A Sherlock Holmes Companion Author:Peter Haining (Editor) The phenomenon that is Sherlock Holmes is based on the series of novels and short stories written almost a century ago that have generated a world-wide network of enthusiasts who have spent the intervening years endlessly debating and investigating the life and cases of the most famous of all detectives. — The Sherlock Holmes Compendium was origi... more »nally published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who created this remarkable saga and has now been revised by Peter Haining to include a wealth of unique articles, thought-provoking essays and rare illustrations that will delight old Sherlockians and fascinate new Holmesians. As well as covering the Great Detective's career in the cinema and on TV, the book also includes a number of puzzles and quizzes to test the reader's knowledge of the world of 221b Baker Street.
The cult of Sherlock Holmes / S.C. Roberts --
Conan Doyle hated Sherlock Holmes / Macdonald Hastings --
A Sherlock Holmes competition / A. Conan Doyle --
Forerunners of Sherlock Holmes / Anonymous --
The artist who made Holmes real / Winifred Paget --
Studies in the literature of Sherlock Holmes / Ronald Knox --
The case of the Baker Street plans / Ellery Husted --The English haunts of Sherlock Holmes / Gavin Brend --
Sherlock Holmes on the Continent / Michael C. Kaser --
Sherlock Holmes was an American! / Franklin Delano Roosevelt --
The railway journeys of Mr. Sherlock Holmes / J. Alan Rannie --
The great Holmes joke / Bernard Darwin --
The adventures of Picklock Holmes / 'Cunnin Toil' --
The bound of the Haskervilles / Peter Todd --
The adventure of the two collaborators / J.M Barrie --
The rivals of Sherlock Holmes / Peter Haining --
From the diary of Sherlock Holmes / Maurice Baring --
An encounter in Central Park / Basil Rathbone --
Mycroft Holmes: private detective / J. Randolph Cox --
From a detective's notebook / P.G. Wodehouse --
The head of the Family / John Gardner --
Re: Vampires / William Leonard --
Shady Mr. Holmes / J.P.W. Mallalieu --
A view of Sherlock Holmes from New Scotland Yard / Sir Robert Mark --