In this issue:
Re: about Willard Huntington Wright ...
Sites to recommend <WAS: Online digital library of early detective
novels>
Re: about Willard Huntington Wright ...
Re: RE: CHAT: Adobe PDF
Tricks, rogues, games #3: Fiddle-dee-dee
Today in History -- Sep 15
Alice down the hole
Remnant images
A word of thanks
Re: Remnant images
Re: Today in History -- Sep 15
NEW: VictorianFineArt
Tricks, rogues, games #5: Bearing One Another's Burdens
Tricks, rogues, games #4: Outwitting Uhlans
Etext avail: Cox's Carruthers in two further stories1
Re: Etext avail: Cox's Carruthers in two further stories1
FWD: Re: Etext avail: Cox's Carruthers in two further stories
Re: FWD: Re: Etext avail: Cox's Carruthers in two further stories
anecdotes and illustrations
Today in History -- Sep 16
Re: Today in History -- Sep 16
RE: Today in History -- Sep 16
of architects and Indian policemen
Cox's John Carruther's stories
Tricks, rogues, games #6: Defective Vision
Tricks, rogues, games #7: Affronted Him
Re: Tricks, rogues, games #7: Affronted Him
Today in History -- Sep 17
Re: Tricks, rogues, games #7: Affronted Him
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:29:51 -0500
From: Chris Carlisle <CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu>
Subject: Re: about Willard Huntington Wright ...
VanDine's credo for mystery writers are available on-line at:
http://mysterybooks.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa022398.htm
Kiwi
>>> <sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA> 09/14/99 10:20AM >>>
I see Peter Blau has mentioned on other lists that last week's author, Willard
Huntington Wright, himself wrote mysteries under the penname of S.S. Van Dine.
Wright is coy in his article when referring to Van Dine's mysteries and tenets
for mystery-writing. I was hoping someone would notice this.
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/grtdtecs.htm
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:36:09 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Sites to recommend <WAS: Online digital library of early detective
novels>
Robert R., (to whose opinions on etexting I would give more credit than my own),
writes:
> I create and edit e-texts for a U.S. site called
Litrix(http://www.litrix.com
)
I, too, would commend Litrix for providing quality, easy-to-read etexts
from an interesting variety of genres.
> but I have proofed some
>scanned texts provided by others, and you will find a significant number
>of initial errors no matter how carefully you scan or how good your
>scanner is;
I feel extremely self-conscious about Gaslight's error ratio. I always
find them when I return to old etexts for polishing. I hope everyone feels
comfortable about contacting me when they discover an error in something on
Gaslight.
And A.J. W. writes:
>take a look at a modest book page I maintain, "Book Sources"
>http://www.anes.uab.edu/book.htm
This is a very good page for connecting to "books online" (however one
interprets the phrase), I would especially recommend the Internet Public Library
Online Texts Collection ( http://www.ipl.org/reading/books ) and the On-Line
Books Page ( http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books ).
While Internet Public will add links to short stories, and catalogue the
entries in Dewey, On-Line is stronger in making contact with the people who
mount the booklength etexts on the Web and verifying their entries.
Stephen D
mailto:sdavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:45:32 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Re: about Willard Huntington Wright ...
Kiwi notes:
>VanDine's credo for mystery writers are available on-line >at:
>http://mysterybooks.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa022398.htm
as well as closer to home at:
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/vandine.htm
I don't know how Miningco can offer a text based on a 1928 original. Isn't
American copyright in effect here?
I thought Wright made reference to these tenets in his 1927 intro "Great
detective stories", yet the tenets weren't published until 1928. Any guesses
how this could have happened?
Stephen D
mailto:sdavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:54:29 -0700 From: Patricia Teter <PTeter(at)getty.edu> Subject: Re: RE: CHAT: Adobe PDF Jim K. wrote: <<Website developers need to keep in mind that not everyone has a fast Internet connection. Where I live I'm lucky to get 28.8k. PDF looks great but takes forever to download, and if you retain the file it takes up a lot of hard-drive real estate. HTML should always be an option. HTML is efficient and still allows the inclusion of graphics. For online reading it's unbeatable, and still allows creative use of font types and sizes. PDF books should be made available in self-extracting Zip format for offline reading. The software to do this is cheap or free and the user doesn't have to do anything except double click on the icon to extract the files.>> Very good points, Jim. The PDF book texts I have seen are offered by chapter or by entire book. Zip format for the entire file is a great idea. PDF as far as I have been told also offers inclusion of graphics. <<Cheers from the front lines of Hurricane Floyd in S. Fla,>> Good luck with Hurricane Floyd, Jim! Sounds Very Big! Take care of yourself! best regards, Patricia
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 13:48:24 -0600 From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA Subject: Tricks, rogues, games #3: Fiddle-dee-dee from _Anecdotes and illustrations_ (1901) TRICKS, ROGUES, GAMES Fiddle-de-dee. -- A young man, poorly clothed, presented himself before a dealer in curiosities. "Sir," said he, showing a violin which he carried, "I am a musical artist; this is the season of balls and soirees; I have just had a long illness which has exhausted my purse; my only black coat is in pawn, I shall be much obliged if you will lend me ten francs to redeem it. I will leave as security one of the violins you see, for I have two; it is an excellent instrument. I shall return for it as soon as, thanks to my coat, I shall have earned enough money for the purpose." The young man had such an honest bearing that the dealer lent him ten francs and kept the violin, which he hung up in the shop. The next day but one, a gentleman, well-dressed, wearing at his button-hole the ribbon of the Legion of Honor, was choosing from the dealer's stock of goods some shell-work. Seeing the vio-lin, he took it up, examining it narrowly. "What is the price of that instrument?" said he. "It is not mine," replied the shopkeeper; and he related how he came to possess it. "This violin," continued the unknown, "is worth money, it is a Cremona. Perhaps its owner is ignorant of its value. If he returns, offer him two hundred francs for it." Then hand-ing fifty francs to the shopman, the unknown said on taking his leave, "You will keep that for yourself if the affair suc-ceeds; I will return in a few days." Two days after, the young man reappeared, bringing the ten francs to redeem his violin, for which the dealer offered him two hundred. After some hesitation, he agreed. At the end of a week, the dealer, not having seen the decorated gentleman, became suspicious; he carried the violin to an instrument-maker, who offered him three francs for it.
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 00:34:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 15
Interesting things that happened September 15th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1789 James Fenimore Cooper, first major American novelist
In 1830 Porfirio D?az, soldier, president of Mexico (1877-1911)
In 1857 William Howard Taft (R), 27th pres (1909-13), chief justice in
Cincinati
In 1876 Bruno Walter, conductor
In 1881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, car builder
In 1890 Dame Agatha Christie, mystery writer (Murder on the Orient Express)
In 1894 Jean Renoir, cineaste (Grand Illusion), painter
In 1899 Milton Eisenhower, Dwight's brother
In 1903 Roy Acuff, country and western singer
In 1904 Umberto II, king of Italy (1946)
In 1906 Kathryn Murray (in New Jersey)
In 1908 Penny Singleton
In 1913 John Mitchell, attorney general who went to jail
In 1914 Creighton Abrams, Army general
In 1922 Jackie Cooper, actor
(Happy birthday to Agatha Christie, whose books have brought me many hours
of pleasure over the years.)
Events worth noting:
In 1821 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras, and Nicaragua all gain
their independence.
In 1862 Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry.
In 1894 Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang.
In 1917 Russia was proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky.
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 01:50:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Alice down the hole
For all the fans of the Alice books out there, here is an article from the
_Times_ of London which reports the discovery of the actual hole that
inspired Alice's fall down a fictional hole in _Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland_.
Now, if someone will only go down and discover Wonderland, we will realize
what a snap reporter Lewis Carroll really was!
Bob C.
Nigel Hawkes and Nick Nuttall report from the British Association for the
Advancement of Science
Geologist finds hole that lured Alice
OH MY ears and whiskers! A geologist has identified the hole in the ground
that must have inspired Alice's big tumble as she pursued the White Rabbit.
The cause of her fall, says Tony Cooper of the British Geological Survey, was
the soluble gypsum rock that underlies Ripon in North Yorkshire. At regular
intervals the dissolving rock causes collapses that create holes large enough
to swallow buildings.
Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, was brought up near Ripon
and visited the town many times. Not only must he have been aware of the
holes, Dr Cooper told the British Association meeting in Sheffield yesterday,
but there is another connection.
Carroll's father had a close friend, Canon Badcock, who lived at Ure Lodge in
Ripon. His daughter, Mary Badcock, was later used by Carroll as the model for
Alice's appearance. He gave a photograph of her to John Tenniel, the artist
who drew the original illustrations, with instructions that this was how he
wanted Alice to look.
In Carroll's day there were many collapses in the fields opposite Ure Lodge
and it is likely that in 1834 he visited a dramatic hole that opened up about
300 yards northeast of the house. This left a shaft more than 60ft deep and
35ft in diameter, with solid rock exposed at the sides.
"Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end!" Alice thought to
herself as she fell. In Carroll's time, the holes were indeed believed to be
bottomless. Near the village of Croft, where Carroll grew up, was Hells'
Kettle, a huge hole filled with water. Prosaically, divers who have plumbed
its murky water in recent times have found it is a mere 20ft deep, but that
was unknown to Carroll.
The dissolving rock under Ripon is gypsum - chemically, calcium sulphate -
originally laid down when the area was under an enclosed sea in tropical
temperatures more than 250 million years ago. The evaporating sea left behind
the gypsum sheets that lie sandwiched between water-permeable limestones.
Underground streams flow through the gypsum, said Dr Cooper, at depths of
100ft to 350ft. Over the years channels form as the gypsum dissolves.
Eventually the rock is so weakened that it can no longer support the
overlaying ground. In Carroll's day Ure Lodge was the solid home of a
clergyman. But in 1997 a huge hole appeared close to the house, destroying a
row of four garages. The house itself has now been demolished.
"The insurance company paid for that," said Dr Cooper. "But it will not take
responsibility for the land. So the owners are now facing lawsuits against
them for the reinstatement of the land, where a group of houses had been
built in the garden of Ure Lodge. And as the hole is large, that is pretty
difficult to do."
Fortunately, the belt of gypsum running through Ripon is fairly narrow, no
more than a couple of miles wide. Where gypsum occurs elsewhere in Britain,
the problems are less serious because the rock is usually sandwiched between
mudstones, which water penetrates less easily. Along the Ripon gypsum belt,
special building regulations apply to control damage by subsidence.
Bridges on the Ripon by-pass have been specially built so that a collapse of
the ground under any of the supporting pillars will leave the bridge
standing.
There are also problems abroad. Around Zaragoza, in Spain, collapses are so
frequent, Dr Cooper said, that farmers crossing their fields late at night
attach long planks across their shoulders so that if the ground opens up
beneath their feet they will be left suspended. Curiouser and curiouser, as
Alice remarked.
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rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu
Editor, teacher, anglophile, human curiosity
Whatever things are pure, whatever things are
lovely, whatever things are of good report, if
there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy, meditate on these things
Philippians 4:8
rchamp7927(at)aol.com robertchamp(at)netscape.net
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:05:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Remnant images
Perhaps I only dreamed it, but I believe someone not long ago mentioned
the belief that the image of the last thing a murdered person saw
was imprinted on the eyes after death. A propos of this subject, whether
it was mentioned or not, I found this today in Rumbelow's _The Complete
Jack the Ripper_, it details how these images were supposed to
be revealed to the investigator:
<<There was a popular theory that in cases of violent deaths the last
images were permanently fixed on the retina of the eye and, that by
photographing them, thekiller could be thus intentified. This was the
basis of Jules Verne's story 'Les Freres Knap'. Surprisingly, the killer
[i.e, Jack the Ripper] had not mangled the eyes at all. Possibly he had
left them alone in some sort of unspoken challenge to the police to do
their best--or worst. According to a German correspondent there were
three ways of photographing the retina. The eye had to be drawn a little
out of the socket and a small incandescent lamp placed behind the eye.
Three photographs had to be taken: (1) of the illuminated pupils; (2) of
the illuminated pupils with the nerves of the eye excited by electricity;
and (3) the eye not illuminated but again with the nerves electrically
excited. Other than the fact that the eyes were photographed, nothing
more is known.<<
I wonder how often this was done before someone realized that the theory
is bogus?
Bob C.
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Robert L. Champ
rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu
Editor, teacher, anglophile, human curiosity
Whatever things are pure, whatever things are
lovely, whatever things are of good report, if
there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy, meditate on these things
Philippians 4:8
rchamp7927(at)aol.com robertchamp(at)netscape.net
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:46:21 -0400 From: Blue Pencil <bluepencil(at)earthlink.net> Subject: A word of thanks Just a brief word of thanks to all those who so generously answered my request regarding the online library. I am currently experimenting with OmniPage Pro although the Adobe PDF notion does seem to offer more aesthetic appeal. In the coming weeks, I plan to experiment with different techniques (photocopying first, for example) before embarking on the full-fledged project. I also hope to contact the various organizations mentioned in the postings for well-needed advice. In general, I hope this project will turn out to be principally a part of the Gaslight reading collection and may later be linked to other sites such as Project Gutenberg. I have one local volunteer and as the project gains velocity may accept the several kind offers for proofing/editing. Once again, I hope this will merely serve to augment our own unique library here at Gaslight. Thanks again for all the words of encouragement and advice. Will keep you posted.
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 06:51:45 -0400 (EDT) From: ex875(at)CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU (Lila P. Bess) Subject: Re: Remnant images Some yeears ago there was a story on TV- 'The Eyes of Father Thomasino' which put forth that theory. The killer seemed almost glad, but surprised, to be caught that way. Beryl (Mrs Hudsons sister) lilabess(at)compuserve.com - -- p
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:13:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 15 Yes, happy birthday to Agatha!!! Two items of note ... Louise B. Bethune became the first female architect elected to the American Institute of Architects, in 1890. And Antoinette Brown was ordained as the first female minister in the US. In 1853. Enjoying the "tricks," Stephen. best phoebe
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:29:58 -0400 From: "James D. Hake" <jdh(at)apk.net> Subject: NEW: VictorianFineArt <de-lurk> Thought this might be of interest to Gassers <lurk> >X-Real-To: <jdh(at)APK.NET> >Approved-By: gleason(at)RRNET.COM >Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 11:21:32 -0500 >Reply-To: listdump(at)HYPATIA.CS.WISC.EDU >Sender: NEW-LIST - New List Announcements <NEW- LIST(at)HYPATIA.CS.WISC.EDU> >From: lyudmila(at)MINDSPRING.COM >Subject: NEW: VictorianFineArt >To: NEW-LIST(at)HYPATIA.CS.WISC.EDU > >Description: > This list was form to share the graphics and pictures of the Victorian > Era, and to also share all works of Fine Art. We do not post clip art > on this list in any form. Please subscribe by coping the following > link. VictorianFineArt(at)topcia.com Thanks, Daniel > >Subscription instructions: > VictorianFineArt(at)topcia.com > > >Owner/moderator address: lyudmila(at)mindspring.com > > >+---------------------------------------------------------+ >| The NEW-LIST mailing list is a service of the | >| Internet Scout Project -- http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ | >| | >| Archives for NEW-LIST can be found at | >| http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/caservices/new-list/ | >+---------------------------------------------------------+ > > Regards, Jim jdh(at)apk.net A Thousand Roads to Mecca - Ten Centuries of Traveler's Writing about the Muslim Pilgrimage (Library) (338) Sixteen Short Novels [ ] (259) Rhetoric/Poetics - Aristotle (60) Patriots by A.J. Langguth, (162) The Collected Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ed. by Matthew Bruccoli, 190 I Could Never Be so Lucky Again, J. H. Doolittle, 60 Correlli's Mandolin - 25 Recent Acquisitions Hammett (Library of America) Fermat's Enigma The All New Travels & Adventures of Lizzie Newton Note -- Most books removed from the reading list available for barter/trade/sale
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:24:31 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Tricks, rogues, games #5: Bearing One Another's Burdens
from _Anecdotes and illustrations_ (1901)
TRICKS, ROGUES, GAMES
Bearing One Another's Burdens. -- In a New York street one day a wagon
laden with lamp-globes had come into collision with another vehicle, and many of
the globes were smashed. Considerable sympathy was felt for the driver, who
looked ruefully at the shattered fragments which strewed the ground. An elderly
gentleman of benevolent aspect eyed the chop-fallen driver for a moment
compassionately, and then said, "My poor man, I suppose you will have to make
good the loss out of your own pocket?" "Ah, that I shall, sir," re-turned the
driver, with melancholy emphasis. "Well," said the generous philanthropist,
"hold out your hat — here's a quarter for you; and I dare say some of these
other people will give you a helping hand too." The driver held out his hat,
several persons dropped coins into it, and others gave coppers, as tokens of
sympathy. At last, when the contri-butions had ceased, the driver emptied the
contents of the hat into his pocket, and, pointing to the retreating figure of
the philanthropist who had started the collection, said slowly, "Ain't he a cute
feller? that's my boss!"
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:22:27 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Tricks, rogues, games #4: Outwitting Uhlans
from _Anecdotes and illustrations_ (1901)
TRICKS, ROGUES, GAMES
Outwitting Uhlans. -- During the Franco-German war a body of two hundred
Uhlans arrived in a Norman village. One of the peasants hurried to a neighboring
hamlet to warn a well-to-do farmer that he might expect a visit from the
un-welcome raiders. The farmer was equal to the emergency. Calling his wife and
daughters, all went to work with a will. Torn quilts, tattered petticoats, and
dilapidated gowns were thrown over the backs of the cattle, enveloping them up
to their horns; their feet and their heads were bound with straw; and then the
sheep and goats were treated in the same fash-ion. Bottles of medicine were
scattered about; a large trough was filled with water, and in it was placed a
large syringe. Up came the Uhlans; but at sight of the strangely attired
ani-mals and the monster squirt they hesitated. At last one of the troopers
inquired what was the matter. "The plague, that's all," said the farmer. He had
to answer no more ques-tions; his visitors turned their horses' heads and
galloped off at their best speed, to make requisitions elsewhere.
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:20:40 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Etext avail: Cox's Carruthers in two further stories1
From: Stephen Davies(at)MRC on 09/15/99 12:20 PM
To: Gaslight-announce(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
cc:
Subject: Etext avail: Cox's Carruthers in two further stories1
(COXMENU.HTM) (Fic, Chronos)
Edmund C. Cox's _John Carruthers: Indian policeman_ (1905)
carrut07.sht
carrut08.sht
Cox's Indian policeman, based loosely on his own experiences
in India, takes on two more cases in "The wheels of the gods"
and "The horns of a dilemma". More of Cox's Anglo-prejudices
can easily be spotted in these otherwise interesting tales.
To retrieve all the plain ASCII files send to: ftpmail(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
with no subject heading and completely in lowercase:
open aftp.mtroyal.ab.ca
cd /gaslight
get carrut07.sht
get carrut08.sht
or visit the Gaslight website at:
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/coxmenu.htm
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:53:00 -0600 (MDT) From: "p.h.wood" <woodph(at)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> Subject: Re: Etext avail: Cox's Carruthers in two further stories1 On behalf of Sherlockian members of "Gaslight", may I ask readers of this series of tales to keep an eye out for the expression "(to) keep a bull pup". This (possibly Anglo-Indian) slang phrase, which occurs in Conan Doyle's story "A Study in Scarlet", is thought to mean "(to) have a short temper", but so far no one has found an example of its use with that (or any similar) meaning - or indeed, anywhere other than "A Study in Scarlet"! Should anyone come across it in E.C. Cox's writings, or anywhere else, would they please let me know off-line? The meaning of this expression is one of the great unsettled questions of the Sherlock Holmes world, and its discoverer would be guaranteed undying fame (in footnotes) thenceforward. Peter Wood
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:11:53 -0600 From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA Subject: FWD: Re: Etext avail: Cox's Carruthers in two further stories Here's another message bounced by the zealous and protective Majordomo: Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:53:00 -0600 (MDT) From: "p.h.wood" <woodph(at)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> Subject: Re: Etext avail: Cox's Carruthers in two further stories On behalf of Sherlockian members of "Gaslight", may I ask readers of this series of tales to keep an eye out for the expression "(to) keep a bull pup". This (possibly Anglo-Indian) slang phrase, which occurs in Conan Doyle's story "A Study in Scarlet", is thought to mean "(to) have a short temper", but so far no one has found an example of its use with that (or any similar) meaning - or indeed, anywhere other than "A Study in Scarlet"! Should anyone come across it in E.C. Cox's writings, or anywhere else, would they please let me know off-line? The meaning of this expression is one of the great unsettled questions of the Sherlock Holmes world, and its discoverer would be guaranteed undying fame (in footnotes) thenceforward. Peter Wood
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:11:29 -0500 From: Moudry <Moudry(at)uab.edu> Subject: Re: FWD: Re: Etext avail: Cox's Carruthers in two further stories Stephen, Interesting enough, I received a copy of this from Gaslight about half an hour before this one arrived. Back to lurker mode (fall term has begun...). Moudry At 15:11 15-09-99 -0600, you wrote: >Here's another message bounced by the zealous and protective Majordomo: > >Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:53:00 -0600 (MDT) >From: "p.h.wood" <woodph(at)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> >Subject: Re: Etext avail: Cox's Carruthers in two further stories > >On behalf of Sherlockian members of "Gaslight", may I ask readers of this >series of tales to keep an eye out for the expression "(to) keep a bull >pup". This (possibly Anglo-Indian) slang phrase, which occurs in Conan >Doyle's story "A Study in Scarlet", is thought to mean "(to) have a >short temper", but so far no one has found an example of its use with that >(or any similar) meaning - or indeed, anywhere other than "A Study in >Scarlet"! >Should anyone come across it in E.C. Cox's writings, or anywhere else, >would they please let me know off-line? The meaning of this expression is >one of the great unsettled questions of the Sherlock Holmes world, and its >discoverer would be guaranteed undying fame (in footnotes) thenceforward. >Peter Wood > > > >
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:10:07 +0800 (SST) From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22James_St._Andr=E9=22?=" <chsjgsa(at)nus.edu.sg> Subject: anecdotes and illustrations Stephen, I was wondering what book these delightful tid-bits are taken from. Did a search on the web and could only come up with Moody's Anecdotes and Illustrations from 1888. (strikes me as odd that such a book would contain these anecdotes!). curiously James
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 00:53:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu> Subject: Today in History -- Sep 16 Interesting things that happened September 16th: Birthdays on this date: In 1822 Charles S. Crocker, of Southern Pacific fame In 1823 Francis Parkman, American historian, author (Oregon Trail) In 1838 James J. Hill, railroad entrepreneur In 1858 A. Bonar Law (C), British prime minister (1922-23) In 1877 James J. Jeans, cosmologist and astrophysicist In 1887 Nadia Boulanger (in Paris), music teacher In 1888 Frans Sillanp??, Finnish writer (Meek Heritage) (Nobel 1939) In 1893 Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi, Hungarian biochemist (Nobel 1937) In 1911 Wilfred Burchett, Australian Communist, journalist, writer In 1914 Allen Funt, voyuer, 'Candid Camera' creator Events worth noting: In 1810 Mexico first declares independence from Spain (National Day). In 1812 Fire of Moscow. In 1857 Patent is issued for the typesetting machine. In 1858 First overland mail for California. In 1862 Gen. Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY. In 1893 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders. In 1908 William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors. In 1915 U.S. takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years. In 1919 American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress.
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:25:51 -0500 From: athan chilton <ayc(at)UIUC.EDU> Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 16 dear gassers, Yesterday in the 'Today in History' offerings, it mentioned Louise (forgot her last name) who was the first accredited female architect in the U.S. I recently saw a PBS special about her and her husband--originally he was an employee in F. L. Wright's firm but eventually struck out on his own. He was a fascinating architect, and my personal feeling from seeing photos of his houses is that he had Wright beat hands down! My problem is I cannot remember HIS NAME either!! I was literally dreaming about this guy last night and could not remember his name. I got as far as Walter Burley... but there's a third name, I'm sure. Does anybody know this man's full name? He built a house I'm always going to see in my dreams...made of rough stone, it rises up out of a ravine, so much a part of the cliff that is its foundation that one cannot tell where cliff ends and house begins...! Athan ayc(at)uiuc.edu
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:09:56 -0400 From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)iname.com> Subject: RE: Today in History -- Sep 16 Athan Chilton wrote: > Yesterday in the 'Today in History' offerings, it mentioned Louise (forgot > her last name) who was the first accredited female architect in > the U.S. These links may help or be of interest: http://scholar2.lib.vt.edu/spec/iawaspec/iawaguid.htm http://www.plgrm.com/history/women/B/Louise_Blanchard_Bethune.HTM http://www.uhsa.uh.edu/engines/epi1247.htm http://205.232.169.3/lalli/lalli15.htm Cheers, Jim
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:24:34 -0500 From: athan chilton <ayc(at)UIUC.EDU> Subject: of architects and Indian policemen > >These links may help or be of interest: Thanks, Jim! I went and looked, and found out in short order that I was mistaken--Louise Blanchard did not marry the architect of whose houses I have been dreaming. That architect was Walter Burley Griffin, and he married another fine architect, Marion Mahony Griffin. She was responsible for many of the remarkable drawings, including complete landscape designs, which made Griffin's architectural designs so attractive to viewers and buyers. On a completely other note, has anybody else read the 'Indian Policeman' stories yet? I found the actual mysteries fascinating, and I enjoyed the descriptions of Indian life and lands, once I waded through the narrator's stifling superiority complex... Athan ayc(at)uiuc.edu
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:08:44 -0500 From: Chris Carlisle <CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu> Subject: Cox's John Carruther's stories I'd like to echo Athan's comment that these stories are fascinating but also repellant. The stories are nearly as vivid as Kipling's Indian's stories, but one would never find Cox's contempt for the native population within the pages of Kipling. Would that RK had gotten the idea of a series of Indian detective stories! They would have been spectacular! I do admit that I enjoy Carruther's physical and psychological deductions, and the tales are good enough to keep me reading, which is no easy tasks considering Cox's attitude! Kiwi
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:09:50 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Tricks, rogues, games #6: Defective Vision
Here's the proper attribution for these stories:
from _Modern eloquence, vol. X: Anecdotes and illustrations_ (1901)
TRICKS, ROGUES, GAMES
Defective Vision. -- A Frenchman, near the Canada line in Vermont, sold a
horse to a Yankee neighbor. To every in-quiry of the buyer respecting the
qualities of the horse, the Frenchman gave a favorable reply, but always began
his commendation with the deprecatory remark, "He's not look ver' good." The
Yankee, caring little for the looks of the horse, of which he could judge for
himself, and being fully persuaded that the beast was worth the moderate sum
asked for him, made his purchase and took him. A few days after-wards he
returned to the seller and declared that he had been cheated in the quality of
the horse. "Vat is ze mattaire?" said the Frenchman. "Matter!" said the Yankee;
"matter enough -- the horse can't see! He is as blind as a bat!" "Ah!" said the
Frenchman, "vat I vas tell you? I vas tell you he vas not look ver' good -- by
gar! I don't know if he look at all!"
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:43:21 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Tricks, rogues, games #7: Affronted Him
from _Anecdotes and illustrations_ (1901)
TRICKS, ROGUES, GAMES
Affronted Him. -- A Boston theater manager once ran across a friend of the
slightest possible acquaintance who asked him for a pass. The manager searched
in his inside pocket, and then shook his head. "I'd give you one willingly, but
I haven't a card with me. I don't see how I can do it without my card." The
would-be deadhead looked blank. Suddenly the manager said: "I'll tell you what I
can do. Instead of using a card I'll just write 'Pass bearer' on your shirt
front; that will get you in all right. Will that do?" The man as-sented, and the
pass was written. That evening the deadhead showed up at the theater in due
course, and the man at the gate nodded when he looked at the signature on the
shining bosom. "All right; that's good." The deadhead passed through the gate
and started into the theater. He had only taken a few steps when the gatekeeper
called him back. The man looked surprised. "What's the matter now? Isn't it all
right?" The gatekeeper nodded. "Yes: but you must give up the pass."
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:13:43 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com> Subject: Re: Tricks, rogues, games #7: Affronted Him >from _Anecdotes and illustrations_ (1901) > >TRICKS, ROGUES, GAMES These are insane!--but they are surely making my day. Deborah (from the depths of gallery conversion/floor polishing/painting/and who will put on the crown moulding?) Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:05:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 17
Interesting things that happened September 17th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1819 Thomas A. Hendricks (D), 21st U.S. vice-president, died in office
In 1857 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket and space research
In 1869 Christian Lange, Norwegian pacifist, internationalist (Nobel 1921)
In 1907 Warren E. Burger, former Supreme Court chief justice
Events worth noting:
In 1819 First whaling ship arrives in Hawaii.
In 1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) in Maryland -- Bloodiest day of the
war. Confederate forces retreat.
In 1908 Thomas Selfridge becomes first fatality of powered flight.
In 1911 C.P. Rogers begins the first transcontinental airplane flight. He
travels from New York City to Pasadena in 82 hours, 4 min.
In 1920 National Football League formed in Canton, Ohio.
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 22:36:47 -0700 From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: Tricks, rogues, games #7: Affronted Him >>from _Anecdotes and illustrations_ (1901) >> >>TRICKS, ROGUES, GAMES > >These are insane!--but they are surely making my day. > >Deborah (from the depths of gallery conversion/floor >polishing/painting/and who will put on the crown moulding?) I agree with Deborah, Steve: they are wonderful! Keep 'em coming. They remind us how old the con game is (the snake in the grass?). Jack Kolb Dept. of English, UCLA kolb(at)ucla.edu ------------------------------ End of Gaslight Digest V1 #96 *****************************