Sherlockian.Net: The Devil's Foot

Basic information

Abbreviation (J. F. Christ, 1947): DEVI
Word length (C. E. Lauterbach, 1960): 10,055
First published: Strand Magazine, December 1910; in the American edition of the Strand, January and February 1911, two episodes

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Links of interest

Introductory questions by Ralph Edwards

Cornwall Holiday Guide

Cornwall Tourist Information

Customs of the People of Cornwall

Hallucinogens

Devil's root | Devil's claw

Redmond's Delicate Question

Although a few of the unpublished cases seem to have taken place abroad, rarely does the reader see Holmes at work outside England. In this case that does happen -- for Cornwall is not a part of ancient England (as Holmes's research on the ancient Cornish tongue emphasizes). Is the foreign, Celtic, location particularly appropriate to this tale of grotesquerie and madness?

"The View Halloa", by Rosemary Michaud

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