The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Allusions & Cultural References

Literary and Philosophical References

• A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Bohemia.1.3; Valley.22)
• James Boswell, chronicler of the life of Samuel Johnson (Bohemia.1.37)
• Gustave Flaubert, French author (League.216)
• George Sand, French author (League.216)
• Hafiz, Iranian mystic and poet (Identity.136)
• Horace, Roman poet (Identity.136)
• George Meredith, British novelist (Valley.116)
• (William) Clark Russell, Anglo-American writer of nautical novels (Orange.3)
• The Sign of Four, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Orange.111)
• Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Thomas de Quincey (Twisted.1)
• Arabian Nights (Bachelor.178)

Historical References

• Duchess of Devonshire (Identity.12)
• The Ku Klux Klan and the American Civil War (Orange)

Pop Culture References

• Freemasonry (League.14; 19)
• The Morning Chronicle newspaper (League.32; Identity.72)
• The Encyclopaedia Britannica (League.83; 86; 164; 208)
• Pablo de Sarasate, violinist (League.36)
• Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (Orange.116)
• The American Encyclopedia (Orange.118)
• London evening newspapers and gazettes: the Globe, Star, Pall Mall, St. James's, Evening News, Standard, and Echo (Carbuncle.66)
• William Palmer and Edward William Pritchard, murderers (Band.183)