There are fairies at the bottom of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s garden. At least that was what the inspired father of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Professor Challenger, and Brigadier Gerard, the author of A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, a man knighted for his services to the British … Read more
A dull, dreary garage sale in East Toronto. Amongst the broken power tools and soiled dinner set is a pile of pallid books. An upwardly mobile couple approach, and begin to sort through the motley collection of dusty volumes. “My God, darling,” from the thrilled and hopeful husband. “This is an Imsberg Bible! Must be … Read more
There is an anecdote concerning H.G. Wells which has escaped all biographies of the man, and yet exemplifies his character with more vibrancy and verisimilitude than a dozen Fabian memories. The scene: the bar of a London theater in the 1920s. Herbert George Wells, a literary doyen of the greatest celebrity, at a time when … Read more