Board Thread:Debating Club/@comment-3493059-20140414152404/@comment-3493059-20140415141922

It does make more sense, in terms of spacing the children: Jem in July 1892, Walter in spring 1893, the twins in 1895, Shirley in 1897 and Rilla in 1899. It also fits with Anne being sick for a long time after Shirley's birth. LMM must have noticed when she returned to the series to write Anne of Ingeside that she put Shirley too close to Rilla. To fix it up, she made it that he was born halfway between the twins and Rilla. Since the dates in Rilla of Ingleside are obviously not right and Anne of Ingleside is newer, we should make the dates fit in with the references from Anne of Ingleside. I mean, if we keep it at 1898, everything will be inconsistent, rather than just Rilla of Ingleside stuff. In short: I agree!

Also, thanks for fixing my mistakes on Shirley's page. I don't know how I still managed to get it wrong after reading it through several times. :D