Tag: Sherlock Holmes
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The Modern Sherlock Holmes Is A Scientific Man
That reminds me: the modern Sherlock Holmes is now streaming on Netflix. THE MODERN SHERLOCK HOLMES IS A SCIENTIFIC MAN: Swiss Professor Tells of Professional Criminals and the Means of Detecting Them in a Book That Has the Indorsement of M. Lepine, Head of the Paris Police. (PDF) From September 24, 1911
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Burns, A Detective From Whom Lecoq Might Learn
“Elementary, my dear Watson,” says Sherlock Holmes. And, since it’s not elementary, but rather occult and exoteric, the reader is apt to feel annoyed and to think the expression pure ostentation on Sherlock’s part. However, it isn’t. Detectives all talk that way. Doyle is realistic, after all. Even William J. Burns, who has less in…
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