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  221b Baker Street. Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and his colleague John H. Watson, M.D., spent many years at this address in London, England, under the rent of Mrs. Hudson. Characters of every type have frequented the rooms of this place, calling on Mr. Holmes for help and assistance on mysteries only the finest criminal detective could unravel.

  Sherlock Holmes, the amateur detective, chemist, violin player, boxer, and swordsman (among other talents), first appeared in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet in the Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887.

  It was pleasant to Dr. Watson to find himself once more in the untidy room of the first floor in Baker Street which had been the starting-point of so many remarkable adventures. He looked round him at the scientific charts upon the wall, the acid-charred bench of chemicals, the violin-case leaning in the corner, the coal scuttle, which contained of old the pipes and tobacco.
  - From The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone

THE CANON

  The Canon refers to the set of 60 original stories (56 short stories, 4 novels) by Conan Doyle. Any book written by another author, while still being a Holmes story, is considered outisde the canon. In the United Kingdom and Canada, the stories are now out of copyright. In the United States, the last dozen of them, those published after 1919, are still protected by copyright. Therefore, 48 of the 60 stories are available below in text format.

  Click on the tiny Adobe Acrobat icon () for the PDF format version if available.

• A Study in Scarlet
• The Sign of Four
• 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
• Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
  • Silver Blaze
  • The Yellow Face
  • The Stock-broker's Clerk
  • The "Gloria Scott"
  • The Musgrave Ritual
  • The Reigate Puzzle
  • The Crooked Man
  • The Resident Patient
  • The Greek Interpreter
  • The Naval Treaty
  • The Final Problem
• 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 Stain
• The Hound of the Baskervilles
• The Valley of Fear
• His Last Bow
  
  • The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
  • The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
  • The Adventure of the Red Circle
  • The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
  • The Adventure of the Dying Detective
  • The Disappearance of Lady Francis Carfax
  • The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
  • His Last Bow
• The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
  • The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
  • The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
  • The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
  • The Adventure of the Three Gables
  • The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
  • The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
  • The Problem of Thor Bridge
  • The Adventure of the Creeping Man
  • The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
  • The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
  • The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
  • The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

  "By a man's finger-nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boots, by his trouser-knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression, by his shirt- cuffs -- by each of these things a man's calling is plainly revealed. That all united should fail to enlighten the competent inquirer in any case is almost inconceivable."
  - From A Study In Scarlet

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From The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle From The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle From The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle From The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

From The Red-headed League From The Red-headed League From A Scandal in Bohemia From A Scandal in Bohemia

From A Case of Identity From The Boscombe Valley Mystery From The Five Orange Pips From The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

OTHER LINKS

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• Discussion forum (it's back!)
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• Recommended reading
• The flat at 221B Baker Street
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• List of title abbreviations and addresses of Sherlockian societies
• Biographical information on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Information on Victorian England

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