Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles was one of four full-length Sherlock Holmes novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
This book is one in a series of Dective stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. It is written by Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle a Scottish physician and prominent writer.

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Watson quotes Holmes as saying: "It is a swamp adder! the deadliest snake in India." However, There is no such thing as a 'swamp adder' and there are no adders of any kind in India. In addition, snakes cannot hear sounds they only feel vibrations with very sensitive organs.It has been speculated that what Holmes actually said was: "it is a samp-aderm, the deadliest skink in India." A skink is actually a lizard that might be able to climb and descend a rope and hear a whistle.

nope

There was no murderer. The colonel was spooked by Henry and fell in disgust and killed himself. The mistress had fainted not knowing Henry was still alive disformed.

"It is my belief that [my sister Julia] died of pure fear and nervous shock, though what it was which frightened her I cannot imagine." -- Helen Stoner, 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band'

Holmes made arrangements so that they were "only delayed one day upon their way." My guess is that he had Cartwright pick them up at the Coombe Tracey post office though part of me wants to believe that Holmes did not want to leave such a clue to anyone so close to the scene of the action.

Holmes himself said: "When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge. [Doctors William] Palmer and [Edward William] Pritchard were among the heads of their profession." Both of these real-life doctors of the mid-19th century were convicted of murder by poisoning.

The Reichenbach Falls (Reichenbachfall), one of the highest cataracts in the Alps, are located near Meiringen, Switzerland. This is the site where Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty seemingly fell to their death in "The Adventure of the Final Problem." But Conan Doyle's public would not allow him to kill off his hero, so he had to resurrect him by means of a fantastic escape in the next adventure of the series.

Sherlock Holmes 2 is currently being filmed in the Chatham dockyards and can be found next to the Ropery. I was there breifly before being whizzed away by a security guard.

Mark Gatiss.

The character of Sherlock Holmes does indeed display some characteristics of Aspergers Syndrome with obsessive attention to detail, lack of empathy and social skills including a genius-like intelligence.

One symptom in particular is "being preoccupied with only one or few interests, which he/she may be very knowledgeable about" is right on-target in describing the detective.

Sherlock Holmes

Conan Doyle wrote in 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery' the following description of Holmes' attire: "travelling-cloak and close-fitting cloth cap," which Sidney Paget, the illustrator in the early Strand Magazine stories, interpreted as an Inverness cape and deerstalker cap. These were often used as travelling clothes in Holmes' day, and Holmes and Watson had travelled to the Boscombe valley.

This outfit has since been made popular by actors such as William Gillette and Basil Rathbone in Sherlock Holmes adaptations.

Consider Watson's, Holmes', and Hilton Cubitt's reactions:

". . . See what you can make of that, friend Watson." He tossed a sheet of paper upon the table, and turned once more to his chemical analysis.

___I looked with amazement at the absurd hieroglyphics upon the paper.

___"Why, Holmes, it is a child's drawing!" I cried.

___"Oh, that's your idea!"

___"What else should it be?"

___"It is certainly rather a curious production," said Holmes. "At first sight it would appear to be some childish prank. It consists of a number of absurd little figures dancing across the paper upon which they are drawn. Why should you attribute any importance to so grotesque an object?"

___"I never should, Mr. Holmes. But my wife does. . . ." [said Hilton Cubitt.]

Then Holmes says: "The object of those who invented the system has apparently been to conceal that these characters convey a message, and to give the idea that they are the mere random sketches of children."

I would tend to answer yes to your question.

Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson and Inspector Lastrand are waiting in the vault with other police men at the other end of the tunnel.

It was a "flat", a British apartment.

'Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking' is a made for BBC TV movie pastiche written by Allan Cubitt with co-credit given to Arthur Conan Doyle.

I'm not sure which movie you are speaking of. Professor Moriarty is considered his nemesis in most of his printed stories and movies but not all.

"But the next instant Holmes had emptied five barrels of his revolver into the creature's flank. With a last howl of agony and a vicious snap in the air it rolled upon its back, four feet pawing furiously, and then fell limp upon its side. I stooped, panting, and pressed my pistol to the dreadful, shimmering head, but it was useless to press the trigger. The giant hound was dead." -- John H. Watson, 'The Hound of hte Baskervilles'

"That was before he broke the pledge; but afterwards he would always take drink when he was ashore, and a little drink would send him stark, staring mad. Ah! it was a bad day that ever he took a glass in his hand again." -- Miss Susan Cushing, 'The Adventure of the Cardboard Box.' She is referring to a pledge to give up drinking alcohol.

'The Beekeeper's Apprentice' series is the story of Sherlock Holmes after he retires from life as a detective in London and moves to the countryside to raise bees. He meets a young orphan girl during the War, and recognizes a kindred mind. Holmes begins training Mary Russell as an apprentice, and they solve a series of cases together. Laurie King has a firm grasp of Holmes' character, and her Holmes is just as crabby and eccentric as the original.

Boccaccio's Decameron

A goose and a hat in 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.' Grant Munro's pipe in 'The Yellow Face.' Dr. Mortimer's walking stick in 'The Hound of the Baskervilles.'.In 'The Adventure of the Dying Detective,' it was an ivory box. Also, the occasional calling card (what is referred to as a business card today).

221B Baker Street was the London address of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion John H. Watson MD characters created by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.