“he sat musing for a little while” [CREE]  We muse about a great many topics, both here and on our companion show, . So it seemed only perfect to bring on Sheldon Goldfarb, author of Sherlockian Musings: Thoughts on the Sherlock Holmes Stories. We certainly had our expectations met, but they were also exceeded, as Sheldon brought in his knowledge of William Makepeace Thackeray, shared some broad themes that reverberate throughout the Canon, and even expounded on the difference between evaluation and analysis when it comes to the Sherlock Holmes stories. A valuable resource for Sherlock Holmes society meetings as well as for individual Sherlockians, his book, published by , is something we should all have at our fingertips. We continued our tradition of our regular quiz, Canonical Couplets with another round. Answers are due by 11:59 pm EDT on May 14, 2020. The prize will be Sheldon's book. This episode was recorded live, and edited for your enjoyment. Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below. Please do consider becoming a . Your support helps us to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and this year, transcription services.   Sponsors  is our lead sponsor. They've been with us for nearly the entire run. Please visit their site and let them know you found them via I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. Would you care to advertise with us? You can find . Let's chat!   Links This episode:   by Sheldon Goldfarb Some books mentioned on the show: s by William S. Baring-Gould  by Martin Dakin  by Nils Clausson  by Michael Atkinson   Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at  as well as through our accounts on , , , and .     And would you consider leaving us a rating and review? It would help other Sherlockians to find us.   Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at (774) 221-READ (7323).   Transcript Transcript costs have recently risen by 25 percent, so our goal is to reach the  level on Patreon. Please consider signing up by clicking the link.   Transcript will be at ihose.co/ihose191 soon (if you can contribute to making that happen).