Sherlockian.Net: The Yellow Face

Basic information

Abbreviation (J. F. Christ, 1947): YELL
Word length (C. E. Lauterbach, 1960): 7,540
First published: Strand Magazine, February 1893; Harper's Weekly, February 11, 1893

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    Links of interest

  • Story summary from McMurdo's Camp
  • Facies Lutea (text in Latin)
  • Heredity and Modern Genetics
  • People of Color in Old Tennessee
  • Paget illustrations for this story

    Redmond's Delicate Question

    Most Sherlock Holmes stories, whatever else they may be, are exciting. The same cannot really be said of "The Yellow Face". Is the author successful in using boredom and the commonplace as a background for Sherlock Holmes's extraordinary sparkle?
    "The View Halloa", by Rosemary Michaud
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