(BCA) = Beeton's Christmas Annual
(LMM) = Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
(TSM) = The Strand Magazine

(HW) = Harper's Weekly
(M) = McClure's
(C) = Collier's

(AM) = American Magazine
(HIM) = Hearst's International Magazine
(L) = Liberty

The first publication dates refer to the first or only
magazine listed for each story. Where a second
magazine is listed, publication dates can range from
the same month to several months later. As is
shown, of the 60 stories, 58 of them appeared in
The Strand Magazine.

The codes for referring to the stories were devised
by Jay Finley Christ in 1947.

Titles with a blue background appeared in The
Strand Magazine as Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Titles with a green background appeared in The
Strand Magazine as The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

The date of 1892 given by Watson for WIST conflicts
with what is told in EMPT.

In THOR, the next published story after the two
narrated anonymously, Watson claimed authorship
of them: "In some I was myself concerned and can
speak as an eye-witness, while in others I was either
not present or played so small a part that they could
only be told as by a third person."

Of all the many entertaining authors
Whose published books by some are fondly kept,
Have any matched your subtle pawky humor?
Were any at descriptions as adept?

Of course you had the great unique advantage
Of having such a gifted friend to know,
And living at a time we view as charming,
From those quaint glimpses that your stories show.

But still, the manner of your stories' tellings
Stirs up imaginings more than a guess.
We've shuddered at portrayals of the villains.
We've warmed to view the damsels in distress.

And as for Holmes, you've made him such a hero,
We'd no doubt swarm to get his autograph,
And search his face to sense the egotism
That never fails to make our spirits laugh.

Then cheers from all for sturdy Dr. Watson!
The one fixed point within all changing scenes.
His writings cause some pilgrimage to London
Or shorter jaunts to local silver screens.