Robert Barr
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
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Robert Barr (16 september 1849 – 21 october 1912) was a Scottish-Canadian writer and a friend of Arthur Conan Doyle. He also founded the magazine The Idler which published 1 novel, 6 short stories and 1 article (The Glamour of the Arctic) written by Arthur Conan Doyle and 1 interview of Conan Doyle.
Conan Doyle about Robert Barr
- Literature at the Booksellers' Dinner (letter, 12 april 1893)
- « I mentioned two well-known Canadian writers, Gilbert Parker and Robert Barr. Even the desirability of brevity does not justify your representative in telescoping then together, and naming the compound Gilbert Barr. I should be obliged if you would publish this slight correction. »
- Rodney Stone (preface, 1896)
- « I am also much indebted to my friends Mr. J. C. Parkinson and Robert Barr for information upon the subject of the ring. »
- Through the Magic Door (december 1906 and november 1907, Cassell's Magazine )
- « They are the three volumes of "Pugilistica," given me years ago by my old friend, Robert Barr, a mine in which you can never pick for half an hour without striking it rich. »
- Memories and Adventures (chap. XII, 1924)
- « He [Jerome K. Jerome] was associated in the editorship of "The Idler" with Robert Barr, a volcanic Anglo-or rather Scot-American, with a violent manner, a wealth of strong adjectives, and one of the kindest of natures underneath it all. »
Articles by Robert Barr
- A Chat with Conan Doyle (october 1894, The Idler [UK])
- A Dialogue between Conan Doyle and Robert Barr (november 1894, McClure's Magazine [US])
Photos
- Photos from The Idler (october 1894)
Robert Barr and Arthur Conan Doyle.
Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Barr at Dr. Doyle's house at Norwood.
Robert Barr, Miss Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mrs. Conan Doyle, Robert McClure.
- Photos from McClure's Magazine (november 1894)
Robert Barr and Arthur Conan Doyle at Dr. Doyle's House, South Norwood.
Robert Barr at his desk in the "Idler" office.
Robert Barr, Miss Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mrs. Conan Doyle, Robert McClure.
Misc
- In the TV series The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, episode 5 of season 2 The Absent-Minded Coterie is adapted from a Robert Barr short story with French detective Eugene Valmont.
- In may 1892, Robert Barr published his sherlockian pastiche Detective Stories Gone Wrong: The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs in The Idler magazine. The story was reprinted in book form two years later as "The Great Pegram Mystery".
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