"Catalysis" And Other Matters

Next (maybe) is "Catalysis" which I had never heard of before. It seems to be a completely different kind of story and I have no intention of beginning to read it this late at night. Jumping randomly from one early story to another makes for a somewhat disjointed reading experience although these texts do have an inherent interest in that they are previously unread and indeed unknown narratives in which we recognize ideas or themes that came to be more fully developed in the author's later works.

There have been more posts than usual today because this household has again been inflicted by the cold. It is to be hoped that tomorrow will see a return to Christmas preparations and to less blogging. The rest of this evening will be taken up with rereading the "Adventure" that begins when Holmes shakes Watson awake and says, "'The game is afoot.'"