Dear Jeff, I remember discussing the "cut and paste" question of yours about 2-3 years back but do not remember having found a solution to this almost verbatim...
Hello Johnny, George Newnes Ltd was the publisher of the Strand Magazine, and published the first two collections of stories, "Adventures" and "Memoirs." Mr...
Hi Jeff, Phew ... finally that ghost is laid to rest... thanks a million $ Jeff... so it was published that way... aha Next question to all... is there any...
I'll put in my $0.02. Apparently, when Newnes collected the second series of stories into the volume entitled "The Memoirs," ACD considered "The Cardboard Box"...
Dear Holmesians, I happened to come across and bought "The Tangled Skein" written by David Stuart Davies today. It has something to do with vampires and is a...
Hi Sherlockians, Mr. Roy and others, please let me know if there is anything to substantiate the original name of the tangled skein ? If it was originally...
Dear Sherlockians, I second Sridhar's comment. I think Sidney Paget's illustrations have had modified the image of Holmes and his associate in our mind a lot....
Dear Pinaki and other SHians, Like has been discussed before, a few of us watched the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in serial form in the mid 80s. The very...
Dear SHians, "The Tangled Skein" was first published in 1901 as "In Mary's Reign" as the second book of Baroness Orczy, but in 1907 it was re-released as TTS...
Hey Arun, That's a great idea. Count me in - would love to help out with the arrangements / logistics. I am from Bangalore. If it is ok with folks, we can meet...
I too agree with this idea. Here is how I see this being organized: First we need to identify the place where the members can meet. Since it involves a lot of...
Dear Anand and Holmesians. I remember some time back , members in Bangalore had made a serious attempt to meet. It is a good idea and definitely worth a try....
May be it is the right time to discuss about physically meeting once in a year at a particular place to add some excitement to the proceedings. This being...
Hi Sherlockians, A confusion with the name of the very first story in the canon .. "The Study in Scarlet" , i remember reading somewhere that it was first...
Perhaps Watson did not take part in any Holmes adventure 3 years after his first marriage to Mary Morsten ? --Anand On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Tim...
Recently I posed a quiz question on the number of years Holmes and Watson worked together (excluding the 3 'missing' years when Holmes disappeared abroad) and...
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It is certainly difficult if not impossible to emulate Holmes to the fullest, since he was not just using logical deductive faculties but also combining it...
Dear Sumant and other SHians, I believe it might be possible to get at least half as good as Holmes, though it will require a great deal of effort on one's...
Dear Sumal and other SHians, That was a lovely article, indeed! Exactly the way I remember Holmes. Like they say in Hindi, "mere dil ki baat keh di" (lit: said...
Well this is quite intresting although Sherlock Holmes as a very simple way to explain as to how he arrives at his conclusions by saying "Elementary my Dear ...
Dear Holmesians, An interesting article I found on the Net, http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/feb/06alm.htm I would like to hear your opinions on that! Sumalsn...
