A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
“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 Norwood Builder. 1. Whose death does Holmes appear to lament in the story’s opening paragraphs? 2. Watson is living with Holmes again. Who bought his Kensington… Continue Reading
Seventeen thoughts for further ponderance of the case at hand – The Norwood Builder (NORW) LIFE WITHOUT PROFESSOR MORIARTY “The community is certainly the gainer, and no one the loser, save the poor out-of-work specialist, whose occupation has gone. With that man in the field, one’s morning paper presented infinite possibilities. Often it was only the… Continue Reading
” … for the sake of a few hundred pounds. “ – The Red-Headed League (REDH) We have another fantasy bank note, this a £100 note from the fictional Bank of Baker Street. The front of this 76 millimeters by 140 millimeters note features larger portraits of John Watson and Sherlock Holmes on the right, while… 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 Stockbroker’s Clerk. Let’s see the answers (in bold) to this month’s Inquisition. 1. From whom did Watson purchase his “formerly excellent” practice? – “old Mr. Farquhar” 2. Why did that… Continue Reading
“… the actors have passed for ever out of our busy lives.” – The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (SOLI) In February, 1940, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures released Northwest Passage (Book 1 – Rogers Rangers). Directed by King Vidor and starring Spencer Tracy as Richard Rogers. This was MGM’s most expensive production since its 1926 production of Ben Hur and… 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
“‘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 penicils! Let’s see how well you know your Canon and The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk. 1. From whom did Watson purchase his “formerly excellent” practice? 2. Why did that fellow have to give it up? 3. For how long… Continue Reading
Seventeen thoughts for further ponderance of the case at hand – The Stockbroker’s Clerk (STOC) IN THE PRIME OF HIS WATSONHOOD “I had confidence,” Dr. Watson tells us, “in my own youth and energy and was convinced that in a very few years the concern would be as flourishing as ever.” After all Watson’s earlier talk… 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