We have found Holmes' interest in the ancient Cornish language and its links to Chaldean. It is near the beginning of "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot," which is the second last story in His Last Bow.
Time Patrol References To Sherlock Holmes Stories
"Time Patrol"
ancient British barrow: "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez"
Cornish and Chaldean: "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot"
The Shield Of Time
The Origin Of Tree Worship etc: "The Adventure of the Empty House"
Altamont: "His Last Bow"
Is this list now complete?
(Also in the Time Patrol series, in "Ivory, and Apes, and Peacocks," the Bolivarian Revolution. Currently relevant.)
6 comments:
To be fair, comparative linguistics was just getting off the ground when the Holmes stories were being written -- and it was more difficult to keep up with the cutting-edge discoveries than now, particularly if you didn't speak German.
Note that Bolivar thought at the end of his life that he'd wasted his time and that trying to build stable governments in South America was like trying to shovel water.
Kaor, Paul and Mr. Stirling!
Paul: I can think of others, such as Anderson/Dickson's Hoka story: "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound."
Mr. Stirling: Absolutely! The often-chaotic history of most of Latin America after the violent breakup of the Spanish Empire vindicates Bolivar's despair and disillusionment. Something like a Spanish Commonwealth, independent nations retaining a dynastic union with the Crown might have worked better.
Recent events in Venezuela would have confirmed Bolivar's pessimism.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
I meant Time Patrol references to the contents of particular Holmes stories.
Paul.
Paul: yes, that makes the Time Patrol stories alternate history! Pretty much a joke on Poul's part, I think.
Kaor, to Both!
Sometimes I keep missing the obvious.
Ad astra! Sean
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