The Cerebral Tentacle No. 1859
The Cerebral Tentacle No. 1859 is the first issue of the magazine of The Arthur Conan Doyle Study Group, published in december 1996 by Mark Chadderton.
The cover is illustrated with the article from The Temple Magazine (june 1897) titled The Queen's Reign: Its Most Striking Characteristic and Most Beneficent Achievement where Arthur Conan Doyle mentioned that Chloroform was the most beneficent invention of Her Majesty's Reign.
The Cerebral Tentacle No. 1859
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Arthur Conan Doyle Study Group, the latest Branch Office of the FMHC, by writing to this study group, you have been enrolled as a member.
As indicated in NBSPB#28, an increasing appreciation of matters Doylean has led to our formation, this leaflet will put forward ideas for study activities, but the direction that this particular Branch Office takes is entirely down to you, the members. Once you have read this issue, please write in immediately with any ideas, criticism, approval or further suggestions that you may have. (Return postage is appreciated)
FOCUSING OUR STUDY OF ACD
Because of the vast output of ACD's writings, as well as his many and varied activities during his lifetime, it has been suggested that the group should initially narrow down our area of study. This would enable both the newcomer to ACD's non-Holmes works, as well as the more knowledgable Doylean's to participate on an equal level. Therefore it is hereby put forward that an ideal course would be to concentrate initial studies on one book, the logical choice seeming to be that excellent collection of 76 ACD short stories.
"THE CONAN DOYLE STORIES"
Originally published in 6 separate volumes under different titles, "The Conan Doyle Stories" was brought out by JOHN MURRAY in 1929, gathering these 6 volumes into 1 handy tome. It was reprinted many times by John Murray, and more recently was reprinted at an inexpensive price by BLITZ EDITIONS in 1990. Therefore,
