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The Daily Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Quotes from the Case-Book of the World’s Greatest Detective
“Dr. Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,” said Stamford, introducing us.
“How are you?” he said cordially, gripping my hand with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit. “You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.”
“How on earth did you know that?” I asked in astonishment.
“Never mind,” said he, chuckling to himself.
At that first sight of Watson, Sherlock Holmes made brilliant deductions. But even he couldn’t know that their meeting was inaugurating a friendship that would make himself and the good Doctor cultural icons, as popular as ever more than a century after their 1887 debut. Through four novels and fifty-six stories, Arthur Conan Doyle led the pair through dramatic adventures that continue to thrill readers today, offering an unmatched combination of skillful plotting, period detail, humor, and distinctive characters. For a Holmes fan, there are few pleasures comparable to returning to his richly imagined world—the gaslit streets of Victorian London, the companionable clutter of 221B Baker Street, the reliable fuddlement (and nerves of steel) of Watson, the perverse genius of Holmes himself.
It’s all there in The Daily Sherlock Holmes , the perfect bedside companion for fans of the world’s only consulting detective. Within these pages readers will find a quotation for every day of the year, drawn from across the Conan Doyle canon. Beloved characters and familiar lines recall favorite stories and scenes, while other passages remind us that Conan Doyle had a way with description and a ready wit. Moriarty and Mycroft, Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson; the Hound, the Red-Headed League, the Speckled Band, and the dread Reichenbach Falls—it’s all here, anchored, of course, in that unforgettable duo of Holmes and Watson. No book published this year will bring a Holmes fan more pleasure. Come, readers. The game is afoot.
“How are you?” he said cordially, gripping my hand with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit. “You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.”
“How on earth did you know that?” I asked in astonishment.
“Never mind,” said he, chuckling to himself.
At that first sight of Watson, Sherlock Holmes made brilliant deductions. But even he couldn’t know that their meeting was inaugurating a friendship that would make himself and the good Doctor cultural icons, as popular as ever more than a century after their 1887 debut. Through four novels and fifty-six stories, Arthur Conan Doyle led the pair through dramatic adventures that continue to thrill readers today, offering an unmatched combination of skillful plotting, period detail, humor, and distinctive characters. For a Holmes fan, there are few pleasures comparable to returning to his richly imagined world—the gaslit streets of Victorian London, the companionable clutter of 221B Baker Street, the reliable fuddlement (and nerves of steel) of Watson, the perverse genius of Holmes himself.
It’s all there in The Daily Sherlock Holmes , the perfect bedside companion for fans of the world’s only consulting detective. Within these pages readers will find a quotation for every day of the year, drawn from across the Conan Doyle canon. Beloved characters and familiar lines recall favorite stories and scenes, while other passages remind us that Conan Doyle had a way with description and a ready wit. Moriarty and Mycroft, Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson; the Hound, the Red-Headed League, the Speckled Band, and the dread Reichenbach Falls—it’s all here, anchored, of course, in that unforgettable duo of Holmes and Watson. No book published this year will bring a Holmes fan more pleasure. Come, readers. The game is afoot.
- GenresMystery
210 pages, Paperback
Published October 15, 2019
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Arthur Conan Doyle
15.8k books24.3k followersSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
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December 31, 2020
At the start of 2020, I made it my New Years Resolution to read each day's entry from this book.
I figured a year of Sherlock Holmes is a pretty good start to a new decade.
Little did I know what 2020 had plan for humanity.
Every morning, I knew that no matter what was going on outside my place (and A LOT was going on. #Pandemic #MurderHornets #CivilUnrest #PoliceViolence #ElectionYear #MaskUpOrElse #RabidKarensDemandingToSpeakWithManager #TigerShowsOnNetflix), there was the comfort of a Sherlock Holmes passage.
Some were obvious - "Game is Afoot" / "Data! Data! he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay.”" - and some were my favorite (“I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skillful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”)
But in the end, it was worth the time I spent reading my Daily Sherlock Holmes
I figured a year of Sherlock Holmes is a pretty good start to a new decade.
Little did I know what 2020 had plan for humanity.
Every morning, I knew that no matter what was going on outside my place (and A LOT was going on. #Pandemic #MurderHornets #CivilUnrest #PoliceViolence #ElectionYear #MaskUpOrElse #RabidKarensDemandingToSpeakWithManager #TigerShowsOnNetflix), there was the comfort of a Sherlock Holmes passage.
Some were obvious - "Game is Afoot" / "Data! Data! he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay.”" - and some were my favorite (“I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skillful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”)
But in the end, it was worth the time I spent reading my Daily Sherlock Holmes
December 29, 2024
Interesting Year of Sherlock Holmes…
Picked this work up last year and decided to give it a read throughout the year, especially since I have been a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes for several years. This work did not disappoint, of course I found many of the memorable quotes from Doyle’s work, but there were many more that are new quotes and will surely be used. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys Sherlock Holmes mysteries…
Picked this work up last year and decided to give it a read throughout the year, especially since I have been a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes for several years. This work did not disappoint, of course I found many of the memorable quotes from Doyle’s work, but there were many more that are new quotes and will surely be used. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys Sherlock Holmes mysteries…
February 15, 2025
A must read for any devotee of Sherlock Holmes.
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