Author: Chips

Of all the many entertaining authors
Whose published books by some are fondly kept,
Have any matched your subtle pawky humor?
Were any at descriptions as adept?

Of course you had the great unique advantage
Of having such a gifted friend to know,
And living at a time we view as charming,
From those quaint glimpses that your stories show.

But still, the manner of your stories’ tellings
Stirs up imaginings more than a guess.
We’ve shuddered at portrayals of the villains.
We’ve warmed to view the damsels in distress.

And as for Holmes, you’ve made him such a hero,
We’d no doubt swarm to get his autograph,
And search his face to sense the egotism
That never fails to make our spirits laugh.

Then cheers from all for sturdy Dr. Watson!
The one fixed point within all changing scenes.
His writings cause some pilgrimage to London
Or shorter jaunts to local silver screens.

I found this tribute to our beloved Dr Watson on the site listed below. I may still be down but the Doctor and you all have always supported me.

Take care, all.
Chips

81 Sherlockian Poems and Songs
lyrical praise and humor by John McDonne

I found one of these spoons in a junk shop. I researched the history. The spoon was put into cans of Chase San-born Coffee to advertise a movie being released.

The Movie was titled “Charlie McCarthy, Detective”. I never saw the movie but I would like to if anyone knows of how to get a copy.

One benefit of being laid up with a traumatic Brian injury is I have always had 1895 to fall back on and concentrate my memory and ability to enjoy the world that Watson and Doyle created.

Even the basic information I had read before has an enchanting New feeling about it. For example, Sherlock Holmes stories are thought of as murder mystery stories. A check of the wealth of information in the volume Sherlock Holmes for Dummies by Steven Doyle and David Crowder reveals facts like:

• 263 dead bodies in the cases
• 119 were murders
• 3 can be classified as locked room mysteries such as the Speckled Band, The Empty House and the Valley of Fear
• 3 can be crime prevention as The Red-Beaded League, Solitary Cyclist, The Three Garridebs
• 4 Espionage – The 2nd Stain, The Bruce Partington plans, Last Bow, Naval Treaty.
• 4 missing persons as in A Case of Identity, The Noble Bachelor, The Man with a Twisted lip. The Priory School.
• 3 weird tales – The Yellow Face, The Crooked Man, Veiled Lodger.

Long stories: Watson and Doyle went a different way in adding a tale with a section explaining the background of what happened before. The three long stories are great tales yet the best one has no background – The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Thanks Steve and David in helping me mend.

Would any of my fellow Watsonians like to suggest any changes?
Chips