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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Vincent Starrett on the Run

October 29, 2023 by Ray Betzner

A psychological chase that ends in death.

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October 29, 2023 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Fugitive, The Golden Book, Tip Top Tales, Escape, William Conrad, Arkham House, August Derleth, Duplessis, Lemieux, Poe, John Alan Maxwell, Saint-Just, Tip Top Stories, Coffins for Two, The Quick and the Dead, The Creative Writer, University of Minnesota

Revised and Enlarged

November 09, 2018 by Ray Betzner

A Classic is Reborn

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November 09, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Unique Hamlet, 221-B, Alexander Woollcott, Gray Chandler Briggs, Christopher Morley, Peter Cushing, Andre Morrell, Ronald Howard, Adrian Conan Doyle, The Golden Book, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Press, William Gillette, Basil Rathbone, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frederic Dorr Steele, H.W. Bell, Elmer Davis, Morley, The Singular Adventures of Martha Hudson, Catherine Cooke, The Baker Street Journal, Edgar W. Smith, Baker Street Studies, Profile by Gaslight, Bookman's Holiday, John Bennett Shaw, Baker Street Irregulars
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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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The Complete Publication History of 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes'

September 08, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Tracing the history of a classic.

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September 08, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Dear Starrett, Dear Briggs, John Nieminski, Jon L. Lellenberg, The Baker Street Irregulars, Reedy's Mirror, The Golden Book, Oscar Slater, George Edalji, Arthur Conan Doyle, Great Depression
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