The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 1964

The Magpie [No. 9, April 1913] (Horace Marshall, 54pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley from the volume index. 109 · A Postscript · E. M. Hayter · ss 116 · The Riverstone Necklace [Sefton Kyle] · Roy Vickers · ss 124 · Purgatory · Mrs. Tanqueray · ss 131 · The Miniature · Fred Whitehorn · ss 134 · Wyrardisburyham—Deserter! · Harold Blind · ss 139 · The Child of the Marriage · Cicely Ashton Jinks · ss 147 · “Nobs”: The Lost Ahkoond · J. Storer Clouston · ss Collier’s September 14 1912 151 · The Aim and End · Oliver Madox Hueffer · ss 159 · Mr. Briggenshaw’s Bet · Horace Wyndham · ss

The Magpie [No. 10, May 1913] (Horace Marshall, 66pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley from the volume index. 163 · A Question of Environment · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss 177 · Wander Thirst · W. P. Scott · ss 183 · “The Silent Witness” · Muriel C. Lindsay · ss 188 · The Price of a Picture · G. M. Winter · ss 194 · A Rose in Autumn · C. H. Bentley · ss 198 · The Forgotten Love · M. Martin · ss 201 · A Novice in Such Matters · P. V. Helma · ss 208 · For Whose Benefit? · J. A. Grimshaw · ss 213 · The Spelle · John Henderson · ss 217 · How He Got There · Paul Stoeving · ss 221 · “Dawkins”. A Tragedy in Verse · Arthur Scott Craven · pm

The Magpie [No. 11, June 1913] (Horace Marshall, 70pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley from the volume index. 229 · The Catcher of Quails · Rachel S. Macnamara · ss 239 · Mistakes · Herbert A. Postlethwaite · ss 245 · The Confirmation of a Prejudice · A. Hobart Mills · ss 249 · The Figure on the Stairs · Sophie Cole · ss 256 · The Most Infamous House in London · C. E. Byles · ss 262 · Moonrise · M. Forrest · ss 267 · The Call of the Bugle · Augusta A. Varty-Smith · ss 271 · The Still Hands · M. Radbourne · ss 279 · “Amar Singh” · Florence Blair · ss 283 · The “Also Ran” · Captain Hugh Caine · pl 285 · Pictures in the Fire · Gertrude M. Foxe · ss 292 · The Old Armchair · J. Augustus Briggs · ss

The Magpie [No. 12, July 1913] (Horace Marshall, 3d, 70pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley from the volume index. 299 · A Foundered Craft · H. F. Prescott · ss 307 · “Nobs”: A Real Duke · J. Storer Clouston · ss Collier’s August 24 1912 313 · Macnamara Langer’s New Sensation · Rachel Sweete · ss 321 · The Case of Mr. Becker · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss 331 · The God Choka · Percival Gough · ss 335 · The Failure [Sefton Kyle] · Roy Vickers · ss 344 · The Principles of Mr. Pilkington · E. Richardson · ss 346 · The Madness of Lady Marr · Virginia Milward · ss 355 · On Poverty Point · Thomas Burke · ss 359 · Champagne for the Wrong Woman · Mrs. George Creighton Milne · ss

The Magpie [No. 13, August 1913] (Horace Marshall, 3d, x+66pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 1 · A Man’s View · Mrs. R. C. Lehmann · ss 10 · The End of Mr. Winterhorn · Benjamin Swift · ss 18 · A Gentleman · Ruth Kauffman · ss 23 · Into the Depths · Arthur Applin · ss 31 · The Madness of the Major · L. du Rocher Macpherson · ss 37 · Confessions from a Lunatic Asylum: The Mother · Muriel Hutchinson · ss 44 · The Glad Eye · Oakley Williams · ss 54 · Kismet · B. Raynor Massey · ss 58 · “Green Hellebore” · A. Pritchett · ss 62 · His Summer Girl · Thomas Hunter Vaughan · ss

The Magpie [No. 14, September 1913] (Horace Marshall, 3d, 68pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 67 · Letters from Spa · Mrs. Tanqueray · ss 75 · An Amateur Socialist · Edward Cecil · ss 81 · David Diddlestone’s Dog · Benn Pickforde · ss 85 · A Brief for the Defence · “Rita” · ss 92 · The Exploits of Sefton Kyle: The Soul Merchants [Sefton Kyle] · Roy Vickers · ss 100 · Success · Charles Inge · ss 107 · The Quest of the Earle · Dal Meda · ss 113 · The Accursed Sign · A. R. Goring-Thomas · ss 121 · Jonadab · Horace J. Simpson · ss 128 · An Interlude · V. Codrington · ss

The Magpie [No. 15, October 1913] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xviii+110pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 135 · Decree Absolute · Theo. Gift · ss 143 · A Modern Mercury · E. C. Anstey · ss 151 · Love in a China Shop · Percy M. Rudland · ss 157 · A Providential Proxy · Adam Gowans-Whyte · ss 162 · Bluff · D. Lea Birch · ss 168 · Business Is Business · Ashley Milner · ss 176 · A Telephonic Antipathy · R. Down · ss 182 · The Man Who Would Not Compromise · Stanley Naylor · ss 186 · The Great Heretofore · Herman Scheffauer · ss 192 · The Dowry · Baroness Rosenkrantz · ss 198 · The Trials and Triumphs of a Flapper · J. C. Featherstonhaugh · ss 204 · Miss Dean’s Way Out · Sophie Cole · ss 211 · The Empty House · St. John Hamund · ss 215 · Jean-Marie: Criminal · Alice de Winton · ss 223 · The Extension · Barry Pain · ss 226 · The Strange Tramp · John W. N. Sullivan · ss 234 · Thrift · A. Smyth · ss 238 · A Rogue’s Luck · William Mackay · ss

The Magpie [No. 16, November 1913] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, 112pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 245 · The Laughing Girl · “Vlan” · ss 251 · Lord Herrick’s Evidence · Martin Swayne · ss 261 · My Neapolitan Ward · C. Edwardes · ss 272 · The Gold Soul · Janet E. Mundy · ss 279 · And Quite Justified, Too! · Mrs. George Crichton Miln · ss 282 · A Choice in Retrospect · Harriette Russell Campbell · ss 288 · The Man Who Looked Into Hell · H. Linton Eccles · ss 291 · How Louis Oppenheim Met His Match · Gladys Evelyne · ss 298 · Algy · Frederick Graves · ss 302 · Dross for Gold · Percy M. Rudland · ss 306 · The Hole in the Roof · J. N. Burbridge · ss 316 · My Lady’s Mistake · G. Percy Raines · ss 323 · The Alibi · George Capel · ss 330 · Justifiable Homicide · C. M. Fowkes · ss 336 · The Door Ajar · Katharine Renell Cox · ss 342 · Young Love · A. M. Burrage · ss 349 · Thistledown · R. Ramsay · ss Ainslee’s October 1911 354 · The Romance of an Ordinary Man · Marchioness Townshend · ss

The Magpie [No. 17, December 1913] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xx+112pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 357 · La Haute Politique · Alan Raleigh · ss 371 · A Coincidental Correspondence · Upton Sinclair · ss 379 · “The Moving Finger…” · J. G. Bott · ss 389 · The Breaking of the Machine · T. P. Cameron Wilson · ss 396 · A Chaperon · Hester White · ss 400 · The Babberlea Prisoner · G. C. M. Frere · ss 407 · Mrs. Grundy Defied · Charles Inge · ss 416 · The Strange Case of Mr. Todmorden · F. Britten Austin · ss; given as by E. Britten Austin. 424 · A Problem · Dempster Ogle · vi 426 · Communication Has Been Established · Hubert Dobell · ss 433 · Turkish Delight · Alfred Tresidder Sheppard · ss 440 · On Duty · J. H. Macnair · ss 446 · The Meeting · Margaret Fraser Protheroe · ss 450 · A Last Letter · Flora McDonald · ss 452 · The Woman Tempted Him · Lady Violet Greville · ss 457 · The Vale of Nothing · Marjorie Price Evans · ss 465 · The Pip · A. S. Neill · ss 472 · Puzzles · C. P. Baseley · pz

The Magpie [No. 18, January 1914] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, 112pp, standard, cover by T. C. Dugdale) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 473 · The Regeneration of Sarah Macrae · E. Reid Matheson · ss 487 · A Duke’s Double · F. H. Whitehorn · ss 495 · The Inevitable · James Rocke · ss 501 · Prize Money · Frank Harty · ss 504 · Safety · Herbey Fisher · ss 512 · Woman: Nature’s Great Mistake · R. Basil James · ss 519 · Rosamund: A Child’s Tragedy · Constance Goodwin · ss 523 · A Leaning Towards Romance · Mary L. Elder · ss 531 · With the Best Intentions · Albert Shepperd · ss 538 · Child of Love · Sybil M. Downing · ss 545 · By Deputy · Mark Hardy · ss 551 · The Coward · Mrs. Ronald MacLachlan · ss 558 · Cressington Hall · Celia Duffin · ss 566 · The Worm That Turned · J. W. Marriott · ss 570 · Noblesse Oblige · John Cleveland · ss 575 · The Great Adventure · Radcliffe Martin · ss 580 · Cheek · Clare Thornton · ss

The Magpie [No. XIX, February 1914] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xx+112pp, standard, cover by John Campbell) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 1 · Captain of His Soul · T. P. Cameron Wilson · ss 6 · The Penance of Bishop Armon · G. C. Edwardes · ss 20 · John Wragg, Miracle-Worker · Bickerton Cowper-Coles · ss 26 · A Touch of Colour · George Stevenson · ss 35 · Mrs. Groves Makes a Friend · Carol Green · ss 43 · An Evening in Lugano · E. Sinclair Smith · ss 47 · The Coat of Curses · L. M. Daly · ss 54 · A Case of First Sight · Ernest Worthing · ss 58 · Flotsam and Jetsam · S. H. McGrady · ss 62 · The Cat · Edwin Yett · ss 69 · An Episode · Betty Van der Goes · ss 74 · Unearned Increment · Arnold Edmondson · ss 78 · Steam-Power · Headon Hill · ss 85 · The Forgotten Witness · Chas. Goode · ss 92 · De Soto’s Dust · Herman Scheffauer · ss 99 · The Unavailing Errand · H. Duffes · ss 103 · The Gambler · Adam Stern · ss 108 · Infinity’s Passion · Phillip Wotton · ss

The Magpie [No. XX, March 1914] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xx+110pp, standard, cover by Will Houghton) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 113 · The Lord Mayor’s Daughter and the Red Parrot’s Feather · F. J. St. Aubyn · ss 121 · The Murder of Mrs. Cadwaller · C. Edwardes · ss 129 · Fragments—But Not from the Greek · Mrs. George Crichton Miln · ss 139 · The Man Unknown · G. Sheridan Jones · ss 142 · Moonshine · Elizabeth Beckett · ss 146 · I’ Tinker’s Lane · Mary Holden · ss 152 · The Mask Wears Out · H. Farmar-Bringhurst · ss 161 · Trafficking · Horace Wyndham · ss 167 · Pauline · John Cleveland · ss 178 · The Middle-Aged Man’s Romance · “Olave” · ss 187 · A Political · Katharine James · ss 194 · The Wide Gate · Edgar Frere · ss 205 · An Unequal Foe · Beatrice Stapleton · ss 212 · The Pauper · Noel James · ss 216 · Who’s Who · Flora Sidney Woolf · ss

The Magpie [No. XXI, April 1914] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xx+112pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 223 · A Figure-Head Tsar · E. B. Prentys · ss 236 · Marriage by Default · J. S. Bott · ss 246 · Winged · Arthur Mills · ss 250 · A Nervous Breakdown · Fraser Hill · ss 256 · The Emperor’s Cigars · Baker Baker · ss 262 · The Coroner · Leonard Pomeroy · ss 268 · Love in a Crowd · J. G. St. Aubyn · ss 276 · Cause and Effect · E. Douglas Hume · ss 282 · In Mid Ocean · H. T. W. Bousfield · ss 286 · A Crooked Affair · G. F. Courtney · ss 298 · Crossing the Moor · Eric Gordon · ss 302 · Felo-De-Se · Fox French · ss 308 · The Saving of the Situation · M. A. Hepburn · ss 314 · “A True Story” · H. Henderson · ss 318 · The Man on the Pedestal · L. E. Tiddeman · ss 324 · The Golden Chin-Stay · Harold Blind · ss 329 · The New Humorist · A. S. Neill · ss

The Magpie [No. XXII, May 1914] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xx+112pp, standard, cover by Will Houghton) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 335 · Two on an Island · Angus Lynne · ss 344 · The Man-in-Charge · Bart Kennedy · ss 353 · “Et Tu, Brute…!” · R. Le Clerc Phillips · ss 357 · A Novice of the Sahara · Mary Gaunt · ss 365 · The Limit · Radcliffe Martin · ss 371 · A Night Out · Alan J. Thompson · ss 379 · Borrowed Plumes · H. T. W. Bousfield · ss 386 · An Adjustment of Differences · Victor Ems · ss 392 · Glass · Olive Garnett · ss 400 · The Vandean Kid · Bertha N. Graham · ss 409 · Whence · Marie Louise Van Saanen · ss 416 · A Thing That Happened · Esther Poland · ss 424 · “Letitia Mord” · Sibyl Bristowe · ss 429 · The Magpie · Eliot Stannard · ss 435 · The Scare at the Hotel D’Angleterre · R. O. Chester · ss 439 · After the Omelette · Gerald Petrie · ss

The Magpie [No. XXIII, June 1914] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xx+112pp, standard, cover by Will Houghton) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 447 · An Empty Heart · Edward Cecil · ss 453 · The Vyne-Blossom · Frederick Graves · ss 459 · When the Waters Prevailed · Herbert A. Postlethwaite · ss 466 · Pure Sentiment · John W. N. Sullivan · ss 470 · The Scapegoat · George Stanhope · ss 476 · The 6.30 Express · Gerald Petrie · ss 482 · The Devil’s Herb · B. Paul Neuman · ss 490 · His Wife’s Bureau · Mabel Garland · ss 495 · Alison’s Play · G. Vernon Sowter · ss 501 · The Purpose of Mrs. Pratt · Vlan · ss 508 · The Lion in the Path · Frederick Gower · ss 515 · A Butterfly’s Teeth · Orme Angus · ss 522 · A Third-Class Shot · Philip Laurence Oliphant · ss 526 · Feet of Clay · Fox French · ss 530 · For Family Reasons · D. Lea Birch · ss 537 · James Winterton Halsworthy: Philosopher · John Y. T. Greig · ss 543 · What Was It? · C. Hansby Russell · ss 553 · A Fallen Star · Mrs. Herbert Cohen · ss

The Magpie [No. XXIV, July 1914] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xx+112pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 559 · The King Resolves · E. Burney · ss 566 · The Man Who Cut Himself · F. J. St. Aubyn · ss 582 · Mr. Gilray’s Holiday Romance · E. Carter · ss 587 · The Conversion of Sir Christopher Deedes · Noel Campbell · ss 595 · “Have a Cigar?” · Edmund Mitchell · ss 600 · The Garden of Eden · W. C. Flood · ms 601 · Mary: A Study in Greys · Hon. Albinia Brodrick · ss 619 · A Romantic Man · Harvey Fisher · ss 626 · Delilah and the Derby · A. R. Stradling · ss 630 · Lucy · T. O’Meara · ss 639 · The King’s Scholarship · George Rayne · ss 643 · Murder · Violet M. Methley · ss 647 · How George Dreamose Returned · Adam Lilburn · ss 654 · As a Man Sows · Grace Barrington · ss 657 · His Native Village · Orme Angus · ss 661 · Chaucey · Alfred Sutton · ss

The Magpie [No. XXV, August 1914] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xx+112pp, standard, cover by Jack May) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 1 · The Wider Love · Oliver Fox · ss 12 · “In the Affairs of Men” · George Nicol · ss 20 · A Rolling Stone · Brenda E. Spender · ss 30 · Jane’s Idol · Violet Smith · ss 36 · Mrs. Leclare’s Elopement · F. Sackville Martin · ss 40 · Facing the Music · Major F. A. Symons · ss 48 · The Garden of Death · H. Grahame Richards · ss 54 · The Man Who Found a Voice · C. Maxwell Tregurtha · ss 65 · “Owd Ned Bromley” · James A. Gartell · ss 73 · Peonies · Edgar M. Appleton · ss 79 · Captivity · C. Fox Smith · ss 85 · A Message from the Skies · Angus MacPhee · ss 91 · The Chance · G. W. Douglas Newton · ss 99 · The Blackmailer · E. J. Edgar · ss 104 · A Letter by Moonlight · A. M. Mahony · ss 106 · The Romance of Lazy Micky · J. J. Moran · ss

The Magpie [No. XXVI, September 1914] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xx+108pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 111 · The Prussian Spirit in Alsace · E. P. Burdett · ss 113 · The Chocolate Side · Ashley Milner · ss 122 · On the Sands · Clare E. Creed · ss 126 · The New Hercules · John Bond · ss 133 · The Letter · Clare Thornton · ss 136 · Albert Edward · George Rayne · ss 140 · “So Sorry for Her” · J. A. Grimshaw · ss 146 · Mike Flannigan’s Funeral · L. C. Hobart · ss 149 · Knave of Clubs · J. Johnston Smith · ss 155 · Dismissed · F. Britten Austin · ss 170 · The Broken Fence · M. Burbridge · ss 179 · The Haunted Windows · Gerald Villiers-Stuart · ss 183 · The Pagan Saint · Cormac Simpson · ss 188 · “Pan” · Elinor Mordaunt · ss 202 · Sentence of Death · Audrey Foster · ss 209 · The Gentle Detective · J. H. MacNair · ss 218 · In the Desert · Margaret Martin · ss

The Magpie [No. XXVII, October 1914] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xx+108pp, standard, cover by Ed. Detaille) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 221 · An Officer and a Gentleman—from Potsdam! · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) 225 · The Way Out · G. A. Woodward · ss 235 · The Truth · Edgar M. Appleton · ss 240 · War · Leo Tolstoi · ex from War and Peace (r) 248 · False Dawn · Ernest Enderby · ss 253 · Stalked · Artemus Polkinghorn · ss 258 · The Duchess Recants · Jean Mackenzie · ss 264 · Mildred’s Bungalow · Luckett Ridger · ss 268 · The Celibate · Gordon Scott · ss 279 · The Eyes of Truth · Mordaunt Shairp · ss 284 · The Victory of Defeat · Marion Ashworth · ss 290 · An Anachronism · Dorothy Cosens · ss 296 · A Successful Wedding · Irving A. Keene · ss 298 · In the Shadow · “Bartimeus” · ss 301 · An Unemotional Girl · St. John Hamund · ss 309 · Four Letters · E. P. Prentys · ss 312 · The Bohemian Club · John Foyle · ss 317 · Vagaries and Life · Eugenie Martin · ss 323 · Spies: In Peace and War · Captain Kto-To · ar

The Magpie [No. XXVIII, December 1914] (Horace Marshall, 4½d, xx+94pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 329 · The Third Bullet · W. E. Kalita · ss 334 · The Dawn · F. Hadland Davis · ss 341 · A House in Revolt · G. E. C. Buckridge · ss 344 · Treason · Mona E. Maud · ss 354 · The Duckshover · Sybil Coventry · ss 359 · When Half Gods Go! · William Buckley · ss 364 · Two and Two · Stetchworth Ashley · ss 371 · The Making of a Man of Genius · Herbert Jenkins · ss 378 · A Soldier’s Daughter · Dorothy Cosens · ss 383 · One of Them · G. B. Stern · ss 390 · The Line of Least Resistance · Sidney Howard · ss 396 · “Magnificat” · Dorothy Baird · ss 404 · Two Little Feet · Fabia Noel · ss; ghost story. 408 · La Petite Belge · B. G. T. Cooper · ss 411 · Reminiscences of Malta · W. F. Lorsbie · ar 417 · The Cossacks · Nikolai Gogol · ex (r)

The Magpie (1923)   (about)

The Magpie [Summer 1923] (2/-, 96+24pp) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · The Mystery of the Purple Cabriolet [Clubfoot] · Valentine Williams · ss; illustrated by Oakdale 23 · Tact! · Geoffrey Moss · ss; illustrated by John Campbell 28 · Three More · Robert K. Risk · pm; illustrated by H. M. Bateman 29 · The Player’s Player · Robert K. Risk · pm; illustrated by H. M. Bateman 31 · Why Take Holidays in Summer? · Keble Howard · ar 34 · Amazement · Stephen F. Whitman · nv Harper’s Magazine October 1919; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 35 · The Art of E. H. Shepard · [uncredited] · pi 63 · To Take, or Not to Take: Holiday Books · Richard King · br 71 · Under Compulsion · Aldous Huxley · ss; illustrated by Steven Spurrier 81 · Green Garters · Marjorie Bowen · ss; illustrated by Wilton Williams

The Magpie [Christmas 1923] [] Issue partially indexed. · The Le Mesurier Inheritance [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss

The Magpie [Summer Number, 1924] (The Illustrated London News And Sketch Ltd., 1/-, 16 + 68pp, 10″ x 12½″) [] Details supplied by John Eggeling and Andrew Hall. 2 · One Sunlit Holiday · Ernest Raymond · ss; illustrated by Lendon 5 · Not on the Menu · G. E. Studdy · il 6 · Love, Luck, and ’er Ladyship · Various · gp _ · [cartoon] · Bert Thomas · ct _ · [cartoon] · Starr Wood · ct _ · [cartoon] · Will Owen · ct 7 · Strictly Domestic! · Various · gp _ · [cartoon] · Webster Murray · ct _ · [cartoon] · Wilmot Lunt · ct _ · [cartoon] · Lendon · ct 8 · Form at a Glance! Best Sellers · G. S. Sherwood · il 9 · The “Magpie” Picture Gallery · Various · gp; full page colour illustrations. _ · [illustration] · Fred Pegram · il _ · [illustration] · William Ablett · il _ · [illustration] · Miarko · il _ · [illustration] · Lewis Baumer · il _ · [illustration] · Webster Murray · il _ · [illustration] · Gilbert Rumbold · il _ · [illustration] · Suzanne Meunier · il 17 · On the Malecon [Mr. Ferguson] · William McFee · nv Harper’s Magazine February 1924; illustrated by W. Smithson Broadhead 25 · Cricket As She Is Played: Fauga-sa v. Pago Pago · Lewis R. Freeman · ss; illustrated by Warwick Reynolds 29 · Guest—and Hosts of Trouble · Bert Thomas · il 30 · Ancient Faiths—The Symbolism of Sime · Sidney H. Sime · il depictions of Thor, Indra, Echidna Dire, Tlaloc & Set. 32 · And Friend: Man and a Seer · Arthur Watts · il 33 · Nine A.M. · Aldous Huxley · ss; illustrated by Steven Spurrier 38 · In Seven Verses · Victor MacClure · ss; illustrated by G. L. Stampa 43 · A Shot in the Night · Vicente Blasco Ibáñez · nv; illustrated by W. R. S. Stott 49 · The “Magpie” Humorous Colour-Section · Various · gp; full page colour illustrations. _ · [illustration] · A. Wallis Mills · il _ · [illustration] · John Kettlewell · il _ · [illustration] · J. A. Shepherd · il _ · [illustration] · Alfred Leete · il _ · [illustration] · Will Owen · il _ · [illustration] · J. H. Thorpe · il 58 · The Laugh · Philip Hoskins · ss 60 · Her Arabian Night · Richard Connell · ss

Magpie (1951)   (about)

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 1, April 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · The Bait · John Donne · pm (r) 3 · Witness for the Prosecution · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946 17 · Animal Crackers · Ogden Nash · gp (r) _17 · The Duck · Ogden Nash · pm The Face Is Familiar by Ogden Nash, Little, Brown, 1940 _17 · The Firefly · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker January 31 1942 _18 · The Ant · Ogden Nash · pm The Saturday Evening Post May 25 1935 _18 · The Fish · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker November 15 1930, as “Autres Betes, Autres Moeurs I” 19 · The Cyprian Cat · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933 32 · Wine That Maketh Glad · Various · ms 33 · The Horse-Wool Coat · John Inglis Hall · ss 43 · The Little House [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly October 9 1926 67 · The Faithful Sing-Song Girl · Leslie Bonnet · ss 72 · Grave Words · Various · ms 73 · The Last Bullet · Douglas Rutherford · ss

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 2, May 1951] (The Whitehorn Press, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · Hair · Remy de Gourmont; translated by Jethro Bithell · pm (r) 3 · In the Teeth of the Evidence [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1939 17 · St. Jeames · Dornford Yates · ss The Windsor Magazine #392, August 1927 41 · “Gentlemen, You May Smoke” · Various · ms (r) 42 · More Animal Crackers · Ogden Nash · gp (r) _42 · The Cobra · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker April 11 1931 _42 · The Centipede · Ogden Nash · pm The Saturday Evening Post May 25 1935 _42 · The Cow · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker April 11 1931 _42 · The Turkey · Ogden Nash · pm The Face Is Familiar by Ogden Nash, Little, Brown, 1940 _42 · The Oyster · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker April 4 1931 43 · The Forgotten Enemy · Charles Willis · ss King’s College Review December 1948, as by Arthur C. Clarke 50 · “The Most Exclusive Club” · Various · ms (r) 53 · Portrait of a Murderer · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1942 72 · East Goes West · Ramasany Arumugam · ms (r) 73 · Coker’s Jo · George Beardmore · ss (r) 84 · A Weight on your Mind · Rosamund Bayne-Powell · ms from Eighteenth-Century London Life, John Murray, 1937 85 · Rhyme nor Reason · Phyllis Lee Peterson · ss (r) 86 · Technical Itch · Hans Zinsser · ms from Rats, Lice and History, Little, Brown, 1935

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 3, June 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · The Sleeper · translated by E. Powys Mathers · pm from The Thousand Nights and One Night (r) 3 · The Call · Bethel Laurence · ss Today’s Woman March 1951 17 · Dilemma · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss This Week February 24 1935 25 · Going Downhill Together · Norah Lofts · ss 35 · Gilding the Shilling · [uncredited] · ms 36 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 37 · In Time for the Academy · Ann Lake · ss 49 · On the Spot · Leo Bruce · ss Cassell’s Magazine April 1928, as by Rupert Croft-Cooke 53 · The Sniffle · Ogden Nash · pm Ladies’ Home Journal March 1941 54 · Best Foot Forward · Various · ms 57 · Free Funeral · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1941, as “How Edith McGillcuddy Met R.L. Stevenson” 68 · War Paint · Various · ms 69 · Three Pairs of Heels · Neil Bell · ss Three Pairs of Heels by Neil Bell, Alvin Redman, 1950

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 4, July 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · “Deceivers Ever” · Thomas Campion · pm (r) 3 · The Alibi · Harriet Washburn · ss 17 · Venom in Verse · Various · ms 18 · Blood Is Better Than Wine · Michael Redgrove · ss 24 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 25 · On the Verandah · Rupert Croft-Cooke · ss 34 · Chaff in the Wind · Various · ms 35 · The Long, Thin Man [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s September 16 1950 52 · Curs and Cures · Various · ms 55 · The Shilling · Gerald Bullett · ss The Evening Standard February 21 1933 67 · The Cricket Boy · Lin Yutang · ss 81 · Absolutely Elsewhere [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine February 1934 96 · A Fair Knock-Out · Various · ms

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 5, August 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · “My Soul’s Desire” · A. C. Swinburne · pm (r) 3 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 17 · A Shot in the Garden · L. A. G. Strong · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine February 1937 26 · Cut Blooms · Various · ms 27 · The Regency Sofa · Ann Lake · ss 35 · Mestie · E. C. Hornsby · ss 49 · Don’t Be a Hero · Victor Canning · ss Argosy February 1951 62 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 63 · Personal Call · Elleston Trevor · ss 70 · Venom in Verse · Various · ms 71 · The Two Weddings of Ying Er · Leslie Bonnet · ss 78 · Health Service · Various · ms 79 · Poor Cora · J. F. Burke · ss 88 · Chaff in the Wind · Various · ms 89 · The Soothsayer · Kem Bennett · ss

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 6, September 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · A Nun · Leigh Hunt · pm The Tickler March 1 1821, as “[untitled]”, uncredited. 3 · The Absentee · L. A. G. Strong · ss (r) 15 · Power · Alan Wykes · ss 24 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 25 · My Oedipus Complex · Frank O’Connor · ss 36 · How Do You Zoo? · Various · ms 37 · His Brother’s Wife · Dornford Yates · ss The Windsor Magazine #537, September 1939 51 · Silence, Please! [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Charles Willis · ss Science Fantasy #2, Winter 1950/1951 64 · Chaff in the Wind · Various · ms 65 · The Friendly Generals · Leslie Bonnet · ss 71 · Elephant Outcast · Norah Burke · ss 77 · The Damning Dust · Mackenzie Cottrell · ss

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 7, October 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · Spleen · Paul Verlaine · pm (r) 3 · The Escort · Daphne du Maurier · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2737, May 1940 19 · The Thistledown [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, 1939 31 · Rest and Be Thankful · Various · ms 32 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 33 · The Healer · F. McDermott · ss 41 · Civil Service · Various · ms 42 · Venom in Verse · Various · ms 43 · The Rather Improbable History of Hilary Kiffer · Samuel Youd · ss 47 · A Liberal Outlook · Various · ms 48 · Made in Heaven · Various · ms 51 · The Drive Home · Eve Ballantyne · ss 59 · A Gift from Christy Keogh · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, 1939 69 · Worse Than Death · Michael Hastings · ss 80 · Man Proposes · Various · ms 81 · Violets for a Lady [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 2 1951

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 8, November 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · Ballade of the Women of Paris · Francois Villon; translated by A. C. Swinburne · pm (r) 3 · As Simple as ABC [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951 22 · Welcome, Stranger · Various · ms 23 · Soldier’s Farewell · Edward Boyd · ss 35 · Murder Is No Accident · David Dodge · ss Esquire October 1949 48 · “The Flower of Cities All” · Various · ms 51 · The Idyll of Sarah Brown · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s January 28 1933 65 · The Ladies · Ogden Nash · ss (r) 66 · Venom in Verse · Various · ms 67 · The Bridal Night · Frank O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2725, July 1939 75 · The Hate Campaign · Alastair Scobie · ss 83 · The Merry Monarch’s Mongrel · Various · ms 84 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 85 · Stayed Lost · Michael Hastings · ss 96 · Sweet Corn · Various · ms

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 9, December 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · Poet’s Licence? · King Henry VIII · pm (r) 3 · King Wency · Dorothy Jacob · ss 12 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 13 · Winner Lose All · Laurence Thompson · ss 25 · Aunt Emmy Looks Back · Adrian Alington · ss 35 · In Walked Mum · Sydney J. Grant · ss 41 · Chaff in the Wind · Various · ms 42 · “Make Roome for Christmas” · Various · ms 45 · My Friend Hoo · John Bonett · ss 55 · This Was Real Adventure · Captain John Vigour · ss 69 · Miss Dobbs and the Devil · Timothy Frandon · ss 73 · The Fur Man · Ann Lake · ss 87 · Formula Unknown · Ian Lasry · ss 93 · Grand Inquisitor · G. B. Stern · ss Ladies’ Home Journal March 1931

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 10, January 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · Drinking · Abraham Cowley · pm Poems by Abraham Cowley, Humphrey Moseley, 1656 3 · All the Way to the Moon · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #94, September 1951 20 · Chaff in the Wind · Various · ms 21 · Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On · Peter de Polnay · ss 35 · Portrait of a Leader · Victor Canning · ss 42 · The Glass of Fashion · Various · ms 45 · Dogg · Ann Lake · ss 54 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 55 · The Shining Blade · Ian Lasry · ss Adventure October 1948 63 · A Present from the Past · Margaret Bonham · ss 76 · Venom in Verse · Various · ms 77 · I Don’t Mean to Disturb You · Lettice Cooper · ss 91 · A Little Memento · John Collier · ss The New Yorker September 17 1938

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 11, February 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · Early Spring · Hartley Coleridge · pm (r) 3 · The Great Obsession · Kift Berry · ss 15 · Mr. Gladly and the Dove-Eyed Flea · Norah Burke · ss 21 · Takes a Long Time to Warm Up · Ralph L. Finn · ss 28 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 29 · Test Match · Clive Burnley · ss 43 · The Kitchen · John Buxton Hilton · ss 46 · “This Day’s Saint Valentine’s” · Various · ms 49 · Money’s Worth · G. B. Stern · ss The Strand Magazine April 1933 67 · Everything Happens to Weil · Eric Allen · ss 73 · One Man’s Meat · Ann Mary Fielding · ss 81 · Bird Fancier · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 96 · Now or Never · Various · ms

Magpie [Volume 1 Number 12, March 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) [] 2 · March · John Barron Mays · pm (r) 3 · My Mother’s Second Husband · J. Trevor Story · ss 17 · The Temple of Kali · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 31 · Lady Without Appetite · John Gloag · ss Take One a Week by John Gloag, Chantry Publications, 1950 42 · Servant Problem · Various · ms 45 · On the Rocks · Elizabeth Coxhead · ss 53 · The Monstrous Regiment · Various · ms 54 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 55 · Last Laugh · Captain Frank H. Shaw · ss The New Magazine (UK) November 1925, as by Frank Hubert 69 · Retribution · V. Simple · ss 78 · Chaff in the Wind · Various · ms 79 · There Is a Man in Hiding [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s September 29 1951

Magpie [Volume 2 Number 1, April 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) [] 2 · Mary and Martha · Sybil Birch · pm (r) 3 · In the Same Boat · John Prebble · ss 29 · Funny About That Canary · Dal Stivens · ss 37 · You Rang, Sir? · Arthur Grant Morris · ss 44 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 45 · The Wisdom of Sullivan · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 58 · Going up in Smoke · Various · ms 61 · The Ten-Fifteen · Clive Burnley · ss 75 · Driver No. 2 · A. J. Bevan · ss 90 · For Abstainers Only · Various · ms 91 · The Leaf That Hurts the Hand · Gwyn Thomas · ss 100 · In the Red · Various · ms 101 · The Parkinson’s Pony · Reginald Moore · ss 109 · Not My Story · Maurice Walsh · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 31 1941 128 · “Oh Sleep! It Is a Gentle Thing” · Various · ms

Magpie [Volume 2 Number 2, May 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) [] 2 · Rondel · Charles D’Orleans · pm (r) 3 · The 1865 · G. B. Stern · ss 18 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 19 · No Roof O’er My Head · James A. Maxwell · ss The New Yorker September 8 1951 25 · The Turning Point in Her Life · Clive Burnley · ss 37 · Sydney · Yvonne Seager · ss 49 · Sentimental Murder · J. Trevor Story · ss The Evening Standard August 28 1951 54 · Come all Ye Roving Bachelors · Various · ms 57 · Recorded Broadcast · Ann Lake · ss 68 · Professional Thoughts · Various · ms 69 · Love Hits the Sky · John & Ward Hawkins · ss 79 · Remote Control · E. C. Hornsby · ss 98 · All Washed Up · Various · ms 99 · Technical Slip · John Beynon · ss The Arkham Sampler Spring 1949, as by John Beynon Harris 114 · “… a Weariness to the Flesh” · Various · ms 115 · Esmeralda · John Wyndham · ss

Magpie [Volume 2 Number 3, June 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) [] 2 · To a Fish of the Brook · John Wolcot · pm (r) 3 · An Escape · Martin Armstrong · ss The Bazaar and Other Stories by Martin Armstrong, Jonathan Cape, 1924 24 · Shanks His Pony · Various · ms 25 · Abracadabra · Clive Burnley · ss 33 · Two of Diamonds · Michael Hastings · ss 49 · Mrs. Samaritan and the Distressed Gentlewoman · J. Trevor Story · ss 60 · On Bail · Various · ms 63 · Black Cat for Luck · G. B. Stern · ss Ladies’ Home Journal February 1933 86 · The Terpsichorean Art · Various · ms 87 · Red Tails on the Ridge · William MacMillan · ss 96 · Fairy Story · R. D. Faull · ss 101 · Private Hospital · James A. Maxwell · ss The New Yorker November 24 1951 112 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 113 · Old School Tie · Laurence Thompson · ss 121 · Still Waters · F. E. Evans · ss 128 · Magpie Crossword Puzzle · [uncredited] · pz

Magpie [Volume 2 Number 4, July 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) [] 2 · A Summing Up · Charles Mackay · pm (r) 3 · Song of the Sparrow · Vivian Stuart · ss 15 · The Money Box · Laurence Thompson · ss 24 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 25 · Crossword Murder · Eugène Miller Campbell · ss 39 · Plenderleith’s Penny · Dahlia Gordon · ss 47 · Affair of the Heart · John Wyndham · ss an abridged version was previously published in Colliers March 22, 1952. 55 · Agony Column · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 60 · “The Very Pink of Courtesy” · Various · ms 63 · Boggan and Blitz · Martin Armstrong · ss A Case of Conscience by Martin Armstrong, Gollancz, 1937 70 · Aunt Letitia’s Dilemma · J. Trevor Story · ss 82 · Man’s Best Friend · Various · ms 83 · Right, Murphy! · Ian Lasry · ss 95 · The Maroon · John Gloag · ss It Makes a Nice Change by John Gloag, Nicholson, 1938 105 · Bouski and Hoffman · Ross Woods · ss 108 · You and Me, and P.B. Shelley · Ogden Nash · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 28 1942 109 · Wrong Number · Catherine Tracy · ss 113 · Maybe Ma Should Know · J. R. Robertson · ss 128 · Magpie Crossword Puzzle · [uncredited] · pz

Magpie [Volume 2 Number 5, August 1952] (The Whitehorn Press, 1/-, 128pp, digest) [] 2 · Tobacco · S. Thomas Ansell · pm 3 · The Wolf, She Howl · Neill Wilson · ss The Blue Book Magazine January 1952 17 · Anecdotage · Various · ms (r) 18 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms (r) 19 · A Man Named Harry Mills · J. A. S. Coppard · ss 28 · Rendering Unto Caesar · Various · ms (r) 29 · Whose Funeral? · John Gloag · ss The (London) Evening News April 29 1935 37 · Ransom for a Smile · Carlton Ash · ss 42 · Charles Dickens meets a young Irishman · Charles Dickens · ms (r) 43 · This Way for Glory · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 57 · An Argument to any Phyllis or Chloe · Thomas Moore · pm (r) 57 · Solution to Magpie Crossword · [uncredited] · ms (r) 58 · Long Vacation · Various · ms (r) 61 · George Moonbeam’s Tunnel · R. A. Lippy · ss 73 · It Could Have Been Better Put · Various · ms (r) 74 · R.S.V.P. · Various · ms (r) 75 · Knight Errant · K. Kelleher · ss 84 · Let’s Face It · Various · ms 85 · The Last Hunt · Edmund Gilligan · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 24 1951 101 · Brutes, All of Them · Dudley Hoys · ss 109 · “A Blessing in Disguise” · Various · ms (r) 111 · Boyhood Pal · J. C. Furnas · ss Collier’s February 16 1952 128 · Magpie Crossword No. 3 · [uncredited] · pz

Magpie [Volume 2 Number 6, September 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) [] 2 · Woman · Coventry Patmore · pm (r) 3 · Heart in the Mouth · Geoffrey Household · ss 20 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms 21 · Round the Corner · Bryan Berry · ss 33 · Soot · Norah Burke · ss 37 · Old Folks · William Brandon · ss Collier’s April 12 1952 55 · The Disappointed Concubine · Leslie Bonnet · ss 64 · Away from It All · Various · ms 67 · The Lady or the Sergeant · A. K. Lewis · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 12 1952 82 · Chaff in the Wind · Various · ms 83 · As It Was in the Beginning · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 99 · American Epic · Richard G. Beattie · ss 103 · A Pretty Case for Freud · Alec Waugh · ss Eight Short Stories by Alec Waugh, Cassell, 1937 128 · Magpie Crossword No. 4 · [uncredited] · pz

Magpie [Volume 2 Number 7, October 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) [] 2 · Gulls · Dorothy Jacob · pm 3 · Plaster Dog · Ann Lake · ss 13 · A Box for Big Max · Michael Hastings · ss 32 · Considered Trifles · Various · ms (r) 33 · A Question of Empathy · Richard E. Beattie · ss 43 · Half-Hour on Harley Street · Richard Gordon · ss 52 · “Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble” · Various · ms (r) 55 · Miser’s Misery · Laurence Kirk · ss 70 · Solution to Magpie Crossword · [uncredited] · ms (r) 71 · Retired Retriever · John & Ward Hawkins · ss Cosmopolitan June 1952 88 · “The Renewed for-ever of a Kiss” · Various · ms (r) 89 · Healthy, Wealthy and Wise · Mervyn Jones · ss 98 · Snug as a Bug · Various · ms (r) 99 · Low Water · Geoffrey Household · ss 113 · Swords Into Ploughshares · Norah Burke · ss Pocket Book Weekly Storyteller #340, August 25 1949 119 · Florimond · David Stacton · ss 128 · Magpie Crossword No. 5 · [uncredited] · pz

Magpie [Volume 2 Number 8, November 1952] (The Whitehorn Press, 1/-, 128pp, digest) [] Mislabeled v2 #5 instead of v2 #8. Along with the listed items, there are many ostensibly humorous or thought-provoking fillers at the end of the longer items, rather similar to the quotations, excerpts, and anecdotes in the MS columns. Details supplied by Todd Mason. 2 · On Catching Cold: A Fisherman Reminisces · S. Thomas Ansell · pm (r) 3 · Topsy Turvy · Laurence Kirk · ss 21 · Half-Pint Hercules · William Lindsay Gresham · ss Collier’s February 23 1952 41 · Queenie’s Ruin · Gerald Bullett · ss 47 · Chaff in the Wind · [uncredited] · ms 48 · On the Shelf · [uncredited] · ms 49 · The Lost Child · J. F. Burke · ss 61 · The Essence of Tact · [uncredited] · ms 62 · Wife in Every Port · [uncredited] · ms 65 · The Virgin of the Catch Points · R. F. Delderfield · ss 77 · Ten Thousand and Second Tale · Henry Garnett & Leslie Halward · ss; (Arabian Nights, with inflation). 84 · Considered Trifles · [uncredited] · ms 85 · “A Boy’s Best Friend” · James Yaffee · ss 102 · Merely Players · [uncredited] · ms 103 · Glandoo and Crevotte · Clive Burnley · ss 115 · Dorasumi’s Temptation · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 126 · Overdoing It · [uncredited] · ms 127 · Alma Mater · [uncredited] · ms 128 · Magpie Crossword No. 6 · [uncredited] · pz