September 11th.—Lat. 81 degrees 40’ N.; long. 2 degrees E.' The opening line of #ACD's 'The Captain of the Pole-Star,' as featured in Episode 3 https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2020/01/3-captain-of-pole-star.html. https://buff.ly/3yFJiKD

This month in 1892, Harper's Monthly Magazine first published #ACD's terrifying short story 'Lot No. 249' as discussed in our most recent episode. https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2023/08/41-lot-no-249-1892.html https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Lot_No._249

This month in 1914, The Strand began serialising #ACD's final Sherlock Holmes novel, the wonderful and often overlooked 'The Valley of Fear.' https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Valley_of_Fear

This month in 1913, The Pall Mall Magazine published #ACD's 'Borrow-ed Scenes,' an odd work about a fan of the British author, George Borrow. https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Borrowed_Scenes

This month in 1913, The Strand first published #ACD's 'How it Happened,' which was based on a real-life car accident in which he and his brother Innes narrowly escaped serious injury. It was made into a play in 1914 and a short film in 1925. https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=How_It_Happened

This month in 1890, #ACD's finally breached the "stout Scottish barrier" of Blackwood's Magazine with his story 'A Physiologist's Wife.' https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=A_Physiologist%27s_Wife

OTD in 1882, All The Year Round first published #ACD's short story 'That Veteran', about a man's encounter with a Crimean war veteran https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=That_Veteran

"In July half the world starts for its holiday." From #ACD's 'A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus.' (Photo from https://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conan-doyle/exhibitions/arthur-conan-doyle-on-holiday)

"Towards the end of July, 1907, there was a severe gale, the wind blowing up-channel, heaping the seas to the base of the cliffs and leaving a lagoon at the turn of the tide." So says Holmes in #ACD's 'The Adventure of the Lion's Mane.'

OTD in 1929, John Murray published #ACD's 'The Maracot Deep and Other Stories', as featured in Episode 26.
https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/05/26-maracot-deep-1929.html

@billyjoebowers

" My name is SHIBA*. I am a spayed female, red Australian Cattle Dog. "

Why do they keep going this wrong breed naming thing? She's definitely not an #ACD , though very beautiful little girl.

NEW EPISODE: 'Strange Studies from Life' (1901), Conan Doyle's retellings of 19thC murder trials. Chat about #ACD's true crime library, Madame Tussauds, capital punishment and the insanity defence, the Crime Club and several grisly murders https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doings-of-doyle-the-arthur-conan-doyle-podcast/id1486656895; https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2023/05/38-strange-studies-from-life-1901.html

スノーシューで散歩　SNOWSHOES https://www.meowmoe.com/52931/

#acd #maxdog #neko #Snowshoes #スノーシュー #散歩 #雪 #雪原

@billyjoebowers

Not an #ACD for sure 🧐 but still very beautiful Heeler mix looking girl. She seems highly alerted and suspicious, gives a good prediction of high intelligence, which's a quality trait in life companion :dogluv:

This month in 1922, The Strand Magazine first published a collection of authors' views of the books they most enjoyed writing. #ACD named his 'British Campaign in Flanders,' 'The White Company' and 'Rodney Stone.' https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Book_I_Most_Enjoyed_Writing

This month in 1891, The Strand Magazibne first published #ACD's short story 'The Voice of Science,' which riffs on new technology and Literary and Scientific Societies https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Voice_of_Science

OTD in 1892, various American newspapers were first to publish #ACD's 'The Adventure of the Noble Batchelor,' which has several American connections. https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Adventure_of_the_Noble_Bachelor

OTD in 1907, The Daily Telegraph printed a letter from #ACD again urging that the case of George Edalji be reconsidered. https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Edalji_Case_(letter_11_march_1907) https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/George_Edalji

This month in 1913, The Strand Magazine began serialising #ACD's 'The Poison Belt,' the second Challenger novel, in which all Earth succumbs to a deadly disease from space. https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Poison_Belt

"There was no sign of life, save for an occasional rabbit which whisked into its burrow on hearing our approach..." From #ACD's Micah Clarke.