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In the House of Secret Enemies by George C. Chesbro (The Mysterious Press, October 1990, 0-89296-395-6, $18.95, 234pp, hc, co) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]     Collection of ten early stories featuring Mongo, Chesbro’s dwarf detective, with an introduction by the author. These are superb stories, presented in chronological order and giving an excellent demonstration of the development of a series character. 1 · The Birth of a Series Character · George C. Chesbro · ar The Writer March 1989 7 · The Drop [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1971 30 · High Wire [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1972 54 · Rage [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1973 73 · Country for Sale [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine June 1973 106 · Dark Hole on a Silent Planet [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1973 129 · The Healer [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1974 149 · Falling Star [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1974 173 · Book of Shadows [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine June 1975 196 · Tiger in the Snow [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1976 216 · Candala [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988

The Adventures of a Solicitor by Weatherby Chesney (James Bowden, 1898, 2/6d, vi+268pp, hc, co) [Edward Dale]     Also published as: Eighteen Exciting Adventures. Askew, ca.1898. · The Mugger [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Sorceress [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Mechanical Burglar [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Ghost of Farnley Abbey [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Supreme Court [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · A Maker of Thumbs [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Dried Pirate [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Trance [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Rain-Maker [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The End of England [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Witch [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Renewer of Youth [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Crimson Beast [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · Pluck by Proxy [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Seven Fluttering Hearts [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · Branded by Kisses [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Men from Mars [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Streaked Heads [Edward Dale] · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r)

The Adventures of an Engineer by Weatherby Chesney (James Bowden, 1898, viii+245pp, hc, co) · The Anarchist Plot · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Boiler Thief · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Bridging of Poonah River · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · Byng’s Annihilator · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Coiners’ Cupboard · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · Colonel Swayley’s Cut-Off · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Deadly Photograph · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Falling Chimney · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Gold in the Cornish Tin Mine · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Horror of the Folding Bed · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Motor Battle-Car · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Mystery of an Ocean Tramp · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Mystery of the Kitchen Lift · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Raid on the Mid-Air Railway · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Ruler of the World · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Sacrifice in the Sky · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r) · The Train-Wrecker · Weatherby Chesney · ss (r)

The Amazing Adventures of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton (Dell, December 1954, 819, 25¢, 192pp, pb, co) [Father Brown]     Reassembled from earlier collections. Details supplied by Geir Hasnes. 5 · The Blue Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 23 1910, as “Valentin Follows a Curious Trail” 26 · The Honour of Israel Gow [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 25 1911, as “The Strange Justice” 42 · The Wrong Shape [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 10 1910 62 · The Eye of Apollo [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 25 1911 79 · The Man in the Passage [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine April 1913 97 · The Salad of Colonel Cray [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine July 1914 112 · The Strange Crime of John Boulnois [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1913 129 · The Dagger with Wings [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine February 1924 153 · The Quick One [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 25 1933 177 · The Blast of the Book [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Liberty August 26 1933, as “The Five Fugitives”

The Ball and the Cross by G. K. Chesterton (John Lane, December 4, 1909, $1.50, 403pp, hc, n.)

The Best of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton (J.M. Dent, May 1987, 0-460-02489-2, xiv+295pp, tp, co) [Father Brown]     Reassembled from earlier collections. Details supplied by Geir Hasnes. vii · Introduction · H. R. F. Keating · in 3 · The Secret of Father Brown [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Secret of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton, Cassell, 1927 9 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden” 28 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1910, as “Why the True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats” 46 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 28 1911 62 · The Wrong Shape [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 10 1910 79 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue” 95 · The Absence of Mr. Glass [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1912 109 · The Man in the Passage [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine April 1913 125 · The Mistake of the Machine [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine October 1913 139 · The Purple Wig [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine May 1913 152 · The Arrow of Heaven [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine July 1925 175 · The Oracle of the Dog [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1923 195 · The Doom of the Darnaways [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine June 1925 218 · The Mirror of the Magistrate [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #156, March 1925, as “The Mirror of Death” 236 · The Song of the Flying Fish [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1925 254 · The Vampire of the Village [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Strand Magazine August 1936

The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton (Harper & Brothers, March 1905, 6/-, viii+284pp, hc, co) [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant] 1 · The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Harper’s Weekly December 19 1903 51 · The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Harper’s Weekly May 7 1904, as “The Fall of a Great Reputation” 87 · The Awful Reason of the Vicar’s Visit [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Harper’s Weekly May 28 1904 (+1) 127 · The Singular Speculation of the House Agent [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Harper’s Weekly June 11 1904 (+1) 173 · The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Harper’s Weekly June 25 1904 (+1) 213 · The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Harper’s Weekly July 9 1904 (+1)

Daylight and Nightmare by G. K. Chesterton (Xanadu, August 1986, 0-947761-17-9, £9.95, 144pp, hc, co)     Story collection, including many fantasy stories. 5 · Foreword · Marie Smith · fw 11 · Introductory: On Gargoyles · G. K. Chesterton · ar The Daily News January 16 1909, as “The Three Temples” 17 · A Crazy Tale · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Quarto v3, 1897 23 · Homesick at Home · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Coloured Lands by G. K. Chesterton, Sheed & Ward, 1938 27 · Culture and the Light · G. K. Chesterton · vi G.K.’s Weekly June 25 1927 29 · A Picture of Tuesday · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Quarto v1, 1896 32 · The Two Taverns · G. K. Chesterton · vi G.K.’s Weekly November 20 1926 33 · The Taming of the Nightmare · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Coloured Lands by G. K. Chesterton, Sheed & Ward, 1938 45 · The Long Bow · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News November 7 1908 48 · The Three Dogs · G. K. Chesterton · vi G.K.’s Weekly August 4 1928 50 · The Curious Englishman · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News August 3 1907 53 · A Nightmare · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News September 21 1907 56 · The Giant · G. K. Chesterton · vi The Daily News October 31 1908 58 · The Tree of Pride · G. K. Chesterton · ex from “The Trees of Pride”, The Story-teller November 1918 59 · A Legend of Saint Francis · G. K. Chesterton · vi G.K.’s Weekly October 9 1926 61 · The Angry Street [Club of Queer Trades] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News January 25 1908, as “A Somewhat Improbable Story” 65 · The Legend of the Sword · G. K. Chesterton · vi G.K.’s Weekly September 15 1928 67 · How I Found the Superman · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News December 5 1908 70 · Dukes · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News October 30 1909 74 · The Roots of the World · G. K. Chesterton · vi The Daily News August 17 1907 76 · Chivalry Begins at Home · G. K. Chesterton · vi G.K.’s Weekly September 19 1925 78 · The Sword of Wood · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine November 1913 93 · The Dragon at Hide-and-Seek · G. K. Chesterton · ss Number Two Joy Street, Basil Blackwell, 1924 99 · The Second Miracle · G. K. Chesterton · vi G.K.’s Weekly November 5 1927 101 · The Conversion of an Anarchist · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Touchstone September 1919 108 · Concerning Grocers as Gods · G. K. Chesterton · ss G.K.’s Weekly April 11 1925 112 · A Real Discovery · G. K. Chesterton · ss G.K.’s Weekly August 1 1925 117 · The Paradise of Human Fishes · G. K. Chesterton · ss G.K.’s Weekly March 28 1925 121 · The Great Amalgamation · G. K. Chesterton · vi G.K.’s Weekly March 19 1927 122 · On Secular Education · G. K. Chesterton · vi G.K.’s Weekly June 16 1928 124 · A Fish Story · G. K. Chesterton · ss G.K.’s Weekly December 5 1925 128 · On Private Property · G. K. Chesterton · vi G.K.’s Weekly March 19 1927 130 · The End of Wisdom · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Fothergill Omnibus by G. K. Chesterton, Eyre and Spottiswood, 1931 144 · Sources and Notes · [uncredited] · bi

The Father Brown Omnibus by G. K. Chesterton (Dodd, Mead & Co., May 1951, 661pp, hc, om) [Father Brown]     Details supplied by Geir Hasnes. v · 1951(*)Foreword · R. T. Bond · fw (r) 1 · The Innocence of Father Brown [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · co Cassell, 1911 3 · The Blue Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 23 1910, as “Valentin Follows a Curious Trail” 17 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden” 31 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1910, as “Why the True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats” 44 · The Flying Stars [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 20 1911 54 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 28 1911 66 · The Honour of Israel Gow [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 25 1911, as “The Strange Justice” 77 · The Wrong Shape [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 10 1910 90 · The Sins of Prince Saradine [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 22 1911 104 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue” 116 · The Eye of Apollo [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 25 1911 127 · The Sign of the Broken Sword [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 7 1911 140 · The Three Tools of Death [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 24 1911 151 · The Wisdom of Father Brown [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · co Cassell, 1914 153 · The Absence of Mr. Glass [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1912 164 · The Paradise of Thieves [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine March 1913 176 · The Duel of Dr. Hirsch [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine August 1914 187 · The Man in the Passage [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine April 1913 199 · The Mistake of the Machine [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine October 1913 210 · The Head of Caesar [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine June 1913 221 · The Purple Wig [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine May 1913 231 · The Perishing of the Pendragons [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine June 1914 245 · The God of the Gongs [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine September 1914 256 · The Salad of Colonel Cray [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine July 1914 266 · The Strange Crime of John Boulnois [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1913 277 · The Fairy Tale of Father Brown [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton, Cassell, 1914 287 · The Incredulity of Father Brown [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · co Cassell, June 1926 289 · The Resurrection of Father Brown [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv The Incredulity of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton, Cassell, 1926 302 · The Arrow of Heaven [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine July 1925 320 · The Oracle of the Dog [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1923 336 · The Miracle of Moon Crescent [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine May 1924 353 · The Curse of the Golden Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1925 372 · The Dagger with Wings [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine February 1924 388 · The Doom of the Darnaways [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine June 1925 406 · The Ghost of Gideon Wise [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Cassell’s Magazine April 1926 421 · The Secret of Father Brown [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · co Cassell, September 1927 423 · The Secret of Father Brown [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Secret of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton, Cassell, 1927 429 · The Mirror of the Magistrate [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #156, March 1925, as “The Mirror of Death” 443 · The Man with Two Beards [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #157, April 1925 457 · The Song of the Flying Fish [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1925 471 · The Actor and the Alibi [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Cassell’s Magazine March 1926 484 · The Vanishing of Vaudrey [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Story-teller January 1927 498 · The Worst Crime in the World [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1925 510 · The Red Moon of Meru [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1927 522 · The Chief Mourner of Marne [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Harper’s Magazine May 1925 537 · The Secret of Flambeau [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Secret of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton, Cassell, 1927 541 · The Scandal of Father Brown [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · co Cassell, March 1935 543 · The Scandal of Father Brown [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Liberty October 14 1933, as “The Vision of Father Brown” 555 · The Quick One [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 25 1933 571 · The Blast of the Book [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Liberty August 26 1933, as “The Five Fugitives” 581 · The Green Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Ladies’ Home Journal November 1930 595 · The Pursuit of Mr. Blue [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Story-teller June 1934, as “Mr. Blue and Mr. Red” 608 · The Crime of the Communist [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Collier’s July 14 1934 621 · The Point of a Pin [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 17 1932 636 · The Insoluble Problem [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss New York Herald Tribune February 3 1935, as “A Murder Mystery That Looked Like an Insoluble Problem” 649 · The Vampire of the Village [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Strand Magazine August 1936

Favorite Father Brown Stories by G. K. Chesterton (Dover, March 1993, 0-486-27545-0, $2.00, 96pp, tp, co) [Father Brown] [edited by Phil Smith]     Reassembled from earlier collections. Details supplied by Geir Hasnes. 1 · The Blue Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 23 1910, as “Valentin Follows a Curious Trail” 17 · The Sins of Prince Saradine [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 22 1911 33 · The Sign of the Broken Sword [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 7 1911 48 · The Man in the Passage [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine April 1913 62 · The Perishing of the Pendragons [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine June 1914 78 · The Salad of Colonel Cray [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine July 1914