The Sherlock Holmes Atlas
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World: Europe: RussiaThe Russian Empire, after Great Britain, was the largest empire in the world, est. pop. 130,000,000 (1897). [JT]MUSG: Holmes refers to "the adventure of the old Russian woman" as one of the "pretty little problems" that he worked on before he met Watson. SCAN: A Frenchman or Russian could not have written the mysterious note Holmes recieved. VALL: McGinty: "Where's your warrant? By Gar! a man might as well live in Russia as in Vermissa while folk like you are running the police. It's a capitalist outrage, and you'll hear more of it, I reckon." SECO: Hope's despatch box contained a note on the Russo-German grain taxes. Last Modified: Nov. 7, 1998 |