Hogshead
31/07/08 18:50 Filed in: Additional Information
- A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in Imperial units, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider.
Blue Ribbon
31/07/08 18:47 Filed in: Additional Information
Brown study
31/07/08 18:37 Filed in: Additional Information
Algar of the Liverpool Force
31/07/08 18:34 Filed in: Additional Information
“I therefore sent off a telegram to my friend Algar, of the Liverpool force, and asked him to find out if Mrs. Browner were at home, and if Browner had departed in the May Day.”
Monogram -Sherlock Holmes
31/07/08 18:32 Filed in: Additional Information
Sherlock Holmes monograms on the distinction between ears which was published in an Anthropological Journal.
Paganini
31/07/08 18:26 Filed in: Additional Information
Stradivarius
31/07/08 18:23 Filed in: Additional Information
A type of violin.
Sherlock Holmes said he bought his from a jew peddlar in Tottenham Court Road for 55 shillings but it was worth 500 guineas.
Sherlock Holmes said he bought his from a jew peddlar in Tottenham Court Road for 55 shillings but it was worth 500 guineas.
Antimacassar
31/07/08 18:20 Filed in: Additional Information
Edgar Allen Poe
31/07/08 18:14 Filed in: Additional Information
Henry Ward Beecher
31/07/08 18:06 Filed in: Additional Information
General Gordon
31/07/08 18:01 Filed in: Additional Information
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
31/07/08 17:26 Filed in: Deductions
“You are right, Watson,” said he. “It does seem a most preposterous way of settling a dispute.”
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Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
31/07/08 17:23 Filed in: Character Illustrations
As to my companion, neither the country nor the sea presented the slightest attraction to him. He loved to lie in the very centre of five millions of people, with his filaments stretching out and running through them, responsive to every little rumour or suspicion of unsolved crime. Appreciation of nature found no place among his many gifts, and his only change was when he turned his mind from the evil-doer of the town to track down his brother of the country.
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Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
31/07/08 17:19 Filed in: Sayings
“The features are given to man as the means by which he shall express his emotions.” Read More...
Packets and ears
31/07/08 17:13 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
At two o’clock yesterday afternoon a small packet, wrapped in brown paper, was handed in by the postman. A cardboard box was inside, which was filled with coarse salt. On emptying this, Miss Cushing was horrified to find two human ears, apparently quite freshly severed. The box had been sent by parcel post from Belfast upon the morning before. Read More...
Message to Sherlock Holmes from Inspector Lestrade
31/07/08 17:08 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
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Aldridge who helped in the bogus laundry affair
31/07/08 16:59 Filed in: Untold Cases
- Mentioned by Inspector Lestrade.
Shadwell Police Station, London
31/07/08 16:42 Filed in: Locations
New Brighton, Merseyside
31/07/08 16:20 Filed in: Locations
New Brighton - Mary Browner and Alec Fairbairn went there, and there Jim Browner followed them, killed them and cut of an ear of each to send to Sarah Cushing.
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Albert Dock, London
31/07/08 16:17 Filed in: Locations
Albert Dock where the S.S. May Day berthed (Liverpool, Dublin and London Steam Packet Company)
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New Street, Wallington, London
31/07/08 16:15 Filed in: Locations
Penge, London
31/07/08 16:11 Filed in: Locations
Inspector Montgomery
31/07/08 15:35 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Inspector Montgomery took Jim Browner’s statement at Shadwell Police station.
Alec Fairbairn
31/07/08 15:33 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“He was a dashing, swaggering chap, smart and curled, who had seen half the world and could talk of what he had seen. He was good company, I won’t deny it, and he had wonderful polite ways with him for a sailor man, so that I think there must have been a time when he knew more of the poop than the forecastle.” (Jim Browner)
Mary Cushing/Browner
31/07/08 15:31 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Wife of Jim Browner and the youngest of the three Cushing sisters.
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Sarah Cushing
31/07/08 15:29 Filed in: Main Characters
She was a fine tall woman, black and quick and fierce, with a proud way of carrying her head, and a glint from her eye like a spark from a flint.
Inspector Lestrade
31/07/08 15:25 Filed in: Main Characters
Lestrade, as wiry, as dapper, and as ferret-like as ever, was waiting for us at the station. Read More...
Susan Cushing
31/07/08 15:22 Filed in: Main Characters
Eldest of the three Cushing sisters. Read More...
Victoria Station, London
26/07/08 15:00 Filed in: Locations
Colonel Ross, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson arrived back at this station following their day at the races.
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Winchester
26/07/08 14:56 Filed in: Locations
Madam Lesurier, Bond Street, London
26/07/08 14:49 Filed in: Locations
An account from this Milliner’s was found in John Straker’s pocket and on Sherlock Holmes visiting the shop it was confirmed that John Straker and William Derbyshire were the same person.
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Mapleton, Dartmoor, Devon
26/07/08 14:48 Filed in: Locations
- Lord Backwater’s stables and training establishment.
Tavistock, Devon
26/07/08 14:45 Filed in: Locations
Colonel Ross and Inspector Gregory met Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson from their train here.
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King's Pyland, Dartmoor, Devon
26/07/08 14:29 Filed in: Locations
Wessex
26/07/08 14:21 Filed in: Additional Information
Pullman car
26/07/08 14:17 Filed in: Additional Information
A railway carriage affording special comfort, especially one with sleeping berths.
Runners in the Wessex Cup
26/07/08 14:13 Filed in: Additional Information
Wessex Plate [it ran] 50 sovs. each h ft with 1000 sovs. added, for four and five year olds. Second, 300 pounds. Third, 200 pounds. New course (one mile and five furlongs).
1 . Mr. Heath Newton’s The Negro. Red cap. Cinnamon jacket.
2. Colonel Wardlaw’s Pugilist. Pink cap. Blue and black
jacket.
3. Lord Backwater’s Desborough. Yellow cap and sleeves.
4. Colonel Ross’s Silver Blaze. Black cap. Red jacket.
5. Duke of Balmoral’s Iris. Yellow and black stripes.
6. Lord Singleford’s Rasper. Purple cap. Black sleeves.
1 . Mr. Heath Newton’s The Negro. Red cap. Cinnamon jacket.
2. Colonel Wardlaw’s Pugilist. Pink cap. Blue and black
jacket.
3. Lord Backwater’s Desborough. Yellow cap and sleeves.
4. Colonel Ross’s Silver Blaze. Black cap. Red jacket.
5. Duke of Balmoral’s Iris. Yellow and black stripes.
6. Lord Singleford’s Rasper. Purple cap. Black sleeves.
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
26/07/08 14:04 Filed in: Deductions
“Now, supposing that he broke away during or after the tragedy, where could he have gone to? The horse is a very gregarious creature. If left to himself his instincts would have been either to return to King’s Pyland or go over to Mapleton. Why should he run wild upon the moor? He would surely have been seen by now. And why should gypsies kidnap him? These people always clear out when they hear of trouble, for they do not wish to be pestered by the police. They could not hope to sell such a horse. They would run a great risk and gain nothing by taking him. Surely that is clear.” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
26/07/08 13:56 Filed in: Character Illustrations
For a whole day my companion had rambled about the room with his chin upon his chest and his brows knitted, charging and recharging his pipe with the strongest black tobacco, and absolutely deaf to any of my questions or remarks. Fresh editions of every paper had been sent up by our news agent, only to be glanced over and tossed down into a corner. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
26/07/08 13:50 Filed in: Sayings
“It is one of those cases where the art of the reasoner should be used rather for the sifting of details than for the acquiring of fresh evidence. The tragedy has been so uncommon, so complete, and of such personal importance to so many people that we are suffering from a plethora of surmise, conjecture, and hypothesis. The difficulty is to detach the framework of fact — of absolute undeniable fact — from the embellishments of theorists and reporters.”
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William Derbyshire - John Straker
24/07/08 17:33 Filed in: Disguises and deceptions
Alias of John Straker. A man with a very dashing wife with a partiality for expensive dresses.
Wax vesta
24/07/08 17:31 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
A wax vesta found covered in mud at the scene of the crime.
Powdered opium
24/07/08 17:29 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
Finally, an analysis has shown that the remains of his supper left by the stable-lad contained an appreciable quantity of powdered opium, while the people at the house partook of the same dish on the same night without any ill effect.
Powdered opium is by no means tasteless. The flavour is not disagreeable, but it is perceptible. Were it mixed with any ordinary dish the eater would undoubtedly detect it and would probably eat no more. A curry was exactly the medium which would disguise this taste.
Powdered opium is by no means tasteless. The flavour is not disagreeable, but it is perceptible. Were it mixed with any ordinary dish the eater would undoubtedly detect it and would probably eat no more. A curry was exactly the medium which would disguise this taste.
Walking stick and cravat
24/07/08 17:26 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
Heavy Stick and cravat both belonging to Fitzroy Simpson.
The stick was a Penang lawyer, weighted with lead.
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The stick was a Penang lawyer, weighted with lead.
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Contents of John Straker's pockets
24/07/08 17:23 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
There was a box of vestas, two inches of tallow candle, an A D P brier-root pipe, a pouch of sealskin with half an ounce of long-cut Cavendish, a silver watch with a gold chain, five sovereigns in gold, an aluminum pencil-case, a few papers, and an ivory-handled knife with a very delicate, inflexible blade marked Weiss & Co., London.
William Derbyshire
24/07/08 17:20 Filed in: Incidental Characters
I called upon the milliner, who had recognized Straker as an excellent customer of the name of Derbyshire, who had a very dashing wife, with a strong partiality for expensive dresses.
Alias of John Straker.
Alias of John Straker.
Madam Derbyshire
24/07/08 17:18 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Wife of William Derbyshire aka John Straker.
Two other stable lads
24/07/08 17:13 Filed in: Incidental Characters
The two lads who slept in the chaff-cutting loft above the harness-room.
The dog in the night-time
24/07/08 17:11 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”
“The dog did nothing in the night-time.”
“That was the curious incident,” remarked Sherlock Holmes.
“The dog did nothing in the night-time.”
“That was the curious incident,” remarked Sherlock Holmes.
Silas Brown
24/07/08 17:08 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Fitzroy Simpson
24/07/08 17:02 Filed in: Incidental Characters
He was a man of excellent birth and education, who had squandered a fortune upon the turf, and who lived now by doing a little quiet and genteel book-making in the sporting clubs of London. Read More...
Inspector Gregory
24/07/08 16:59 Filed in: Main Characters
Inspector Gregory, to whom the case has been committed, is an extremely competent officer. Read More...
John Straker
24/07/08 16:57 Filed in: Main Characters
John Straker, is a retired jockey who rode in Colonel Ross’s colours before he became too heavy for the weighing-chair. He has served the colonel for five years as jockey and for seven as trainer, and has always shown himself to be a zealous and honest servant.
Colonel Ross
24/07/08 16:56 Filed in: Main Characters
Owner of King’s Pyland stables and Silver Blaze. Read More...
Silver Blaze
24/07/08 16:55 Filed in: Main Characters
“Silver Blaze,” said he, “is from the Somomy stock and holds as brilliant a record as his famous ancestor.” Read More...
Yellowbacked novel
23/07/08 13:15 Filed in: Additional Information
A cheap and typically sensational novel, with a yellow board or cloth binding.
Brain fever
23/07/08 13:10 Filed in: Additional Information
Alice Rucastle was said to have suffered from brain fever, inflamation of the brain.
Locus standi
23/07/08 13:01 Filed in: Additional Information
Holmes remarks that, “it seems to me that our locus standi now is rather a questionable one.”
- He obviously felt that they no longer had a justifiable right to be present in the Rucastle household, if indeed they ever had!
Marriage Licence
23/07/08 12:56 Filed in: Additional Information
Mr. Fowler and Miss Rucastle were married, by special license, in Southampton the day after their flight.
- They were presumably granted a ‘Special Licence’ since they were both over 21 years and were about to leave for Mauritius.
Bradshaw train directory
23/07/08 12:48 Filed in: Additional Information
The Bradshaw train directory was an indispensible book concerning all train travel and times in Victorian England.
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Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
22/07/08 17:23 Filed in: Deductions
“Well, yes, of course the pay is good — too good. That is what makes me uneasy. Why should they give you 120 pounds a year, when they could have their pick for 40 pounds? There must be some strong reason behind.”
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Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
22/07/08 17:19 Filed in: Character Illustrations
Taking up a glowing cinder with the tongs and lighting with it the long cherry-wood pipe which was wont to replace his clay when he was in a disputatious rather than a meditative mood. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
22/07/08 17:15 Filed in: Sayings
“To the man who loves art for its own sake,” remarked Sherlock Holmes, tossing aside the advertisement sheet of the Daily Telegraph, “it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived.” Read More...
Electric Blue dress
22/07/08 17:14 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
“The dress which I found waiting for me was of a peculiar shade of blue. It was of excellent material, a sort of beige, but it bore unmistakable signs of having been worn before.” (Violet Hunter)
Two perfectly matched coils of chestnut hair
22/07/08 17:08 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
“It was of the same peculiar tint, and the same thickness.” (Violet Hunter) Read More...
Telegram from Violet Hunter
22/07/08 17:07 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
Telegram from Violet Hunter.
Please be at the Black Swan Hotel at Winchester at midday to-morrow [it said]. Do come! I am at my wit’s end.
HUNTER
Please be at the Black Swan Hotel at Winchester at midday to-morrow [it said]. Do come! I am at my wit’s end.
HUNTER
Letter from Jephro Rucastle
22/07/08 17:06 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
“The Copper Beeches, near Winchester.
“DEAR Miss HUNTER:
“Miss Stoper has very kindly given me your address, and I write from here to ask you whether you have reconsidered your decision. My wife is very anxious that you should come, for she has been much attracted by my description of you. We are willing to give 30 pounds a quarter, or 120 pounds a year, so as to recompense you for any little inconvenience which our fads may cause you. They are not very exacting, after all. My wife is fond of a particular shade of electric blue and would like you to wear such a dress indoors in the morning. You need not, however, go to the expense of purchasing one, as we have one belonging to my dear daughter Alice (now in Philadelphia), which would, I should think, fit you very well. Then, as to sitting here or there, or amusing yourself in any manner indicated, that need cause you no inconvenience. As regards your hair, it is no doubt a pity, especially as I could not help remarking its beauty during our short interview, but I am afraid that I must remain firm upon this point, and I only hope that the increased salary may recompense you for the loss. Your duties, as far as the child is concerned, are very light. Now do try to come, and I shall meet you with the dog-cart at Winchester. Let me know your train.
“Yours faithfully,
JEPHRO RUCASTLE.
“DEAR Miss HUNTER:
“Miss Stoper has very kindly given me your address, and I write from here to ask you whether you have reconsidered your decision. My wife is very anxious that you should come, for she has been much attracted by my description of you. We are willing to give 30 pounds a quarter, or 120 pounds a year, so as to recompense you for any little inconvenience which our fads may cause you. They are not very exacting, after all. My wife is fond of a particular shade of electric blue and would like you to wear such a dress indoors in the morning. You need not, however, go to the expense of purchasing one, as we have one belonging to my dear daughter Alice (now in Philadelphia), which would, I should think, fit you very well. Then, as to sitting here or there, or amusing yourself in any manner indicated, that need cause you no inconvenience. As regards your hair, it is no doubt a pity, especially as I could not help remarking its beauty during our short interview, but I am afraid that I must remain firm upon this point, and I only hope that the increased salary may recompense you for the loss. Your duties, as far as the child is concerned, are very light. Now do try to come, and I shall meet you with the dog-cart at Winchester. Let me know your train.
“Yours faithfully,
JEPHRO RUCASTLE.
Letter from Violet Hunter
22/07/08 17:03 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
DEAR MR. HOLMES:
I am very anxious to consult you as to whether I should or should not accept a situation which has been offered to me as governess. I shall call at half-past ten to-morrow if I do not inconvenience you.
Yours faithfully,
VIOLET HUNTER.
I am very anxious to consult you as to whether I should or should not accept a situation which has been offered to me as governess. I shall call at half-past ten to-morrow if I do not inconvenience you.
Yours faithfully,
VIOLET HUNTER.
Walsall, Staffordshire
22/07/08 16:37 Filed in: Locations
Miss Violet Hunter became the head of a private school in Walsall where she met with considerable success.
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Mauritius
22/07/08 16:33 Filed in: Locations
Mr Fowler and Miss Alice Rucastle lived here after their marriage since he was now the holder of a government appointment on the island.
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Black Swan Hotel, Winchester
22/07/08 16:19 Filed in: Locations
Miss Hunter arranged to meet Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson here and had a private sitting room and meal prepared for them. Here she told her story of the Copper Beeches.
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Copper Beeches, Hampshire
22/07/08 16:17 Filed in: Locations
The Copper Beeches, Hampshire, five miles on the far side of Winchester. Read More...
West End, London
22/07/08 16:07 Filed in: Locations
Halifax, Nova Scotia
22/07/08 16:05 Filed in: Locations
- Colonel Spence Munro had relocated to this part of Canada.
Montague Place, London
22/07/08 15:39 Filed in: Locations
Mrs Toller
21/07/08 23:07 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Housekeeper to Mr Rucastle and Mr Toller’s wife. She was a very tall and strong woman with a sour face, as silent as Mrs. Rucastle and much less amiable.
Mr Toller
21/07/08 23:05 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mr Toller manservant/groom to Mr Rucastle. He was a rough, uncouth man, with grizzled hair and whiskers, and a perpetual smell of drink.
Carlo the Mastiff
21/07/08 22:56 Filed in: Incidental Characters
It was a giant dog, as large as a calf, tawny tinted, with hanging jowl, black muzzle, and huge projecting bones belonging to Mr Rucastle.
Mr Fowler
21/07/08 22:45 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Alice Rucastles fiancée. A small bearded man in a gray suit.
Alice Rucastle
21/07/08 22:44 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mr Rucastle’s daughter by his first wife and now supposedly living in Philadelphia.
Mrs Rucastle
21/07/08 22:42 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“Mrs. Rucastle seemed to me to be colourless in mind as well as in feature.”(Violet Hunter) Read More...
Edward Rucastle
21/07/08 22:37 Filed in: Incidental Characters
“‘One child (son of Mr Rucastle and his second wife) — one dear little romper just six years old. Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper! Smack! smack! smack! Three gone before you could wink!” (Jephro Rucastle) Read More...
Miss Stoper
21/07/08 22:34 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Miss Stoper managed the business of Westaways in the West End for governesses seeking new employment. Read More...
Colonel Spence Munro
21/07/08 22:32 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Violet Hunter had been governess in his employ for five years until he removed his family to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Jephro Rucastle
21/07/08 22:30 Filed in: Main Characters
A prodigiously stout man with a very smiling face and a great heavy chin which rolled down in fold upon fold over his throat with a pair of glasses on his nose.
Violet Hunter
21/07/08 22:20 Filed in: Main Characters
She was plainly but neatly dressed, with a bright, quick face, freckled like a plover’s egg, and with the brisk manner of a woman who has had her own way to make in the world.
“I should not ask it of you if I did not think you a quite exceptional woman.” (Sherlock Holmes)
“I should not ask it of you if I did not think you a quite exceptional woman.” (Sherlock Holmes)
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
21/07/08 13:56 Filed in: Deductions
“I believe that he is coming here,” said Holmes, rubbing his hands .
“Here?”
“Yes; I rather think he is coming to consult me professionally. I think that I recognize the symptoms. Ha! did I not tell you?”
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“Here?”
“Yes; I rather think he is coming to consult me professionally. I think that I recognize the symptoms. Ha! did I not tell you?”
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Sherlock Holmes - Character Illusctrations
21/07/08 13:51 Filed in: Character Illustrations
Sherlock Holmes pushed him down into the easy-chair and, sitting beside him, patted his hand and chatted with him in the easy, soothing tones which he knew so well how to employ.
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Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
21/07/08 12:27 Filed in: Sayings
“It is a very sweet little problem, and I would not have missed it for a good deal.” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Loafer
21/07/08 12:23 Filed in: Disguises and deceptions
He hurried to his chamber and was down again in a few minutes dressed as a common loafer. With his collar turned up, his shiny, seedy coat, his red cravat, and his worn boots, he was a perfect sample of the class.
Beryl Coronet
21/07/08 12:13 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
Coronet:
A small or relatively simple crown, especially as worn by lesser royalty and peers or peeresses.
Beryl:
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A small or relatively simple crown, especially as worn by lesser royalty and peers or peeresses.
Beryl:
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Letter from Mary Holder
21/07/08 12:10 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
“MY DEAREST UNCLE:
“I feel that I have brought trouble upon you, and that if I had acted differently this terrible misfortune might never have occurred. I cannot, with this thought in my mind, ever again be happy under your roof, and I feel that I must leave you forever. Do not worry about my future, for that is provided for; and, above all, do not search for me, for it will be fruitless labour and an ill-service to me. In life or in death, I am ever
“Your loving
“MARY.
“I feel that I have brought trouble upon you, and that if I had acted differently this terrible misfortune might never have occurred. I cannot, with this thought in my mind, ever again be happy under your roof, and I feel that I must leave you forever. Do not worry about my future, for that is provided for; and, above all, do not search for me, for it will be fruitless labour and an ill-service to me. In life or in death, I am ever
“Your loving
“MARY.
West End, London
20/07/08 18:23 Filed in: Locations
Streatham, London
20/07/08 18:17 Filed in: Locations
Holder & Stevenson, Treadneedle Street, London
20/07/08 18:05 Filed in: Locations
Second largest private banking concern in the City of London.
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Metropolitan Railway
20/07/08 17:53 Filed in: Locations
The first underground railway in London which called at Baker Street.
- Baker Street station was opened by the Metropolitan Railway (MR) on 10 January 1863 as one of the original stations on the world's first underground railway.
Mr Holder's servants
20/07/08 17:50 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mr Holder's servants:
Groom and page slept out of the house.
Three maid servants.
Groom and page slept out of the house.
Three maid servants.
Francis Prosper
20/07/08 17:49 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Lucy Parr's sweetheart. He was the green-grocer who brought the vegetables round.
Lucy Parr
20/07/08 17:46 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Second waiting maid who had been with Mr Holder for a few months and came with can excellent character. Read More...
An exalted name
20/07/08 17:42 Filed in: Incidental Characters
A name which is a household word all over the earth — one of the highest, noblest, most exalted names in England, who used the Beryl Coronet as security for a £50,000 loan from Mr Holder's bank.
Sir George Burnwell
20/07/08 17:40 Filed in: Main Characters
He is one of the most dangerous men in England — a ruined gambler, an absolutely desperate villain, a man without heart or conscience. (Sherlock Holmes) Read More...
Mary Holder
20/07/08 17:37 Filed in: Main Characters
Mary Holder, niece of Alexander Holder. Read More...
Arthur Holder
20/07/08 17:34 Filed in: Main Characters
Arthur Holder son of Alexander Holder. Read More...
Alexander Holder
20/07/08 17:14 Filed in: Main Characters
Alexander Holder of the banking firm of Holder & Stevenson, of Threadneedle Street. The senior partner in the second largest private banking concern in the City of London. Read More...
Jezail bullet
20/07/08 13:28 Filed in: Additional Information
Here Dr Watson states:
“The Jezail bullet which I had brought back in one of my limbs as a relic of my Afghan campaign throbbed with dull persistence.”
Does this refer to an arm or a leg?
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“The Jezail bullet which I had brought back in one of my limbs as a relic of my Afghan campaign throbbed with dull persistence.”
Does this refer to an arm or a leg?
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Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
20/07/08 13:26 Filed in: Deductions
“It is dated from Grosvenor Mansions, written with a quill pen, and the noble lord has had the misfortune to get a smear of ink upon the outer side of his right little finger,” remarked Holmes as he folded up the epistle.
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Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
20/07/08 13:21 Filed in: Character Illustrations
“I assure you, Watson, without affectation, that the status of my client is a matter of less moment to me than the interest of his case.” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
20/07/08 13:16 Filed in: Sayings
“This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.”
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Hotel bill
20/07/08 13:12 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
Hotel bill on the reverse of which Francis Hay Moulton had written the note to Hattie Doran.
- Oct. 4th, rooms 8s., breakfast 2s. 6d., cocktail 1s., lunch 2s. 6d., glass sherry, 8d.
Pockets and card-cases
20/07/08 13:10 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
“In the dress is a pocket. In the pocket is a card-case. In the card-case is a note. And here is the very note.”
He slapped it down upon the table in front of him.
He slapped it down upon the table in front of him.
Weddding dresses and veils
20/07/08 13:08 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
He (Lestrade) opened his bag as he spoke, and tumbled onto the floor a wedding-dress of watered silk, a pair of white satin shoes and a bride’s wreath and veil, all discoloured and soaked in water.
“There,” said he, putting a new wedding-ring upon the top of the pile.
“There,” said he, putting a new wedding-ring upon the top of the pile.
Note to Hattie Doran
20/07/08 13:06 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
Note from Francis Hay Moulton to Hatty Doran.
“You will see me when all is ready. Come at once.
“F. H. M.”
“You will see me when all is ready. Come at once.
“F. H. M.”
Letter from Lord St. Simon
20/07/08 13:04 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
Letter from Lord St. Simon
MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES:
“Lord Backwater tells me that I may place implicit reliance upon your judgment and discretion. I have determined, therefore, to call upon you and to consult you in reference to the very painful event which has occurred in connection with my wedding. Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, is acting already in the matter, but he assures me that he sees no objection to your cooperation, and that he even thinks that it might be of some assistance. I will call at four o’clock in the afternoon, and, should you have any other engagement at that time, I hope that you will postpone it, as this matter is of paramount importance.
“Yours faithfully,
“ST. SIMON.
MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES:
“Lord Backwater tells me that I may place implicit reliance upon your judgment and discretion. I have determined, therefore, to call upon you and to consult you in reference to the very painful event which has occurred in connection with my wedding. Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, is acting already in the matter, but he assures me that he sees no objection to your cooperation, and that he even thinks that it might be of some assistance. I will call at four o’clock in the afternoon, and, should you have any other engagement at that time, I hope that you will postpone it, as this matter is of paramount importance.
“Yours faithfully,
“ST. SIMON.
Case in Munich
20/07/08 13:01 Filed in: Untold Cases
A similar case in Munich the year after the Franco-Prussian war.
Instance in Aberdeen
20/07/08 13:00 Filed in: Untold Cases
“A parallel instance in Aberdeen some years back.”
King of Scandinavia
20/07/08 12:58 Filed in: Untold Cases
Holmes acted on the King’s behalf in a case.
“I (Lord St. Simon) presume that they were hardly from the same class of society.”
“No, I am descending.” (Holmes)
“I beg pardon.”
“My last client of the sort was a king.”
“Oh, really! I had no idea. And which king?”
“The King of Scandinavia.”
“I (Lord St. Simon) presume that they were hardly from the same class of society.”
“No, I am descending.” (Holmes)
“I beg pardon.”
“My last client of the sort was a king.”
“Oh, really! I had no idea. And which king?”
“The King of Scandinavia.”
Northumberland Avenue, London
19/07/08 16:53 Filed in: Locations
Francis Hay Moulton had been staying at one of the select hotels on Northumberland Avenue.
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226 Gordon Square, London
19/07/08 16:48 Filed in: Locations
McQuires Camp near the Rockies
19/07/08 16:46 Filed in: Locations
Francis Hay Moulton and Hattie Doran met here where her father was working a claim.
Tralfalgar Square fountain, London
19/07/08 16:39 Filed in: Locations
Holmes suggested Lestrade might as well drag this fountain in search of Hattie Doran as to have dragged the Serpentine.
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The Serpentine, Hyde Park, London
19/07/08 16:31 Filed in: Locations
The Serpentine where Hattie Doran's wedding clothes were found. The Serpentine is a lake in Hyde Park.
It would seem that Francis Hay Moulton was not very clever in hiding them.
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It would seem that Francis Hay Moulton was not very clever in hiding them.
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Hyde Park, London
19/07/08 16:22 Filed in: Locations
Mr Doran’s house in Lancaster Gate faced the park and Francis Hay Moulton signalled to Hattie Doran to join him there.
Flora Millar also accosted Hatty Doran in the Park.
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Flora Millar also accosted Hatty Doran in the Park.
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Lancaster Gate, London
19/07/08 16:17 Filed in: Locations
St. George's, Hanover Square, London
19/07/08 16:14 Filed in: Locations
Grosvenor Mansions, London
19/07/08 15:58 Filed in: Locations
Francis Hay Moulton
19/07/08 15:52 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Francis Hay Moulton. Husband of Hattie Doran.
He was a small, wiry, sunburnt man, clean-shaven, with a sharp face and alert manner.
He was a small, wiry, sunburnt man, clean-shaven, with a sharp face and alert manner.
Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard
19/07/08 15:51 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
Flora Millar
19/07/08 15:47 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Flora Millar former mistress of Lord Robert St. Simon Read More...
Wedding Guests
19/07/08 15:46 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Wedding Guests:
Duchess of Balmoral. Mother of the Bridgegroom;
Lord Backwater - Friend of the Bridegroom;
Lord Eustace and Lady Clara St. Simon (younger brother and sister of the Bridegroom;
Lady Alicia Whittington;
Mr Aloysuis Doran - Father of the Bride.
Duchess of Balmoral. Mother of the Bridgegroom;
Lord Backwater - Friend of the Bridegroom;
Lord Eustace and Lady Clara St. Simon (younger brother and sister of the Bridegroom;
Lady Alicia Whittington;
Mr Aloysuis Doran - Father of the Bride.
Aloysius Doran
19/07/08 15:44 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Aloysius Doran of San Francisco father of Hatty Doran. Said to be the richest man on the Pacific slope.
Duke of Balmoral
19/07/08 15:42 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Father of Lord Robert St. Simon. Read More...
Hattie Doran
19/07/08 15:37 Filed in: Main Characters
Hatty Doran only daughter of Aloysius Doran, San Francisco. Read More...
Lord Robert St. Simon
19/07/08 15:32 Filed in: Main Characters
Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon second son of the Duke of Balmoral. Read More...
Uncle Ned in Auckland
19/07/08 01:16 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mary Sutherland’s uncle in Auckland who had left her the sum of £2500 which gave her a return of 4 1/2% p.a., approximately £100 p.a.
Mary Sutherland's Mother
19/07/08 01:14 Filed in: Incidental Characters
She married James Windibank shortly after the death of her first husband and sold his plumbing business. She was very enthusiastic concerning the relationship between her daughter and Hosmer Angel.
Westhouse and Marbank
19/07/08 01:12 Filed in: Incidental Characters
The great claret importers of Fenchurch Street where James Windibank was employed.
Mr Hardy
19/07/08 01:08 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mr Hardy had been the foreman of Mr Sutherland’s plumbing business in the Tottenham Court Road which Mary Sutherland’s mother had sold for £4700 following the death of her husband and remarriage to Mr Windibank.
Plugs, dottles, shake-downs and Fuller's earth
18/07/08 17:31 Filed in: Additional Information
Plugs and dottles:
- A remnant of tobacco left in a pipe after smoking.
- A place to sleep for the night.
- A type of clay used in fulling cloth and as an absorbant.
Newspaper cutting regarding Jeremiah Hayling
18/07/08 17:29 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
“Here is an advertisement which will interest you,” said he. “It appeared in all the papers about a year ago. Listen to this: Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
18/07/08 17:27 Filed in: Deductions
“It is easy to see that your experience has been no common one, Mr. Hatherley.” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
18/07/08 17:23 Filed in: Character Illustrations
I (Watson) even persuaded him to forgo his Bohemian habits so far as to come and visit us. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
18/07/08 17:21 Filed in: Sayings
“Experience,” said Holmes, laughing. “Indirectly it may be of value, you know; you have only to put it into words to gain the reputation of being excellent company for the remainder of your existence.”
Colonel Warburton's madness
18/07/08 16:02 Filed in: Untold Cases
Another case which Dr Watson claimed he introduced to Sherlock Holmes.
Eyford, Berkshire
18/07/08 15:41 Filed in: Locations
The fictional place Victor Hatherley was instructed to go to, and the home of Colonel Lysander Stark. Read More...
Venner & Matheson, Greenwich
18/07/08 15:39 Filed in: Locations
16A Victoria Street, London
18/07/08 15:28 Filed in: Locations
Paddington Station
18/07/08 15:12 Filed in: Locations
Dr Watson had bought a practice near here after his marriage and it was from there that the Station Guard brought Mr Hatherley to see him.
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Plain Clothes man from the Yard
18/07/08 15:08 Filed in: Incidental Characters
He accompanied Inspector Bradstreet, Mr Hatherley, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson on their trip to Eyford.
Inspector Bradstreet
18/07/08 15:06 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Inspector Bradstreet of Scotland Yard.
Jeremiah Hayling
18/07/08 15:03 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mr Jeremiah Hayling “Lost, on the 9th inst., Mr. Jeremiah Hayling, aged twenty-six, a hydraulic engineer. Left his lodgings at ten o’clock at night, and has not been heard of since.
Previous engineer employed by Colonel Lysander Stark.
Previous engineer employed by Colonel Lysander Stark.
Mr Ferguson aka Dr Beecher
18/07/08 15:02 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mr Ferguson who was introduced as secretary and manager to Colonel Lysander Stark. He was a short thick man with a chinchilla beard growing out of the creases of his double chin.
Guard from Paddington Station
18/07/08 14:58 Filed in: Incidental Characters
The Guard from Paddington Station who brought Mr Hatherley to see Dr Watson early one morning.
Elise
18/07/08 14:57 Filed in: Main Characters
Elise who tried to warn Mr Hatherley and eventually aided him in his escape from the house.
Colonel Lysander Stark aka Fritz
18/07/08 14:55 Filed in: Main Characters
A man rather over the middle size, but of an exceeding thinness. Read More...
Victor Hatherley
18/07/08 14:52 Filed in: Main Characters
Hydraulic Engineer. His visit to Eyford, Berkshire late one night led to some dire consequences for him. Read More...
Disjecta membra and the pink 'un'
17/07/08 16:47 Filed in: Additional Information
Mr Henry Baker declined to take the ‘Disjecta membra’ of his former goose with him.
- Disjecta membra translates as ‘scattered fragments’.
- The pink ‘un’ refers to The Sporting Times.
Assizes, Penal Servitude
17/07/08 16:40 Filed in: Additional Information
Assize Court now known as the Crown Court
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Penal Servitude. Sherlock Holmes fears John Horner will get seven years Penal Servitude if he is not cleared of the robbery.
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Penal Servitude. Sherlock Holmes fears John Horner will get seven years Penal Servitude if he is not cleared of the robbery.
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Scotch bonnets, billycocks and ulsters
17/07/08 16:24 Filed in: Additional Information
Mr Henry Baker wore a scotch bonnet after loosing his hat. A scotch bonnet was a flat brimless cap.
- Sherlock Holmes refers to Mr Baker’s hat as a billycock. This usually described any round crowned brimmed hats of felt, such as the bowler.
- Ulster coat and cravats. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson wrapped up against the December weather wearing these clothes.
- Ulster:
- A Heavy double-breated overcoat with a belt or half-belt at the back.
- A scarf of silk or fine wool worn round the neck.
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
17/07/08 16:10 Filed in: Deductions
“It is perhaps less suggestive than it might have been,” he remarked. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
17/07/08 16:07 Filed in: Character Illustrations
“I am glad to have a friend with whom I can discuss my results.” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
17/07/08 16:02 Filed in: Sayings
“The matter is a perfectly trivial one” — he jerked his thumb in the direction of the old hat — “but there are points in connection with it which are not entirely devoid of interest and even of instruction.” Read More...
Hard felt hat
17/07/08 16:00 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
The hard felt hat belonging to Mr Henry Baker from which Sherlock Holmes was able to deduce so much about its’ owner.
Blue Carbuncle
17/07/08 15:58 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
The carbuncle is a beautiful gem of a rich red color found in the East Indies. Read More...
Man with the Twisted Lip
17/07/08 15:53 Filed in: Canon Cross References
Another Adventure concerning the disappearance of Mr Neville St. Clair.
Kilburn, London
17/07/08 15:36 Filed in: Locations
Pentonville Prison
17/07/08 15:30 Filed in: Locations
Maudesley, James Ryder’s friend had served a prison sentence here.
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Brixton Road
17/07/08 15:23 Filed in: Locations
Mrs Maggie Oakshott, sister of James Ryder lived at No. 117 Brixton Road.
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Holborn, London
17/07/08 15:19 Filed in: Locations
In a quarter of an hour we were in Bloomsbury at the Alpha Inn, which is a small public-house at the corner of one of the streets which runs down into Holborn.
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Covent Garden, London
17/07/08 15:14 Filed in: Locations
We passed across Holborn, down Endell Street, and so through a zigzag of slums to Covent Garden Market.
Covent Garden market where Mr Breckinridge sold fowl. He sent two dozen geese to the landlord of the Alpha Inn who gave one to Mr Henry Baker.
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Covent Garden market where Mr Breckinridge sold fowl. He sent two dozen geese to the landlord of the Alpha Inn who gave one to Mr Henry Baker.
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Bloomsbury, London
17/07/08 15:11 Filed in: Locations
The area of London which houses the British Museum and the Alpha Inn frequented by Mr Henry Baker.
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Wigmore Street, Oxford Street
17/07/08 15:01 Filed in: Locations
After walking through the Doctors’ quarter from Baker Street, Holmes and Watson walked down Wigmore Street and through into Oxford Street.
Wigmore Street
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Oxford Street
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Wigmore Street
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Oxford Street
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Doctors quarter. Wimpole Street and Harley Street
17/07/08 14:41 Filed in: Locations
An area of London renowned for the number of private consulting rooms and specialist doctors.
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British Museum, London
17/07/08 14:31 Filed in: Locations
Alpha Inn
17/07/08 14:25 Filed in: Locations
The Alpha Inn near the British Museum where the Landlord ran a ‘Goose Club’ and through which Mr Henry Baker received his Christmas goose. This appears to be a fictious Inn.
Amoy River, China
17/07/08 14:19 Filed in: Locations
The Amoy River is a fictional name but there is a city known as Amoy on the mouth of a river in China and this would seem to be worth noting.
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Cosmopolitan Hotel
16/07/08 17:46 Filed in: Locations
The Countess of Morcar was staying here when the Blue Carbuncle was stolen from her room.
Tottenham Court Road
16/07/08 17:34 Filed in: Locations
It was here on the corner with Goodge Street that Mr Henry Baker lost his hat and goose.
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Goodge Street
16/07/08 17:30 Filed in: Locations
Mr Henry Baker lost his hat and his goose on the corner of Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street.
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Maudesley
16/07/08 17:25 Filed in: Incidental Characters
A friend of Ryder who had ‘gone to the bad’ and to whom he took the goose and where it was cut open to reveal an empty crop.
Maggie Oakshott
16/07/08 17:23 Filed in: Incidental Characters
James Ryder's sister who fattened fowl for the market.
Breckinridge
16/07/08 17:22 Filed in: Incidental Characters
One of the largest stalls bore the name of Breckinridge upon it, and the proprietor a horsy-looking man, with a sharp face and trim side-whiskers was helping a boy to put up the shutters.
Mr Windigate
16/07/08 17:20 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mr Windigate, Landlord of the Alpha Inn near the Museum frequented by Mr Henry Baker.
Inspector Bradstreet
16/07/08 17:17 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Inspector Bradstreet was on duty at Bow Street police station when Sherlock Holmes called to reveal the answer to the mystery.
Catherine Cusack
16/07/08 17:13 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Maid of the Countess of Morcar and co-conspirator with James Ryder.
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John Horner
16/07/08 17:11 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Plumber called to fix a small problem in the Countess of Morcar’s room and then accused of stealing the Blue Carbuncle.
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Countess of Morcar
16/07/08 17:05 Filed in: Incidental Characters
From whom the Blue Carbuncle was stolen. It had great sentimental value for her and she offered the reward of £1000 for its return.
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For a possible family history(interesting if nothing else) see also:
Peterson the Commissionaire
16/07/08 17:02 Filed in: Incidental Characters
The Commissionaire who brought the goose and the hat to Sherlock Holmes.
Mr Henry Baker
16/07/08 16:38 Filed in: Main Characters
The owner of the goose and the black felt hat. Read More...
James Ryder
16/07/08 15:36 Filed in: Main Characters
Upper Attendant at the Hotel Cosmopolitan(referred to as ‘Jem’ by his sister) who stole the Blue Carbuncle from the Countess of Morcar.
James, Frogged jackets and DeQuincey
15/07/08 12:16 Filed in: Additional Information
This is the notorious story where Mrs Watson refers to her husband Dr John Watson as ‘James’. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
15/07/08 12:11 Filed in: Deductions
“No, sir, but the facts might be met speciously enough. Suppose that this man Boone had thrust Neville St. Clair through the window, there is no human eye which could have seen the deed. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
15/07/08 12:03 Filed in: Character Illustrations
“I should recommend you also to send a note by the cabman to your wife to say that you have thrown in your lot with me.” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
15/07/08 11:58 Filed in: Sayings
“I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.” Read More...
Hugh Boone - Neville St. Clair
15/07/08 11:42 Filed in: Disguises and deceptions
I painted my face, and to make myself as pitiable as possible I made a good scar and fixed one side of my lip in a twist by the aid of a small slip of flesh-coloured plaster. Then with a red head of hair, and an appropriate dress, I took my station in the business part of the city, ostensibly as a match-seller but really as a beggar. (Neville St. Clair)
Sherlock Holmes - Old man in opium den
15/07/08 11:39 Filed in: Disguises and deceptions
They (the words) could only have come from the old man at my side. Read More...
Bricks, bags and coats
14/07/08 17:49 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
Deal box of child’s bricks on the table in the room of Hugh Boone.
Deal: box fir or pine wood, esp. when sawn into planks of a standard size. A plank of such wood. Read More...
Deal: box fir or pine wood, esp. when sawn into planks of a standard size. A plank of such wood. Read More...
Letter from Neville St. Clair
14/07/08 17:15 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
Message sent to Mrs St. Clair by her husband and posted at
Gravesend. Read More...
Gravesend. Read More...
Threadneedle Street
14/07/08 17:05 Filed in: Locations
Some little distance down Threadneedle Street, upon the left-hand side, there is, as you may have remarked, a small angle in the wall. Here it is that this creature (Hugh Boone) takes his daily seat.
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Chesterfield, Derbyshire
14/07/08 17:02 Filed in: Locations
Road to Bow Street
14/07/08 16:54 Filed in: Locations
Passing down the Waterloo Bridge Road we crossed over the river, and dashing up Wellington Street (which is basically an extension of the bridge) wheeled sharply to the right and found ourselves in Bow Street.
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Middlesex, Surrey and Kent
14/07/08 16:18 Filed in: Locations
“We have touched on three English counties in our short drive, starting in Middlesex, passing over an angle of Surrey, and ending in Kent.” (Sherlock Holmes)
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Aberdeen Shipping Office, Fresno Street
14/07/08 14:21 Filed in: Locations
Mrs St. Clair collected her package from here and then walked into Upper Swandam Lane looking for a cab.
Fresco Street appears to be fictitious.
Aberdeen is a large scottish port.
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Fresco Street appears to be fictitious.
Aberdeen is a large scottish port.
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Capitial and Counties Bank
14/07/08 14:19 Filed in: Locations
Neville St. Clair had £220 standing to his credit at this Bank.
Cannon Street Station
14/07/08 14:16 Filed in: Locations
The Cedars, Lee, Kent
14/07/08 14:12 Filed in: Locations
Home of Mr and Mrs Neville St. Clair and their children. Lee is in North West Kent, U.K.
Paul's Wharf
14/07/08 14:03 Filed in: Locations
Paul's Wharf:
- recently excavated to reveal its Roman Foundations — was close on the riverside, and over the centuries was the main landing stage for this part of the City.
Bar of Gold
14/07/08 13:57 Filed in: Locations
Upper Swandam Lane, east of the City. This appears to be a fictitious address. Read More...
Theological College of St. George
14/07/08 13:47 Filed in: Locations
There does not seem to be a Theological College of this name in the UK but there are a couple overseas, but it is unlikely that either of these are the one referred to. It is very probably therefore a fictitious name.
Inspector Bradstreet
14/07/08 13:44 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Inspector on duty at Bow Street Police Station where Hugh Boone was kept on remand.
Stable boy
14/07/08 13:42 Filed in: Incidental Characters
The stable boy at the ‘Cedars’, home of Mr and Mrs St. Clair, whom Holmes woke at four in the moring to get the horse and trap out.
Inspector Barton
14/07/08 13:41 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Inspector Barton visited the ‘Bar of Gold’ and had charge of the case and the enquiries into the disappearance of Neville St. Clair.
Mrs St. Clair
14/07/08 13:40 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Daughter of a local Brewer in Lee and wife of Neville St. Clair.
Lascar
14/07/08 13:37 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Manager of the ‘Bar of Gold’ and a man of the vilest antecedents.
- Lascar: A sailor from India or Southeast Asia.
Malay attendant
14/07/08 13:36 Filed in: Incidental Characters
A member of a people inhabiting Malaysia and Indonesia.
Kate Witney
14/07/08 13:34 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Wife of Isa Witney and old friend of Dr and Mrs Watson.
Isa Witney
14/07/08 13:30 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Brother of late Elias Witney D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George's.
Hugh Boone - Neville St. Clair
14/07/08 13:27 Filed in: Main Characters | Disguises and deceptions
Now for the sinister cripple who lives upon the second floor of the opium den.... Read More...
Neville St. Clair
14/07/08 13:10 Filed in: Main Characters
“Some years ago — to be definite, in May, 1884 — there came to Lee a gentleman, Neville St. Clair by name who appeared to have plenty of money.” Read More...
Hosmer Angel - James Windibank
13/07/08 17:57 Filed in: Disguises and deceptions
With the connivance and assistance of his wife he disguised himself, covered those keen eyes with tinted glasses, masked the face with a moustache and a pair of bushy whiskers, sunk that clear voice into an insinuating whisper.
221b Baker Street, London
13/07/08 15:58 Filed in: Locations
Home of Sherlock Holmes and at times Dr John Watson.
They (the rooms) consisted of a couple of comfortable bedrooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows.
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They (the rooms) consisted of a couple of comfortable bedrooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows.
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- 221b Baker Street
- Wikipedia
- Victorian London Map (1)
- Victorian London Map (2)
- Layout of 221b Baker Street
Gales, Generals, Boats and Societies etc.
13/07/08 13:42 Filed in: Additional Information
Equinoctial gales - September
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Clark Russell's sea stories.
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Invention of Bicycling
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American civil war:
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K.K.K
“Ku Klux Klan. A name derived from the fanciful resemblance to the sound produced by cocking a rifle. This terrible secret society was formed by some ex-Confederate soldiers in the Southern states after the Civil War, and it rapidly formed local branches in different parts of the country, notably in Tennessee, Louisiana, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Its power was used for political purposes, principally for the terrorising of the negro voters and the murdering and driving from the country of those who were opposed to its views. Its outrages were usually preceded by a warning sent to the marked man in some fantastic but generally recognised shape — a sprig of oak-leaves in some parts, melon seeds or orange pips in others. On receiving this the victim might either openly abjure his former ways, or might fly from the country. If he braved the matter out, death would unfailingly come upon him, and usually in some strange and unforeseen manner. So perfect was the organisation of the society, and so systematic its methods, that there is hardly a case upon record where any man succeeded in braving it with impunity, or in which any of its outrages were traced home to the perpetrators. For some years the organisation flourished in spite of the efforts of the United States government and of the better classes of the community in the South. Eventually, in the year 1869, the movement rather suddenly collapsed, although there have been sporadic outbreaks of the same sort since that date.”
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He had always laughed at what he called my cock-and-bull story about the colonel (A ridiculous and implausible story)
As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone.
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“I have spent the whole day,” said he, “over Lloyd’s registers and files of the old papers, following the future career of every vessel which touched at Pondicherry in January and February in ‘83.”
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....found that she had been taken down the river by the early tide this morning,
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Lone Star - Name of the Bark on which Captain James Calhoun sailed.
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‘Bark Lone Star’
Also Barque - a sailing ship with three masts typically with three masts, in which the foremast and mainmast are square-rigged and the mizzenmast is rigged fore-and-aft.
• archaic or poetic/literary a ship or boat.
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Clark Russell's sea stories.
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Invention of Bicycling
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American civil war:
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K.K.K
“Ku Klux Klan. A name derived from the fanciful resemblance to the sound produced by cocking a rifle. This terrible secret society was formed by some ex-Confederate soldiers in the Southern states after the Civil War, and it rapidly formed local branches in different parts of the country, notably in Tennessee, Louisiana, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Its power was used for political purposes, principally for the terrorising of the negro voters and the murdering and driving from the country of those who were opposed to its views. Its outrages were usually preceded by a warning sent to the marked man in some fantastic but generally recognised shape — a sprig of oak-leaves in some parts, melon seeds or orange pips in others. On receiving this the victim might either openly abjure his former ways, or might fly from the country. If he braved the matter out, death would unfailingly come upon him, and usually in some strange and unforeseen manner. So perfect was the organisation of the society, and so systematic its methods, that there is hardly a case upon record where any man succeeded in braving it with impunity, or in which any of its outrages were traced home to the perpetrators. For some years the organisation flourished in spite of the efforts of the United States government and of the better classes of the community in the South. Eventually, in the year 1869, the movement rather suddenly collapsed, although there have been sporadic outbreaks of the same sort since that date.”
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He had always laughed at what he called my cock-and-bull story about the colonel (A ridiculous and implausible story)
As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone.
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“I have spent the whole day,” said he, “over Lloyd’s registers and files of the old papers, following the future career of every vessel which touched at Pondicherry in January and February in ‘83.”
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....found that she had been taken down the river by the early tide this morning,
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Lone Star - Name of the Bark on which Captain James Calhoun sailed.
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‘Bark Lone Star’
Also Barque - a sailing ship with three masts typically with three masts, in which the foremast and mainmast are square-rigged and the mizzenmast is rigged fore-and-aft.
• archaic or poetic/literary a ship or boat.
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
13/07/08 13:36 Filed in: Deductions
Camberwell poisoning case. In the latter, as may be remembered, Sherlock Holmes was able, by winding up the dead man’s watch, to prove that it had been wound up two hours before..... Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
13/07/08 13:29 Filed in: Character Illustrations
Sherlock Holmes sat moodily at one side of the fireplace cross-indexing his records of crime.... Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
13/07/08 13:25 Filed in: Sayings
“None of those (Cases) which come to me are. I am the last court of appeal.” Read More...
Albert Dock, London
12/07/08 13:47 Filed in: Locations
Savannah, Georgia
12/07/08 13:40 Filed in: Locations
The home port of the Bark Lone Star and intended destination of Captain James Calhoun.
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Waterloo Bridge and Embankment
12/07/08 13:34 Filed in: Locations
It is conjectured that John Openshaw may have been hurrying down to catch the last train from Waterloo Station. Read More...
Fareham, Hampshire
12/07/08 13:04 Filed in: Locations
Mr Joseph Openshaw ‘fell’ over one of the deep chalk-pits which abound in the neighbourhood. Read More...
Portsdown Hill
12/07/08 13:02 Filed in: Locations
Dundee
12/07/08 12:59 Filed in: Locations
Postmark of the letter addressed to Mr Joseph Openshaw containing the five orange pips, the initials K.K.K and the instruction ‘Leave the papers on the sundial.’
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Pondicherry
12/07/08 12:56 Filed in: Locations
Postmark on the letter to Colonel Elias Openshaw containing the five orange pips and the initials K.K.K
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Horsham, Sussex
12/07/08 12:54 Filed in: Locations
Garden Pond
12/07/08 12:50 Filed in: Locations
The green-scummed garden pond at the bottom of the garden where Colonel Elias Openshaw was found drowned.
Dr John Watson
11/07/08 23:45 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Sherlock Holmes related this story to Dr Watson as one of his earlier adventures before he and Watson shared rooms in Baker Street.
Coventry
11/07/08 16:54 Filed in: Locations
Mr Joseph Openshaw, father of John Openshaw had a small factory at Coventry Read More...
Five Orange Pips
11/07/08 16:49 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
The warning which K.K.K. sent to those who did not follow their dictates.
Brass Box
11/07/08 16:46 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
A small brass box, like a cashbox. Read More...
Letter from Holmes
11/07/08 16:42 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
He (Holmes) took five orange pips and thrust them into an envelope. On the inside of the flap he wrote “S. H. for J. 0.” Then he sealed it and addressed it to “Captain James Calhoun, Bark Lone Star, Savannah, Georgia.”
Newspaper Report of the death of John Openshaw
11/07/08 16:34 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
Newspaper report of the death of John Openshaw on the morning following his visit to Sherlock Holmes. Read More...
Tankerville Club Scandal
11/07/08 16:31 Filed in: Untold Cases
Sherlock Holmes acted for Major Prendergast in the Tankerville Club scandal when he was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards.
Camberwell Poisoning case
11/07/08 16:29 Filed in: Untold Cases
Camberwell poisoning case where Sherlock Holmes was able, by winding up the dead man’s watch, to prove that it had been wound up two hours before, and that therefore the deceased had gone to bed within that time — a deduction which was of the greatest importance in clearing up the case.
Grice Patersons
11/07/08 16:28 Filed in: Untold Cases
The singular adventures of the Grice Patersons in the island of Uffa.
Amateur Mendicant Society
11/07/08 16:25 Filed in: Untold Cases
They held a luxurious club in the lower vault of a furniture warehouse.
Captain James Calhoun
11/07/08 14:34 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Captain James Calhoun who with the two Mates of the Bark Lone Star, murdered John Openshaw.
Police Constable Cook
11/07/08 14:33 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Between nine and ten last night Police-Constable Cook, of the H Division, on duty near Waterloo Bridge, heard a cry for help and a splash in the water. Read More...
Major Freebody
11/07/08 14:26 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mr Joseph Openshaw was staying with Major Freebody when he was murdered.
Mr Fordham
11/07/08 14:22 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mr Fordham was Colonel Openshaw’s lawyer from Horsham.
Joseph Openshaw
11/07/08 14:20 Filed in: Incidental Characters
My father had a small factory at Coventry, which he enlarged at the time of the invention of bicycling. He was a patentee of the Openshaw unbreakable tire, and his business met with such success that he was able to sell it and to retire upon a handsome competence. (John Openshaw)
Colonel Elias Openshaw
11/07/08 14:17 Filed in: Main Characters
He was a singular man, fierce and quick-tempered, very foul-mouthed when he was angry, and of a most retiring disposition. Read More...
John Openshaw
11/07/08 14:15 Filed in: Main Characters
The man who entered was young, some two-and-twenty at the outside, well-groomed and trimly clad, with something of refinement and delicacy in his bearing. I could see that his face was pale and his eyes heavy, like those of a man who is weighed down with some great anxiety.
Baxter, Petrarch and Meredith
11/07/08 09:13 Filed in: Additional Information
‘There, but for the grace of God, goes Sherlock Holmes.’ Holmes said these were Baxter’s words, but actually they were the words of John Bradford.
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Petrarch
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George Meredith
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Petrarch
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George Meredith
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Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
11/07/08 08:52 Filed in: Deductions
“To take the first example to hand, I very clearly perceive that in your bedroom the window is upon the right-hand side, Read More...
Gray something
11/07/08 08:50 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
“Yet I (James McCarthy) have a vague impression that as I ran forward something lay upon the ground to the left of me.” Read More...
Stone used to murder Charles McCarthy
11/07/08 08:48 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
The stone under which no grass was growing and which had been used to murder Charles McCarthy.
Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
11/07/08 08:38 Filed in: Character Illustrations
“It is really very good of you to come, Watson,” said he. “It makes a considerable difference to me, having someone with me on whom I can thoroughly rely. Local aid is always either worthless or else biased.” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
11/07/08 08:34 Filed in: Sayings
It seems, from what I gather, to be one of those simple cases which are so extremely difficult.” Read More...
Rat-Black Jack of Ballarat
11/07/08 08:29 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
Allusion to ‘a rat’ by the dying Charles McCarthy. He was actually referring to ‘Black Jack of Ballarat’.
Telegram Holmes sent to Watson
11/07/08 08:26 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
Have you a couple of days to spare? Have just been wired for from the west of England in connection with Boscombe Valley tragedy. Shall be glad if you will come with me. Air and scenery perfect. Leave Paddington by the 11:15.
West Country
10/07/08 18:30 Filed in: Locations
Regent Street
10/07/08 18:25 Filed in: Locations
Mr Turner met Mr McCarthy here by accident when he had gone to town to see about an investment and from that moment Mr McCarthy blackmailed him continuously.
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Bermuda Dockyard
10/07/08 18:11 Filed in: Locations
Ballarat Mines
10/07/08 18:01 Filed in: Locations
Hereford Arms
10/07/08 17:56 Filed in: Locations
The fictional country hotel where Holmes and Watson stayed during the investigation.
Severn River
10/07/08 17:49 Filed in: Locations
Another beautiful area which the train passed along during Holmes and Watsons journey.
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Stroud Valley
10/07/08 17:46 Filed in: Locations
A beautiful area of Gloucestershire, England through which Holmes and Watson passed on their train journey to Boscombe Valley.
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Swindon Station
10/07/08 17:43 Filed in: Locations
Boscombe Pool
10/07/08 17:39 Filed in: Locations
This is where the murder of Charles McCarthy took place. The pool was midway between the homes of Charles McCarthy and John Turner.
Hatherley Farmhouse
10/07/08 17:37 Filed in: Locations
Home of Charles McCarthy and his son James which was let to them rent free by Mr Turner.
Bristol
10/07/08 17:34 Filed in: Locations
A well known city and port on the south west coast of England. Sherlock Holmes sent to Bristol for a map of Australia. One wonders whether he could not have found one just as easily in Hereford, or perhaps even Ross.
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Boscombe Valley
10/07/08 17:28 Filed in: Locations
This is a fictitious place where the murder of Charles McCarthy took place. It is described as being not far from Ross, Herefordshire. This could, in fact, be the Wye Valley.
Paddington Station
10/07/08 17:24 Filed in: Locations
Coroner
10/07/08 17:19 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Coroner at the Inquest held into the death of Mr Charles McCarthy.
Lodge Keeper
10/07/08 17:18 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mr Turner’s Lodge Keeper who presumably was called ‘Moran’.
Patience Moran
10/07/08 17:15 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Fourteen year old girl who was the daughter of Mr Turner’s Lodge Keeper.
Anstruther
10/07/08 17:11 Filed in: Incidental Characters
A Doctor acquaintance of Dr Watson who was prepared to act as locum for him and do his rounds.
Inspector Lestrade
10/07/08 17:08 Filed in: Main Characters
A lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking.... Read More...
Mr James McCarthy
10/07/08 17:06 Filed in: Main Characters
Accused of the murder of his father, Charles McCarthy. Read More...
Mr Charles McCarthy
10/07/08 17:04 Filed in: Main Characters
Neighbour of John Turner and father of James McCarthy. Read More...
Mr John Turner
10/07/08 16:59 Filed in: Main Characters
Mr John Turner aka Black Jack of Ballarat of the Ballarat Gang. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
09/07/08 14:58 Filed in: Deductions
“life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
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Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
09/07/08 14:55 Filed in: Character Illustrations
Sherlock Holmes welcomed her with the easy courtesy for which he was remarkable.
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Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
09/07/08 14:46 Filed in: Sayings
“life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.” Read More...
Hague case
09/07/08 14:44 Filed in: Untold Cases
A similar case to that of Mary Sutherland in the Hague the previous year.
Andover case
09/07/08 14:43 Filed in: Untold Cases
A similar case to Mary Sutherland’s in Andover in ’77.
Matter from Marseilles
09/07/08 14:40 Filed in: Untold Cases
An intricate matter referred to Sherlock Holmes from Marseilles.
Dundas Separation Case
09/07/08 14:35 Filed in: Untold Cases
Dundas separation case in which Sherlock Holmes had been engaged in clearing up some small points.
Four letters
09/07/08 14:29 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
Advertisement
09/07/08 14:28 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
An advertisement in the Chronicle on Saturday: Read More...
Scandal in Bohemia
09/07/08 14:22 Filed in: Canon Cross References
The case in which Sherlock Holmes tried to recover a photograph of the King of Bohemia and Irene Adler, in appreciation of which the King sent Sherlock Holmes a snuffbox of old gold with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.
Bordeaux, France
09/07/08 14:04 Filed in: Locations
Westhouse and Marbank had offices here and Mr Windibank used fictitious visits to them in order to masquerade as Hosmer Angel.
Lyon Place, Camberwell
09/07/08 13:57 Filed in: Locations
31 Lyon Place, Camberwell is a fictious address where Mary Sutherland lived with her mother and step-father.
St. Pancras Hotel
09/07/08 13:53 Filed in: Locations
Mary Sutherland and Hosmer Angel were to have their wedding breakfast here.
- The present St. Pancras Hotel is new but there was another hotel, the Midland Grand Hotel which might have been the site.
St. Saviour's Church
09/07/08 13:32 Filed in: Locations
St. Saviour’s Church nr Kings Cross (station) where Mary Sutherland should have married Hosmer Angel.
Leadenhall Street
09/07/08 13:27 Filed in: Locations
Hosmer Angel’s place of work and residence and site of the Post Office where Mary Sutherland sent her letters for his collection.
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Tottenham Court Road
09/07/08 13:23 Filed in: Locations
Hosmer Angel
09/07/08 12:57 Filed in: Incidental Characters
He was about five feet seven inches in height; strongly built.... Read More...
James Windibank
09/07/08 12:54 Filed in: Main Characters
James Windibank was the second husband of Mary Sutherland’s mother and fifteen years younger than her. Read More...
Mary Sutherland
09/07/08 12:49 Filed in: Main Characters
A large woman with a heavy fur boa round her neck, and a large curling red feather in a broad-brimmed hat which was tilted in a coquettish Duchess of Devonshire fashion over her ear.
Translations and Pea Jackets
07/07/08 17:17 Filed in: Additional Information
“‘L’homme c’est rien — l’oeuvre c’est tout,’ as Gustave Flaubert wrote to George Sand.”
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Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
07/07/08 17:14 Filed in: Deductions
“Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Characters Illustrations
07/07/08 17:10 Filed in: Character Illustrations
Relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
07/07/08 17:06 Filed in: Sayings
“For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.” Read More...
Derbies/Darbies
07/07/08 16:56 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
Encyclopaedia Britannica
07/07/08 16:53 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
To copy out the Encyclopaedia Britannica was the task set for Jabez Wilson by the Redheaded League.
Notice card
07/07/08 16:45 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
IS
DISSOLVED.
October 9, 1890.
The card which Jabez Wilson found pinned to the door of the offices in Pope’s Court.
IS
DISSOLVED.
October 9, 1890.
The card which Jabez Wilson found pinned to the door of the offices in Pope’s Court.
Morning Chronicle
07/07/08 16:41 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
The advertisement which first drew the attention of Jabez Wilson to the Redheaded League. Read More...
Sign of Four
07/07/08 15:20 Filed in: Canon Cross References
The Sign of Four. Regarding the Sholto murder and the Agra Treasure and another novel in the Canon.
Case of Identity
07/07/08 15:17 Filed in: Canon Cross References
A Case of Mary Sutherland. Another case in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Strand
07/07/08 15:06 Filed in: Locations
The Strand is a street in the City of Westminster, London. It currently starts at Trafalgar Square and runs east to join Fleet Street at Temple Bar, which marks the boundary of the City of London at this point, though its historical length has been longer than this.
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Scotland Yard, London
07/07/08 15:01 Filed in: Locations
Scotland Yard, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London. Founded on 29th September 1829, on a street off Whitehall, near to the Houses of Parliament, London.
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Bank of France
07/07/08 14:56 Filed in: Locations
The Banque de France is the central bank of France. The City and Surburban Bank borrowed gold Napoleons from this Bank to bolster their reserves.
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Eton
07/07/08 14:33 Filed in: Locations
The King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, Read More...
House in Kensington
07/07/08 14:30 Filed in: Locations
Dr Watson lived in Kensington at this time and walked through Hyde Park, to Oxford Street and then on to Baker Street to meet Sherlock Holmes.
City and Surburban Bank
07/07/08 14:26 Filed in: Locations
Coburg Branch of the City and Surburban Bank Read More...
St. James' Hall
07/07/08 14:22 Filed in: Locations
Saxe-Coburg Square
07/07/08 14:18 Filed in: Locations
Fictional address of Mr Jabez Wilson and his pawn shop. Read More...
St. Paul's
07/07/08 14:11 Filed in: Locations
King Edward Street
07/07/08 14:07 Filed in: Locations
17 King Edward Street, near St. Paul’s. Address Mr William Morris (aka Duncan Ross) supposedly moved to, but which was actually a manufactory of artificial knee-caps. There is an actual King Edward Strreet, near St. Paul’s Cathedral.
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Pope's Court
07/07/08 14:00 Filed in: Locations
7 Pope’s Court, Fleet Street, London where the offices of the ‘League’ were situated. It would seem there is a ‘Pope’s Court in London, but not in the Fleet Street area. Fleet Street is a street in London, named after the River Fleet.
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Girl of fourteen
07/07/08 13:52 Filed in: Incidental Characters
A girl of fourteen who did a bit of simple cooking and kept Mr Jabez Wilson’s premises clean. The only other occupant of his property apart from John Clay and himself.
Landlord
07/07/08 13:51 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Landland of the building where the ‘League’ had its offices. He was an accountant living on the ground floor.
Ezekiah Hopkins
07/07/08 13:39 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Ezekiah Hopkins a fictional character and benefactor of redheaded men. Read More...
Sarasate
07/07/08 13:38 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués (March 10, 1844 – September 20, 1908, was a Spanish violinist and composer of the Romantic period.
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Mr Merryweather
07/07/08 13:37 Filed in: Incidental Characters
A bank director of the City and Surburban Bank. A long, thin, sad-faced man, with a very shiny hat and oppressively respectable frock-coat.
Duncan Ross
07/07/08 13:30 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Accomplice of John Clay (aka William Morris and Archie) who professed himself to be a pensioner upon the fund of the Redheaded League.
Vincent Spaulding
07/07/08 13:24 Filed in: Main Characters
Vincent Spaulding (aka John Clay) employee of Mr Jabez Wilson who was prepared to work for half wages. He pointed out the advertisement from the ‘Redhaded League’ to Mr Wilson.
John Clay
07/07/08 13:23 Filed in: Main Characters
John Clay, (aka Vincent Spaulding)the murderer, thief, smasher, and forger. Read More...
Jabez Wilson
07/07/08 13:21 Filed in: Main Characters
Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese, pompous, and slow. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
06/07/08 13:52 Filed in: Sayings
“You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
06/07/08 13:49 Filed in: Character Illustrations
To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
06/07/08 13:47 Filed in: Deductions
“Wedlock suits you,” he remarked. “I think, Watson, that you have put on seven and a half pounds since I saw you.”
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Sherlock Holmes - Nonconformist Clergyman
06/07/08 13:34 Filed in: Disguises and deceptions
He disappeared into his bedroom and returned in a few minutes in the character of an amiable and simple-minded Nonconformist clergyman. His broad black hat, his baggy trousers, his white tie, his sympathetic smile, and general look of peering and benevolent curiosity were such as Mr. John Hare alone could have equalled. It was not merely that Holmes changed his costume. His expression, his manner, his very soul seemed to vary with every fresh part that he assumed. The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when he became a specialist in crime.
Sherlock Holmes - Groom out of work
06/07/08 13:33 Filed in: Disguises and deceptions
A drunkenlooking groom, ill-kempt and side-whiskered, with an inflamed face and disreputable clothes, walked into the room. Accustomed as I was to my friend’s amazing powers in the use of disguises, I had to look three times before I was certain that it was indeed he.
Arnsworth Castle
05/07/08 16:58 Filed in: Untold Cases
The Arnsworth Castle business.
- (The Adventure of Arnsworth Castle by Adrian Conan Doyle (1954))
Delicate matter
05/07/08 16:56 Filed in: Untold Cases
A delicate matter for the reigning family of Holland.
Atkinson Brothers
05/07/08 16:55 Filed in: Untold Cases
The Case of the Atkinson Brothers at Trincomalee.
Walking Clothes
05/07/08 16:44 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
These were the clothes which Irene Adler had named her ‘walking clothes’ which she used when she wished to dress as a man and go about ‘incognito’.
Photograph of Irene Adler
05/07/08 16:37 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
A Cabinet sized photograph of Irene Adler in evening dress which she left in exchange for the one of her and the King of Bohemia when she departed for the Continent.
Cabinet sized photographs were larger and could not be easily concealed in a pocket or purse.
Cabinet sized photographs were larger and could not be easily concealed in a pocket or purse.
Edgeware Road, London
05/07/08 16:28 Filed in: Locations
Edgware Road is a major street which passes through the west of central London, in the City of Westminster.
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Charing Cross Station, London
05/07/08 16:13 Filed in: Locations
Church of St. Monica
05/07/08 16:01 Filed in: Locations
Fictional place of the marriage of Irene Adler and Godfrey Norton. Read More...
Gross & Hankey
05/07/08 15:59 Filed in: Locations
Gross & Hankey, Regent Street. Presumably a jewellers. Godfrey Norton ordered his cab to go there and then to the church of St. Monica’s immediately before his wedding to Irene Adler.
Imperial Opera of Warsaw
05/07/08 15:22 Filed in: Locations
This is the name of the fictional Opera House where Irene Adler had been Prima Donna.
Briony Lodge
05/07/08 14:55 Filed in: Locations
Briony Lodge, Serpentine Avenue, St. John’s Wood, London. Home of Miss Irene Adler. Read More...
Langham Hotel, London
05/07/08 14:44 Filed in: Locations
Here the King of Bohemia stayed during his visit to London to consult with Sherlock Holmes. Read More...
Warsaw, Poland
05/07/08 14:41 Filed in: Locations
Here the King of Bohemia stayed for a lengthy visit when he was around 25 and met Miss Irene Adler.
Groom
04/07/08 18:00 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Sherlock Holmes disguised as an out of work groom.
Clergyman
04/07/08 17:57 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Clergyman who married Irene Adler and Godfrey Norton and who needed a witness because of some informality regarding their marriage licence.
Mr John Hare
04/07/08 17:56 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Mrs Watson
04/07/08 17:54 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Dr Watson’s wife. Formerly Miss Mary Morstan (Sign of Four).
Mary Jane
04/07/08 17:53 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Dr and Mrs Watson’s clumsy servant girl. Mrs Watson had given her notice.
Mrs Turner
04/07/08 17:51 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Sherlock Holmes’ Landlady at this time. An oversight on ACD’s part or was Mrs Husdon on holiday?
John the Coachman
04/07/08 17:50 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Irene Adler’s coachman whom she left to watch over Holmes while she changed into her ‘walking clothes’.
Mr Godfrey Norton
04/07/08 17:48 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Solicitor of the Inner Temple and to become Irene Adler’s husband.
Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen
04/07/08 17:46 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Engaged to the King of Bohemia and second daughter of the King of Scandanavia.
Irene Adler
04/07/08 17:38 Filed in: Main Characters
Irene Adler. Born in New Jersey in the year 1858. Read More...
Count von Kramm
04/07/08 17:35 Filed in: Main Characters
Count von Kramm alias Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel Felstein, hereditary King of Bohemia. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
03/07/08 16:05 Filed in: Sayings
“It’s very annoying, though, Watson.... Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
03/07/08 16:02 Filed in: Deductions
Hullo! that’s not your pipe on the table.... Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
03/07/08 15:55 Filed in: Character Illustrations
It was when he was at his wit’s end that his energy and his versatility were most admirable. Read More...
Yellow Mask
03/07/08 15:54 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
The yellow mask worn by Lucy Hebron so that her face should not be seen by neighbours.
Musgrave Ritual
03/07/08 15:29 Filed in: Canon Cross References
Another story in the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Crystal Palace
03/07/08 14:52 Filed in: Locations
Mr Grant Munro walked to Crystal Palace to think things over. Read More...
Atlanta, U.S.A
03/07/08 14:50 Filed in: Locations
The former home of Mrs Effie Munro/Hebron, John Hebron and their daughter Lucy.
Scottish Maidservant
03/07/08 14:24 Filed in: Incidental Characters
The maidservant who had been with John Hebron and Effie Munro in Atlanta .... Read More...
John Hebron
03/07/08 14:23 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Former husband of Effie Munro. He was a lawyer who left her well provided for when he died of yellow fever in Atlanta.
Lucy Hebron
03/07/08 14:19 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Lucy Hebron, dauther of Mrs Effie Hebron (now Munro) and John Hebron.
Mrs Effie Munro
03/07/08 14:18 Filed in: Main Characters
Formerly married to John Hebron of Atlanta and now the wife of Mr Grant Munro.
Mr Grant Munro
03/07/08 14:17 Filed in: Main Characters
A tall young man entered the room. He was well but quietly dressed in a dark gray suit and carried a brown wide-awake in his hand. I should have put him at about thirty, though he was really some years older.
Referred to as ‘Jack’ by his wife Effie. He was a hop merchant with a good income.
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Referred to as ‘Jack’ by his wife Effie. He was a hop merchant with a good income.
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Palmer and Pritchard
02/07/08 17:09 Filed in: Additional Information
Dr. William Palmer convicted of murder by poison and executed on 6th August 1824 at Stafford, Staffordshire.
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Dr. Edward Pritchard convicted of murder by poison and executed on 28th July 1865 at Glasgow, Scotland.
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Dr. Edward Pritchard convicted of murder by poison and executed on 28th July 1865 at Glasgow, Scotland.
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Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
02/07/08 17:04 Filed in: Sayings
My profession is its own reward.... Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Character Illustrations
02/07/08 16:59 Filed in: Character Illustrations
He was a late riser, as a rule.... Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
02/07/08 16:53 Filed in: Deductions
Now, when young ladies wander about the metropolis at this hour of the morning.... Read More...
Mrs Hudson
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Long sufferring Landlady of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Waterloo Station, London
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Doctors' Commons
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Sherlock Holmes visited Doctors’ Commons to view the Will of Mrs Stoner/Roylott. Read More...
Crane Water
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Crane Water, Nr. Reading, Berkshire. Home of Mr Percy Armitage who was engaged to Miss Helen Stoner.
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Calcutta, India
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Calcutta. (Dr. Roylott pracised medicine there and married Mrs. Stoner. In a fit of temper he also beat his native butler to death and served a long prison sentence.)
Leatherhead, Surrey
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Stoke Moran Manor House
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Indian Animals and other things
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Cheetah.... Read More...
Gipsies
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Wandering gypsies on the estate at Stoke Moran. Read More...
Miss Honoria Westphall
02/07/08 15:55 Filed in: Incidental Characters
The aunt of Miss Helen Stoner. Her late mother’s maiden sister, who lived near Harrow.
Percy Armitage
02/07/08 15:51 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Percy Armitage — the second son of Mr. Armitage, of Crane Water, near Reading. Engaged to Miss Helen Stoner.
Mrs Stoner/Mrs Roylott
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Mrs. Stoner, the young widow of Major-General Stoner of the Bengal Artillery. Read More...
Julia Stoner
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Twin sister of Helen Stoner. Murdered by Dr Grimesby Roylott two weeks before her wedding.
Dr Grimesby Roylott
02/07/08 15:16 Filed in: Main Characters
Last survivor of one of the oldest Saxon families in England.... Read More...
Helen Stoner
02/07/08 15:14 Filed in: Main Characters
Helen Stoner was the step daughter of Dr. Grimesby Roylett of Stoke Moran, West Surrey and the twin sister of Julia Stoner.
Mrs Farintosh
02/07/08 15:09 Filed in: Untold Cases
Mrs Farintosh and the case of the Opal tiara. Mrs Farintosh was a friend of Miss Helen Stoner.
Gloria Scott-facts and figures
01/07/08 18:31 Filed in: Additional Information
The Gloria Scott Left Falmouth on 8th October 1855. Bound for Australia. Destroyed N.Lat 15 degrees 20'.W.Long 25 degrees 14' on November 6th 1855. Height of the Crimean War. Read More...
Beddoes
01/07/08 17:31 Filed in: Main Characters
The name which JP Trevor’s fellow convict, Evans, used after their escape and return to England.
James Armitage
01/07/08 17:27 Filed in: Main Characters
The name of JP Trevor upon his conviction and transportation.
Gloria Scott
01/07/08 17:08 Filed in: Canon Cross References
The “Gloria Scott” - another story from the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.