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Argosy (Canada) [October 1959] (35¢, quarto) Issue partially indexed - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. · I Sailed a Dhow from Zanzibar · Melville Holden · ar Argosy October 1959 · Argosy’s “Million Dollar Idea” Contest · [uncredited] · cn Argosy October 1959

Argosy (Canada) [July 1960] (35¢, quarto) Issue partially indexed - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. · The Evidence That Should Have Saved Chessman! · William Read Woodfield & Milt Machlin · ar Argosy July 1960 · Ten Lives for Kennedy · as told to Edward Oxford · ar Argosy July 1960; illustrated by Bob Lavin · Our Crazy Liquor Laws · Joseph Scholnick · ar Argosy July 1960; illustrated by Henry Syverson · Tips on Family Cruising · Eric Nyborg · ar Argosy July 1960 · Speed Traps, 1960 · Robert Crichton · ar Argosy July 1960

The Argosy (UK, 1926):   (about) Predominantly a reprint magazine of the world’s best short stories, much in the style of the US Golden Book, in later years it frequently published new fiction, notably “Bianca’s Hands” by Theodore Sturgeon.

The Argosy (UK)

The Argosy (UK) [Vol. I No. 1, June 1926] (Cassell’s, 1/-, 176pp, pulp) 16 · Foreword · The Editor · ed 17 · A Few Bars in the Key of G · Clifton Carlisle Osborne · ss The Black Cat October 1904 24 · The Scapulary · Rafael Sabatini · ss Nash’s Illustrated Weekly December 6 1919 32 · Mr. Punch’s Library of Golf · [uncredited] · hu (r) 35 · Freddy’s Ship · Mary E. Mann · ss The Story-teller April 1907 41 · His Worship the Goosedriver · Arnold Bennett · ss The Windsor Magazine January 1904 49 · Mrs. Adis · Sheila Kaye-Smith · ss The Century Magazine January 1922 52 · In the Dark · A. A. Milne · pm Harper’s Magazine March 1926 53 · A Legend of London · Michael Arlen · pl 59 · Home-Made History—I: Caractacus · Hansard Watt · pm The Story-teller July 1909 60 · Viewpoints from “The Widow’s Cruise” · Joan Temple · ex 1926 61 · Black Mane · Vingie E. Roe · ss The New Magazine (UK) April 1921 68 · £100 Pound Competition · [uncredited] · qz 69 · A Work of Art · Anton Tchehov; translated by Archibald J. Wolfe · ss Short Stories January 1906 translated from the Russian. 71 · The Last Adventure of Arsène Lupin [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · ss (r); #1 in the “World’s Great Mystery Stories” series. 77 · Euphrosyne · A. G. · pm (r) 82 · A Day in the Garden · Various · ms 85 · A Week-End Cottage · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Story-teller May 1909 89 · The Stake and the Plumb-Line · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss Everybody’s Magazine February 1906 (+1) 95 · The Shy Scabiosa · G. S. C. · pm (r) 106 · “You Must Mean More” · Richard Le Gallienne · pm The Story-teller December 1911 107 · The Double Code · I. A. R. Wylie · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction November 1913 116 · Moonlight · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Clair de Lune”, Gil Blas, October 19, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse). 119 · The Last Passenger · Jacob Power · nv The New Magazine (UK) June 1914 137 · The Heart at Twenty · W. J. Locke · ss Ainslee’s November 1908 141 · The Spinster · Robert Hichens · ss Ainslee’s Magazine April 1905 147 · The Lost Blend · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World July 30 1905 150 · Dracula [Part 1 of 9; Dracula] · Bram Stoker · n. Constable, 1897

The Argosy (UK) [Vol. I No. 2, July 1926] (Cassell’s, 1/-, 150pp, pulp) viii · Announcement · The Editor · ms 1 · The Young Man Who Stroked Cats · Morley Roberts · ss The Strand Magazine December 1910 12 · He Who Wanted More · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss (r) 18 · What They Say in “The Farmer’s Wife” · Eden Phillpotts · ms (r) 19 · Chrystal’s Century · E. W. Hornung · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 27 · To Chloe · William Cartwright · pm Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, with Other Poems by Thomas Cartwright, Humphrey Moseley, 1651 28 · The Optimist Sees It Through · Various · ms 31 · Slim-Fingered Jim · Anthony Hope · ss Collier’s Weekly February 13 1904 37 · The Croxley Master · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1899 (+2) 49 · Two Poets · Amanda B. Hall · pm All-Story Cavalier Weekly August 22 1914 57 · Home-Made History—II: William II · Hansard Watt · pm The Story-teller August 1909 58 · “The Best Short Story I Have Read” · Various · ms 61 · Grit of Women [Sitka Charley] · Jack London · ss McClure’s Magazine August 1900 66 · Sullivan’s Bargain · B. M. Croker · ss The Cornhill Magazine July 1897 71 · North of the Tropic of Capricorn · A. E. W. Mason · ss Metropolitan January 1914 79 · The Lost Inheritance · H. G. Wells · ss The Minster March 1896 83 · The Lighted Candles · Robert Hichens · ss Metropolitan Magazine April 1908 (+1); #2 in the “World’s Great Mystery Stories” series. 89 · Leisure · W. H. Davies · pm Songs of Joy and Others by W. H. Davies, A.C. Fifield, 1911 96 · £100 Pound Competition · [uncredited] · qz 97 · The Things Which Are Cæsar’s · Owen Oliver · ss The Strand Magazine December 1906 101 · In Remembrance of John Ingerfield, and of Anne, His Wife · Jerome K. Jerome · ss John Ingerfield by Jerome K. Jerome, McClure, 1893 113 · Cap’en Jollyfax’s Gun · Arthur Morrison · ss Metropolitan Magazine February 1907 117 · A Passion in the Desert · Honoré de Balzac; translated by Marjorie Laurie · ss translated from the French (“Une Passion dans le Désert”, Revue de Paris, Dec. 26, 1830). 124 · The Signal · Vsevolod Mikhaylovich Garshin · ss Current Literature January 1912 translated from the Russian. 128 · The Grasshopper · Richard Lovelace · pm Lucasta by Richard Lovelace, 1649 129 · The Rebel · “Bartimeus” · ss The Story-teller June 1922 137 · Dracula [Part 2 of 9; Dracula] · Bram Stoker · n. Constable, 1897

The Argosy (UK) [Vol. I No. 3, August 1926] (Cassell’s, 1/-, 152pp, pulp) viii · Personal to the Reader · The Editor · ed 1 · A Bank Mystery · Robert Barr · ss (r) 7 · The Prince of Crersa · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Cassell’s Winter Annual #4, 1922/23 14 · Charon · Lord Dunsany · pp Saturday Review (UK) August 20 1910 15 · The Bird of Paradise · John Russell · ss Collier’s August 19 1916 24 · The Open Road · Various · ms 25 · The Lady of the Ladle · Lewis Carroll · pm The Whitby Gazette August 31 1854 27 · The Soul of Nicholas Snyders · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Collier’s Weekly December 10 1904 31 · Little Fräulein and the Big World · I. A. R. Wylie · ss Good Housekeeping June 1924 50 · A Glass of Whisky · “Sapper” · ss The Strand Magazine December 1921 57 · In Round Stone Valley · Vingie E. Roe · ss The Story-teller December 1917 69 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890 73 · The Enoch of Ballyhoustie · Andrew Soutar · ss The New Magazine (UK) December 1913 80 · New Limericks · [uncredited] · pm (r) 82 · Father Gaucher’s Elixir · Alphonse Daudet · ss (r) translated from the French. 86 · Home-Made History—III: John · Hansard Watt · pm The Story-teller September 1909 87 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841; #3 in the “World’s Great Mystery Stories” series. 104 · His First Appearance as a Juryman · Richard Marsh · ss On the Jury by Richard Marsh, Methuen, 1918 114 · Viewpoints from “The Best People” · David Gray & Avery Hopwood · ms (r) 115 · A Long-Ago Affair · John Galsworthy · vi Cassell’s Weekly April 4 1923 117 · The Going of the White Swan · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1895 124 · Charles · Capt. Frank H. Shaw · ss The Story-teller March 1909 137 · Dracula [Part 3 of 9; Dracula] · Bram Stoker · n. Constable, 1897

The Argosy (UK) [Vol. I No. 4, September 1926] (Cassell’s, 1/-, 152pp, pulp) viii · To a Honey Bee · Philip Freneau · pm (r) 1 · Where Was Wych Street? · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 26 1921 9 · A Hard Case · Fred Jay · ss The Story-teller April 1907 14 · The English Tutor · Perceval Gibbon · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 14 1923 35 · The Lying in the Grass · Edmund Gosse · pm (r) 37 · The Ship’s Rat · I. A. R. Wylie · ss The New Magazine (UK) January 1910 44 · The Light of Arcady · B. C. N. · pm (r) 45 · The Door in the Wall · H. G. Wells · ss The Daily Chronicle July 14 1906 54 · Pen-Pictures of the Sea · Various · ms 56 · Madame Bo-Peep of the Ranches · O. Henry · ss The Smart Set June 1902 65 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words April 24 1852, uncredited.; #4 in the “World’s Great Mystery Stories” series. 73 · The Sun That Shines on the Dead · Vicente Blasco Ibáñez · ss (r) 86 · Points of View from “Easy Virtue” · Noel Coward · ms (r) 87 · Afterwards · Ian Maclaren · ss The Woman at Home February 1895 96 · The Heart’s Desire · H. M. Tomlinson · ss (r) 100 · Home-Made History—IV: Boadicea · Hansard Watt · pm The Story-teller November 1909 101 · The Chap Upstairs · Roland Pertwee · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1922 109 · Failure Farm · Cosmo Hamilton · ss The Elks Magazine December 1924 121 · A Peg or Two · Olive Wadsley · ss The Story-teller May 1919 125 · In Petaled Gown · Clarence Winchester · pm (r) 126 · The Jewels · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895, as “False Gems” translated from the French (“Les Bijoux”, Gil Blas, March 27, 1883 as by Maufrigneuse). 131 · Dracula [Part 4 of 9; Dracula] · Bram Stoker · n. Constable, 1897

The Argosy (UK) [Vol. I No. 5, October 1926] (Cassell’s, 1/-, 152pp, pulp) viii · Philosophy for Lovers · Richard Le Gallienne · pm Snappy Stories 1st February 1920 1 · During Dinner · Arnold Bennett · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction October 1923 7 · September · B. Y. Williams · pm (r) 9 · The Baron Starkheim · Melville Davisson Post · ss Collier’s August 12 1916 17 · Sam’s Boy · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine August 1900 23 · The Outcasts of Poker Flat [John Oakhurst] · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869 28 · Proof · G. W. McMullen · pm (r) 29 · Values · I. A. R. Wylie · ss The Story-teller July 1914 38 · In Harvest Time · Various · ms 41 · A Mere Interlude · Thomas Hardy · nv Bolton Weekly Journal October 1885 57 · The Schoolmother · Owen Oliver · ss The Story-teller April 1907 62 · Home-Made History—V: Richard · Hansard Watt · pm The Story-teller February 1910 63 · Lost Face · Jack London · ss New York Herald December 13 1908 69 · The Incredible Macaroni · Agnes & Egerton Castle · nv The Premier Magazine November 7 1919 82 · A Few Words from “This Woman Business” · Benn W. Levy · ms 1925 83 · Smoky Face · Vingie E. Roe · nv Collier’s June 9 1917 93 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue”; #5 in the “World’s Great Mystery Stories” series. 101 · A Good Shot · Alexander Pushkin · ss (r) translated from the Russian. 107 · The Locket · Rafael Sabatini · ss The London Magazine March 1904 113 · The House of Terror · A. E. W. Mason · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1909 125 · The Inspired Busman · Elinor Mordaunt · ss Saturday Review (UK) July 1 1922 129 · Dracula [Part 5 of 9; Dracula] · Bram Stoker · n. Constable, 1897

The Argosy (UK) [Vol. I No. 6, November 1926] (Cassell’s, 1/-, 152pp, pulp) viii · Important Notice · The Editor · ed 1 · Out of the Blue · “Sapper” · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1924 7 · The Suicides in the Rue Sombre · Leonard Merrick · ss Metropolitan Magazine June 1906, as “The Suicides in the Rue des Vents” 12 · The Fisherman’s Hymn · Alexander Wilson · pm (r) 13 · The Black Shame of the South Irish · W. Townend · nv Adventure September 1914 21 · My Delight · G. W. McMullen · pm (r) 30 · Wind, Mist and Fog · Various · ms 33 · The Vault · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) 43 · It Plainly Could Happen at Any Time · Brinsley Moore · ss The Story-teller May 1910 50 · The Man with the Ebony Crutches · Ward Muir · nv The Story-teller February 1908; #6 in the “World’s Great Mystery Stories” series. 61 · The Luck of Capoulade · Rafael Sabatini · ss The Premier Magazine June 1914 69 · Little Sheet Anchor · I. A. R. Wylie · ss The Story-teller July 1909 77 · Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet [Jeff Peters] · O. Henry · ss The Gentle Grafter by O. Henry, McClure, 1908 80 · Truths and Half-Truths from “Table Talk” · William Hazlitt · ms (r) 81 · Buckmaster’s Boy · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 16 1907 87 · The Last Card · John Galsworthy · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction February 1925 91 · The Vengeance of the Derelict · Grenville Hammerton · ss The New Magazine (UK) February 1920 98 · Not Wanted · Jesse Williams · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 17 1923 111 · Judge Not · Gustav Meyrinck; translated by Hamilton Marr · ss 113 · The Vertical City · Fannie Hurst · nv Cosmopolitan November 1921 124 · Organ Recital · Arthur L. Lippmann · pm (r) 125 · The Mirror of Men’s Hearts · Various · ms 129 · Dracula [Part 6 of 9; Dracula] · Bram Stoker · n. Constable, 1897

The Argosy (UK) [Vol. I No. 7, December 1926] (Cassell’s, 1/-, 184pp, pulp) viii · Come Out with Me · A. A. Milne · pm When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne, Methuen, 1924 1 · Greatness and Jamey Pobjoy · I. A. R. Wylie · ss Good Housekeeping November 1921 14 · A Deal in Ostriches · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget December 20 1894 17 · Hell’s Ashes · Robert W. Chambers · ss The Story-teller December 1914 26 · Christmas in Prose and Verse · Various · ms 29 · There Is the Man! [Part 1 of 3] · Gilbert Parker · sl 48 · Eating and Drinking · Various · ms 49 · A Christmas Mystery · W. J. Locke · ss The Red Magazine December 1909 56 · The Crime of the Brigadier [Brigadier Gerard] · A. Conan Doyle · ss The Cosmopolitan December 1899 62 · Merry England · Scott · pm (r) 63 · Something to Talk About · Eden Phillpotts · pl 74 · Carol and Song · Various · ms 75 · The Madonna of the Hungry Child · Philip Gibbs · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction March 1921 86 · Bunches of Knuckles · Jack London · ss New York Herald December 18 1910 93 · Concerning Christmas · “Artemas” · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction December 1921 97 · The Passing of the Third Floor Back · Jerome K. Jerome · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 19 1904 107 · The Open Shutter [Baron de Rosny] · Stanley Weyman · ss The English Illustrated Magazine April 1895 114 · A Cup of Tea · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Story-teller May 1922 117 · Beauty Clear and Fair · John Fletcher · pm (r) 118 · The Workman · Lord Dunsany · pp Saturday Review (UK) March 26 1910 119 · The Red Inn · Honoré de Balzac; translated by Manuel Devaldès · ss; #7 in the “World’s Great Mystery Stories” series. 136 · The Wintry Season · Various · ms 139 · A Tiger’s Skin · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine June 1902 145 · King, Queen and Knave · Hans Andersen; translated by Hamilton Marr · ss translated from the Danish (“Konge, Dame og Knaegt”). 147 · How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar · Bret Harte · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1872 155 · The Model Millionaire · Oscar Wilde · ss The World June 22 1887 158 · Dracula [Part 7 of 9; Dracula] · Bram Stoker · n. Constable, 1897