By Steve & Linda Morris
BRIDGEWATER – Renowned Princeton University historian Giles Constable will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of The Red-Headed League of Jersey, a society of Sherlock Holmes aficionados, on Friday, Oct. 2.
Constable, who holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University, is professor emeritus at The Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and has published more than 20 books in the area of medieval religious and intellectual history. He was a speaker at the Arthur Conan Doyle sesquicentennial celebration at Harvard in May. His topic on Oct. 2 will be "Sherlock Holmes and History."
George Sturm of Edison will give the evening’s quiz on “The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez.” The prize – a framed British shilling on parchment – is awarded to the person with the highest score. The winner keeps the framed prize until the next meeting and also makes up the quiz for the next gathering.
The dinner meeting will be held at Soriano’s at Parkside, located at 141 Old York Road. Potential new members and guests are welcome. The evening begins with a cash bar at 6:30 p.m. followed by a buffet dinner. The menu includes London broil, chicken piccata, pasta, scalloped potatoes, vegetable, coffee, tea and dessert.
Cost is $30 per person and includes dinner, tax and gratuity. Payment is due in advance by Sept. 15. Checks should be made payable to Linda Morris and mailed to her at 723 Drake Avenue, Middlesex, NJ 08846. For more information or directions, contact Steve or Linda Morris at (732) 356-9560 or at [email protected]
The Red-Headed League of Jersey, which meets twice a year, is one of many scion societies of the Baker Street Irregulars (BSI), the leading American Sherlockian society. Members share a common interest in the consulting detective created in the 1880s by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Like many of the societies affiliated with the BSI, the organization takes its name from one of the 56 short stories and four novels penned by Conan Doyle.
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