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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>''To the Ghost of Sherlock Holmes'' is a [[Sherlock Holmes]] pastiche poem written anonymously, first published in [[The St. James's Gazette]] on 11 february 1895 and reprinted in several American newspapers.<br />
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== Editions ==<br />
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* in ''[[The St. James's Gazette]]'' (11 february 1895 [UK])<br />
* in ''[[The Buffalo Commercial]]'' (12 march 1895, p. 7 [US]) as ''The Detective in Literature''<br />
* in ''[[The Milwaukee Sentinel]]'' (23 march 1895 [US]) as ''To Sherlock Holmes' Ghost''<br />
* in ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' (24 march 1895, p. 25 [US]) <br />
* in ''[[The Chicago Inter Ocean]]'' (31 march 1895, p. 38 [US]) <br />
* in ''[[Fort Scott Daily Monitor]]'' (12 april 1895, p. 2 [US]) <br />
* in ''[[Quad-City Times]]'' (15 april 1895, p. 2 [US])<br />
* in ''[[The Morning Democrat (Davenport)]]'' (17 april 1895, p. 3 [US])<br />
* in ''[[Delphos Daily Herald]]'' (24 april 1895, p. 2[US]) as ''Ghost of Sherlock Holmes''<br />
* in ''[[Marshall County Independent]]'' (26 april 1895, p. 6 [US]) as ''Ghost of Sherlock Holmes''<br />
* in ''[[The Malvern Leader]]'' (2 may 1895, p. 2 [US]) as ''Ghost of Sherlock Holmes''<br />
* in ''[[Wilkes-Barre Times Leader]]'' (11 may 1895, p. 8 [US])<br />
* in ''[[Fort Scott Weekly Monitor]]'' (18 may 1895, p. 3 [US])<br />
* in ''[[Green Bay Press-Gazette]]'' (9 july 1895, p. 4 [US])<br />
* in ''[[The Scranton Tribune]]'' (1 october 1897, p. 4 [US]) as ''To Sherlock Holmes' Ghost''<br />
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== To the Ghost of Sherlock Holmes ==<br />
[[File:st-james-s-gazette-1895-02-11-p4-to-the-ghost-of-sherlock-holmes.jpg|thumb|250px|right|To the Ghost of Sherlock Holmes<br />[[The St. James's Gazette]] (11 february 1895, p. 4)]]<br />
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When Sherlock Holmes, ingenious man, pursued his strange career,<br /><br />
We studied his adventures with a sympathy sincere,<br /><br />
Although in time his victories monotonous became,<br /><br />
Because his base opponents never won a single game.<br />
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He caught his latest criminal, and then at last — he died;<br /><br />
"We mourn him, we lament him, but it's time he went," we cried;<br /><br />
Ah, foolish words! Soon after we regretted him, dismayed<br /><br />
To find he'd left a family to carry on the trade.<br />
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They swarm in every magazine, each journal with them teems,<br /><br />
Detecting obvious criminals by very obvious schemes,<br /><br />
Adapting to their purposes devices long ago<br /><br />
Invented by the master hand of great Garboriau.<br />
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Their wisdom, too, is marvelous; the mud upon your boots<br /><br />
Informs them to a penny what your balance is at Coutts';<br /><br />
They know your mother's maiden name, what train you traveled by,<br /><br />
And if you've had lumbago — from the color of your tie!<br />
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Yes! Sherlock Holmes is dead and gone; but still in other shapes<br /><br />
We meet the old detective whom no criminal escapes;<br /><br />
The hateful "Strange Occurrence" or "Mysterious Affair"<br /><br />
Still, still infests the magazines and drives us to despair.<br />
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Oh, ghost of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, please mercifully kill<br /><br />
These shameless imitators of your transcendent skill,<br /><br />
Or haunt the homes of editors, and pointedly suggest<br /><br />
That fictionary criminals might be allowed a rest!<br />
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* [[Pastiches & Parodies]]</div>TCDE-Team