From: hedden@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jerry Hedden)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.holmes
Subject: Listing Of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries
Date: 11 Sep 92 17:06:07 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Jill Hollifield asked:
 
> Could someone please post a list of Sherlock Holmes novels, short 
> stories, and good basic references for a newbie just discovering
> the wonderful world of Arthur Conan Doyle?
 
From what I have been able to gather, so far, Doyle wrote 60
Sherlock Holmes stories:  4 "novels" and 56 "short stories" in 5
volumes.  They are listed below in what I think is the
chronological order in which they were published.

Aamod Sane recommended:
	Sherlock Holmes
		The Complete Novels and Stories
	Bantam Classic edition - 2 Volumes - $6 each.
	ISBN 0-553-21242-7

I, personally, became interested in the Sherlock Holmes mysteries
earlier this year when I came across the book "The Original
Illustrated Sherlock Holmes" published by Castle.  It was on sale
at Encore Books for $4.95; a real bargin.  It contains the Holmes
stories as they were first printed in the British magazine "The
Strand" along with the illustrations of Sidney Paget that
accompanied the stories.  The illustrations are quite good, and I
found the combination to be highly pleasing.  I did discover,
however, that it contained only about half of the Holmes
mysteries, namely:
        The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
        The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
        The Hound of the Baskervilles
        The Return of Sherlock Holmes
 
This discovery came about when I found that electronic copies of
Doyle's works were available on the net.  One source is via
anonymous ftp to ftp.uu.net in the directory
doc/literary/obi/Doyle.  The other source is via an email service
through oes.orst.edu.  (To access this service, send email to
almanac@oes.orst.edu with the text:  send guide)
 
A 'README' file on oes.orst.edu states:
        These particular texts are the complete Sherlock
        Holmes mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
and the archive there contains the 60 stories listed below.
ftp.uu.net contains the same 60 stories (plus a couple of
prefaces).  Now, rec.arts.books regularly posts the "Holmes
Booklist"; a comprehensive listing of all the Holmes
mysteries/stories/parodies that have ever been written by any
author, including Doyle.  That list includes the following
additional works by Doyle:
        Completing the Canon
        The Edinburgh Stories
        The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (ed. P. Haining)
        The Published Apocrypha (ed. Jack Tracy)
        The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes (ed. Richard L. Green)
I do not know what these works contain, and would very much
appreciate any information on them from readers of this
newsgroup.  Correction, additions, comments, etc. on the list
below are also welcome.
 
Enjoy!
 
Jerry D. Hedden
hedden@esdsdf.dnet.ge.com
 
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A Complete(?) Listing of the Sherlock Holmes
Mysteries Written By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Study in Scarlet
 
The Sign of Four
 
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  A Scandal in Bohemia
  The Red-Headed League
  A Case of Identity
  The Boscombe Valley Mystery
  The Five Orange Pips
  The Man With the Twisted Lip
  The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
  The Adventure of the Speckled Band
  The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
  The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
  The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
  The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
 
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
  The Adventure of Silver Blaze
  The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
  The Adventure of the Yellow Face
  The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
  The Adventure of the "Gloria Scott"
  The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
  The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
  The Adventure of the Crooked Man
  The Adventure of the Resident Patient
  The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
  The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
  The Adventure of the Final Problem
 
The Hound of the Baskervilles
 
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
  The Adventure of the Empty House
  The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
  The Adventure of the Dancing Men
  The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
  The Adventure of the Priory School
  The Adventure of Black Peter
  The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
  The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
  The Adventure of the Three Students
  The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
  The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
  The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
  The Adventure of the Second Strain
 
His Last Bow
  The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
  The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
  The Adventure of the Dying Detective
  The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
  The Adventure of the Red Circle
  The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
  His Last Bow
 
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
  The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
  The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
  The Adventure of the Creeping Man
  The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
  The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
  The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
  The Problem of Thor Bridge
  The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
  The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
  The Adventure of the Three Gables
  The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
  The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
 
The Valley of Fear
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