The Diogenes Club: The Sherlock Holmes Library Volume I

WRITINGS ABOUT THE SACRED WRITINGS	*CDM*	*WBG*	MM	*JBS*	*ANNOTATIONS*

1902 Open letter to Dr. Watson Frank Sedgwick	no	yes	no	no	WBG noted this as one of the earliest writings about the writings
1902 Some Inconsistencies of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Bartlett Maurice Bookman	no	yes	no	no	WBG noted this as one of the earliest writings about the writings
1902 More Sherlock Holmes Theories Arthur Bartlett Maurice Bookman	no	yes	no	no	WBG noted this as one of the earliest writings about the writings
1904 Adventure of the Three Students Analysis Andrew Lang Longman's Magazine	no	yes	no	no	WBG noted this as one of the earliest writings about the writings
1911/1912 Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes Monsignor Ronald A. Knox, (first read, 1911), first published in The Blue Book, 1912	yes	yes	yes	yes	CDM, WBG, MM and JBS considered this The Cornerstone in Sherlockian literature. DIOGENES: 1st essay of "higher criticism". later republished in *Essays in Satire* and other volumes; see the Diogenes Club Membership Directory for more information about Msgr. Ronald A. Knox and The Cornerstone of Sherlockiana. Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes may be found at this website. OP: Number 28
1917 Sherlockian Studies: 7 Pieces of Sherlockiana Robert A. Cutter, Ed.	no	no	yes	yes	DIOGENES: printed by the Baker Street Press in 1947, limited to 200. privately reprinted by Magico in 1983 OP: Number 58
1928 Essays in Satire Monsignor Ronald A. Knox	yes	yes	yes	yes	DIOGENES: 1st book appearance of STUDIES. This volume has been reprinted at various times CDM, WBG, MM and JBS considered as The Cornerstone of Sherlockian collections due to containing *Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes* OP: Number 28
1929 A Note on the Watson Problem Sir Sydney Roberts	no	yes	no	no	none
1930 In Memorium: Sherlock Holmes Christopher D. Morley	no	yes	no	no	DIOGENES: first published in "Bowling Green" August 2, 1930. reprinted as the introduction to *The Doubleday Complete Sherlock Holmes.* See the Diogenes Club Membership Directory for more information about Christopher Morley
1931 Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson HW Bell	no	no	no	yes	none
1931 Doctor Watson: Prolegamena to a Biographical Problem Sir Sydney Roberts	yes	yes	yes	no	WBG suggested this as "the fullest and best, but not yet defiinitive biography..." MM considered this as a Cornerstone Work DIOGENES: considered by most as THE life of Watson OP: Number 32
1932 Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: A Chronology of Their Adventures HW Bell	yes	yes	no	no	WBG suggested this as the first attempt to develop a chronology. The original was very hard to find when the Annotated was written. DIOGENES:limited to 500 OP: Number 34
1932 Sherlock Holmes: Fact or Fiction? TS Blakeney	yes	yes	yes	yes	MM considered this as a Cornerstone Work of critical essays; WBG suggested this chronology as more difficult to find in original format than in reprint DIOGENES:life of Holmes. available as a reprint from BSI and Otto Penzler Books OP: Number 33
1933 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Vincent Starrett	yes	no	n/a	yes	MM's recommendations may be found in the 1975 reprint of the 1960 revision of this volume DIOGENES: considered by most as THE life of Holmes. see the Diogenes Club Membership Directory for more information about Vincent Starrett OP: Number 35
1934 Baker Street Studies HW Bell, Ed.	yes	yes	yes	no	WGB noted this as the first Sherlockian anthology. MM considered this a Cornerstone Work OP: Number 36
1938 Ex Libris A. Conan Doyle Walter Klinefelter	yes	no	no	no	DIOGENES: limited to 250. OP: Number 43
1938 Appointment in Baker Street Edgar W. Smith	yes	no	no	no	DIOGENES: limited to 250. Smith also corrected and edited the LEC (1950) and Heritage (1952, 1957) editions of the Complete Canon. see the Diogenes Club Membership Directory for more information about Edgar W. Smith OP: Number 41
1940 221b: Studies in Sherlock Holmes Vincent Starrett	yes	yes	yes	no	WGB noted this as the first American anthology DIOGENES: available in reprint from Mysterious Press and Biblo and Tannen (1969) OP: Number 44
1940 Baker Street and Beyond, A Sherlockian Gazetteer Edgar W. Smith	yes	no	yes	yes	DIOGENES: first gazetteer OP: Number 45
1941 Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story Howard Haycraft	no	no	no	yes	none
1942 Letters from Baker Street Edgar W. Smith	yes	no	no	no	none
1942 Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street William S. Baring-Gould	no	no	yes	no	MM noted that this was reprinted in 1963
1942 Bookman's Holiday Vincent Starrett	no	no	yes	no	MM noted this volume contained a "classic commentary on Sherlock Holmes"
1944 Profile by Gaslight: An Irregular Reader About the Life of Sherlock Holmes Edgar W. Smith, Ed.	yes	yes	no	yes	DIOGENES: verse, essays and other commentary. About 125 volumes were distributed at 1944 BSI dinner MM noted that ALL of the Smith work was worthy of notice OP: Number 52
1944 A Baker Street Four Wheeler: 16 Pieces of Sherlockiana Edgar W. Smith, Ed	no	no	yes	yes	MM considered this a Cornerstone Work
1945 Baker Street Inventory: A Sherlockian Bibliography Edgar W. Smith	n/a	no	yes	yes	DIOGENES: limited to 300 OP: Number 54
1945 A Baker Street Folio: Edited Letters of Franklin D. Roosevelt on the BSI Edgar W. Smith	n/a	no	yes	no	MM: published by BSI
1946 Unpopular Opinions Dorothy L. Sayers	n/a	no	yes	yes	DIOGENES: Sayers was the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey. MM considered this a Cornerstone Work
1947 An Irregular Chronology of Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street Jay Finley Christ	n/a	yes	yes	yes	WBG considered this 3rd chronology the most daring and scholarly of the 7 chronologies to date. MM consdered this a Cornerstone Work
1947 An Irregular Guide to Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street Jay Finley Christ	n/a	no	yes	no	MM considered this a Cornerstone Work DIOGENES: a concordance OP: Number 61
1947 Books and Bipeds Vincent Starrett	n/a	no	yes	no	MM noted this contained numerous columns on Sherlock Holmes
1947 The Second Cab James Koldie, Ed The Speckled Band	n/a	no	yes	yes	JBS noted 3 more in volumes in series. MM noted this privately printed work as a Cornerstone Work
1948 The Illustrious Clients Casebook JN Williamson, HB Williams, Ed.	n/a	no	no	yes	none
1949-1953 Studies in Sherlock Holmes OF Grazebrook	n/a	no	no	yes	JBS noted 7 pamphlets over the period OP: Number 64
1950 Art in the Blood James Montgomery	n/a	no	no	yes	none
1951 My Dear Holmes: A Study in Sherlock Gavin Brend	n/a	yes	yes	yes	MM noted this as a Cornerstone Work OP: Number 67
1951 Baker Street Chronology: Commentaries on the Sacred Writings of Dr. John H. Watson Dr. Ernest Bloomfield Zeisler	n/a	yes	no	yes	DIOGENES: limited to 200 OP: Number 73
1952 Sherlock Holmes: Master Detective TC Blegen, EW McDiarmid, Ed.	n/a	no	no	yes	none
1952 Three Trifling Monographs James Montgomery	n/a	no	no	yes	JBS noted Art in the Blood, Shots from the Canon and *Three Trifling Monographs* by James Montgomery were reprinted together by Magico in 1983
1953 Shots from the Canon James Montgomery	n/a	no	no	yes	none
1953 Holmes and Watson: A Miscellany S. C. Roberts	n/a	no	yes	yes	none
1953 Baker Street Chronology Dr. Ernest Bloomfield Zeisler	n/a	no	no	yes	none
1953-1960 Simpson's Sherlockian Studies A. Carson Simpson	n/a	no	no	yes	JBS noted 8 pamphlets over the period DIOGENES: limited to 221 except for last pamphlet OP: Number 74
1955 The Chronological Holmes WS Baring-Gould	n/a	yes	yes	yes	MM noted that this was privately printed
1955 The Best of the Pips: A Collection of Writings about the Writings RW Clark The Five Orange Pips	n/a	no	yes	yes	MM noted this as a collection of commentaries by one of the earliest of scion societies. privately printed OP: Number 78
1957 Baker Street and Beyond Edgar W. Smith, Ed.	n/a	no	no	yes	none
1958 The Inconubular Sherlock Holmes Edgar W. Smith	n/a	no	yes	yes	MM considered this a Cornerstone Work
1959 Baker Street By-Ways James E. Holroyd	n/a	no	yes	yes	MM considered this a Cornerstone Work OP: Number 86
1959 Introducing Mr. Sherlock Holmes Edgar W. Smith	n/a	no	yes	yes	MM considered this a Cornerstone Work
1959 Leaves from the Copper Beeches The Copper Beeches	n/a	no	no	yes	JBS considered this equal to *More Leaves from the Copper Beeches* OP: Number 85
1960 In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes Michael Harrison	n/a	no	yes	no	DIOGENES: a geographical treatise on the world of Sherlock Holmes OP: Number 83
1962 Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street WS Baring-Gould	n/a	no	no	yes	DIOGENES: considered by many as the best of the Holmes biographies OP: Number 87
1962 Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson, An Encyclopedia of Their Affairs Orlando Park	n/a	no	yes	no	MM noted this as an "extensive and emminently readable index". DIOGENES: Republished as *The Sherlock Holmes Encyclopedia* in 1985
1962 Sherlock Holmes, The Writings of John H. Watson MD Edgar W. Smith	n.a	no	no	yes	none
1963 Sherlock Holmes in Portrait and Profile Walter Klinefelter	n/a	no	yes	yes	MM considered this a major work on illustrators. Reprinted in 1975 by Schocken Books. OP: Number 89
1963 London by Gaslight Michael Harrison	n/a	no	yes	no	none
1963 The Sherlock Holmes Companion Michael and Mollie Hardwick	n/a	no	yes	no	none
1964 Through the Years at Baker Street: A Chronology of Sherlock Holmes Henry T. Folsom	n/a	yes	no	no	WBG noted this as the 7th chronology (revised) to date in the Annotated
1965 West by One and by One: An Anthology of Irregular Writing Scowerers, Molly Maguires and Trained Cormorants	n/a	no	no	yes	none
1965 Elementary, My Dear Watson Irving and Mary Jaffee	n/a	no	yes	no	MM considered this a "minor series of essays".
1965 The Tin Dispatch Box: A Compendium of the Unpublished Cases of Sherlock Holmes Christopher A. Redmond	n/a	no	no	yes	DIOGENES: See Mr. Redmond's Webpage for more information about the writing of this compendium (written when he was a teenager). His website is considered by many as one of the most complete of the Sherlock Holmes websites. Sherlockian.Net Holmepage
1967 Seventeen Steps to 221B James E. Holroyd	n/a	no	no	yes	none
1968 Mr. Sherlock Holmes Henry Lauritzen	n/a	n/a	yes	no	DIOGENES/MM: Mr. Lauritzen was Honorary President of the DanishBSI. privately printed, limited to 500 copies, originally in Danish
1970 Sherlock Holmes: Ten Literary Studies Trevor Hall	n/a	n/a	yes	no	none
1971 The Late Mr. Sherlock Holmes Trevor Hall	n/a	n/a	yes	no	none
1971 In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes: Revised Edition Michael Harrison	n/a	n/a	no	yes	MM indicated this as "highly recommended". reprinted in 1972
1972 A Sherlock Holmes Commentary D. Martin Dalkin	n/a	n/a	yes	yes	MM noted this as "engaging"
1973 The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook Peter Haining	n/a	n/a	no	yes	JBS considered this equal to *A Sherlock Holmes Compendium*
1973 Late, Later and Possibly Last Vincent Starrett	n/a	n/a	yes	no	MM noted this contained Starrett's last Sherlockian essay. limited to 500
1973 The World of Sherlock Holmes Michael Harrison	n/a	n/a	no	yes	JBS considered this equal to *I, Sherlock Holmes*
1974 Sherlock Holmes Detected Ian McQueen	n/a	n/a	yes	yes	none
1974 The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Ronald B. De Waal	n/a	n/a	yes	yes	DIOGENES: The information contained in this and the companion volume *The International Sherlock Holmes* can be found in expanded form ONLINE at The Universal Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes. OP: Number 98
1975 Encomiums for Vincent Starrett Vincent Starrett	n/a	n/a	yes	no	MM noted this as Starrett's most beautifully done work
1976 Beyond Baker Street: A Sherlockian Anthology Michael Harrison, Ed.	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1976 More Leaves from the Copper Beeches The Copper Beeches	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	JBS considered this equal to *Leaves from the Copper Beeches*
1977 I, Sherlock Holmes Michael Harrison	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	JBS considered this equal to *The World of Sherlock Holmes*
1977 The Encyclopedia Sherlockiana Jack Tracy	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	DIOGENES: published in hadback and paperback and re-published in hardback
1978 Cultivating Sherlock Holmes The Norwegian Explorerers	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1978 On the Scent with Sherlock Holmes Walter Shepherd	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	JBS noted an enlarged edition by Gaslight, 1988
1980 A Sherlock Holmes Compendium Peter Haining, Ed.	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	JBS considered this equal to *The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook* DIOGENES: Compendium was republished as *The Sherlock Holmes Companion* in 1994 by B&N. Contains Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes, which may be found at this website.
1980 The International Sherlock Holmes Ronald B. De Waal	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	DIOGENES: The information contained in this and the companion volume *The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson* can be found in expanded form ONLINE at The Universal Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes.
1981 Sherlock Holmes in America Bill Blackburn, Ed.	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1982 Dr. Joe Bell: Model for Sherlock Holmes Ely M. Liebow	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1982 My Dear Watson Henry Lauritzen	n/a	n/a	yes	no	DIOGENES: privately printed in Danish, limited to 413 copies. translated by Bjarne Nielson, current President of the Danish BSI. it is unclear how this piece (with a publication date of 1982) was included in a book published in 1975, unless the translation date is the 1982 date and the book was actually published in Danish earlier. MM considered this as representative of the "best of the foreign work"
1982 For the Sake of the Trust: Sherlock Holmes and the Musgrave Ritual Edward A. Merrill	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1982 Sherlock Holmes: A Study In Sources Donald A. Redmond	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1983 The Game is Afoot David L. Hammer	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	JBS considered this complementary as a guide to Sherlockian places with For the Sake of the Game
1983 The Sincerest Form of Flattery Paul Herbert	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1983 A Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle Richard Lancelyn Green and John Michale Gibson	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1984 A Study in Surmise: The Making of Sherlock Holmes Michael Harrison	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1984 The Baker Street Reader: Cornerstone Writings About Sherlock Holmes Philip A. Shreffler, Ed	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1986 For the Sake of the Game David L. Hammer	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	JBS considered this complementary as a guide to Sherlockian places with *The Game is Afoot*
1986 The Sherlock Holmes Letters Richard Lancelyn Green	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1987 The Complete Guide to Sherlock Holmes Michael Hardwick	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1987 The Elementary Methods of Sherlock Holmes Brad Keefauver	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none

CDM	MORLEY references end in 1944
WBG	BARING-GOULD references end in 1967
MM	MURPHY references end in 1975
JBS	SHAW references end in 1988
DIOGENES	DIOGENES notes are current to 2002
OP	PENZLER Penzler's 100 indespensibles end in 1977
Denotes that an image of the volume is available at the Writing Desk Denotes a Diogenes Club Recommendation	A writing considered by any of these Sherlockian Scholars as particularly notable or a "Cornerstone Work" will have THIS BACKGROUND AND TEXT COLOR