Parts IX and X of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories are respectfully dedicated to Jim French, who passed away at the age of eighty-nine on December 20th, 2017, the same date that this script was being edited for these books. He was very supportive of this and other related projects from the first time that he was approached, and what he accomplished over his lifetime in the fields of radio and entertainment and imagination is immensely respected by all of those who knew him or were entertained by his efforts. He will be missed.