Sherlock Holmes and Martial Arts. The Bartitsu Society is privileged to be able to host this memoir by Michael Bertram Wooster, the grandson of the late Sir Henry St John Merrivale, 9th Baronet (1871-1965).
Sir Henry’s acquaintance with the illustrious Holmes family offers fascinating insight into Sherlock Holmes’ infatuation with the antagonistic arts, as methods of self defence were described at the turn of the 20th century. Most intriguing and significant, from our point of view, is the revelation that S. Discovering Sherlock Holmes - A Community Reading Project From Stanford University. Sherlock Holmes. Canon of Sherlock Holmes. Canon[edit] The traditional canon consists of the four novels and fifty-six short stories collected.
Novels[edit] Here is the list of the four novels of the canon: Short stories[edit]