Holmes talks about Paganini. Watson talks about Holmes. Complete. 1. The Whim of Violins 2. The Fancy of Wine 3. The Urge of Exhaustion 4. The Notion of Chivalry 5. The Bee of Bees 6. The Freak of Diabolical Collusion 7. The Perversity of Evil 8. The Humours of Tobacco 9. The Quirk of Dressing Gowns 10. The Rib of Fowl 11. The Impulse of Feigned Death 12. The Fitfulness of Perfectionism & Self-reproach 13. The Kink of the Turkish Bath 14. The Sport of Boxing 15. The Desire of Hands & Feet 16. The Vein of Morphine 17. The Temper of Cocaine 18. The Peculiarity of Medieval Studies 19. The Thought of Scientific Experimentation 20. The Conceit of Index-books 21. The Vagary of Untidiness 22. The Mood of Philosophy 23. The Vision of the Deerstalker 24. The Caper of the Game Afoot 25: Blitz Poem: Fancy a Caper?
This led him to Paganini, and we sat for an hour over a bottle of claret while he told me anecdote after anecdote of that extraordinary man. –"The Cardboard Box"