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Dr Clendening Reflects On Beeton’s Christmas Annual
Dr Clendening recalls the 1887 Beeton's Christmas Annual which first printed A Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. He notes Doyle's poverty and training under Dr Joseph Bell who inspired Holmes deduction skills. The essay celebrates readers who treasured the rarity and a merry Christmas memory.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
A. Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Bell
Edinburgh
Bell
Legion
Doyle
Corvisart
Napoleon
Beeton