This  fall saw the rare publication of a new Arthur  Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes story, entitled, House of Silk,  by Anthony Horowitz. "For the first time in its one-hundred-twenty-five year history the arthur Conan Doyle estate has authorized a new Sherlock Holmes novel"  (from the inside book cover flap). So, the library had a display of relavent materials on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous character. The original short stories were printed in installments in the Strand magazine and since then all have become very famous, as has the detective. Holmes and Watson have appeared  in "pastiche" modern novels (a literary work made up of portions of various works), old and new film adaptations and even British stamps. Holmes's now famous symbols include the "deestalker hat", the bowed Meerschaum pipe and the spyglass. "In print- Holmes appeared in four novels and 56 short stories. On screen- Dozens of actors have played him in more than 200 films and TV shows. Quirks- "keeps his cigars in the coal- scuttle, his tobacco in the toe end of a Perisan slipper, and his unanswered correcspondence transfixed by a jsck-knife into the very center of his wooden mantlepiece", sited the Wall Stree Journal, January 6, 2012.

            
 NATIVITIES--- CRECHES----   MANY STYLES,  MANY MATERIALS,  SAME ETERNAL MESSAGE----SALVATION 

A sample of nativities made from olive wood, glass, metal, stone, and paper were on display for Christmas. Two children's

pop-up books created visual depth. Of special interest was a small silver pin with the nativity formed from the metal.