“You seem to be a walking calendar of crime” [STUD]
Sherlock Holmes used the calendar to help him determine the significance of certain cluse and actions, noting phases of the moon and recurring events.
But there was another calendar that was useful to Holmes, which he mentioned in passing: the Newgate Calendar. It wasn't a calendar the way we refer to calendars. What was it and why was it of use? It's just a Trifle.
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Links / Notes
Newgate Calendar entries (Pascal Bonenfant)
The Newgate Calendar (Wikipedia)
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