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This appeared in the same July 1981 edition of The Strand Magazine that "A Scandal in Bohemia" was printed in. This page comes from a section of the magazine entitled, "Portraits of Celebrities at Different Points in Their Lives". Each celebrity, 5…

Irene Adler, referred to by Sherlock Holmes solely as *the* woman, is noted as one of the most prominent female characters in the multiple Sherlock Holmes stories crafted by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This distinction, though the character appears only…

The advertisement concerning the Great Room in Spring Gardens is given particular importance when considering Lily Ford’s concept of scopic regime. The power dynamics that coincide with the opportunity to experience 19th century virtual reality are…

Father James Maxwell was able to organize the established donor relationships with the Chouteau family of St. Louis as well as other interested families, who ranged from St. Genevieve, New Bourbon and many mining districts around what is now Ironton,…

The busy streets of Chelsea, NY. This image was taken right outside of the museum.

My Tussle with the Devil was not seen as a mainstream book, most likely due to its unusual genre and the amount of skeptics that did not believe it was written by the ghost of O. Henry. One advertisement, however, was found in The Bookman Advertiser,…

This short story collection is enclosed within a dark teal hard cover with gold embossed print. This text claims its author is O. Henry's Ghost, suggesting the inspiration the author has from O. Henry. While the author's real name is never included…