A SHERLOCKIAN ADVENTURE IN SERENDIPITY
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Did you know that one Sherlockian scholar, Chris Redmond, states that BOSC “may plausibly claim to be the perfect Sherlock Holmes story, of offering everything readers have come to love, from a railway journey to a scene in which Holmes throws himself into the mud to look at clues through his lens. Once the mystery is solved and the innocent man cleared, to the discomfiture of Lestrade, Holmes arranges for the guilty man to go free, in view of extenuating

circumstances.” Imagine, I had been reading “the perfect Sherlock Holmes story!”By the time I had reached this point in my serendipitous adventure, my table was laden with books, books of Sherlockiana, mystery books, reference books of all kinds, atlases, an encyclopedia, a dictionary, Julian Wolff s geographical material, and more. I had been to Herefordshire, to London, to Bohemia, to the rue Morgue with Dupin, to Ireland Island in the Caribbean, to Gaboriau’s France, to the Jutland area of Germany. I had been transported by railroads, ships, carts, and carriages. I had examined the Paget illustration which for the very first time showed Holmes in a deerstalker. I had had a ball.

I hope you have enjoyed this little excursion we have taken together. Let the road lead you. Loosen your curiosity so it can soar. Follow the path, even when, especially when, you have no idea where it is headed. You might be very surprised at where it will take you. Join the Princes of Serendip. I promise you will never regret it.

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