Holmes Complete Works

  History of   Guns in the Cannon  

  The Timeline What follows is the basic timeline resulting from my attempts to put dates to Watson’s sixty stories. In parentheses next to each title is a code specifying what part or parts of the date come directly from Watson’s pen (or Holmes’s pen, in those cases he wrote himself): "Y" for year, "M" for month, "D" for day, "Wd" for weekday, and "S" for season. For chronological info from the story and the rational for placing each story at the given date, just click on the story title link. For a handy intro to this study of Dr. Watson's dates, try the essay below right. (For these same date explanations in print and between covers, check out  Holmes in an Hour or Two: Create Your Own Timeline of Sherlock Holmes's Life in the Shortest Time Possible .) 1880 July 3, Saturday --   "The Gloria Scott" 1881 June 23, Thursday --   "The Musgrave Ritual" July 16, 1881, Saturday -- Holmes meets Watson in Chapter On...