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	''Reference Books'' brings together books designed primarily as tools for consultation rather than as critical studies. These works may include encyclopedias, handbooks, companions, indexes, glossaries, guides, catalogues, chronologies, filmographies, illustrated surveys, and other documentary resources connected with Arthur Conan Doyle's works and characters.		''Reference Books'' brings together books designed primarily as tools for consultation rather than as critical studies. These works may include encyclopedias, handbooks, companions, indexes, glossaries, guides, catalogues, chronologies, filmographies, illustrated surveys, and other documentary resources connected with Arthur Conan Doyle's works and characters.

	This section is distinct from [[Literary Study Books]], [[Bibliographical Books]], and [[Media and Adaptation ~~Studies~~]]. Critical interpretations, formal bibliographies, and analytical studies of adaptations are listed separately.		This section is distinct from [[Literary Study Books]], [[Bibliographical Books]], and [[Media and Adaptation Books]]. Critical interpretations, formal bibliographies, and analytical studies of adaptations are listed separately.

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	''Reference Books'' brings together books designed primarily as tools for consultation rather than as critical studies. These works may include encyclopedias, handbooks, companions, indexes, glossaries, guides, catalogues, chronologies, filmographies, illustrated surveys, and other documentary resources connected with Arthur Conan Doyle's works and characters.		''Reference Books'' brings together books designed primarily as tools for consultation rather than as critical studies. These works may include encyclopedias, handbooks, companions, indexes, glossaries, guides, catalogues, chronologies, filmographies, illustrated surveys, and other documentary resources connected with Arthur Conan Doyle's works and characters.

	This section is distinct from [[Literary ~~Studies~~]], [[Bibliographical Books]], and [[Media and Adaptation Studies]]. Critical interpretations, formal bibliographies, and analytical studies of adaptations are listed separately.		This section is distinct from [[Literary Study Books]], [[Bibliographical Books]], and [[Media and Adaptation Studies]]. Critical interpretations, formal bibliographies, and analytical studies of adaptations are listed separately.

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	''Reference Books'' brings together books designed primarily as tools for consultation rather than as critical studies. These works may include encyclopedias, handbooks, companions, indexes, glossaries, guides, catalogues, chronologies, filmographies, illustrated surveys, and other documentary resources connected with Arthur Conan Doyle's works and characters.		''Reference Books'' brings together books designed primarily as tools for consultation rather than as critical studies. These works may include encyclopedias, handbooks, companions, indexes, glossaries, guides, catalogues, chronologies, filmographies, illustrated surveys, and other documentary resources connected with Arthur Conan Doyle's works and characters.

	This section is distinct from [[Literary Studies]], [[Bibliographical ~~Studies~~]], and [[Media and Adaptation Studies]]. Critical interpretations, formal bibliographies, and analytical studies of adaptations are listed separately.		This section is distinct from [[Literary Studies]], [[Bibliographical Books]], and [[Media and Adaptation Studies]]. Critical interpretations, formal bibliographies, and analytical studies of adaptations are listed separately.

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	''A Sherlock Holmes Almanac'' is a chronological reference work for the world of Sherlock Holmes. It lists events by month and day, including dates from the canon, Victorian historical events, Sherlockian society dates, events in Conan Doyle's life, actors' birthdays, illustration history, and other Holmes-related material. It is designed as a complete guide to the Sherlockian year.<br>		''A Sherlock Holmes Almanac'' is a chronological reference work for the world of Sherlock Holmes. It lists events by month and day, including dates from the canon, Victorian historical events, Sherlockian society dates, events in Conan Doyle's life, actors' birthdays, illustration history, and other Holmes-related material. It is designed as a complete guide to the Sherlockian year.<br>
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			'''The Game Is Afoot!'''<br>
			''By Charles Layng; foreword by Peter Ruber''<br>
			''Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library''<br>
			''1995''<br>
			''190 pages''<br>
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			A collection of Sherlockian essays on Holmes, Watson, the Canon, and the wider Sherlockian world. The volume includes three chapters titled "When Things Happened," devoted to the dating of the Sherlock Holmes stories.<br>
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	''A Sherlock Holmes Almanac'' is a chronological reference work for the world of Sherlock Holmes. It lists events by month and day, including dates from the canon, Victorian historical events, Sherlockian society dates, events in Conan Doyle's life, actors' birthdays, illustration history, and other Holmes-related material. It is designed as a complete guide to the Sherlockian year.<br>		''A Sherlock Holmes Almanac'' is a chronological reference work for the world of Sherlock Holmes. It lists events by month and day, including dates from the canon, Victorian historical events, Sherlockian society dates, events in Conan Doyle's life, actors' birthdays, illustration history, and other Holmes-related material. It is designed as a complete guide to the Sherlockian year.<br>
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			'''"I Remember The Date Very Well": A Chronology of the Sherlock Holmes Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle'''<br>
			''By John Hall''<br>
			''Players Press''<br>
			''1993''<br>
			''78 pages''<br>
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			A chronology of the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. John Hall proposes a dating of the Canon and places the adventures within a chronological framework.<br>
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	''A Sherlock Holmes Almanac'' is a chronological reference work for the world of Sherlock Holmes. It lists events by month and day, including dates from the canon, Victorian historical events, Sherlockian society dates, events in Conan Doyle's life, actors' birthdays, illustration history, and other Holmes-related material. It is designed as a complete guide to the Sherlockian year.<br>		''A Sherlock Holmes Almanac'' is a chronological reference work for the world of Sherlock Holmes. It lists events by month and day, including dates from the canon, Victorian historical events, Sherlockian society dates, events in Conan Doyle's life, actors' birthdays, illustration history, and other Holmes-related material. It is designed as a complete guide to the Sherlockian year.<br>
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			'''First Person Singular: A Review of the Life and Work of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the World's First Consulting Detective and His Friend and Colleague, Dr. John H. Watson'''<br>
			''By Roger Butters''<br>
			''Vantage Press''<br>
			''1984''<br>
			''138 pages''<br>
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			A Sherlockian work reviewing the life and work of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson with chronological study.<br>
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	''A Sherlock Holmes Almanac'' is a chronological reference work for the world of Sherlock Holmes. It lists events by month and day, including dates from the canon, Victorian historical events, Sherlockian society dates, events in Conan Doyle's life, actors' birthdays, illustration history, and other Holmes-related material. It is designed as a complete guide to the Sherlockian year.<br>		''A Sherlock Holmes Almanac'' is a chronological reference work for the world of Sherlock Holmes. It lists events by month and day, including dates from the canon, Victorian historical events, Sherlockian society dates, events in Conan Doyle's life, actors' birthdays, illustration history, and other Holmes-related material. It is designed as a complete guide to the Sherlockian year.<br>
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			'''A Sherlock Holmes Commentary'''<br>
			''By D. Martin Dakin''<br>
			''David & Charles''<br>
			''1972''<br>
			''320 pages''<br>
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			A critical study of the Sherlock Holmes Canon, with substantial chronological material. Each story opens with an analysis of its date, and the book includes chronological appendices comparing the order and dating of the cases. D. Martin Dakin also examines textual problems, characterization, inconsistencies, and other Sherlockian controversies.<br>
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	'''"The Date Being———?": A Compendium of Chronological Data'''<br>		'''"The Date Being———?": A Compendium of Chronological Data'''<br>
	''By Andrew Jay Peck & Leslie S. Klinger''<br>		''By Andrew Jay Peck & Leslie S. Klinger''<br>
	''Magico Magazine''<br>		''Privately printed; then Magico Magazine''<br>
	''1970; expanded in 1996''<br>		''1970; expanded in 1996''<br>
	''62 pages''<br>		''62 pages''<br>

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	''A Sherlock Holmes Almanac'' is a chronological reference work for the world of Sherlock Holmes. It lists events by month and day, including dates from the canon, Victorian historical events, Sherlockian society dates, events in Conan Doyle's life, actors' birthdays, illustration history, and other Holmes-related material. It is designed as a complete guide to the Sherlockian year.<br>		''A Sherlock Holmes Almanac'' is a chronological reference work for the world of Sherlock Holmes. It lists events by month and day, including dates from the canon, Victorian historical events, Sherlockian society dates, events in Conan Doyle's life, actors' birthdays, illustration history, and other Holmes-related material. It is designed as a complete guide to the Sherlockian year.<br>
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			'''"The Date Being———?": A Compendium of Chronological Data'''<br>
			''By Andrew Jay Peck & Leslie S. Klinger''<br>
			''Magico Magazine''<br>
			''1970; expanded in 1996''<br>
			''62 pages''<br>
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			A compendium of Sherlock Holmes chronological data, collecting and comparing the dates proposed by earlier Holmesian chronologists. First published by Andrew Jay Peck in 1970, with a 1973 supplement, it was later revised and expanded with Leslie S. Klinger in 1996.<br>