Jay Finley Christ devised an abbreviation for all 60 Sherlock Holmes stories. The style is four letters, often all captialized but not required. In the first entry below, Abbe is the same as ABBE, for example. You will see these abbreviations used here on Yoxley as well as many Sherlockian discussions and writtings.
| TAO | The Adventure of ... | ||
| Abbe | TAO the Abbey Grange | Nava | The Naval Treaty |
| Bery | TAO the Beryl Coronet | Nobl | The Noble Bachelor |
| Blac | TAO Black Peter | Norw | TAO the Norwood Builder |
| Blan | TAO the Blanched Soldier | Prio | TAO the Priory School |
| Blue | TAO the Blue Carbuncle | RedC | TAO the Red Circle |
| Bosc | TAO the Boscombe Valley Mystery | RedH | TAO the Red-Headed League |
| Bruc | TAO the Bruce-Partington Plans | Reig | The Reigate Squires |
| Card | TAO the Cardboard Box | Resi | TAO the Resident Patient |
| Chas | TAO Charles Augustus Milverton | Reti | The Retired Colourman |
| Copp | TAO the Copper Beeches | Scan | A Scandal in Bohemia |
| Cree | TAO the Creeping Man | Seco | TAO the Second Stain |
| Croo | TAO the Crooked Man | Shos | TAO Shoscombe Old Place |
| Danc | TAO the Dancing Men | Sign | The Sign of the Four |
| Devi | TAO the Devil's Foot | Silv | Silver Blaze |
| Dyin | TAO the Dying Detective | SixN | TAO the Six Napoleons |
| Empt | TAO the Empty House | Soli | TAO the Solitary Cyclist |
| Engr | TAO the Engineer's Thumb | Spec | The Speckled Band |
| Fina | TAO the Final Problem | Stoc | TAO the Stockbroker's Clerk |
| Five | TAO the Five Orange Pips | Stud | A Study in Scarlet |
| Glor | TAO the Gloria Scott | Suss | The Sussex Vampire |
| Gold | TAO the Golden Pince-Nez | Thor | TAO Thor Bridge |
| Gree | TAO the Greek Interpreter | 3Gab | TAO the Three Gables |
| Houn | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 3Gar | TAO the Three Garridebs |
| Iden | A Case of Identity | 3Stu | TAO the Three Students |
| Illu | The Illustrious Client | Twis | The Man with the Twisted Lip |
| Lady | The Disapperance of Lady Frances Carfax | Vall | The Valley of Fear |
| Last | His Last Bow | Veil | TAO the Veiled Lodger |
| Lion | TAO the Lion's Mane | Wist | TAO Wisteria Lodge |
| Maza | The Mazarin Stone | Yell | The Yellow face |
| Miss | TAO the Missing Three-Quarter | ||
| Musg | TAO the Musgrave Ritual | Lost | The Lost Special |
| Nava | The Naval Treaty | ManW | The Man with the Watches |
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