A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
“The story, so far as I can make it out, is like this.” – The Adventure of The Golden Pince-Nez (GOLD) In a few days, the calendar will be changing over to September. Where did the summer go so quickly? A new month means a new story for us. The September story will be The Adventure… Continue Reading
“… she wrote an answer under one of them.” – The Adventure of The Dancing Men (DANC) We are at the end of August and it is time for our Inquisitor, Denny Dobry, to provide us the answers to this month’s quiz – each monthly quiz is on the featured story of the month and this month was… Continue Reading
“… But you’ll always find scratches round a keyhole.” – The Adventure of the Golden Pince Nez (GOLD) Reprinted from the December 1987 issue of The Numismatist In honor of the centennial of the introduction of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Marika Somogyi has added her name to the list of Sherlockian interpreters with an… Continue Reading
” … answer no questions of any sort …” – The Adventure of The Dancing Men (DANC) Once again, it is time for the Inquisition to begin for this month’s story – The Adventure of The Dancing Men. 1. Where did the first three messages appear? 2. What two things caused Holmes to be too late… 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 teach twice a year in the Community Education Life Enrichment Program for a local community college. It is… Continue Reading
Seventeen thoughts for further ponderance of the case at hand – The Dancing Men (DANC) THE ANATOMY OF A VERY LARGE BIRD Watson begins this tale with, “Holmes had been seated for some hours in silence with his long, thin back curved over a chemical vessel in which he was brewing a particularly malodorous product.… Continue Reading
August is almost here! Our story for August is The Adventure of The Dancing Men and we will have all of our regular features from Brad Keefauver, Denny Dobry and Frank Mentzel. The Adventure of The Golden Pince-Nez will be our story for September. We hope that everyone has been enjoying the summer months. Continue Reading
“… I can read it from his soothing answers …” – The Adventure of The Speckled Band (SPEC) We are at the end of July and it is time for our Inquisitor, Denny Dobry, to provide us the answers to this month’s quiz – each monthly quiz is on the featured story of the month and this… Continue Reading
“… he took two tickets for the theatre …” – The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans (BRUC) Today was the day that the film Mr. Holmes opened in the United States and your faithful editor attended a matinee to view the film. I admit that I have not read Mitch Cullin’s A Slight Trick of the Mind, the… Continue Reading
“It was the band! The speckled band!” – The Adventure of The Speckled Band (SPEC) Holmes: I have been engaged to find a missing person, Watson. Watson: Indeed, Holmes! Tell me more. Holmes: Bartholomew Reed is challenging the current leader of a local trade union, Lathe and Plasterers United, for the presidency of their organization. He… Continue Reading