Did I mention a pocket-size reference book on Sherlock Holmes published by
Pocket Essentials Literature in 2001 which others might wish to look for,
though I doubt many copies were printed. I bought mine at a second-hand
book store in Hastings, East Sussex, UK. It is compiled by Mark Campbell
with a foreword by Richard Lancelyn Green. There is a website
www.pocketessentials.com <http://www.pocketessentials.com/>



Each story in the Canon is covered in half a page, with items like 'Quotable
Quote' - for example, under The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, the
quotable quote is 'This Agency stands flat-footed on the ground, and there
it must remain. The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply.'



This is rather witty of Conan Doyle because he spent most of his final years
travelling around to spread the cause of spiritualism!





-----Original Message-----
From: rishiiyengar [mailto:rishiiyengar@...]
Sent: 27 January 2005 19:28
To: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
Subject: [sherlock holmes society of india] Re: Hello everybody...here's a
query...







Let's not forget the Master's words in Copper Beeches. Watson says

something to the effect that rural areas are quite idyllic, and

Holmes holds forth at length about the evil that could lurk in your

average country house. In Holmes' case, I think it was mainly a

question of tapping into the greater information sources available

in the city, and the higher[absolute] incidence of crime among

larger populations. Let's also not forget that London, at the time,

was center of the world, economically and politically. So it's only

natural that he operated out of the city.

Sorry for the long absence, btw, but my interenet access, for

various reasons was[and will continue to be]erratic.



--- In SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@..., sumalsn

<no_reply@y...> wrote:

>

> Dear Sherlockians,

> Happy to see you back, Pinki. I cannot fully agree that detection

is

> primarily an urban phenomenon. I think Agatha Christie primarily

> operated from a rural setting. The urban setting is made to appeal

to

> the readers because it hae an effect of immediacy , of evil

lurking

> beyond the cosiness of one's home. well, this is my view

> sumal













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