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A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
“… he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the solar system.” – A Study In Scarlet (STUD) Watson was amazed that Holmes did not know or care that the earth revolved around the sun. Holmes went on to comment that ‘you say that we go round the sun. If we went… Continue Reading
“… he has played me some of Mendelssohn’s Lieder, and other favourites.” – A Study In Scarlet (STUD) We learn, in the second chapter of A Study In Scarlet, that Holmes was proficient in playing the violin and Watson references Mendelssohn. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 –… Continue Reading
“… I recognized young Stamford, who had been a dresser under me at Barts.” – A Study In Scarlet (STUD) St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, founded in 1123 and the oldest hospital in Europe, is remembered fondly by many Sherlockians as the place where young Stamford introduced Dr. John H. Watson to Sherlock Holmes on New Year’s Day 1881.… Continue Reading
“You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.” – A Study In Scarlet (STUD) Those immortal words are remembered on a bronze medal that was struck in late 1980, for the centennial of Holmes and Watson meeting that would be celebrated the following year. Sherlockian Enterprises had 221 (numbered on the edge) medals struck featuring Janice Skrzyniecki’s… Continue Reading
“… this was none other than the great Brigham Young himself.” – A Study In Scarlet (STUD) For over 30 years, until his death, Brigham Young was the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He led his followers from persecution in Ohio, across the desert and settled them is what is now known as… Continue Reading
“Do you remember what Darwin says about music?” – A Study In Scarlet (STUD) Charles Darwin, the English naturalist and geologist, was referenced twice in A Study In Scarlet. The author of the 1859 book On the Origin of Species, Darwin established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors. For those interested in more… Continue Reading
“Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he inquired in the naivest way who he might be and what he had done.” – A Study In Scarlet (STUD) The author of this post also did not know who Thomas Carlyle was when I first read A Study in Scarlet. Then again, I was only 10 or 11 years old… Continue Reading
“… this man here – is an actor.” – The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (SHOS) Your author shares a birthday with two actors who have portrayed Sherlock Holmes – Orson Welles and Stewart Granger. Granger played Holmes in The Hound of The Baskervilles in an ABC Movie of the Week in 1972, which we will discuss… Continue Reading
“The very next train roared from the tunnel…” – The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans (BRUC) Wednesday, May 6th will mark the 21st anniversary of the Channel Tunnel or “Chunnel.” Why are we mentioning this on a website that celebrates Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle? Turns out that Doyle was a major proponent… Continue Reading
“You don’t happen to have a Raphael or a first folio Shakespeare without knowing it?” – The Adventure of The Three Gables (3GAB) With the advances that are being made in digitizing older newspapers and magazines, it is amazing what we can now discover on the internet. While doing a recent search, I came across… Continue Reading