The Mind and Art of Sherlock Holmes.Chautauqua, New YorkSeptember 9-12, 2016. Conference Programme. A limited quantity of the printed program of the Baker Street Irregulars' recent Conference is available for purchase. In addition to half a dozen brief articles on the Chautauqua Institution, William Gillette, and the 19th century spiritualism movement, the program contains the … Continue reading The Mind and Art of Sherlock Holmes
Art in the Blood: Cartoonist & Illustrator Scott Bond Meets Sherlock Holmes. Edited, with an introduction, by Mark Gagen. "Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms," said Sherlock Holmes in "The Greek Interpreter," and Scott Bond's canonical cartoons and other illustrations bear this out. His cartoons have appeared in every issue … Continue reading Art in the Blood
Sherlock Holmes: Behind the Canonical Screen. Edited & introduced by Lyndsay Faye and Ashley Polasek. Sherlock Holmes: Behind the Canonical Screen was the third Baker Street Irregulars' officially sponsored Conference, and the first held on the West Coast. This 2012 event was a unique collaboration between the BSI and the UCLA School of Theatre, Film … Continue reading Sherlock Holmes: Behind the Canonical Screen
Nerve and Knowledge: Doctors, Medicine and the Sherlockian Canon. Edited & introduced by Robert S. Katz, MD, BSI, and Andrew L. Solberg, MHS, BSI. "When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge." —Sherlock Holmes in "The Speckled Band" Medical issues and motifs heavily influence … Continue reading Nerve and Knowledge
Spain and Sherlock Holmes. Edited by Maria C. Veiga-Hayzen, BSI, and Donald J. Hobbs, BSI. Spain and Sherlock Holmes makes available for the first time a selection of the best Canonical scholarship from Spain. In the spirit of international cooperation, the anthology was co-edited by Spanish Sherlockian Maria Veiga-Hayzen and Series editor Don Hobbs, and … Continue reading Spain and Sherlock Holmes
Saratoga: At the Rail - From "Silver Blaze" to "Shoscombe Old Place." Edited by Candace J. Lewis and Roger Donway. The Baker Street Irregulars Press has published a third collection of delightful and ground-breaking essays to mark the triennial running of the "Silver Blaze" Race at Saratoga Raceway. The new volume focuses on the two … Continue reading Saratoga: At the Rail
Catalogue of the Exhibition. Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die The Museum of London Exhibition. Compiled by Nicholas Utechin and Catherine Cooke. Now, for the first time, a catalogue is available for the Museum of London's 2014-15 groundbreaking exhibition. Not since the famous 1951 Festival of Britain has an event … Continue reading Catalogue of the Exhibition 2014-2015
Out of the Abyss. A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript of "The Empty House" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with Annotations and Commentary on the Story. Edited & introduced by Andrew Solberg, BSI, Steven Rothman, BSI, and Robert Katz, MD, BSI. "The Adventure of the Empty House" holds a special place in the hearts of … Continue reading Out of the Abyss (“The Empty House”)
Prince of the Realm: The Most Irregular James Bliss Austin. by Sonia Fetherston, BSI. Bliss Austin, “The Engineer’s Thumb,” was a member of the very first class of “Investitured” Irregulars in 1944. He assembled what was then the finest collection of rare Sherlockiana, then gave it all away. And he is acknowledged as an early … Continue reading Prince of the Realm
Sherlockian Saturdays at the Pratt. Edited & introduced by William Hyder. Inspired by a passage in Christopher Morley's preface to Doubleday's The Complete Sherlock Holmes, in which Morley recalled walking to "the old Enoch Pratt free library" to borrow "a Conan Doyle he had not read," Baltimore area Sherlockians established a Weekend with Sherlock Holmes … Continue reading Sherlockian Saturdays at the Pratt
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