''Beeton's Christmas Annual'' was a British

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printed yearly between 1860 and 1898, founded by Samuel Orchart Beeton. The November 1887 issue contained a novel by

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entitled ''

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'' which introduced the characters

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and his friend Watson.

References

External links

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

Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887 (Wikisource)
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