The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 25, June 16, 2002, Article 6

BREEN AND ASTROLOGY

  Carl Honore writes: "I'll bet you didn't know that Walter
  Breen wrote an article entitled "Sherlock Holmes's Horoscope"

  In Sybil Leek's Astrology Journal of January 1971 there
  appeared an interesting astrological chart for Sherlock Holmes
  written by Walter Breen.  This item was subsequently reprinted
  in  "A Sherlock Holmes Compendium"  edited by Peter Haining.

  Astrology was one of Walter's many varied hobbies and it was
  only natural to try to do a chart for one who was as mentally
  astute as Walter was.   It's both interesting and fun to read"

  Carl adds: "While we're on the subject, one peculiar Numismatic
  reference is to be found in "The Adventure of the Musgrave
  Ritual", wherein the story is told in the past tense by Holmes
  sitting in 221B Baker Street... "...some old rusty discs" which
  later turn out to be coins found in a box at the Musgrave estate
  in an underground vault next to Brunton the butler who had
  suffocated...

  Other references to Numismatics include "the Red Headed
  League in which Jabez Wilson is paid in gold sovereigns. I
  just thought this was fun --  can any of you find others?"

  [Well, it turns out someone has already gone to the effort of
  compiling numismatic references in Shakespeare.  See
  "Coins in Shakespeare.  A Numismatic Guide."  67pp, illus.
  by Engstrom, J.E., Dartmouth College Museum Publications,
  New Hampshire,1964.   -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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