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A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
Seventeen thoughts for further ponderance of the case at hand – Black Peter (BLAC) THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Watson writes: “I have never known my friend to be in better form, both mental and physical, than in the year ’95.” Earlier, in “Empty House,” Watson had written, “there was a dead-white tinge in his… Continue Reading
“‘Data! Data! Data!‘ he cried impatiently. ‘I can’t make bricks without clay.’” – The Adventures of The Copper Beeches (COPP) This column is composed of material (Data!) developed for a short course called Appreciating Sherlock Holmes that I taught twice a year in the Community Education Life Enrichment Program for a local community college. It is composed of… Continue Reading
“Now we have the Sherlock Holmes test …” – A Scandal in Bohemia (SCAN) Sharpen your pencils! How well do you know your Canon and The Adventure of the Three Gables? Some answers will be two words, with no spaces between words. Answers will be provided in another post on this site, later this month. How do… Continue Reading
Seventeen thoughts for further ponderance of the case at hand – The Three Gables (3GAB) LET’S DIAGRAM THIS PLAY . . . Watson writes that Holmes “had just settled me into the well-worn low armchair on one side of the fire, while he had curled down with his pipe in his mouth upon the opposite… Continue Reading
“The story has, I believe, been told more than once in the newspapers …” – The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb (ENGR) When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had his stories published that would make up the Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, the stories were first printed in the United States in Colliers Weekly and in the Strand Magazine for the United Kingdom.… Continue Reading
“‘Data! Data! Data!‘ he cried impatiently. ‘I can’t make bricks without clay.’” – The Adventures of The Copper Beeches (COPP) This column is composed of material (Data!) developed for a short course called Appreciating Sherlock Holmes that I taught twice a year in the Community Education Life Enrichment Program for a local community college. It is composed of… Continue Reading
Seventeen thoughts for further ponderance of the case at hand – The Missing Three-Quarter (MISS) SHERLOCK WASN’T THE ONLY ONE RUNNING IN THE STRAND “Strand postmark, and dispatched ten thirty-six,” said Holmes, reading it over and over. “Mr. Overton was evidently considerably excited when he sent it, and somewhat incoherent in consequence.” What might a young… Continue Reading
“Now we have the Sherlock Holmes test …” – A Scandal in Bohemia (SCAN) So, how well do you know your Canon and The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger? . Let’s see the answers to this month’s Inquisition. How well did you do on this quiz? Karen Wilson has the investiture of “A Faithful Scotchwoman” with us… Continue Reading
” A man might as well live in Russia …” – The Valley of Fear (VALL) As more and more countries learn there is easy money to be made is striking coins appealing to the fans of major pop culture stars, we are starting to see more with Sherlockian ties.. In 2018, Russia issued a series… Continue Reading
“Somewhere in the vaults of the bank of Cox and Co., at Charing Cross, there is a travel-worn and battered tin dispatch-box with my name, John H. Watson, MD, Late Indian Army, painted upon the lid.” – The Problem of Thor Bridge (THOR) Watson’s Tin Box, a BSI scion that meets in Columbia, Maryland, shares a few… Continue Reading