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The Evening Standard Book of Best Short Stories (Search Publications, 1933, 5/-, 312pp, hc, an)     Reprinted stories from the Evening Standard’s short story feature. Included a number of weird and horror stories. 1 · The Portrait · Aldous Huxley · ss Harper’s Magazine December 1922 15 · The Pioneers of Pike’s Peak · Basil Tozer · ss The Strand Magazine September 1897 26 · Used Car · H. R. Wakefield · ss Ghost Stories by H. Russell Wakefield, Cape, 1932 43 · The Dream of Ah Lum · Thomas Burke · ss The Strand Magazine October 1925 56 · Bare-Knuckle Lover · Louis Golding · ss The Evening Standard March 7 1933 69 · Was He a Liar? · Michael Arlen · ss The Evening Standard March 28 1933 81 · Bachelors · Hugh Walpole · ss The Silver Thorn by Hugh Walpole, Macmillan, 1928 95 · Beyond the Wall · Eric Ambrose · ss The Evening Standard November 2 1932 102 · The Jar · Luigi Pirandello; translated by Arthur Mayne & Henrie Mayne · ss The Evening Standard November 1 1932 translated from the Italian. 115 · Another Shot in the Locker · Michael Kent · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1929 125 · The Brother · Henri Barbusse; translated by W. Fitzwater Wray · ss We Others by Henri Barbusse, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1918 translated from the French. 130 · The Brutality of Briggs · S. J. Simon · ss The Evening Standard November 23 1932 137 · A Toy Tragedy · Neil Lyons · ss Moby Lane and Thereabouts by A. Neil Lyons, John Lane, 1916 144 · Hop-Frog · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Flag of Our Union March 17 1849 155 · Ghosts and Jossers · W. F. Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1928 159 · Storm · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Golden Hind July 1924 175 · Abu Widn · E. R. Morrough · ss The Temple Servant by E. R. Morrough, Longmans, 1930 183 · Lost Treasures · Caradoc Evans · ss My Neighbours by Caradoc Evans, Andrew Melrose, 1919 190 · The Perfect Crime · Seamark · ss The Strand Magazine September 1923 204 · Rouge et Noir · Michael Joseph · ss The Evening Standard February 10 1933 209 · The Patient · Miles Mander · ss The Evening Standard February 1 1933 221 · Buridan’s Ass · Anthony Gittins · ss The Evening Standard February 18 1933 230 · The Disappearance of an Actor · Karel Capek; translated by Paul Selver · ss Tales from Two Pockets by Karel Capek, tr. Paul Selver, Faber and Faber, 1932 translated from the Czech (“Zmizení herce Bendy”, 1928). 244 · The Man in Grey · Brandon Fleming · ss The Evening Standard October 27 1932 258 · The Man Who Stole the Pelican · Iolo A. Williams · ss The Living Age December 6 1924 270 · The Smile of La Gioconda · Morley Roberts · ss Bianca’s Caprice by Morley Roberts, T. Fisher Unwin, 1904 279 · Kerrigan and the Blackmailer · Neil Gordon · ss The Evening Standard October 31 1932 286 · The Boccherini Minuet · Cyril Landon · ss Cassell’s Magazine July 1932 295 · The Triangle · S. Andrew Wood · ss The Evening Standard October 19 1932 304 · The Case of Susan Wragge · Barnard Stacey · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine July 1928

The Evening Standard Book of Best Short Stories, Second Series (Denis Archer, 1934, 288pp, hc, an) · The Wood of the Dead · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 · Beattock for Moffat · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss The Evening Standard September 1 1933 · The Luck of Captain Fortune · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler January 3 1923 · Sherry · Peter Fleming · ss The Evening Standard February 16 1933 · Paradise Lost · H. A. Manhood · ss The Evening Standard October 24 1933 · White Man’s Magic · Captain F. McDermott · ss The Evening Standard May 20 1933 · Mad Palace · Theodore Pratt · ss The Evening Standard September 21 1933 · Blazey’s Funeral · R. H. Mottram · ss The Headless Hound and Other Stories by R. H. Mottram, Chatto, 1931 · Goose-Murder at Tütz · Hans Fallada · ss The Evening Standard November 29 1933 · Submarine · Stella Benson · vi Harper’s Magazine September 1929 · The String of Glass · Ruth Alexander · ss The Evening Standard August 5 1933 · The Island · Maurice Baring · ss Orpheus in Mayfair by Maurice Baring, Mills & Boon, 1909 · The Inspiration of Mr. Budd · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Detective Story Magazine November 21 1925, as “Mr. Budd’s Inspiration” · Poor Man’s Inn · Richard Hughes · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine April 1924 · Balalaika · Francis Brett Young · ss The Story-teller January 1926 · The Sheik, the Sun, and the Sack · Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah · ss The Evening Standard December 2 1933 · The Case of Mr. Ryalstone · Ex-Private X · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931 an extended revision of “The Case of Thissler and Baxter”. · The Dutch Defence · Eric Ambrose · ss The Evening Standard May 3 1933 · At the Fortunate Frog [Fung Lee] · Coutts Brisbane · ss Oriental Stories Summer 1931 · It Seemed So Easy · A. P. Garland · ss The Daily Mail September 21 1929 · Where Beauty Lies · Margaret Irwin · ss The Sketch December 9 1925 · The Victim · Perceval Gibbon · ss The Second Class Passenger and Other Stories by Perceval Gibbon, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1913 · The Wild Swan · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Evening Standard May 24 1933 · Mrs. Vaudrey’s Journey · Martin Armstrong · ss The Story-teller February 1933

The Evening Standard Book of Strange Stories ed. F. L. Marsh ,[?], uncredited (Hutchinson, October 16, 1934, 3/6d, 1024pp, hc, an)     A selection of stories featured in the London Evening Standard. 15 · A Tiger’s Skin · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine June 1902 29 · The Room on the Fourth Floor · Ralph Straus · ss The American Magazine December 1912 41 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · nv The London Mercury September 1930 57 · Crack o’ Whips · H. A. Manhood · ss The Evening Standard January 25 1934 71 · Nobody’s House · A. M. Burrage · ss Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927 83 · The Black Diamond Tree · A. M. Burrage · ss The Evening Standard April 23 1934 97 · The Strange Case of Mr. Todmorden · F. Britten Austin · ss Magpie December 1913 111 · Mary Ansell · Martin Armstrong · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine December 1933 123 · The Devil’s Ape · Barnard Stacey · ss The Evening Standard January 16 1933 131 · Chailey’s Folly · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Evening Standard May 1 1934 145 · Dusk Below Helvellyn · Anthony Marsden · ss The Evening Standard May 7 1934 153 · Crab-Apple Harvest · George R. Preedy · ss The Sketch December 24 1930 159 · Query · Seamark · ss Out of the Dark by Seamark, Hodder, 1931 173 · He Fought a Ghost · Louis Golding · ss The Evening Standard June 4 1934 183 · The Third Performance · Anthony Gittins · ss The Evening Standard January 17 1933 191 · The Screaming Plant · Hal Pink · ss The Evening Standard November 8 1932 199 · The Old Man · Holloway Horn · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 2 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1931 207 · Sunset Woman · C. Patrick Thompson · ss The Evening Standard March 24 1934 215 · Portrait of a Queen · Kathleen Rivett · ss The Evening Standard January 8 1934 231 · The Big Drum · William Gerhardi · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1925 239 · The Third Medal · Alfred Tresidder Sheppard · ss Tuck-of-Drum and Other Stories by Alfred Tresidder Sheppard, Hodder, 1930 253 · The Chinese Girl · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Daily Mail August 14 1928 267 · My Adventure at Chiselhurst · A. J. Alan · ss The Evening Standard November 10 1932 broadcast by the BBC on June 13, 1932. 277 · The Hair · A. J. Alan · ss 1926 287 · Fear · Guy de Maupassant · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907 translated from the French (“La Peur”, Le Gaulois, October 23, 1882). 293 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman” translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883). 301 · The Song of Ho-Ling [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Whispering Windows by Thomas Burke, Grant Richards, 1921 309 · The Hollow Man · Thomas Burke · ss Collier’s October 14 1933 325 · The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine October 1 1911 339 · The Secret of the Schwarztal · Francis Gribble · ss The Evening Standard October 25 1933 351 · The Pioneers of Pike’s Peak · Basil Tozer · ss The Strand Magazine September 1897 363 · The Shade of Peterbee · Michael Kent · ss The Blue Magazine #43, January 1923 375 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 407 · The Two Horns · T. F. Powys · ss The Nation August 23 1924 415 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920 translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871). 421 · The Second Awakening of a Magician · S. L. Dennis · ss The London Mercury November 1930 433 · The Sphinx Without a Secret · Oscar Wilde · ss The World May 25 1887, as “Lady Alroy” 441 · The Vanishing Trick · Charles Davy · ss The English Review May 1931 453 · The Punishment of Shahpesh, the Persian, on Khipil, the Builder · George Meredith · ex Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith, Chapman & Hall, 1856 461 · Three Pennyworth of Luck · Basil Murray · ss The Evening Standard March 7 1934 469 · An Experiment with Blood · L. C. S. Abson · ss The Evening Standard January 26 1933 477 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 491 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 501 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889 509 · Escape · E. H. Lacon Watson · ss The London Mercury November 1928 521 · Squirrel in a Cage · E. M. Delafield · ss Women Are Like That by E. M. Delafield, Harper, 1930 533 · The Albatross · Hector Bolitho · ss Life and Letters August 1931 545 · The Land of Green Ginger · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Radio Times December 23 1927 553 · Ancient Lights · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness July 11 1912 563 · The Thing in the Upper Room · Arthur Morrison · ss The Story-teller May 1910 575 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q 589 · Entirely Imaginary · Sir John Squire · ss Outside Eden by J. C. Squire, Knopf, 1933 601 · Mrs. Adis · Sheila Kaye-Smith · ss The Century Magazine January 1922 611 · The Battle of Berkeley Square · Michael Arlen · ss The Red Book Magazine April 1925 625 · A Man of Letters · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine July 1921 639 · Henry · Phyllis Bottome · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1927 649 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932 661 · Romanoff · Ethel Mannin · ss The Evening Standard March 3 1934 669 · Glasshouses · Marthé McKenna · ss The Evening Standard February 28 1934 681 · Discipline · Lesley Storm · ss The Evening Standard January 16 1934 693 · The Dust That Was Barren [Foreign Legion: McSnorrt] · P. C. Wren · ss The Passing Show July 15 1933, as “March—or Die!” 705 · Balalaika · Francis Brett Young · ss The Story-teller January 1926 717 · Phantas · Oliver Onions · ss Nash’s Magazine February 1910 735 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1) translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840). 747 · The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1926, as “Beyond the Reach of the Law” 761 · The De Medici Cup · F. A. Kummer · ss The Evening Standard February 7 1933 773 · High Tide · Eden Phillpotts · ss Black, White, and Brindled by Eden Phillpotts, Macmillan, 1923 783 · Mrs. Raeburn’s Waxwork · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss The London Mercury March 1931 797 · Satan’s Circus · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv Britannia and Eve June 1930 815 · I Pagliacci · R. H. Mottram · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1928 825 · The Elixir of the Rev. Father Gaucher · Alphonse Daudet; translated by Edward Harris · ss Letters from My Mill by Alphonse Daudet, Little, Brown, 1900 translated from the French (“L’Élixir du Révérend Père Gaucher”, Lettres de mon moulin, 1869). 835 · The Story of Ming-Y · Lafcadio Hearn · nv Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn, Roberts Bros., 1887 849 · Nor the Jury · Selwyn Jepson · ss The Evening Standard June 17 1933 857 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 871 · The Tunnel · John Metcalfe · ss The Outlook March 14 1925 881 · The Bad Lands · John Metcalfe · ss Land & Water April 15 1920 895 · The Misanthrope · J. D. Beresford · ss Nineteen Impressions by J. D. Beresford, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918 905 · Powers of the Air · J. D. Beresford · ss Seven Arts October 1917 913 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 931 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 941 · Venus · Maurice Baring · ss Orpheus in Mayfair by Maurice Baring, Mills & Boon, 1909 953 · The Story of Yung Chang [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · ss Chapman’s Magazine October 1896 965 · Primula · Geoffrey Moss · ss The London Magazine June 1928 973 · The House on Big Faraway · Norman Matson · ss The Evening Standard June 12 1934 985 · If a Man Might Tarry · Sir Max Pemberton · ss Dolores and Some Others by Max Pemberton, Mills & Boon, 1931 995 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930 1003 · Judith · Hjalmar Bergman · ss The Evening Standard February 16 1934 1013 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1922

The Evening Standard Detective Book (Gollancz, 1950, hc, an) 9 · Conversation on the Cliff · Adrian Alington · ss The Evening Standard March 2 1950 17 · Face Value [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 20 1949 26 · Gale Warning · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard November 30 1949 35 · Death in Ambrose Ward · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard December 8 1949 43 · The Case of the Faulty Drier [Dr. David Wintringham] · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard December 19 1949 51 · The Thimble River Murder [Dr. David Wintringham] · Josephine Bell · nv The Evening Standard May 8 1950 64 · Death in a Cage · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard January 19 1950 73 · The Look-out Man · Nicolas Bentley · ss The Evening Standard December 29 1949 81 · Death in the Garden [Sgt. Beef] · Leo Bruce · ss The Evening Standard March 24 1950, as “Clue in the Mustard” 87 · Hair of His Head [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss The Evening Standard January 10 1950 96 · The Quick Brown Fox [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard January 9 1950 104 · Beware of the Trains [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Daily Sketch December 1949 114 · Crime on the Footplate [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard December 28 1949 122 · The Two Bottles [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard January 26 1950 131 · The 8.12 from Waterloo [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard February 23 1950 140 · The Chameleon Cartridge · Peter Fraser · ss The Evening Standard February 17 1950 149 · Black for Innocence · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard January 16 1950 158 · Sister Bessie or Your Old Leech · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1949 168 · It Takes Two · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard November 29 1949 175 · Fool’s Mate · T. O. Hare · ss The Evening Standard March 1 1950 182 · The Key [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard February 20 1950 191 · The Railway Wagon · Charles Irving · ss The Evening Standard March 6 1950 198 · The Case of the Index Finger · Milward Kennedy · ss The Evening Standard March 7 1950 204 · The Fool · Milward Kennedy · ss The Evening Standard April 13 1950 210 · A Savage Game · A. A. Milne · ss The Evening Standard December 15 1949 218 · Bread Upon the Waters · A. A. Milne · ss The Evening Standard April 10 1950 226 · Strangers’ Hall · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard January 17 1950 234 · A Light on Murder · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard February 15 1950 243 · Making Sure · E. R. Punshon · ss The Evening Standard February 16 1950 252 · The Purple Line · John Rhode · ss The Evening Standard January 20 1950 262 · The Case of the Frightened Promoter [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard May 9 1950 272 · Brandon · Alan Thomas · ss The Evening Standard May 2 1950