Ralph Edwards Chris Redmond Sonia Fetherston Steve Clarkson Ralph Edwards – Fri, 29 Jul 1994 What adjectives are used in the Canon, like singular, abstruse, and unusual? Was it a little home or an estate villa? Did the yearning come from a country boyhood? Did Watson insinuate that London was gloomy? Did Watson share the […]

Ralph Edwards Chris Redmond Sonia Fetherston Steve Clarkson Ralph Edwards – Fri, 27 May 1994 What was the most terrible August in the twentieth century? August, 1914 – the start of WW I August, 1939 – the introduction to WW II August, 1945 – the atomic bomb explosions over two Japanese cities? Is the word […]

Ralph Edwards Chris Redmond Sonia Fetherston Steve Clarkson Ralph Edwards – Fri, 13 May 1994 Is a home bath necessarily invigorating rather than relaxing? Are alternatives still in use? How did Watson’s splashes from a hansom differ from Helen Stoner’s splashes from a dog-cart (SPEC)? Why couldn’t Watson’s bow have been tied by a bootblack? […]

Ralph Edwards Chris Redmond Sonia Fetherston Steve Clarkson Ralph Edwards – Sun, 5 Jun 1994 Why a 22-year wait to publish this case? In what way was this the supreme moment of Holmes’ career? Are drying room couches customary? Was the Hammerford Will a Holmes/Watson case? Was Damery a fop or a fashion plate? In […]

Ralph Edwards Chris Redmond Sonia Fetherston Steve Clarkson Ralph Edwards – Fri, 30 Sep 94 Is the resolution of the case satisfactory? What would be the ramifications of a different relationship? Is “hand in hand” used to suggest the relationship between Holmes and Watson? Is truth really stranger than fiction? Why did Dundas hurl his […]

J. Randolph Cox Chris Redmond Sonia Fetherston Steve Clarkson J Randolph Cox – 22 Jan – 13 Mar 1994 22 Jan 1994 Why can this story be called “a ghost story which belongs more to the literature of skepticism than the literature of belief”? Does the absence of Sherlock Holmes from so much of the […]

Ralph Edwards Chris Redmond Sonia Fetherston Steve Clarkson Ralph Edwards – Fri, 10 Feb 1995 What kind of childhood did Holmes have? Are aversion to women and interest in music unemotional traits? Were the golf club membership organizations? Having more chance to practice, why wasn’t Sherlock Holmes superior to Mycroft in observation and deduction? Did […]

J. Randolf Cox Ralph Edwards Chris Redmond Sonia Fetherston Steve Clarkson J. Randolf Cox – Tue, 14 Dec 1993 The beginning discussion of GOLD, plus the fact that I actually found time last night to read the story, reminded me of the study questions I designed the last time I taught my class called “Sherlock Holmes and […]

Ralph Edwards Chris Redmond Sonia Fetherston Steve Clarkson Ralph Edwards – Fri, 6 Jan 1995 With whom did Holmes mix, and why, if not the men of his year? Was chapel attendance compulsory? Does “It was a prosaic way of forming a friendship” illustrate Holmes’s bizarre sense of humor? Why didn’t Holmes use crutches after […]

Ralph Edwards Chris Redmond Sonia Fetherston Steve Clarkson Ralph Edwards – Fri, 14 Oct 1994 Is this a conjecture and surmise case? What points need clearing up? What purpose did the cross-indexing serve? What is the origin of the name “Paradol”? What is an amateur mendicant? Was Mary Morstan’s mother living? Why did Watson choose […]