A recent article by Jennifer Petkus, I thought some of you might find it of interest, if you'd not seen it before. It is detailed, thorough, and interesting, and may be found here: http://myparticularfriend.com/?p=2033

The author Hugh Ashton explores Dr Watson's writing style, as compared to ACD's other works, in this article:

http://beneathgrayski.es/?p=1449

From "A doctor enjoys Sherlock Holmes", by Edward J. Van Liere, 1959 ( Read more... )

This a delightful essay--I'd seen it before, but not read it closely. This is the beginning:
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If there is anything pleasant in life, it is doing what we aren’t meant to do.  If there is anything pleasant in criticism, it is finding out what we aren’t meant to find out.  It is the method by which we treat as significant what the author did not mean ( Read more... )

A few months ago someone from this community suggested I share this here with you. Please be aware it is rather silly in parts, but all the references used are genuine and linked at the end for any who wish to delve more deeply into things I barely brushed at.

Link takes you to the entry in my journal.

The Not-Essay, Nowhere-Near-Thesis, ( Read more... )

"And the seal, and symbol, and secret of Watson is, of course, his bowler. It is not like other bowlers; it is a priestly vestment, an insigne of office. Holmes may wear a squash hat, but Watson cleaves to his bowler, even at midnight in the silence of Dartmoor, or on the solitary slopes of the Reichenbach. He wears it constantly, even as the ( Read more... )

Watson was a Woman?

Maybe. Or so runs the theory by Rex Stout, the mystery author who wrote tales about his detective Nero Wolfe. Stout first proposed his famous theory that "Watson Was a Woman" at a Baker Street Irregulars meeting in 1941, but his tongue-in-cheek humour did not fare well in that venue. Months later his speech was ( Read more... )