The Rohmer Review The Rohmer Review "The cover illustration is based on, but by no means an exact reproduction of, a portrait of Sax Rohmer by Bertrand Zadig."-- Douglas A. Rossman, (Inside Front Cover, The Rohmer Review No. 1)
"The Rohmer Review's logo (title lettering) was designed by Roy Hunt." -- R. E. Briney, (Email, 5/22/98)
The Rohmer Review was "a non-profit amateur literary magazine dedicated to the works of Sax Rohmer. Edited and published for The Sax Rohmer Society by Douglas A. Rossman." Contributing Editor, R. E. Briney, became the Editor with issue No. 5 and remained Editor through the final issue, No. 18.
The first issue was introduced by Douglas A. Rossman: "The contents of this inaugural issue of The Rohmer Review reflect the fact that The Sax Rohmer Society is dedicated to the total literary output of Sax Rohmer, and is not limited to the sinister saga of literature's best known master criminal -- Dr. Fu Manchu -- although the devil doctor will be given his due in future issues. We hope we can contribute to a wider appreciation of Rohmer's versatility, for some of his best writing appears in some of his lesser known works."
The Contents listed below differ from the "Contents" pages of the issues themselves in that many items which were not listed on the original "Contents" pages are included. This gives a clearer indication of what The Rohmer Review actually covered.
Issues #2 through #7 were accompanied by separate "Bibliographica Rohmeriana" supplements printed on 8 x 11 inch pages, not bound into the magazine. The Introduction begins "It is the purpose of this department to provide a bibliographic record of the writings of Sax Rohmer, with as much significant detail as possible." From issue #8 onward, the "Bibliographica Romeriana" department was incorporated into the magazine. The pagination on the separate supplements is listed with each of these issues: Other loose inserts were mailed with early issues of the journal. These contained for sale/want ads, Sax Rohmer Society membership tallies, an auction of Rohmer hardcovers, and miscellaneous announcements.
The Rohmer Review No. 1, July, 1968, Douglas A. Rossman, Editor
| An Informal Survey of the Works of Sax Rohmer | R. E. Briney | 3 |
| The Books of Sax Rohmer -- A Chronological List | R. E. Briney | 25 |
| The Incredible Captain O'Hagan | Alvin F. Germeshausen | 27 |
| The Romance of Scarabs | Luther Norris | 30 |
| Chinese idol [drawing] | Roy Hunt | Back Cover |
The Rohmer Review No. 2, January, 1969, Douglas A. Rossman, Editor
| How Fu Manchu Was Born | Sax Rohmer | 3 |
| Speculations On The Origin of Dr. Fu Manchu | John Harwood | 6 |
| A Case of Identity: Being a Trifling Monograph Upon the Similarities Between Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Sherlock Holmes | Andrew Jay Peck | 9 |
| Rohmer Artist Len Goldberg | Douglass A. Rossman | 18 |
| Fleet Street Report | Andrew Jay Peck | 18 |
| Letters to Limehouse | Roy Hunt and others |
22 |
| Fu Manchu Caricature | Jim Jones | 27 |
| Fu Manchu portrait | Henry Lauritzen | Back cover |
| "Bibliographica
Rohmeriana" supplement "the six collections of miscellaneous short stories" |
R. E. Briney | S -1 to S - 6 |
The Rohmer Review No. 3, August, 1969, Douglas A. Rossman, Editor
| The Green Spider | A. Sarsfield Ward | 3 |
| Petrie Letter | Bruce Pelz | 16 |
| Good Old Petrie | David Braveman | 18 |
| The Literary Tradition of Brow Spraying | J. R. Christopher | 23 |
| Fleet Street Report | Andrew Jay Peck | 24 |
| Note on the Death of Boris Karloff | 27 | |
| Letters to Limehouse | John Harwood, James Wade, and others |
28 |
| Fu Manchu cartoon | Sandra Mattielli | 31 |
| The Green Spider [illustration] | Tom Walker | Back cover |
| "Bibliographica
Rohmeriana" supplement |
S -7 to S - 10 |
The Rohmer Review No. 4, March, 1970, Douglas A. Rossman, Editor
| Rohmer | J. C. Squire | 3 |
| The Romance of the Middle East | John E. Carroll | 7 |
| Houdini to the Rescue | John Harwood | 13 |
| Zagazig | Jeffrey N. Weiss | 16 |
| Fleet Street Report [including announcement of Roy Hunt's folio: Fu Manhu and company] |
Andrew Jay Peck | 20 |
| Reproduction of Detective Comics #18 [Fu on cover] | 21 | |
| Letters to Limehouse | Various | 24 |
| Sinitic Sonnet | James Wade | 27 |
| Bibliographica Rohmeriana | R. E. Briney | S-11 |
| The "Black
Mandarin" [drawing] [Later used on the cover of issue 17] |
Sax Rohmer | Back Cover |
| "Bibliographica
Rohmeriana" supplement |
S -11 to S - 16 |
The drawings on the covers of issues #5, 6, 7, and 8 were based on plates in The Gods of the Egyptians by E. A. Wallis Budge (Dover Books, 1969).
The Rohmer Review No. 5, August, 1970, R. E. Briney, Editor
| Bast [line drawing]
[The drawings on the covers of issues #5, 6, 7, and 8 were based on plates in The Gods of the Egyptians by E. A. Wallis Budge (Dover Books, 1969).] |
R. E. Briney | Front cover |
| Fleet Street Report | Andrew J. Peck and R. E. Briney |
Inside Front Cover |
| Were Houdini's Feats Supernatural? | Sax Rohmer | 1 |
| Sax Rohmer and the Art of Making Villains | Anice Page Cooper | 8 |
| From the Editor | R. E. Briney | 9 |
| Metropolitan Police Station, "Thames" Division [photo] | 12 | |
| Limehouse and the River Police | John E. Carroll | 13 |
| Map of Limehouse and Environs | John E. Carroll | 16-17 |
| The Fu Manchu sculpture by Jack Cassin-Scott [photo] | Photo by Jack Blake | 21 |
| The Zagazig Code | Evelyn Herzog | 22 |
| Zagazig Revisited | Julian L. Biggers | 25 |
| Dantean Allusions in The Trail of Fu Manchu | J. R. Christopher | 27 |
| Letters to Limehouse | Elizabeth Sax Rohmer and others | 31 |
| "Bibliographica
Rohmeriana" supplement |
S -17 to S - 18 |
The Rohmer Review No. 6, February, 1971, R. E. Briney, Editor
| Thoth [line drawing] | R. E. Briney | Front cover |
| Notes from the editor | R. E. Briney | 2 |
| Live Instruments of Villainy | Sax Rohmer | 3 |
| Commentary | Douglas A. Rossman | 5 |
| Letter to Sherlock | Nayland Smith | 7 |
| Annotations [to letter] | Julian L. Biggers | 7 |
| The Lost "Eye" | R. E. Briney | 9 |
| "The Secret Service Man and the Hidden Hand" [photo] | 11 | |
| "Which is the Villain?" [photo and listing of cast] | 12-13 | |
| "The Tibet Monk and Hilda" [photo] | 14 | |
| Map of The Manor of Stepney | John E. Carroll | 16 |
| The Manor of Stepney | John E. Carroll | 17 |
| The Sound of Fu Manchu | Leslie Charteris | 19 |
| The Man Who Never Said Anything | John Harwood | 20 |
| Letters to Limehouse | James Wade and others | 21 |
| "Bibliographica
Rohmeriana" supplement |
None |
The Rohmer Review No. 7, August, 1971, R. E. Briney, Editor
Horus/Set [line drawing] |
R. E. Briney |
Front cover |
| Notes from the Editor | R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| The Immortal Enemy | Robert A. W. Lowndes | 1 |
| Notes by the editor [to "The Immortal Enemy"] | R. E. Briney | 9 |
| Addendum to The Lost Eye | R. E. Briney | 10 |
| A Tale of "Secret Egypt" | Sax Rohmer | 11 |
| Commentary | R. E. Briney | 12 |
| "Moris Claw" Sculpture by Cassin-Scott [photo] | Jack Blake | 13 |
| "Fu Manchu's Daughter" [drawing] | Michael Vosberg | 14-15 |
| Sketch of Clapham Common (S.W.4) | R. E. Briney | 16 |
| Locating Dr. Petrie's Practice | Julian L. Biggers | 17 |
| Book News [including a reproduction of Roy Hunt's folio] |
R. E. Briney | 20 |
| Fu Manchu Checklist | R. E. Briney | 21 |
| Our Contributors | 25 | |
| Letters to Limehouse | James Wade and others | 27 |
| Note on the death of August Derleth | 29 | |
| "Bibliographica
Rohmeriana" supplement |
S -19 to
S - 20 |
The Rohmer Review No. 8, March, 1972, R. E. Briney, Editor
| Isis [line drawing] | R. E. Briney | Front cover |
| Notes from the Editor | R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| The Thugs and Dacoits of India | John E. Carrol | 1 |
| Dacoits: John Merton and ? in Drums of Fu Manchu | 8 | |
| Sax Rohmer, George Robey and "Round in Fifty" | R. E. Briney | 11 |
| Caricature of George Robey | George Robey | 11 |
| "Shakespeare" [song lyric] | Sax Rohmer | 14 |
| Looking Back on "Round in Fifty" | George Robey | 15 |
| Book News | 18 | |
| Sax Rohmer: An Astrological Analysis | Julian L. Biggers | 19 |
| Secret Egypt Unveiled | W. O. Lofts | 23 |
| Bibliographica Rohmeriana | R. E. Briney | 25 |
| Advertisement for Brood of the Witch Queen [picturing Sax Rohmer] |
25 | |
| Fu [Manchu] | Henry E. Wenden | 27 |
| Rascals at Large: A Review | John Harwood | 28 |
| Our Contributors | 29 | |
| Letters to Limehouse | Various | 31 |
The Rohmer Review No. 9, August, 1972, R. E. Briney, Editor
| Fu Manchu [drawing] | Mike Vosburg | Front cover |
| Notes from the Editor | R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| The Haunted Temple [fiction] | Sax Rohmer | 1 |
| Bibliographica Rohmeriana: 10.30 Folkestone Express Rewritten Stories |
R. E. Briney | 13 |
| Fu Man Chu | Cay Van Ash | 15 |
| Letter to London Opinion [holograph and transcript] | Sax Rohmer | 16 |
| The Well of Zem-zem | Robert Galbreath | 18 |
| The Doctor's Blade [interview with Sax Rohmer] | from The New Yorker | 19 |
| Editor's Notes | R. E. Briney | 21 |
| Film Notes: Nigel Green; The Castle of Fu Manchu | W. O. G. Lofts | 23 |
| Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu [photo] | 24 | |
| A Sixth Sense | Elizabeth Sax Rohmer | 25 |
| Master of Villainy: A Review | Marvin Lachman | 27 |
| The Occult: A Review | R. E. Briney | 28 |
| Book News | R. E. Briney | 29 |
| John C. Daly as Fu Manchu [photo] | 30 | |
| Letters to Limehouse | Various | 31 |
| Sax Rohmer in Wartime [quotation] | David Whitelaw | 32 |
| A Fellow-Author’s View of Sax Rohmer [quotation] | Captain Frank H. Shaw | 33 |
The Rohmer Review No. 10, March, 1973, R. E. Briney, Editor
| Chinese dragon [drawing] | John E. Carroll | Front Cover |
| Notes from the editor | R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| Meet Dr. Fu Manchu | Sax Rohmer | 1 |
| Letter to Bransby Williams | Sax Rohmer | 4 |
| The Imperial Dragon | John E. Carroll | 5 |
| The Politics of Fu Manchu | Jim Pobst | 9 |
| Author Index to The Rohmer Review #1-10 | 15-18 | |
| The Blue Scorpion | Robert Weinberg | 19 |
| ‘Fu Manchu Mysteries’ [publicity photo for CBS radio serial, 1932] | 24 | |
| Book News | R. E. Briney | 25 |
| Thoughts on the Master of Villainy | W. O. G. Lofts | 27 |
| “Alf’s Button Afloat” with the Crazy Gang [photo] | 29 | |
| Our Contributors | 30 | |
| Letters from Limehouse | Cay Van Ash and one other |
31 |
The Rohmer Review No. 11, December, 1973, R. E. Briney, Editor
| Dacoit [drawing] | Mike Vosburg | Front Cover |
| Notes from the editor | R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| Here and There [anecdotes] | Sax Rohmer | 1 |
| Our Contributors | 4 | |
| My Hero - Fu Manchu | John Ball | 5 |
| A Rohmer Miscellany - I [quotations on Sax Rohmer] | 8 | |
| SH-H-H! Dr. Fu Manchu Is on the Air! | W. O. G. Lofts and R. E. Briney | 9 |
| Sax Rohmer [photo] | 11 | |
| Fu Manchu Speaks | Sidney Petty | 12 |
| S-S-SH! Dr. Fu Manchu Is on
the Air! Radio Luxenbourg advertisement |
14 | |
| Bibliographica Rohmeriana: Sax Rohmer in Dutch | R. E. Briney | 17 |
| The Seals of the Si-Fan [illustrations by Kiku Onaka] | Cay Van Ash | 21 |
| Letters | Elizabeth Sax
Rohmer, Chris Steinbrunner, and others |
23 |
The Rohmer Review No. 12, September. 1974, R. E. Briney, Editor
| “Sax Rohmer” [Chinese characters] | [Kiku Onaka] | Front Cover |
| Notes from the Editor | R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| Some Notes on Rohmer's Witch-Queens | Stephen Shutt | 1 |
| The Cartouche of Taia [drawing] | 3 | |
| On This Issue's Cover | Cay Van Ash and R. E. Briney |
4 |
| Sax Rohmer's Name in Chinese | R. E. Briney | 4 |
| The Mysterious Arthur H. Ward | R. E. Briney | 5 |
| Forecast | R. E. Briney | 7 |
| The Smith Letters | 9 | |
| Radio Fu Manchu | Ray Stanich | 11 |
| Photo of John C. Daly as Fu Manchu [radio actor] | 13 | |
| Book News | R. E. Briney | 16 |
| Bibliographica Rohmeriana: Sax Rohmer in French | R. E. Briney | 17 |
| Mr. Chang: A Minor Pulp Villain | John A. Dinan | 21 |
| Letters | Cay Van Ash, Roy Hunt, Leonard P. Gray, and others. |
23 |
The Rohmer Review No. 13, August, 1975, R. E. Briney, Editor
| Fu Manchu and marmoset [drawing] | Mike Vosburg | Front Cover |
| Notes from the editor | R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| The Hand of Dr. Insidious | Ron Goulart | 1 |
| A Curious Interview | James Wade | 8 |
| Fu Manchu caricature | Jim Jones | 10 |
| Fu Chin Chow [a comic strip] | Jack Gaughan | 11 |
| Revenge à la Mode | Vincent J. Miranda | 23 |
| "Don't Fool with Fu Manchu" | 25 | |
| Book News | R. E. Briney | 26 |
| Letters | James Wade, Jack Gaughan, and others |
27 |
| Chinese Meal and a Movie | 32 |
The Rohmer Review No. 14, July, 1976, R. E. Briney, Editor
| Cartouche [‘Sax Rohmer’ in hieroglyphics] | Stephen Shutt | Front Cover |
| Notes from the editor | R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| The Polyglot Mr. Rohmer | Jean Stafford | 1 |
| Addendum (letters, 25 Aug 75 and 18 Sep 75) | Jean Stafford | 3 |
| Ming the Merciless [caricature] | Jim Jones | 4 |
| Sax Rohmer in Chicago | John Nieminski | 5 |
| Sax Rohmer, Thrills Author, Has to Be "Locked in" to Write | Ione Quinby | 7 |
| Book News | R. E. Briney | 10 |
| Who Killed Kelly? | T. J. McCauley | 11 |
| The Search for Sax Rohmer | Cay Van Ash | 13 |
| Former home of the Römer family [photo] | 14-15 | |
| Sir Henry Complain [quotation] | John Dickson Carr | 17 |
| The Third Eyelid | Marvin L. Morrison | 19 |
| A Note on Dovelands Cottage | Julian L. Biggers | 23 |
| Fu Manchu [portrait] | Franklyn E. Hamilton | 25 |
| Letters | James Wade and others |
27 |
The Rohmer Review No. 15, September. 1976, R. E. Briney, Editor
| Fu Manchu and marmoset [drawing] | Michael Vosburg | Front Cover |
| Notes from the editor | R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| Dancing Girl of Egypt | Sax Rohmer | 1 |
| Musette, Max and Sumuru | R. E. Briney and W. O. G. Lofts |
5 |
| "White Velvet" illustrations from Radio Times | 7 | |
| The Early Chronicles of Fu Manchu | R. E. Briney | 9 |
| Portfolio: The Si-Fan Mysteries [illustrations from Chums] | 11 | |
| Ourselves and Gaston Max | Cay Van Ash | 23 |
| "She Who Loveth Silence" | Stephen Shutt | 25 |
| Letters | Cay Van Ash and others |
27 |
| Book News | R. E. Briney | Inside Back Cover |
The Rohmer Review No. 16, July, 1977, R. E. Briney, Editor
| Fu Manchu and The Shadow [drawing] | Frank Hamilton | Front Cover |
| Notes from the Editor | R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| The Shadow of Ying Ko | Frank D. McSherry, Jr. | 1 |
| Eight Illustrations | Frank Hamilton | various |
| Shiwan Khan [drawing] | Erwin L. Hess | 18 |
| Shiwan Khan [drawing] | Edd Cartier | 18 |
The Rohmer Review No. 17, August, 1977, R. E. Briney, Editor
| The Black Mandarin [drawing] [Used previously on the Back Cover of No. 4] |
Sax Rohmer | Front Cover |
| Notes from the Editor | R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| The Birth of Fu Manchu in a talk with the "Daily Sketch" | Sax Rohmer | 1 |
| Sax Rohmer's hands on a planchette board [photo] | 2 | |
| Comments by Cay Van Ash | Cay Van Ash | 4 |
| Notes by the Editor | R. E. Briney | 5 |
| Two small drawings | Mike Vosburg | 5 |
| A Question of Time | Cay Van Ash | 7 |
| Portfolio: The Sins of Severac Bablon: illustrations from Chums | 11 | |
| Bibliographica Rohmeriana: The Paul Harley Series | R. E. Briney | 15 |
| Curse of the Pharaohs: A Review | R. E. Briney | 18 |
| Book News | R. E. Briney | 19 |
| Letters [Fu Mun Chews letter and reproduction of candy wrapper] [A second Fu Mun Chews letter] |
James Sandoe, Leslie Charteris, Evelyn A. Herzog, Cay Van Ash, and others |
21 23 23 |
| Fu Mun Chews letter and reproduction | Leslie Charteris | 23 |
The Rohmer Review No. 18, Spring/Summer, 1981, R. E. Briney, Editor
| Cartouche of the coronation name (Neb-khpru-Re) of Tutankhamen | Identification thanks to Victor A. Berch | Front Cover |
| Dedication to Rose Elizabeth
Knox Ward and Notes from the editor |
R. E. Briney | Inside Front Cover |
| Nelson Keys and Captain Kettle | Sax Rohmer | 1 |
| Those Mysterious Mandolins | Robert W. Shurtleff | 9 |
| The Royal Troubadours [photos] | 10-11 | |
| Bits of Old London [drawing] | Will Owen | 12 |
| A Walking Tour of Sax Rohmer's London | Julian L. Biggers | 13 |
| Some Notes on Seeing Sax Rohmer's London | R. E. Briney | 15 |
| Review of The Nightingale [New York Times 7/17/47] |
|
16 |
| Letters | Cay Van Ash |
17 |
| Fu Manchu [portrait] | Franklyn Hamilton | 18 |
| Fah Lo Suee [photo] |
|
19 |
| Sax Rohmer in the 1920's: Notes on Chronology | Cay Van Ash | 21 |
| On Finding Petrie's Correct Name | Evelyn A. Herzog | 25 |
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