publication order of Sherlock Holmes stories by A. Conan Doyle

NOTES

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 bluish background appeared in The Strand Magazine as Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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

The date of 1892 given by Watson for WIST conflictswith 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."

Ode to Dr. Watson

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.

sherlockian poems and songs

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