The Early Years of Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“pictures of the old masters” [ILLU] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLR1alnPg_WCElI0WlBIOH0cxpuLjGDWGRvP5d7xB_o5IWyMuGi62zUkX6xqNmfXCel8VY08dV-wiCBzIl9soRm3Iy_sFyP5QXnRJZnXOSeam_eKgJGiaETxiohz855_RKKKb5AfSZ9trhSanJ8j77wkqWGy6DarITytl4bn3skLyqtbzb22B30YG/s759/316%20-%20Early%20Years.jpg"> <img src= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLR1alnPg_WCElI0WlBIOH0cxpuLjGDWGRvP5d7xB_o5IWyMuGi62zUkX6xqNmfXCel8VY08dV-wiCBzIl9soRm3Iy_sFyP5QXnRJZnXOSeam_eKgJGiaETxiohz855_RKKKb5AfSZ9trhSanJ8j77wkqWGy6DarITytl4bn3skLyqtbzb22B30YG/w640-h402/316%20-%20Early%20Years.jpg" width="640" height="402" border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="759" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  </div> <div>It's the first of our monthly Masters Class episodes for Season 7, and we're kicking off a series of three discussions of works by a single author. As a reminder, these episodes take a piece of well-regarded Sherlockian scholarship and deconstruct it.</div> <div> </div> <div>In this case, we look to Trevor Hall and his book <em>Sherlock Holmes: Ten Literary Studies</em>. The first up is Hall's attempt to discern more about Sherlock Holmes's childhood years. Does he succeed?  It's just a Trifle.</div> <div> </div> <div><em>If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies.</em></div> <div> </div> <p>Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for<em> Baker Street Journals</em>. <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Join our community of patrons today</a>.</p> <div> <div> <div> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-size: large;"><br /></span><