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How Sherlock Holmes Lived: Victorian Customs
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A brief look at the life of the Victorian gentleman, based on the habits of the great detective Mr. Sherlcok Holmes. Included are: (1) Clothes, (2) Food, (3) Smoking, (4) Clubs, (5) Etiquette
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Charles A. Mills
Chuck Mills has a passion for history. He is the author of Hidden History of Northern Virginia, Echoes of Manassas, Historic Cemeteries of Northern Virginia and Treasure Legends of the Civil War and has written numerous newspaper and magazine articles on historical subjects. Chuck is the producer and cohost of Virginia Time Travel, a history television show that airs to some 2 million viewers in Northern Virginia. He lives on the banks of the Potomac River on land once owned by George Washington.
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How Sherlock Holmes Lived - Charles A. Mills
INTRODUCTION
The night is evil. A thick grey fog envelopes the street. Your footsteps resonate on the pavement. You shove your hands deep into your pockets and hunch your shoulders against the chill dampness.
Up ahead, a yellow light peeps out from behind heavy green drapes. It is 221-B Baker Street, the home of your friends Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. This is the surest citadel against evil. The warmth of the hearth, the keenness of the friendship, the bounty of the hospitality...
"This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea...
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this
England!
This land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land."
The City of happiness is, indeed, the state of mind. Where are we happier than in the realm of our noble and courageous friends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson? With them we battle the forces of evil and always win. Here we take our rest in peace and plenty. Outlasting war and revolution, flood and earthquake, famine, sickness and plague, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson still live, fixed points in a changing universe, assuring us that all will yet be well; assuring us that it is both noble and ennobling to love that which is the loveliest and best.
Sherlock Holmes once summed up his view of life, "My ancestors were country squires, who appear to have led
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