That Sherlock Holmes solves his nu-merous cases by means of an especiallyrigorous use of method is a common as-sumption.The great detective has him-self outlined the method for Watson:“Tocarry the art,however,to its ...That Sherlock Holmes solves his nu-merous cases by means of an especiallyrigorous use of method is a common as-sumption.The great detective has him-self outlined the method for Watson:“Tocarry the art,however,to its highest pitch,it is necessary that the reasoner sould be ableto utilize all the facts which come to hisknowledge and this I have endeavored inmy case to do(“The Five Orange Pips”).But a formal study of some typical instancesreveals them all as no more than variantsof a fixed pattern—for Holmes to展开更多
文摘That Sherlock Holmes solves his nu-merous cases by means of an especiallyrigorous use of method is a common as-sumption.The great detective has him-self outlined the method for Watson:“Tocarry the art,however,to its highest pitch,it is necessary that the reasoner sould be ableto utilize all the facts which come to hisknowledge and this I have endeavored inmy case to do(“The Five Orange Pips”).But a formal study of some typical instancesreveals them all as no more than variantsof a fixed pattern—for Holmes to
