The Diogenes Club: The Sherlock Holmes Library Volume II

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE	*CDM*	*WBG*	*WBG*	*JBS*	ANNOTATIONS

1924 Memories and Adventures Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	no	no	yes	yes	MM noted this as AC Doyle's autobiography; see the Diogenes Club Membership Directory for more information about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle DIOGENES: contains *The Adventure of the Two Collaborators.* OP: Number 26
1943 Conan Doyle: His Life and Art Hesketh Pearson	yes	no	yes	yes	JBS noted published again in 1946. DIOGENES: Pearson found the famous *The Man who was Wanted* manuscript in Sir Arthur's papers while researching this biography; MM indicated that he considered this volume "entertaining... but superficial...".
1945 The True Conan Doyle Adrian Conan Doyle	n/a	no	yes	no	MM noted that this volume was "reverential"
1949 The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle John Dickson Carr	n/a	no	yes	yes	DIOGENES: reprinted in paperback and recently in hardback by Barnes & Noble Books; MM's dating of 1934 is an error. MM noted this volume as having a publication date of 1934 and as the "best of the biographies" as of 1960. OP: Number 63
1955 The Fabulous Originals Irving Wallace	no	no	yes	no	MM noted this contains biographical references to the Agent DIOGENES: contains a chapter called "The Real Sherlock Holmes" about Dr. Joseph Bell
1964 The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes Michael and Mollie Hardwick	n/a	no	yes	no	none
1964 Conan Doyle Pierre Nordon	n/a	no	yes	yes	DIOGENES: originally printed in French, published in English in 1966. MM's dating of 1947 is an error. Widely considered one of the best biographies. MM noted this as a "superb" biography published in 1947
1983 The Quest for Sherlock Holmes: A Biographical Study of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Owen Dudley Edwards	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	none
1987 The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Thirteen Biographies in Search of a Life Jon L Lellenberg	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	DIOGENES: Lellenberg is invested in BSI and is the representative of the owner of the copyright of the last stories and book still under copyright in the United states... *Casebook*.
1999 Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle Daniel Stashower	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	DIOGENES: Latest of the biographies of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by the author of *The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man*

THE SHERLOCK HOLMES CANON	*CDM*	*WBG*	MM	*JBS*	ANNOTATIONS

1930 The Complete Sherlock Holmes Doubleday Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	no	no	no	no	DIOGENES: contains a reprint of *In Memorium: Sherlock Holmes* by Christopher D. Morley. *The Complete Sherlock Holmes* was the first American compilation of the entire Canon OP: Number 31
1944 Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: A Textbook of Friendship, Christopher D. Morley	no	yes	no	no	WBG notes this as the first annotated collection. DIOGENES: Morley's suggested readings can be found here. This book is difficult to find
1967 The Annotated Sherlock Holmes (2 volumes), Edited and Annotated by William S. Baring-Gould	n/a	n/a	yes	yes	DIOGENES: 2nd and most complete annotated compilation of the entire Canon, available slipcased OP: Number 94
1986 The Annotated Sherlock Holmes (1 volume), Edited and Annotated by William S. Baring-Gould	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	DIOGENES: same as previous, but in one volume with thinner pages and smaller type
1987 The Baker Street Dozen Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	JBS: anthology of Doyle's favorites plus a thirteenth added to make it a Baker's Dozen. Each story has essay by emminent Sherlockian included.
1993 The Oxford Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	DIOGENES: the annotated compilation with a "Doylean" approach.
1998 The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library: Vol. I: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Vol. II: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Vol. III: A Study in Scarlet Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Edited and Annotated by Leslie S. Klinger	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	DIOGENES: the newest of the annotated compilations of the Canon, copiously annotated by Leslie S. Klinger. Softback.

THE APOCRYPHA	*CDM*	*WBG*	MM	*JBS*	ANNOTATIONS

1893 The Adventure of the Two Collaborators Sir James M. Barrie	no	yes	no	no	WBG indicates that Sir Arthur considered this as the best of the parodies. DIOGENES: This pastiche can be found in *Sherlock Holmes: The Published Apocrypha, and was written on the flyleaf of a gift book to Doyle. It relates to their failed opera, Jane Annie.* *The Adventure of the Two Collaborators* can be found at this site; see the Diogenes Club Membership Directory for more information about Sir James M. Barrie
1896 The Field Bazaar Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	no	yes	no	no	WBG suggested that Sherlockians would wish for this parody to be included as important readings. DIOGENES: This pastiche can be found in *Sherlock Holmes: The Published Apocrypha, and was written for The Student* as a fund-raiser for Edinburgh University, Sir Arthur's Alma Mater. An eText of *The Field Bazaar* can be found at this site. The story was reprinted by The Baker Street Irregulars in 1947.
1924 How Watson Learned the Trick Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	no	yes	no	no	WBG suggested that Sherlockians would wish for this parody to be included as important readings. DIOGENES: This pastiche can be found in *Sherlock Holmes: The Published Apocrypha, and was written for The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House Library. How Watson Learned the Trick* can be found at this site.
1947 Tales of Terror and Mystery, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	n/a	no	no	yes	DIOGENES: includes *The Man with the Watches* and The Lost Special
1980 Sherlock Holmes: The Published Apocrypha, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle edited by Jack Tracy	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	JBS: similar to above. neither book is inclusive of the other. DIOGENES: This volume contains both of the above and also *How Watson Learned the Trick, The Field Bazaar, The Adventure of the Two Collaborators,* *The Man who was Wanted* and *The Adventure of the Tall Man. The Man who was Wantedwas a pastiche originally thought to have been a "long-lost" Doyle tale, but was found to have been written by Arthur Whitaker. When Whitaker contested the authorship of the story, he produced a letter from ACD offering to purchase the plot. Nova 57 Minor* by Jon L.Lellenberg contains a "blow-by-blow" account of the entire situation. This is thought by many to be one of the finest of the Sherlock Holmes pastiches.

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
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