Sherlockian.Net: Wisteria Lodge

Basic information

Abbreviation (J. F. Christ, 1947): WIST
Word length (C. E. Lauterbach, 1960): 11,591
First published: Collier's Weekly, August 15, 1908 ("The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles"); Strand Magazine, in two parts, September and October 1908 ("The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro")

Text available on-line

marietta.edu (Diogenes Club)

Links of interest

Examining the Chronology, by Carl Heifetz

Inspector Baynes Reporting

The Voodoo Server

San Pedro Sula, Honduras

San Pedro, California

Redmond's Delicate Question

In an award-winning article about "Wisteria Lodge", Edward F. Clark observed that the story is poorly understood because, among other things, "we don't read it very often" compared to the more famous and popular stories in the Canon. Are some stories in fact read more often than others? And if this is one of the more often neglected ones, why?

"The View Halloa", by Rosemary Michaud

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