Beeton's Christmas Annual Explained

Beeton's Christmas Annual was a British paperback magazine printed yearly between 1860 and 1898, founded by Samuel Orchart Beeton. The November 1887 issue contained a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle entitled A Study in Scarlet^[1] which introduced the characters Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson.^[2]

External links

• The Best of Sherlock Holmes – Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887: An Annotated Checklist and Census
• Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887 (Wikisource)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stock. Randall. The Best of Sherlock Holmes – Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887: An Annotated Checklist and Census. 24 May 2010. 1 July 2010.
2. Book: Wolfreys, Julian. Introduction. Conan Doyle. Arthur. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Wordsworth. London. 1992. 1-85326-033-9. v–vi. registration.