Studies in Starrett

Studies in Starrett

An exploration of the works of Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett

(October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974)

Curated by Ray Betzner
Original content owned and copyrighted by Ray Betzner

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'A most remarkable thing'

February 04, 2024 by Ray Betzner

Prof. Pence and Sherlock Holmes

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February 04, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Raymond Woodbury Pence, DePauw University, Margaret Mead, Robert Benchley, Van Wyck Brooks, Scott Monty, Essays of Today, J.B. Priestly, Edith Wharton, Stephen Leacock, G.K. Chesterton, Bernard De Voto, H. Mumford Jones, Ronald Knox, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Golden Book, The Bookman, Henry C. Johnson
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Christopher Morley enters the scene

January 03, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Finding Bliss in Ysleta, Part 3

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January 03, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Christopher Morley, Vincent Starrett, A Vincent Starrett Library, Charles E. Honce, Edwin B. Hill, Edwin Bliss Hill, Carolyn Wells, Michael Gross, Wisteria Lodge, Collier's Weekly, Frederic Dorr Steele, Stephen Vincent Benet, The Bookman, Arthur Bartlett Maurice, William Rose Benet, Dupin, Poe, Arthur Conan Douyle, John Valentine, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stephen Crane: A Bibliography, Stephen Crane, A message for Vincent Starrett, 221B, Anthony Boucher, Elmer Davis
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A series of magazine stories

September 14, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Private Life, Part 2

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September 14, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Real Detective, Mr. Holmes of Baker Street, Gray Chandler Briggs, The Atlantic Monthly, The Golden Book, The Bookman, Reader's Digest, Les Klinger, Susan Dahlinger, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes Conan Doyle and The Bookman, Sherlock Holmes: Notes for a Biography, No. 221-B Baker Street, Ave Sherlock Morituri et Cetera
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'Here, then is the one book for the Sherlock Holmes fan.'

July 19, 2014 by Ray Betzner

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a classic. Did contemporary reviewers know this? Here's what three had to say.

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July 19, 2014 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, The Bookman, Saturday Review, The Washington Post, Eustace Portugal, Ashley Sampson, Theodore Hall
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