Abbreviations for Sherlock Holmes Story Titles

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Abbreviations for Sherlock Holmes Stories

In Order by ABBREVIATION		In Order by TITLE
Abbrev	Title	Title	Abbrev
ABBE	The Abbey Grange	Abbey Grange	ABBE
BERY	The Beryl Coronet	Beryl Coronet	BERY
BLAC	Black Peter	Black Peter	BLAC
BLAN	The Blanched Soldier	Blanched Soldier	BLAN
BLUE	The Blue Carbuncle	Blue Carbuncle	BLUE
BOSC	The Boscombe Valley Mystery	Boscombe Valley Mystery	BOSC
BRUC	The Bruce-Partington Plans	Bruce-Partington Plans	BRUC
CARD	The Cardboard Box	Cardboard Box	CARD
CHAS	Charles Augustus Milverton	Case of Identity	IDEN
COPP	The Copper Beeches	Charles Augustus Milverton	CHAS
CREE	The Creeping Man	Copper Beeches	COPP
CROO	The Crooked Man	Creeping Man	CREE
DANC	The Dancing Men	Crooked Man	CROO
DEVI	The Devil's Foot	Dancing Men	DANC
DYIN	The Dying Detective	Devil's Foot	DEVI
EMPT	The Empty House	Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax	LADY
ENGR	The Engineer's Thumb	Dying Detective	DYIN
FINA	The Final Problem	Empty House	EMPT
FIVE	The Five Orange Pips	Engineer's Thumb	ENGR
GLOR	The "Gloria Scott"	Final Problem	FINA
GOLD	The Golden Pince-Nez	Five Orange Pips	FIVE
GREE	The Greek Interpreter	"Gloria Scott"	GLOR
HOUN	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Golden Pince-Nez	GOLD
IDEN	A Case of Identity	Greek Interpreter	GREE
ILLU	The Illustrious Client	His Last Bow	LAST
LADY	The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax	Hound of the Baskervilles	HOUN
LAST	His Last Bow	Illustrious Client	ILLU
LION	The Lion's Mane	Lion's Mane	LION
MAZA	The Mazarin Stone	Man with the Twisted Lip	TWIS
MISS	The Missing Three-Quarter	Mazarin Stone	MAZA
MUSG	The Musgrave Ritual	Missing Three-Quarter	MISS
NAVA	The Naval Treaty	Musgrave Ritual	MUSG
NOBL	The Noble Bachelor	Naval Treaty	NAVA
NORW	The Norwood Builder	Noble Bachelor	NOBL
PRIO	The Priory School	Norwood Builder	NORW
REDC	The Red Circle	Priory School	PRIO
REDH	The Red-Headed League	Problem of Thor Bridge	THOR
REIG	The Reigate Squires	Red Circle	REDC
RESI	The Resident Patient	Red-Headed League	REDH
RETI	The Retired Colourman	Reigate Squires	REIG
SCAN	A Scandal in Bohemia	Resident Patient	RESI
SECO	The Second Stain	Retired Colourman	RETI
SHOS	Shoscombe Old Place	Scandal in Bohemia	SCAN
SIGN	The Sign of the Four	Second Stain	SECO
SILV	Silver Blaze	Shoscombe Old Place	SHOS
SIXN	The Six Napoleons	Sign of the Four	SIGN
SOLI	The Solitary Cyclist	Silver Blaze	SILV
SPEC	The Speckled Band	Six Napoleons	SIXN
STOC	The Stockbroker's Clerk	Solitary Cyclist	SOLI
STUD	A Study in Scarlet	Speckled Band	SPEC
SUSS	The Sussex Vampire	Stockbroker's Clerk	STOC
THOR	The Problem of Thor Bridge	Study in Scarlet	STUD
3GAB	The Three Gables	Sussex Vampire	SUSS
3GAR	The Three Garridebs	Three Gables	3GAB
3STU	The Three Students	Three Garridebs	3GAR
TWIS	The Man with the Twisted Lip	Three Students	3STU
VALL	The Valley of Fear	Valley of Fear	VALL
VEIL	The Veiled Lodger	Veiled Lodger	VEIL
WIST	Wisteria Lodge	Wisteria Lodge	WIST
YELL	The Yellow Face	Yellow Face	YELL

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Notes
Many Sherlockian writings refer to the tales by using an abbreviation of the story title. The conventional abbreviations were devised by Jay Finley Christ and use four letters. This site uses the more common all-capital form (ABBE), but some writers use only a leading capital letter (Abbe).

Stories are listed in both abbreviation-order and title-order to simplify finding the desired cross-reference. The full title of many stories includes "The Adventure of" as a prefix, but this is not listed here in order to conserve space.

Reference:
Jay Finley Christ, An Irregular Guide to Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street, New York: Argus Books, 1947.

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