=====The Canon (in the Order Written)=====

=== What is the Canon? ===
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_of_Sherlock_Holmes|Wikipedia]] says that traditionally, the canon of Sherlock Holmes consists of the 56 short stories and four novels written by [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]. In this context, the term "canon" is an attempt to distinguish between Doyle's original works and subsequent works by other authors using the same characters.

This is a listing of all 56 short stories and four novels in the Canon. It also includes, as a separate item, the preface to "His Last Bow." The second column shows the four character abbreviated name for each item and, except for the novels, the three character abbreviation for the collection of stories in which it appears. These abbreviations are often used to refer to the stories and novels in scholarly writing about the Canon. The complete titles for these collections appears in the second table.

This list is in the order the stories and novels were written, according to William S. Baring-Gould. This is also the order in which the society last studied and discussed them. Listings in
[[dw-alpha.txt|alphabetical order by story or novel title]] and [[dw-coll.txt|grouped by the collection in
which the stories appeared]] are also available.

^Story or Novel Title                       ^ABBR^COL^
|[[canon-glor|The "Gloria Scott"]]                         |GLOR|MEM|
|[[canon-musg|The Mustgrave Ritual]]                       |MUSG|MEM|
|[[canon-stud|A Study in Scarlet]]                         |STUD|   |
|[[canon-spec|The Adventure of the Speckled Band]]         |SPEC|ADV|
|[[canon-resi|The Resident Patient]]                       |RESI|MEM|
|[[canon-nobl|The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor]]        |NOBL|ADV|
|[[canon-seco|The Adventure of the Second Stain]]          |SECO|RET|
|[[canon-reig|The Reigate Squires]]                        |REIG|MEM|
|[[canon-scan|A Scandal in Bohemia]]                       |SCAN|ADV|
|[[canon-twis|The Man with the Twisted Lip]]               |TWIS|ADV|
|[[canon-five|The Five Orange Pips]]                       |FIVE|ADV|
|[[canon-iden|A Case of Identity]]                         |IDEN|ADV|
|[[canon-redh|The Red-Headed League]]                      |REDH|ADV|
|[[canon-dyin|The Adventure of the Dying Detective]]       |DYIN|HIS|
|[[canon-blue|The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle]]        |BLUE|ADV|
|[[canon-vall|The Valley of Fear]]                         |VALL|   |
|[[canon-yell|The Yellow Face]]                            |YELL|MEM|
|[[canon-gree|The Greek Interpreter]]                      |GREE|MEM|
|[[canon-sign|The Sign of the Four]]                       |SIGN|   |
|[[canon-houn|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]              |HOUN|   |
|[[canon-copp|The Adventure of the Copper Beeches]]        |COPP|ADV|
|[[canon-bosc|The Boscombe Valley Mystery]]                |BOSC|ADV|
|[[canon-stoc|The Stockbroker's Clerk]]                    |STOC|MEM|
|[[canon-nava|The Naval Treaty]]                           |NAVA|MEM|
|[[canon-card|The Cardboard Box]]                          |CARD|HIS|
|[[canon-engr|The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb]]      |ENGR|ADV|
|[[canon-croo|The Crooked Man]]                            |CROO|MEM|
|[[canon-wist|The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge]]            |WIST|HIS|
|[[canon-silv|Silver Blaze]]                               |SILV|MEM|
|[[canon-bery|The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet]]         |BERY|ADV|
|[[canon-fina|The Final Problem]]                          |FINA|MEM|
|[[canon-empt|The Adventure of the Empty House]]           |EMPT|RET|
|[[canon-gold|The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez]]      |GOLD|RET|
|[[canon-3stu|The Adventure of the Three Students]]        |3STU|RET|
|[[canon-soli|The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist]]      |SOLI|RET|
|[[canon-blac|The Adventure of Black Peter]]               |BLAC|RET|
|[[canon-norw|The Adventure of the Norwood Builder]]       |NORW|RET|
|[[canon-bruc|The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans]]|BRUC|HIS|
|[[canon-veil|The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger]]         |VEIL|CAS|
|[[canon-suss|The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire]]        |SUSS|CAS|
|[[canon-miss|The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter]] |MISS|RET|
|[[canon-abbe|The Adventure of the Abbey Grange]]          |ABBE|RET|
|[[canon-devi|The Adventure of the Devil's Foot]]          |DEVI|HIS|
|[[canon-danc|The Adventure of the Dancing Men]]           |DANC|RET|
|[[canon-reti|The Adventure of the Retired Colourman]]     |RETI|CAS|
|[[canon-chas|The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton]]|CHAS|RET|
|[[canon-sixn|The Adventure of the Six Napoleons]]         |SIXN|RET|
|[[canon-thor|The Problem of Thor Bridge]]                 |THOR|CAS|
|[[canon-prio|The Adventure of the Priory School]]         |PRIO|RET|
|[[canon-shos|The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place]]       |SHOS|CAS|
|[[canon-3gar|The Adventure of the Three Garridebs]]       |3GAR|CAS|
|[[canon-lady|The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax]]   |LADY|HIS|
|[[canon-illu|The Adventure of the Illustrious Client]]    |ILLU|CAS|
|[[canon-redc|The Adventure of the Red Circle]]            |REDC|HIS|
|[[canon-blan|The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier]]      |BLAN|CAS|
|[[canon-3gab|The Adventure of the Three Gables]]          |3GAB|CAS|
|[[canon-maza|The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone]]         |MAZA|CAS|
|[[canon-cree|The Adventure of the Creeping Man]]          |CREE|CAS|
|[[canon-lion|The Adventure of the Lion's Mane]]           |LION|CAS|
|[[canon-pref|Preface to "His Last Bow"]]                  |PREF|HIS|
|[[canon-last|His Last Bow]]                               |LAST|HIS|

^Abbreviation^Collection Title^
|ADV|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|
|MEM|The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes|
|RET|The Return of Sherlock Holmes|
|HIS|His Last Bow|
|CAS|The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes|

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