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This is the supposed explanation Sherlock Holmes gives to his assistant, Dr. Watson, when explaining his deductions; however, in truth the line does not appear in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novels or short stories, only later in Sherlock Holmes’ films.
Holmes does come rather close at a few of points in the novels and short stories: Holmes says “Elementary” in The Crooked Man and “It was very superficial, my dear Watson, I assure you” in The Cardboard Box. Holmes also says “Exactly, my dear Watson” in three different stories.
P. G. Wodehouse first used the phrase in his novel Psmith Journalist (published 1915).
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“Elementary, my dear Watson.”
Additionally, the image most of us have of Sherlock Holmes is of a man wearing a deerstalker hat and smoking a Calabash Pipe, but these were actually both inventions for stage and film. The Calabash was actually a practical concern, as the traditional straight pipe obscured the actor’s face; the curve of the Calabash allowed the audience to see Holmes’ face better. If strictly speaking concerning the literary canon, Sherlock Holmes smoked briar, clay, and cherrywood pipes.
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