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Oct 31, 2018

"Disguised, and under an assumed name" [STUD] 

 

Sherlock Holmes was a master of disguises. They allowed him to infiltrate areas that would have otherwise been off-limits or situations in which he would have been discovered.

 

What were some of the incarnations he undertook? Can you remember the four named aliases he...


Oct 24, 2018

"a small monograph upon the uses of dogs in the work of the detective" [CREE] 

 

There are a handful of dogs sprinkled throughout the Sherlock Holmes stories. And while a few of them are used in a traditional police-tracking way, the great detective found other uses for them. 

 

Whether friendly, hostile, or just plain...


Oct 17, 2018

"the peculiar persecution of John Vincent Harden" [SOLI] 

 

The famous year of 1895 holds many wonders. Many of the cases in The Return of Sherlock Holmes took place in this year, and as you would imagine, many of the untold tales are mentioned during that timeframe.

 

And it would seem that if one has three names —...


Oct 10, 2018

"Pray take a seat" [MAZA] 

 

As we glance around the sitting room at 221B Baker Street, the famous lodgings of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, there's no lack of seating. In fact, one might have the pick of any number of seating styles. 

 

From armchair to basket chair, settees to sofas, we explore the seating...


Oct 3, 2018

"he could send some telegrams" [PRIO] 

"My correspondence certainly has the charm of variety," said Sherlock Holmes in "The Noble Bachelor." He could have been easily referring to the medium as well as the message.

For Holmes was an inveterate sender and receiver of telegrams. What was the messaging industry like in...