Holmes Complete Works

Examining the Chronology of the Canon Welcome to the 100th blog post here! It's hard to believe we've made it this far together, but we have, and I can't thank you enough. I truly didn't have a plan for this one, but something amazing happened and I have to tell you about it. The timing couldn't have been more perfect, and the incredible part is that I wasn't even looking for it - the whole thing just fell into my life. I can't wait any more, so let's get to it. That is where I found something that may change Sherlockian history. No, not may - has to. It has to because it is indisputably the earliest known piece of scholarship about Sherlock Holmes. I've made a video presentation about it, but the video doesn't contain the full paper. This post will. Here's the link if you wish to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bks-LguCG7Q I am presenting the article here in its original form from the magazine. If you're w...

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  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...