The Analytical Engines

I write a good deal about Sherlock Holmes and wanted to gather a few of the more useful online resources I’ve utilized in one place. Even more can be found in my Delicious bookmarks.

Reference

• Universal Sherlock Holmes – Ronald Burt De Waal and George Vanderburgh’s famous Holmes bibliography.
• Searching for Sherlock – A Sherlock Holmes concordance.
• Quotable Sherlock Holmes – A PDF of this now out-of-print but indispensible collection of quotations.
• SHERLOCK - A Database of Sherlockian Pastiches, Parodies and Related Fiction
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Manuscripts and Facsimiles – A checklist of ACD’s manuscripts.
• London of Sherlock Holmes – A Google Maps project with precise and imprecise locations, travel routes, and sites of interest.
• Sherlockian.net – One of the best sources of Sherlock Holmes/Arthur Conan Doyle materials with etexts of all the Holmes stories.
• Baker Street Irregulars Archive – An archival finding aid for Harvard’s collection of historical BSI materials: correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, etc.
• Blakiana (site down, pending migration) – A site devoted to England’s other popular Baker Street detective, Sexton Blake.
• Casebook: Jack the Ripper – The definitive Jack the Ripper site.

Texts and Images

• Camden House – All the stories with a great collection of illustrations and other Sherlockian material.
• Diogenes Club – One of the best Sherlockian resources on the Web–primary and secondary texts, bibliographies, filmographies, etc.
• Art in the Blood – Sherlock Holmes site with lots of unexpected items, including materials on all the Paget brothers, Arthur Morrison, and Solar Pons.
• Victorian and Edwardian Mysteries – A large collection of short stories in PDF format.
• Gaslight – A digital collection of Victorian and Edwardian mystery, horror, and adventure stories.

News

• Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press – Peter Blau’s extremely comprehensive, monthly Sherlockian newsletter.
• Baker Street Blog – The best blog for all things Sherlockian.
• Baker Street Babes – An excellent source for news and fan activity, features a very informative and entertaining podcast.