Comments on: A Study in Sherlock

By: Russ

Russ — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:14:47 +0000

Douglas recently inquired on the HoundsL list about past messages.

Here is a link:

http://listserv.kent.edu/archives/hounds-l.html

Russ

By: dougj

dougj — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:27:01 +0000

Robert, I completely agree. The works are fascinating, and reveal much about his father (Charles Altamont Doyle) and his crumbling state of mind, and perhaps ACD’s later fascination with fairies and spiritualism. For the new blog, there are three selections of his artwork from this phase in the queue. Amazing work, really.

By: Robert Hyde

Robert Hyde — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:17:58 +0000

I always liked Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories, but what i find interesting are the paintings his father did- fairy paintings and illustrations that reveal a vivid imagination. The father had what we might call a nervous breakdown or some type of mental disorder. In those days people were ashamed of such things and tried to hush them up. I’m sure this must have affected Arthur Conan Doyle greatly. The father’s paintings ( I think his name was Richard) would probably be considered “outsider art” if he was alive today, or perhaps he’d be illustrating fantasty- fiction bookcovers today.

By: Ted Bongiovanni

Ted Bongiovanni — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:48:06 +0000

I'm newly interested in Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle just having finished reading Arthur and George by Julian Barnes. Doyle seems like quite a character himself. Also great that so many of his works are in the public domain.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:12:23 +0000

“Excellent, Watson!” or should I say “Johnston”.

I too have been a follower of the exploits of the world first (only?) consulting detective since my mother, who I think had a penchant for Basil Rathbone, encouraged me to watch the early films.

For many years I was unaware of the true character of Watson until I began to read Conan Doyle’s stories and since then I’ve been hooked.

I wrote to Sherlock Holmes in the seventies at his address in Baker Street in London and was pleasantly surprised to receive a reply from his secretary saying that the Great Detective was away on an important matter.

I subsequently became a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and have collected a fair number of books, films and other material. I recently treated myself to the complete Jeremy Brett series of Holmes on DVD and my wife added to my collection of books with the third volume of Leslie Klinger’s annotated Sherlock Holmes.

I don’t profess to being a scholar either but it would be interesting to conjecture what he would have thought of the DIY Planner . . .