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THE COMING OF THE FAIRIES

(1922)

Conan Doyle wrote this piece having been fooled by the “Cottingley Fairies.” In 1917, two young cousins, Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, claimed that there were fairies in their garden, and produced their own photographs as proof. Duped, Conan Doyle enthusiastically endorsed the girls’ story, hoping to encourage the belief in spiritualism. It had the opposite effect; he was mocked in the press, and his credulity was called into question. The truth only came out in 1983 when the perpetrators said they’d always felt guilty for fooling Conan Doyle, and for holding him up to the ridicule he suffered.

THE MARACOT DEEP

(1929)

Subtitled The Lost World Under the Sea, this was Conan Doyle’s last work. It is a short novel about the discovery of the sunken city of Atlantis by a team of explorers led by Professor Maracot. He is accompanied on the adventure by Cyrus Headley, a young research zoologist, and Bill Scanlan, an expert mechanic who built the submersible that carries them to the bottom of the Atlantic. This tale is regarded as being part science fiction and part spiritualist sermon, with the Atlanteans demonstrating the movement’s high ideals.

TALES OF UNEASE

(2000)

This is a compilation of short stories written by Conan Doyle between 1890 and 1921. It includes “The Ring of Thoth” (1890) about an ancient Egyptian mummy coming back to life, which, along with his “Lot No. 249” (1892), inspired the 1932 movie The Mummy, featuring Boris Karloff. Also, his atmospheric ghost story, “The Captain of the Polestar” (1883), echoes images from the climax of Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic classic, Frankenstein.

INDEX

Numbers in bold refer to main entries.

A

abductive reasoning 87, 276, 307 Acton, Mr. 126, 128, 130–1 Adair, Ronald 66, 162–3, 164, 167 Adams, Guy 343 Adler, Irene 35, 56–61, 58, 219, 239, 272, 304–5, 328, 335, 339 “The Adventure of the Abbey Grange” 151, 198–201 the Beryl Coronet” 96–7, 298 Black Peter” 15, 30, 107, 184–5 the Blanched Soldier” 274–7, 278, 299 the Blue Carbuncle” 82–3, 99, 108, 191, 252, 268, 296, 313 the Bruce-Partington Plans” 127, 204, 210, 230–3 the Cardboard Box” 30, 31, 104, 110–1, 134, 145, 305 Charles Augustus Milverton” 27, 39, 145, 151, 186–7, 266 the Copper Beeches” 98–101, 138, 239, 279 the Creeping Man” 250, 258–9, 304 the Dancing Men” 18, 151, 170–5 the Devil’s Foot” 18, 190, 211, 238, 240–5, 304 the Dying Detective” 27, 211, 234–5, 303 the Empty House” 18, 25, 27, 31, 53, 144, 147, 151, 162–7, 252, 252–3, 326 the Engineer’s Thumb” 90–3, 138 the Golden Pince-Nez” 151, 192–5 the Illustrious Client” 18, 236, 239, 250, 253, 255, 257, 266–71, 305 the Lion’s Mane” 18, 25, 30, 151, 251, 278–83 the Mazarin Stone” 22, 246, 250, 252–3, 263, 329 the Missing Three-Quarter” 196–7 the Musgrave Ritual” 18, 104, 116, 120–5, 138, 301 the Noble Bachelor” 94–5, 302 the Norwood Builder” 53, 105, 151, 168–9, 297, 314 the Priory School” 18, 151,178–83, 191, 257 the Red Circle” 211, 216, 226–9 the Resident Patient” 104, 111, 127, 134–5, 304, 327 the Retired Colourman” 284–5 the Second Stain” 18, 151 202–7, 230–1, 232, 301, 305 Shoscombe Old Place” 109, 250,

288–91

the Six Napoleons” 31, 188–9, 211, 297, 302, 313, 337 the Solitary Cyclist” 176–7 the Speckled Band” 18, 35, 84–9, 220, 253, 299, 304, 313, 329, 337 the Sussex Vampire” 99, 251, 256, 260–1, 266, 304, 341 the Three Gables” 81, 272–3, 303, 305 the Three Garridebs” 30, 250–1, 255, 262–5 the Three Students” 190–1 the Veiled Lodger” 250, 286–7 Wisteria Lodge” 99, 211, 222–5, 303

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (collection) 15, 16, 34–5, 104 (movie) 330, 336–7 (TV series) 338

Afghan War, Second 27, 166, 167, 299

air-guns 144, 252–3

Akbar, Dost 48–9

Akunin, Boris 326

alcoholism 151, 199

Alexander II, Czar 195

Alice, Turner 70

Allingham, Margery 320

Altamont (informant) 246–7

Amberley, Josiah 284–5

American Civil War 35, 75–6, 77, 79

“The American’s Tale” 260

amyl nitrite 134

Anderson, Robert 25, 29

animated 333, 334

Anna (the Revolutionary) 192, 194–5

anthropometry 312, 313

anti-German sentiment 92

anti-racism 113

Antoon, A. J. 338

Aristotle 306, 307, 309

Arkin, Alan 338

Armitage, James see Trevor, Victor

Armstrong, Dr. Leslie 196–7

Arthur and George (TV drama) 19

Ashwell, Paul 253

Asimov, Isaac 326

Astley, Philip 286

Astor, Viscountess 95

Athenaeum 137

Auger, Claudine 273

Australia 20, 35, 50, 70, 72–3, 118–9, 183, 199, 302

B

Babingon Plot 312 Bacon, Roger 306 Baden-Powell, Robert 304 Bain, Sandy 288 Baker, Henry 82–3

Baker Street 22, 270, 279, 327 household 26, 53, 304 Baker Street Irregulars 31, 34, 39, 49 Baker Street Irregulars (society) 326 Baldwin, Ted 214–15 ballistics 130, 295 Balzac, Honoré de 61, 317 bank robbery 64, 334 Barclay, Colonel James 132–3 Bardle, Inspector 30, 278, 282–3 Barker, Cecil James 214–15, 217, 218, 220 Barker, Mr. (private investigator) 284–5 Barnes, Josiah 288–9 Barnes, Julian 19 Barrie, J. M. 18, 253 Barry, James 61 Barrymore, Eliza 154–5 Barrymore, John 154–5, 158 Barrymore, John (actor) 329 Barton-Wright, Edward 165 Baskerville, Sir Charles 154–5, 157, 158–9, 160 Baskerville, Sir Henry 154–5, 157–9, 160–1, 336–7 Baskerville, Sir Hugo 154–5, 160–1 Baskerville, Rodger 160 Bathsheba 133 Batman 220, 327, 331, 333, 337 Baudelaire, Charles 67 Baxter, Edith 106 Baynes, Inspector 222–3, 224 Beccaria, Cesare 311, 315 Beddington (criminal) 114–15 Beddoes (mutineer) 116–7, 118–9 The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (King)

342

Beeton’s Christmas Annual 16, 34, 45 Bell, Dr. Joseph 12, 15, 16, 25, 34, 41,

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belladonna 118, 234–5 Bellamy, Maud 278, 280–1 Bellamy, Tom and William 278 Bellinger, Lord 202–3, 207, 301 Bennett, Trevor 258–9 Bentley, E. F. 319 Beppo (Italian craftsman) 188–9 Berkeley Square 269, 270 Bernstone, Mrs. 48 Bertillon, Alphonse 313, 314 Billy (page boy) 31, 252 Binet, Alfred 127 Black Hand 228 Black Peter see Carey, Peter blackmail 73, 113, 131, 182, 187, 204, 207, 273, 340 Blake, Sexton 319 Blakely, Colin 337 Blessington, Mr. 134–5 blood types 312 bloodhounds 197

Blyth, Harry 319 Board Schools 141 Boer War 16–7, 18, 92, 150–1, 203, 274–5 bohemianism 61, 302 Bollywood 327 Bond, James 220, 340 Bond, Dr. Thomas 312 Book o’ the Brig 21 The Bookman 22 Boone, Hugh 80–1 Booth, Charles 189, 300–1 “The Boscombe Valley Mystery” 35, 71, 73, 107, 198, 303 Boswell, James 26 Bowman, Lee 322 Boyer, Richard L. 341 Boylston Bank Robbery 64 Brackenstall, Sir Eustace 150, 198–9 Brackenstall, Lady Mary 198–201 Brackwell, Lady Eva 186 brain fever 101, 138, 140 The Breath of God (Adams) 343 Breckinridge (poultry seller) 82 Brett, Jeremy 57, 88, 99, 110, 137, 144, 165, 169, 181, 206, 223, 229, 244, 258, 295, 330, 332–3, 334–6, 338 Breuer, Joseph 91 British Empire 34, 263, 277, 296, 297, 299, 300 British Medical Journal 101, 244 British Museum 24, 82–3, 121, 263 Broadmoor 285 Brontë, Charlotte 101 Brown, Father 319, 321 Brown, Mr. Josiah 188–9 Brown, Silas 106, 109 Browner, James 110–11 Browner, Mary 110–11 Bruce, Nigel 156, 189, 330, 332, 336 Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 297 Brunton, Richard 120–1, 122 Buchanan, Dr. Robert 235 Budd, Dr. George Turnaville 15 Bullard, Charley 64 Burke, David 99, 144, 334, 338 Burke, John 179 Burnet, Miss 222, 225, 305 Burns, William John 218 Burnwell, Sir George 96–7 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 259 Burton, Richard (explorer) 61, 243

C

Cabell, Richard 159 Cadogan West, Arthur 230–1 Café Royal 269, 270 Cairns, Patrick 184–5

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Caldicott, Richard 263 California Gold Rush 221 Cambridge University 196–7 The Canary Trainer (Meyer) 341 the Canon 325 Cantlemere, Lord 252–3 “The Captain of the Polestar” 15, 344–5 “The Cardboard Box” 31, 104, 110–11, 134, 145, 305 Carey, Peter (“Black Peter”) 184–5 Carfax, Lady Frances 210–1, 236–9 Cargill, Alexander 127 Carlton Club 137, 267 Carlton, Timothy 339 Carr, John Dickson 320, 340 Carreras, James 331 Carruthers, Bob 176–7 Cartwright (messenger) 31

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes

18, 250–1, 257, 344

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes

(TV series) 338 “A Case of Identity” 62–3, 69, 309 Casement, Roger 20, 210–11, 247 castration, symbolic 91 catalepsy 134, 135 Chabon, Michael 342 Chadbon, Tom 229 Challenger, Professor 17, 251, 259, 340, 344 Chandler, Raymond 322 Charles I, King 123, 125 Charles II, King 108, 125 Charpentier, Alice 38–9 Charpentier, Arthur 38–9 Charpentier, Madame 38 Charteris, Leslie 320 Chesterton, G. K. 295, 319, 320, 321 chloroform 238, 246–7 Choderlos de Laclos, Pierre 316 Christie, Agatha 175, 295, 320–1 Christison, Robert 244 Churchill, Lady Jennie 95 cigarettes, Egyptian 194–5 ciphers 171, 175, 308 class division 295 Clay, John 65, 66–7 coded messagers, 118, 171, 173, 227, 232 coiners 93 coins commemorative 166 counterfeit 93 collectors, Victorian 263 Collier’s Weekly 156, 162–3, 340 Collins, Wilkie 25, 30, 295, 308, 318, 344 Combe, George and Andrew 313 The Coming of the Fairies 251, 345 The Complete Long Stories 41 Conan Doyle, Adrian (son) 13, 18, 19, 21, 326, 337, 340 Conan Doyle, Arthur 14–21 activities and interests 21 attitude to US 95 authorship of Case Book stories 250 autobiography 15, 18, 109, 269, 305 bereavements 143, 157, 260

Boer War 18, 150, 274–5 break from Sherlock Holmes 17–18 children 17, 18, 19, 20 and class 300–2, 304–5 death and burial 21 and “death” of Holmes 17, 105, 143, 156, 319, 324 and developments in criminology and forensics 315 disenchantment with Holmes 216 education and influences 14–15 failing health 20–1 family background 14 favorite stories 18, 62, 120, 127, 170, 240, 278 fees 16, 17, 34, 45, 64, 105 first marriage 17 and Freemasons 63 gentlemen’s club 137 and George Edalji 19–20, 211 historical fiction 16, 17, 105 hobbies and interests 21, 237 and Houdini 19, 20 and injustice 19–20, 210–11 inspiration for Holmes 25 inspiration for Lestrade 30–1 inspiration for Moriarty 29 and Jean Leckie 19, 245, 257 as journalist in Sudan 166 knighthood 18, 150, 246, 251 medical experiments 244 medical practice 15–16, 34, 85, 135 political opinions 21, 141, 302 problems of 143, 240–1 and race 303, 305 religious beliefs 15, 150 and resurrection of Holmes 18–19, 150–1, 162–3, 324 and science fiction 15, 259 second marriage 19 self-censorship 111 shares 114 as ship’s surgeon 15, 119, 184 spiritualism 15, 20, 150, 241, 251, 260–1 starts writing 16–17 and Switzerland 236–7 university thesis 135 use of foreign lands 220–1, 299, 302–3 and Victorian era 296–7 views on society 300 and women/female characters 303, 304–5 works of 295, 344–5 World War I 20 writing for the stage 253, 328–9 writing style 175, 304 Conan Doyle, Denis (son) 18, 19 Conan Doyle, Jean (née Leckie) (2nd wife) 18, 19, 21, 245, 257 Conan Doyle, Kingsley (son) 17, 20, 157, 250 Conan Doyle, Lena Jean (daughter) 18, 19, 20 Conan Doyle, Louise (“Touie”) (née Hawkins) (1st wife) 17, 19, 143, 197, 245, 257

Conan Doyle, Mary (daughter) 17 conspiracy thrillers 319, 320 convicts, transportation 119 Coram, Professor 192–5 Cornwell, Patricia 323 coroners 290 coronets 97 Cottingley Fairies 20, 157, 251 Covent Garden market 83 Coventry, Sergeant 253, 254–5 Cox, Michael 334 Crandon, Dr. 295 Crawford, Howard Marion 332, 337 Cream, Dr. Thomas Neill 238 crime scene reconstruction 255 crime writing 316–23 Crimean War 118, 297 Criminal Lunatics Act (1800) 285 criminal minds/types 144, 167, 281, 311, 312–13 criminology 295, 310–15 Crippen, Cora 315 Crippen, Dr. Hawley Harvey 315 Croker, Jack 198, 200–1 Cromwell, Oliver 125 “The Crooked Man” 51, 104, 127, 132–3, 134, 138

The Crown Diamond: An Evening with Sherlock Holmes (play) 250, 252–3, 329 The Crucifer of Blood (play) 388 Cubitt, Elsie 170, 172–5 Cubitt, Hilton 170–5 Cullin, Arthur M. 52 Cumberbatch, Benedict 23, 327, 335, 336, 339 Cunningham, Alec 126, 128–9, 130 Cunningham, Old Mr. 126, 128–31 Cushing, Peter 331, 332, 337, 338 Cushing, Sarah 110–11, 305 Cushing, Susan 110–11, 305 Cusack, Catherine 82–3 Cutty Sark 117 Cuvier, Georges 76–7 Cyprus (convict ship) 119

D

Damery, Colonel Sir James 266–8, 271 Dartmoor 107, 108, 158–61 Darwin, Charles 243, 294, 309 David, King 133 Davies, David Stuart 339, 342 de Merville, General 267, 268, 271 de Merville, Violet 239, 266–71, 305 Dead Man’s Land (Ryan) 343 deduction, art of 306–9 deerstalker, Holmes’s 35, 71 Derleth, August 325–6 detecting bloodstains 40 detective fiction 316–23 devil’s-foot root 244 Devine, Marie 236–7 Dew, Inspector 315 Diamond, I. A. L. 337, 340 diamond 177

Dibdin, Michael 341 Dickens, Charles 30, 54, 81, 134, 206, 295, 296–97, 300, 308, 318, 324 “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax” 211, 236–9 Disney, Walt 334 divorce 201 Dixie, Steve 81, 272, 303 Dixon, Charles Edward 55 DNA tests 315 docklands, London 302 Dodd, James M. 274–7 Don Juan 122 doppelgänger 145 Dorak, A. 258–9 Doran, Hatty 94–5 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 175, 317 Doubleday, John 325, 327 Douglas, Ivy 214–15, 217, 218 Douglas, John “Jack” 214–15, 219, 221 Dovercourt, Earl of 186 Downey, Robert, Jr. 334, 339 Doyle, Charles Altamont 14, 104 Doyle, Innes 157 Doyle, Mary (née Foley) 14 Dracula 327 Drayson, Major-General Alfred Wilks 51 Drebber, Enoch J. 38–9, 43 Dreyfus, Alfred/Dreyfus Affair 127, 230, 314 Dugdale, Daisy 305 Dumas, Alexandre 61, 317 Dunbar, Miss Grace 254–7 Dupin, Chevalier C. Auguste 66, 76, 207, 223, 294, 308, 318

Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson (Faye) 342

E

East India Company 132 Eastbourne 25 Easter Rising (1916) 247 Eccles, John Scott 222–3 Edalji, George 19, 211 Edward VII, King 151, 163, 271, 299 Edwards, Birdy 215, 219, 221, 247 Elementary (TV series) 56, 334–5, 337, 339 Elise 90, 92–3 Elizabeth I, Queen 312 Elman, Mr. (vicar) 284–5 Emsworth, Colonel 274–6 Emsworth, Godfrey 274–7 Emsworth, Mrs. 274–5 English Civil War 120, 125, 183 entailment 183 Epsom Derby 108, 289 Epstein, Jean 222 Ernest, Dr. Ray 284–5 espionage, World War I 247 Eton College 179 Evans, Killer see Garrideb, John

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Evans (mutineer) see Beddoes Exit Sherlock Holmes (Hall) 341 The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard 345 The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes

(A. Conan Doyle/Carr) 340 explorers, Victorian 243 Eyles, Alan 327

F

Fairbairn, Alec 110–11 fairies 20, 157, 251, 260, 345 Fairman, Paul 340 Falder, Lady Beatrice 288–91 “The Fall of the House of Usher” (Poe) 134, 222, 223, fans 295, 324–7 affection for Holmes 22–3 continued appeal of Holmes 251 and death of Holmes 156, 324 visits to Reichenbach Falls 146, 147 Farmer, Philip José 340 Faulds, Henry 169 Faulkner, Miss 150 Faye, Lyndsay 342 FBI 311 feminist critics 61, 303 Ferguson, Jack 260–1 Ferguson, Mr. 90, 92–3 Ferguson, Mrs. 256, 260–1 Ferguson, Robert (“Bob”) 260–1 Ferrier, John 38–9 Ferrier, Lucy 38–9 films 326, 328–35, 336–9 “The Final Problem” 12, 18, 25, 28, 29, 35, 104, 105, 142–7, 151, 156, 164, 220, 237, 299, 324, 329, 342 The Final Solution (Chabon) 342 financial felons 114 fingerprints 151, 169, 255, 312, 314 Fisher, Terence 337 Fitzgerald, F. Scott 297 “The Five Orange Pips” 18, 24, 35, 61, 74–9, 171, 216, 223, 296, 304 Flaubert, Gustave 67, 175 Fletcher Robinson, Bertram 18, 157, 160 Florence 164, 166 fog, London 296 Forbes, Elizabeth 241 Forbes, Mr. 138–9, 140 Foreign Office 25, 139, 141, 165 foreign policy 203 forensic science 25, 40, 130, 255, 288, 295, 310–15 forgers 93 Forrest, General Nathan 76 Forrester, Inspector 126, 128–30 Forrester, Mrs Cecil 48 fortune-seeking, in South Africa 177 The Forty Elephants (gang) 273 Fournaye, Madame 202, 204–05, 207 Fowler, Mr. 98, 101 Frankland, Mr. 332 Freeman, Martin 327, 335, 339 Freemasons 63, 67, 214