tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439920187565363094.post2501867922501845622..comments2024-03-26T11:59:14.993-07:00Comments on Historical Sherlock: Sometime In Winter...Or NotHistorical Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506469961989574530noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439920187565363094.post-4385979834323086092015-04-19T17:25:40.625-07:002015-04-19T17:25:40.625-07:00I don't know if you're familiar with "...I don't know if you're familiar with "Under the Darkling Sky: A Chrono-Geographic Odyssey through the Holmesian Canon" (2010) by the now sadly late John E. Weber. It's published by The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box and along with Zeisler is my favorite chronology. He agrees with Baring-Gould on the date. Weber also extensively used the weather reports in The Times and has this to say:<br /><br />"The closest we can come is the report for Wednesday November 14 '...unsettled generally, squally and rainy...a great deal of rain had fallen in all parts of the kingdom...sever gales on the southeast and east coasts of Kent.' This satisfies the meteorological aspects perfectly, but it is in the middle of the month rather than at the close. it is not the first time we have been confounded by the compounded vagaries of both the weather and the calendar, and if Watson has anything to say about it (which he most definitely will), it won't be the last. Ultimately I feel that as the climate conditions on the 14th are in such accord with the narrative that there should be no reason to move the case back into October as Zeisler has done. I would rather move the case by two weeks in a stated month than move into another month altogether, and although there may be times when this is the only practical option, I do not feel that that is the case here."<br /><br />I highly recommend Weber's book. If you like excellent scholarship and excellent writing, you can't do much better. It may be pricey, but worth every cent.James C. O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866010043246236340noreply@blogger.com