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A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Sherlock Holmes Canon

The Beacon Society is providing this webpage to allow students, younger Sherlock Holmes fans, and even seasoned Sherlockians, to learn more about the 60 stories of Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

While much of the information on the page can be found on other web sites, this page gives the viewer a chance to see all the information in one area by Canonical story, and all the information is located on this page as .pdf files, thus ensuring no broken links or inappropriate material adjacent to the information.

The Beacon Society is very appreciative of all the supporters of the site who have graciously allowed us to place their information on the site.


Please contact Steve Mason at mason.steve8080@gmail.com if you have questions, find anything that needs to be amended, or have suggestions for other items that would be appropriate for the site.



Stand-Alone Resources​
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​A summary of initial publications, and a chronology of the ​stories developed ​by William Baring-Gould​
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The Abbreviations for the 60 Sherlock Holmes Stories of the Canon
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​​Throughout the 60 stories of the Canon, Dr. Watson mentions dozens of ​unchronicled stories in which Holmes was involved. Here is a list of many of them
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A Canonical Periodic Table for those who ​lean ​​toward the scientific side
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The complete 60 stories of the Canon in one .pdf file... can be used for searches or simply read online in one file (normal font size).

The complete 60 stories of the Canon in one .pdf file... can be used for searches or simply read online in one file (larger print -- font size -- for those who need a little assistance).

For each of the 60 stories linked below, the following resources are available for each story
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01 -- ​​"Story Summaries" of the 60 stories, with permission of James Hoy, ​the Diogenes Club, and the ​Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia, a simply amazing website and the ​premier resource for all things related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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​02 -- "Complete Story Texts"​
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03 -- ​Canonical Stories Audio Books, with permission ​​from Patrick Horgan; John Patrick Horgan was a British actor who played Captain Gregg in 1965 in the musical Baker Street: A Musical Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
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04 -- Each of the 60 stories of the Canon were richly illustrated by several artists in the early publications -- many of them are shown here
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​05 -- "Canonical Quotes" ​attributed to Sherlock Holmes from the 60 Stories; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gave the readers hundreds of wonderful, sometimes witty, phrases and passages that make the stories so much more colorful 
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06 -- ​Study Guides for each story which includes clues toward when the story occurred, a vocabulary list, quiz ​questions, and open questions, with permission from Bill Dorn
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​07 -- A set of puzzles for each of the stories, which includes a word search, Kris Koss puzzle, and a crossword puzzle, from Steve Mason, the Crew of the Barque Lone Star Scion Society
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08 -- Sherlock Holmes devotees and limericks go together...  there are a few examples of limericks for each story, with permission of Karen Olson, Sandy Kozinn, and Bill Dorn.  
Click here for a quick tutorial on writing a limerick, written by Bill Dorn.
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​09 -- A fairly comprehensive index of the characters, locations, and other important items of interest from each story; from Steve Mason, BSI, the Crew of the Barque Lone Star Scion Society, as well as several other sources
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10 -- ​​​​​"Story Information Pages", with permission of McMurdo's Camp, a scion society from northern Michigan
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​11 -- Quizzes for each story, developed by the Crew of the Barque Lone Star Society, with ​​permission from Jim Webb, BSI, John Bennett Shaw, BSI, & Steve Mason, BSI
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12 -- ​"'Data! Data! Data!' he cried impatiently. ‘I can’t make bricks without clay."; information on all 60 stories, with ​permission from Frank Mentzel. 
An explanation of all the data elements
can be found here.
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13 -- ​​​"An Inquiry into the Stories" from the Hounds of the Internet, a wonderful forum where Sherlockians discuss the stories, ​​with permission ​of Alexander Braun; "An Inquiry into the Stories" originally appeared, and continue to so, on the Hounds of the Internet e-list
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14 -- ​A selected list of chronologies, providing a basis for the date ​in which each of the 60 Sherlock Holmes' stories occurred; with wonderful support from Brad Keefauver, BSI, and Vincent Wright
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15 -- ​​"56 Stories in 56 Days", with permission of author, Charlotte Anne ​Walters; reviews of ​original Sherlock Holmes short stories; Charlotte took on the challenge of reading and reviewing one short story each day until she had covered all 56.
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16 -- ​​​Canon Queeries, with permission
of ​Ralph Edwards, BSI;
"Canon Queeries" originally appeared on the Hounds of the Internet e-list
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​​​17 -- "17 Steps to the Stories", with permission of Brad Keefauver, BSI, published on Sherlock Peoria; the "Seventeen Steps" originally appeared on the Hounds of the Internet e-list from September 2000 to October 2001.
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​18 -- Additional thoughts on the 60 Stories ​by Paul Steve Clarkson; these considerations were originally published on the Hounds of the Internet e-site
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19 -- ​"Delicate Questions" on the 60 Stories, with permission by Chris Redmond, BSI; these questions were originally published on the Hounds of the Internet e-site
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20 -- ​​"Questions and Comments" ​with permission of ​Sonia Fetherston, BSI; the "Questions and Comments originally appeared on the Hounds of the Internet e-list
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21 -- ​A series of questions and discussion on each of the stories, with ​permission from Rosemary Michaud; "View Halloas" was originally published on the Hounds of the Internet e-site
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22 -- Brian Keith Snell gave us his personal take on each of the 60 stories, observing the trifles, the things that make each tale memorable, and makes the story work or not.


Quick Links to each story -- click on the image to be taken to the specific page
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    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Return of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- His Last Bow
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
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      • Essay Contest -- 4th-6th Grade Form
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      • Essay Contest -- 10th-12th Grade Form
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    • More about R. Joel Senter
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  • The Life & Times in Victorian London
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  • The 60 Stories of the Canon
  • Sherlockian E-Times Archives
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