globally about the Collection, which broadened our audiences, producing texts for exhibitions that have toured around the world to diverse audiences, writing and producing a facsimile for "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" and then later on curating the <a href="http://cd.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conandoyle/you-dont-know-sherlock-holmes-yet" target="_blank">You Don't Know Sherlock Holmes, Yet exhibition</a>. </p><p>Professor Neil McCaw was a true advocate for the collection, and his expert knowledge and advice have given a legacy to this world-class Collection, maintaining Richard Lancelyn Green's original bequest to make it accessible to the public.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Lecture Series for Professor Neil McCaw </h2><p>To commemorate Professor Neil McCaw's commitment and dedication to the Conan Doyle Collection, and to showcase the legacy of his work, by sharing learning and broadening the knowledge of the collection, the Portsmouth Conan Doyle Collection will be hosting a series of virtual talks with people — authors, fans, academics — who are also passionate about Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, and who have a connection to the Conan Doyle Collection.</p><p>This is the schedule of upcoming talks, all of which are free to the public and will be held on Zoom; registration is required.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Arthur Conan Doyle and the Case of the Parsee Lawyer, presented by author Shrabani Basu</h4><p>When George Edalji, a young Indian lawyer, is convicted of mutilating horses in a Staffordshire mining village in 1903, he appeals to Arthur Conan Doyle to clear his name. The creator of Sherlock Holmes, accepts the request and proceeds to investigate the case. Based on letters, police records and home office files, Shrabani Basu, author of <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3oMMa51" target="_blank">The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer</a></i>, goes on the trail of Arthur Conan Doyle as he wears the hat of Sherlock Holmes and uncovers the dark secrets lying in the English countryside. What is revealed is a story of racism and police corruption at the turn of the century. It is the only case that Conan Doyle investigates personally, with startling results.</p><p><b>May 27 at 7:00 pm BST</b></p><p>More information / registration: <a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=100173479 " target="_blank">Arthur Conan Doyle and the Case of the Parsee Lawyer by Shrabani Basu</a> | Portsmouth Library and Archive Service (spydus.co.uk)</p><p> </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Early Sherlock Holmes Fandom from 1890s-1930s, presented by scholar Katharine Brombley </h4><div>Summary: Sherlock Holmes is an iconic figure and to this day has a huge following from Sherlockians, fans, and scholars alike. But when did this start? Kate will discuss her findings from the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection and explain how the first British readers of Sherlock Holmes interacted with the stories, setting the foundations for the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. She will cover Victorian and Edwardian fan fiction, collecting, and the first Sherlock Holmes Society. </div><p>Kate is a PhD graduate from the University of Portsmouth and wrote her thesis 'Possessions and Obsessions: Fandom and the Case of Arthur Conan Doyle' in 2015. She is currently Senior Associate Editor for <i><a href="http://ihose.co/ihose212">The Conan Doyle Review</a></i>, an academic journal for Conan Doyle scholars.</p><p><b>June 3 at 7:00 pm BST</b></p><p>More information / registration: <a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=100174766 " target="_blank">Dr Katharine Brombley ‘Early Sherlock Holmes Fandom from 1890s-1930s’</a> | Portsmouth Library and Archive Service (spydus.co.uk)</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Arthur Conan Doyle, money, and the centenary of the Casebook, presented by author Alistair Duncan</h4><p>This presentation takes a look at the relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and money, beginning with his early career, before moving onto a brief examination of the final series of stories known as the Casebook - this set of stories turns 100 later this year.</p><p><b>June 10 at 7:00 BST</b></p><p>More information / registration: <a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=100174775 " target="_blank">Arthur Conan Doyle, money, and the centenary of the Casebook by Alistair Duncan</a> | Portsmouth Library and Archive Service (spydus.co.uk)</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Glamourous American—William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes, presented by author S.E. Dahlinger</h4><p>At the height of the Great Depression, a Connecticut Yankee in a deerstalker cap trouped America in the Final Tour of a legendary play about a very British detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Tonight’s talk is about the enigmatic actor, his career and his castle, and his role in reviving the Sherlock Holmes franchise to the joy of fans on both sides of the pond.</p><p><b>June 17 at 7:00 pm BST</b></p><p>More information / registration: <a href="https://portsmouth.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=100174768 " target="_blank">S.E. Dahlinger “The Glamourous American—William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes.”</a> | Portsmouth Library and Archive Service (spydus.co.uk)</p><p><br /></p><p>This should be a marvelous series of events. If you can't make it to Portsmouth in person, this is the next best thing.</p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div id="F97D4EF4_D0FA_3BC9_C88A_107D623BCF22"><div></div></div><div id="1C3D0C7D_ABD9_AA0E_5834_523E2A0BEEB7"></div><div id="6DF6BBFC_5DDA_9461_A5C0_84B63836F22F"><div></div></div><div id="1C3D0C7D_ABD9_AA0E_5834_523E2A0BEEB7"></div><div id="AE660E57_66BF_8AEE_0750_67D6856476DD"><div></div></div><div id="1C3D0C7D_ABD9_AA0E_5834_523E2A0BEEB7"></div>

New Lecture Series on Conan Doyle Honors Neil McCaw

“a course of lectures ” [COPP] May 22 marked the 162nd anniversary of the birth of Arthur Conan Doyle. His legacy lives on in legions of boo...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – That Smarts

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span>“I am such a farcical bungler</span>” [EMPT] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiing24h5g0100vmRDTUIeZMYyFQ7hBEA4EgH4cLWVdpqZoBVVGGgHmP5oC4_-hEc6chByz-NaIeRo2pceehPkFf2rIayPKQf_fFBrTJ19Wqm8Ex8ymeFnOlwVlKvYV_2PVxxim0Re4Ov/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+106.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiing24h5g0100vmRDTUIeZMYyFQ7hBEA4EgH4cLWVdpqZoBVVGGgHmP5oC4_-hEc6chByz-NaIeRo2pceehPkFf2rIayPKQf_fFBrTJ19Wqm8Ex8ymeFnOlwVlKvYV_2PVxxim0Re4Ov/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+106.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Every student of comedy film history knows <i>Young Frankenstein</i>, the Mel Brooks / Gene Wilder farce that picks up two generations after the original story.</div><div><br /></div><div>It debuted in 1974 to great acclaim, starring Wilder as the young Froederick Frankenstein, with Marty Feldman as Igor, Madeline Kahn as Frankenstein's fiancee, Teri Garr as Frankenstein's assistant, Peter Boyle as the monster, and Cloris Leachman in a send-up role as Frau Blücher.</div><div><br /></div><div>According to Wilder, he had been wanting to do a film about Sherlock Holmes for some time when, during the filming of <i>Young Frankenstein</i>, his friend, producer Richard Roth, asked him if he ever thought about Holmes as a basis for film comedy.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Once a week for the past year," Wilder said. (<i><a href="https://amzn.to/2SPXZvn" target="_blank">Deerstalker! Holmes and Watson on Screen</a></i> by Ron Haydock, The Scarecrow Press, 1978)</div><div><br /></div><div>Thus was born <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3w6pf7l" target="_blank">The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes's Smarter Brother</a></i>. The film brought Wilder, Feldman, and Kahn back together, as Sigerson Holmes, Orville Sacker, and Jenny Hill, respectively. Sigerson was Sherlock's younger and insecure brother, and Sacker (whose name was inspired by Conan Doyle's first choice of name for Dr. Watson: Ormond Sacker), who had a phonographic memory – a perfect recollection of the spoken word. </div><div><br /></div><div>Interestingly, Wilder's first choice to play Sherlock Holmes in that film was Keith McConnell (who had played Holmes in Schlitz Malt Liquor commercials!). McConnell had also played Holmes in the famously-deleted scene in Neil Simon's <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3hC9O2u" target="_blank">Murder By Death</a></i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Because of the change in venue from Hollywood to London and because of a shift in scheduling, McConnell was unable to play the role in Smarter Brother — a role that had been much more prominent before a rewrite.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sherlock Holmes, of course, would go to none other than <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/03/remembering-douglas-wilmer-bsi.html" target="_blank">Douglas Wilmer</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, Baker Street Elementary has some ab(by)normal activity in its theatre department...</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83wV2q_peK6w7lb0YdWn290DTF5OqZ_UfVy22aRKSw4wnyyEOhabGba1IdPa95Fxg2A4b6H0r0J9QX13aCCIrUq4IiB0UmI5lcqvHCHKKXMko4Me3CgdKu_c9nb3maml2S9Q5QHZPuIhK/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+106.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></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><br />--</div><div><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – That Smarts

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Episode 216: Remembering Jon Lellenberg

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"It is with a heavy heart" [FINA] </h4><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSd9i1VhChOZaDOko7gnAqb9AXBd_wEPeefa31pwudIF-cKdLkhk1wA9w7gOj8uqSJXCB4lYE8nkwx60jiwtXymm3fUhIC51fQ8Mgkr0jiXq5ayS5TjWs8sZgn9SXLqxfsWGwjfOW_MONt/s2048/Jon+and+Dan.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSd9i1VhChOZaDOko7gnAqb9AXBd_wEPeefa31pwudIF-cKdLkhk1wA9w7gOj8uqSJXCB4lYE8nkwx60jiwtXymm3fUhIC51fQ8Mgkr0jiXq5ayS5TjWs8sZgn9SXLqxfsWGwjfOW_MONt/w640-h426/Jon+and+Dan.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jon Lellenberg with Dan Stashower (courtesy of Dan Stashower)</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The worlds of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle enthusiasts have lost a giant. Jon Lellenberg, invested in the Baker Street Irregulars as "Rodger Prescott of Evil Memory" in 1974, passed away on April 24, 2021 after a short illness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jon's contribution to our hobby was almost too immense for words. He was a confidant and representative of the Conan Doyle Estate for many years, extending back to a close relationship with Dame Jean Conan Doyle. As an author and editor, he contributed to a number of books on Conan Doyle's life, including A Life in Letters and Dangerous Work, both co-edited with Dan Stashower, BSI ("Thurston"). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jon's knowledge of early Irregularity and the times in which those Irregulars lived and worked was unrivaled, which made him the perfect person to tackle the BSI Archival History Series. During that time, he was known as the Thucydides of the Baker Street Irregulars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With four appearances on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, Jon gave us so much material with which to work, so we pulled some clips from previous episodes to pepper our memories of him. If you have memories, please share them in a comment below and see the links for more information.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Plus, we have an announcement about a very rare piece of Sherlockian/Irregular history related to Jon Lellenberg that is available for auction. <br /><p>The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz winner this time will win a copy of Jon Lellenberg's <i>The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Thirteen Biographers in Search of a Life</i>. Answers are due by May 29, 2021 at 11:59 a.m.</p><br /><p>Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></div><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script><p></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">Please do consider becoming a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>. 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Smith)</li><li><a href="https://conandoyleestate.com/news/jon-lellenberg" target="_blank">Remembrances of Jon on the Conan Doyle Estate site</a> (additional contributions welcome)</li><li>Previous episodes mentioned:</li><ul><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose13" target="_blank">Episode 13: Arthur Conan Doyle - A Life in Letters</a> (with Dan Stashower)</li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose29" target="_blank">Episode 29: Baker Street Irregular</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose37" target="_blank">Episode 37: The Lost Conan Doyle Manuscript</a> (with Dan Stashower)</li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose" target="_blank">Episode 48: Dangerous Work</a> (with Dan Stashower)</li></ul><li>On eBay: The <i><a href="http://ebay.us/HGw80l?cmpnId=5338273189" target="_blank">1998 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual: "Entertainment and Fantasy": the 1940 BSI Dinner</a></i> (RARE)</li></ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at <a href="https://ihose.co/flipsherlock" target="_blank">ihose.co/flipsherlock</a> as well as through our accounts on <a href="https://facebook.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://youtube.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>Please subscribe on the podcast provider of your choosing:</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pod.link/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a></div><br />And would you consider leaving us a rating and review? 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Episode 216: Remembering Jon Lellenberg

"It is with a heavy heart" [FINA]  Jon Lellenberg with Dan Stashower (courtesy of Dan Stashower) The worlds of Sherlock Holmes and...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary — The Bespectacled Band

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span>“He peered at me with great curiosity</span>” [FINA] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpdu1MZyzNxBOkNrjER9wZZPUBO-3C63qcL8Z6PJEZeAYzVK4IUbrdqA-y4YJMTyGabfNKy3IrdqjNUKWLcoIIQaxqgyuG-8UBk7Y5d0FYRDSXA7_iz2rNbwFmHFwwsSULFnHJDPat686/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpdu1MZyzNxBOkNrjER9wZZPUBO-3C63qcL8Z6PJEZeAYzVK4IUbrdqA-y4YJMTyGabfNKy3IrdqjNUKWLcoIIQaxqgyuG-8UBk7Y5d0FYRDSXA7_iz2rNbwFmHFwwsSULFnHJDPat686/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>For a set of stories that was written by a physician who himself was a failed ophthamologist, it's comforting to see his former profession creep into the Canon.</div><div><br /></div><div>One entry in the Sherlock Holmes stories, "The Golden Pince-Nez," even scores a title that was directly associated with Conan Doyle's former field of study. But what about other appearances of corrective lenses in the works?</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a quick accounting of some of those who required glasses:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Mr. Sherman</b>, the animal proprietor, had "stooping shoulders, a stringy neck, and blue-tinted glasses." [SIGN]</li><li><b>Mary Sutherland</b> wore pince-nez and her stepfather, James Windibank "wore tinted glasses against the glare." [IDEN]</li><li><b>John Openshaw</b> entered 221B Baker Street, saying ""I owe you an apology," he said, raising his golden pince-nez to his eyes." [FIVE]</li><li>A more grandiose entrance came from <b>Lord Robert St. Simon</b>, who "advanced slowly into the room, turning his head from left to right, and swinging in his right hand the cord which held his golden eyeglasses." [NOBL]</li><li><b>Jephro Rucastle</b> "sat at [Miss Stoper's] elbow with a pair of glasses on his nose, looking very earnestly at the ladies who entered." [COPP]</li><li><b>Wilson Kemp</b> "was a little gentleman, with glasses, thin in the face, but very pleasant in his ways, for he was laughing all the time that he was talking." [GREE]</li><li>One of the other famous pairs of glasses in the Canon was worn by <b>Charles Augustus Milverton</b>, whose "grey eyes, which gleamed brightly from behind broad, golden-rimmed glasses." [CHAS]</li><li><b>Dr. Mortimer</b> had "a long nose like a beak, which jutted out between two keen, gray eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses." [HOUN]</li><li><b>John McMurdo</b>'s "gray eyes gleamed with sudden and dangerous anger from behind his glasses." [VALL]</li><li>"Our client [<b>Nathan Garrideb</b>] shone with pleasure and his eyes gleamed from behind his big glasses." [3GAR]</li><li><b>Professor Presbury</b> "appeared at the front window, and we were aware of a pair of keen eyes from under shaggy brows which surveyed us through large horn glasses." [CREE]</li></ul>We're grateful that Conan Doyle wasn't so completely turned off by the study of the ocular that he gave up thinking about such things entirely. One of the reasons the Canon worked well at the time and remains popular today is its reality. Look around: we're surrounded by people who wear glasses.<br /><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, Baker Street Elementary brings this into focus for us...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3O5KyRBl9AVm11T6vXRTvKHrLJEr23BOvcF0025xO_M1BuE0JT-xRNFDlBEzEZnYOGscq_sQPqOpLJTQ5-wcA7ABs_vZEPz2MIF8KNm3a0tWoEq8Eb1rNYODFOMImHk1kArY_exZWMz2T/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3O5KyRBl9AVm11T6vXRTvKHrLJEr23BOvcF0025xO_M1BuE0JT-xRNFDlBEzEZnYOGscq_sQPqOpLJTQ5-wcA7ABs_vZEPz2MIF8KNm3a0tWoEq8Eb1rNYODFOMImHk1kArY_exZWMz2T/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2Iu-8uzJU2MEfyap5XGQDnEV0cRKc7kLD_1B8MdxDFkBqdHp1XiXbmNJbPUzEgCECC322L-SM9pyqR6eRvZSRPsg2ibJViWG7oEzm8IX-ib0gx0mdYXzQ1W1ZJfsru7s65_vh7Seu6ri/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2Iu-8uzJU2MEfyap5XGQDnEV0cRKc7kLD_1B8MdxDFkBqdHp1XiXbmNJbPUzEgCECC322L-SM9pyqR6eRvZSRPsg2ibJViWG7oEzm8IX-ib0gx0mdYXzQ1W1ZJfsru7s65_vh7Seu6ri/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZQxg55FE1gZLQferXg7Zm24olyjSxaSXkiPXRc11BsJ_cAsGn279tmZv-tig7o9C_scwKCv7jsNlOv63KLDf6_WSFPTMeMvZZVNybDHXcUVEcffGAt1FT3u8pvaGmTIeldibnJhlMgEo/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZQxg55FE1gZLQferXg7Zm24olyjSxaSXkiPXRc11BsJ_cAsGn279tmZv-tig7o9C_scwKCv7jsNlOv63KLDf6_WSFPTMeMvZZVNybDHXcUVEcffGAt1FT3u8pvaGmTIeldibnJhlMgEo/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPQS18z27-J9vdazZpmAHya0q_yD6V9ZL7N2Iy7rH2701D7ACjsh1WcISOpNn9CmektCIDekkBrnNvgGhyphenhyphenG4Teulc0xsRoCfZoDVmM1LTTDHHN1StcrK7MjaHWHjuUAttd94jNZ8lqtKH/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPQS18z27-J9vdazZpmAHya0q_yD6V9ZL7N2Iy7rH2701D7ACjsh1WcISOpNn9CmektCIDekkBrnNvgGhyphenhyphenG4Teulc0xsRoCfZoDVmM1LTTDHHN1StcrK7MjaHWHjuUAttd94jNZ8lqtKH/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYu41aqMX3hIkZDYpMwDIRaFFQq5GgAeV0lCu46v6_J7tKxnvzwIaZAXBePwZ7pHQObwJLLq2kiXM_ONb01T9Ablr0VluzF8BBl2WtXUus6I6KOzpKj0sXocnnWt9js83hyphenhyphen7aa-mbSYMv/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYu41aqMX3hIkZDYpMwDIRaFFQq5GgAeV0lCu46v6_J7tKxnvzwIaZAXBePwZ7pHQObwJLLq2kiXM_ONb01T9Ablr0VluzF8BBl2WtXUus6I6KOzpKj0sXocnnWt9js83hyphenhyphen7aa-mbSYMv/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+105.6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"> 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 </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></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><br />--</div><div><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary — The Bespectacled Band

“He peered at me with great curiosity ” [FINA]  For a set of stories that was written by a physician who himself was a failed ophthamologist...

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Episode 215: The Sherlock Holmes Society of London at 70

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"In glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases" [SPEC] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfbTODFE4N39uwDf3qhUnr9pXVE2PqhFTjUfggO7Zir2pAP6A71oXRqUzrMWuGyd57rKhTF1Dpp1-jqh7LD7OzTpHlGlOrGz_h3rVhJXlzX-y0St2Fd-cw64rzuqGB7Trl2Q1-j-yFq_i/s623/Header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="623" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfbTODFE4N39uwDf3qhUnr9pXVE2PqhFTjUfggO7Zir2pAP6A71oXRqUzrMWuGyd57rKhTF1Dpp1-jqh7LD7OzTpHlGlOrGz_h3rVhJXlzX-y0St2Fd-cw64rzuqGB7Trl2Q1-j-yFq_i/w640-h260/Header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>One of the most well-known societies in the Sherlockian / Holmesian world is <a href="https://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/" target="_blank">The Sherlock Holmes Society of London</a>. Originally founded in 1934, the society lost steam for a few years and was permanently re-incorporated in 1951.<div><br /></div><div>Nicholas Utechin, BSI ("The Ancient British Barrow") joins I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere to discuss the society's remarkable history, including its founding, exciting events and expeditions, and its commitment to remaining a membership-based organization.</div><div><br /><div>You won't want to miss Nick's announcement of something very special coming up for members on May 15.<br /><p>The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz winner this time will win a copy of <i><a href="https://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/product/this-august-and-scholarly-body/" target="_blank">This August and Scholarly Body: The Society at 70</a></i>.  Answers are due by May 14, 2021 at 11:59 a.m.</p><br /><p>Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></div><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script><p></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">Please do consider becoming a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>. 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Episode 215: The Sherlock Holmes Society of London at 70

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Sherlock Holmes — His Limits

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"You defined my limits in a very precise fashion" [FIVE]</h4> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxha-boxOk8yGj9HqdSPGi4JuiE-PXzB6ASrd1wWYJMjT9G9gvN5hMbkgp0ncxvBPZeO-SXDUzUQSvVZakYVYeqQE_FVF7tGgFjTJ0mD3uoW1Bjs76gKvX6ey7N8_qwmChNMz48K2blnc/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxha-boxOk8yGj9HqdSPGi4JuiE-PXzB6ASrd1wWYJMjT9G9gvN5hMbkgp0ncxvBPZeO-SXDUzUQSvVZakYVYeqQE_FVF7tGgFjTJ0mD3uoW1Bjs76gKvX6ey7N8_qwmChNMz48K2blnc/w640-h410/image.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image credit: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNfpel0c2J8&t=1980s&ab_channel=YourDailyBrew" target="_blank">YouTube</a></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /> Knowledge of literature — nil. Knowledge of astronomy — nil. Admirers of Sherlock Holmes all know that Watson erred badly in his assessment of his roommate, rendered as "Sherlock Holmes — his limits" in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>. We are talking, remember, about the same Sherlock Holmes who quoted Goethe, Hafiz and Flaubert, and who chatted over dinner about the causes of the change in the obliquity of the ecliptic. <br /><br /> But performance appraisals are never easy, and anybody who has been a parent knows about reading a school report card, basking in every positive comment, and tensing up over any hint that the great hope of the next generation needs to work harder on spelling. <div><br /></div><div>Mastery of one class is noted with an A as "profound", of another as "feeble" with an F; and what can a parent make of a notation that the student's work in a third field of study is "accurate, but unsystematic"? What was the teacher thinking? <br /><br /> In this case, what was Watson thinking? </div><div><br /></div><div>Was he really qualified to judge Holmes's violin playing, or his proficiency with the singlestick? A physician himself, he might reasonably pass judgement on Holmes's knowledge of anatomy and even chemistry, but did he have the qualifications in philosophy to conclude that Holmes's expertise there too was "nil"? <br /><br /> Such objections have been raised many times. But perhaps the most damning criticism of Watson's report card on Holmes is the number of subjects that it entirely omits. </div><div><br /></div><div>Mathematics, for example: had Watson not yet noticed the mathematical finesse that allowed Holmes to work out the calculations of the Musgrave oak and elm, or to boast when determining a train's speed that "the calculation is a simple one"? <br /><br /> The railway calculation may be simple in theory, by the way, but it's awkward in practice. Several Sherlockians have tied themselves in knots over a formula for working out the speed in one's head, including Julian Wolff in <i>The Baker Street Journal</i> in 1963 (The Editor's Gas-Lamp: "The Dynamics of the Binomial Theorem," <i>BSJ</i>, Vol. 13, No. 4, 1963. pp. 199-200).</div><div><br /></div><div>He advised that to come up with his conclusion of 53.5 miles per hour, Holmes merely had to "divide 1227.27 by the number of seconds required to travel 1800 feet". And he appended this elegant graph. </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7oDY1qdRLLfpkNf2KX9a9XXcFTa6t5ypI2c7P1eTpfQmFRJFVyYgWvpXQxZdObEFak-o59sTdl9LCRdCzYpotlDiwB6zqqeqmsaAMDHNGCYnq9CxO5m-wWLS1XWNk2sZNvld5aS9vHH4/s804/wolffgraph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="804" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7oDY1qdRLLfpkNf2KX9a9XXcFTa6t5ypI2c7P1eTpfQmFRJFVyYgWvpXQxZdObEFak-o59sTdl9LCRdCzYpotlDiwB6zqqeqmsaAMDHNGCYnq9CxO5m-wWLS1XWNk2sZNvld5aS9vHH4/w640-h588/wolffgraph.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dr. Wolff's chart, BSJ, Vol. 13, No. 4</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Long-time Sherlockian and math professor Tom Drucker has kindly reminded me that if d = rt (distance equals rate times time) then r = d/t (rate is equal to distance over time). "Since the distance is being kept fixed," he writes, "that just gives an inverse relationship between rate and time, as illustrated in Wolff's graph. The curve itself is a hyperbola."</div><div><br /><br /> But Watson's report card for Holmes has no line for mathematics! Nor is there one for foreign languages, though it appears that Holmes had some acquaintance at least with French, German, Italian, Persian, Arabic and Tibetan. <br /><br /> What about zoology: was it as "variable" as Holmes's botany? Maybe it was, at that, considering his willingness to believe that snakes drink milk, and his insistence that a worm found in an ordinary match-box was "unknown to science". It is notable that his response to the charlatanism of "The Creeping Man" is cast as philosophy (nil) rather than physiology (feeble). <br /><br /> There is an interesting lacuna somewhere between Holmes's alleged knowledge of botany (variable… knows nothing of practical gardening) and his expertise in the varied soils of London, which Watson places under Geology. It is interesting to imagine that Holmes, who grew up as the heir to a line of "country squires", got his knowledge of dirt from listening to conversations between his father and a steward or foreman on the family land, but did not stick around long enough for the repetitive labor of planting. And yet he knew, in the case of "Wisteria Lodge", what one is supposed to do with a spud, a tin box, and an elementary book on botany — it's never too late to learn.</div><div><br /></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Don't Know Much About History?  </h2>And as I recently prepared an essay on canonical references to English kings, queens, battles, and constitutions, now in print as <i><a href="http://credmond.ca/ashoe.html" target="_blank">A Sherlockian History of England</a></i>, I found myself wondering why Watson does not even attempt to rate his new acquaintance's "Knowledge of History" along with Literature and Astronomy. </div><div><br /></div><div>That knowledge cannot have been quite "nil", since an English schoolboy can hardly escape without learning a little about William of Orange and the Battle of Waterloo. In fact, as I point out in my essay, Holmes studies early English charters (land deeds), investigates an ancient British barrow (burial site), examines Saxon and Norman graves with professional care at Shoscombe Old Place, recognizes allusions to Charles I and Charles II in the Musgrave ritual, buys a 1642 book and chats with Watson about its origins, knows one Napoleonic battle from another, has an opinion about the causes of the American Revolution, ostentatiously identifies the date of a century-old house — in short, shows every evidence of being familiar with British history, especially (but not only) its relevance to his own work. <br /><br /> Knowledge of History, then: profound, although one might admit to its being "unsystematic" in view of the theory he apparently espouses connecting the Cornish language to ancient Chaldean, brought to Cornwall by Phoenician tin traders from Lebanon. The mildest thing one might say about this suggestion is that <a href="http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2002-May/022206.html" target="_blank">modern archaeologists do not agree with it</a>, but Holmes the historian gets points for being aware that tin mining has been the backbone of Cornish civilization for many centuries. <br /><br /><br /> It would appear that he knew something of American history too, incidentally, at least enough to be aware of the Ku Klux Klan (in "The Five Orange Pips") and to make sense of Effie Munro's story in "The Yellow Face". What his marks might be in genetics, in view of how he accepted that narrative, is a question for another day. <br /><br /> History, mathematics, biology, even geography (though Holmes apparently knew where Egria was): Watson's sketch of Holmes's limits leaves out too many basic subjects. </div><div><br /></div><div>But of course he was still getting to know his roommate in those days, and one wonders how he had had the opportunity to test that "good practical knowledge of British law" and the expertise in poisons. </div><div><br /></div><div>Would you hire a young professional based on so partial a resumé? </div><div><br /></div><div>Depends on the importance you attach to his knowledge of sensational literature, I suppose.<div dir="ltr" id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </div> </div><div><br /></div>

Sherlock Holmes — His Limits

"You defined my limits in a very precise fashion" [FIVE] Image credit: YouTube Knowledge of literature — nil. Knowledge of ast...

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by Chris Redmond

Baker Street Elementary — The Game's Afoot!

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span>“the scholarship is a very valuable one</span>” [3STU] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLU9AarVU0xmW2QlX3jkmhb_F0zhumv9GKW7oTnuf9TyvHegBdisenqL4sJ6WBRZexG12qLlGjk_ig0dZehT0MjgfO59m_H0EGeAk0n0DzKJokT9vrd_leMvogRk9vZ_93xRCb8zEygRf-/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+104.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLU9AarVU0xmW2QlX3jkmhb_F0zhumv9GKW7oTnuf9TyvHegBdisenqL4sJ6WBRZexG12qLlGjk_ig0dZehT0MjgfO59m_H0EGeAk0n0DzKJokT9vrd_leMvogRk9vZ_93xRCb8zEygRf-/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+104.1.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>For over a hundred years, Sherlockians have pursued "the game" — the pseudo-scholarly effort to understand the Sherlock Holmes stories as having been written by John H. Watson, MD rather than by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.</div><div><br /></div><div>This was first undertaken by Monsignor Ronald Knox in a paper delivered at Oxford University in 1911. Michael Crowe covered it extensively in his <i><a href="https://wessexpress.com/html/knox.html" target="_blank">Ronald Knox and Sherlock Holmes: Origins of Sherlockian Studies,</a></i> published by Wessex Press (now out of print, but <a href="https://amzn.to/3alQ92s" target="_blank">occasionally available from other sellers</a>).</div><div><br /></div><div>Dorothy Sayers summed up the hobby in Unpopular Opinions in 1946, demonstrating the application of Higher Criticism to the Canon had </div><blockquote><div>"the aim of showing that, by those methods, one could disintegrate a modern classic as speciously as a certain school of critics have endeavoured to distintigrate the Bible. Since then, the thing has become a hobby among a select set of jesters."</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Futher, she specified:</div><blockquote><div>"The rule of the game is that it must be played as solemnly as a county cricket match at Lord's; the slightest touch of extravagance or burlesque ruins the atmosphere."</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>And so, we acknowledge Conan Doyle's important role—that of literary agent—and Watson's eternal contribution to the world of detective fiction (fact?). And to think that it all began at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div>[<b>Editor's note:</b> The author of <i>Ronald Knox and Sherlock Holmes: Origins of Sherlockian Studies</i> was incorrectly identified as Nicholas Utechin, BSI ("The Ancient British Barrow"). Utechin is the author of the 2010 <i>Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual</i>, <i><a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2010/12/27/bsj-2010-christmas-annual/" target="_blank">From Piff-Pouff to Backnecke:  Ronald Knox and 100 Years of "Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes."</a>. </i>We regret the error.]</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybekxP1Z1wGYvuzJ5OY28aquN2N3fMRx_DxadT1iGhyfDJhCkHh5-P_m4bOT3Ok4hxv6HDj4IgM7h2KKh2dgOfJvd5mbpf0psSnyafQejcnjlTlybgAqqvrCPzRWgqyppR0Z7XVHI-cmU/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+104.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybekxP1Z1wGYvuzJ5OY28aquN2N3fMRx_DxadT1iGhyfDJhCkHh5-P_m4bOT3Ok4hxv6HDj4IgM7h2KKh2dgOfJvd5mbpf0psSnyafQejcnjlTlybgAqqvrCPzRWgqyppR0Z7XVHI-cmU/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+104.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Baker Street Elementary — The Game's Afoot!

“the scholarship is a very valuable one ” [3STU]  For over a hundred years, Sherlockians have pursued "the game" — the pseudo-scho...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 214: The 223B Casebook Series

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"magnetism which drew good humour from all around him" [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJ8OnAmqU3d-r81kLWgPF_jYLNz08aN-AxV_lolmsZMN7H9Agm7BmabZ0e3poXV-_HgAMjunKU93ihh4AHrjlIpgc4EN7NPQ9EtnP0FBGRgmHC5iO3qKiTAy3OuQGXHw4phiRsiJa8Cz6/s978/Parodies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="978" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJ8OnAmqU3d-r81kLWgPF_jYLNz08aN-AxV_lolmsZMN7H9Agm7BmabZ0e3poXV-_HgAMjunKU93ihh4AHrjlIpgc4EN7NPQ9EtnP0FBGRgmHC5iO3qKiTAy3OuQGXHw4phiRsiJa8Cz6/w640-h420/Parodies.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's not often that we talk bout the topic of humor on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. Regular listeners may strain to find humor in Burt and Scott's banter, but we're fans of humor here at IHOSE.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's strange, then, that we find ourselves more than 200 episodes into this production without a nod toward Sherlockian parody. Episode 214 corrects that as we speak to Bill Peschel, who has collected more than 40 years' worth of Sherlockian parodies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In <b>The 223B Casebook Series</b>, Bill takes us on that journey, from the early parodies in <i>Punch</i> by such notables as R.C. Lehmann and P.G. Wodehouse, to two volumes of Edwardian parodies including some by Mark Twain and John Kendrick Bangs, through two volumes each of the Great War and of the Jazz Age, as well as others.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Why 223B? Because they're directly next door to the 221B stories, that's why!</div><p>The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz winner this time will win their choice of a book from the series.  Answers are due by April 29, 2021 at 11:59 a.m.</p><br /><p>Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></div><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script><p></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">Please do consider becoming a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>. 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Episode 214: The 223B Casebook Series

"magnetism which drew good humour from all around him" [VALL]  It's not often that we talk bout the topic of humor on I Hear o...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Write Away

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span>“</span>“Why do you not write them yourself?” I said, with some bitterness.” [ABBE] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfDCXqf6TBnV9AmW5h7uk7iNaOfas5J8c05bHqnX1z_KV7rlrqkQw3k9O3nZxywia7lG0c7oxYX7q_orXM4_a9MaELLs6cMed-kEJ6OqDr24FO5TOaDMzlibRz-MMlmtfbsnG1edl4tmw/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfDCXqf6TBnV9AmW5h7uk7iNaOfas5J8c05bHqnX1z_KV7rlrqkQw3k9O3nZxywia7lG0c7oxYX7q_orXM4_a9MaELLs6cMed-kEJ6OqDr24FO5TOaDMzlibRz-MMlmtfbsnG1edl4tmw/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The "game" that Sherlockians pursue is shrouded in the belief that the true author of the Sherlock Holmes tales is Dr. John H. Watson. Not that we ought to think otherwise, since the very first story, <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, opens with these words:<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Being a reprint from the reminiscences of</div><div style="text-align: center;">John H. Watson, M.D.,</div><div style="text-align: center;">late of the Army Medical Department)</div><div><br /></div><div>In our fun tradition, the lesser role is given to Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, whom we assign the role of "literary agent" on behalf of Dr. Watson. It's all tongue-in-cheek, but makes for interesting thought experiments on everything from determining the chronology of the stories to squaring inconsistencies from tale to tale.</div><div><br /></div><div>Occasionally though, we find stories that are not narrated by Watson. "The Blanched Soldier" is a fine example, in the collection of stories called <i>The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes</i>. Published in 1926, it comes from Sherlock Holmes's own pen, opening thusly:</div><div><blockquote><div>"The ideas of my friend Watson, though limited, are exceedingly pertinacious. For a long time he has worried me to write an experience of my own. Perhaps I have rather invited this persecution, since I have often had occasion to point out to him how superficial are his own accounts and to accuse him of pandering to popular taste instead of confining himself rigidly to facts and figures. “Try it yourself, Holmes!” he has retorted, and I am compelled to admit that, having taken my pen in my hand, I do begin to realize that the matter must be presented in such a way as may interest the reader."</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>We see that even as early as their years at Baker Street Elementary, there was already some jockeying over authorship...</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiundBBjOVpUvgH2gTiYHjy7UAlJiOmMHy6T6DO5Fnlaq9fsosk179a6Y6qlV9cr-toq8g1XGqa-4TYvIPNSeqpvq0HZEeIKoFiY0Ge0PnoUwoN7UtSVp866kZoBXxugmOM6oqxsvhRNsxZ/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiundBBjOVpUvgH2gTiYHjy7UAlJiOmMHy6T6DO5Fnlaq9fsosk179a6Y6qlV9cr-toq8g1XGqa-4TYvIPNSeqpvq0HZEeIKoFiY0Ge0PnoUwoN7UtSVp866kZoBXxugmOM6oqxsvhRNsxZ/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8-5CoAZ3RG6cLOMrquXVHlSLmjGqe5qzwUTKGK21lVnpayLn7TAmWw8tYgzpTngQbwhTxicBMfPdZdkYhQH_8tzXX5n-Jv78psJSCb4KfO16hVBnvgkj2QElWOL8MwL-XWZibmIwnAxF/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8-5CoAZ3RG6cLOMrquXVHlSLmjGqe5qzwUTKGK21lVnpayLn7TAmWw8tYgzpTngQbwhTxicBMfPdZdkYhQH_8tzXX5n-Jv78psJSCb4KfO16hVBnvgkj2QElWOL8MwL-XWZibmIwnAxF/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghC6ow13wUFkoBEDvBzu5v4ZhqBYHNxNojJqpwoZs9eRx_mlO1h599LxWUEAMbAltmmttjuZNs6I7IYvqOkf-vb3HbqS8-ClRI6u4oeWvHn4Ww4thKbbrdHfUG-oOnBkbGuvD2BGE9Fkn8/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghC6ow13wUFkoBEDvBzu5v4ZhqBYHNxNojJqpwoZs9eRx_mlO1h599LxWUEAMbAltmmttjuZNs6I7IYvqOkf-vb3HbqS8-ClRI6u4oeWvHn4Ww4thKbbrdHfUG-oOnBkbGuvD2BGE9Fkn8/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6SJgnsOI0xUpHLAybHtPNsWd72kCBIPy3LKoB0mwTmj_r_4cnXf47AS0jqFspcrEdvAP41QLvzBxmdcyLMMe09sQKAxQOq46FNvtk3WaxdGh5TldYSLqaTTV3-3YzkMU5NxOVnYevfI0/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6SJgnsOI0xUpHLAybHtPNsWd72kCBIPy3LKoB0mwTmj_r_4cnXf47AS0jqFspcrEdvAP41QLvzBxmdcyLMMe09sQKAxQOq46FNvtk3WaxdGh5TldYSLqaTTV3-3YzkMU5NxOVnYevfI0/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOKSx2SgrQypEuqjZlxvV8yYPNP79KsFgpOPPDe3_bXFc2MMNtsLBqdrGhOutB6ripkoRB0zVag5qoFHeq1vKpq3TxffIPlgUyKD04-UA1kq9uBKpFbSGyR9N1RDeecHqLRfhT78mtGLL/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOKSx2SgrQypEuqjZlxvV8yYPNP79KsFgpOPPDe3_bXFc2MMNtsLBqdrGhOutB6ripkoRB0zVag5qoFHeq1vKpq3TxffIPlgUyKD04-UA1kq9uBKpFbSGyR9N1RDeecHqLRfhT78mtGLL/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+103.6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"> 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 </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></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><br />--</div><div><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Write Away

“ “Why do you not write them yourself?” I said, with some bitterness.” [ABBE]  The "game" that Sherlockians pursue is shrouded in ...

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by Scott Monty

One of the Great Sherlockian Hoaxes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"he had fooled us" [3GAR] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnhZv3qGfSpvKhNrvEo8z85t9ezC1YTIVqx9GfcDzJn4b7xBDz0na0FBSsp49T0HeMNuLDgx0OrEtuHRNpR8ngHgSWDpROMZSOvLkqPfQOpNxKc44Uu45O5B_FTii3qyoCt_qgr1rwT1o/s605/BOSC+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="594" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnhZv3qGfSpvKhNrvEo8z85t9ezC1YTIVqx9GfcDzJn4b7xBDz0na0FBSsp49T0HeMNuLDgx0OrEtuHRNpR8ngHgSWDpROMZSOvLkqPfQOpNxKc44Uu45O5B_FTii3qyoCt_qgr1rwT1o/w628-h640/BOSC+10.jpg" width="628" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>The world of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle seems to be rife with hoaxes.</p><p>From nearly the very beginning of the Canon, we find Sherlock Holmes counseling clients who had fallen for one con or another. Jabez Wilson got lured away from his pawn shop whilst his handy half-pay assistant tunneled his way to the bank across the street, in search of gold ("The Red-Headed League").</p><p>The ruse was repeated in "The Three Garridebs," when Nathan Garrideb was sent on a wild goose chase in search of a third member of his family's name, in order to claim a massive estate.</p><p>Conan Doyle himself was no stranger to hoaxes, having fallen for the whimsical photographs of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies" target="_blank">Cottingley Faeries</a>, and being implicated in the <a href="https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Piltdown_Man_Hoax" target="_blank">Piltdown Man hoax</a> (although never proven to be involved). Nor was he the pen behind the so-called <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/02/conan-doyle-didnt-write-lost-sherlock.html#.YGXiD-hKjb0" target="_blank">lost Sherlock Holmes story</a> found a few years ago.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLAoq3FXnGk2d-4uEbMJu5aXMyyD9K4BlFg6-uimuDkWgkH4EXuJUICM8Io2tGbOx4XLRU2_CWT7fDaChC0xW5S4sP8ImaE6-jjdGeWHo2YoMcKA9IPDUIHUwvUTKllFjAu1AX5Qu1jyN/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLAoq3FXnGk2d-4uEbMJu5aXMyyD9K4BlFg6-uimuDkWgkH4EXuJUICM8Io2tGbOx4XLRU2_CWT7fDaChC0xW5S4sP8ImaE6-jjdGeWHo2YoMcKA9IPDUIHUwvUTKllFjAu1AX5Qu1jyN/w640-h360/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Maria Konnikova is no stranger to the con, as it was a topic she researched for her book <i><a href="https://amzn.to/31AqDBQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Confidence Game</a></i>. We interviewed her about this topic on <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose91" target="_blank">Episode 91</a>, including asking the question "Was Sherlock Holmes a con man?"</p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/249432545&color=ff5500" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="ihearofsherlock">ihearofsherlock</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/episode-91-the-confidence-game" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Episode 91: The Confidence Game">Episode 91: The Confidence Game</a></div><p><br /></p><p>But our favorite Sherlockian hoax of all time happened 14 years ago on this date. It was 2007, and rumors were rife with what the next Sherlock Holmes project would be. The 2009 Warner Bros. film <i>Sherlock Holmes</i> starring Robert Downey, Jr. was still in its earliest stages, and an actor hadn't yet been chosen to play the lead role, although Russell Crowe's name had been floated.</p><p>We dug back into our Sherlockian entertainment memory and conjured up <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/04/is-long-row-veil_1.html#.YGXhKehKjb1" target="_blank">Nicholas Rowe</a>, who had played the part in <i>Young Sherlock Holmes</i>, positing that he would be of an age that would make him a believable adult Holmes ("<a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/04/is-long-row-veil_1.html#.Uuc9SsQo5w3" target="_blank">Nicholas Rowe to Reprise His Role as Sherlock Holmes</a>").</p><p>Mind you, this was a decade before he would play the part in a scene in <i>Mr. Holmes</i>, starring Ian McKellen.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZBJ17nGiP2FGZqdn3HLH0c9CiTVsr0_1Sz3Jo2ZGZACMB1YJYyRJRSYRBWBeXK2Trrjzp_4AC-qvWxR7tuR3gEBSmtae5MHCwrhQfruMqYTEzxY0GmQC7aQ9I6X-ZvMV_DnjS5wlLxL9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="599" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZBJ17nGiP2FGZqdn3HLH0c9CiTVsr0_1Sz3Jo2ZGZACMB1YJYyRJRSYRBWBeXK2Trrjzp_4AC-qvWxR7tuR3gEBSmtae5MHCwrhQfruMqYTEzxY0GmQC7aQ9I6X-ZvMV_DnjS5wlLxL9/w640-h360/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Of course, the attentive readers would have picked up on the reference at the bottom of the article: "<a href="http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/" target="_blank">Background info</a>," which pointed to the Museum of Hoaxes.</p><p>And the date of the article: April 1.</p><p>The result was that the piece was picked up by some in the media before they figured out it was a hoax.</p><p>We had <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/04/had-fooled-us-3gar_2.html#.YGXmnuhKjb0" target="_blank">a good laugh about it</a> anyway.</p><p>Stay alert, friends.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>

One of the Great Sherlockian Hoaxes

"he had fooled us" [3GAR]  The world of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle seems to be rife with hoaxes. From nearly the very ...

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by Scott Monty