안다만 제도

By edited by M.Minderhoud – own work based on PD map, Public Domain, Link He and Papa were in command of the troops at the Andaman Islands, so they were thrown a great deal together.[The Sign of Four] 안다만 제도는 자라와족과 센티널족을 포함한 여러 토착 부족으로 구성된 원주민 집단인 안다만족의 고향이다. 일부 섬은 허가받아 방문할 […]

열등감에 시달리는 왓슨의 자조 섞인 고백

What was I, an army surgeon with a weak leg and a weaker banking account, that I should dare to think of such things? She was a unit, a factor — nothing more.[The Sign of Four] 열등감에 시달리는 왓슨의 자조 섞인 고백이다. 메리 모스턴에게 반한 후 비루한 자신의 처지를 비관하는 상황이다. 나이도 얼추 삼십 대 […]

인간의 순교

“Let me recommend this book — one of the most remarkable ever penned. It is Winwood Reade’s Martyrdom of Man. I shall be back in an hour.”[The Sign of Four] 셜록이 홀로 조사를 하러 외출하면서 왓슨에게 권한 책이다. 윌리엄 윈우드 리드(1838-1875)는 영국의 역사가, 탐험가, 철학자였다. 그의 가장 유명한 저서인 『인간의 순교』(1872)는 “성운에서 국가로”라는 제목으로 요약되는 […]

여성 앞에서 쿨한 척 했던 홈즈

He smiled gently. “It is of the first importance,” he cried, “not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was […]

Upon the Distinction between the Ashes of the Various Tobaccos

CC BY-SA 3.0, 링크 “Yes, I have been guilty of several monographs. They are all upon technical subjects. Here, for example, is one ‘Upon the Distinction between the Ashes of the Various Tobaccos.’ In it I enumerate a hundred and forty forms of cigar, cigarette, and pipe tobacco, with coloured plates illustrating the difference in […]