Wow.
It has been a *really* long time, hasn't it?
Summer is flying by so fast, I haven't even had time to sit and figure out a blog post.
So...I just thought I would say...Grace and I didn't die. lol She's away at camp...I'm just insanely busy.
BUT. In August, she's coming to the sunny south to visit me...and there will be sooo many exciting things to blog about then :)
And that contest isn't going anywhere...it will still happen, though when...not sure :P
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Old Copies of the Canon...
Hi Everyone!
There was also a book with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's picture in it, dated 1896.
I hope everyone has had a super blessed week!
I'm sorry about not posting the contest information yet, but Grace is currently away so we haven't had time to finish prepping. It will be up soon, though.
But for now, I have some awesome pictures to share!
My mom and I went on a college tour of Bryan College in Dayon, TN a couple of weeks ago. They had a libary FULL of very old books. I, naturally, wandered to the British Literature section and got my hands on two copies of Sherlock Holmes...one, a copy of the Hound of the Baskervilles from 1902:
And one, a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, dated 1900.
There was also a book with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's picture in it, dated 1896.They were pretty awesome...all falling apart and such, but it was amazing to hold a book in my hands back from the time Holmes was actually created :)
Anywho, like I said, contest information is on it's way; I shall likely be working on it this very afternoon. Enjoy the pictures, and have a spectacular weekend!
Bre
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
First Ever DoaH Contest!
First of all, I'm baaack! My tendonitis is gone and I am now free to type as normal again. Thank goodness.
Secondly, I have just emailed Grace in regards to the writing contest she mentioned in the last post. Just so y'all know that it's underway :) I think we will probably have it up within the next week.
And answering Mary's question, you will have plenty of time to plan. I think we'll probably make the deadline a couple of weeks out, to make sure everyone has enough time.
It'll be FUN! Keep on the look out...if all goes as planned, we should have the whole thing put together by next week sometime :)
Secondly, I have just emailed Grace in regards to the writing contest she mentioned in the last post. Just so y'all know that it's underway :) I think we will probably have it up within the next week.
And answering Mary's question, you will have plenty of time to plan. I think we'll probably make the deadline a couple of weeks out, to make sure everyone has enough time.
It'll be FUN! Keep on the look out...if all goes as planned, we should have the whole thing put together by next week sometime :)
Sunday, March 28, 2010
No Reichenbach
Um, we didn't die, hence the title. We've just been busy/lazy, Bre the former, I the latter.
This is mainly just to let you know that no one pushed us off any cliffs, we didn't take a hiatus and fake that someone pushed us off a cliff, or any such shenanagins.
BUT, be on the lookout; a fun, happy, contest which involves shweet writing shall be underway velly, velly soon.
This is mainly just to let you know that no one pushed us off any cliffs, we didn't take a hiatus and fake that someone pushed us off a cliff, or any such shenanagins.
BUT, be on the lookout; a fun, happy, contest which involves shweet writing shall be underway velly, velly soon.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Holmes Trivia 3 Answers
Alright-y, here are the answers to the Holmes trivia 3! Marian and Amy both got the first two right.
1) The Red-Headed League, Inspector Jones
2) The Man with the Twisted Lip, Neville St. Claire (his beggar name was Boone)
3) The librarian's name is Lomax, from the story "The Illustrious Client." (there is only a brief mention of him)
1) The Red-Headed League, Inspector Jones
2) The Man with the Twisted Lip, Neville St. Claire (his beggar name was Boone)
3) The librarian's name is Lomax, from the story "The Illustrious Client." (there is only a brief mention of him)
Holmes Trivia 3
Hey everyone! Thanks for sticking around :)
Amy reminded me of a project I started awhile back...the Holmes Trivia. Heh, I kinda forgot about it until she said something. So...here's round 3!
Remember, no using search engines. Try to answer everything from your own knowledge. If you need to, you may refer to your copy of the canon or other books that might contain information. But yeah...Google and Yahoo! make everything entirely too easy to access. If you need to refresh your memory on the rules, please click here. Again, ONLY use the canon if you absolutely need to.
1) In a case from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," Holmes, Watson, a man named Mr. Merryweather and a policeman wait in a bank vault. What is the name of the case and the policeman?
2) In a case from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," Holmes goes to the prison to visit a beggar man who was being held there. What is the name of the case and who is the beggar man?
3) What is the name of Watson's librarian friend who helps him to find a book on Chinese pottery?
Good luck! Post your answers in a comment and I will come back within the next few days to post the answers :)
Amy reminded me of a project I started awhile back...the Holmes Trivia. Heh, I kinda forgot about it until she said something. So...here's round 3!
Remember, no using search engines. Try to answer everything from your own knowledge. If you need to, you may refer to your copy of the canon or other books that might contain information. But yeah...Google and Yahoo! make everything entirely too easy to access. If you need to refresh your memory on the rules, please click here. Again, ONLY use the canon if you absolutely need to.
1) In a case from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," Holmes, Watson, a man named Mr. Merryweather and a policeman wait in a bank vault. What is the name of the case and the policeman?
2) In a case from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," Holmes goes to the prison to visit a beggar man who was being held there. What is the name of the case and who is the beggar man?
3) What is the name of Watson's librarian friend who helps him to find a book on Chinese pottery?
Good luck! Post your answers in a comment and I will come back within the next few days to post the answers :)
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Holmes' Height
Sooo...I apologize for the sudden slow-down of posts. But, I seem to have forgotten what the third installment of my series was going to be. Oops. lol
I have been wracking my brain for the past few days, trying to come up with a suitable topic, and have settled upon something that I wondered about (yes, I do wonder about strange things, hah) a few months back. I never got around to doing the research, and now I have compiled a little bit of information to write up a post on it :)
As the title suggests, this post is about how tall our favorite detective was. Through implications in the canon, I have believed for some time now that Holmes was about as tall as my piano teacher, who is about 6' 5" or so (as far as I can guess, lol).
I knew, however, that there are several actual references to the height of our detective in the canon, though I couldn't for the life of me remember where they were. So, when I decided to write up this post, I went hunting for them. Thank goodness for Google, I tell you :)
This one is from "A Study in Scarlet:"
"In height he was rather over six feet, and so excessively lean that he seemed to be considerably taller."
Keeping in mind that this is the first time Watson ever laid eyes on the man, and the fact that Watson was probably of shorter stature (I've heard talk that he was somewhere between 5' 8" and 5' 10"), this could be entirely untrue. He could have appeared to be over 6 feet tall...simply because Watson was short (lol, and perhaps because of his leanness/gauntness).
I have also heard that the average height of a Victorian gentleman was between 5' 6" and 5' 11". So, if Holmes was indeed 6 feet or taller, he would have most definitely stood out in a crowd of average-sized Victorian men.
Moving on to another quote, I found this from "Abbey Grange:"
"Man, Watson, man. Only one, but a very formidable person. Strong as a lion - witness the blow that bent that poker! Six foot three in height.....I could not reach the place by at least three inches - from which I infer that he is at least three inches a bigger man than I."
Here, Holmes himself states, though indirectly, that he is 6 feet tall. This slightly contradicts what Watson said earlier in "A Study in Scarlet."
I have concluded that my original thoughts about Holmes' height were...slightly off, to say the very least. It seems that, based off of these quotes and meager facts, Holmes was somewhere in between 6' 0" and 6' 3".
:) Just a thought.
I have been wracking my brain for the past few days, trying to come up with a suitable topic, and have settled upon something that I wondered about (yes, I do wonder about strange things, hah) a few months back. I never got around to doing the research, and now I have compiled a little bit of information to write up a post on it :)
As the title suggests, this post is about how tall our favorite detective was. Through implications in the canon, I have believed for some time now that Holmes was about as tall as my piano teacher, who is about 6' 5" or so (as far as I can guess, lol).
I knew, however, that there are several actual references to the height of our detective in the canon, though I couldn't for the life of me remember where they were. So, when I decided to write up this post, I went hunting for them. Thank goodness for Google, I tell you :)
This one is from "A Study in Scarlet:"
"In height he was rather over six feet, and so excessively lean that he seemed to be considerably taller."
Keeping in mind that this is the first time Watson ever laid eyes on the man, and the fact that Watson was probably of shorter stature (I've heard talk that he was somewhere between 5' 8" and 5' 10"), this could be entirely untrue. He could have appeared to be over 6 feet tall...simply because Watson was short (lol, and perhaps because of his leanness/gauntness).
I have also heard that the average height of a Victorian gentleman was between 5' 6" and 5' 11". So, if Holmes was indeed 6 feet or taller, he would have most definitely stood out in a crowd of average-sized Victorian men.
Moving on to another quote, I found this from "Abbey Grange:"
"Man, Watson, man. Only one, but a very formidable person. Strong as a lion - witness the blow that bent that poker! Six foot three in height.....I could not reach the place by at least three inches - from which I infer that he is at least three inches a bigger man than I."
Here, Holmes himself states, though indirectly, that he is 6 feet tall. This slightly contradicts what Watson said earlier in "A Study in Scarlet."
I have concluded that my original thoughts about Holmes' height were...slightly off, to say the very least. It seems that, based off of these quotes and meager facts, Holmes was somewhere in between 6' 0" and 6' 3".
:) Just a thought.
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