"From a drop of water, a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it . . . . By a man's fingernails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boot, by his trouser-knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression, by his shirt-cuffs - by each of these things a man's calling is plainly revealed. That all united should fail to enlighten the competent enquirer in any case is almost inconceivable" -- Mr. Sherlock Holmes (STUD).

And therein we begin the study of those objects, environs, and personal effects of the great detective that we might know him and his times a little better. Additions and comments from other Solitary Cyclists (who meet with themselves irregularly) are always welcome.

This compendium of personal effects and environs of those two quite famous individuals of 221B Baker Street has been compiled directly from the 56 short stories, 4 novels, and 2 official pastiches, all of which appear under the name Arthur Conan Doyle. Notes and comments have been added where available. Certainly there is other scholarship available that the author has been unable to find or reproduce. In any case, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

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The Ocular Helmsman is fully updated through the end of the Memoirs, and although it contains a great deal of information from the Return and the Casebook, updates from from the Return and Casebook will continue over the next few months.

 

1904 Colliers Portrait of Sherlock Holmes

A special thanks to the Hounds of the Internet, who so graciously answer questions, big and small.

This website uses photos in the public domain. Text references are listed at the bottom of every page. No copyright infringement is intended by the owner of this site.

Principal hard copy sources for text are (in order of importance) are the Canon, the "Baker Street File," and both the New and original "Annotated Sherlock Holmes," and the "Private Life of Sherlock Holmes." Wikipedia.org and uncountable websites also offered valuable information.

 

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