The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume II - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [465]
Shreffler, P. A. The Baker Street Reader: Cornerstone Writings about Sherlock Holmes. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984. A collection of essays.
Other Works Cited in the General Introduction
Doyle, Arthur Conan. Arthur Conan Doyle: Letters to the Press. Edited by John Michael Gibson and Richard Lancelyn Green. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1986.
Hoving, Thomas. Tutankhamun: The Untold Story. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978.
Other Works Cited in the Introduction to Volume II
Conan Doyle, Arthur. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Long Stories. London: John Murray, 1929.
De Waal, Ronald Burt. The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Classified and Annotated List of Materials Relating to Their Lives and Adventures. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974.
Hollyer, Cameron. “Author to Editor: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Correspondence with H. Greenhough Smith.” A.C.D.: The Journal of the Arthur Conan Doyle Society 3 (1992), pp. 11-34.
Howlett, Michael Anthony. “The Impersonators: Sherlock Holmes on Stage and Screen.” In Beyond Baker Street: A Sherlockian Anthology, edited and annotated by Michael Harrison. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1976.
a
The order of the stories in book form and in this collection are not the same as the original publication order.
b
The death of Mary Marston Watson, his wife.
c
Holmes refers to Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra (act 2, scene 2): “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale I Her infinite variety.”
d
Misquote from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (act 2, scene 3): “Journeys end in lovers meeting.”
e
Hindu term for a hunter.
f
As silent as if made out of wax.
g
Another name for the North Sea.
h
Counter to honesty; crossing the bounds of legality.
i
Tavernkeeper.
j
Knight of the Garter; member of the most exclusive Order in Britain.
k
Privy Councillor; an appointed member to a mostly ceremonial council that advises the sovereign.
l
A chandler is a dealer in a specified merchandise.
m
Write the name of a bank across the check so Holmes could deposit it.
n
Predetermined order of succession to the estate.
o
Perhaps, then, his initials are not a coincidence.
p
Reference to Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part I (act 2, scene 4): “Nay, that’s past praying for.”
q
Type of apple.
r
Carriage drawn by two horses, here the chestnuts of the next line.
s
He sleeps so excessively he can’t be awakened.
t
Heavy curtain hung across a doorway.
u
Greek goddess of wisdom, usually spelled Athena.
v
Top part of a wall.
w
Short riding whip.
x
Illustrious Italian Renaissance family whose members included popes and poisoners.
y
Was officially a representative for the school for a sports event.
z
Suffered gambling losses at the racetrack.
aa
Eyeglasses that fit on the bridge of the nose.
ab
Parchment or vellum that has been written upon more than once.
ac
Chair mounted on wheels for invalids; first used at Bath, noted for its medicinal springs.
ad
Watson refers to the chase in The Sign of Four.
ae
Distracted from present concerns; absentminded.
af
The phrase “time of trouble” or “times of trouble” is found more than a dozen times in the Bible—for example, Psalms 9:9, 10:1, 27:5, 37:39, and 41:1.
ag
Hit with a battle-ax having a hammer face opposite the blade.
ah
Let down, disappoint.
ai
Household articles plated (covered) with gold or silver.
aj
A card game metaphor; means Armstrong currently has the upper hand.
ak
Pen in a stable where a horse is kept without a halter.
al
House said to be the northernmost point of Britain.
am
Holmes refers to Shakespeare’s Henry V (act 3, scene 1): “The game’s afoot!”
an
He does; see “The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier” and “The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane.”
ao
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), Italian architect whose style profoundly influenced English architecture.
ap
That is, “bees wing”: a flaky deposit sometimes found in old bottles of wine.
aq
The voice of the people is the voice of God (Latin); attributed to English scholar