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The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes ed. Ellery Queen (Little Brown, April 1944, LC:44-3391, 365pp, hc, an)     Sherlock Holmes parodies & pastiches with bibliography. Withdrawn from sale shortly after publication. v · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in 1 · Sherlock Holmes Biography · Kenneth Macgowan · bg 3 · The Great Pegram Mystery · Robert Barr · ss The Idler May 1892, as “Detective Stories Gone Wrong: The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs” by Luke Sharp 14 · Holmlock Shears Arrives Too Late [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos · nv The Exploits of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc, tr. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Harper, 1907 translated from the French (“Sherlock Holmes arrive trop tard”, Je sais tout, June 15, 1906). 39 · The Adventure of the Clothes-Line [Sherlock Holmes; The Society of Infallible Detectives] · Carolyn Wells · ss The Century Magazine May 1915 48 · The Unique Hamlet [Sherlock Holmes] · Vincent Starrett · ss self-published, December 1920 66 · Holmes and the Dasher · Anthony Berkeley · vi Jugged Journalism by A. B. Cox, Jenkins, 1925, as by A.B. Cox; in Lesson XIX. 70 · The Case of the Missing Lady [Tuppence & Tommy Beresford] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 15 1924 84 · The Adventure of the Illustrious Impostor · Anthony Boucher · ss 89 · The Disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl first broadcast on the radio drama The Adventures of Ellery Queen, January 14, 1943. 108 · The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm [Sherlock Holmes] · Stuart Palmer · ss 119 · The Adventure of the Two Collaborators [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir James M. Barrie · ss Collier’s December 29 1923; in Chapter XI. 123 · A Double-Barrelled Detective Story [Sherlock Holmes] · Mark Twain · na Harper’s Monthly Magazine January 1902 (+1) 164 · The Stolen Cigar-Case · Bret Harte · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 24 1900 175 · The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes [Shamrock Jolnes] · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World February 7 1904 185 · The Umbrosa Burglary [Picklock Holes] · R. C. Lehmann · ss Punch November 4 1893, as by Cunnin Toil 190 · The Stranger Unravels a Mystery · John Kendrick Bangs · ss The Pursuit of the House-Boat by John Kendrick Bangs, Harper, 1897 208 · Shylock Homes: His Posthumous Memoirs [Shylock Homes] · John Kendrick Bangs · ss 1903 218 · Maddened by Mystery; or, The Defective Detective · Stephen Leacock · ss The Novel Magazine October 1911 227 · An Irreducible Detective Story [The Great Detective] · Stephen Leacock · vi Further Foolishness by Stephen Leacock, Lane, 1916 231 · The Adventure of the Table Foot · Zero · ss The Bohemian January 1894 235 · The Sign of the “400” · R. K. Munkittrick · vi Puck October 24 1894 238 · Our Mr. Smith [Insp. Morgan] · Oswald Crawfurd, C.M.G. · ss The Revelations of Inspector Morgan by Oswald Crawfurd, Dodd, Mead, 1907 245 · The Footprints on the Ceiling · Jules Castier · ss Rather Like… by Jules Castier, Jenkins, 1920 256 · The End of Sherlock Holmes · A. E. P. · ss The Manchester Guardian July 7 1927 261 · The Adventure of the Norcross Riddle [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss 275 · The Mary Queen of Scots Jewel · William O. Fuller · ss 1929, as “A Night with Sherlock Holmes” 291 · The Ruby of Khitmandu · Hugh Kingsmill · hu The Bookman April 1932 301 · His Last Scrape; or, Holmes, Sweet Holmes! · Rachel Ferguson · ss Nymphs and Satires by Rachel Ferguson, Benn, 1932 306 · The Adventure of the Murdered Art Editor · Frederic Dorr Steele · ss The Players Bulletin October 15 1926 313 · The Canterbury Cathedral Murder [Shirley Holmes; Joan Watson] · Frederic Arnold Kummer & Basil Mitchell · ss Mystery December 1933 330 · The Case of the Missing Patriarchs · Logan Clendening, M.D. · vi 1934 332 · The Case of the Diabolical Plot [Sherlock Holmes] · Richard Mallett · ss Punch June 12 1935 336 · Christmas Eve [Sherlock Holmes] · S. C. Roberts · ss Cambridge University Press, 1936 348 · The Man Who Was Not Dead [Sherlock Holmes] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Argosy August 9 1941, as “But Our Hero Was Not Dead” 357 · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · bi 359 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 365 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Murder by Experts ed. Ellery Queen (Ziff-Davis, 1947, 387pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Also available in the U.K. (Sampson Low 1950, abridged). v · The Biography of a Book · Ellery Queen · in 1 · Introduction to “The Locked Room” by John Dickson Carr · Clayton Rawson · is (r) 3 · The Locked Room [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine July 1940 17 · Introduction to “Human Interest Stuff” by Brett Halliday · Helen McCloy · is (r) 18 · Human Interest Stuff · Brett Halliday · ss Adventure September 1938, as by Davis Dresser 30 · Introduction to “The Blast of the Book” by G.K. Chesterton · Leslie Charteris · is (r) 30 · The Blast of the Book [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Liberty August 26 1933, as “The Five Fugitives” 44 · Introduction to “P. Moran, Diamond-Hunter” by Percival Wilde · Dorothy B. Hughes · is (r) 45 · P. Moran, Diamond-Hunter [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #29, April 1946 69 · Introduction to “The Age of Miracles” by Melville Davisson Post · Howard Haycraft · is (r) 70 · The Age of Miracles [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Pictorial Review February 1916 80 · Introduction to “The Witness for the Prosecution” by Agatha Christie · Mabel Seeley · is (r) 80 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 99 · Introduction to “The Hound” by William Faulkner · Margaret & Kenneth Millar · is (r) 100 · The Hound · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1931 112 · Introduction to “The Dancing Detective” by Cornell Woolrich · Q. Patrick · is (r) 113 · The Dancing Detective [Nick Ballestier] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask February 1938, as “Dime a Dance” 135 · Introduction to “The Hands of Mr. Ottermole” by Thomas Burke · Anthony Boucher · is (r) 135 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 153 · Introduction to “The Little Dry Sticks” by Cora Jarrett · George Harmon Coxe · is (r) 154 · The Little Dry Sticks · Cora Jarrett · nv Ladies’ Home Journal February 1930, as by Faraday Keene 168 · Introduction to “The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor” by Ernest Bramah · Baynard Kendrick · is (r) 169 · The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World October 5 1913 (+1), as “The Great Safe Deposit Coup” 198 · Introduction to “Puzzle for Poppy” by Patrick Quentin · Helen Reilly · is (r) 198 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter Duluth; Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 211 · Introduction to “Death Draws a Triangle” by Edward Hale Bierstadt · Edward D. Radin · is (r) 212 · Death Draws a Triangle · Edward Hale Bierstadt · ar 1934 243 · Introduction to “Persons or Things Unknown” by Carter Dickson · Lillian de la Torre · is (r) 244 · Persons or Things Unknown · Carter Dickson · ss The Sketch Christmas 1938 259 · Introduction to “Almost Perfect” by William MacHarg · Hugh Pentecost · is (r) 260 · Almost Perfect [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s June 25 1932 266 · Introduction to “Mr. Ponting’s Alibi” by R. Austin Freeman · August Derleth · is (r) 267 · Mr. Ponting’s Alibi [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine February 1927 289 · Introduction to “The Remember Galileo” by Harry Klingsberg · Percival Wilde · is (r) 290 · Remember Galileo [John Doowinkle] · Harry Klingsberg · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 11 1939 308 · Introduction to “Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts” by Robert Louis Stevenson · Lawrence Treat · is (r) 309 · Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv London June 8 1878 (+2); an episode in “The Suicide Club”. 334 · Introduction to “The Infallible Godahl” by Frederick Irving Anderson · Vincent Starrett · is (r) 335 · The Infallible Godahl [The Infallible Godahl; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1913 364 · Introduction to “The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme” by Ellery Queen · Craig Rice · is (r) 365 · The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #39, February 1947 385 · Membership of the Mystery Writers of America, Inc. · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Murder by Experts (var. 1) ed. Ellery Queen (Sampson Low, 1950, 417pp, hc, an)     Abridged from U.S. edition (Ziff-Davis 1947). v · The Biography of a Book · Ellery Queen · in Murder by Experts ed. Ellery Queen, Ziff-Davis, 1947 1 · Introduction to “The Locked Room” by John Dickson Carr · Clayton Rawson · is (r) 3 · The Locked Room [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine July 1940 19 · Introduction to “Human Interest Stuff” by Brett Halliday · Helen McCloy · is (r) 20 · Human Interest Stuff · Brett Halliday · ss Adventure September 1938, as by Davis Dresser 33 · Introduction to “The Blast of the Book” by G.K. Chesterton · Leslie Charteris · is (r) 33 · The Blast of the Book [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Liberty August 26 1933, as “The Five Fugitives” 50 · Introduction to “P. Moran, Diamond-Hunter” by Percival Wilde · Dorothy B. Hughes · is (r) 51 · P. Moran, Diamond-Hunter [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #29, April 1946 80 · Introduction to “The Witness for the Prosecution” by Agatha Christie · Mabel Seeley · is (r) 80 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 103 · Introduction to “The Hound” by William Faulkner · Margaret & Kenneth Millar · is (r) 104 · The Hound · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1931 119 · Introduction to “The Hands of Mr. Ottermole” by Thomas Burke · Anthony Boucher · is (r) 119 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 141 · Introduction to “The Little Dry Sticks” by Cora Jarrett · George Harmon Coxe · is (r) 142 · The Little Dry Sticks · Cora Jarrett · nv Ladies’ Home Journal February 1930, as by Faraday Keene 159 · Introduction to “The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor” by Ernest Bramah · Baynard Kendrick · is (r) 160 · The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World October 5 1913 (+1), as “The Great Safe Deposit Coup” 195 · Introduction to “Puzzle for Poppy” by Patrick Quentin · Helen Reilly · is (r) 195 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter Duluth; Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 211 · Introduction to “Death Draws a Triangle” by Edward Hale Bierstadt · Edward D. Radin · is (r) 212 · Death Draws a Triangle · Edward Hale Bierstadt · ar 1934 250 · Introduction to “Persons or Things Unknown” by Carter Dickson · Lillian de la Torre · is (r) 251 · Persons or Things Unknown · Carter Dickson · ss The Sketch Christmas 1938 269 · Introduction to “Almost Perfect” by William MacHarg · Hugh Pentecost · is (r) 270 · Almost Perfect [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s June 25 1932 277 · Introduction to “Mr. Ponting’s Alibi” by R. Austin Freeman · August Derleth · is (r) 278 · Mr. Ponting’s Alibi [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine February 1927 304 · Introduction to “The Remember Galileo” by Harry Klingsberg · Percival Wilde · is (r) 305 · Remember Galileo [John Doowinkle] · Harry Klingsberg · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 11 1939 326 · Introduction to “Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts” by Robert Louis Stevenson · Lawrence Treat · is (r) 327 · Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv London June 8 1878 (+2); an episode in “The Suicide Club”. 358 · Introduction to “The Infallible Godahl” by Frederick Irving Anderson · Vincent Starrett · is (r) 359 · The Infallible Godahl [The Infallible Godahl; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1913 394 · Introduction to “The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme” by Ellery Queen · Craig Rice · is (r) 395 · The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #39, February 1947

101 Years’ Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories, 1841-1941 ed. Ellery Queen (Little Brown, November 1941, LC:41-24967, xviii+995pp, hc, an) v · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in 3 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 22 · The Science of Deduction · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex (r) extracts from The Sign of Four and other Sherlock Holmes stories. 45 · The Lenton Croft Robberies [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Strand Magazine March 1894, uncredited. 66 · The S.S. [Prince Zaleski] · M. P. Shiel · nv Prince Zaleski by M. P. Shiel, John Lane, 1895 94 · The Dublin Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine September 1902 109 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 144 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905 178 · The Red Silk Scarf [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The New Magazine (UK) September 1911 translated from the French (“L’Écharpe de soie rouge”, Je sais tout August 15, 1911). 201 · The Puzzle Lock [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Flynn’s February 28 1925 223 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden” 243 · The Man Who Spoke Latin [Average Jones] · Samuel Hopkins Adams · nv Success January 1911 262 · The Doomdorf Mystery [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 18 1914 275 · The Sweet Shot [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1937 288 · The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World September 7 1913 (+1) 310 · The Pink Edge · Frank Froest & George Dilnot · ss The Novel Magazine May 1915, as “Pink Edged Notepaper” by Frank Froest 324 · The Long Dinner [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine January 1935 358 · A Chess Problem [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch February 13 1924 371 · The Owl at the Window [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1928, as “In a Telephone Cabinet” 393 · A Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste” 407 · The Cyprian Bees [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s February 6 1926 424 · Solved by Inspection [Miles Bredon] · Ronald A. Knox · ss 1925 436 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 445 · The Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936 464 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 477 · A Man Called Spade [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The American Magazine July 1932 508 · The Resurrection of Chin Lee [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv Adventure April 15 1932 528 · The Mad Tea-Party [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Redbook Magazine October 1934 560 · The Crime in Nobody’s Room [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · ss The Strand Magazine June 1938 579 · The Tea-Leaf · Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine October 1925 598 · The Mackenzie Case · Viola Brothers Shore · nv Mystery League January 1934 618 · Introducing Susan Dare [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator April 1934 647 · The Treasure Hunt [Letitia (Tish) Carberry] · Mary Roberts Rinehart · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 13 1926 683 · The Disappearance of Mrs. Leigh Gordon [Tuppence & Tommy Beresford] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 15 1924, as “The Case of the Missing Lady” 697 · The Mystery of the Missing Wash [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 22 1938 717 · The Criminologists’ Club [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Collier’s March 25 1905 735 · Arsène Lupin in Prison [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The Story-teller May 1907 translated from the French (“Arsène Lupin en prison”, Je sais tout, December 15, 1905). 753 · Blind Man’s Buff [The Infallible Godahl] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 24 1913 769 · The Stolen Romney · Edgar Wallace · ss The Weekly News December 27 1919 779 · Paris Adventure [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine January 1934 797 · The Clock · A. E. W. Mason · ss The Windsor Magazine April 1910 816 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Edward Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924 837 · The Eleventh Juror · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories August 1927 855 · Philomel Cottage · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine November 1924 878 · Faith, Hope and Charity · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan April 1930 897 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 915 · Treasure Trove · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss McCall’s Magazine April 1928 922 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933 938 · The Silver Mask · Hugh Walpole · ss Harper’s Bazaar March 1932 952 · Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan October 1938 979 · The Perfect Crime · Ben Ray Redman · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1928

The Queen’s Awards, 1946 ed. Ellery Queen (Little Brown, 1946, LC:46-8129, 370pp, hc, an)     The Winners of the First Annual Detective Short-Story Contest Sponsored by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Also published in the U.K. (Gollancz 1948). 5 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in 9 · Caveat Lector · Ellery Queen · pr 13 · A Star for a Warrior [David Return] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #29, April 1946 31 · An Error in Chemistry [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #31, June 1946 51 · Handcuffs Don’t Hold Ghosts [Tommy Hambledon] · Manning Coles · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #30, May 1946 78 · Count Jalacki Goes Fishing [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #34, September 1946 102 · Malice Domestic · Philip MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 122 · Chinoiserie · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946 148 · You Can’t Hang Twice [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946 173 · I Can Find My Way Out [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #33, August 1946 200 · Witness for the Prosecution · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946 216 · Lesson in Anatomy [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946 239 · Goodbye, Goodbye! [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #31, June 1946 263 · Find the Woman [Joe Rogers] · Kenneth Millar · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #31, June 1946 287 · The Watchers and the Watched [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #33, August 1946 315 · The Blue Hat [Pat & Jean Abbott] · Frances Crane · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #34, September 1946 333 · The Affair at the Circle T [Prof. Huntoon Rogers] · Clifford Knight · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 349 · The Final Problem · Bliss Austin · ss