C7278. -- A2575. Arenfalk, Poul. "Is `The Naval Treaty' Really the Best Sherlock Holmes Story?" IR, 1, No. 3 (March 1961), 1-5.

Several discrepancies are pointed out to show that it is not, as claimed by Paul V. Rubow in his Ph.D. dissertation, the best of the sixty tales.

C7279. -- A2576. Chorley, Jennifer. "`Briarbrae' Revisited: A Photographic Pilgrimage," SHJ, 6, No. 2 (Spring 1963), 56-57.

A report on the trip to Inchcape House, Woking, considered to be the model for Percy Phelps's house.

C7280. -- A2577. Chujoy, Anatole. "The Only Second Stain," BSJ, 4, No. 3 (July 1954), 165-168.

An explanation of the apparent discrepancy between Watson's reference to Seco in Nava and the actual story.

C7281. -- A2578. Jaffee, Irving L. "`The Naval Treaty'" Double-Action Detective Magazine, No. 22 (May 1960), 101-104.

----------. ----------, Elementary My Dear Watson. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Theo. Gaus' Sons, [1965]. p. 51-54.

C7282. -- A2579. McLauchlin, Russell. "I Am Contemplating My Naval ... Treaty," BSJ, 1, No. 2 (April 1951), 52-54.

A tale in verse.

C7283. -- A2580. Redmond, Chris. "An Identification of Colonel Warburton," SOS, No. 3 (February 1967), 5-6.

Col. Warburton (Engr) and Percy Phelps are identified as being the same person.

C7284. -- A2581. Stix, Thomas L. "We Ask the Questions!" BSJ, 17, No. 3 (September 1967), 149-151.

Questions primarily concerned with this adventure.

C7285. -- B1109. Lellenberg, Jon L. "A Novel Treatise," BSJ, 23, No. 1 (March 1973), 6-10.

Nava was not included in the list of cases brought to Holmes's attention (Engr) because the detective had prior knowledge of the case. Lord Holdhurst's embarrassment by the unrelated consequences of the Seco investigation precluded the inclusion of the case in Watson's list.

C7286. -- B1110. Wilson, Evan M. "Sherlock Holmes and Diplomacy, Continued: Some Marginal Notes on The Naval Treaty," BSJ, 25, No. 4 (December 1975), 203-207, 233. illus.

This article, the second in a series on Holmes and diplomacy (DB1175), is a commentary on the British Foreign Office of the 1880's as reflected in Nava. It concludes by pointing to another example of the Master's diplomatic skill.

C7287. Albany, Ray. "`Every Problem Becomes Very Childish When Once It Is Explained to You' (Danc)," DH, 3, Nos. 3-4 (May 5, 1986), 12-13.

Holmes once stated, "After you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable must be the truth." But in this tale much is left undone. There are many tantalizing problems: Watson's moustache, the doings at Briarbrae, Holmes's sayings, the use of dates, and, most of all, the Treaty itself. However, one thing is perfectly clear: the case is much more complex than Holmes revealed.

C7288. Caplan, Richard M. "Sherlock Holmes and `Brain Fever,'" Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 30, No. 3 (Spring 1987), 433-439.

The author describes his discovery of two letters from the country doctor who cared for Percy Phelps. One letter sought the help of a leading Victorian physician, and included a copy of an earlier letter to Holmes, who had not responded to an appeal to help prevent a relapse of Phelps's brain fever. Holmes's inability to "resist a touch of the dramatic" is implicated in the subsequent distress of Phelps. The author also includes an historical account of the no-longer-used diagnosis, "brain fever."

C7289. Cummings, Carey. "The Dating of `The Naval Treaty,'" NS, No. 17 (December 13, 1983), 2-5.

A brief summary of the author's research on Nava. The case is dated July 13, 1889.

C7290. Dalton, Stephen W. "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty," DC, 5, No. 4 (October 1992), 10-15.

"If only Holmes had erred ... an alternative history of the world." (Subtitle)

C7291. Galerstein, David H. "When Did He Do It?" CH, 15, No. 2 (Winter 1991), 10.

In Nava, Holmes tells Watson that he made some independent investigations about Joseph Harrison. The article shows that it was not possible for him to have done so because Watson was with him all the time.

C7292. Huber, Christine, and Karen L. Johnson. "Two Scenarios for `The Naval Treaty,'" CNFB, No. 4 (November 1984), 1-4.

The inconsistencies in Nava can be accounted for by the complicity of Mrs. Tangey, the commissionaire's wife. The Johnson Theory: Joseph Harrison stole the treaty, aided inside the Foreign Office by Mrs. Tangey. The Huber Theory: Mrs. Tangey actually stole the document and passed it to Harrison, who was waiting in the street.

C7293. Jones, Kelvin I. "A Charming Walk," WW, 7, No. 2 (September 1984), 14-18.

A guide to the Woking of 1899, home of Percy Phelps. The article notes the importance of the railway in the area, and the elaborate Brookwood mausoleum; and it confirms Jennifer Chorley's identification of Inchcape House (DA2576) as the (now demolished) original for Briarbrae.

C7294. Keefauver, Brad. "One We May Have Heard Before," CHJ, 9, No. 1 (January 1987), 2-3.

By comparing the events of Nava with the opening of Engr, the author concludes that Nava is really the case Watson referred to as "Colonel Warburton's Madness."

C7295. Lellenberg, Jon L. "Revised Treatise," BSJ, 33, No. 2 (June 1983), 100. (Letter to Baker Street)

Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, not Lord Salisbury, was Lord Bellinger.

See also DB1109.

C7296. Nathan, Hartley R. "The Naval Treaty: The Holdhurst-Harrison Connection," BSJ, 31, No. 3 (Summer 1981), 147-154.

This case contains many puzzles, but a glance at late Victorian history solves some of them. Lord Holdhurst was modeled upon Lord Salisbury and Percy Phelps was his nephew Arthur Balfour. The villainous Joseph Harrison, who wields a knife to open a window and has a black cloak over his shoulder, was actually Jack the Ripper and the cloak was actually a woman's dress with which he disguised himself.

C7297. -- A2582. Girand, John. "Frank Moulton's Arizona Adventures," BSJ, 19, No. 4 (December 1969), 206-212.

One of the central characters in this tale is an American girl, Hatty Doran, who is married to Francis Hay Moulton. The essay, based on extensive research of Arizona historical records, traces his adventures while prospecting near Tombstone, his capture by the Apache Indians, his discovery of the secret Apache gold mine, and his escape with a fortune in gold.

C7298. -- A2583. Jenkins, William D. "A Purloined Letter: Conan Doyle from Bret Harte," BSJ, 22, No. 2 (June 1972), 81-83.

A plot analogy between Harte's ballad "Her Letter" (The Poetical Works of Bret Harte, 1880) and Nobl (1892).

C7299. -- A2584. Jones, Gratia. "The Adventure of the Yellow House, or What Became of Hattie Doran?" West by One and by One. San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1965. p. 19-26.

Mrs. Jones visits Mrs. Francis H. Moulton in an effort to settle a chronological discrepancy.

C7300. -- A2585. Shaw, John Bennett. "An Adventure Within `The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,'" SHJ, 9, No. 1 (Winter 1968), 21-23.

The author's research enables him to substantiate Francis and Hatty Doran Moulton's story, as remembered and accurately recorded by Watson.

C7301. -- B1111. Clark, John W. "The Noble Bachelor," The Coat of Arms, 2, No. 14 (April 1953), 237-238.

A letter criticizing the heraldic blunders concerning "Lord Robert St. Simon."

C7302. -- B1112. Foss, T. F. "A Minor Matter of Bigamy," SHJ, 13, No. 2 (Summer 1977), 45-46.

A discussion of Hatty Doran's first marriage to Lord St. Simon and second, illegal marriage to Frank Moulton. "Had the case ever come before the bench, Mrs. Moulton/Lady St. Simon would have had an unhappy time in the witness box."

C7303. -- B1113. Foster, Richard. "The Slippery Mr. Moulton, the Brazen Hatty Doran, and the Elusive Mr. Doran," BSJ, 24, No. 4 (December 1974), 215-217.

The author points out that Francis Moulton was at the bogus wedding of Lord St. Simon. Obviously Aloysius Doran was there also, yet he failed to alert the police until after the ceremony. Consider, too, Lord St. Simon's relationship to the Duke of Balmoral and that the honeymoon was to be at Lord Backwater's place, whose horses ran in the famous race. Muddy waters, indeed!

C7304. -- B1114. McCullam, William. "A Singular Occurrence at a Fashionable Wedding," BSJ, 22, No. 4 (December 1972), 226-231. illus.

Holmes fails to comment on the Duke of Balmoral's absence from his son's wedding. Lord St. Simon is shown not to be the Duke's son, and the latter's absence is explained by their religious differences. It is suggested that Nobl has a hidden meaning, requiring a reexamination of the facts and Holmes's part in the case.

C7305. -- B1115. Zens, Paul. Ballad of Frankie and Hatty. [Santa Fe: Privately Produced, 1975.] 1 p.

"So Frankie and Hatty were happy/ With plenty of gold in their poke, / St. Simon went back to his Flora,/ And Sherlock went back to his coke. / He was Their man, and he done 'em right!"

C7306. Bentien, Pam. "The Filigree Bachelor," NS, No. 18 (March 20, 1984), 13-14.

Comments on the similarity between the "missing husband" plot element in The Filigree Ball by Anna Katherine Green and a similar situation in Nobl.

C7307. Coomer, James C. "The Noble Bachelor," WW, 12, No. 3 (January 1990), 11.

"Here's to the Lord St. Simon (Si mon) / Whose wedding night found him alone. / Miss Hatty, instead, to another's bed fled, / Leaving Robert intense, but alone."

C7308. Cummings, Carey. "The Dating of `The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,'" NS, No. 13 (December 14, 1982), 3-5.

A brief summary of the author s research on Nobl. The beginning of the case is dated October 24, 1888.

C7309. Eckrich, Joseph J. "The Noble Bachelor," The Parallelogram, 1, No. 1 (September 1991), 2-3

An introduction to the Higher Criticism by the Commissionaire of PCofSTL.

C7310. Foss, T. F. "The Bounder and the Bigamist," BSJ, 34, No. 1 (March 1984), 8-11.

Examines the various characters and events in Nobl; also reveals the incredible fact that the lunch charges that led Holmes to deduce that Moulton was staying at one of London's most select hotels have now multiplied by some 84 times!

C7311. Hyder, Harry R. "Hatty Doran and the Noble Bachelor," MSB, 12, No. 2 (April 1989), 3-4.

Traces the ancient noble lineage of Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, the noble bachelor, with some surmises on his disappointment at the altar.

C7312. Kindt, Karl and Margie. "The Effective Use of Sarcasm and Interrogation: The Keys to the Case of the Noble Bachelor," The Parallelogram, 1, No. 1 (September 1991), 3-4.

An examination of Holmes's witticism in this adventure.

C7313. Kramer, Fred. "A Revealing Buffet on Baker Street," BSJ, 41, No. 3 (September 1991), 158-160.

How Doyle satirizes the arrogance of the English nobility, characterized by Lord St. Simon. During the "buffet," or wedding reception for Hattie and Frank Moulton of San Francisco, Doyle also celebrates the freedom and conviviality of the American people, whom he greatly admired.

C7314. Lehman, John. "The Lord of the Nerds," KCDJ, No. 47 (September 19, 1986), 2-4.

Lord St. Simon is the absolute personification of a "nerd," which recent dictionaries define as a "contemptible bore."

C7315. Lithner, Klas. "Holmes uppdrag för kungen av Skandinavien," Sherlockiana, 27, Nr. 1 (1982), 3-5

----------. "On Holmes's Mission for the King of Scandinavia," BSM, No. 43 (Autumn 1985), 25-27.

The mission concerned the marriage plans of Prince Oscar (1859-1953), a naval officer and second son of King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway. Prince Oscar was first interested in an English princess in 1884 and then in 1886 wanted to marry a Swedish noblewoman, Ebba Munck of Fulkila, which would have deprived him of his royal prerogatives. With the King's permission they finally married in March 1888 in Bournemouth.

C7316. Meyer, Charles A. "Art Imitating Art," SHJ, 20, No. 4 (Summer 1992), 122-123. illus.

"Speculations on the origins of The Noble Bachelor." (Subtitle)

C7317. Moorman, Ed. "Notes on `The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,'" WW, 12, No. 3 (January 1990), 18-22.

Noting the "cocktail" entry on the hotel bill, which is the clue to this adventure, the article explores the 200-year history of the "cocktail," its American roots, and how Holmes uses its presence to solve the mysterious disappearance of Hatty Doran.

C7318. Nathan, Hartley R. "Three Tattered Pages Tell a Noble Story," CH, 8, No. 1 (Autumn 1984), 21-22.

Letters from Robert St. Simon.

C7319. Redmond, Donald A. "Azure Three Caltrops or St. Simon," BSM, No. 30 (Summer 1982), 17-21. illus.

Discusses St. Simon's coat of arms.

C7320. Speck, Gordon R. "A Moving Supposition," CHJ, 7, No. 11 (November 1985), 2-3.

The Grosvenor Square furniture van was moving the Duke of Balmoral's household goods that were being sold to redress the family fortunes.

C7321. Speck, Gordon R. "`The Noble Bachelor,' CHJ, 6, No. 10 (October 1984), 6-8.

----------. "The Noble Bachelor and Browning's Duchess," BSJ, 35, No. 1 (March 1985), 35-37.

The parallels between Watson's narrative and Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess" are too numerous and exact to be accidental.

C7322. Zens, Paul. "The Ballad of Frankie and Hatty," MSB, 7, No. 8 (December 1984), 6.

A ballad in seven stanzas that was composed in 1975 by Paul Zens of The Brothers Three of Moriarty (DB1115).

C7323. -- A2586. Aronson, Marvin E. "The Case of the Norwood Builder," BSJ, 15, No. 1 (March 1965), 22-25.

The Coroner of London during the late 19th century reports his findings that Jonas Oldacre actually perished in the fire and that Mr. Cornelius then impersonated the retired builder, deceiving even the Master of disguises!

C7324. -- A2587. Brend, Gavin. "Mr. J. Oldacre," SHJ, 1, No. 3 (June 1953), 2. (Baker Street Doggerel)

"This brave new world does indeed bewilder / Your humble servant, The Norwood Builder."

C7325. -- B1116. Wagley, Philip Franklin. "A Lingering Mystery About the Norwood Affair," BSJ, 22, No. 3 (September 1972), 166-167.

To consume the body of a man, the fire by Deep Dene House would have to have burned much longer than it did. The Master did not appreciate how difficult it is for one to make a complete "ash" of oneself.

C7326. Cantor, Murray A. "A Reconstruction of the Norwood Builder," PP (NS), No. 10 (June 1991), 9-11.

While Watson may have listed some of Holmes's "less than endearing quirks," he would not try to make him look foolish. Then why does he seem to do so in Norw?

C7327. Holly, Joy. "Hide and Go Seek, or Seek and Go Hide," CHJ, 10, No. 4 (April 1988), 2-3.

Watson's imaginary stroll through London takes the reader past sights one often overlooks.

C7328. Maynard, Julie. "Some Observations on Norw and Chas," WW, 12, No. 2 (September 1989), 29-31, 33.

Points out coincidences in detail between Norw and Chas and other cases, with emphasis on the use of animal imagery (particularly in descriptions of villains) and comments on Watson's (apparently poor) eyesight.

C7329. Meyer, Charles A., "Doer's Profile #1: Jonas Oldacre," NS, No. 32 (September 18, 1993), 7.

A parody of the Dewar's (Scotch) ads, honouring Jonas Oldacre.

C7330. Waxenberg, Michael. "The Will of the Norwood Builder," BSJ, 42, No. 1 (March 1992), 34-37.

An analysis of the applicable laws of wills and succession, leading to the conclusion that the lawyer McFarlane is the illegitimate son of Jonas Oldacre.

C7331. -- A2588. Bigelow, S. Tupper. "Hallamshire Revisited," BSJ, 13, No. 2 (June 1963), 87-90.

A review of the literature on the location of the county of Hallamshire where the action of this story takes place.

C7332. -- A2589. Bigelow, S. Tupper. "The Hoof-Marks in The Priory School," BSJ, 12, No. 3 (September 1962), 169-174.

----------. Klöv-spåren i The Priory School, Oversättning av Ted Bergman. Stockholm: The Baker Street Cab Lantern, 1965. [12] p.

Limited to 21 copies.

A demonstration of Watson's error in depicting the walk and canter of the horse.

Winner of the 5th annual Morley-Montgomery Memorial Award for the best contribution to BSJ in 1962.

C7333. -- A2590. Clarkson, Steve. "`Sir Huxtable's' Sidelights on Prio," HO, 1, No. 2 (April 1971), 4-5.

In this "somewhat disjointed series of remarks which are intended solely to illuminate or emphasize facets of Prio," the author discusses such major items as the chronology, the character of the personalities involved, the bicycle tires, the horse's (cow's) foot tracks, and the faults of Holmes.

C7334. -- A2591. Donegall, Lord. "Kidnapping, Murder, Cycle Tracks, A Duke and His Cheque!" The New Strand, 1, No. 7 (June 1962), 810-812. (Baker Street and Beyond, No. 7)

----------. "Thoughts on `The Adventure of the Priory School,'" HO, 1, No. 1 (March 1971), 10-14.

A discussion of an adventure which owes its importance to the still remaining doubt: did Holmes take a £6,000 bribe from the Duke of Holdernesse to cover up murder--Misprision of Felony, in fact."

C7335. -- A2592. Gardner, George K. "`What Sherlock Did Know,'" The Atlantic Monthly, 177, No. 1 (January 1946), 31-32.

----------. ----------, BSJ, 1, No. 3 (July 1951), 89-90.

"Sir Henry Hawkins, as Mr. Stuart Rand contends [DA2902], was indeed a great lawyer; but as far as the Priory School case is concerned, had he cross-examined the bicycle instead of Sherlock Holmes, the bicycle, instead of fading, would have thrown him off."

C7336. -- A2593. Hall, Trevor H. "A Note on The Priory School," Sherlock Holmes: Ten Literary Studies. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., [1969]. Chap. 9, p. 123-131.

"Of ducal matters concerning Holdernesse and Greyminster and of scholastic matters concerning the Abbey and Priory Schools, with surprising undertones of Oberstein and Von Bork. `Deep waters,' indeed!" (Lord Donegall)

C7337. -- A2594. Hyslop, James T. "A Priori," BSJ [OS], 3, No. 4 (October 1948), 452-457.

A tale in verse.

C7338. -- A2595. Morley, Christopher. "Tail Light on Horace," BSJ [OS], 4, No. 1 (January 1949), 39-41.

"From Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable's projected new edition. Translated from Orbilius Pupillus. Endorsed by him `This Xmas, B.C. 22.'"

C7339. -- A2596. [Naganuma, Kohki. "A Study in Tires," Sherlock Holmes and His Bluish Smoke. Tokyo: Bungei Shunju Ltd., 1966.] Chap. 4.

----------. "On Tires in The Priory School," BSJ, 16, No. 2 (June 1966), 94-100.

"Regarding the impressions of the tires, Doyle cannot be considered infallible in every respect. For he could not run his own bicycle skilfully enough in The Priory School!"

C7340. -- A2597. Stowe, Thomas D. "More About Tires in The Priory School," BSJ, 16, No. 4 (December 1966), 219-221.

"A bicycle's direction can be told from its track. However, both Doyle and Dr. Naganuma failed to indicate the method. In general, however, Doyle comes out of all this bicycle business with flying colours."

C7341. -- A2598. Symons, T. H. B. "Some Notes on the Sixth Duke of Holdernesse," BSJ, 9, No. 1 (January 1959), 5-9.

"A number of considerations suggest that the person disguised as the Sixth Duke of Holderenesse by Watson was in fact the Eighth Duke of Devonshire."

C7342. -- B1117. Blakeney, T. S. "Thoughts on `The Priory School,'" HO Annual, No. 1 (1971), 25-26.

C7343. -- B1118. Brody, Howard. "The First Most Interesting Object," BSJ, 28, No. 1 (March 1978), 28-31.

Iconoclastic Sherlockians have interpreted passages in Prio as suggesting the notion that Holmes was guilty of accepting a bribe in the form of a 12,000-pound check from the Duke of Holdernesse. Evidence in the story supports the view that the check was for 6,000 pounds and that Holmes's behavior was entirely ethical.

C7344. -- B1119. Galerstein, David. "The Priory School and Some Problems," HO Annual, No. 2 (1975), 14, 16.

C7345. -- B1120. Galerstein, David. "The Priory School Reward," HO, 3, No. 2 (June 1973), 21.

Comments and questions on the 6,000 pounds offered by the Duke of Holderness.

C7346. Berdan, Marshall S. "The Great Derbyshire Duke-Out," BSJ, 39, No. 2 (June 1989), 81-95.

A lengthy discussion that seeks to find a suitable trio of candidates (an exclusive preparatory school, an ancestral manor, and "one of the greatest subjects of the crown") upon which the events in Prio can be supported. After eliminating the perennial favorite Duke of Devonshire from Chatsworth House for reasons both logistical and matrimonial, the winners appear to be: The King's School in Macclesfield, Lyme Hall in Cheshire, and the Second Baron Newton.

C7347. Brazier, Donn. "Or Towards It?" CNFB, No. 5 (May 1985), 7-9.

An analysis of the Dunlop tire tracks alone shows that the bicycle could have been heading toward as well as away from the school. Further observations not mentioned in the story prove that Holmes was right in stating that the bicycle was moving in the direction away from the school.

C7348. Davies, Bernard. "Holdernesse: A Ducal Double," BSM, No. 46 (Summer 1986), 1-11; No. 47 (Autumn 1986), 3-11.

"Some observations on the family history of the Dukes of Holdernesse and the origin of the character of the Duke in `The Priory School.'"

C7349. Davies, Bernard. A Ramble Through the Ragged Shaw and Other Studies at the Priory School, Derbyshire, 14-16 June 1985. Edited by Heather Owen. Illustrations by Margaret Bird. The Sherlock Holmes Society of London, 1985. 62 p. illus.

Contents: An Introduction to "The Adventure of the Priory School". -- The Location of "Lower Gill More". -- Matters Miscellaneous. -- Bradshaw's Sidelights on Huxtable, or The Great Railway Mystery. -- Some Observations on the Family History of the Dukes of Holdernesse and the Origin of the Character of the Duke in "The Priory School."

C7350. The Franco-Midland Hardware Company. Annual Report 1990: The Priory School Contract. Edited by Philip Weller. Fareham, Hampshire: Sherlock Publications, March 1990. 28 p. illus.

Limited to 150 numbered copies.

Contents: 1. Managing Director's Report, by Philip Weller. -- 2. The Priory School -- A Survey, by Christopher Roden. -- 3. The Geography of The Priory School, by Philip Weller. -- 4. Chronological Comments, by Carol Whitlam. -- 5. Sherlock Holmes and the Bicycle, by Peter Coleman. -- 6. Spoor on the Moor, by Jane Sayle. -- 7. Some Legal Aspects of The Priory School, by Mark Davys. -- 8. The Sixth Duke of Holdernesse, by Christopher Wills-Wood. -- 9. The £6,000 Question, by Vickie Weller. -- 10. A Recently Found Letter, by "James Minor". -- 11. "You Won't Mind Me Testing You, Will You?" (Stoc), a quiz devised by Pam Bruxner. -- 12. Cartoon, by Ross & Mangles.

C7351. The Franco-Midland Hardware Company. Interim Report 1990: The Priory School Contract Reviewed. Edited by Philip Weller. Fareham, Hampshire: Sherlock Publications, October 1990. 28 p. illus.

Limited to 150 numbered copies.

Contents: 1. The Managing Director's Report, by Philip Weller. -- 2. On the Right Track! Some Considerations of "Railway Evidence," by Antony Richards. -- 3. A Further Return to Mackleton: Some Considerations of "On the Right Track," by Philip Weller. -- 4. Same Time, Same Place? Some Considerations of "Chronological Comments," by Matthew Booth. -- 5. On the Direction of Cyclists: Some Considerations of "Sherlock Holmes and the Bicycle," by Alan Saunders. -- 6. The £6,000 Question -- Answered? Some Considerations of "The £6,000 Question," by Carl Hoskisson. -- 7. "I Am a Poor Man," by Anne Jordan. -- 8. Pleasant! by Roger Johnson. -- 9. Answers to the Annual Report Quiz 1990, by Pam Bruxner. -- 10. A Short Bibliography of The Adventure of the Priory School, by David Kirby. -- 11. Limerick Prize-Winner, by Philip Weller. -- 12. FMHC Works Picnic 1990 -- The Severn Valley Railway Quiz, by Philip Weller. -- 13. The Boscombe Valley Times: Report on the Agricultural Show at the Village of Speckle, by Anne Jordan. -- 14. A General Holmesian Quiz, by Linda Ridd. -- 15. Sherlock Holmes and Photography -- A Missed Opportunity, by Chris Wills-Wood. -- 16. Answers to Works Picnic Railway Quiz, by Philip Weller. -- 17. Answers to General Holmesian Quiz, by Linda Ridd.

C7352. Hiraga, Saburoh. "Hiraga's Sidelight on Ayukawa -- Translation Problems of the Educational System in `The Adventure of the Priory School,'" SNSHC, 1, No. 1 (May 4, 1990), 119-132.

Text in Japanese.

"Nobuo Ayukawa's translation of Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle (published by Kohdansha Co. Ltd.) has been a very popular work, and has greatly influenced the Japanese image of Sherlock Holmes. But the original text was written in a style popular approximately a hundred years ago, and is thus somewhat out of date with present-day Japanese, not only linguistically, but in more subtle ways as well. For example, differences in the Japanese and British educational systems create translation problems. This study considers Ayukawa's translation of `The Adventure of the Priory School.'"

C7353. Hiraga, Saburoh. "The Holy Judgment," SNSHC, 3, No. 1 (May 4, 1992), 124-143.

Text in Japanese.

C7354. Hirayama, Yuichi. "The More Deeply Sunk Impression," NZI, 1 (September 1991), 5-10.

----------. ----------, NFTD, 12, No. 4 (December 1991), 1-4.

Quotes a section from Masayoshi Sanekital's book, Hanzai Sousa Gijuturon (The Techniques of Crime Detection), published in 1940, to show that it is possible to determine the direction of a bicycle from its tire marks. Includes a modified diagram of wheel impressions from Sanekita's book.

C7355. Kamil, Irving. "The Priory School Map: A Re-Examination," BSJ, 34, No. 1 (March 1984), 12-16. illus.

This article compares and contrasts the maps that appear in four printings of Prio: namely, in The Strand Magazine of February 1904; in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, published in London by George Newnes in 1905; in Collier's Weekly of January 30, 1904, and in The Return of Sherlock Holmes published in New York by McClure, Phillips & Co. in 1905. The maps in the Strand and in the British Return are identical except that in the Strand the name "John H. Watson" appears in the lower right-hand corner, making it the only document that purports to be in the handwriting of Watson. The two American maps are identical to one another, but have substantial alterations from the two maps published across the Atlantic. The article considers the authorship of the maps, the fact that there is no map in the original manuscript, the explanations for the different states, and the substantive differences in the maps themselves.

C7356. [MacRoberts, Michael H.] "On Determining the Direction of Travel of a Bicycle from Its Tracks," by M. Haddon-MacRoberts. BSJ, 33, No. 3 (September 1983), 144-145. illus.

Many have puzzled over how Holmes knew the direction of travel of a bicycle from its tracks. The author performed experiments under conditions approximating those described in Prio and found that it is possible to determine the direction of travel by the way mud is kicked up during the lateral movement of the front wheel.

C7357. Pasley, Robert S. "Breaking the Entail," BSJ, 39, No. 2 (June 1989), 96-98.

James Wilder, the secretary and illegitimate son of the Duke of Holderness, kidnapped and concealed Arthur, the Duke's ten-year old son. His motive was to force the Duke to "break the entail" so that the Duke's estates could be left to him by will. This paper explains what an entail was, outlines its history, and tells when and how it could be broken. It shows that this could not be done while Arthur was a minor and that therefore Wilder's scheme was in vain. The paper includes several citations to passages from English literature mentioning the entail or devices to break it.

C7358. Redmond, Chris. "Doyle's Idea of a Duke: Who Holdernesse Was," CH, 7, No. 2 (December 1983), 27-29.

The Duke of Holdernesse is identified as the Eighth Duke of Devonshire, formerly the Marquis of Hartington.

C7359. Russell, William L. "The Adventure of the Priory School: Its Biblical Genesis," BSJ, 36, No. 4 (December 1986), 211-215.

Compares Prio with the story of Joseph and his coat of many colors as related in Genesis, noting numerous similarities of plot and detail, and arguing that Prio is a Sherlockian retelling of that biblical story. Postulates that from that connection can be deduced that Reuben Hayes is an illegitimate son of the Fifth Duke of Holdernesse and a half-brother to the Sixth Duke.

C7360. Rutter, Richard R. "Entyrely Coincidental," WW, 13, No. 2 (September 1990), 17-20.

The similarities between two passages in L. Frank Baum's "The Loveridge Burglary" and Prio are entyrely coincidental.

C7361. Sergeant, William A. S. "Mackleton Revisited and Found in the Peaks, CH, 10, No. 4 (Summer 1987), 22-27. illus.

"Holmes's sketch map and Watson's description of the topography are at entire odds with any identification of `Mackleton' with Matlock. Surely 'Mackleton' is Macclesfield and `Holdernesse Hall' is Eddisbury Hall! Watson's placement of the latter into Hallamshire makes no geographic sense, whichever identification of `Mackleton' is accepted; the proper address should have been `Holdernesse Hall. Cheshire.'"

C7362. Weller, Philip. "A Further Return to Mackleton," FMHC Interim Report (1990), 5-8.

Some considerations of the railways involved in Prio.

C7363. Weller, Philip. "The Geography of the Priory School," FMHC Annual Report (1990), 5-9.

An investigation of the Derbyshire locations of Prio.

C7364. Weller, Philip. "The Manuscript of Prio," SR, No. 7 (Autumn Term 1991), para. 46-47.

Comments on and reproduction of the first page.

C7365. Weller, Philip. "The Priority of The Priory School," BSJ, 41, No. 4 (December 1991), 203-206. illus.

A consideration of the Canonical locations in Prio, identifying Stancliffe College, near Darley Dale, as the Priory School.

C7366. -- A2599. Blake, S. F. "Sherlock Holmes and the Italian Cipher," BSJ, 9, No. 1 (January 1959), 14-20.

Gennaro Lucca's code was based on the English rather than the Italian alphabet.

C7367. -- A2600. Boswell, Rolfe. "Squaring the Red Circle," BSJ, 1, No. 3 (July 1951), 113-114.

The evidence suggests this undated case took place in 1902.

C7368. -- A2601. Griffin, Daniel. "Emilia Lucca's Story," BSJ, 15, No. 2 (June 1965), 97-102.

A consideration of the tale told by the wife of Gennaro, with the startling conclusion that "besides being a congenital liar, she was an opportunist and a dissembler, guilty of duplicity at very best, and at worst--well, our minds can only guess at the fathomless depths of evil."

C7369. -- A2602. Pachter, Josh. "Come Now, Gentlemen!" BSJ, 20, No. 3 (September 1970), 168-169.

Lucca showed his wife how to insert the letter K between J and L so that he could send his messages in the English alphabet. Louis E. Lord, S. F. Blake, and D. A. Yates (all quoted in vol. 2, p. 698, of The Annotated Sherlock Holmes) erred in their analysis of the problem.

C7370. -- A2603. Reed, John Shelton. "A Note on `The Long Island Cave Mystery' Mystery," BSJ, 19, No. 2 (June 1969), 112-113.

The island of Mr. Leverton's adventure, referred to by Holmes in RedC, is not the Long Island of New York but of Tennessee.

C7371. -- A2604. Yates, Donald A. "A Final Illumination on the Lucca Code," EL, 3, No. 1 (March 1955), 5-9.

----------. ----------, BSJ, 6, No. 3 (July 1956), 146-151.

An explanation of how Holmes was able to intercept and interpret the coded messages between Gennaro and Emilia Lucca.

C7372. -- B1121. Hanratty, Thomas F. "Speculation on the Identity of the Parent Organization of `The Red Circle,'" NCTM, 1, No. 4 (Fall 1975), 2-4.

A brief history of the Camorra, "the most pernicious association which ever existed in Europe ... an association of blacklegs, thieves, extortioners, rogues and villains of every kind, infesting Naples and Neapolitan territory." The MS of RedC contains the name "Cammora," which was later changed to "Carbonari" by Watson or Doyle in order to disguise the real organization.

C7373. -- B1122. Rosenberg, Samuel. "Some Notes on the Conan Doyle Syndrome and Allegory in `The Adventure of the Red Circle,'" Beyond Baker Street: A Sherlockian Anthology. Edited and annotated by Michael Harrison. Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., [1976]. p. 245-268.

The first part of this article on Doyle's (Rosenberg's?) "sin-drome" is taken from Naked Is the Best Disguise (p. 67-73).

C7374. Berdan, Marshall S. "Watson and Shaw: Subtle Echoes in the Canon," BSJ, 39, No. 4 (December 1989), 206-208.

Watson's selection of names for the none-too-discriminating Bloomsbury landlady in RedC is apparently not without purpose: By using the name of the heroine of George Bernard Shaw's play "Mrs. Warren's Profession," which debuted the same year that the narrative takes place, Watson interjects a note of social commentary and compassion for the plight of working class families forced to rent out rooms.

C7375. Feldman, Lawrence. "Emilia Lucca: From Brooklyn with Love," PP (NS), No. 6 (June 1990), 19-25.

An original member of The Montague Street Lodgers of Brooklyn remembers its first meeting with "Emilia Lucca, the Canon's own `Lodger of (from?) Brooklyn.'"

C7376. Galerstein, David H. "A Solution to the Long Island Cave Mystery," BSJ, 33, No. 4 (December 1983), 233-234.

There is an apparent solution to the problem of the location of cave of the Long Island Cave Mystery referred to in RedC. Previous researchers looked for natural caves. This is not geologically possible on this overgrown sand dune that belongs to New York State.

Based on the acts of runaway boys who dug caves for shelter, the writer hypothesizes that criminals in Mr. Leverton's time dug caves to hide their booty. He suggests the steep cliffs that rise along many parts of the North Shore as the probable location of such caves.

C7377. Inman, Charles G. "Are There Really No Caves on Long Island?" BSJ, 41, No. 4 (December 1991), 218-219.

Two possible explanations of Holmes's reference to the Long Island Cave mystery are proffered. Firstly, that caves may actually exist at the western end of Long Island where limestone bedrock approaches the surface. Secondly, that this reference may have been to one of the diggings made by seekers of Captain Kidd's treasure.

C7378. Kass, David. "The Long Island Cave Mystery -- Solved," BSJ, 35, No. 1 (March 1985), 27-28.

The writer, a student of Galerstein, argues that Morley and others assumed Holmes referred to Long Island, N.Y. Kass studied a late 19th-century atlas, found six Long Islands then extant, and through research was able to point to Long Island, Alabama, as the probable location of the mystery solved by Leverton, the Pinkerton agent.

C7379. Kennedy, Spencer C. "The Adventure of the Red Circle," SHR, 1, No. 1 (1986), 8-9.

"An examination of the original manuscript." (Subtitle)

C7380. Kobayashi, Junko and Megumi. "`The Red Circle' Re-Read," SNSHC, 1, No. 1 (May 4, 1990), 68-72.

Text in Japanese.

"We re-read `Red Circle' wholly and inquire into the hidden truth by considering Italian alphabets."

C7381. Shin-ichi, Kanto. "Absence of Myths in `The Adventure of the Red Circle,'" SNSHC, 1, No. 2 (December 15, 1990), 98-106.

Text in Japanese.

"`The Adventure of the Red Circle' is based on the Greek myths. This hypothesis of Samuel Rosenberg's is a distortion because Conan Doyle borrowed A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and wrote `Red Circle,' which he gathered together from several parts of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Therefore, Rosenberg's essay, "Some Notes on the Conan Doyle Syndrome and Allegory in `The Adventure of the Red Circle,' is a joke, an illusion, a Märchen, and a parody of Sherlockiana itself."

C7382. Speck, Gordon R. "Götterdämmerung and the `New Woman': Twilight and Dawn in a Hazy Red Circle," CHJ, 12, No. 7 (July 1990), 2-3.

Holmes reluctantly begins the case and pursues it leisurely to an inconclusive result, learning "the new woman's" character as the case shuffles along.

C7383. Speck, Gordon R. "A Little Learning," CNFB, No. 10 (November 1986), 5.

Holmes talks about the value of learning for learning's sake, without thought for money or credit, and his words prove to be prophetic.

C7384. Ulrich, William. "Notes After an Evening in the Cave," PP (NS), No. 15 (September 1992), 7-8.

Some preliminary thoughts on which "Long Island" and the Hussite "Bohemian Brethern" (known as the Cave Dwellers) who emigrated and settled in Bohemia, Long Island.

C7385. Wesson, Sheldon. "Light Upon the Candle," BSJ, 38, No. 4 (December 1988), 238-239.

Report of research performed by Alan Mackler and Sheldon Wesson (and replicated at a Red Circle meeting). They used an actual window (six lights) and candle to determine the speed and elapsed time required to signal "ATTENTA PERICOLO," etc., as described in the Canon. They determined that recognizable signals would take much more time than those described.

C7386. Williamson, Clifford. "The Mythology of `The Red Circle,'" CNFB, No. 10 (November 1986), 8-12.

"`The Red Circle' can be seen as an example of the journey motif or monomyth. In other words, Gennaro Lucca can be seen as an example of the `hero archetype,' and the story; therefore, represents his journey towards individuation or psychic maturity."

See also Lloyds Bank

C7387. -- A2605. Barnes, W. J. "Saxe-Coburg Square--A New Identification," SHJ, 2, No. 3 (Summer 1955), 31-34.

The location of the premises where the principal action took place is fixed in the easterly block on Goswell Road adjacent to Northampton Square.

C7388. -- A2606. Bengis, Nathan L. ["Letter"] SHJ, 2, No. 2 (December 1954), 43.

The question is asked: "What did John Clay do with the earth excavated in digging the tunnel?" An answer by Samuel F. Howard appears in BSJ, 7, No. 4 (October 1957), 251.

C7389. -- A2607. Bergman, Ted. "Fallet City and Suburban Bank" ["The Case of the City and Suburban Bank"], BSCL, No. 2 (July 1963), 27.

Text in Danish.

The "Red-Headed League Bank Branch" is identified as Barclay's Old Street / Pittsfield Street Branch (formerly the London and Provincial Bank).

C7390. -- A2608. Bigelow, S. Tupper. "The Red-Headed League Revisited," BSP, No. 25 (July 1967), 3-4.

A further possibility of how Clay removed the earth from his tunnel.

C7391. -- A2609. Brandreth, Dale A. "The Sherlock Holmes Story I Like Best--and Why," BSJ [OS], 1, No. 4 (October 1946), 460-461.

The choice of this thirteen-year-old member of the Scandalous Bohemians of Akron is RedH.

C7392. -- A2610. Brend, Gavin. "Jabez Muses," BSJ, 3, No. 3 (July 1953), 169.

"`Copy out letter "A,"' he said / And all because my hair is red!"

C7393. -- A2611. Burnham, Ernest C. "The Tattooed Fish in The Red-Headed League," BSJ, 12, No. 4 (December 1962), 219-222.

"It could be assumed that Wilson's tattoo was probably done in Japan and that it was never a delicate pink originally, and that Holmes took a shot in the dark and came up with an extremely lucky guess, obviously not based on knowledge."

C7394. -- A2612. Christ, Jay Finley. "The Story I Like Best," BSJ [OS], 2, No. 4 (October 1947), 427-428.

----------. My Favorite Sherlockian Adventure. [Chicago: Privately Printed, December 1947.] [4] p.

Good Sherlock took full many a crook / In Adventures beyond compare; / And the best of the lot is the crafty plot / of the man with the flaming hair."

C7395. -- A2613. De Groat, Raymond A. "The Guilty Pawnbroker, or The Lost Summer of 1890," BSJ, 14, No. 1 (March 1964), 27-30.

"This paper could have been entitled `The Adventure of the Missing Red-Head and All of the Multitudinous Concatenations Related Thereto,' for it is really an investigation of the guilt of Jabez Wilson."

C7396. -- A2614. Erickson, Carl T. "Royal Blood and Feet of Clay," BSJ, 4, No. 2 (April 1954), 98-99.

John Clay, instigator of the League of Red-Headed Men, is the third cousin twice removed to Queen Elizabeth II.

C7397. -- A2615. Foster, Richard W. "John Clay and Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.," BSJ, 21, No. 2 (June 1971), 97-99.

John Clay, the forger, was young but already a capable thief. Despite his skill in eluding Scotland Yard, it can be surmised that his vanity could mar his otherwise ingenious schemes: his dissolution of the Red-Headed League prematurely, for example. Where did this young Englishman, educated at Eton and Oxford, ever hear of Lebanon, Pa.? A visit to the locality and extended research failed to turn up any claim to fame for that town whatsoever. Surely Clay learned of its existence from Ted Baldwin, whom he no doubt met in England when Baldwin had come in search of Birdy Edwards. Perhaps it was Baldwin's native city. Later Clay, in his contempt for the not over bright pawnbroker, seized on the most absurd place-name he could think of: Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

C7398. -- A2616. McPharlin, Paul. "Sweet Auburn," BSJ [OS], 4, No. 1 (January, 1949), 24-27.

A tale in verse.

C7399. -- A2617. Morley, Frank V. "I Am Puzzled About Saxe-Coburg Square," BSJ, 5, No. 3 (July 1955), 139-141.

C7400. -- A2618. Pattrick, Robert R. "October 9, 1890," SHJ, 3, No. 1 (Summer 1956), 16-17.

The author argues that the sign "The Red-Headed League Is Dissolved, October 9, 1890" was dated correctly but that it was intended, deliberately and confusingly, to refer to a Thursday, whereas the events of the tale occurred on a Saturday.

C7401. -- A2619. "The Red-Headed League Reviewed," SHJ, 2, No. 1 (July 1954), 29-34.

A summary of a discussion that took place at a meeting of the Sherlock Holmes Society on March 16, 1954. Includes two footnotes by James Edward Holroyd and Clifton R. Andrew.

C7402. -- A2620. Roberts, Daisy Mae. "`The Red-Headed League' and `The Rue Morgue,'" Scholastic Magazine, 32 (February 26, 1938), 19E-20E.

A comparison between the literary formulas of these two classic detective stories, and between Holmes and Dupin.

C7403. -- A2621. Sayers, Dorothy L. "The Dates in `The Red-Headed League,'" The Colophon, 5, Pt. 17 (January 1934), [8] p.

----------. ----------, Unpopular Opinions. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1946. p. 168-178.

----------. ----------, ----------. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., [1947]. p. 189-209.

----------. ----------, BSJ [OS], 2, No. 3 (July 1947), 279-290. (Incunabulum)

----------. ----------, MacKill's Mystery Magazine, 3, No. 4 (February 1954), 72-80.

----------. ----------, Seventeen Steps to 221b. [Edited by] James Edward Holroyd. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., [1967]. p. 57-67.

"An examination and explanation of the anachronisms, with proposals for their reconciliation." (Edgar W. Smith)

C7404. -- A2622. Scholefield, C. E. "Red-Headed Clients' Conundrums," SHJ, 10, No. 3 (Winter 1971), 74-76.

Advances the thesis that one of the tunnel's terminals was located at McFarlane's carriage-building depot rather than on Jabez Wilson's premises. Other problems concerning John Clay are also discussed. (A refutation by Paul D. Herbert of the McFarlane tunnel theory appears in the following issue on p. 137-138.)

C7405. -- A2623. Stix, Thomas L. "Concerning The Red-Headed League," BSJ, 4, No. 2 (April 1954), 93-96.

----------. Enlarged with title: "The 7 Errors in The Red-Headed League," EQMM, 39, No. 1 (January 1962), 79-82.

A master critic points out "seven mistakes, misstatements, and foolish and erroneous deductions" in this great tale.

C7406. -- B1123. Dudley, W. E. "Dr. Watson's Triple Play," BSJ, 23, No. 1 (March 1973),22-27.

"Our good friend, Dr. John H. Watson, has already been accused of being Jack the Ripper [DA4143]." This article concerns a more serious offense; namely, fabrication of a part of the Canon. Various similarities between RedH (Canon) and Stoc (alleged Apocrypha) are pointed out and conclusions drawn. In spite of the evidence presented, the article closes with the statement that "Some might accept Dr. Watson as Jack the Ripper, but it is difficult to believe that he has tampered with the Canon."

C7407. -- B1124. Foss, Thomas Frederick. "But Whose Royal Blood?" BSJ, 22, No. 1 (March 1972), 29-35.

Refutes the generally accepted theory that John Clay was the grandson of one of George III's sons. His royal grandfather, instead, was of the House of Hereditary Kings of Bohemia.

C7408. -- B1125. Goslin, Vernon. "The Extraordinary Story of the Red-Headed Copier," SHJ, 10, No. 3 (Winter 1971), 77-78.

During the time Jabez Wilson spent copying the Encyclopedia Britannica, he achieved the incredible feat of writing, with a quill pen, over one million words in longhand, in precisely 224 hours" -- a world record that should be duly noted in The Guinness Book of World Records!

C7409. -- B1126. Hoffmann, Banesh. "Red Faces and `The Red-Headed League,'" Beyond Baker Street: A Sherlockian Anthology. Edited and annotated by Michael Harrison. New York/ Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., [1976]. p. 175-185.

Serious weaknesses in John Clay's scheme are contrasted with Holmes's estimate that Clay was the fourth smartest man in London. Comparable weakness in Holmes's actions leads one to hail the detective as a match for bunglers, and to suggest that this might be a compliment. An addendum offers a tongue-in-cheek mathematical solution to the problem of the disposal of the tunnelled earth, using the Cantorian set theory.

C7410. -- B1127. [Lundgård, Erik.] "Utgrävningar," [av] ELD. Dagens Nyheter [Stockholm] (January 25, 1975).

Deals with stories on tunnel digging, with mention of RedH and an illustration of Holmes and Watson.

C7411. -- B1128. McLaughlin, Constance. The Writing Game: A Fresh Approach to 9th Grade Composition Correlated with a New Anthology. [Clayton, Mo.: Privately Produced, 1966.] [17] p.

Part of an unpublished manuscript containing Project 3: The Red-Headed League.

C7412. -- B1129. Tracy, Jack. "A Red-Headed Retort," HO, 2, No. 1 (January 1972), 8-9.

Holmes may have avoided explaining how he deduced that Jabez Wilson used snuff in order not to offend his slovenly dressed client.

C7413. -- B1130. Wangensten, E. A. "John Carr Alias John Clay," BSCL, No. 4 (1965), 27-28.

Text in Swedish.

C7414. -- B1131. Wolff, Julian. "The Arms of John Clay," BSJ, 22, No. 1 (March 1972), 36-37. illus.

Reprinted from Practical Handbook of Sherlockian Heraldry (DA3872).

C7415. Aig, Marlene. "The Red-Headed Conspiracy and the Universal Prejudice Against Nice Plain Folks," CH, 3, No. 2 (Winter 1979), 1-2.

----------. ----------, RH, No. 5 (August 1980), 1-2.

"The company of red may be one of glorious danger, intrigue and royalty, but after all, we redheads can be nice plain folks too."

C7416. Alvin, Gerald. "The Much Maligned Red-Headed League," BSJ, 30, No. 3 (September 1980), 166-169.

The existence of the Red-Headed League is demonstrated both philosophically and Canonically by its surviving member. The Canonical logic that conclusively establishes the reality of the League is centered on the words and actions (and inactions) of Holmes.

C7417. Applegate, Ann. "Ubi Est Terra?" GT&RP, No. 4 (Winter 1992), 8.

A tale in verse.

C7418. Atkinson, Michael. "Sherlock Holmes and `The Red-Headed League': A Symbolic Paradigm for the Teaching of Plot," College Literature, 7, No. 2 (Spring 1980), 153-157.

"The Sherlock Holmes stories can help us explain to our students the difference between a plot and a story -- a distinction that is crucial to the understanding the process of fiction itself. In the Introduction to Literary Study course taught to prepare majors for the further serious study of literature, I use `The Red-Headed League' to introduce and demonstrate the process by which a story (a sequence of events) becomes plot (a structure of revelation) -- not only because this tale embodies this concept of plot paradigmatically, as many Holmes stories do, but because among these stories `The Red-Headed League' is so clearly a symbolic commentary on the nature of plot itself. Students love it, and learn, in a way they like to remember, an understanding of plot which if not elementary, is at least fundamental.

C7419. Barzun, Jacques. "A Note on John Clay's Education," BSJ, 31, No. 1 (March 1981), 22-23.

It is likely that Clay attended Cambridge rather than Oxford because of a footnote referring to "indigent red-haired men" in a treatise, first published in 1874, by the renowned Cambridge philosopher Henry Sidgwick. The footnote stuck in Clay's mind and later bore fruit in the assembly of redheads in Pope's Court.

C7420. Bengtsson, Hans-Uno. "`En milt skär nyans,'" Sherlockiana, 37, Nr. 1 (1992), 7-9. illus.

----------. "`...A Delicate Pink...,'" BSJ, 42, No. 1 (March 1992), 28-32.

The article conclusively proves the existence of a "square pierced" Chinese coin as well as a Chinese tattooing practice that includes staining the skin "a delicate pink," and thus effectively defends Holmes's reputation as an expert on tattoos (and Chinese coins).

C7421. Coates, Horace. "A Favourite Story -- RedH," SR, No. 10 (Autumn Term 1992), 3-4.

"In short, this is what might once have been described as `a spiffing read.'"

C7422. Cochran, William R. "The Feat of Clay," WN, 2, No. 9 (September 28, 1990), 2-4.

When Watson arrives at the Baker Street quarters, Holmes admonishes him for embellishing "so many of my own little adventures." Following this rebuke we are treated to a narrative filled with mirth, so much so that even Holmes and Watson enjoy a good laugh. Conceivably, Watson could have used this unembellished narrative to teach Holmes a thing or two about his profession -- writing. By sticking to "just the facts," Clay does not seem as clever as Holmes indicates, and neither does Holmes.

C7423. Darak, Greg. "But Why Dissolve the League?" BSJ, 39, No. 2 (June 1989), 108-109.

If John Clay had not closed the Red-Headed League before his robbery, there would have been no chance for anyone to solve its mystery until after his escape. The article answers the question: Why did the "fourth smartest man in London" close it when he did?

C7424. Darak, Greg. "The Date of The Red-Headed League," BSJ, 41, No. 4 (December 1991), 235-236.

Why was the notice dissolving the League dated in October when elsewhere it is stated that the story took place two months after April? It is not an error; Clay deliberately dated the notice incorrectly to make Wilson and his story seem ridiculous to anyone he might ask for help. Who would take such an obvious practical joke seriously?

C7425. Davies, David Stuart. "Alexander Holder: A Banker Not to Trust," The Ritual, No. 4 (Winter 1989), 6-8.

"He lacks business acumen, tenacity of mind and imaginative foresight, attributes one would assume were necessary to reach the position of senior partner in a successful City bank."

C7426. Donovan, Jim. "`The Old Wheel Turns, and the Same Spoke Comes Up: It's All Been Done Before' (Vall)," NFTD, 13, No. 1 (March 1992), 2-4.

Compares the robberies of the Société General Bank in Nice by Albert Spaggiari (1976) and the National Australia Bank in Sidney (1988) with the attempted robbery of the Coburg branch of the City and Suburban Bank (1887). The editor of NFTD, Alan C. Olding, cites another example concerning old vaults of the Bank of England.

C7427. Drazen, Patrick E. "Beleaguered from the Start," CHJ, 7, No. 6 (June 1985), 2-3.

Another review of the many problems to be found in RedH.

C7428. Drazen, Patrick E. "Remembrance of Stings Past," CHJ, 1, No. 11 (November 1979), 2-3.

Striking similarities between RedH and Stoc suggest that there is a central intelligence behind the robberies in these two cases; if not James Moriarty, then John Clay, the fourth smartest man in London.

C7429. Fish, Lynn. "An Elucidation of the Problem of the Chinese Tattoo," SM, 10, No. 3 (1985), 10-11.

Watson deliberately covered up all references to Japan in RedH, including the Japanese tattoo, in order to protect Holmes in his many dealings with Her Majesty's government as well as to maintain a sense of confidentiality in relation to his work for the nationals of other countries.

C7430. Galerstein, David H. "The Granada Series and `The Red Headed League,'" WW, 12, No. 2 (September 1989), 18-20.

This article supports the claim of the Granada series that Moriarty was behind the robbery in RedH. Only he had the brains and organization for such a project.

C7431. Galerstein, David H. "The Real Loot," BSM, No. 60 (Winter 1989), 19-21.

It is argued that the real loot in RedH was currency and gem stones rather than the gold. Essentially they had much more value per Unit weight than gold. Therefore, transportation and disposal of the loot was much easier.

C7432. Geyer, Jackie. "The Red-Headed League," ND (March 1992), 3.

"Tips from the Annotated."

C7433. Harrington, Hugh T. "The Most Overdressed Man in the Canon," WW, 13, No. 3 (January 1991), 30-31.

Jabez Wilson is the author's candidate for the most overdressed male -- who wore a great-coat, frock-coat, waistcoat, and overcoat. Holmes failed to offer an explanation for the pawnbroker's excessive clothing.

C7434. Haynes, George Cleve. "The Red-Headed League: `John Clay's Victim,'" DC, 4, No. 3 July 1991), 8-11.

When John Clay exclaimed that he would "swing for it," he may have meant that he would be hanged for the murder of Jabez Wilson, who was no longer needed by the League.

C7435. Higgins, W. W. "Some Tunnel Inferences in The Red-Headed League," BSJ, 41, No. 3 (September 1991), 163-164.

This is a brief study of such alleged tunnelling inferences as Johns Hopkins (B.&O. R.R. tunnels), Lebanon, Pa. (mining), etc. It highlights the given name of Ezekiah Hopkins, the imaginary millionaire, and its possible connection with conduit of King Hezekiah of Judah in the Old Testament (II Kings 20:20). The article is illustrated by the author.

C7436. Johnson, Roger. "The Baker Street Bizarre," SHJ, 15, No. 2 (Summer 1981), 49-51.

This monograph poses a few questions -- and suggests fewer answers -- about the ingenious John Clay and his enigmatic red-haired associate. Clay's claim to royal blood, his apparent invisibility to the police, his talents as a practical joker, and his abuse of his remarkable luck are discussed, as is the Singular Coincidence of the Two Red-Headed Men.

C7437. Keefauver, Brad. "The Consummate Moriarty Man," Q£$, 8, No. 2 (May 1987), 20-25.

A strong case is made for John Clay having been an employee of Moriarty, citing both chronology and Clay's unusual ingenuity among criminals of the Canon.

C7438. Keefauver, Brad. "Upon the Relative Reliability of Watson and Wilson," BSJ, 33, No. 2 (June 1983), 92-94.

Wilson, not Watson, is the culprit behind the inconsistencies in RedH. The evidence of The Morning Chronicle, dated April 27, 1890, and the sign announcing the League's dissolution, dated October 9, 1890, establishes the true period of his League activity at twenty-four weeks instead of the eight weeks claimed by Wilson. This could have allowed him to reach "Attica" in The Encyclopedia Britannica and for Clay to have dug his tunnel.

C7439. Koike, Shigeru. "'L'oeuvre c'est tout,'" SNSHC, 1, No. 2 (December 15, 1990), 2-6.

Text in Japanese.

"This phrase, introduced by Holmes at the end of `The Red-Headed League,' as from Flaubert's letter, proves that Holmes is the epitome of the autonomous, not mimetic, theory of art prevalent in fin de siècle."

C7440. Langfeldt, Bent. "In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes," Sherlockiana, 25, Nr. 4 (1980), 24-26. illus.

"Hvor skal man finde `Saxe-Coburg-Square' -- skuepladsen i `The Red-Headed League'?" (Subtitle)

C7441. Lanzalotti, John A. "Saxe-Coburg Square," BSJ, 41, No. 4 (December 1991), 207-211.

The definitive location of Saxe-Coburg Square is identified as Cross Key Square on the west side of lower Aldersgate Street at Little Britain. This identification is derived from an application of Holmes's methods in an analysis of the story's clues. All of the clues fit this location. All previously proposed locations are systematically refuted in this analysis, and each location described in RedH is identified with its real counterpart.

C7442. McClure, Michael W. "A Hopkins by Any Other Name," WW, 11, No. 1 (May 1988), 30-32.

----------. ----------, DC, 4, No. 1 (January 1991), 14-16.

Evidence is drawn from the text of RedH to identify the bogus league's founder, Ezekiah Hopkins, as the real-life Esek Hopkins, first commodore of the U.S. Navy during the Revolutionary War. Proof of this connection is found in the Holy Bible and heraldic records, as well as chronicles of Esek Hopkins career.

C7443. McClure, Michael W., II. "`The Red-Headed League,'" CHJ, 13, No. 12 (December 1991), 2-3.

An unedited tale in verse by "Billy the Page (OEH)," age 8. With a biography, "That's Our Billy," by William R. Cochran. "Sherlock Holmes was sitting in his chair / When in comes a man with red hair."

C7444. McDiarmid, E. W. "Bibliographical Note: `The Red-Headed League,'" Explorations, No. 17 (March 1992), 8-9.

RedH is the most often reprinted and earliest reprinted of the short stories. The first reprinting was in Doyle's The Doings of Raffles Haw (Lovell, Coryell, 1891).

C7445. Mortimore, Roger. "In Memoriam: Ezekiah Hopkins," BSN, 6, No. 2 (Trinity Term 1989), 2-3.

Advances reasons for preferring RedH to the other Canonical tales.

C7446. Olding, Alan C. "The Other Diggings -- At Saxe-Coburg Square," NFTD, 4, No. 2 (June 1983), 1-3.

The subway sewer system under the City of London, entered at Holborn Viaduct, suggests a solution to the problem of soil-disposal in the tunnelling by John Clay and his associates. There may not have been much soil to dispose of!

C7447. Sayers, Dorothy L. "The Dates in `The Red-Headed League,'" Christian Letters to a Post-Christian World: A Selection of Essays, by Dorothy L. Sayers. Selected and introduced by Roderick Jellema. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., [1969]. p. 55-65.

C7448. Sayers, Dorothy L. "The Dates in The Red-Headed League," The Whimsical Christian: 18 Essays, by Dorothy L. Sayers. New York: MacMillan Pub. Co., [1978]. p. 60-72.

----------, ----------, ----------. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1979. p. 109-133.

Large print ed.

C7449. Speck, Gordon R. "The Average British Tradesman," WW, 11, No. 2 (September 1988), 6-8.

Jabez Wilson is the brunt of a satire on the "average British tradesman."

C7450. Stewart, T. K. "The Wrong-Headed Plot (But Does It Really Matter?)," SHR, 4, No. 2 (1993), 108-112.

One of the favorite Canonical tales, including Doyle's and Stewart's, is also one of the most ineptly plotted.

C7451. "The Unique Achievement of Jabez Wilson," The Church of Ireland Gazette and Family Newspaper [Dublin], 99 (March 26, 1954), 1-2.

On the neglected hero of RedH who, according to the author's calculations, wrote 1,976,700 words in 192 hours, or something over 10,000 words per hour. "All credit, then, to the `slow' pawnbroker who did some 166 words in longhand during every minute of his task! ... Such speed makes him rank at the top of the remarkable worthies -- and unworthies -- of the Sherlock Holmes tales."

C7452. -- A2624. Ball, John. "The Twenty-Three Deductions," BSJ, 8, No. 4 (October 1958), 234-237.

In solving the problem presented by the death of William Kirwan, Holmes examined a scrap of paper and gave certain conclusions which he drew from it. He then stated that there were twenty-three additional deductions from the same source, but did not cite them. This paper, employing Holmes's methods as described by himself, defines these deductions and presents the list.

C7453. -- A2625. Holstein, L. S. "The Puzzle of Reigate," BSJ, 2, No. 4 (October 1952), 221-225.

"Watson had, innocently, become involved with persons of dire purposes, the Cunninghams, Kirwan, and probably Hayter, and was the cat's-paw for them in writing the note, or part of it at least."

C7454. -- A2626. Kallis, Stephen A. "Reigate Revisited," BSJ, 14, No. 1 (March 1964), 37-38.

A defense of Holmes and Watson against the accusations of Mr. Stix.

C7455. -- A2627. Stix, Thomas L. "The Reigate Puzzler," BSJ, 13, No. 2 (June 1963), 93-95.

A critical examination of a case the author thinks was unworthy of the Master.

C7456. -- B1132. Bain, Leslie. Some Trifling Comments on The Reigate Squire, The Reigate Squires, The Reigate Puzzle, or What You Will. [N.p.: Privately Produced, March 1974.] 13 p.

Presented to The Bootmakers of Toronto, March 30, 1974.

C7457. Accardo, Pasquale J. "Mystery Could be VerSH," The Parallelogram, 2, No. 9 (April 1993), 74.

A tale in verse.

C7458. Battaglia, H. Paul. "A Report on `The Reigate Squires,'" CHJ, 2, No. 6 (June 1980), 2-3.

----------. ----------, SP, 3, No. 2 (January 1981), 13-15.

Comments on the chronology of Reig and Holmes's health as it is affected by his work and use of cocaine.

C7459. Bentien, Pam. "The Margaret Faulkner Letters," NS, No. 20 (September 25, 1984), 4-8.

An exchange of letters between Col. J. Hayter and Miss Faulkner and a letter to Holmes also from Faulkner.

C7460. Cummings, Carey. "The Dating of `The Reigate Squires,'" NS, No. 18 (March 20, 1984), 4-8.

A brief summary of the author's research on Reig. The time frame encompassed by the action covers the period from April 4 to 19, 1887. Holmes's involvement starts on Wednesday, the 18th, and concludes on Thursday, the 19th.

C7461. "The Fire: Three Theories," SP, 3, No. 4 (July 1981), 8-11.

Contents: Was the Fire Deliberate? by Joe Brell. -- It Was an Accident, by Helen Coleman. -- Old Hands at Work, by G. R. Skornickel, Jr.

C7462. Woods, Carol P. "The Curious Matter of the Congratulatory Telegrams," BSJ, 42, No. 1 (March 1992), 16-17.

----------. ----------, NZI, 2, No. 1 (August 1992), 26-28.

Calculations on the number of telegrams (270,000, or 10,741 crumpled telegrams) that must have been in Holmes's bedroom at the Hotel Dulong in Lyons when Watson asserted that the room was "literally ankle-deep" with congratulatory telegrams.

See also Card

C7463. -- A2628. Heldenbrand, Page. "On an Obscure Nervous Page," BSJ, 4, No. 3 (July 1954), 154-155.

One Page comes to the defense of another page who served Dr. Percy Trevelyan.

C7464. -- A2629. Pachter, Josh. The Brook Street Mystery Unravelled: Being Certain Revelations Regarding Dr. Percy Trevelyan and Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Ann Arbor, Mich.: The 0.06976 Press, [1972]. 33 p.

Limited to 200 numbered copies.

A monograph in five parts: 1. Proof that Holmes's solution to Blessington's murder was incorrect; 2. A reconstruction of the actual solution; 3. Proof that Holmes and Trevelyan were fraternal twins; 4. A fictionalized presentation of the events leading up to Holmes's birth; and 5. A tongue-in-cheek appendix discussing the addresses of Holmes and Trevelyan.

C7465. -- B1133. Brody, Howard. "On the Use of Nitrite of Amyl in Catalepsy," BSJ, 26, No. 4 (December 1976), 206-208.

The treatment for catalepsy mentioned by Dr. Percy Trevelyan is not given in medical texts of the 1880's. However, a rationale for it can be reconstructed, suggesting that the doctor's Bruce Pinkerton prize was not undeserved. The excitement over a new case to study may excuse Trevelyan's failure to discover that his "Patient" was faking.

C7466. -- B1134. Page, Andrew. "The Brook Street Mystery," BSJ, 21, No. 4 (December 1971), 235-237.

"Dr. Trevelyan's story from the outset was a fabrication. He had worked with the Worthingdon gang and helped to execute Blessington, receiving in return his own practice, full-pay, and the satisfaction of outwitting the world's only unofficial consulting detective."

C7467. -- B1135. Peck, Andrew Jay. "`Not Guilty, My Lord,'" HO, 2, No. 2 (April 1972),6-8.

"In defense of Dr. Percy Trevelyan."

C7468. -- B1136. Strout, Alan Long. "Sherlock Holmes and the Norah Creina," The Saturday Review of Literature, 19, No. 24 (April 8, 1939), 21. (Trade Winds)

A note on the steamer lost with all hands upon the Portuguese coast and the surviving members of the Worthingdon Bank gang.

C7469. Cumings, Carey. "The Dating of `The Resident Patient,'" NS, No. 24 (September 30, 1985), 2-6.

A summary of the author's research on Resi. The adventure occurred on October 6, 1886.

C7470. Eckrich, Joseph J. "The Adventure of the Missing Page," CNFB, No. 5 (May 1985), 5-6.

The page who was arrested upon Holmes advice, was not an accomplice in the murder of Blessington but the only witness to the murder. He could have been the same page who later turned up at Baker Street -- Billy.

C7471. Howard, Robin, and Hugh Willison. "The Nature of Catalepsy and the Model for Percy Trevelyan," SHJ, 20, No. 4 (Summer 1992), 128-130. illus.

"Conan Doyle based his description of Trevelyan's career on the model of Sir William Gowers. Perhaps indeed Trevelyan was Gowers!"

C7472. Meyer, Charles A. 'The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-time," BSJ, 38, No. 2 (June 1988), 88-90.

A careful reading of the story indicated that Dr. Percy Trevelyan took an extra 75 minutes on his first trip to 221b Baker Street. The missing time was spent with Professor Moriarty, whose interest in Blessington/Sutton dated back to the Worthington Bank robbery. This marked Holmes's first confrontation with the Professor.

C7473. Warner, Richard S. "A Chronological Look at The Resident Patient," BSJ, 34, No. 2 (June 1984), 93-95.

The author has discovered that individuals carrying medical bags were accosted in the streets and even arrested during the period when Jack the Ripper was terrorizing London. The fact that Dr. Percy Trevelyan used a wicker basket to hold his medical instruments would seem to place Resi during that period.

C7474. Williamson, Clifford. "Scylla and Charybdis and Watson," CNFB, No. 3 (May 1984), 5-6.

Clarifies the meaning of Watson's reference to the Greek mythological sea monsters, Scylla and Charybdis, in the opening paragraph of Resi.

C7475. -- A2630. Bengis, Nathan L. "Smothered Mate," BSJ, 10, No. 4 (October 1960), 213-220. illus.

Valentine Qualtrough's Chess Strategy (Manchester: Mallinson and Parkman, 1936) includes two chess games played during June 1898 between Joseph Amberley and Dr. Raymond Earnest, besides two other games by William Wallace of the famous murder trial. Both the Amberley-Earnest games prophesy the July tragedy, because the latter was subconsciously warning Amberley, who gives his unconscious cooperation. In the second game, Amberley sacrifices his queen to defeat the king.

C7476. -- A2631. Bigelow, S. Tupper. "Chess and Sherlock Holmes," SHJ, 4, No. 1 (Winter 1958), 12-14.

The reason why the jurors returned a verdict of "guilty" in the William Wallace case of 1931 was because they had read and remembered the words of the Master in Reti: "Amberley excelled at chess--one mark, Watson, of a scheming mind." Wallace was a member of the Liverpool Central Chess Club.

C7477. -- A2632. Dahlinger, Susan. "The Adventures of a Hated Rival," SOS, 4, No. 2 (July 1970), 4-5.

About amateur detective Barker whom Holmes jokingly described as his hated rival on the Surrey shore.

C7478. -- A2633. Miller, William G. "The Mystery of the Indelible Pencil," BSJ, 21, No. 1 (September 1971), 175-176.

C7479. -- B1137. Mendelson, Abby. "`The Adventure of the Retired Colourman': Conan Doyle's Tired Art," ND (February 1977), 5; "Unretiring the Colourman," ND (February 1979), 5-6.

A critique.

C7480. -- B1138. Morrow, Daniel. "Barker of Baker Street," SS, 1, No. 3 (April 1972), 2-3

Holmes's detective friend and hated rival, Mr. Baker, is identified as a former Baker Street irregular.

C7481. -- B1139. Nevers, Kevin. "The Hated Rival," NNCC, 1, No. 2 (1976), 5.

Barker not only appeared in Reti, but also in Empt and Chas.

C7482. -- B1140. Shepherd, Walter. "Barker, Not Holmes," SHJ, 13, No. 2 (Summer 1977), 63-64. (Wigmore Street Postbag)

Barker is the likeliest candidate for the authorship of the letter quoted in ManW.

C7483. -- B1141. Zens, Paul. The Colourman Caper, by "Mr. Barker." [Santa Fe: Privately Produced, 1977.]

A retelling of Reti by "the hated rival from the Surrey shore," plus an extension of that story wherein Holmes is deftly skewered by Barker, and Lord St. Simon gets his revenge.

C7484. Barton, William A. "Of Victorian London's Second Greatest Detective," ICN, 13, No. 2 (May-1990), 5-6; 13, No. 4 (August 1990), 2-4; 14, No. 1 (March 1991), 6-8.

Barker deserves the title of Victorian London's Second Greatest Detective. "After all, if Sherlock Holmes thought enough of the man to consider him not only his rival, but his `hated' rival, Barker's skills as a detective must have been considerable." The "real" Barker is identified as Cyrus Barker, who lived and operated out of rooms near Elephant 4 Circle in South London.

C7485. Cochran, William R. "The Shadow Knows," CHJ, 11, No. 7 (July 1989), 2-3.

Holmes opens the narrative with a reflection on life, ending with the statement that all that remains is "a shadow. Or worse than a shadow -- misery." Is it possible that the shadow is Dupin (Poe) which has haunted Holmes (Doyle) all these years. If so, it would explain the melancholy mood Holmes is in as the narrative begins.

C7486. Cypser, Darlene. "Barker, the Hated Rival," BSJ, 35, No. 4 (December 1985), 211-212.

Identifies "Barker" of Reti with Cecil Barker of Vall. Also speculates that Barker may have worked with Holmes to break up the Moriarty gang.

C7487. Hunt, A. Godfrey. "An Essex Adventure," SHJ, 21, No. 1 (Winter 1992), 15-20. illus.

"Why did Josiah Amberley and John Watson go to the Tendring Hundred?"

C7488. Hunt, A. Godfrey. "Why Did Holmes Send Watson and Josiah Amberley to Essex?" NFTD, 8, No. 1 (March 1987), 1-5.

Essentially an examination of Watson and Amberley's railway journey into NE Essex, an identification of the village concerned, and an account of the use of the telephone in 1898 as a feature of the story. There is also some reference to Holmes's ancestry.

C7489. McCallister, David R. "Sherlock Holmes's `Hated Rivals,'" BSM, No. 72 (Winter 1992), 14-18.

A comparison of Chas and Reti, asserting similarities of plot and structure, and identifying the professional and romantic "hated rival" in each case as Barker.

C7490. McCauley, Gordon. "On Barker, the Rival," CH, 7, No. 3 (Spring 1984), 22-23.

Barker was not a "hated rival," but rather an aided protégé -- a former Baker Street irregular, who also appears as the unidentified tall, dark-glassed person in Empt, a theory first advanced by Daniel Morrow (DB1133).

C7491. Meyer, Charles A. "A Footnote to The Adventure of the Retired Colourman," BSM, No. 54 (Summer 1988), 25-26.

From the description of Josiah Amberley given in Reti, it is obvious he had had a Syme's amputation. This procedure was developed by James Syme, the mentor of Joseph Bell, who had served in that same capacity to one Arthur Conan Doyle.

C7492. Meyer, Charles A. "The Haven: Lewisham's Answer to Chicago's `Murder Castle,'" BSM, No. 58 (Summer 1989), 29-32.

By comparing the methods used, it becomes clear that Joseph Amberley owed a debt to Chicago's "H. H. Holmes" for his innovations in eliminating unwanted wives.

C7493. Redmond, Chris. "Infinite Riches (and Death) in a Little Room," MPapers, No. 5 (1992), 30-38.

A discussion of Reti, which, according to Redmond, contains the most terrifying episode in all the sixty tales: "the murder of Mrs. Josiah Amberley in a sealed room, slowly succumbing to gas while Mr. Josiah Amberley crackles with glee and revenge outside."

C7494. Redmond, Chris. "What Is Left in Our Hands at the End: A Consideration of `The Retired Colourman,'" WW, 3, No. 2 (September 1980), 4-5, 28.

With its themes of old age and death, and its mirroring of Stud, the last story in the Canon (though it was not the last published) is peculiarly suited to that concluding position.

C7495. Weller, Philip. "A Portrait of Josiah Amberley," MPapers, No. 5 (1992), 96-103. (A Study in Villainy)

A sympathetic consideration of the "villainy" of the retired colourman.

C7496. -- A2634. Anderson, Poul. "`The King of Scandinavia,'" [Oversat af A. D. Henriksen]. Sherlock Holmes Årbog I (1965), 42-47.

Text in Danish.

C7497. -- A2635. Andrew, C. R. "What Kind of Shenanigans Went on at St. Monica's?" BSJ Christmas Annual, No. 1 (1956), 42-45.

"The `difficulties' in A Scandal in Bohemia were brought about by a combination of Holmes's and Watson's understandable lack of knowledge of the rules and regulations of the marriage contract in 1888, together with the unknown quantity of Mr. Godfrey Norton's status."

C7498. -- A2636. Arenfalk, Poul, and Erik Hall. When Was Sherlock Holmes in Copenhagen? Who Are the Characters in "A Scandal in Bohemia"? A Work of Research. [Illustrations by Erik Hall.] Copenhagen: The Danish Baker Street Irregulars, 1960. 95 p.

C7499. -- A2637. Ashton, Ralph A. "Forget St. Monica's ... What Happened at Briony Lodge?" BSJ, 8, No. 3 (July 1958), 163-168.

Holmes, not Godfrey Norton, and Irene Adler were married at St. Monica's. Mr. Norton, the alleged bridegroom, was "either a figment the well-matched pair invented, or Irene Adler's counsellor, and a witness at the marriage."

C7500. -- A2638. Bailey, L. W. "The Scandal Behind the `Scandal,'" SHJ, 9, No. 3 (Winter 1969), 82-85.

The author believes that the hereditary King of Bohemia who visited Holmes on March 20, 1888, was the Crown Prince Rudolf and that it was Viktor Adler, not the fictitious Irene Adler, who was in possession of a document compromising to Rudolf.

C7501. -- A2639. Bigelow, S. Tupper. "If We Have to Be Whimsical," Four Wheels to Baker Street. Edited by Bruce Kennedy. [Fulton, Mo.]: The Three Students Plus, 1968. p. 4-6.

Judge Bigelow ridicules the whimsical school of writing in his treatment of the wedding problems of Irene Adler.

C7502. -- A2640. Blackburn, Julian. "The Identity of the King of Bohemia," BSJ, 21, No. 2 (June 1971), 114-116.

The King of Bohemia was Prince Alexander of Battenberg (1857-1893), Monarch of Bulgaria. He had an affair with the opera singer Johanna Loisinger. He sent her his photograph with a mirror attached so that she could look at the "lovely and enchanting features" of the "most beautiful singer I know"--a gift she was very likely unwilling to part with. The Crown Princess of Germany was determined that Alexander should marry her daughter Victoria at this time and, after Alexander's abdication, the Great Powers were struggling over his future. It was therefore essential for him to retrieve the photograph.

C7503. -- A2641. Blakeney, T. S. "A Case for Identification--In Bohemia," SHJ, 3, No. 2 (Winter 1956), 15-16.

"One cannot claim certainty, but on the whole the case for the Archduke Franz Ferdinand being the so-called King of Bohemia appears to be plausible."

C7504. -- A2642. Christ, Jay Finley. "Problems in A Scandal in Bohemia," BSG, 1, No. 2 (1961), 5-13. illus.

C7505. -- A2643. Clark, John D. "The King of Bohemia?" BSJ, 15, No. 3 (September 1965), 142-146.

A persuasive argument in which the "King of Bohemia" is identified as Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was crowned King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany upon the death of Emperor Friedrich III on June 15, 1888.

C7506. -- A2644. Clarkson, Paul S. "A Scandalous Case of Identity," BSJ, 19, No., 4 (December 1969), 230-234.

The author finds a probable original for Irene Adler--Pauline Lucca, an Italian-Irish-Viennese opera singer (born April 25, 1841) who was a good friend of Bismarck.

C7507. -- A2645. Dickensheet, Dean. "A Last Word for Irene Adler," SOS, 2, No. 2 (December 1967), 5.

Irene saw Holmes for the last time, not at her wedding but on the steps of Briony Lodge, disguised as "an elderly woman."

C7508. -- A2646. Eaton, Herbert. "The King of Bohemia Unmasked," VH, 3, No. 1 (January 1969), 2-6.

----------. "Kungen av Böhmen demaskerad," Tr. by Ted Bergman. BSCL, No. 8 (1970), 19-25.

"That disguised monarch was Milan Obrenovich IV, first King of Serbia."

C7509. -- A2647. Fox, Lyttleton. "A Case of Identity: Is Irene Adler at 107 a Practising Psychiatrist?" BSJ, 16, No. 1 (March 1966), 21-22.

A review in The Times Literary Supplement for July 19, 1963, of Irene Adler's Freud for the Jung, a humorous farce about psychiatry, prompted this speculation on the whereabouts of the woman. "Wherever Irene Adler is and whatever she's doing, that youthful and brave spirit is marching on--Jung in heart and a Freud of no one!"

C7510. -- A2648. George, Isaac S. "The Woman," Illustrious Client's Third Case-Book. Edited by J. N. Williamson and H. B. Williams. [Indianapolis, Ind.: The Illustrious Clients, 1953.] p. 79.

"There once was `The Woman' Irene / Whose mind was most active and keen. / With good-natured pleasure / She quite took his measure / And stole from the Master the scene."

C7511. -- A2649. Grazebrook, O. F. The Bohemian Marriage: Being an Extract from a Hitherto Unpublished History `The Kingdom of Scandinavia,' by H-l-e B-ll-c. [London: Privately Printed, ca. 1949.] 32 p. (Studies in Sherlock Holmes, No. 7)

C7512. -- A2650. Hoff, Ebbe C. and Phebe M. "The Affair at St. Monica's," BSJ, 13, No. 1 (March 1963), 5-15.

The authors quote the complete text of a document entrusted to Dr. Norberg from the Queen of Bohemia revealing the full story of the part her husband Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond had in contributing to the peace of Europe.

C7513. -- A2651. Holstein, Leon S. "A Scandal in St. Monica," BSJ, 2, No. 1 (January 1952), 49-52.

A description of what really happened at Godfrey's and Irene's wedding at the Church of St. Monica.

C7514. -- A2652. Lauterbach, C. E. "That Voice," BSJ, 9, No. 3 (July 1959), 153.

----------. ----------, Baker Street Ballads. [Culver City, Calif.: Luther Norris, March 1971.] p. 7.

"That voice, ah yes! you'll hear it oft / In tender mockery, and soft, / `Good night, Mr. Sherlock Holmes!'"

C7515. -- A2653. [Lochhead, Marion.] "`Dear Sherlock Holmes Died in My Arms,'" by Irene Adler. The Scotsman (May 23, 1959), 7.

----------. ----------, BSJ, 13, No. 1 (March 1963), 40-42.

Irene's intimate memories of Godfrey and Sherlock. The story reminds one of Roxane who lost first her husband, Christian de Neuvillette, and then her friend and real love, Cyrano de Bergerac.

C7516. -- A2654. Longfellow, Esther. "And Did You Once See Sherlock Plain? (I. A. to S. H.)," BSJ [OS], 1, No. 3 (July 1946), 260.

"So ended, ere it had begun, / The game we played, that neither won; / Well--check or stalemate--it was fun. / `Good night, Mr. Sherlock Holmes!'"

C7517. -- A2655. McLauchlin, Russell. "I Can't Endorse This Czech," BSJ [OS], 1, No. 3 (July 1946), 292-295.

A rhymed version of Scan that has the distinction of being the first in a series of tales in verse.

C7518. -- A2656. McLauchlin, Russell. "A Re-Examination of the `Scandal' Problem," BSJ, 6, No. 1 (January 1956), 18.

"`It's actually just a plumber's rocket, / This curious cigar-shaped little toy.'"

C7519. -- A2657. Michell, Humfrey. "The Wonderful Wedding," BSJ, 4, No. 1 (January 1954), 22-23.

To account for the difficulties inherent in the marriage ceremony of Irene and Godfrey, the author suggests Holmes invented the entire affair to persuade Wilhelm Gottsreich that he had nothing more to fear from Miss Adler.

C7520. -- A2658. Osborn, Steven. "Irene," BSP, No. 44 (February 1969), 1.

"Did fellow Norton fill the bill? / Was it heartbreak, and disaster?"

C7521. -- A2659. Patterson, Linda. "Hum! Ha! Quite So," by Irene Adler (as told to Linda Patterson), BSJ, 17, No. 4 (December 1967), 209-213.

"When a woman conquers a famed misogynist and also pulls the wool over the eyes of royalty, well, a little boasting is only natural."

C7522. -- A2660. Rosenblum, Morris. "Anticipating Sherlock Holmes, or A Grecian Irene Adler and the Fire Trick," BSJ, 2, No. 3 (July 1952), 135.

"Sherlock Holmes's trick of using a false alarm of fire to disclose the hiding place of a precious picture was anticipated in ancient times."

C7523. -- A4341. Rosenblum, Morris. "Reflections on `a Hebrew Rabbi,'" BSJ, 20, No. 1 (March 1970), 38.

In Scan, Watson uses the pleonasm "Hebrew rabbi." There are many precedents for this solecism, however, and "the fault of style, if any, is venial."

C7524. -- A2661. Smith, Edgar W. "`Good Night, Mister Sherlock Holmes,'" BSJ [OS], 2, No. 4 (October 1947), 415-419.

----------. ----------, Baker Street and Beyond: Together with Some Trifling Monographs. Morristown, N.J.: The Baker Street Irregulars, 1957. [unpaged]

From her deathbed in Hoboken, New Jersey, Irene recalls and reflects on some of the events in her short life, especially her entanglements with Gottsreich and Godfrey. A lovingly and beautifully written essay.

C7525. -- A2662. Smith, Edgar W. "A Scandal in Identity," Profile by Gaslight. Edited by Edgar W. Smith. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944. p. 262-273.

----------. ----------, Baker Street and Beyond: Together with Some Trifling Monographs. Morristown, N.J.: The Baker Street Irregulars, 1957. [unpaged]

"An essay seeking to establish the common identity of Watson's King and Stevenson's Prince Florizel of Bohemia; and their joint identity, in turn, with `one of the highest, noblest, most exalted personages in England.'"

C7526. -- A2664. Sundholm, Göran. "Vem var Kungen av Böhmen?" BSCL, No. 7 (1969), 17-20.

----------. "Who Was the King of Bohemia?" Tr. by the author; revised and edited by Herbert A. Eaton. VH, 4, No. 3 (September 1970), 2-4.

He is identified as Albert Wilhelm Heinrich von Hobenzollern, the hereditary Prince of Prussia.

C7527. -- A2665. Taylor, Phillips. "A Valentine to Sherlock," BSJ, 6, No. 2 (April 1956), 82.

"But my most sincere regards / I send, and with them sign / This Valentine. / In admiration and esteem, / Irene. / February 14, 1889."

C7528. -- A2666. Welblund, Erling. "Hvem var Kongen af Skandinavien?" ["Who Was the King of Scandinavia?"] The Daily Fyn (1961).

----------. ----------, Sherlockiana, 7, Nr. 1-2 (1962), 7.

"Holmes, instead of the completely meaningless words `The King of Scandinavia' (there was no such king), for instance, could have said `The King of Diamonds.' What Holmes meant was: that is no business of yours. He had no intention of exposing the identity of a client and therefore made a joke, too highbrow, it seems for the poor Lord St. Simon." (Ted Bergman)

C7529. -- A2667. Wellman, Manly Wade. "Scoundrels in Bohemia," BSJ, 4, No. 4 (October 1954), 232-238.

A retelling and reinterpretation of the Irene Adler adventure.

C7530. -- A2668. Wigglesworth, Belden. "Rondeau to Irene Adler," BSJ [OS], 1, No. 4 (October 1946), 403.

"Did Baker Street quite lack a Queen?"

C7531. -- A2669. [Williams, Howard B.] "Then Falls Thy Shadow," by the Sub-Librarian. Illustrious Client's Case-Book. Edited by J. N. Williamson and H. B. Williams. [Indianapolis, Ind.: The Illustrious Clients, 1948.] p. 50-53.

An examination of a few of the things that betray the inner feeling of the Master toward the woman.

C7532. -- A2670. Williamson, J. N. "A Scandal in `A Scandal in Bohemia,'" BSJ, 1, No. 4 (October 1951), 141-143.

"The solution of Watson's reference to Irene as `the late,' heretofore one for conjecture, is simple. Wilhelm, not trusting to Holmes's ability, and using the detective for an alibi, murdered the woman."

C7533. -- A2671. Williamson, J. N. "That New Jersey Miss," Lyrics by J. N. Williamson. Illustrious Client's Second Case-Book. Edited by J. N. Williamson. [Indianapolis, Ind.: The Illustrious Clients, 1949.] p. 25-26.

"To be sung to the tune of Irene."

C7534. -- A2672. Wolff, Julian. "The Adventuress of Sherlock Holmes: Some Observations Upon the Identification of Irene," BSJ, 7, No. 1 (January 1957), 29-31.

----------. ----------, HO Annual, No. 1 (1971), 27-28.

"Dr. Watson came closest to revealing her true identity when he wrote that she was born in New Jersey. For, while to Sherlock Holmes and to a host of other admirers, Irregular as well as Bohemian, she is always the woman, our heroine, distinguished from all other lilies of the field, is known to the world as the Jersey Lily."

C7535. -- A2673. Wolff, Julian. "The King of Bohemia," Practical Handbook of Sherlockian Heraldry. Compiled by Julian Wolff. New York: [Privately Printed], 1955. p. 22-23.

----------. "The Arms of the King of Bohemia," BSJ, 15, No. 3 (September 1965), 147-149.

It was the Grand Duke Rudolf, the only son of Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria-Hungary, who appeared before Holmes and Watson and used one of his father's lesser titles.

C7536. -- A2663. Yuhasova, Helene. "Sonnet: Sherlock Holmes to Irene Adler," BSJ [OS], 1, No. 2 (April 1946), 118.

----------. ----------, A Lauriston Garden of Verses, by Helene Yuhasova. Summit, N.J.: The Pamphlet House, 1946. p. [15].

----------. ----------, Baker Street and Beyond: Together with Some Trifling Monographs. Morristown, N.J.: The Baker Street Irregulars, 1957. [unpaged]

"This mind in petticoat confusion whirled."

C7537. -- B1142. Beckett, David. "The Tosca," BSJ, 25, No. 2 (June 1973), 119-121.

The basic premise is that the Cardinal Tosca mentioned in Blac is a reference to Irene Adler. Since Cardinal Tosca never existed, it would seem that Watson reviewed Miss Adler's fate as a parallel to Tosca's in the Sardou play. Ormstein is Scarpia, and Norton, Cavaradossi. Floria Tosca and Irene Adler were both opera singers, and the play's original title parallels one given to Miss Adler by Holmes: La Tosca.

C7538. -- B1143. Clark, Mike. "Did Holmes Fail in `A Scandal in Bohemia'?" Afghanistanzas, 1, No. 4 (February 28, 1977), 6-7.

"Holmes, after finding that he had more respect for his adversary than for his client, made a deal with Irene to let her escape with Norton in return for the promise that she would take no further action against the King."

C7539. -- B1144. Curjel, Harald. "`Rent-a-Crowd' in 1888," BSJ, 27, No. 3 (September 1977), 138-140.

"They were all engaged for the evening." (Scan) This paper theorizes how Holmes, during a short afternoon, could have collected and rehearsed his band of strolling players, who later gave such a flawless performance outside Briony Lodge. The ballistic qualities of the plumber's smoke-rocket are also considered.

C7540. -- B1145. Dahlinger, S. E. "Another Bohemian Scandal," The Garroter, 1, No. 1 (March 1972), 7-8.

The moist red paint Holmes applied to his face to feign an injury could not have deceived Irene Adler.

C7541. -- B1146. Dahlinger, S. E. "Notes on an Operatic Career," SMuse, 3, No. 2 (Summer 1977),18-19.

Traces the career of the American operatic contralto, Irene Adler, who became the prima donna of the Imperial Opera in Warsaw.

C7542. -- B1147. Felong, Michael. "Eros in Baker Street," BSM, No. 1 (April 1975),1-5.

"The subterranean Sherlock Holmes."

C7543. -- B1148. Felong, Michael. "Oedipus in Baker Street? A Reply to Pollock," BSM, No. 7 (September 1976), 6-7, inside back cover.

A strongly worded rebuttal -- "a triumph of style over substance."

C7544. -- B1149. Foss, T. F. "No Dope-Ridden Don," BSJ, 28, No. 1 (March 1978), 26-27.

This article pours scorn on one of the most preposterous Sherlockian theories, one not only unsupported by any Canonical evidence but also actually in direct contradiction to whatever is recorded therein: that Holmes married the woman.

C7545. -- B1150. Girand, E. V. "On the Antiquity of Scandal in Bohemia," BSJ, 23, No. 3 (September 1973), 162-169.

Prince Alexander Joseph of Battenberg is the logical "King with Bohemia," based on age, appearance, temperament, and kinship with scandal-prone European monarchies back to the Dark Ages. One minstrels' contest was immortalized in Tannhauser; hence Prince Alexander's taste for show business. He was attracted to the heiress of Saxe-Meningen because its duke maintained a company of actors. His bloodline is traced via the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to Adam, who had an affair with Lilith, and like any actress, she was a "creature of the night." Blood will tell!

C7546. -- B1151. Harrison, Michael. "Sherlock Holmes and the King of Bohemia: The Solution of a Royal Mystery," Beyond Baker Street: A Sherlockian Anthology. Edited and annotated by Michael Harrison. Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., [1976], p. 137-172. illus.

The real "Count von Kramm" was Prince Alexander ("Sandro") of Battenberg, first sovereign ruler of Bulgaria. Prince Sandro was sent to Baker Street by the Prince of Wales in order to recover some indiscreet letters written to Lillie Langtry ("Irene Adler"), "one of the most impudent, courageous and financially successful harlots of the later nineteenth century."

C7547. -- B5943. Holly, Raymond L. "Dubious and Questionable," CHJ, 1, No. 3 (March 1979),2-3.

"... the marriage in Scan was not between Irene Adler and Godfrey Norton, whatever Watson may have thought, but between Irene Adler and Sherlock Holmes."

C7548. -- B1152. [Hollyer, Cameron.] The Importance of Knowing Sherlock, by Mr. W. H. Toronto, Ontario: Privately Produced, [1971]. 7, 2 p.

A dialogue between Reginald Turner, Oscar Wilde, and others, suggesting that Holmes and Wilde were acquainted and that Irene Adler was Lillie Langtry, the "Jersey Lily" (1858-1959).

C7549. -- B1153. Jenkins, William D. "The Intolerable Truth About Irene?" SS, 1, No. 4 (April 1973), 2-3.

Mme. Holmes in Jean Giraudoux's "By a Hair"(DA1152) is none other than Irene Adler.

C7550. -- B1154. Karlson, Kate. "An Adventuress' Adieu," ASH Newsletter, No. 2 (July 15, 1975), 4.

"`My wedding, t'was farce; of course you know / No man holds me, not even you.'" (Irene to Sherlock)

C7551. -- B1155. Martin, Alastair. "Lola and Irene, Heavenly Twins," BSJ, 22, No. 4 (December 1972), 242-244.

A biographical sketch of Lola Montez -- identified as Irene Adler by both Walter Klinefelter and Pierre Nordon.

C7552. -- B1156. Michelman, Jeffrey L. "A Toast to Irene Adler," (unsigned). Tr. from the French by Jeffrey L. Michelman. DCC, 10, No. 5 (September 1974), 4-5.

----------. ----------, The Noble Bachelors' Red-Covered Volume. Edited by Philip A. Shreffler. St. Louis: Birchmoor Press, 1974. p. 23-24.

In this poetic tribute "found in an abandoned dog cart upon the Sussex Downs," Holmes tells of his secret meetings with the wife of Godfrey Norton. "So you see, my dear fellows / Elementary / Now that the truth is free, / While the fair sex is Watson's department / Irene Adler / Is my Queen bee."

C7553. -- B1157. Moran, Pat. "A Modest Sherlockian Proposal," SMuse, 3, No. 2 (Summer 1977), 9.

Points about the wedding ceremony.

C7554. -- B1158. Morley, Christopher. "`Sherlock Holmes' Valentine," Chicago Tribune (February 20, 1944). (Books Alive, by Vincent Starrett)

"If Baker Street required a mate / Or Reason crowned a Queen, / The only one to segregate / Would be, of course, Irene."

C7555. -- B1159. Morrow, Daniel. "Who Was That Villain I Saw You With, Irene?" HO Annual, No. 2 (1975), 22-23.

Holmes may not have been the only one to spot the hidden photograph. The King could have killed Irene during the night, and Godfrey Norton may have later killed the King. Irene's priorities are questioned, following the "fire" alert. Holmes is criticized for failing to foresee Irene's flight. (Why flee at all?)

C7556. -- B1160. Pollock, Donald K. "Eros in Baker Street? A Reply to Felong," BSM, No. 1 (April 1975), 6-7.

Michael Felong's theory is based on faulty evidence, and the inconsistencies he finds in Scan are merely the product of his own beliefs about the Sherlock-Irene relationship.

C7557. -- B1161. Pollock, Donald K. "Oedipus in Baker Street: The Freudian Holmes," BSM, No. 7 (September 1976), 1-5.

Scan is considered to have presented Holmes with a classic Oedipal scene: the domineering father-figure King; the oppressed mother-figure Irene. The Master creates Godfrey Norton, not to resolve his Oedipal fantasies, but to indulge them. His various disguises are interpreted in this Oedipal framework.

C7558. -- B1162. Reyom, Grace. "One Plus One Equals One," FFTN, 5, No. 4 (August 1975), 4-5.

Sherlock and Irene were not compatible enough to ever have been happily married. "The wisest and most noble of detectives loved the most cherished lady of the opera -- but he loved the wisest and most noble detective more. In Sherlockian mathematics one plus one always equalled one!"

C7559. -- B1163. Rice, Susan M. "Irene's Lament," BSJ, 21, No. 4 (December 1971), 241.

"He has my picture still, I know, / Sandwiched in among his old files./ Am I the woman, or just a foe? / Does he see my cunning or just my smile?"

C7560. -- B1164. Richards, Jeanne. "Knights in Love," FFTN, 5, No. 7 (March 1976), 6-7.

Holmes had to refrain from action in the case of Irene Adler for the same reason that Doyle refrained from divorcing his first wife: the code of honor. "Doyle had instilled in Holmes his personal code of chivalry. As it had governed Doyle's acts, so it regulated Holmes' behavior."

C7561. -- B1165. Roberts, A. C., and Gene A. Leeb. "First You See It, Then You Don't: Another Scandal in Bohemia," BSJ, 27, No. 1 (March 1977), 44-45.

The authors establish that Irene Adler not only bested Holmes but completely fooled Watson, the expert on women, in the matter of her "superb figure." They prove that Irene was undoubtedly quite unadorned with curves and that her apparently abundant charms were the result of the Victorian equivalent of falsies.

C7562. -- B1166. Rose, Sherry. "The Idyll of Irene," SMuse, 4, No. 2 (Summer 1978), 10-11.

"Sung to the tune of `When I was a Lad' from Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore."

C7563. -- B1167. Schranz, James E. "The Mere Commonplaces of Existence: A Discourse on a Sherlockian Idea," BSJ, 25, No. 1 (March 1975), 28-29, 32.

Holmes was even more enthraled by Irene Adler than Watson has led us to believe. It was Holmes's brief encounter with the woman that paved the way for his interesting statement, "... life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent" (Iden).

C7564. -- B1168. Simpson, A. Carson. "A Scandal in Genealogy," More Leaves from the Copper Beeches. Lititz, Pa.: Sutter House, 1976. p. 97-107.

The author rejects previous identifications of historical figures with the hereditary King of Bohemia and concludes that he must have been one of the French (Montmorency) branch of the Luxembourg dynasty.

C7565. -- B1169. Stone, Ridley. "Sherlock at the Bat, or He Fouled Out," BSJ, 25, No. 4 (December 1975), 220-225.

Ernest Lawrence Thayer's "Casey at the Bat" is characterized as great drama comparable to the best Greek tragedy. Chronological analysis of Scan suggests that its events shortly preceded and telepathically inspired the writer of "Casey." Scan is then retold in verse closely modeled on "Casey."

C7566. -- B5944. Whitcomb, John. "Her Last Bow," YS, No. 3 (1978), 9-10.

----------. ----------, WW, 1, No. 3 (January 1979), 17-18.

Deals with the relationship between Mary Morstan and Irene Adler, and offers a possible explanation for the problems in Scan.

C7567. Albany, Ray. "`Any Truth Is Better Than Indefinite Doubt' (Yell)," DH, 2, Nos. 3-4 (May 3, 1985), 7-9.

Problems in the Canon are very commonplace and Scan is no exception. Watson relates that he wore his stethoscope on the side of his top hat. Was this not odd to place it there, or was it a habit of Victorian physicians? What was the reason for Watson's reference to a Mrs. Turner? Was she another landlady on the premises of 221b or was she just another misuse of a name by the good doctor? But the most significant problem is in reference to the true identity of the King of Bohemia -- was he really a king? Could he have been the Archduke Franz Ferdinand as described by T.S. Blakeney? We may never know the answers to these titillating questions, but the quest goes on!

C7568. Anderson, Linda. "Some Thoughts on the Woman and Her Husband," SMuse, 11, No. 3 (Birthday 1993), 9-13.

Lists and answers several unanswered questions concerning the story.

C7569. Anderson, Poul. "The King of Scandinavia," BCA, No. 1 (December 1983), 7-8.

First published, in Danish, in Sherlock Holmes Arbog I, 1965 (DA2634).

C7570. Atkinson, Michael. "Virginity Preserved and the Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes," Clues: A Journal of Detection, 2, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 1981), 62-69.

----------. ----------, CPBook, 6, No. 1 (March 1983), 535-537.

"The theory of popular romance applied to a detective fiction." (Subtitle)

C7571. Axelrad, Arthur M. "The `Late' Irene Adler," DB, 1 (April 1, 1982), 8-10.

Irene Adler is very much alive! Just as Watson is "Late" Indian Army, she is the former Irene Adler. After marrying and abandoning Norton and Moriarty, she appeared as Mary Morstan. Irene/Mary divorced Watson in 1894 (his "bereavement"), but they remarried in 1903. Irene is thus Watson's one and only wife. Irene retired not because of her reputed inability to come in on the conductor's downbeat but because of her "dubious and questionable memory."

C7572. Ballinger, Jim. "The Adventuress Known as Irene," SMuse, 7, No. 4 (Fall 1986), 10-11.

"From my home in New Jersey / To the stage at La Scala / I have always been noisy / But it earned me a dollar / My notorious antics / Reputation have gained / Both sides of the Atlantic / Know about my ill fame."

C7573. Boddy, William. "The Lady in the Case." SHJ, 16, No. 2 (Summer 1983), 48-49.

The author shows how Holmes outwitted Irene Adler, not the other way around.

C7574. Brundage, Paul H. "In Defense of Irene Adler," VDH, 2, No. 2 (December 1980), 4-5.

----------. ----------, BSJ, 31, No. 4 (December 1981), 234-237.

A refutation of allegations that the woman ("a truly fine and honorable person") was an adventuress, that Holmes was emotionally involved with her, that she had his child, that she returned to the operatic stage after her death, or, worst of all, that she was flat-chested.

C7575. Byerly, Ann. "A Toast to Irene Adler," BSJ, 34, No. 2 (June 1984), 105.

"We always mention Miss Adler; / Her consoeurs she left all aghast. / Of the hundreds who probably had her, / Sherlock Holmes was far from the last."

C7576. Campbell, Patrick J. "Sherlock Holmes and the Simultaneous Equations," CH, 15, No. 2 (Winter 1991), 11-15. illus.

By studying the timing of certain events in Scan, the author concludes that the Marylebone Presbyterian Chapel, which is less than half a mile from Baker Street, is the most likely candidate for St. Monica's.

C7577. Carroll, Charles Michael. "Sherlock at the Bat," WW, 13, No. 3 (January 1991), 18-22.

----------. ----------, PPofFC, No. 101 (January 1991), 2.

A tale in verse, "with apologies to E.L. Thayer."

"But Baker Street is joyless, mighty Sherlock Holmes has struck out."

C7578. Coomer, James C. "A Remembrance of the Woman," PL, 1, No. 2 (1981), 7-10

----------. ----------, WW, 12, No. 2 (September 1989), 25-28.

Dr. Coomer relates a childhood experience of how he may have actually located the long lost photograph of the King of Bohemia and Irene Adler while looking at some old family photographs in his grandmother's attic.

C7579. Dandrew, Thomas A. "Mr. John Hare," NS, No. 4 (June 17, 1980), 10-11. illus.

----------. "A Brief Sketch of the Life and Career of Sir John Hare (1844-1921)," Gaslight Publications, Catalogue No. 1 (Winter-Spring 1981), 7. illus.

Sir John Hare was, according to many, the greatest character actor of his day. Holmes's appearance as an amiable and simple-minded Nonconformist clergyman, said Watson, was such as only Hare could have equalled.

C7580. Davies, David Stuart. "Disguises and Desires," MPapers, No. 4 (1991), 54-55.

A look at the disguises and unusual behavior by everyone in this first, and one of the best, of the Canonical short stories. "Conan Doyle has portrayed a society in which double standards and double dealings are established features -- where passions and desires were not sublimated, but merely disguised."

C7581. Drazen, Patrick E. "What Was Implied When Holmes Posed as a Nonconformist," CH, 6, No. 3 (Spring 1983), 18-20.

In reviewing Scan, the author briefly discusses English Nonconformism (i.e., non-Anglican Protestants) and some of its dominant 19th century philosophies and personalities. He also notes the intriguing coincidence that Godfrey Norton fled the Inner Temple (with his new bride) and may thus have created a vacancy for the young Mahatma Gandhi, whose "satyagraha" philosophy drew from the Nonconformists.

C7582. Enberg, Henry. "Toast to Irene Adler," SMuse, 12, No. 2 (Autumn 1993), 10.

"John Garrideb" (BSI) quotes a description of Irene Adler from Nicholas Meyer's The Canary Trainer in his toast to "the daintiest thing under a bonnet."

C7583. Fagin, Vernon. "Sherlock Holmes, Lewis Carroll, Victorian Photography, and That Scandal in Bohemia," BSJ, 30, No. 3 (September 1980), 158-159, 162-165.

This article outlines the series of contacts between two most prominent Victorians, Sherlock Holmes and Lewis Carroll. The article identifies Carroll -- the pseudonym of Oxford don Charles Dodgson -- as the missing participant in Scan. Carroll, a prominent portrait photographer, shot the incriminating photograph of the Crown Prince and Irene Adler. This photograph also explains the heretofore unexplained and sudden withdrawal of Carroll from the photography field.

C7584. Fink, Joseph. "The Pregnancy of Irene Adler According to the Canon," SMuse, 11, No. 2 (Winter 1992), 18-25.

"In a `serious and scholarly review of the matter,' Dr. Fink offers new interpretations of phrases from the Canon used in describing Ms. Adler, such as `late' and `daintiest thing under a bonnet.' During their confrontation in Baker Street, among the unsaid matters Holmes and Moriarty `have no need to discuss' is their mutual affair with Irene, Moriarty having been `incommoded' by `the way in which you [Holmes] have grappled with this affair.' From there Joe moves on (somehow) to Nietzsche's master race, and the possibility of multiple fertilization of a single egg by two supermen (i.e., Holmes and Moriarty), a theory which involved the use of `honey-coated coal tar.' The result was the birth of twins to `Madame X' at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, who later grew up to be Polish wire-walkers." (Paula Perry)

C7585. Goldfarb, Clifford S. "The Bohemian King," BSM, No. 71 (Fall 1992), 24-39.

Scan's plot and characters may derive, either directly or through Gaboriau's La Dégringolade, from Napoleon III's affair with English actress Elizabeth Howard.

C7586. Hammer, David L. "The Envelope," BSM, No. 46 (Summer 1986), 12-15.

Discusses a letter to David and Audrey Hammer from Lady Irene Holmes of Hove, Sussex.

C7587. Hammer, David L. "A Scandal in Bulgaria (or, Who Was That Masked Man?)," SHJ, 18, No. 3 (Winter 1987), 81-84.

Among the candidates, the most persuasive possibility is Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Second Prince and first Tsar of Bulgaria (1861-1948).

C7588. Herbert, Paul D. "Holmes and Watson Vindicated," Client's Case-Notes. Edited by Brian R. MacDonald. Indianapolis: The Illustrious Clients, 1983. p. 40-44.

A reply to Susan E. Dahlinger's article, "Another Bohemian Scandal," reprinted therein, in which Herbert refutes her contention that Irene Adler would have immediately seen through Holmes's histrionics as a simpleminded Nonconformist clergyman.

C7589. Herzog, Evelyn A. "Briony Lodge Triolet," CH, 6, No. 3 (Spring 1983), 20

"My training was upon the boards: I know how parts are played. / I often take advantage of the freedom which it gives / To pierce with `eagle' eye another player's masquerade.

C7590. Herzog, Evelyn A. "Our Woman in Hoboken," SMuse, 7, No. 3 (Summer 1986), 9.

"For in Holmes's index we've been shown / That our Irene was Jersey-grown. / Beauty and brains, she stands alone: / Our own Jersey tomato!"

C7591. Herzog, Evelyn A. "A Royal House of Europe Revisited," BSJ, 31, No. 3 (September 1981)., 175-176.

The Archduke Maurice of H. C. Bailey's "The Archduke's Tea," the first of the Reggie Fortune stories (found in Call Mr. Fortune), is identified as the King of Bohemia.

C7592. Hill, Sandy. "The Woman," Murderess Ink: The Better Half of the Mystery. Perpetrated by Dilys Winn. New York: Workman Publishing, [1979]. p. 227-229.

----------. ----------, WF, 1, No. 3 (Summer 1983-1984), 4-5.

C7593. Holmes, Bruce. "The Affair of the Purloined Plot," CH, 14, No. 3 (Spring 1991), 19, 21.

A list of comparisons between "The Purloined Letter" and Scan shows that Scan is based on Poe's short story.

C7594. Howard, Aija. "He Remains: The Man," DCC, 16, No. 2 (February 1980), 3-4, 7.

Disguised as a maid named Mrs. Turner in the Baker Street household, Irene Adler investigates Holmes and his rooms.

C7595. Hyder, Harry R. "The Woman," MSB, 12, No. 5 (October 1989), 6.

An appraisal of Irene Adler, easily the most interesting of all the women in the Canon.

C7596. Hyder, William. " ... there is nothing so important as Trifles." Baltimore: January 1991. 1 p.

Holmes's participation as a witness in the Irene Adler/Godfrey Norton wedding, if carried through under an assumed name, would have made the marriage invalid.

C7597. Jaeck, Kathrin. "The Operatic Importance of Holmes's Irene," CH, 13, No. 2 (Winter 1989), 30-31.

The reason for Holmes's choice of music in Maza -- the `Hoffmann' Barcarolle -- was that the Antonia act reminded him of Irene Adler. Both women had been gifted singers and apparently died for their art's sake.

C7598. Jaffe, Irving L. "Sherlock Holmes Victorious," PPofFC, No. 76 (June 1985), insert page.

(After watching a BBC presentation of "A Scandal in Bohemia")

"Why do I still hear her mocking laughter / After all these years? / Did I not attend her wedding as an invited guest -- / I am a master of makeup and disguise -- / And give the bride away, or at least become a witness? / It was the supreme jest when I saw her married / To Godfrey Norton, the barrister. / Once again I bested her in this battle of wits or matching of intellects."

C7599. Jenkins, William D. "A Hair-Raising Epilogue," BSJ, 35, No. 2 (June 1985), 90-93.

The hidden meaning of the cryptic play, The Bald Soprano, by Eugene Ionesco is revealed in its confirmation of the melancholy truth about Irene Adler. She was bald, as was demonstrated by the science of deduction in a previously published paper.

C7600. Jenkins, William D. "A Hair-Raising Revelation," BSJ, 34, No. 1 (March 1984), 17-18.

Based on available published data, this impeccable exercise in logic demonstrates syllogistically that Holmes did in fact marry Irene Adler and that the Master's wife was unfortunately bald.

An earlier version of this revelation appeared in SS, April 1973 (DB1153).

Letters: BSJ, 35, No. 1 (March 1985), 53 (W.T. Rabe; William D. Jenkins).

C7601. Jenkins, William D. "We Were Both in the Photographs: I. Adler and Adah I," BSJ, 36, No. 1 (March 1986), 6-16. illus.

Presents photographic and biographical evidence demonstrating that Adah Isaacs Menken (1835-1868), an American, an actress and an adventuress, was the prototype upon whom Doyle created the character of Irene Adler.

C7602. Jones, Kelvin I. "A Scandal in `A Scandal in Bohemia': Who Was That Lady I Saw That Prince With?" CH, 5, No. 4 (Summer 1982), 12-18.

An investigation into Holmes's relationship with Edward VII, the latter's affair with Lillie Langtry, and the possibility of a link between the Ripper case and a certain royal connection. Did Holmes help to avoid a scandal of sizeable proportions by his services to a so-called "King of Bohemia"?

C7603. Kean, Michael H. "The Romantic Holmes: Much Ado About Nothing," Reflections on A Scandal in Bohemia. [New York]: Magico Magazine, [1986]. p. 92-93.

This brief article suggests that the entire Holmes/Adler relationship has been overly romanticized and points out that nowhere in Scan does Holmes ever express anything even approaching romantic feelings or amorous interest in Miss Adler.

C7604. Keefauver, Brad. "A Case of Identity Found in the Tale of Bohemia," CH, 8, No. 1 (Autumn 1984), 7-8.

Perhaps what should have been a course of lectures came out as a series of tales, as Holmes commented on Watson's writings, but in at least one case even Watson could not obscure the lessons to be learned. Scan remains an excellent lecture on the art of disguise.

C7605. Keefauver, Brad. "`Goodnight, Mr. Sherlock Holmes': Little Irene Strikes Again," WW, 4, No. 1 (May 1981), 16-17, 32.

The title of "the woman" was not earned by Irene Adler, but bestowed by blood-right: she was the younger half-sister to the Holmes brothers.

C7606. Lanza, Kenneth. "A Scandal in Bensonhurst," BSM, No. 65 (April 1991), 21-24.

Irene Adler gave birth to three sons: William Kramden (baptized Wilhelm von Kramm), whose father was the King of Bohemia; Edward Norton, the son of Godfrey Norton; and Nero Wolf, Sherlock's son. The two eldest sons, "Willie" and Edward, each produced one son -- Ralph Kramden and Edward Norton junior, who later appeared in the TV series, The Honeymooners. (This is a three-pipe problem!)

C7607. Lithner, Klas. "Fler kungari leken?" Sherlockiana, 26, Nr. 4 (1981), 20-24.

Contents: Inledning. -- 1. Denösterrikiske ärkehertigen. -- 2. Den indokinesiske ärkehertigen. -- 3. Den norske ärkehertigen. -- Noter.

C7608. Mahany, Walter T. Watson's Little Joke. Illustrations by Chris Wilke. Chestertown, Md.: The Pollen Press, 1984. [8] p.

Limited to 222 copies.

"Consisting of certain unpublished letters by The Reverend P. Swindon Chippenham and John H. Watson, M.D., late of the Army Medical Department."

C7609. Mappen, Marc. "Jerseyana," The New York Times (July 8, 1990), XII-NJ, 17. illus.

----------. ----------, MSB, 13, No. 4 (Mid-Summer 1990), 9-10.

----------. ----------, ST, No. 13 (October 1990), 2.

A synopsis of Scan and speculation that the real-life model for Adler was Lillie Langtry, a famous and beautiful 19th-century English actress. "Born on the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel, she was known as the Jersey Lily. Consciously or unconsciously, Doyle translated Langtry's Jersey into Adler's New Jersey. And in so doing, Doyle gave our state a small but not insignificant connection to the most popular literary figure of all time, Sherlock Holmes."

C7610. McCausland, Dayna Nuhn. "What's Irene Got That Dayna Doesn't?" CH, 10, No. 2 (Winter 1986), 19-21. illus.

"After careful study of the story, and much thought, I must conclude that I still don't know what's so great about Irene Adler. But I can tell you one thing she's got that I haven't got: a fan club, The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes."

C7611. McClure, Michael W. "A Scandal in Bohemia: 'A Scandalous Epilogue,'" DC, 3, No. 3 (July 1990), 8-11.

Further clues are gleaned from the Canon that indicate the King of "Bohemia" did cause Irene Norton née Adler's death shortly after the close of Scan. Depending on what Victorian ruler one accepts as the true identity of this "King," Holmes's attitude in Last or his refusal of a knighthood serve as further proof that he may have suspected the true fate of the woman.

C7612. McClure, Michael W. "A Scandalous Epilogue Revisited," by Lord Baskerville. DC, 3, No. 3 (July 1990), 12.

"I tell a tale of The Woman / Her name was Irene Adler; / She was the match of many a man / And even Sherlock couldn't saddle her!"

C7613. Meyer, Charles A. "A Scandal in Bohemia -- Revisited," BSM, No. 62 (Summer 1990), 31-35.

Perhaps the King of Bohemia should be referred to as the `Queen.' He is identified here as none other than Oscar Wilde. The real scandal in the bohemian circles of Mr. Wilde centered upon the Ripper killing and male brothels in Cleveland Street. The royal family was threatened, Irene Adler had the evidence, and Godfrey Norton not only knew where the bodies were buried, but may have supplied a few himself.

C7614. Meyer, Charles A. "Some Thoughts on A Scandal in Bohemia," NS, No. 26 (March 25, 1986), 3-8.

Further evidence is unearthed indicating that the "King of Bohemia" was really the Prince of Wales and that the "scandal" involved more than just a sexual liaison.

C7615. Morley, Christopher. Queen Bee. Berkeley: Pycroft & Doran, Publishers, September 1987. [4] p.

"Fifty copies printed for the Infracaninophiles of San Francisco at The Pequod Press."

"If Baker Street required a mate / Or Reason crowned a queen, / The only one to segregate / Would be, of course, Irene."

Reprinted from the Chicago Tribune (DB1158).

C7616. Nathan, Hartley R., and Clifford S. Goldfarb. "Sherlock Holmes: The Jewish Connection," CH, 9, No. 3 (Spring 1986), 5-13.

Irene Adler's biography is "sandwiched [into Holmes's index] between that of a Hebrew Rabbi and that of a staff commander." Two candidates for the rabbi are produced: (1) Akiva ben Joseph (50-132), founder of rabbinic Judaism and the `most dangerous man in Jerusalem,' and (2) the German-American Reformist, Samuel Adler (1809-1891), possibly Irene's father. Hypothesis: that Irene was trained to become the first female rabbi, was rejected by her co-religionists and, in turn, rejected them, using her oratorical and cantatorial training to establish a stage career.

Co-winner of the True Davidson Memorial Award for the best paper presented to the Bootmakers during 1984.

Letter: CH, 10, No. 2 (Winter 1986), 47 (D.J. Pass).

C7617. Olding, Alan C. "A Brief Dissertation Upon the Pronunciation of the,`the,'" NFTD, 12, No. 4 (December 1991), 5.

Shows that the correction pronunciation of "the" in "the woman" is "thee" and not "the.

C7618. Olding, Alan C. "For Sale or to Let -- Bijou Villa in St. John's Wood, or Norton's Nuptials Negated?" NFTD, 13, No. 4 (December 1992), 5-6.

----------. ----------, SHJ, 21, No. 1 (Winter 1992), 23-24.

C7619. Peschel, Enid Rhodes and Richard E. "Sherlock Holmes Foiled by an Opera Star," Opera Quarterly, 7, No. 3 (Autumn 1990), 82-88.

Speculates that the contralto Giulia Ravogli may have contributed to the inspiration for the character of Irene Adler. The remainder of the article provides a plot summary and further commentary.

C7620. Pierce, Betty. "How Watson Turned a Trick," BSD, 2, No. 4 (July 1992), 2-3. (Wiggins' Corner)

Watson treated Holmes with respect in all stories except Scan.

C7621. Randall, Warren. "A Scandal in Kittens," PP (NS) (December 1988), 18.

"The Bohemian King is seeking a thing / And can't tell how it will affect him. / But he fears if the photo appears / Clotilde might up and reject him."

C7622. Redmond, Chris. "Irene Adler Identified," CH, 7, No. 2 (December 1983), 10. illus.

Lillian Nordica, an American sporano whose real surname was Norton (as in Godfrey)" may have been the original of Miss Adler. Redmond describes his visit to her birthplace and the Nordica Memorial Museum in Farmington, Maine.

C7623. Redmond, Donald A. More Scandal in Bohemia. [Kingston, Ontario: Privately Printed, 1989.] 6 p.

A comparison between the texts of Scan in the Strand with pirated editions of Adventures reveals numerous variants which sometimes change the meaning of sentences.

"This trifling but Scandalous Revelation has been produced to wish Canonical Greeting for the Sherlockian Season from Blue Carbuncle Day 1989 to Mr. Holmes's Birthday 1990 and the Centenary of The Sign of the Four."

C7624. Redmond, Donald A. "Sherlockian Plotnotes: VII. The Willing Witness, and His Other Activities," BSM, No. 60 (Winter 1989), 22-26.

Holmes as witness at the wedding of Godfrey and Irene has parallels in newspaper stories of the time.

C7625. Roulier, Carol. "The Two `Bohemians' of `A Scandal in Bohemia,'" NS, No. 6 (December 9, 1980), 9.

"The repetition of the Bohemian motif in this adventure provides yet another example of the author's tendency to repeat a symbol and/or action within a particular Canonical adventure."

C7626. Reed, Men. "The Curious Affair of the Missing Quotation Marks," DB, 1 (April 1, 1982), 11-12.

"She's the daintiest thing under a bonnet on this planet" was uttered by a Serpentine Mews groom and merely quoted by Holmes. That neither printed editions or the Literary Agent's manuscript has the quotation marks that were in the original seems somehow, like the dog in the nighttime, significant. Other quotations by the Master concerning women indicate that had Holmes said anything about Miss Adler's appearance, he would have been more euphonious.

C7627. Reflections on A Scandal in Bohemia. With all new illustrations by J. Decker. Introduction by Jack Tracy. [New York]: Magico Magazine, [1986]. xi, 98 p.

"Of this edition, 60 copies have been numbered and signed by Jeff Decker."

Contents: Introduction by Jack Tracy. -- A Scandal in Bohemia. -- Some Thoughts on the Woman, by Roger Johnson. -- Art in the Blood, by James Montgomery. -- What Is This Thing Called Music (or Body and Soul), by James Montgomery. -- The Adventure of the Irene Adler Recording, by James Montgomery. -- Problems in "A Scandal in Bohemia," by Jay Finley Christ. -- A "Canterbury Tale," by Brian R. MacDonald. -- A Scandal in `A Scandal': Who Was That Lady I Saw That Prince With? by Kelvin I. Jones. -- Softer Passions in Baker Street, by Philip A. Shreffler. -- A Note on the Handwriting in "A Scandal in Bohemia," by Richard Lancelyn Green. -- The Romantic Holmes: Much Ado About Nothing, by Michael H. Kean. -- Dr. Watson's Textbook of Detection, by Brad Keefauver.

Review: BSM, No. 50 (Summer 1987), 40-41 (Donald K. Pollock).

C7628. Rhea, Tina. "The King May Do What He Will," WW, 10, No. 2 (September 1987), 18-20.

Irene Adler never intended to send the photo to the King's fiancée, but only to have her revenge upon the King by threatening to do so. Holmes may have realized this after her wedding, but he saw no point in arguing with a desperate king, nor in returning his £1000, nor in giving up a chance to see Irene Adler again.

C7629. Ridgeway, Jerry. "Upon the Size of Cabinets," SM, 11, No. 2 (1986), 9.

Examines the meaning of Holmes's question, "Was the photograph a cabinet?"

C7630. Rodin, Alvin E., and Jack D. Key. "Irene Adler: A Literary Enigma," BSJ, 42, No. 3 (September 1992), 140-142.

Irene Adler is the author of a comic novel, Freud for the Jung, which centers around the psychoanalysis of an intelligent young man by a very inept psychiatrist. Discussed are the possibilities that Adler had become a psychiatrist and written it, or that her name was used as a pseudonym, most likely by Catherine Storr, an English psychiatrist and writer.

See also DA2647, DB593.

C7631. Ruyle, John. "To Irene, From Sherlock," Strange Moss and Other Tangential Poems, by John Ruyle. Berkeley, Calif.: The Pequod Press, 1982. p. 30.

Limited to 30 numbered and signed copies.

"We've opened a can / Of remarkable worms. / Do you think that some day / We can come to terms?"

C7632. Schweickert, William P. "The Better Man," PP (NS) (December 1988), 16-17.

The author answers the question of which character in the Canon he would choose to be other than Holmes or Watson and why. "What man would not give all he possessed to be the lover and husband of the woman who `eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex ...'"

C7633. Schweickert, William P. "The Better Man," BSJ, 39, No. 2 (June 1989), 99-101.

A compilation of the known facts about Godfrey Norton and an extrapolation of these into a reasonable history of his relationship with and marriage to Irene Adler.

C7634. Seto, Gail. "There Are Some Things Beyond Pity -- Beyond Forgiveness," CH, 13, No. 3 (Spring 1990), 7-9.

Comparisons between Irene Adler and Queen Dido in the Aeneid of Virgil, each of whom was deserted -- by the King of Bohemia and Aeneas respectively.

C7635. Shannon, Michael. "Meddler Interview: Irene Adler," SM, 10, No. 3 (1985), 3-5.

An interview with the former Prima Donna of the Imperial Opera of Warsaw in her secluded, poshly furnished New Jersey retreat. Mrs. Norton's startling revelations about the true nature of her relationship with Holmes make all past investigations and analyses of the Holmes-Norton nexus obsolete.

C7636. Simak, Ernest J. "The Lady of the Canon," SP, 4, No. 2 (January 1982), 19.

A verse in which the first letter of each line spells out the name "Miss Irene Adler."

C7637. Simpson, Tom. "Matrimonial, My Dear Watson, Matrimonial," WW, 1, No. 3 (January 1979), 6-7.

A tongue-in-cheek criticism of the inaccuracies and misconceptions by both Holmes and Watson in a tale that is mostly fiction.

C7638. Sisson, David M. "The Frustration of Sherlock Holmes," CN (NS), 4, No. 2 (July-December 1981), 8-9.

"The King was free, / And Holmes earned his photo fee. / Moriarty, Moran, or any man, / None could vex like the fairer sex, / And Irene will always be, / The Woman."

C7639. Sisson, David M. "A Scandal in Bohemia: `The Romantic Antic,'" CN (NS), 4, No. 2 (July-December 1981), 10.

"To this day still, she always will / Be cavortin' with Godfrey Norton / And living in our tomes."

C7640. Tabbert, Art. "To Irene Adler, the Woman," by Sherlock Holmes. MSB, 4, No. 2 (November 1980), 4.

"'Twas back in New Jersey, the year fifty-eight, / A baby was born, preordained to be great."

C7641. Uba, Gerry. "The Curious Incident of the Operatic Beauty," CH, 7, No. 1 (Autumn 1983), 25-28.

Irene Adler is a relatively insignificant character. Watson exaggerates Holmes's affection and admiration for her, perhaps deliberately.

C7642. Umansky, Harlan L. "Watson's Mournful Reverie," WW, 11, No. 2 (September 1988), 9.

"If you were Irene Adler / And I were Sherlock Holmes, / Our passion would be fiery / As a hundred thousand ohms; / And instead of shooting coke or worse, / I would dash off ardent poems."

C7643. Vatza, Edward J. "The Adventure of the Yankee Diva," BSJ, 42, No. 3 (September 1992), 135-138.

Irene Adler was not modeled after Madame Adler-Dévriès as the author previously thought but after the soprano, Lillian Nordica (Farmington, Maine, 1857-[?]), whose real name was Lillian Norton. With a photo of Nordica as Valentine, London, 1887.

C7644. Vatza, Edward J. "And Once by a Woman," Canonfire, 1, No. 1 (March 1983), 1, 3.

The Woman fooled Holmes twice with disguises: first with her walking clothes and second as an elderly woman greeting Holmes on the steps of Briony Lodge.

C7645. Vatza, Edward J. "In Search of Irene Adler," CC, No. 5 (August 1983), 7, 15.

Identifies the woman as Mde. Adler-Dévriès, who travelled throughout Europe in the 1870-80's with Victor Maurel's Théâtre des Nationes.

C7646. Vatza, Edward J. "Scandalous Adlerian Musings," BSJ, 35, No. 2 (June 1985), 80-83.

A slightly edited version of "And Once by a Woman," "In Search of Irene Adler," and "What Did Watson Mean by the Late Irene Adler."

C7647. Vatza, Edward J. "What Did Watson Mean by the Late Irene Adler?" Canonfire, 1, No. 3 (October 1983), 1-2.

The "late" Irene Adler was the "former" Irene Adler, now Irene Norton.

C7648. -- A2674. Andrew, C. R. "Don't Sell Holmes's Memory Short," BSJ, 4, No. 4 (October 1954), 219-222.

The author quotes from Felix Morley (DA2678) and from Bruc to show that 1894, not 1887, was the logical year for this adventure.

C7649. -- A2675. Hoffmann, Banesh. "A Reverent Comment on The Second Stain," BSJ, 13, No. 2 (June 1963), 91-92.

A defense of Trelawney Hope's actions in leaving an important document unguarded in his bedroom.

C7650. -- A2676. Holmes, Marcella. "Sherlock Holmes and the Prime Minister," BSJ, 5, No. 1 (January 1955), 34-39.

"(1) Lord Beaconsfield was Lord Bellinger; (2) The Adventure of the Second Stain took place in 1878 or 1879; (3) Watson had no part in the affair beyond taking down a verbatim account some years after the event, but introduced himself into the story as part of his policy of concealing the year and decade."

C7651. -- A2677. Kernish, Robert. "The Curious Case of the Second Stain," BSJ, 16, No. 3 (September 1966), 173-174.

The inconsistencies between the published version of this case and Watson's reference to it in Nava suggest that the good Doctor fabricated a case involving a "second stain" and presented it as an authentic account in order to lay damaging rumours to rest.

C7652. -- A2678. Morley, Felix. "The Significance of the Second Stain," Profile by Gaslight. Edited by Edgar W. Smith. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944. p. 243-259.

"In endeavouring to prove that there were three different cases `which Watson associated with a second stain,' Mr. Bell charges that this expression `obsessed' Watson. Very probable, since the fact if not its definition obsesses everyone today. For what the good doctor was trying to tell us in the oft-repeated phrase was that a second stain of continental war would settle down upon Europe at a time when an umbrella-carrying British Prime Minister and an irresponsible German dictator would be the chief protagonists on that Continent. And even Sherlock Holmes could not foresee or avert what was involved."

C7653. -- A2679. Stix, Thomas L. "A Few Irreverent Remarks on `The Second Stain,'" SHJ, 6, No. 1 (Winter 1962), 19-20.

One of the criticisms is directed at Trelawney Hope for the seemingly careless way he safeguarded the important document entrusted to him.

C7654. -- B1170. Isen, B. George. "Holmes' Part in The Adventure of the Second Stain: A Third Stain, or a Carefully Guarded Account?" More Leaves from the Copper Beeches. Lititz, Pa.: Sutter House, 1976. p. 35-40.

"The Adventure of the Second Stain" does indeed, as Watson claimed, record "the most important international case which [Holmes had] ever been called upon to handle." But it does not so appear in the Canonical account because of Watson's heavy diplomatic censorship. Isen presents his conjecture as to the true facts of the case, which, in the finest tradition of science and the Canon, "is based on incomplete but preponderant evidence that is consistent and persuasive."

C7655. -- B1171. Luman, Richard. "The Second Hand in The Second Stain," BSJ, 28, No. 3 (September 1978), 132-136, 140.

An examination of the MS of Seco in the Haverford College Library reveals some minor but interesting changes: deletions, additions, and alterations in the text, including the name of Edward Lucas to Edwardo Lucas, and the lines, "Now Watson, what's the meaning of that'?" to "Now Watson, the fair sex is your department," and "We were shown into her [Lady Hilda's] boudoir" to "We were shown into the morning room." Pages 1-23 and 29-31 of the MS are in the hand of the Literary Agent (a transcription of Watson's own version), but pages 24-29 are in another handwriting -- identified as that of Watson's. A specimen of Watson's calligraphy is reproduced therein.

Winner of the 21st annual Morley-Montgomery Memorial Award for the best contribution to BSJ in 1978.

See also DB2234, DB2235.

C7656. -- B1172. Redmond, Donald A. "Lord Bellinger -- Who Else?" BSM, No. 3 (September 1975), 1-3.

Lord Bellinger, "twice Premier of Britain," is not Gladstone or Salisbury, as others have argued, but John Albert Bellinger, first Baron Bellinger.

C7657. -- B1173. Rossi, John P. "The Characters in The Second Stain," BSJ, 23, No. 1 (March 1973), 4-5.

Lord Bellinger is identified as William Ewart Gladstone and Trelawney Hope as Lord Rosebery; thus dating this case between January and July 1886, during the third Gladstone government.

C7658. -- B1174. Wakshul, Gary L. "Canonical Solutions," Holmeswork, 4, No. 1 (January 9, 1977), 6, 11.

"The Adventure of the Second Stain," mentioned in both Yell and Nava, is the same as the published case. Holmes erred in his prediction of Trelawney Hope's career; the war eventually did come about; the Prime Minister, though not the same Prime Minister, did suffer European complications, as witnessed in World War II.

C7659. -- B1175. Wilson, Evan M. "Sherlock Holmes and Diplomacy, or The Not So Singular Contents of the European Secretary's Dispatch-Box," BSJ, 24, No. 2 (June 1974), 94-98.

The writer, as a professional diplomat for over thirty years, has always been interested in those Canonical tales that have a diplomatic setting. In rereading Seco his attention focused on the contents of the Right Honorable Trelawney Hope's dispatch-box as read off by Hope at a dramatic moment in the adventure. The article is devoted to an identification and analysis of each of the documents in question, resulting in an unexpected glimpse of Holmes's prescience as a diplomatic observer.

C7660. Baum, Christopher F. "The Twice-Stained Theory," BSJ, 32, No. 3 (September 1982) 146-148.

Seco, referred to in both Yell and Nava, is the same as the published case. Because Watson was distraught over the death of his wife when chronicling Nava, his lack of propriety and confusion between Nava and Seco are understandable. When he thought about his late wife, he was rather careless in the way he wrote the case. He forgot that he was supposed to make Seco a failure on Holmes's part; he confused the two cases that were so similar. Also, Watson claimed he was going to be somewhat vague about the events in Seco and he succeeded admirably.

C7661. Carleton, Warren J. "Pioneer Prophets in Psychopathology," CH, 3, No. 1 (Autumn 1979), 1-3.

"Holmes and Lestrade in `The Second Stain.'" (Subtitle)

C7662. Eckrich, Joseph J. "The Problems of `The Second Stain,'" CNFB, No. 8 (May 1986), 6-8.

A discussion of the absurdities of the "facts" actually occurring as stated and the actions of the representatives of the British Government. "If they are examples of the best and the brightest, it is no wonder England is without an empire."

C7663. Johnson, C. Arnold. "Lord Iddesleigh?" DCC, 16, No. 3 (May 1980), 3-4. illus.

----------. ----------, MM, No. 20 (August 1980), 4-5.

It is far more likely that the real-life Trelawney Hope was Lord Randolph Churchill rather than Lord Iddesleigh, as mentioned in The Annotated Sherlock Holmes.

C7664. Kluge, Mary Ann. "Liar and Traitor or Innocent Deceived," CHJ, 6, No. 11 (November 1984), 2-3.

Lady Hilda's integrity is questioned in a paper presented to The Occupants of the Empty House.

C7665. Lellenberg, Jon L. "The Seco Second Hand -- Identified," SMuse, 5, No. 1 (Winter 1980), 4-5, 8, 14-16.

Reprinted from BSM, December 1978 (DB2235). The article is followed by an editorial afterword by Evelyn A. Herzog.

C7666. McClure, Michael W. "There Can Be No Second `Second Stain,'" DC, 3, No. 2 (April 1990), 10-14.

----------. ----------, BSM, No. 72 (Winter 1992), 19-23.

Evidence is drawn from Seco to prove that the references to a second stain mystery in Yell and Nava all refer to the same case. The seemingly conflicting outlines for each promised tale are compared and validated as heralds of the adventure that was finally published in December 1904.

C7667. McCormack, George J. "A Second Look at The Second Stain," BSJ, 42, No. 1 (March 1992), 38-41.

This article shows that much of Watson's published account was a deliberate, albeit necessary, fabrication. The killer of the spy Lucas was Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope, not his spurious "French wife." Likewise, Watson's melodramatic conclusion, wherein he has Lady Hilda replacing the vital document in her husband's dispatch box, was a fabrication. In fact, when Lady Hilda confessed, Holmes took the document from her and returned it to the Right Honourable Trelawney Hope at Baker Street, thereby protecting Lady Hilda from her husband's suspicions and insuring the continued secrecy necessary to prevent the outbreak of a European War.

C7668. Roberts, Aubrey C. "The Real Second Stain: A Tarnished Idol," BSJ, 32, No. 2 (December 1982), 227-229.

After examining seven examples of Holmes's lapses in Seco, it is not surprising that Watson delayed publication of the case until after Holmes had retired. His handling of this particular case might well have discouraged potential clients.

C7669. Ross, Michael. "Sechs Flecke und ein falscher Fall: Einige Besonderheiten beim `Abenteuer des zweiten Flecks'" ["Six Stains and a Fake: Some Particularities About `The Adventure of the Second Stain'"], SNOB, Nr. 3 (November 1989), 9-13.

C7670. Schott, Holger. "Just Two Stains! Eine Gegendarstellung," SNOB, Nr. 4 (February 1990), 14-16.

A response to the article by Michael Ross.

C7671. Speck, Gordon R. "Upon Seeing But Not Observing Lestrade and the Second Stain," CHJ, 6, No. 12 (December 1984), 2.

"Had Lestrade done what we would expect him to do, he would not have needed to summon Holmes ... "

C7672. White, Peter. "Who Dunnit: A Look at The Second Stain," CHJ, 11, No. 1 (January 1989), 2-3.

"The so-called valet, John Mitton, was not the underling but was the mastermind who planned the whole affair and murdered Lucas for his own reasons."

C7673. -- A2680. Andrew, C. R. "Sherlock Holmes on the Turf," A Baker Street Four-Wheeler. Edited by Edgar W. Smith. [Maplewood, N.J., and New York: The Pamphlet House, 1944.] p. 38-42.

An argument for the re-dating of this adventure.

C7674. -- A2681. Clum, Florence H. "Shenanigans at Shoscombe (or, a Spaniel Come to Judgment)," BSJ [OS], 3, No. 2 (April 1948), 202-205.

A tale in verse.

C7675. -- B1176. Smith, Red. "The Highly Irregular Mr. Holmes," The New York Times (January 10, 1972), 39.

----------. "Sherlock Was the Sly One When It Came to Sports," The Courier-Journal [Louisville, Ky.] (January 12, 1972), B10.

Inspired by his attendance at the January 7 BSI dinner, this sports writer returns to his favorite Sherlockian topic: the alleged skulduggery of Holmes in the field of sports, and proceeds to flog a very dead horse–Shoscombe Prince.

C7676. Cochran, William R. "Re: The Shoscombe Spaniels," WW, 13, No. 1 (May 1990), 28-30.

The article discusses the reactions of dogs in today's world, where all cars look alike in both size, color, and sound -- no matter what make or model. If dogs today can identify their master from a distance, why did Stuart Palmer, a spaniel expert, doubt that the spaniel could identify the carriage of its master?

C7677. Redmond, Donald A. "Sherlockian Plotnotes: VI. The Peculiar Persecution of the American Millionaire," BSM, No. 58 (Summer 1989), 27-28.

The plot of Shos has a real-life parallel in the grave-robbery of the body of an American millionaire in 1876.

C7678. Silverstein, Albert. "The Most Singular Feature of Shoscombe Old Place," BSJ, 31, No. 1 (March 1981), 35-37.

The singularity of this story lies in Doyle's stylistic mannerisms, which, if interpreted literally, are absurdities.

See also Dr. Watson -- Wives

C7679. -- A2682. Andrew, Clifton R. "On the Dating of The Sign of the Four," BSJ, 1, No. 2 (April 1951), 66-69.

----------. Revised with title: "Was It July or September, in The Sign of the Four?" Illustrious Client's Third Case-Book. Edited by J. N. Williamson and H. B. Williams. [Indianapolis, Ind.: The Illustrious Clients, 1953.] p. 141-149.

From weather reports of 1888, the year of the story, the author has found that July was an unusually cold month of that year; and since Holmes and Watson were discussing a newly arrived letter dated July 7, Watson must have meant by "a September evening" an evening as cold as one in September.

C7680. -- A2683. Bell, H. W. "The Date of `The Sign of Four,'" Baker Street Studies. Edited by H.W. Bell. London: Constable & Co., [1934]. p.201 -'219.

An attempt to show that the adventure took place September 27-30, 1887, rather than September 7-8, as first suggested by the author (Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, p. 38).

C7681. -- A2684. Bengis, Nathan L. "`Signs' of a Bookman," The Bookworm, 1, No. 8 (December 1967), 10-12.

A discussion of the more than 200 variant copies, in English, of Sign acquired by Mr. Bengis during a lifetime of collecting Sherlockiana. (These books are now a part of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle collection at the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library.)

C7682. -- A2685. Bengis, Nathan L. The "Signs" of Our Times: An Irregular Bibliography. New York: [Privately Produced], June 1956. 29 p.

----------. ----------. Errata and Emendations. 1963. 24 p.

A compilation of the first, early, and later editions of The Sign of (the) Four, including piracies, with associational data." This is not a mere listing but a complete description of more than 150 known variants, with a long and informative introduction. A brilliant and important contribution to the literature.

C7683. -- A2686. Blakeney, T. S. "Thoughts on The Sign of Four," SHJ, 3, No. 4 (Summer 1958), 6-8.

"Observations or deductions on minor topics, not necessarily connected closely with the main story."

C7684. -- A2687. Christ, Jay F. A New Chronology of The Sign of the Four. Chicago: [Privately Produced], Nov. 1944. 18 p.

"A scholarly examination of the internal evidence, buttressed by meteorological and astronomical data, to establish the dates as September 25-27, 1888." (Edgar W. Smith)

C7685. -- A2688. [Christ, Jay F.] Song of Hi-Aurora, [by] Langdale Pike [pseud.] [Michigan City, Ind.: Privately Printed, 1957.] [4] p.

"Swift Aurora! Gone? Forever? / Gone? Perhaps; but we remember. / Trim Aurora! We remember!"

C7686. -- A2689. Crocker, Stephen F. "The Barometric Dr. Watson: A Study of `The Sign of the Four,'" The Quarterly of the Phi Beta Pi Medical Fraternity [Menasha, Wis.], 43, No. 3 (November 1946), 157-159.

----------. ----------, BSJ [OS], 3, No. 2 (April 1948), 196-201.

An application of Dr. Van Liere's contentions to this tale (DA4527).

C7687. -- A2690. Crocker, Stephen F. "Louder, Holmes! And Stop Muttering! or The Route to Thaddeus Sholto's," SHJ, 1, No. 2 (September 1952), 14-21.

"The route to Thaddeus Sholto's carefully retraced and mapped, with corrections noted where Watson's ear deceived him." (Edgar W. Smith)

C7688. -- A2691. Drake, Stillman. "A Letter to The Times," VH, 1, No. 2 (April 1967), 4-8.

The grandson of Dr. Watson makes public a letter dated January 6, 1916, in which Watson explains how he acquired (stole!) the Agra treasure in order to win Mary Morstan as his bride.

C7689. -- A2692. Foss, T. F. "Regina v. Holmes and Another," BSJ, 18, No. 1 (March 1968), 22-31.

Holmes and Watson are arraigned on a charge of deliberately misleading the reading public. The prosecution's case rests on the fact that Watson (ex-Medical Department with the Army in India) blindly accepted Jonathan Small's statement that his companions in crime at Agra were Sikhs when their names plainly showed that they could not possibly have been. The prosecution's case is ably rebutted by the defense's demonstrating that Holmes was a modest man to whom self-aggrandizement was anathema and that Watson, as a medical man, was uninterested in the sect or tribe of his patients, only in their cure. Additionally, when Watson wrote Sign he had other things on his mind (Miss Morstan).

C7690. -- A2693. Hearn, Otis. "Thoughts on the Bust of Miss Mary Morstan," BSJ, 20, No. 4 (December 1970), 210-214.

Psychological analysis shows that the apparent story of Sign is not the real one. The real treasure is Mary Morstan's maidenly bosom; the real detection and pursuit are Watson's effort to verify this bosom's size and shape and to gain some proprietary authority over it. From characteristics of the pearls which Mary hid in this treasure chest, it appears that she had a size 32 to 34 bust.

C7691. -- A2694. [Hendrickson, J. Raymond.] "A Letter to the Sons of the Copper Beeches," BSJ, 16, No. 3 (September 1966), 158-159.

Frederick Featherstonehaugh ffinchffarrington, a Deputy under-under-under Secretary to the British Postal Service, London Division, protests a libelous charge that a letter posted by Thaddeus Sholto on July 7 was not delivered until September.

C7692. -- A2695. Jaffee, Irving L. "`The Sign of Four'" and "The Strange Story of Jonathan Small," Elementary My Dear Watson. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Theo. Gaus' Sons, [1965]. p. 57-67.

An excellent summary of the novel and the story that forms the closing chapter.

C7693. -- A2696. Kimball, Elliot. "Oreamnosis," SHJ, 7, No. 4 (Spring 1966), 115-118.

The author discusses the various chronological pronouncements on Sign to show how Sherlockian chronology has not been based on a strict scientific methodology.

C7694. -- A2697. Knox, Ronald A. "The Mathematics of Mrs. Watson," New Statesman and Nation [Literary Supplement] (NS), 4, No. 90 (November 12, 1932), 588, 590.

A review of H. W. Bell's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson and Thomas Blakeney's Sherlock Holmes: Fact or Fiction in which Msgr. Knox discusses at length the problem of dating Sign.

C7695. -- A2698. Leavitt, Robert Keith. "Who Was Cecil Forrester," BSJ [OS], 1, No. 2 (April 1946), 201-204.

"So there we have him--at least in outline: Colonel Cecil Forrester-Farintosh-Woodhouse-Upwood, former friend of Captain Morstan and probably of the none-too-scrupulous Major Sholto, sometime husband of Mary Morstan's employer, party hanger-on, card-sharp and all-too-dubious hero of the strange adventure of the politician, the lighthouse, and the trained cormorant."

C7696. -- A2699. [McCleary, George F.] "The Apotheosis of Sherlock Holmes," by the "Londoner." The National Review, 127 (December 1946), 504-508.

On the dating of Sign, with a commentary on the Irregulars.

C7697. -- A2700. Metcalfe, Percy. "Reflections on The Sign of Four, or Oreamnosis Once Removed. Pt. 1. The Date," SHJ, 8, No. 4 (Summer 1968), 114-118; "Postscript," 9, No. 1 (Winter 1968), 20.

The author quotes the divergent opinions of the main chronologists on the dating of this case and then presents his own conclusions. In short, it took place in September 1888.

C7698. -- A2701. Metcalfe, Percy. "Reflections on The Sign of Four, or Oreamnosis Once Removed. Pt. 2. The Journeys Through London," SHJ, 9, No. 1 (Winter 1968), 14-20.

Contents: The Journey to Thaddeus Sholto's. -- Where Is Pondicherry Lodge? -- From Pondicherry Lodge to Lower Camberwell. -- From Mrs. Forrester's to Pinchin Lodge and Back to Pondicherry Lodge. -- From Pondicherry Lodge to Smith's Wharf. -- The Agra Treasure.

C7699. -- A2702. Pattrick, Robert R. "The Oasis in the Howling Desert," SHJ, 4, No. 4 (Spring 1960), 126-128.

Another tracing of the cab route to Sholto's home on Binfield Road.

C7700. -- A2703. Rawley, James McKee. "Rondeau by Watson," BSJ, 9, No. 4 (October 1959), 230.

"I hoped I had not killed him, but / For one mad moment in that night, / I felt I had."

C7701. -- A2704. "The Sign of Four," Cyclopedia of Literary Characters. Edited by Frank N. Magill. New York: Harper & Row, [1963]. p. 1037.

A brief note on each of the principal characters.

C7702. -- A2705. "The Sign of Four," Masterpieces of World Literature in Digest Form. Second Series. Edited by Frank N. Magill. New York: Harper & Row, [1955]. p. 964-966.

----------, Masterplots. Combined Edition. Edited by Frank N. Magill. New York: Salem Press, [1960]. Vol. 5, p. 2870-2872.

----------, ----------. English Fiction Series. New York: Salem Press, [1964]. p. 796-797.

----------, ----------. Comprehensive Library Edition. New York: Salem Press, [19681. Vol. 7, p. 4819-4820.

A critique and synopsis of the story.

C7703. -- A2706. Smith, Edgar W. "The Sign of the Four," BSJ [OS], 1, No. 4 (October 1946), 495; (NS), 4, No. 2 (April 1954), 125-126.

The Sign of the Four, not The Sign of Four, is the correct title of Watson's second published adventure.

C7704. -- A2707. Stephens, Charles B. "Holmes's Longest Shot?" BSJ [OS], 3, No. 1 (January 1948), 44-46.

On the advertisement he placed in the Standard concerning the missing steam launch Aurora.

C7705. -- A2708. Watson, Harold F. "An Old Sea Dog in Baker Street," BSJ, 18, No. 1 (March 1968), 32-38.

Parallels between Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island and John H. Watson's The Sign of the Four.

C7706. -- A2709. Zeisler, Ernest B. "Some Points Concerning The Sign of the Four," SHJ, 4, No. 2 (Spring 1959), 70-71.

An erratum to section 1 of the author's Baker Street Chronology (DA3780) in which he now places the opening day of the case after December 1887 and the action from April 17 to 20, 1888.

C7707. -- B5945. Fairlie, Matt. "`1.99512,'" MSB, 2, No. 8 (December 1978), 3-4.

John Bliss's formula "The SINE of Four" is in error: the real title should be "The Double COSINE of Four." The COSINE of 4 is .99756, and twice this is 1.99512. "From this numerical title, the Mycrofts will be able to deduce that the story in question is about the adventures of Jonathan Small and his three compatriots."

C7708. -- B1177. Girand, John. "The Sign of Four." MSB, 2, No. 3 (April 1978), 8. illus.

A tale in verse.

C7709. -- B1178. Greene, Graham. "Holmes Revisited," The Observer Magazine (January 6, 1974), 21.

----------. "Introduction," The Sign of Four. [London]: John Murray and Jonathan Cape, [1974]. p. 7-10.

C7710. -- B1179. Hearn, Otis. "Marginalia to The Sign of Four," BSJ, 22, No. 1 (March 1972), 24-25.

Watson subconsciously used Afghan names for the Sikh jewel thieves because of his recollections of Afghanistan.

C7711. -- B1180. Knox, Ronald A. "The Mathematics of Mrs. Hudson," BSM, No. 2 (July 1975), 8-11.

Reprinted from the New Statesman and Nation, November 12, 1932 (DA2697).

C7712. -- B1181. Linsenmeyer, John. "Further Thoughts on The Sign of the Four," BSJ, 25, No. 3 (September 1975), 133-139.

A critical examination of Sign forces a conclusion that Holmes was hoodwinked by Jonathan Small. The inconsistencies in Small's account of various crimes are enormous: Sikhs have Moslem names; Andaman Islanders are nothing like Tonga; and Small confused the territorial jurisdiction of the Bombay and Bengal presidencies. Small could never have been prosecuted, because his "confession" was not received in conformity with the Judges' Rules, and it is most unlikely that the Agra Treasure was dropped into the Thames.

Reviews: BSJ, 26, No. 2 (June 1976), 120 (William D. Jenkins; John Linsenmeyer).

C7713. -- B1182. Montgomery, Thom. "The Sign of Four," The History of Sherlock Holmes in Stage, Films, T.V. & Radio Since 1899 (1975), 66. (E-GO Collectors Series, No. 1)

A brief account of a meeting attended by Doyle, Oscar Wilde, T. P. Gill, and J. B. Stoddart, a representative for Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. The meeting resulted in the publication, by Lippincott, of The Sign of the Four and The Picture of Dorian Gray.

C7714. -- B1183. Redmond, Donald A. "The Oasis of the Howling Desert," BSJ, 27, No. 1 (March 1977), 17-21.

Thaddeus Sholto's smoking-room is typical of Moorish design made popular in the 1880's by Liberty & Co.; Watson's description of ladies' apparel also has touches of Liberty's. Sholto's symptoms of heart trouble would not be such that Watson could confidently "reassure" Sholto, in his own condition -- in love.

C7715. -- B1184. Rosenblatt, Julia C. "Who Was Tonga? and Why Were They Saying Such Terrible Things About Him?" BSJ, 25, No. 3 (September 1975), 140-141.

Tonga, the curious aborigine who murdered Bartholomew Sholto with a poisoned dart, could not possibly have been from the Andaman Islands but probably was of Malay origin.

C7716. -- B5946. Runnquist, Åke. "`The Sign of Four,'" Poe-Klubben Å_bog 1970. [Illustrationer: Peder Nyman.] København: Lademann, 1970. p. 124-128.

Text in Danish.

C7717. -- B1185. Scheideman, J. W. "Thaddeus Sholto Redressed," BSJ, 27, No. 1 (March 1977), 11-16; "Addendum," 27, No. 4 (December 1977), 247-248. illus.

Thaddeus Sholto may have had a real-life source in Oscar Wilde. Thaddeus' physical appearance and mannerisms, however, seem to more closely reflect Algernon Swinburne than Wilde. Wilde was large and dark haired. Swinburne, particularly as portrayed in Max Beerbohn's caricatures, was short, nervous, and curiously bald, with a fringe of red hair like Thaddeus.

C7718. -- B1186. Watson, H. F. "A Note on `The Sign of Four,'" The Saturday Review of Literature, 25, No. 15 (March 28, 1942), 13.

A letter to the editor pointing out similarities between Sign and Treasure Island.

See also DA2708.

C7719. Ali, Syed Z. "What Doyle Knew of Sikhs, and Other Indian Notes," CH, 3, No. 3 (Spring 1980).

Because Sir Arthur never visited India, most of his notions about that country were derived from returning Englishmen. Nevertheless, Sign does contain some extremely authentic touches.

C7720. Austin, Bliss. "Sikh Semper Tyrannis, or Small Talk About Agra," BSCS, No. 25 (1979), 1-5. illus.

----------. ----------, ND (January-February 1992), 13-16.

A visit to the Red Fort in Agra revealed some inaccuracies in Jonathan Small's description of it and also raised doubts about his account of how he lost his leg.

C7721. Boström, Mattias. "Hack i häl på Toby: Ett riktigt hundgöra!" Sherlockiana, 36, Nr. 1 (1991), 8.

With an illustration of Holmes and Toby by Fredrik Liljegren.

C7722. Curjel, Harold. "The Aurora and the Police-Launch (With Special Reference to Tonga's Last Shot)," BSJ, 31, No. 2 (June 1981), 70-74. illus.

Sign concludes with a chase on the Thames. Details from the late 19th-century river shipping show where Doyle was in error in the details of the story and where he was accurate. Facts concerning steam-launches and barges help us to envision Tonga's last shot.

C7723. Dahlinger, S. E. "In Search of the Agra Treasure (or Gelt by Association)," BSJ, 36, No. 4 (December 1986), 217-219.

Jonathan Small did not throw the gems into the Thames. They were stolen by Watson in collusion with Holmes and Inspector Athelney Jones.

C7724. Dalton, Susan and Steve. "The Sign of Four: `Characters Out of Character?'" DC, 5, No. 2 (April 1992), 4-10.

Examples of contrasts in personality characteristics between Holmes and Watson in this story.

C7725. Davies, Bernard. "Doctor Watson's Deuteronomy: A Centenary Companion-Piece," SHJ, 19, No. 4 (Summer 1990), 107-121; 20, No. 1 (Winter 1990), 6-23. illus.

A review of "the background, the chronology and the big set-piece problems of The Sign of Four."

C7726. Davies, David Stuart. "The Inner Room," ACD, 1, No. 2 (March 1990), 85-86.

An editorial in which Davies marvels at the speed with which Doyle wrote Sign.

C7727. Davies, David Stuart. "Re-creating Sherlock Holmes," ACD, 1, No. 3 (September 1990), 175-177.

A re-assessment of Doyle's motives behind the Sherlock Holmes in Sign.

C7728. Devine, Paul J., Jr. "An Alternative Dating for The Sign of the Four," NNCC, No. 1 (1982), 6-12.

It is the thesis of this paper that Sign can also be dated, on internal evidence, from Tuesday, September 7, 1886.

C7729. Epstein, Marvin P. "Some Early American Editions of The Sign of the Four," BSM, No. 33 (Spring 1983), 24-29, inside back cover. illus.

"Bibliographical notes" on the following editions of Sign: 1. The Sign of the Four and A Study in Scarlet (Lovell, Coryell & Co., June 1893); 2. The Sign of Four (J. B. Lippincott Co., 1893); 3. The Sign of Four and A Study in Scarlet (J. B. Lippincott, 1894, 1890); 4. The Sign of Four (J. B. Lippincott Co., 1894).

C7730. Farrell, Kirby. "Heroism, Culture, and Dread in The Sign of Four," Studies in the Novel, 16, No. 1 (Spring 1984), 32-51.

"How a complex fantasy about death and heroic power over death shapes the novel's conception of crime and detection. The fantasy develops by way of a preoccupation with man's `smallness,' meaning not only his mortal insignificance but also the childlike mixture of animal and godlike qualities in his nature. Beneath its often factitious surface, the novel broods on the origins of power in childhood and society and attempts to respond to the deepest sorts of problems. However naive its efforts, the novel `cannot lie' about its concerns and the world implicated in those concerns."

C7731. Fredman, Lionel E. "Oscar at Pondicherry Lodge," ACD, 1, No. 2 (March 1990), 91-93.

After commenting on Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde's two meetings and exchange of letters, the author notes some similarities between Sign and Dorian Gray and especially between Wilde and Thaddeus Sholto.

C7732. Green, Richard Lancelyn. The Sign of the Four; or, The Problem of the Sholtos. London: Privately Printed, Christmas 1988. 1 card.

----------. ----------, BSM, No. 61 (Spring 1990), 1-3.

An illustrated account of the inception of Sign and The Picture of Dorian Gray at a private dinner with Dr. Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Patrick Gill, and Joseph Marshall Stoddart at the Langham Hotel on August 30, 1889.

C7733. Haynes, George Cleve. "Cheery Reflections on a Simple Case," BSJ, 39, No. 1 (March 1989), 40.

In a letter to the editor, an enthusiastic author under the influence of the spirits of Morley, Finlay, Peter Dunn, et al, answers an abstruse bibliographical question about the misprint "H. Conan Doyle" on pirated editions of Sign.

C7734. Hori, Tamaki. "Thaddeus Sholto Is Oscar Wilde?" SNSHC, 1, No. 2 (December 15, 1990), 14-19.

Text in Japanese.

"Samuel Rosenberg discusses in Naked Is the Best Disguise similarities between Wilde and Sholto. Wilde, however, is quite different from Sholto physically: Wilde is far better looking. His aestheticism may correspond to the luxurious tastes of Sholto, but unlike Wilde he has no aspect of dandyism."

C7735. Laubach, Deborah "The Art of Muzzle-Loading a Double-Barrelled Tiger Cub," MB, 7, No. 3 (September 1981), 19-21.

Examines Watson's anecdote about how he fired a double- barrelled tiger cub at a musket peering at him through the flaps of his tent door.

C7736. Laubach, Deborah. "A Study in Number Three," Calabash, No. 1 (March 1982), 3-7.

The object of this article is to bring out some of the more obvious discrepancies and conjectures about the occupants, two and four-legged, of No. 3 Pinchin Lane, Lambeth, where Sherman the old bird-stuffer lived.

C7737. Lauritzen, Henry. "The Sign of the Four Centenary 1990," BSM, No. 61 (Spring 1990), 24-25.

An ensemble of characters from Sign.

C7738. Lithner, Klas. "Livet på Andamanerna," Sherlockiana, 27, Nr. 2-3 (1982), 11-12.

----------. "Tonga's Islands," BSM, No. 57 (Spring 1989), 21-22.

The author refers to two chapters in Hargrave L. Adam's The Indian Criminal (London: John Milne, 1909) that deal with the penal colony of the Andaman Islands during the last century, with statistics on the convicts, absconding, crimes of violence against other convicts and the staff, use of natives to hunt absconded convicts, and a case from 1902 where a British official was killed by a wild native's arrow.

C7739. Merrill, Edward A. "The Problem of Pondicherry Lodge," BSM, No. 28 (Winter 1981), 13-16. illus.

The author points out the mental limitations of the protagonists in the Canon, citing in particular the Sholto brothers, who failed, in spite of numerous obvious clues, to recognize the presence of an attic atop Pondicherry Lodge.

C7740. Meyer, Charles A. "The Remarkable Forrester Case," CH, 13, No. 4 (Summer 1990), 26-27.

The principal reason for Mary Morstan's decade long delay in consulting Holmes resulted from Mrs. Cecil Forrester's desire to conceal her affair with Sherlock Holmes. Only after the fires of their passions cooled (possibly because of the Master's experiments with cocaine) would she direct the governess to 221b.

C7741. Meyer, Charles A. "The Sign of Three Golden Balls -- Fencing the Agra Treasure," SHJ, 19, No. 4 (Summer 1990), 122-123.

The original problem of the Sholtos was how to convert the Agra treasure into pounds sterling. The man in the best position to arrange that conversion was no less than Col. Sebastian Moran, and his new friend Professor Moriarty. The loss of the treasure into the Thames was a hoax. At the end of Sign, Athelney Jones got the credit, Watson, got a wife, Holmes was left with his cocaine bottle, and Moran and Moriarty got the treasure.

C7742. Mueller, Michael D. "In Search of the Andaman Islander: A Sherlockian Vacation in the Bay of Bengal," BSJ, 42, No. 4 (December 1992), 203-208.

The article describes a trip to the Andaman Islands to find the descendants of Tonga's tribe. In Tonga's day there were thirteen tribal groups. Today, four remain -- the Onge, Greater Andamanese, Sentinelese and Jarawa. They live in "protected areas" and outsiders are not allowed to visit them. The 28 surviving Greater Andamanese are remnants of ten related tribes of the past. Through persistence and luck, the investigator met with Onge and Greater Andamanese people. Meetings with the curator of the Port Blair Anthropology Museum and a review of the anthropological literature indicate that Tonga most likely belonged to the Aka-Bea tribe, now included within the Greater Andamanese. This ethnic grouping is headed for extinction because its population size is too small to support a genetically-fit community. Further, the other three tribes are at risk of extinction because of small population size, which ranges from 99 to 200, and thus also require close monitoring.

C7743. Nathan, Hartley R. "The Sign of Four: A Potpourri of Devil Worshippers, Sikh Troopers, and More," CH, 13, No. 1 (Autumn 1989), 24-30.

----------. ----------, BSM, No. 66 (Summer 1991), 26-35.

While on a trip to India the author retraces Jonathan Small's footsteps.

C7744. The Northern Musgraves. "Sign of Four Scribbels," The Ritual, No. 4 (Winter 1989), 15.

Four limericks composed during the Tonga cruise.

C7745. Redmond, Chris. "A Study in Gray: More About Doyle and Wilde," NS, No. 10 (March 16, 1982), 6-10.

As Doyle put Oscar Wilde (Thaddeus Sholto) into Sign, so Wilde put Sherlock Holmes (Alan Campbell) into The Picture of Dorian Gray.

C7746. Redmond, Donald A. "A Less Cheery Reflection," BSJ, 40, No. 1 (March 1990), 42.

In response to the letter by Haynes, the author explains that the misprint "H. Conan Doyle" on the title page of a series of pirated issues of Sign is traced to the typesetter's carelessness in 1893, probably at Waverly Publishing Co.

C7747. Redmond, Donald A. "Sherlockian Plotnotes. IX: Wooden Legs and Other Signs," BSM, No. 61 (Spring 1990), 30-36.

Sources of plot incidents such as Small's wooden leg and Toby's power of scent are suggested from contemporary newspaper items and literary references.

C7748. Redmond, Donald A. "Stop Changing Your Mind, Watson!" CH, 13, No. 3 (Spring 1990), 28.

Notes some discrepancies in Sign.

C7749. Redmond, Donald A. "3.37 from Left -- But 3.37 What?" CH, 9, No. 1 (Autumn 1985), 23.

"3.37 from left" is not a standard unit of measurement and apparently was written on Jonathan Small's plan of the old Agra Fort by Morstan (or Sholto) as an aide-mémoire.

C7750. Roberts, Randy. "Dr. Watson's Warning," BSJ, 31, No. 2 (June 1981), 80-82.

Watson fused Lord Alfred Douglas and Oscar Wilde to form Thaddeus Sholto. Watson, or Holmes, discovered the exact nature of the relationship between the two men long before other people knew that Lord Alfred and Oscar were acquainted. Watson, who was obviously shocked by their behavior, wanted to warn the father; he wanted Queensberry to perform his fatherly duty and halt the relationship before it became public knowledge. Why Queensberry failed to heed Watson's warning is unknown. What is known is that the warning is amply recorded in Sign -- another illustration of the scope of Holmes's discoveries and knowledge.

This article is similar to the one that appeared in Clues. The main difference is that the BSJ version assumes the traditional belief in the actual existence of Holmes and Watson.

C7751. Roberts, Randy. "Oscar Wilde and Sherlock Holmes: A Literary Mystery," Clues: A Journal of Detection, 1, No. 1 (Spring 1980), 41-45.

Wilde's biographers are incorrect in their oft-repeated statements that he first met Lord Alfred in the summer of 1891. Lord Alfred's father, the eighth Marquess of Queensberry, was John Sholto Douglas.

C7752. Rodin, Alvin E., and Jack D. Key. "Diseases as Plot Devices in The Sign of Four," CH, 15, No. 2 (Winier 1991), 3-10. illus.

"The Sign of Four contains many references to medical matters. Some constitute integral parts of the plot or subplots, and others contribute to the realism of various characters. A medical condition does not, however, constitute the major plot line in this adventure, as it does in The Dying Detective, The Creeping Man, and The Blanched Soldier. Nonetheless, the amount and the significance of medical matters in The Sign of Four contribute significantly to its success."

C7753. Rogers, Denise M. "A Treasure in the Thames?" SMuse, 8, No. 4 (Spring 1990), 11-14.

Speculates on what happened to Jonathan Small's treasure box.

C7754. Ruyle, John. Last Tonga in London: Quodammodotative Quartets. Berkeley: Pondicherry Press, 1990. 31 p.

Limited to 50 numbered copies and 26 lettered and signed.

Twenty-five verses.

C7755. Schweikert, William P. "The Palace Clock," VA, 1, No. 2 (January 1992), 49-51, 54.

The clock that Watson heard strike three upon returning with Toby to Pondicherry Lodge in Upper Norwood was not the Crystal Palace clock but Big Ben, the Westminster Palace clock.

C7756. "Sherlock Holmes Manuscript Brings $51,000," The American Book Collector, 24, No. 1 (September-October 1973), cover, p. 13. illus.

"The original manuscript of The Sign of the Four brought the record price of $51,000 at the Hanzel Galleries sale of the David Gage Joyce Collection, September 23."

C7757. Shreffler, Philip A. "The Sign of the Four as Modern Romance," BSM, No. 32 (Winter 1982), 19-20, 24.

Writing The White Company and Sign at about the same time, Doyle sought to produce two romances, one historical and one modern, each with its own literary merit. He was consciously trying to write a fine book in Sign and he worked hard at it, turning out at length a well balanced and wholly engaging document.

C7758. Speck, Gordon R. "Sherlock Holmes and the Odd Couple," CHJ, 15, No. 3 (March 1993), 2-3.

Comments on some of the fine qualities of Watson and his bride-to-be, Mary Morstan, that are revealed in Sign.

C7759. Utechin, Nicholas. "The Treasure," SHJ, 20, No. 1 (Winter 1990), 1-2.

A brief history, with a photograph, of the Agra Diamond, identified as the Great Mogul diamond in the Agra treasure, and purchased by Ciba Corporation of Hong Kong for £1,070,000 at Christie's auction on June 20, 1990.

C7760. Watson, H. F. "A Note on The Sign of Four," The Saturday Review of Literature, 25, No. 13 (March 28, 1942), 13. (Letters to the Editor)

C7761. Williams, Molly Gabriel. "What Watson Did Not Know," BSJ, 29, No. 3 (September 1979), 150-151.

There are inaccuracies in Sign that result from Watson's apparent lack of reliable information about the Andaman Islands and their inhabitants: the Andamanese are not cannibals, they have no knowledge of blow darts, and do not make stone implements or canoes.

C7762. Williams, Newton M. "The Curious Incident of the Crows," CHJ, 1, No. 7 (July 1979), 2-3.

The "crows" at the side entrance of the Lyceum Theatre in Chapter 3 of Sign in the Doubleday editions from 1930 to 1959 are traced to the Crowborough edition of The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle.

C7763. Williams, Newton M. "`Go on, you drunken vagabone,'" CHJ, 2, No. 9 (September 1980), 2-3.

Notes several variations ( "crows-crowds," "vagabone-vagabond," "Wandsworth Road-Wordsworth Road," "Bishopgate-Bishopsgate," "Knight-errants-knights-errant," "stanch men-staunch men," etc.) in different editions of Sign.

C7764. Williams, Newton M. "The Text of Sign Far from Uniform, Collation Proves," CH, 5, No. 3 (Spring 1982), 3-6.

A further commentary on and partial list of the numerous variations discovered by Newt and Lilian Williams in various editions of Sign.

C7765. Wilson, Evan M. "The Sign of the Four Revisited, With Some Notes on the Andaman Islands," BSJ, 34, No. 1 (March 1984), 19-21. illus.

The author, a former American Consul General in Calcutta (in whose consular district the Islands lay) sees Sign as the Sherlock Holmes story par excellence.

C7766. Yates, Donald A. "Conan Doyle at Dinner -- 1889," BSM, No. 61 (Spring 1990), 4.

"That `first consulting' chap has some appeal; / Hence Lippincott's suggestion that I dine. / ... Urged on by all this praise, it's Holmes once more. / Racing through my brain I view the plot. / Come 1890, it's The Sign of Four!"

C7767. -- A2710. Arenfalk, Poul. "`Silver Blaze,'" IR, 3, No. 7 (May 1963), 1-2.

Some discrepancies are noted on the contents of John Straker's pockets and hands at the time of his death.

C7768. -- A2711. Bigelow, S. Tupper. "Silver Blaze: The Master Vindicated," BSJ, 15, No. 2 (June 1965), 79-82.

"There is no evidence of any illegal, improper, unethical or even venial conduct on the part of the Master in the entire story."

C7769. -- A2712. Brend, Gavin. ["A Horse! A Horse!"] BSJ, 2, No. 2 (April 1952), 72. (Two Verses)

----------. ----------, SHJ, 2, No. 2 (December 1954), 20. (Baker Street Doggerel, No. 3)

"I'm Shoscombe Prince and I'd have you know / That I won the Derby long ago. / So I can't understand this ridiculous craze / For that fatuous animal, Silver Blaze."

C7770. -- A2713. [Buxton, Edward Timothy-Howe.] "He Solved the Case and Won the Race," by Timothy Howe. The Third Cab. [Boston: The Speckled Band, 1960.] p. 39-41.

A refutation of Red Smith's attack (DA3064), attributing dishonest motives to some of the Master's actions.

C7771. -- A2714. Christ, Jay Finley. "Silver Blaze: An Identification (as of 1893 A.D.)," BSJ [OS], 4, No. 1 (January 1949), 12-15.

"It is upon the horse Common that our nomination falls for prototype of Silver Blaze."

C7772. -- A2715. Frisbie, Owen P. "But There Goes the Bell...," BSJ, 7, No. 2 (April 1957), 74-77.

The Racing Calendar for 1881 reveals the names of the jockeys who had mounts in the Wessex Cup.

C7773. -- A2716. Hammond, Roland. "The Attempted Mayhem of `Silver Blaze,'" BSJ [OS], 1, No. 2 (April 1946), 157-161.

An investigation by Dr. Hammond, including an actual experiment duplicating the operation performed on Silver Blaze to render him lame, demonstrates that it requires more than the mere jab of a knife, as Holmes claimed, to injure the tendons of a horse's ham sufficiently to cripple him.

C7774. -- A2717. Lauritzen, Henry. "`Den mest bemaerkelsesvaerdige Hest'" ["`The Most Remarkable Horse'"], Sherlock Holmes Arbog II (1966), 53-61. illus.

C7775. -- A2718. Lauterbach, Charles E. "King's Pyland Derby," BSJ Christmas Annual, No. 2 (1957), 18-19.

----------. ----------, Baker Street Ballads. [Culver City, Calif.: Luther Norris, March 1971.] p. 31-33.

The sun rose in a cloudless sky, / `Twas Pyland's day of days; / The multitude by thousands came-- / But where was Silver Blaze? / Hop! Hop! Hop! Das Pferdchen geht gallop!"

C7776. -- A2719. Rennie, Rud. "Sherlock Holmes Outmoded at Tracks, Watson," New York Herald Tribune (September 11, 1955), III, 6.

----------. ----------, CPBook, 2, No. 5-6 (Summer-Fall 1965), 114.

A retelling of the Wessex Cup race, with a note on how Dr. J. G. Catlett of the Horse Identification Bureau uses a more efficient method of identifying horses than the one used by Holmes.

C7777. -- A2720. Schutz, Robert H. A Common Sherlockian Monograph. [Pittsburgh, Pa.]: Plane Tree Press, 1969. [2] p.

A privately printed folder on the line of descent, from Darley Arabian to Common, the horse identified by Christ and Baring-Gould as Silver Blaze.

C7778. -- A2721. Small, C. Russell. "`The Curious Incident,' or From Homer to Holmes," BSJ, 2, No. 4 (October 1952), 229-230.

"`As Telemachus drew near, the dogs that love to bark began to wag their tails, but did not bark.' [The Odyssey] ... So short the path from Homer to Holmes!"

C7779. -- A2722. Smith, Edgar W. "A Long Shot--A Very Long Shot," BSJ, 1, No. 3 (July 1951), 91-94.

A tale in verse.

C7780. -- A2723. Stephens, Charles B. "Silas Brown, or Who Shot Desborough's Bolt?" BSJ [OS], 2, No. 3 (July 1947), 257-261.

"Silver Blaze appeared at Winchester in the pink of running condition, Desborough's bolt was conveniently shot shortly past the halfway mark to assure the victory of his rival, and we can only hope that Silas Brown came in for enough of a share of Holmes's winnings on the race to offset the loss of his wagers on his own entry."

C7781. -- A2724. Stern, Allison. "To Silver Blaze," BSJ, 10, No. 2 (April 1960), 90.

"All Europe knows that I'm the hoss / That brought renown to Colonel Ross."

C7782. -- A2725. Stix, Thomas L. "Sherlock Holmes Impeached. II. Silver Blaze," BSJ, 15, No. 2 (June 1965), 76-78.

"Mr. Holmes made a killing, and a very questionable one at that."

C7783. -- A2726. W [Welch], G. W. "The `Silver Blaze' Formula," SHJ, 3, No. 1 (Summer 1956),19.

----------. ----------, In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes, by Michael Harrison. London: Cassell & Co., 1958. p. 129.

Two methods are suggested by which Holmes could have calculated the speed of the train to Exeter.

C7784. -- A2727. Wilson, Evan M. "Silver Blaze: Some Identifications with Respect to Dartmoor," BSJ, 21, No. 2 (June 1971), 103-106.

The identification of King's Pyland with Princetown cannot be accepted, as the text of Silv, unlike Houn, makes no reference to the convict prison there and as the location of King's Pyland is described as isolated and lonely. Capleton must be two miles east, not west, of Tavistock. The latter is on a branch line, not the main railway line, from London.

C7785. -- A2728. [Wolff, Julian.] "The Dynamics of the Binomial Theorem," BSI, 13, No. 4 (December 1963), 199-200. (The Editor's Gas-Lamp)

A further examination of the calculation used by Holmes to determine the train's speed.

C7786. -- A2729. Zeisler, Ernest B. "Some Observations Upon Silver Blaze," BSJ, 11, No. 4 (December 1961), 238-240.

The author insists that Holmes did not bet on Silver Blaze and that the month of the Wessex Cup Race was definitely July.

C7787. -- B1187. Byerly, Ann. "An Amnesty for Mrs. Straker," SMuse, 3, No. 3 (Fall 1977), 14-15, 19.

The part John Straker's wife played in the plot against Silver Blaze.

C7788. -- B1188. Curjel, Harald. "Some Thoughts on the Case of `Silver Blaze,'" SHJ, 13, No. 2 (Summer 1977), 36-38.

The author challenges the classically held theory for the silence in the nighttime of the King's Pyland dog. It has previously ignored the noisy altercations between Fitzroy Simpson, Edith Baxter, and Ned Hunter. Straker's poor preparations for delicate nighttime veterinary surgery indicate a panicking and inefficient villain. To have caught and performed trial, partial tenotomies on three sheep, unobserved, is too long a shot to be accepted.

C7789. -- B1189. Matchin, Alfred Walton. "Isonomy," SHJ, 11, No. 1 (Winter 1972), 15-16.

Relates the racing career of Isonomy, the famous ancestor of Silver Blaze.

C7790. -- B1190. Mendelson, Ralph. "A Simple Solution -- And a Dreadful Dilemma," LN, 1, No. 2 (July 1973), 21-23.

Examines the problem of calculating the speed of the train on which Holmes and Watson were travelling to Exeter to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Silver Blaze.

C7791. -- B1191. Morrow, Daniel. "The Curious Juggling Incident in the Night," SS, 1, No. 3 (April 1972), 6.

"We know of the curious dog in the night, / But Straker at work made a curious sight."

C7792. -- B1192. Morrow, Daniel. "The Curious Juggling Incident in the Night," SOS, 6, No. 2 (September 15, 1972), 10-11.

A further commentary on the contents of John Straker's hands and pockets before his death.

See also DA2710.

C7793. -- B1193. Mruk, W. F. The Great Chain Robbery. [Old Westbury, N.Y.: Privately Produced, 1973.] 5 p.

A highly technical monograph dealing with Holmes's speed deduction.

C7794. -- B1194. Mruk, W. F. More on the "Silver Blaze" Formula. [Old Westbury, N.Y.: Privately Produced, 1973.] 4 p.

C7795. -- B1195. Peterborough. "Holmes in the House of Parliament," The Daily Telegraph (February 7, 1958).

----------. ----------, The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook. p. 102.

Two aspiring politicians misquote the often quoted "curious incident of the dog in the night-time."

C7796. -- B1196. Robb, Alexander Moore. "The Sport of Sports," BSJ, 23, No. 2 (June 1973), 81-86.

Silver Blaze, favorite for the Wessex Plate, has disappeared. Sherlock Holmes produces the horse at the eleventh hour (demonstrating again his extraordinary deductive powers) and Silver Blaze wins the race. The author of the commentary, a horseman himself, hails the Master Detective, but is puzzled by several inconsistencies in the behavior of the horse, the trainer, and the racing authorities.

C7797. -- B1197. Smith, Red. "Horse Players," The New York Herald Tribune (January 6, 1960).

----------. "Even Sherlock Holmes Bet Horses," The Philadelphia Inquirer (January 6, 1960).

"Sherlock was a horse player first, last and forever, and this is how horse players are."

C7798. -- B1198. Stix, Thomas L. [Untitled], The New York Times (September 3, 1972), V, 5. illus.

----------. ----------, BSJ, 22, No. 4 (December 1972), 268.

A letter announcing the 21st running of the "Silver Blaze," and noting similarities between the Silver Blaze case and the Riva Ridge affair at Monmouth Park in August 1972.

C7799. -- B1199. Wilson, Sir Duncan. "Why Diplomatic Dog Did Not Bark," Oxford Mail (December 11, 1975). illus.

In an article on President Ford's trip to China, mention is made of one conspicuous non-event: the failure to issue a communique, which is likened to the dog who did nothing in the nighttime.

C7800. Accardo, Pasquale J. "Mystery Could Be VerSH," The Parallelogram, 1, No. 4 (March 1992), 34.

Three humorous verses about "the barkless dog" and "the mistress of sporting John Straker."

C7801. Alder, Barbara. "The Case for `Silver Blaze,'" CH, 14, No. 1 (Autumn 1990), 13-15.

After re-reading the entire Canon, the author provides reasons why she thinks Silv is the classic Holmes adventure.

C7802. Armstrong, Walter P., Jr. "The U.S. Supreme Court and the Non-Barking Dog," BSM, No. 41 (Spring 1985), 39-40.

Documents the instances of court usage of Holmes's famous observation about "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."

C7803. Bengtsson, Hans-Uno. "`And the Calculation Is a Simple One,'" BSJ, 39, No. 4 (December 1989), 232-236.

Starting from a consideration of what constitutes a simple calculation, i.e., one that can easily be performed mentally, the probable method by which Holmes calculated the speed of the train is reconstructed and evaluated and found to be both elegant and adequate. The crucial point is seen to be the factor 11 in the conversion from miles to yards: 1 mile = 1,760 yards = 11 x 16 x 10 yards.

Letters: BSJ, 40, No. 2 (June 1990), 112 (William C. Ballew); 41, No. 2 (June 1991), 113 (Hans-Uno Bengtsson).

C7804. Burr, Howard E. "How Simple Can You Get?" WW, 7, No. 2 (September 1984), 10-13.

Holmes enlightens Watson on a ready method for calculating a train's speed of travel. For years many readers of Silv have protested Holmes's statement, " ... the calculation is a simple one." Now, they must admit its validity -- unless they find difficulty in multiplying by two!

C7805. Cuccia, Alle. "An Essay Loosely Inspired by Silver Blaze," PP (NS), No. 2 (June 1989), 7-9.

The author attributes the reports in Silv more to Watson's exaggerations than an accurate record of the events of the Wessex Cup.

C7806. Dandrew, Thomas A. ["Silver Blaze"], NS, No. 5 (September 23, 1980), 3-11. illus.

Contents: Racing Colors. -- Silver Blaze: An Appraisal of His Physical Appearance. -- Isonomy. -- The Wessex Race -- a Cup, a Plate... or a `Cap'? -- The Betting Holmes, or What Really Went on at Capleton Between the Master and Silas Brown?

C7807. Erickson, Mary. "Of Horse Identification," VA, 1, No. 2 (January 1992), 17-25.

A brief history of horse racing, and criticism of Holmes for entering Silver Blaze in the Wessex Cup without first removing the dye from the horse's white forehead and mottled off-foreleg. "The penalty for such a `little joke' would have been entirely too serious."

C7808. Greenhouse, Linda. "How the Supreme Court Reads Congress's Mind," The New York Times (June 14, 1981), IV, 3.

" ... the Justices have apparently found counsel in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery `Silver Blaze.' Writing for the Court last year in a case involving challenges to Federal environmental regulations, Associate Justice Potter Stewart said that in ascertaining a statue's meaning, `the Court cannot, in the manner of Sherlock Holmes, pursue the theory of the dog that did not bark.' He meant that the Court should not draw conclusions from what Congress fails to say. Two weeks later, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens drew the opposite lesson. In a concurring opinion on a criminal matter, he observed that `a dog's failure to bark may be probative, whether or not he has been trained as a watchdog.'"

C7809. Hyder, William. "...there is nothing so important as Trifles." Baltimore: January 1990. 1 p.

A commentary on the race horse Isonomy, a.k.a. Somomy, revealing the meaning of his name.

C7810. "Justices Say Federal Appeals Courts Hold Broad Authority to Review EPA Actions," The Wall Street Journal (May 28, 1980), 4.

"A Sherlock Holmes mystery [Silv] provided the backdrop for a Supreme Court ruling giving federal appeals judges broad authority to review decisions of the Environmental Protection Agency."

C7811. Koppett, Leonard. "Quick, Watson, Two Bob on Silver Blaze in the Wessex Plate," The Peninsula Times Tribune (February 12, 1983), A-7. illus.

Compares the abduction of Shergar, the 1981 winner of the Irish Sweeps Derby and the English Derby, to the Silver Blaze case.

C7812. Kornstein, Daniel J. "The Other Holmes," New York Law Journal (October 30, 1980).

----------. ----------, CPBook, 4, No. 1 (March 1981), 322.

Two Supreme Court Justices cite the famous comment by Sherlock (not Oliver Wendell) Holmes about the significance of a dog's failure to bark in Silv.

C7813. Lachtman, Howard. "The Lady in the Case," BSJ, 33, No. 1 (March 1983), 23.

"I'll just scratch the odds-on favourite / (The stable dog knows me and will not bark). / A life of ease and comfort awaits us / Once I finish my work in the dark."

C7814. Lewis, George H., and Jonathan F. Lewis. "The Dog in the Night-Time: Negative Evidence in Social Research," The British Journal of Sociology, 31, No. 4 (December 1980), 544-558.

Discusses how the overwhelming emphasis in social research on collecting positive data has led to the dangerous effect of minimizing the worth of negative evidence in this field. To illustrate the value of negative evidence, the authors use the Master's "dog in the night-time" episode.

C7815. Maloney, William E., and Jean-Claude Suarès, eds. The Literary Dog. Designed by Seymour Chwast [and] Richard Mantel. [New York]: Push Pin Press, [1978]. 124 p.

"A Berkley Windhover Book."

Published in hardcover and paperback editions.

Contains "the dog in the night-time" quotation (p. 124).

C7816. Martin, Fran. "Silver Blaze," CH, 12, No. 3 (Spring 1989), 3.

"S is a racehorse named Silver Blaze / Whose disappearance put owner Colonel Ross in a daze. / H is for Holmes, who with Watson did travel / To Dartmoor -- King's Pyland, the case to unravel."

C7817. McDermand, David. "A Toast to the Colonel," DCC, 15, No. 3 (April 1979), 7.

"Laud we now the noble Colonel, / Snookered by a fate infernal, / Victim of an evil force, he / Nearly lost his favorite horsie."

C7818. "MX: The Dog Didn't Bark," National Review, 31, No. 27 (July 6, 1979), 842.

"Sherlock Holmes once saw that the key to a case was the dog that didn't bark. When Carter decided to go ahead with the MX mobile missile, the Soviet dog didn't bark."

C7819. Pollack, Dorothy Belle. "Silver Blaze," VA, 1, No. 2 (January 1992), 16.

"In all, 'tis a case `absolutely unique' / that Holmes puts to rest in less than a week. / Of course, he solves all in a manner proficient, / for as we all know, Sherlock Holmes is omniscient!"

C7820. Rodin, Alvin E., and Jack D. Key. "Sherlock Holmes's Use of Imagination and the Case of the Unperturbed Dog," CH, 13, No. 4 (Summer 1990), 3-7.

An assessment and discussion of the significance of the dog who barked too little in Silv -- including many specific examples from various articles, news reports, and books on the significance of something not happening.

C7821. Seabury, Paul. "Picking on Irving," The American Spectator, 12, No. 3 (March 1979), 5-8.

"Why Irving Kristol's Two Cheers for Capitalism has infuriated both the Left and the Right: A Sherlock Holmesian case of a dog that did not bark."

C7822. Shires, Geoffrey. "Detect-If-Verse," EQMM, 79, No. 5 (May 1982), 99-100. (Detectiverse)

"If I'd recounted how a dog / Did nothing in the night, / Mine might have been the catalogue / Of Sherlock's mental sleight."

C7823. Shreffler, Philip A. "Taking Colonel Ross's Breath Away," PP (NS), No. 6 (June 1990), 15-18.

Did Holmes really mean to use brandy or cognac as a "variety of horse-cleaning solution." And "whose `spirits of wine' were employed for this purpose?"

C7824. Skornickel, George R., Jr. "`I Shall Not Keep You More Than a Few Minutes,'" SP, 4, No. 2 (January 1982), 16-18.

Holmes's unusual behavior in not inviting Watson to go with him into the Mapleton stables when he spoke to Silas Brown can best be explained when we remember that Watson was a fan of the turf and could easily have given away the secret that Silver Blaze would be in the race by placing a heavy wager on the horse.

C7825. Speck, Gordon R. "Holmes's Pique," WW, 10, No. 3 (January 1988), 10-11.

Colonel Ross treads upon Holmes's professional vanity and is shown to be a poor judge of both men and horses.

C7826. Swift, Wayne B. "But the Times Are Entirely Distinctive..," BSM, No. 71 (Fall 1992), 8-11.

Computes the speed at which Silver Blaze ran in the Wessex Cup as over 80 mph for some parts. The analysis is based on elapsed times in Joe Palmer's call of the race in the 1952 recording (DA5571). Other appearances of the re-creation are also listed.

C7827. Swift, Wayne B. "Silver Blaze -- A Corrected Identification," BSJ, 41, No. 1 (March 1991), 25-35.

"The noble horse Silver Blaze was really Ormonde. His owner, Colonel Ross, was really the Duke of Westminster. The training establishment called King's Pyland was actually Park House Stables in Kingsclere, and the Wessex Plate, run in 1888 (probably on 17 July) when Silver Blaze/Ormonde was a five-year-old, was actually the swan-song of the Queen's Plate program in English racing. Finally, the text's identification of Tavistock as the general location of King's Pyland is spurious. It is to be hoped that clarification of these points will lead to further advances in scholarly research on this topic."

C7828. Ueda, Hirotaka. "Holmes and Horse Racing, EQ:EQMM, No. 75 (May 1990), 162-163. illus. (EQ Sherlockiana)

Text in Japanese.

C7829. Weber, John "The Locale of `Silver Blaze' -- Some Tentative Identifications," SHJ, 19, No. 3 (Winter 1989), 73-75.

With the aid of an ordnance survey map, the author speculates that Capleton is the Watsonese for Collaton and that the race was run on the course at Newton Abbott, on the eastern border of Dartmoor.

C7830. Wesson, Helen and Sheldon. The Toast: In the Style of the Musgrave Ritual, Given upon the thirteenth running of The Silver Blaze (Southern Division) at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 14, 1983. Alexandria, Va.: Prive Press of the Wessons, 1983. I folded leaflet.

"Reader: Let us praise the Horse / for his courage. / Response [in unison]: For he defended himself from assault most foul."

C7831. Wesson, Sheldon. "The Silver Blaze (Southern Division): Four Tributes," BSJ, 33, No. 3 (September 1983), 168-169.

Contents: Heroic Rumination in Free Verse Upon the Running of The Silver Blaze (1978). -- A Multiple Toast (1980). -- Oriental Perceptions (1982). -- The Toast: In the Style of the Musgrave Ritual (1983).

C7832. Wesson, Sheldon. The Toasts. Given at the Running of the Silver Blaze (Southern Division) at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, in Commemoration of the Wessex Cup Race, September 30, 1890. Poet and printer, Sheldon Wesson. Design consultant, Helen Wesson. Alexandria, Va.: Private Press of the Wessons, May 1982. 1 folded leaflet. illus.

Limited to 250 copies.

Contents: At the 10th Running, May 1980. -- Heroic Rumination in Free Verse Upon the 11th Running, May 1981. -- Oriental Perceptions Upon the 12th Running, May 1982.

C7833. "What Holmes Could Have Done, If Only He'd Had a Pet with Him," CH, 6, No. 3 (Spring 1983), 14-15.

A computer program in Pascal by Ian D. Allen, after an idea by Chris Redmond, to calculate the speed of Holmes and Watson's train by timing the passing telegraph poles along the tracks.

C7834. -- A2730. Frisbie, Owen P. "The Story I Like Best," BSJ [OS], 2, No. 2 (April 1947), 205-207.

The author tells why he has chosen this tale as the one he favors most.

C7835. Brett, Walwyn. "The Vigil by Night," CH, 10, No. 1 (Autumn 1986), 11-13.

Compares the circumstances of the night vigil in SixN with other major night vigils in the Canon, and considers some interesting Napoleonic associations with this story and other stories.

C7836. Brusic, Robert. "Explorers's Reading Group Summary of `The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,'" Explorations, No. 20 (December 1992), 6-7.

Summary of a discussion by The Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota concerning the story and the 1944 Rathbone film, The Pearl of Death.

C7837. Doyle, Michael. "The Balance of Probabilities," CH, 15, No. 4 (Summer 1992), 18, 37.

How the busts of Napoleon could have been salvaged by weighing them on a pair of balance scales.

C7838. Howard, Philip. "Strange Affair of the Unconvincing Hack," The Times (January 14, 1983), 10.

The writer comments on his talk to The Sherlock Holmes Society of London about Horace Harker, the only active Canonical journalist, whose remarkable ignorance of his trade suggests that he was not a journalist at all but Moriarty himself, or perhaps Col. Moran.

C7839. Kluge, Mary Ann. "Breaking the Six Napoleons," CHJ, 4, No. 2 (February 1982), 2-3. illus.

Watson's "Hidden Agenda" as he makes references to this story that he himself does not seem to be aware of. He unconsciously compares buildings to women and he fails to note the significance of an empty house on Cam(P)den House Road.

C7840. Lohmann, Charles P., III. "Horace and Jonathan," Holmeswork, 10 (January 1983), 1-5.

The story of Horace Harker and his brother Jonathan, one of Count Dracula's greatest adversaries.

C7841. Matusiba, Naoki. "The Connection with Lloyd's and Sherlock Holmes," SNSHC, 3, No. 1 (May 4 1992), 88-104.

Text in Japanese.

"In the 19th century, Lloyd's began nonmarine insurance. This turning point of Lloyd's overlapped the active period of Sherlock Holmes, and the author thinks that the detective worked for Lloyd's. This hypothesis expresses the fact that Holmes did not hand over the black pearl of the Borgias to Scotland Yard after he found it."

C7842. Mrs. Hudson's Cliffdwellers. Limericks, by Frank Beckman, David Galerstein, Selma Kamil, Alan Kaplan, Dan Morrow, Milton Silverman, George Sturm, and Harlan Umansky. Other Poems Inspired by the Occasion, by Joe Fink, Beverly Halm, and George Sturm. Cliffside Park, N.J.: November 1980. 5 p.

For the June 1, 1980 meeting, members were invited to write a limerick based on SixN.

C7843. Redmond, Chris. "Most Unromantic? But Most Sexy Too!" CHJ, 4, No. 3 (March 1982), 2-3.

Argues from telltale phrases that this story is "strung through with an idee fixe ... sexual anxiety, a fear for the loss of manhood."

C7844. Speck, Gordon R. "Social Comment in The Six Napoleons," CNFB, No. 6 (November 1985), 5-6.

Allusions to the Borgias and Napoleon, place-names, and descriptions emphasize abuses of institutionalized power. Doyle's beliefs perhaps influenced Watson's selection of details.

C7845. -- A2731. Lauterbach, Charles E. "The Abduction of Lady Violet Smith," BSJ, 7, No. 1 (January 1957), 18-19.

----------. ----------, Baker Street Ballads. [Culver City, Calif.: Luther Norris, March 1971.] p. 12-13.

`You say this lassie is your wyffe, / That's not the way I figger; / By Cristes blood, your widow shee--' / And then he pu'd the trigger!"

C7846. -- A2732. Yuhasova, Helene. "The Solitary Cyclist Rides Again," BSJ [OS], 2, No. 4 (October 1947), 412-414.

----------. ----------, A Baker Street Quartette. New York: The Baker Street Irregulars, [1950]. p. 29-36.

----------. ----------, Baker Street and Beyond: Together with Some Trifling Monographs. Morristown, N.J.: The Baker Street Irregulars, 1957. [unpaged]

----------. ----------, CPBook, 3, No. 13 (Summer 1967), 248-249.

A tale in verse.

C7847. -- B1200. Peck, Andrew Jay. "The Solitary Man-Uscript," BSJ, 22, No. 2 (June 1972), 71-73.

The MS shows that the solitary cyclist was Bob Carruthers, not Violet Smith.

Winner of the 15th annual Morley-Montgomery Memorial Award for the best contribution to BSJ in 1972.

Review: SHJ, 11, No. 1 (Winter 1972), 35-36 (Ted Bergman).

C7848. -- B1201. Peck, Andrew Jay. "Touch of a Vanished Hand," SHJ, 11, No. 2 (Summer 1973), 71.

A letter to the editor providing further information on differences in the text between the MS and published versions of the adventure.

C7849. Ballinger, Jim. "The Musical Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist," CH, 4, No. 4 (Summer 1981), 12-13.

"I tell you the story of Violet Smith / Whose father conducted the band, / But when he died, her mother who she lived with / Was left having no leg to stand on, / Left with no leg on which to stand."

C7850. Blau, Peter E. "It Is an Old Manuscript: The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist," BSM, No. 33 (Spring 1983), 30-31.

The third exercise book containing the final two pages of Soli was purchased by Mark J. Hime at Sotheby's in May 1982 for an astonishing £4,000. The first two exercise books are owned by Maurice F. Neville, another California book dealer and collector and possible rival of Hime's.

C7851. Cochran, William R. "`... Even to the Sober Eye of Reason,'" CHJ, 2, No. 12 (December 1980), 3.

The only drama in Soli is Violet's "shrill scream -- which vibrated with a frenzy of her horror." The scream is reminiscent of another scream -- that of a man who discovers himself entombed prematurely in a story by Edgar Allan Poe.

C7852. Cochran, William R. "The Imagination of Man Is No Carathis,," CNFB, No. 5 (May 1985). 10-12.

The article toys with the possibility that the name for the character Carruthers comes from the gothic novel Vathek. Carathis was the mother of Vathek, and her insistence upon gaining complete power led to the premature burial of the principle characters in the abyss of Eblis. This could possibly account for the repeated references to the fate worse than death in Soli.

C7853. Cooke, Catherine. "A Bicycle Ballad," SMuse, 9,, No. 2 (Winter 1990), inside front cover.

"To be sung to the tune of A Bicycle Built for Two."

"Sherlock Holmes, sir, give me your answer true, / I'm half crazy, I cannot tell what to do."

C7854. Dandrew, Thomas A. "Religious Symbolism in `The Solitary Cyclist,'" NS, No. 29 (October 3, 1992), 17-18.

Points out some examples of Doyle's use of this literary device.

C7855. Endo, Yoko. "A Private View of The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist," SNSHC, 1, No. 1 (May 4, 1990), 100-107.

Text in Japanese.

"This study starts with the hypothesis that The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist is a comedy. Especially, Carruthers's love and Violet's beautifulness are two important elements in its structure. The researches of the skilful plot and the delicate ironies from my individual point of view come to the conclusion that it is a comic monodrama of Carruthers's love and desire."

C7856. Hunter, Ian Robert. "Women and Bicycles Indeed!" WF, 4, No. 3 (Summer 1989), 13-14.

"`The Solitary Cyclist' is a most enjoyable story. Its intrigue and freshness are only rivalled by Empt in the collection making up the Return. A fine balance of rationality in the plot, odd characters and a wonderful evocation of place were woven into a remarkable Holmes adventure."

C7857. Hyder, William J. "There is nothing so important as Trifles." Baltimore: Privately Printed, January 1993. 1 sheet.

Prepared for the annual dinner of The Baker Street Irregulars, January 8, 1993.

The original text in The Strand Magazine and a few book editions contains Holmes's remark, "... he gently turned it [Violet Smith's face] towards the light." In most American editions the remark has been changed to "she gently turned it towards the light. The original wording shows that Holmes was not as misogynistic as many believe.

C7858. Jones, Kelvin I. "On the Borders of Surrey," WW, 8, No. 2 (September 1985), 11-15.

A detailed survey of the environs of Charlington Heath that reveals Doyle's remarkable authenticity of place. The article is one of a series that traces the Master's association with the old South Western Railway.

C7859. Kluge, Mary Ann McDonough. "Romantic Unleashed," CHJ, 10, No. 2 (February 1988), 2-3.

"Soli, unlike most of the other adventures, is an unbridled English romantic's work and has little in common with the usual classic approach."

C7860. Loper, Brant. "The Blackguard Parson Who Married Violet -- He Must Have Been Mad," CH, 5, No. 3 (Spring 1982), 9-11.

Williamson had a major emotional breakdown that left him unable to remember the polity of his church, for he could not legally perform a marriage as an unfrocked or deposed clergyman.

C7861. Meyer, Charles A. "The Proper Dress for Solitary Cyclists," NS, No. 29 (October 3, 1992), 19-21.

When the Victorians adopted the bicycle for healthy exercise and transportation, they also adopted new fashions to best enjoy their new fad.

C7862. Olding, Alan C. "The Solitary Cyclist Rings a Little Bell," NFTD, 10, No. 4 (December 1989), 3-4.

The author is puzzled by two aspects of Violet Smith's story. Why did she refer to her father's place of employment as the "old" Imperial Theatre? And what was the cause of the difference in the standard of education between her father, who became an orchestral conductor, and his brother, Violet's uncle Ralph, who she said was illiterate?

C7863. Purcell, J. M. "The Solitary Cyclist: An Investigation into the Title," WW, 4, No. 3 (January 1982), 20.

"Which was the `solitary cyclist' / On the forested road?"

C7864. Stavert, Geoffrey. "In the Wheelmarks of Violet Smith," SHJ, 17, No. 4 (Summer 1986), 110-112.

By following the route of Watson's reconnaissance in Soli, the author succeeds in identifying Charlington Hall as the present-day Hampton Estate, thereby differing (naturally) from the conclusions of Michael Harrison and David L. Hammer. He also suggests an alternative cause for the spatulate condition of Miss Smith's fingers.

C7865. Warner, Richard. "The Scorcher and the Lady," BSJ, 31, No. 3 (September 1981), 145-146.

Tells of the moral and medical dangers of cycling as applied to Violet Smith and Bob Carruthers by the clergy and medical profession in the Victorian era.

C7866. Weller, Philip. "On Solitary Tracks," Disjecta Memoranda III (1993), 3-4. illus.

An investigation, with map, of a possible cycling route for Violet Smith.

C7867. Wheeler, James. "On the Straight Left," BSJ, 35, No. 2 (June 1985), 112-113.

The author contends that a statement in Soli represents one of the finest sentences in the Canon. Holmes's terse description of his altercation with the villainous Jack Woodley conveys a summary not only of the combatants' physical and mental states, but also of the societal conflict between law and crime and the cosmogonic struggle between good and evil. He further believes that this same sentence calls to mind both the best and the weakest of Holmes's personal traits and that permeating all of the levels of the sentence's allusive potential is the powerful allure of nostalgia.