frequency analysis 170, 173 Freud, Sigmund 91, 138, 309, 333, 338, 340–1 Frith, William Powell 289 Frohman, Charles 328 Fry, Stephen 339
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (movies) 336 The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Peerless Peer
(Farmer) 340
G
Gaboriau, Émile 25, 55, 77, 317, 318 Gainsborough, Thomas 29 Galen 312 Gall, Franz Josef 310, 312–13, 315 Galton, Francis 169 gangs, women in 273 Garcia, Aloysius 222–5, 303 Gardner, John 340–1 Garnet, Henry Highland 112 Garrideb, Alexander Hamilton 262–5 Garrideb, John 262–5 Garrideb, Nathan 262–5 Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert 141 Gaskell, Elizabeth 297 Gatiss, Mark 332, 335, 339 gender issues 294, 304–5 gentlemen’s clubs 53, 137, 304 George III, King 65 George, Henry 130, 131 Germany espionage 247 film industry 333 militarism 203 The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Boyer) 341 Gibson, Mrs. 254–6, 305 Gibson, Neil 254–7, 299 Gielgud, Sir John 332 Gilbert, Alfred 246, 253, 257 Gilbert, Sandra 303 Gilchrist, Giles 190–1 Gillette, William 150, 253, 295, 325, 328–9, 336–337 Giorgiano, Giuseppe 226–9 Giovanni, Paul 338 Gladstone, William 141, 203 “The Gloria Scott” 24, 34, 73, 104, 116–19, 120–1, 127, 134, 302–3 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 51 gold prospecting 117, 177, 221 Gordon, General Charles 166 Gordon-Cumming, Sir William 163 Gorot, Charles 138, 140 Gothic fiction 99, 100, 145, 316 Grace, W. G. 21 Grand Game 79, 326, 327 graphology 127, 130 Gray, Charles 137 Great Andaman Island 53 Great Game 166 Great Hiatus 25, 34, 104–105, 165, 190, 203, 222, 342, 344 The Great Shadow 104
“The Greek Interpreter” 105, 127, 136–7, 304, 305, 343
Green, The Hon. Philip 236, 238–9
Greene, Graham 55
Greene, Richard 336
Greenhough Smith, Herbert 170, 218
Gregory, Inspector 106–9
Gregson, Inspector Tobias 31, 34, 38–9, 44–5, 54, 222–3, 226–7
Grimspound (Dartmoor) 160
Groombridge Place 218
Gross, Hans 255, 256
Gruner, Baron 253, 255, 266–71
Gubar, Susan 303
Gunpowder Plot 312
guns, Holmes’s and Watson’s 255
H
Haddon, Mark 109
Hall, Robert Lee 341
Hammett, Dashiell 221, 322
handwriting 127, 128, 130, 313–14
hansom cabs 294, 296, 298
Hardwicke, Edward 206, 229, 258, 334, 338, 339
Hardwick, Michael and Molly 340
Hardy, Thomas 175
Hargreave, Wilson 170
Harker, Mr. Horace 188–9
Harper’s Weekly 126
Harris, Jared 339
Harrison, Joseph 138–41
Hart, Richard 322
Hatherley, Victor 90–3
Hayes, Reuben 178, 181–3
Hayter, Colonel 126, 128–9
Hearst, George 254
Hebron, John 112–13
Hedin, Sven 166
Heidegger, Mr. 178–83
Heinrich, Edward Oscar 255
heiresses, American 95
Hemingway, Ernest 297
Henderson, Mr. 222, 224–5
Henry, Sir Edward Richard 314
heroism, and masculinity 303
Heston, Charlton 338
high society, weddings 94
Hill, James 337
Himmler, Heinrich 313
His Last Bow (collection) 111, 210, 211, 250, 299
“His Last Bow” (story) 24, 25, 210, 211, 231, 246–7, 251, 252, 283
The History of Spiritualism 251, 261
Hitler, Adolf 333
Hobbs, Carleton 332
Holder, Alexander 96–7, 298
Holder, Arthur 96–7
Holder, Mary 96–7
Holdernesse, Duke of 178–83, 180, 257
Holdhurst, Lord 138–41
Holmes, Mycroft 24, 25, 105, 136–7, 144, 146, 147, 210, 230–1, 233, 304
Holmes, Sherlock 22–5
and Baker Street 22, 190 bohemianism 41, 50, 57, 60, 294, 302 and boredom 35, 50, 67, 196 and boxing 41, 176 character 22–3, 35, 251, 257 and class 301–2, 305 code-breaking 173, 174 crime scene reconstruction 255, 256 “death” 17, 25, 105, 142, 147, 156, 162, 164, 237, 319, 324, 335 deerstalker 35, 71 drug use 48, 50–1, 58, 112, 196 education 24 fallibility 79, 104, 254 family background 24 fans 324–7 and forensic science 40, 310–15 Great Hiatus 25, 105, 164–6, 326 health 241 idiosyncrasies 41 immunity to intimidation 255 inspiration for 25 intellectual faculties 35, 308–9 knowledge of literature 51, 308 legacy 322–3 life with Watson 24–5, 27 logic 87 memorabilia 327 as multi-era hero 299 as narrator 116, 120, 132, 133, 274, 276, 278 and natural justice 115, 187, 198,201 other authors’ writings about 324, 325–6, 340–3 parodies of 325 physical appearance 23–4, 35 powers of deduction 24, 40–1, 52, 306–9 and race 303, 304 rationalism 251, 261 refuses knighthood 262 relationship with Lestrade 31 relationship with Moriarty 28–9, 219–20 relationship with Watson 23, 26–7, 42, 219, 238, 250, 262, 265, 304 resurrection 18–19, 25, 147, 150–1, 162–5, 324 retirement 25, 250, 258, 259, 278–9, 283 scientific experiments 25, 244 sexuality 219 snobbery 95 and society 300–5 on stage and screen 326, 328–39 statues 325, 327 as template 333 theatrical gestures 141 thought process 281 violent attack on 257, 269–70 wariness of prejudice 130 and women 57, 219, 304–5
The Holmes–Dracula File (Saberhagen) 341
Hoover, J. Edgar 311
Hope, Jefferson 34, 35, 38–9, 43
INDEX 349
Hope (whaler) 119, 184 Hopkins, Stanley 30, 184–5, 192–5, 198–201, 298 Horner, John 82–3 Hornung, E. W. 19, 295, 319 Horowitz, Anthony 220, 325, 343 horror movies 331 horse racing 108 Hosmer, Angel 68–9 Houdini, Harry 19, 20 The Hound of the Baskervilles 18, 27, 43, 52, 54, 107, 147, 150–1, 152–61, 216, 218, 221, 238, 284 movie 329, 330, 331, 332, 336, 337 TV version 332 The House of Fear (movie) 77 The House of Silk (Horowitz) 220, 343 Houston, Donald 337 Howard, Ronald 331, 332, 337, 339 Howell, Charles Augustus 186 Howells, Rachel 120–3, 125 Hudson, Mrs. Martha 23, 26, 53, 166–7, 188, 234–5, 328, 330 Hudson, Mr. Morse 188 Hudson (sailor) 116–19 Hugo, Victor 61, 317 Huguenots 140, 344 Hume, Fergus 50 Der Hund von Baskerville (movie) 333 Hunter, John 270 Hunter, Ned 106 Hunter, Violet 98–101, 239 Huxtable, Dr. Thorneycroft 178–80 Huysmans, Joris-Karl 67 Hyde, Mr 145, 242, 270
I J
Indian cobras 89
Indian Mutiny 51, 132
inductive reasoning 307
Industrial Revolution 297
intelligence-gathering 311–12
Interpol 311
interracial marriage 112
Irish Crown Jewels 233
Irish Home Rule 210, 247, 299
Italian-American criminal societies 220, 228
Jack the Ripper 31, 238, 299, 312, 331, 338, 340, 342
James I, King 312
James, P. D. 322
Jane Annie (opera) 253
Jann, Rosemary 61
Japan Sherlock Holmes Club 326, 327
“The Japanned Box” 199
Jeavons, Colin 206, 258
Jekyll, Dr. 145, 242, 270
jellyfish 282–3
jewel theft 82
John, Spencer 272–3
Johnson, Dr. Samuel 26
Johnson, Shinwell 266–8
Johnson, Sidney 230–2
Jones, Alfred Garth 157 Jones, Inspector Athelney 48–9, 51, 54 Jones, Peter 62, 66, 67 Jung, Carl 125
K
Kafka, Franz 312 Kemp, Wilson 136–7 Kent, Constance 30 Kent, Mr. 274, 277 Khan, Abdullah 48–9 Khartoum 25, 165, 166 King, Laurie R. 342 Kipling, Rudyard 166, 243 Kirwan, William 126, 128–9, 131 Klein, Isadora 272–3, 305 Knox, Ronald 78–9, 325 Konnikova, Maria 281 Kratides, Paul 136–7 Kratides, Sophy 136–7, 305 Kruger, Paul 203 Ku Klux Klan 75–9, 76
L
La Rothière 204 La Scala (Milan) 59, 60 land ownership 130–1, 183 Landsteiner, Karl 314 Lang, Andrew 53 Lang, Matthew 338 Langella, Frank 338 Larsson, Stieg 323
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story
(Dibdin) 341 Latimer, Harold 136–7, 305 Law, Jude 335, 339 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan 318 Le Neve, Ethel 315 Leckie, Jean 16–17, 245, 257 Lee, Christopher 337 Lemaitre, Pierre 323 Leonardo (circus strong man) 286–7 Leopold II, King of the Belgians 210 leprosy 277 Lestrade, Inspector G. 23, 27, 30–1, 34, 70–2, 94–5, 107, 110–11, 162, 167, 168–9, 186–7, 188–9, 202, 206, 230–1, 233, 264, 328 Hound of the Baskervilles 154–5 Study in Scarlet 38–9, 44–5 Lestrade, Joseph Alexandre 30 Leverton (American detective) 226–7 Lewis, Matthew 316 Leyland, Norman 253 Lhasa (Tibet) 164, 166 Lincoln, Abraham 216, 254 lion’s-mane jellyfish 282 Lippincott’s Magazine 16, 34–5, 50 Liu, Lucy 335, 339 Livanov, Vassily 334 Llewellyn, Roger 339 Locard, Dr. Edmond 288 logic, theory of 87, 306, 308, 309
Lombroso, Cesare 144, 188, 311, 315 London fog 296 Holmes’s 43, 327 population 294, 298 society 300–2 Underground 65, 233, 298 Victorian 294, 296–9 London, Jack 300 The Lost World 15, 345 Lovegrove, James 343 Lowenstein, H. 258–9 Lucas (secretary) 222, 225 Lucas, Eduardo 202, 204–7 Lucca, Emilia 226–9 Lucca, Gennaro 226–9
M
Maberley, Douglas 272–3 Maberley, Mary 272–3 McCarthy, Charles 70–3 McCarthy, James 70–3 MacDonald, Inspector Alec 214–15, 216, 218 Macdonald, John D. 323 Macdonald, Ross 323 McFarlane, James Hector 168–9 McFarlane, Mrs. 168–9 McKellen, Sir Ian 339 MacKinnon, Inspector 284–5 McLaren, Miles 190–1 McMurdo (porter/gatekeeper) 48 McParland, James 218, 219 Macphail (coachman) 258 MacPherson, Constable 202, 206 McPherson, Fitzroy 278, 280–3 Mafia 211 Maiwand, Battle of 27, 34, 40 “The Man with the Twisted Lip” 80–1, 127, 299, 307
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes
(Norbu) 342 mandrakes 244 Mann, George 343
The Maracot Deep 345
Marker, Mrs. 192 Marlborough, Duke of 95 Marlowe, Philip 322, 323 Marowitz, Charles 338 Marple, Miss Jane 321 marriage abusive 287 interracial 112 Marsh, Ngaio 320 martial arts 24, 41, 165 Martin, Inspector 170, 174–5 masculinity 303, 304 The Masks of Death (movie) 338 Mason, James 331 Mason, John 288–90 Mason, Mrs. (nurse) 260–1 Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de 127–8 Maynooth, Hilda 162–3 Maynooth, Lady 162–3
Mayumba (steamer) 119 Mecca (Arabia) 165, 166 medical experimentation 244 Melas, Mr. 136–7 Melville, Herman 185
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
17, 104–5, 111 (TV series) 338 memorabilia 327
Memories and Adventures
(autobiography) 15, 16, 269, 305 mental illness, attitude to 101 Merrilow, Mrs. 286 Merryweather, Mr. 62, 67 Merton, Sam 252–3 Metropolitan Police Service 311 Meyer, Nicholas 338, 341 Micah Clarke 16, 344 Michon, Jean-Hippolyte 127, 313 Millar, Flora 94–5 Miller, Jonny Lee 335, 339 Mills, John 338 Milverton, Charles Augustus 186–7 miscegenation 112 Mitton, John 202, 205 Moffat, Steven 333, 334–335 Molly Maguires 211, 218, 219, 220 Monck, General George 125 Montpellier 25, 165, 166 Moore, Roger 333 Moran, Colonel Sebastian 144, 162–3, 166, 167, 252–3 Morcar, Countess of 82–3, 252 Morell, André 331 Moretti, Franco 300 Morey, Harry T. 336 Moriarty (movie) 329 Moriarty, Colonel 143 Moriarty, Professor James 28–9, 67, 105, 167, 196, 301, 328 appearance 28 death 17, 147, 164–5, 168 in disguise 56 “The Final Problem” 142–7 as Holmes’s equal 28–9, 219–20 inspiration for 15, 29, 31 Reichenbach Falls 17, 25, 28, 105, 164–5 The Valley of Fear 214–21, 247, 307, 316, 330 Morley, Christopher 326 Mormonism 44 morphine 235 Morris, William see Ross, Duncan Morrison, Miss 132–3 Morse code 171 Morstan, Captain 48–9, 51, 52 Morstan, Mary 48–9, 52, 53 as Watson’s wife 25, 27, 80, 304 Mortimer, Dr. James 52, 154, 158, Morton, Cyril 176 Morton, Inspector 234–5 Moulton, Francis (“Frank”) Hay 94–5 Mount-James, Lord 196 Mounts Bay (Cornwall) 241 movies 326, 328–35, 336–9 Mr. Holmes (movie) 295, 339 Munro, Effie 112–13
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Munro, Grant (“Jack”) 104, 112–13 The Muppet Show (TV series) 327 Murder by Decree (movie) 331, 338 Murdoch, Ian 278, 280–3, 280–3 Musgrave, Reginald 120–5 “The Musgrave Ritual” 120–5 The Mystery of Cloomber 344
N O
Napoleonic Wars 159 “The Naval Treaty” 104, 138–41, 203, 205, 299, 302 Neilson-Terry, Dennis 253 Neligan, John Hopley 184–5 Neville, John 337
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (radio show) 330 (TV series) 331 New York, Italians in 228 Newman, Kim 343 Newton, Isaac 127 non-canonical works 325–6 Norah Creina Castaways of Lisbon 327 Norberton, Sir Robert 288–91 Norbu, Jamyang 342 Norlett, Mr. and Mrs. 288, 290 North Walsham (Norfolk) 172 Norton, Godfrey 56, 59 Norwood, Eille 52, 97, 329, 336 Oakshott, Sir Leslie 266 Oatley, Keith 326 Oberstein, Hugo 204, 230, 232–3 O’Herlihy, Gavan 263 Oldacre, Mr. Jonas 151, 168–9, 297 Olivier, Laurence 338 Omdurman, Battle of 166 Openshaw, Elias 74–9 Openshaw, John 74–9 Openshaw, Joseph 74–6 opium dens 81 organized crime 211, 216, 228–9 Orwell, George 45, 300 Overton, Cyril 196–7 Oxford University 191, 197
P
Paget, Sidney 23–4, 27, 35, 71, 85, 105, 106, 118, 124, 126, 129, 141, 147, 156, 179, 180, 187, 191, 203, 324, 328, 330, 332, 334 Paget, Walter 35
The Parasite 344 pathology, forensic 315 Pati, Pasquale 228
The Patient’s Eyes: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
(Pirie) 342 Paul, Jeremy 338 Peace, Charles 268 The Pearl of Death (movie) 189, 337 Pears, Iain 301
Peel, Robert 310–11 Persia 25, 165, 166 Peters, Holy see Shlessinger, Dr. Peterson (commissionaire) 82–3 Phelps, Percy 138–41 photographic files 312 phrenology 83, 127, 188, 312–3 Pierce, Charles Sanders 87 Pinkerton, Allan 219 Pinkerton Detective Agency 29, 144, 211 Pinkerton, William 29, 144 Pinner, Arthur 114–15 Pinner, Harry 114–15 Pirie, David 342 Plato 306 Playfair Cipher 171 Plummer, Christopher 331 Poe, Edgar Allan 25, 30, 55, 66, 77, 88, 134, 207, 223, 294–5, 304, 308, 316, 317, 319 Poirot, Hercule 321 poisons 244 police forces 311, 312 Porlock, Fred 214, 216 Porter, Mrs. 240, 242 poverty 294, 300–1 Prendergast, Jack 116, 118–19 Presbury, Edith 258 Presbury, Professor 258–9 Prescott, Roger 264–5 Price, Vincent 334 Princetown Prison (Dartmoor) 159
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (movie) 219, 330, 332, 337 (Hardwick) 340
“The Problem of Thor Bridge” 246, 250, 254–7, 299, 305
Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the d’Urbervilles (Newman) 343
property, women’s rights 69
psychoanalysis 309
pulp-crime fiction 319, 320
Pulver, Lara 58
Pycroft, Hall 114–15
Q R
Queen, Ellery 321, 322, 340
“Queer Street” 206
racism 211, 272, 303, 304
radio series 330, 332
rail travel 298
Rance, Constable John 38
Rankin, Ian 323
Rao, Lal 48
Ras, Daulat 190–1
Rathbone, Basil 77, 121, 156, 174, 189, 330, 332, 336, 337
ratiocination 294, 295, 306–9
rationalism 261
Reade, Winwood 51
Rebus, Inspector 323
“The Red-Headed League” 18, 35, 62–7, 223, 298, 300
Reeves-Smith, H. 336
The Refugees 344
Reichenbach Falls 17, 105, 143, 145, 146, 147, 162, 164
“The Reigate Squire” 18, 104, 126–31, 314
Rendell, Ruth 295, 322–3
The Return of Moriarty (Gardner) 340–1
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (collection) 150–1 (movie) 336 (TV series) 338
revolutionaries, Russian 195
Richards, Dr. 240, 242
Richardson, Sir Ralph 332
Rider Haggard, H. 304
Ritchie, Guy 330, 334, 339
Roden, Christopher 111
Rodney Stone 17, 345
Ronder, Eugenia 286–7
Ronder, Mr. 286–7
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 326
Ross, Colonel 106, 108–9
Ross, Duncan 62, 64–5
Rózsa, Miklos 337
Roundhay, Mr. 240, 242
royal baccarat scandal 163