Irregular Crises of the Late 'Forties (Baker Street Irregulars History Series)

Review: Irregular Crises of the Late 'Forties is the fifth and fullest volume in the BSI Archival History Series. Having survived World War II, the Baker Street Irregulars had to weather the disillusionment of their founder Christopher Morley, the start of the Cold War, the greed of Adrian and Denis Conan Doyle, the failure of the BSI's business enterprise, and the demise of The Baker Street Journal.

Jon L. Lellenberg presents an assemblage of letters and other documents, which with his own witty commentary helps the reader to know the people who created our Great Game. Morley, Starrett, Ben Abramson, Helene Yuhasova, Louis Greenfield, James Montgomery - and above all the wise and diplomatic Edgar W. Smith.

Personally I want to know more of Pope R. Hill's theory that there is a deliberate code in the Sherlock Holmes stories for those who can read it! Irregular Crises can be had from The Baker Street Journal (P.O. Box 465, Hanover, PA 17331, USA)

I recommend the book to everyone who's interested in the phenomenon that is Sherlock Holmes.

Reviewed by: Roger Johnson, [District Messenger 194, 1999]