A Study in Scarlet

Review: The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library, edited and annotated by Leslie S. Klinger is fulfilling its promise of being the annotated Canon for the 21st century. The latest volume, A Study in Scarlet, has all the virtues of its predecessors: an authoritative text, clearly laid out and printed, with comprehensive, intelligent and authoritative notes and commentary. The appendices give a table of major events and brief summaries of scholars’ findings on Watson’s middle name, Holmes’s university, and the dates of the case. Donald Pollock has contributed a perceptive introduction, the publishers have done a very nice job in producing this large-format paperback (10"x 7"), and the result is a first-rate reference work.

Reviewed by: Roger Johnson, [District Messenger 210, 2001]