The Sherlock Holmes Canon Introduction Despite the appearance from time to time of what their authors suggest are previously undiscovered cases that Holmes was involved in, it is to the original cases that you should first turn to understand the Great Detective’s singular talents. These 56 short stories and 4 novels are usually referred to as “The Canon”. This pamphlet lists the Canon, sorted in four different ways.
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In Order of their Publication in The Strand
The 60 stories are listed in order of their first publication in The Strand Magazine although the first two stories, A Study In Scarlet and The Sign of Four, were published by Ward Lock & Co in Beeton’s Christmas Annual and Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine respectively. The latter has the original five word title of the story “The Sign of the Four”.
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In Order of their Publication in the Collected Editions
The Canon can be found in many forms. 1.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes comprising all 60 stories.
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The Four Long Stories (STUD, SIGN, HOUN and VALL).
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The 56 Short Stories.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (SCAN, REDH, IDEN, BOSC, FIVE, TWIS, BLUE, SPEC, ENGR, NOBL, BERY and COPP).
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (SILV, YELL, STOC, GLOR, MUSG, REIG, CROO, RESI, GREE, NAVA and FINA).
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes (EMPT, NORW, DANC, SOLI, PRIO, BLACK, CHAS, SIXN, 3STU, GOLD, MISS, ABBE and SECO).
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His Last Bow (WIST, CARD, REDC, BRUC, DYIN, LADY, DEVI and LAST).
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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (ILLU, BLAN, MAZA, 3GAB, SUSS, 3GAR, THOR, CREE, LION, VEIL, SHOS, RETI).
The Cardboard Box CARD, although published in The Strand Magazine between Silver Blaze SILV and The Yellow Face YELL was not published in the Memoirs but 24 years later in His Last Bow. This list presents the stories in the order of their first publication in the collected editions, punctuated by the individual novels.
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In Order of their Occurrence
For those wanting to read the stories in the order they occurred, this list (based on Vincent Delay’s book) presents them in chronological order. V1 ©2011 John H Watson MD
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In Order of their Abbreviations
Finally, the 60 stories are presented in the order of their Abbreviation (according to J Finley Christ).
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The Sherlock Holmes Canon – In Order of Publication in The Strand Title Abbrev Date of Publication A Study in Scarlet STUD Dec 1887 The Sign of Four SIGN Feb 1890 A Scandal in Bohemia SCAN Jul 1891 The Red-Headed League REDH Aug 1891 A Case of Identity IDEN Sep 1891 The Boscombe Valley Mystery BOSC Oct 1891 The Five Orange Pips FIVE Nov 1891 The Man with the Twisted Lip TWIS Dec 1891 The Adventure of The Blue Carbuncle BLUE Jan 1892 The Adventure of The Speckled Band SPEC Feb 1892 The Adventure of The Engineer’s Thumb ENGR Mar 1892 The Adventure of The Noble Bachelor NOBL Apr 1892 The Adventure of The Beryl Coronet BERY May 1892 The Adventure of The Copper Beeches COPP Jun 1892 The Adventure of Silver Blaze SILV Dec 1892 The Adventure of The Cardboard Box CARD Jan 1893 The Adventure of The Yellow Face YELL Feb 1893 The Adventure of The Stockbroker’s Clerk STOC Mar 1893 The Adventure of The Gloria Scott GLOR Apr 1893 The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual MUSG May 1893 The Adventure of The Reigate Squire REIG Jun 1893 The Adventure of The Crooked Man CROO Jul 1893 The Adventure of The Resident Patient RESI Aug 1893 The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter GREE Sep 1893 The Adventure of The Naval Treaty NAVA Oct-Nov 1893 The Adventure of The Final Problem FINA Dec 1893 The Hound of the Baskervilles HOUN Aug 1901-Apr 1902 The Adventure of The Empty House EMPT Sep 1903 The Adventure of The Norwood Builder NORW Oct 1903 The Adventure of The Dancing Men DANC Dec 1903 The Adventure of The Solitary Cyclist SOLI Dec 1903 The Adventure of The Priory School PRIO Jan 1904 The Adventure of Black Peter BLAC Feb 1904 The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton CHAS Mar 1904 The Adventure of The Six Napoleons SIXN Apr 1904 The Adventure of The Three Students 3STU Jun 1904 The Adventure of The Golden Pince-Nez GOLD Jul 1904 The Adventure of The Missing Three-Quarter MISS Aug 1904
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The Sherlock Holmes Canon – In Order of Publication in The Strand Title Abbrev Date of Publication The Adventure of The Abbey Grange ABBE Sep 1904 The Adventure of The Second Stain SECO Dec 1904 Wisteria Lodge WIST Aug 1908 The Adventure of The Bruce-Partington Plans BRUC Dec 1908 The Adventure of The Devil’s Foot DEVI Dec 1910 The Adventure of The Red Circle REDC Mar-Apr 1911 The Adventure of The Disappearance of Lady LADY Dec 1911 Frances Carfax The Adventure of The Dying Detective DYIN Nov 1913 The Valley of Fear VALL Sep 1914-May 1915 His Last Bow LAST Sep 1917 The Adventure of The Mazarin Stone MAZA Oct 1921 The Problem of Thor Bridge THOR Feb 1922 The Adventure of The Creeping Man CREE Mar 1923 The Adventure of The Sussex Vampire SUSS Jan 1924 The Adventure of The Three Garridebs 3GAR Oct 1924 The Adventure of The Illustrious Client ILLU Nov 1924 The Adventure of The Three Gables 3GAB Sep 1926 The Adventure of The Blanched Soldier BLAN Oct 1926 The Adventure of The Lion’s Mane LION Nov 1926 The Adventure of The Retired Colourman RETI Dec 1926 The Adventure of The Veiled Lodger VEIL Jan 1927 The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place SHOS Mar 1927
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The Sherlock Holmes Canon – In Order of Publication in The Collections Title Abbrev A Study in Scarlet STUD The Sign of Four SIGN A Scandal in Bohemia SCAN The Red-Headed League REDH A Case of Identity IDEN The Boscombe Valley Mystery BOSC The The Five Orange Pips FIVE Adventures The Man with the Twisted Lip TWIS of The Adventure of The Blue Carbuncle BLUE Sherlock The Adventure of The Speckled Band SPEC Holmes The Adventure of The Engineer’s Thumb ENGR The Adventure of The Noble Bachelor NOBL The Adventure of The Beryl Coronet BERY The Adventure of The Copper Beeches COPP The Adventure of Silver Blaze SILV The Adventure of The Yellow Face YELL The Adventure of The Stockbroker’s Clerk STOC The Adventure of The Gloria Scott GLOR The The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual MUSG Memoirs of The Adventure of The Reigate Squire REIG Sherlock The Adventure of The Crooked Man CROO Holmes The Adventure of The Resident Patient RESI The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter GREE The Adventure of The Naval Treaty NAVA The Adventure of The Final Problem FINA The Hound of the Baskervilles HOUN The Adventure of The Empty House EMPT The Adventure of The Norwood Builder NORW The Adventure of The Dancing Men DANC The Adventure of The Solitary Cyclist SOLI The Adventure of The Priory School PRIO The The Adventure of Black Peter BLAC Return of The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton CHAS Sherlock The Adventure of The Six Napoleons SIXN Holmes The Adventure of The Three Students 3STU The Adventure of The Golden Pince-Nez GOLD The Adventure of The Missing Three-Quarter MISS The Adventure of The Abbey Grange ABBE The Adventure of The Second Stain SECO
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The Sherlock Holmes Canon – In Order of Publication in The Collections Title Abbrev Wisteria Lodge WIST The Adventure of The Cardboard Box CARD The Adventure of The Red Circle REDC The Adventure of The Bruce-Partington Plans BRUC His Last The Adventure of The Dying Detective DYIN Bow The Adventure of The Disappearance of Lady Frances LADY Carfax The Adventure of The Devil’s Foot DEVI His Last Bow LAST The Valley of Fear VALL The Adventure of The Illustrious Client ILLU The Adventure of The Blanched Soldier BLAN The Adventure of The Mazarin Stone MAZA The Adventure of The Three Gables 3GAB The Adventure of The Sussex Vampire SUSS The CaseThe Adventure of The Three Garridebs 3GAR Book of Sherlock The Problem of Thor Bridge THOR Holmes The Adventure of The Creeping Man CREE The Adventure of The Lion’s Mane LION The Adventure of The Veiled Lodger VEIL The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place SHOS The Adventure of The Retired Colourman RETI
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The Sherlock Holmes Canon – In Order of their Occurrence Title The Adventure of The Gloria Scott The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual A Study in Scarlet The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place The Adventure of The Resident Patient The Adventure of The Beryl Coronet The Adventure of The Speckled Band The Problem of Thor Bridge The Adventure of The Cardboard Box The Adventure of The Yellow Face The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton The Valley of Fear The Adventure of The Reigate Squire The Adventure of Silver Blaze The Sign of Four The Five Orange Pips The Adventure of The Noble Bachelor A Scandal in Bohemia The Adventure of The Stockbroker’s Clerk The Adventure of The Crooked Man The Adventure of The Second Stain The Adventure of The Naval Treaty The Adventure of The Dying Detective The Adventure of The Blue Carbuncle The Adventure of The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Man with the Twisted Lip The Adventure of The Engineer’s Thumb The Hound of the Baskervilles A Case of Identity The Adventure of The Copper Beeches The Red-Headed League The Adventure of The Final Problem The Adventure of The Empty House The Adventure of The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax The Adventure of The Norwood Builder The Adventure of The Sussex Vampire The Adventure of The Golden Pince-Nez The Adventure of The Red Circle
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Abbrev GLOR MUSG STUD SHOS RESI BERY SPEC THOR CARD YELL GREE CHAS VALL REIG SILV SIGN FIVE NOBL SCAN STOC CROO SECO NAVA DYIN BLUE BOSC TWIS ENGR HOUN IDEN COPP REDH FINA EMPT LADY NORW SUSS GOLD REDC Page 7
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The Sherlock Holmes Canon – In Order of their Occurrence Title Abbrev Wisteria Lodge WIST The Adventure of The Three Students 3STU The Adventure of The Solitary Cyclist SOLI The Adventure of Black Peter BLAC The Adventure of The Bruce-Partington Plans BRUC The Adventure of The Veiled Lodger VEIL The Adventure of The Missing Three-Quarter MISS The Adventure of The Devil’s Foot DEVI The Adventure of The Abbey Grange ABBE The Adventure of The Dancing Men DANC The Adventure of The Retired Colourman RETI The Adventure of The Six Napoleons SIXN The Adventure of The Priory School PRIO The Adventure of The Three Garridebs 3GAR The Adventure of The Three Gables 3GAB The Adventure of The Illustrious Client ILLU The Adventure of The Creeping Man CREE The Adventure of The Blanched Soldier BLAN The Adventure of he Mazarin Stone MAZA The Adventure of The Lion’s Mane LION His Last Bow LAST
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The Sherlock Holmes Canon – In Order of their Abbreviations Title The Adventure of The Three Gables The Adventure of The Three Garridebs The Adventure of The Three Students The Adventure of The Abbey Grange The Adventure of The Beryl Coronet The Adventure of Black Peter The Adventure of The Blanched Soldier The Adventure of The Blue Carbuncle The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Adventure of The Bruce-Partington Plans The Adventure of The Cardboard Box The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton The Adventure of The Copper Beeches The Adventure of The Creeping Man The Adventure of The Crooked Man The Adventure of The Dancing Men The Adventure of The Devil’s Foot The Adventure of The Dying Detective The Adventure of The Empty House The Adventure of The Engineer’s Thumb The Adventure of The Final Problem The Five Orange Pips The Adventure of The Gloria Scott The Adventure of The Golden Pince-Nez The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter The Hound of the Baskervilles A Case of Identity The Adventure of The Illustrious Client The Adventure of The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax His Last Bow The Adventure of The Lion’s Mane The Adventure of The Mazarin Stone The Adventure of The Missing Three-Quarter The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual The Adventure of The Naval Treaty The Adventure of The Noble Bachelor The Adventure of The Norwood Builder The Adventure of The Priory School The Adventure of The Red Circle
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Abbrev 3GAB 3GAR 3STU ABBE BERY BLAC BLAN BLUE BOSC BRUC CARD CHAS COPP CREE CROO DANC DEVI DYIN EMPT ENGR FINA FIVE GLOR GOLD GREE HOUN IDEN ILLU LADY LAST LION MAZA MISS MUSG NAVA NOBL NORW PRIO REDC Page 9
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The Sherlock Holmes Canon – In Order of their Abbreviations Title The Red-Headed League The Adventure of The Reigate Squire The Adventure of The Resident Patient The Adventure of The Retired Colourman A Scandal in Bohemia The Adventure of The Second Stain The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place The Sign of Four The Adventure of Silver Blaze The Adventure of The Six Napoleons The Adventure of The Solitary Cyclist The Adventure of The Speckled Band The Stockbroker’s Clerk A Study in Scarlet The Adventure of The Sussex Vampire The Problem of Thor Bridge The Man with the Twisted Lip The Valley of Fear The Adventure of The Veiled Lodger Wisteria Lodge The Adventure of The Yellow Face
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Abbrev REDH REIG RESI RETI SCAN SECO SHOS SIGN SILV SIXN SOLI SPEC STOC STUD SUSS THOR TWIS VALL VEIL WIST YELL
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