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Sherlock

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noteS And IlluStrAtIonS

the third of last month. (1)

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( T L M, 1926).

Governor of one of the Australian colonies. (1)

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were living together at 427, Park Lane. (1)

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the Baldwin, the Cavendish, and the Bagatelle card

clubs. (2)G W E L - 1890 k . I London Clubs,Their History and Treasures (L: C & W-, 1911), R N , BC, k , , - Ck, . H , k (189).

he had played a rubber of whist. (2)

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the front room on the second floor. (2)

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A row of mansions along Park Lane, from George Clinch, M B: B H A P S. G, H Sq (London: Truslove & Shirley, 1892) facing p.104

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by an expanding revolver bullet. (2)

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I observed the title of one of them, The Origin ofTree Worship, and it struck me that the fellow mustbe some poor bibliophile.... (3)

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...retraced my steps to Kensington. (3)

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heres British Birds, and Catullus, and The


The frontispiece of Jones, Henry (pseud. Cavendish), TL P W S Ex(14th ed. London, Thomas de la Rue & Co. 1884)

Crockfords gambling club in 1828, from Ralph Nevill, L C, T H T (London:Chatto & Windus, 1911)

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Holy Wara bargain,every one of them. With

five volumes, you could justfill that gap on that secondshelf. (4)

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.I had no idea that youwould be so affected. (4)

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I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or theJapanese system of wrestling. (5)

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I knew that Moriarty was not the only man whohad sworn my death. There were at least three otherswhose desire for vengeance upon me would only be in-creased by the death of their leader. (5)

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Several times during thelast three years I havetaken up my pen to writeto you, but always I fearedlest your affectionate re-

gard for me should temptyou to some indiscretion

which would betray mysecret. (6)

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I traveled for two yearsin Tibet, therefore, and

amused myself by visit-ing Lhassa [sic], andspending some days withthe head Llama [sic].You may have read of theremarkable explorationsof a Norwegian namedSigerson, but I am sure

that it never occurred to you that you were receivingnews of your friend. I then passed through Persia,looked in at Mecca, and paid a short but interesting

visit to the Khalifa at Khartoum, the results of whichI have communicated to the Foreign Office. Returningto France, I spent some months in a research into thecoal-tar derivatives, which I conducted in a laboratoryat Montpellier [sic], in the south of France. (6)

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The frontispiece from volume one of Burtons book,P N P -M M (3 volumes, 1855-6)

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In some manner he had learned of my own sad be-reavement. (6)

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Holmes's knowledge of the byways of London wasextraordinary, and on this occasion he passed rapidly,and with an assured step through a network of mewsand stables the very existence of which I had neverknown. (7)

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We are in Camden House, which stands opposite toour old quarters. (8)

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I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my


To return home from Park Lane, Watson has a pleasant walk through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. ChurchStreet, where the bookseller has his shop, can be seen between the L's in "Hill" at left. Map from: Karl Baedeker, L- E: Hk T (New York: Scribners, 1911)

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infinite variety, said he, and I recognized in his voicethe joy and pride which the artist takes in his owncreation. (8)

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/ H .The credit of its execution is due to Monsieur OscarMeunier, of Grenoble, who spent some days in doingthe moulding. It is a bust in wax. (8)

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He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, agarroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon

the Jews harp. (8)

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An opera-hat was pushed to the back of his head, and

an evening dress shirt-front gleamed out through hisopen overcoat. (10)

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Still kneeling upon the f loor he bent forward andthrew all his weight and strength upon some leverwith the result that there came a long, whirling,

grinding noise, ending once more in a powerful click.He straightened himself then, and I saw that what heheld in his hand was a sort of gun, with a curiously

misshapen butt. (10)P . T , , . D , q x-

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But one could not look upon his cruel blue eyes, withtheir drooping, cynical lids, or upon the fierce, aggres-sive nose and the threatening, deep-lined brow, with-out reading Nature's plainest danger-signals. (10)

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Ah, Colonel! said Holmes, arranging his rumpledcollar; journeys end in lovers meetings as the old

play says. (10)

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I believe I am correct, Colonel, in saying that yourbag of tigers still remains unrivalled? (10)

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with his savage eyes and bristling moustache he waswonderfully like a tiger himself. (10-11)

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I wonder that my very simple stratagem could de-

ceive so old a shikari, said Holmes. (11)Shikari A-I shikar, - I.

Holmes had picked up the powerful air-gun from thef loor. (11)

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here is Morgan the poisoner, and Merridew of

abominable memory, and Mathews, who knocked out myleft canine in the waiting-room at Charing Cross. (12)

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He handed over the book, and I read: Moran, Sebas-tian, Colonel. Unemployed. Formerly 1st Bengalore

Pioneers. (12)

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I have a theory that the individual represents in hisdevelopment the whole procession of his ancestors,and that such a sudden turn to good or evil stands forsome strong influence which came into the line of his

pedigree. The person becomes, as it were, the epitomeof the history of his own family. (13)

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will embellish the Scotland Yard Museum. (14)

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On this map from Baedekers 1911 L E, Ms. is an abbreviation for Mews. From CavendishSquare, at right, to Baker Street, left, Holmes has several routes to choose from

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