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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, 2 vols. (Brief Article)(Book Review)

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From: National Review
Date: 20041227
Author:Miller, John J.

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, edited by Leslie S. Klinger (Norton, 1,878 pp., $75)

UPON encountering these two large volumes, many Baker Street aficionados may ask: What was wrong with the old annotations by William S. Baring-Gould, published in 1967? The answer is elementary: Although the earlier version contained a wealth of fascinating information, the works were arranged in a bizarre chronological fashion--the order in which Baring-Gould surmised the stories and novels to have occurred in the life of the world's greatest fictional detective, ...

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