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| stumbleupon.com One of the best resources around for those Sherlockians or Holmesians who want to find references in the Canon, or quotes, or whatever you may like. It's a search engine--and also combs through Adrian Doyle's works, probably the only pastiches to be considered official Canon. You can limit your searches to particular collections or books, and you can search within your own search results. It's a Sherlockian scholar's/Holmesian essayist's dream come true. - Arachne Jericho |
| My Favorite and Mostly Improper Items of Holmesiana: A Letter On the other hand, this is rather better than most searches on ebook readers. I use this one all the time when writing longer Holmes articles, and it even allows you to search within search results. Absolutely a great tool for any Sherlockian or Holmesian. - Arachne Jericho |
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