British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index

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Sowerby, Kate (fl. 1890s) (items)
• Afterwards, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper April 12 1890
• Fairly Noosed, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper November 22 1890
• The Indian Rising. A Very Critical Moment, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper January 3 1891
• “Spring Is Coming”—A Suspicious Character, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper February 13 1897

Sowman, Gordon (William) (1918-1982); used pseudonym George Sandford (items)
• Outlaw’s Pal, (n.) Western Library #82, August 1953
• Freedom Fighters, (na) Sea War Stories #23, January 1963, as by George Sandford
• Mystery Ship, (na) Sea War Stories #29, April 1963, as by George Sandford
• Death Dive, (na) Sea War Stories #37, August 1963, as by George Sandford
• Field of Death, (na) Sea War Stories #43, November 1963, as by George Sandford

Sowyer, A. E. (items)
• The Poacher’s Prisoners, (ss) The Captain #202, January 1916

Space, L. Bradley (fl. 1910s) (items)
• The Larchester School Chronicles (from the School Magazine), (sl) The Boy’s Own Paper July 23 1910, etc.

Spalding, [Rev.] Samuel C(harles) (1878-1962); used pseudonyms Chickering Carter & Nick Carter (about) (items)
• A New Serpent in Eden; or, Nick Carter and the Burned Cab [Nick Carter], (na) Nick Carter Stories #101, August 15 1914, as by Chickering Carter
• An Uncanny Revenge [Nick Carter], (na) Nick Carter Stories #120, December 26 1914, as by Chickering Carter
• The Yellow Label; or, Nick Carter and the Society Looters [Nick Carter], (sl) Nick Carter Stories #160, October 2 1915, as by Chickering Carter

Spalding, William F. (fl. 1900s-1910s) (items)
• A Saturday-Afternoon Cycling Run: Bridal Veil, (ms) The Boy’s Own Paper January 27 1900
• Banking as a Career, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper April 1915, etc.

Sparey, L. H. (items)
• Aeromodelling, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper September 1945
• Tips on Tails, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper November 1951
• Make This Senator Plane, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper February 1952
• How to Carve Propellers, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper June 1952
• Flying Scale Model Planes, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper December 1953
• Jet Power Units, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper February 1954

Sparkes, J. (items)
• The Ideal Art School, (ar) Atalanta November 1888

Sparks, Christopher (items)
• Taking the Knock out of Petrol, (ar) Modern Wonder April 23 1938
• Hats Off to Stainless Steel, (ar) Modern Wonder May 21 1938
• The Electro-Plating of Metals, (ar) Modern Wonder June 25 1938

Sparling, H(enry) Halliday (1860-1924) (about) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Penny Pictorial Magazine #13, September 2 1899

Sparrow, Charles (fl. 1900s-1930s) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain May 1908
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain July 1908
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain October 1908
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain November 1908
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain January 1909
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain #121, April 1909
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain #122, May 1909
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain #123, June 1909
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain #124, July 1909
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain #125, August 1909
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain #126, September 1909
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain #136, July 1910
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain #139, October 1910
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain #145, April 1911
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Captain #151, October 1911

Sparrow, Walter Shaw (1862-1940) (about) (items)
• Life in a Shakespearian Company on Tour, 1, (ar) Atalanta #52, January 1892
• Life in a Shakespearian Company on Tour, 2, (ar) Atalanta #53, February 1892

“Sparrow-Hawk” (items)
• The Bitumen Pit, (ss) Chums October 26 1924
• Frontier Rifle Thieves, (ar) Chums May 3 1925
• Yellow Fang the Jackal, (ar) Chums May 24 1925
• The One-Eared Arab, (ss) Chums November 22 1925
• The Way of the Hills, (ss) Chums August 22 1926
• The Spear-Arabs, (ss) Chums November 14 1926
• An Adventure in the Desert, (ss) Chums March 13 1927
• For England!, (ss) Chums April 8 1930
• Pal o’ the Desert, (ss) Chums September 23 1930
• Saved by a Splash!, (ss) Chums January 27 1931
• Across the Snow, (ss) Chums December 22 1931
• Edric the Saxon, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper December 1939

Sparting, A. (items)
• A Guiding Light, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper October 26 1895

Spaull, Hebe (Fanny Lily) (1893-1974) (about) (items)
• The “Lumberjills”, (ar) Penny Pictorial #957, September 29 1917
• Trapped in the Himalayas!, (ss) Monster Book for Girls 1954
• The Wrong Boat, (ss) Favourite Annual for Girls 1956
• Jungle Adventure, (ss) Monster Book for Boys 1960

Spaull, V. (items)
• Percy - Down Under, (ss) Scramble #39, March 10 1950

Speakman, Dorothy R. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Alec’s Air Thrill, (ss) British Legion Children’s Annual 1937
• The Duke’s Prize, (ss) British Legion Children’s Annual 1937
• The Kind-Hearted Tailor, (ss) British Legion Children’s Annual 1937

Spearman, A. Y. (fl. 1880s) (items)
• The Prairie Whistle, and How to Make It, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper March 9 1889

Spearman, Frank H(amilton) (1859-1937) (about) (items)
• The Roadmaster’s Story: The Spider Water, (ss) McClure’s Magazine October 1901

Spears, John R(andolph) (1850-1936) (about) (items)
• Saved from a Panther, (ss) Chums August 23 1893, uncredited.

Specht, August (1849-1923) (about) (items)
• An Involuntary Bath, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper June 30 1888
• The Hippo at Home, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper March 21 1896

Specht, C. G. (fl. 1880s) (items)
• A Disputed Meal, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper August 9 1884
• Tigers at Home, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper September 13 1884
• Preparing for a Spring, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper September 27 1884

Specht, F(riedrich) (1839-1909) (about) (items)
• A Disputed Feast, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper February 26 1898

Specht, Friedrich (items)
• A Victim, (il) unknown date

Specialist; pseudonym (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items)
• Lawn Tennis for Boys, (ia) The Boy’s Own Paper May 1925, etc.
• Lawn Tennis for Boys, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper June 1925

Special Sports Representative (items)
• Lord Tennyson Tickles ’Em Up!, (ar) The Modern Boy September 2 1933

Spectator; pseudonym (fl. 1890s-1920s) (items)
• Our Reading Club, (cl) Chums September 14 1892, etc.
• Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru, (ar) Chums September 21 1892
• The Columbus Prize, (ar) Chums November 23 1892

Speechly, H. M. (fl. 1900s) (items)
• The Strange Habits of a Strange Bird, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper January 18 1902

Speed, H. Fiennes (fl. 1880s-1890s) (items)
• A Cruise in January, (sl) The Boy’s Own Paper January 8 1887, etc.
• How to Build a Shooting Punt, (ia) The Boy’s Own Paper November 18 1893
• The Boy’s Own Ice-Boat and How to Make It, (ia) The Boy’s Own Paper November 3 1894

Speed, L. (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) Chums April 5 1893

Speedie, Edgar (fl. 1950s) (items)
• A Dangerous Game, (ss) Champion Book for Boys 1950
• Wolves on the Trail, (ss) Monster Book for Boys 1952
• Unsaddled, (ss) Chatterbox Annual 1953

Speight, W. L. (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items)
• The Camel Police of the Kalahari, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper January 1929
• The Dhows of East Africa, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper November 1930
• Climbing Africa’s Highest Mountains, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper September 1931

Spence, B. A. (fl. 1900s) (items)
• How Sugar Is Made, (ms) The Captain #102, September 1907

Spence, Betty E(ileen) (1915-1997) (about) (items)
• The Fancy-Dress Party, (ss) Monster Book for Children 1945
• The Electric Train Who Boasted, (ss) Monster Book for Tinies 1947
• Old Abel’s Granddaughter, (ss) Monster Book for Girls 1951
• The Tricksters Tricked, (ss) Monster Book for Children 1951
• The Credit Prize, (ss) Ideal Book for Girls 1953
• The Mistress of Chesterton Hall, (ss) Monster Book for Girls 1953
• The Voyage of the Stella Mavis, (nv) Chatterbox Annual 1953
• A Beneficial Holiday, (nv) Chatterbox Annual 1954
• A Career for Janet, (ss) Monster Book for Girls 1954
• The Blue Monkey, (ss) Chatterbox Annual 1955
• Daisy Takes Charge, (ss) Monster Book for Children 1956
• The “Pauline Prys”, (ss) Monster Book for Girls 1956
• The Workbasket, (ss) Ideal Book for Girls 1956
• The Proof of the Cake—, (ss) Favourite Annual for Girls 1957
• Jennifer Speaks Up, (ss) Ideal Book for Girls 1958
• “See No Evil”, (ss) Monster Book for Girls 1958
• The Alice Blue Gown, (ss) Ideal Book for Girls 1959
• The Garden Museum, (ss) Monster Book for Children 1959
• A Hat for Gloria, (ss) Monster Book for Girls 1959
• Mind Over Matter, (ss) Favourite Annual for Girls 1959
• When Jo-Jo Was Forgotten, (ss) Ideal Book for Tinies 195?
• Cynthia’s Benefit, (ss) Cherry Ames Girls Annual 1960
• A Prize Effort, (ss) Premier Book for Girls 1960
• The Deserted Village, (ss) Favourite Annual for Girls 1961
• Jane Comes to Furrowfield, (ss) Favourite Annual for Girls 1961
• Pride Before a Storm, (ss) Premier Book for Girls 1961
• The Shadow Who Ran Away, (ss) Premier Book for Children 1962
• The Challenge of the Sea, (ss) A New Ideal Book for Boys 1971
• A Marathon Event, (cs) New Ideal Book for Girls 1971
• The Spare-Room Guest, (ss) A New Ideal Book for Children 1971
• The Wrighton Walk, (cs) A New Ideal Book for Boys 1971

Spence, H(enry) Donald M(aurice) (1836-1917) (about) (items)
• Musings in an Old Old Garden, (ar) Atalanta #86, November 1894

Spence, Percy F(rederick) S(eaton) (1868-1933) (about) (items)
• How Scotland Goes to War, (il) Chums September 1 1917

Spence, W(illiam) M(artin) (1888-1954) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) The British Boy’s Annual 1932
• [frontispiece], (fp) Champion Book for Girls 1946
• [frontispiece], (fp) Ideal Book for Girls 1946
• [frontispiece], (fp) Champion Book for Girls 1950
• [frontispiece], (fp) Monster Book for Girls 1951
• [illustration(s)], (il) Monster Book for Girls 1951

Spencelayh, Charles (1865-1958) (items)
• On Mischief Bent, (il) The Boy’s Own Paper November 26 1910

Spenceley, Edgar (Raine) (1899-1974) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Boy’s Own Paper June 1940

Spencer, Captain (fl. 1890s) (items)
• Peter Slim, the Wonderful Young Ventriloquist, (sl) Union Jack Library October 6 1894, etc.
• “Peter Slim” The Young Ventriloquist, (sl) The Halfpenny Marvel #48, October 6 1894
• The Queen’s Shilling, (sl) Pluck November 9 1895, etc.

Spencer, Charles (fl. 1880s-1910s) (items)
• How to Make Gymnastic Apparatus, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper February 19 1881, etc.
• Juggling with Balls, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper July 2 1881, etc.

Spencer, Jessie Carey (fl. 1860s) (items)
• Guests of the Heart, (pm) Chambers’s Journal November 23 1867, uncredited.

Spencer, Roland; pseudonym of Geoffrey Prout (1894-1960) (items)
• The Million-Pound Goal, (n.) Aldine Football Stories #11, May 1923
• The Marks on the Mud-flats, (ss) The Scout August 11 1923
• Amateur Actors, (ss) The Scout September 8 1923
• When the Ray Ran Red, (ss) The Scout March 15 1924
• Boxer’s Luck, (n.) Aldine Boxing Novels #42, 1928
• A Quitter of the Clyde, (n.) Aldine Boxing Novels #50, 1928
• The Footslogger Forward, (n.) Aldine Football Novels #58, 1929
• Dan of the Docker’s Team, (n.) Aldine Football Novels #65, 1930
• Heroes of the Ridge, (n.) Aldine War Stories #7, 1930
• Chums of the Salient, (n.) Aldine War Stories #15, 1931
• Comrades of Victory, (n.) Aldine War Stories #17, 1931
• Pals of the Transport, (n.) Aldine War Stories #23, 1931
• Sharland’s Soccer Squad, (n.) Aldine Football Novels #88, 1932
• Before Man Was: A ’Conducted Tour’ in Strange Places, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper December 1935

Spencer-Churchill, Winston; see under Winston S. Churchill

Spender, [Sir] Stephen (Harold) (1909-1995) (about) (items)
• Poems, (pm) unknown date

Spenser, Edmund (1552-1599) (about) (items)
• “Whilst It is Prime”, (pm) 1595
• Easter, (pm) unknown date

Spenser, Jeremy (items)
• Two Great Players, (br) Young Elizabethan November 1955

Speranza, Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde; see under Jane Wilde, Lady Speranza

Spero, Leopold (1887-1970) (items)
• The Laughing Jackass, (ss) The Captain #105, December 1907
• The Ambitions of Edward, (pm) The Captain February 1909
• In Detested Memory (Batavia), (ms) The Captain #149, August 1911
• The Filipino Bullock, (ms) The Captain #151, October 1911
• Curious Korea, (ms) The Captain #152, November 1911
• A Japanese Scene, (ms) The Captain #182, May 1914
• An Error in the Lower Fourth, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper January 1919
• Easy as A.B.C., (ss) Cute Fun #34, April 1950

Sphinx; pseudonym of Henry E. Dudeney (1857-1930) (items)
• Joubert’s Guns, (pz) The Captain #12, March 1900
• Solutions to “Sphinx’s” Puzzles, (pz) The Captain #12, March 1900

Sphinx, Mr. (items)
• Tricks and Teasers, (hu) The Scout August 4 1923, etc.

Spicer, Dale (items)
• The Case of the Menaced Fawcett Family, (sl) Girls’ Fun September 1954, etc.

Spicer, Howard (fl. 1900s) (items)
• On Training for School Sports, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper July 7 1900

Spicer-Jay, E. (items)
• Snubbing a Sappho, (ss) Atalanta #94, July 1895

Spiers, C. H. (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) Atalanta #45, June 1891

Spikin, Thomas (fl. 1900s) (items)
• Lord Palmerston, (bg) The Captain #91, October 1906 [Ref. Lord Palmerston]

Spiller, F. V. (items)
• Heading: Special Soccer Article, (ar) Chums February 18 1922

Spinney, R. D. (fl. 1900s) (items)
• On the Great Desert, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper September 7 1901

Spofford, Harriet (Elizabeth) Prescott (1835-1921); previously known as Harriet Elizabeth Prescott (about) (items)
• Kilcolman Castle, (pm) Atalanta March 1888
• Sweet Home, (pm) Atalanta August 1889
• Woods of Warwick, (pm) Atalanta October 1889
• Caroline Herschel, (pm) Atalanta #31, April 1890

Sporran (items)
• The Revenge of Trumpeter Dale, (ss) Chums August 24 1898
• Stalking a Midnight Sniper, (ss) Chums November 30 1898
• At the Bugle’s Call, (ss) Chums February 22 1899
• “Leave Him to Old Chops”, (ss) Chums May 10 1899
• Was Bolton the Culprit?, (ss) Chums June 28 1899

Sportsman; pseudonym of J. T. Bolton (1886-1967) (items)
• Giants of Cricket—Maurice Tate, (ar) The Magnet Library July 6 1929
• Giants of Cricket—Phil Mead, (ar) The Magnet Library July 13 1929
• Giants of Cricket—A. P. F. Chapman, (ar) The Magnet Library July 20 1929
• Giants of Cricket—Andrew Sandham, (ar) The Magnet Library July 27 1929
• Giants of Cricket—J. W. H. T. Douglas, (ar) The Magnet Library August 3 1929
• Giants of Cricket—W. E. Astall, (ar) The Magnet August 10 1929
• Giants of Cricket—Patsy Hendren, (ar) The Magnet August 17 1929
• Giants of Cricket—Percy Fender, (ar) The Magnet August 24 1929

Sprigg, C(hristopher) St. John (1907-1937) (about) (items)
• The Accelerator Ray, (ss) Scoops May 26 1934

Sprigg, Theodore S(tanhope) (1903-1977) (about) (items)
• Second Mate, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper September 1931
• Flying with the Fleet, (ar) Mine August 1935

Spring, Robert (items)
• A Statesman in Peril, (ss) Chums October 30 1907

Springett, H. K. (items)
• Archery for Boys, (ia) The Boy’s Own Paper August 1925
• Pigeon Flying, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper February 1927
• Studying Nature, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper March 1929, etc.
• How I Made a Sundial, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper August 1929
• You and Your Dog, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper May 1930
• Keeping Pets, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper January 1931