"The Strength and Activity of Youth": The Junior Sherlockian Movement. By Stephen Clarkson, BSI. This annual is most interesting. It describes the activities of younger Sherlockians in the '60s and '70s. The late editor Stephen Clarkson ("Morse Hudson") gathered many first-hand accounts of Sherlockian activity from survivors of that distant era. Many respected Irregulars and … Continue reading BSJ 2003 Christmas Annual
Tilting at Windmills: Denis Conan Doyle and the Baker Street Irregulars by Richard Lancelyn Green, BSI. The 2002 Annual covers such topics as The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Doyle brothers' battles with Ellery Queen and their publishers. It also deals with the sudden demise of The Baker Street Journal and the general unhappiness … Continue reading BSJ 2002 Christmas Annual
On the Shoulders of Giants: Jack Tracy and the Encyclopaedia Sherlockiana by Christopher and Barbara Roden, BSIs. While Sherlock Holmes pastiches are popular, it's very rare for scholarly Sherlockian volumes to reach a wide audience. Yet in the 1970s, Jack Tracy produced an encyclopedia that sold over 10,000 copies in the U.S. alone in its … Continue reading BSJ 2001 Christmas Annual
We offer PDF reprints of individual articles from any regular issue of the BSJ from 1946 through 2011 for $5.00 each. Reprints from 2012 or later are not available. Our eBSJ PDF Archive (1946-2011) is available on DVD and includes all articles and BSJ Christmas Annuals from 1946 through 2011. Printed copies of some BSJ … Continue reading BSJ Article Reprints
The entire run of the Baker Street Journal through 2011 is available with the eSBJ v2 PDF Archive. Printed copies of some BSJ Christmas Annuals published before 2009 are also still available. Other back issues of the Baker Street Journal are not available from the BSI. However, issues can sometimes be found on eBay … Continue reading BSJ Back Issues
History of the Silver Blaze. By Wayne B. Swift, BSI. As the BSI's expert on race horses and horse racing, Wayne Swift offers the last word on the history of the Silver Blaze races. Swift has discovered more about the connections between the BSI and the turf than anyone, including himself, had heretofore suspected. 66 … Continue reading BSJ 2000 Christmas Annual
The Best of the Pips Volume II: More Papers on the Sundial. By Albert M. Rosenblatt, BSI. The Five Orange Pips is one of the oldest and most distinguished Sherlockian societies. They published their first collection, The Best of the Pips, in 1955. Now Al Rosenblatt has assembled a new collection that rivals its celebrated … Continue reading BSJ 1999 Christmas Annual
"Entertainment and Fantasy": The 1940 BSI Dinner. By Jon L. Lellenberg, BSI. Of all the BSI Dinners, the one held on January 30, 1940 could well be the most significant. Partly a publication party for Vincent Starrett’s 221B: Studies in Sherlock Holmes, it helped to revive the BSI after a four year hiatus. It was … Continue reading BSJ 1998 Christmas Annual
