Episode 2 of 3

Beeton's Christmas Annual Publication

When
1887
Where
London
Part of
Sherlock Holmes debuts in A Study in Scarlet

The story was published in late 1887 in Beeton's Christmas Annual, receiving positive reviews in Scottish newspapers.

The piece appeared in the 1887 edition of Beeton's Christmas Annual, published by Ward, Lock & Co. It received good reviews in The Scotsman and the Glasgow Herald. Eleven complete copies of this magazine are known to exist today.

Sources

  1. Arthur Conan Doyle Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
  2. A Study in Scarlet Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06

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