Sherlock Holmes through the microscope / Carl L. Heifetz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heifetz, Carl, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holmes, Sherlock.

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930--Characters.

Doyle, Arthur Conan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : MX Publishing, [2018]

Summary:

The life and career of Mr. Sherlock Holmes haves inspired the interest of many of the brightest intellects in the world. They have expended great efforts to penetrate beyond the glimpses afforded us in the 60 published adventures - to detect the real underlying character of "the best and the wisest man" Dr. Watson has ever known ("The Final Problem" by A. C. Doyle). To the hundreds of past and present day Sherlockians, Holmesians, Doyeleans, we owe a great deal of gratitude for helping to shred the veil which has been created to obfuscate the real character of our remarkable hero: from the sainted Christopher Morley and Vincent Starrett; to the renowned commentators Ronald A. Knox, William S. Baring-Gould, Edgar W. Smith, Sydney C. Roberts, Michael Harrison, Michael Hardwick, and many others too numerous to mention. Commentators have included bookmen, journalists and essayists, physicians, psychiatrists and pathologists, chemists, monsignors and vicars, barristers and solicitors, a.

Contents:

Cover

Front matter

Title page

Sherlock Holmes through the Microscope

Sherlock Holmes: Master of Espionage

Sherlock Holmes - Typical Research Chemist

A Study in Scarlet Yields to the Methods of Sherlock Holmes, Scientist

The Scientific Detective, Sherlock Holmes, Solves the Case of the Sign of Four

Scientific Lesson Learned from "The Yellow Face"

Sherlock Holmes Crosses a Thor Bridge to Scientific Inspiration

Sherlock Holmes, Scientific Detective: Solves The Silver Blaze Horse-Napping Case

A "Second Stain" Saves The Day

Sherlock Holmes Scientist Solves A Case of Identity

Keep Digging Until You Find It

Tunnel Detection in Victorian London

A Victorian Christmas Classic

Baker Street Browsings

Birthday of Louis Pasteur Celebrated

Dr. Watson's Adventure of The Deadly Medusa

Dr. Watson's Coal Tar Solution

Examining the Chronology of The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge

Good Luck Irene

Unexpected Guests At The Sunshine State Sherlockian Scion Symposium I

In Defense of the Greek Interpreter

Moriarty, An Encounter of the First Kind

Regarding the True Aetiology of the Skin-Lightening Syndrome in "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier"

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Pearls of Death

Sherlock Holmes and the Magic Bullet

Sherlock Holmes: The Education of the World's First Forensic Scientist

The Case of the Jewish Pawnbroker or How Sherlock Holmes Got His Violin

The Importance of The Contribution of Dr. Watson to the Development of Forensic Science

The Missing Stradivarius

Tracking With Aniseed And Its Other Uses

Watson's Finest Moment

Back matter

Also available.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78705-309-1

1-78705-308-3