After the formation of The Baker Street Irregulars in 1934, members would meet at an annual dinner to read papers on the subject of Sherlockian scholarship.[1]: lxv In 1944, Edgar W. Smith, the then-head of the BSI, edited and published an anthology of those writings as Profile by Gaslight.[3] Inspired by the publication, Smith began thinking of creating an ongoing academic journal to publish BSI papers.[3] In 1946,The Baker Street Journal was first published.[2] The first issue was lavishly published with Victorian typography, stitched binding and 108 pages of essays, illustrations, and news about Sherlock Holmes.[3] Adrian Conan Doyle initially threatened Smith with a lawsuit for copyright infringement[4] but financial failure ended that incarnation of the magazine in 1949,[2] after a mere thirteen issues,[3] before the Conan Doyle estate could.[4]: 270