Editing Sherlock Holmes (section)

==={{anchor|Disguise}}Disguises===
Holmes displays a strong aptitude for acting and disguise. In several stories ("[[The Sign of Four]]", "[[The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton]]", "[[The Man with the Twisted Lip]]", "[[The Adventure of the Empty House]]" and "[[A Scandal in Bohemia]]"), to gather evidence undercover, he uses disguises so convincing that Watson fails to recognise him. In others ("[[The Adventure of the Dying Detective]]" and "[[A Scandal in Bohemia]]"), Holmes feigns injury or illness to incriminate the guilty. In the latter story, Watson says, "The stage lost a fine actor&nbsp;... when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime."<ref>Klinger I, p. 30—"A Scandal in Bohemia"</ref>

[[Guy Mankowski]] has said of Holmes that his ability to change his appearance to blend into any situation "helped him personify the idea of the English eccentric chameleon, in a way that prefigured the likes of [[David Bowie]]".<ref name=":254">{{Cite web |last=Schurr |first=Maria |date=15 March 2021 |title=Hauntings, Dystopia and the English Outsider in Albion's Secret History |url=https://www.popmatters.com/guy-mankowski-albions-secret-history |access-date=30 July 2021 |website=Pop Matters |archive-date=30 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730162312/https://www.popmatters.com/guy-mankowski-albions-secret-history |url-status=live }}</ref>