British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index

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Melby, Sid (items)
• Champs of the Speed-Iron League, (n.) Aldine Football Novels #72, 1930

Meldrum, Roy (items)
• Col & Joy + Job, That’s Me, (sl) The Merry-Go-Round July 1926
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Merry-Go-Round July 1926

Mellalieu, James S. (items)
• The Sporting Pit-Lads!, (sl) The Boys’ Friend #1110, September 16 1922, etc.

Mellett, Marjorie (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items)
• Aniseed in 4A, (ss) Champion Book for Girls 1942

Mellor, F(rancis) H(orace) (1897-?) (items)
• Koplan the Tiger, (ts) The Modern Boy February 24 1934
• Veiled Tuaregs, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper February 1936
• Across High Atlas, to Visit a Legionary, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper May 1936
• The Foreign Legion: Some True Facts About That Famous Corps, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper August 1936
• The Wizard Musa, (ms) The Boy’s Own Paper December 1936
• Sultan of Students: A First-Hand Account of a Visit to the Great Students’ Camp at Fez, Morocco, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper February 1937
• Lost in the Desert, (ts) The Boy’s Own Paper April 1937
• Christmas-Time in Northern Nigeria, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper December 1937
• Youth on the Rhine, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper April 1938

Mellor, Geraldine (items)
• Portraits from Brass, (ar) Collins Young Elizabethan April 1954

Melrose, E. A. (items)
• How a Paint Brush Saved My Life, (ar) Chums March 24 1931
• Old Bill and the Python, (ar) Chums Annual 1938, 1937

Melrose, G. P. (items)
• Fire-Fighting by Seaplane, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper July 1923

Melville, Fraser (items)
• The Flying Circus, (n.) Boys’ Ace Library #6, 1935
• Flying Fool Flanagan, (n.) Boys’ Ace Library #3, 1935

Melville, Frederick J. (fl. 1890s-1940s) (items)
• A Postage Stamp Zoo, (ar) The Penny Pictorial Magazine #3, June 24 1899
• The B.O.P. Stamp-Collector, (cl) The Boy’s Own Paper December 2 1905, etc.
• The “B.O.P.” Stamp-Collector, (cl) The Boy’s Own Paper December 23 1905, etc.
• Chats on Stamp Collecting, (cl) The Captain #202, January 1916, etc.
• Stamp Collecting for Boys and Girls, (ar) The Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1920, 1919
• Stamps and Stamp Collecting, (ar) The Captain #276, March 1922
• “Chums” Stamp Corner, (cl) Chums April 3 1927, etc.
• The New Stamp Collecting, (cl) The Modern Boy May 5 1928, etc.
• Your Stamp Album, (cl) Chums August 1933, etc.

Melville, J. H. (items)
• A Pocket Chess Set, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper November 1926

Melville, Lewis; pseudonym of Lewis Saul Benjamin (1874-1932) (items)
• Our Book Corner, (br) The Captain #91, October 1906, etc.
• The Latest in Picture Postcards, (ar) The Captain #92, November 1906
• The Latest in Christmas Postcards, (ar) The Captain #93, December 1906

Memling, Hans (1435-1494) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Bible Story #4, March 28 1964
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Bible Story #19, July 11 1964

Mencault, M. (items)
• The Mother Cow, (ss) Sunshine September 1890

Mennich, Lewis (fl. 1900s-1910s) (items)
• St. George for Merry England! (with Helen Marion Burnside), (sg) The Boy’s Own Paper December 23 1905
• There Is a Breed of Mighty Men (Prize Song) (with A. B. Cooper), (sg) The Boy’s Own Paper August 11 1906
• Sons of the Warriors: Song for Cadet Corps and Boys’ Brigades, (sg) The Boy’s Own Paper June 26 1909
• England Is Watching!, (sg) The Boy’s Own Paper September 1915

Menzies, G. K. (fl. 1890s-1900s) (items)
• Fire!, (pm) The Boy’s Own Paper December 7 1895
• The Angler, (pm) The Boy’s Own Paper December 11 1897
• Fürstenecker, (pm) The Boy’s Own Paper February 4 1899
• The Waterbury Whale, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper September 14 1901
• King O’Keefe, (pm) The Boy’s Own Paper June 11 1904

Mercer, C. A. (fl. 1900s-1910s) (items)
• Harry’s Magic Glasses, (nv) The Bouverie Series of Penny Stories #59, 1910

Mercer, Carrie (fl. 1890s) (items)
• Old Stick-in-the-Mud, (ss) The Folks-at-Home #11, January 7 1897
• Mistress Val, (ss) The Folks-at-Home #17, February 18 1897

Mercer, Frank (items)
• Florello; or, The Slaves of the Sapphire, (sl) The Young Englishman March 27 1875, etc.
• The City Watch; or, The Secret of the Forty Footsteps, (sl) The Young Englishman June 30 1875, etc.
• The Battle and the Breeze; or, Our Sailors and Our Ships, (sl) The Young Englishman April 7 1877, etc.

Mercer, John (fl. 1900s) (items)
• Model-Making for Boys, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper January 27 1906

Mercer, Joyce (fl. 1930s) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) Happy Times 1939

Meredeth, Hal; pseudonym of Harry Blyth (1852-1898) (about) (items)
• The Gold Fiend, (na) The Halfpenny Marvel Library #2, November 18 1893
• The Missing Millionaire [Sexton Blake], (na) The Halfpenny Marvel #6, December 16 1893
• A Christmas Crime. The Mystery of ‘The Black Grange’ [Sexton Blake], (na) The Halfpenny Marvel #7, December 23 1893
• Brought to Bay. A tale of lynch law, (na) The Halfpenny Marvel #23, April 14 1894
• Sexton Blake’s Peril! [Sexton Blake], (na) The Halfpenny Marvel #33, June 23 1894
• Sexton Blake’s Triumph! [Sexton Blake], (na) Union Jack Library August 4 1894

Meredith, Billy (items)
• Forward Play That Pays, (ar) The Boys’ Realm #77, September 18 1920

Meredith, David (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items)
• The Match of the Season, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper September 1937
• The Unshackling of Jack Martin, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper August 1938

Meredith, Geoffrey (items)
• Doomed to the Death Battalion [Bill Harcourt; John Willy Kershaw (’Snifty’); Stephen Lake (’Silence’)], (sl) The Triumph October 9 1937, etc.
• Master of the World!, (sl) Chums Annual 1939, 1938

Meredith, Herbert (fl. 1930s) (items)
• A Biff in Time Saves ’Nine’, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper September 1934

Meredith, Jack (fl. 1900s) (items)
• [cartoon(s)], (ct) The Boy’s Own Paper July 20 1907

Meredith, [Captain] Tom (fl. 1890s) (items)
• Lighthouse Ned, (na) Pluck July 27 1895

Meredith, William (fl. 1910s) (items)
• Practical Hints for B.O.P. Footballers. III.-Hints to Juniors, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper November 5 1910

Merk, Charles (fl. 1880s) (items)
• An Old Battle-Field of Heroes, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper August 13 1887
• The Wild East, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper January 14 1888, etc.

Merland, Oliver (fl. 1890s-1920s); used pseudonyms Colin Collins & Singleton Pound (about) (items)
• The Enslaved City, (na) Union Jack Library November 10 1894, as by Singleton Pound
• The Ameer’s Fate; or, British Steel Against Treachery, (na) Pluck January 12 1895, as by Singleton Pound
• The Mountain of Fire, (na) Union Jack Library March 16 1895, as by Singleton Pound
• In the Grip of the Czar, (na) Pluck November 9 1895, as by Singleton Pound
• In the Trenches, (na) Pluck January 4 1896, as by Singleton Pound
• Tippoo Sahib Traitor, (na) Pluck March 21 1896, as by Singleton Pound
• The Miser’s Heir, (nv) Pluck May 7 1897, as by Singleton Pound
• The Circus School, (nv) The Boys’ Friend #157, June 11 1904, as by Singleton Pound
• The Peacemaker, (ss) The Penny Pictorial #488, October 3 1908
• In the Power of His Fag, (nv) The Boys’ Friend #434, October 2 1909, uncredited.
• The Branded Spy Dec [Sexton Blake], (n.) The Sexton Blake Library #107, 1919, uncredited.
• The Case of the Nameless Man [Sexton Blake], (n.) The Sexton Blake Library #129, 1920, uncredited.
• The House of Silence, (n.) Lloyd’s Detective Series #2, 1921, as by Colin Collins
• The Schoolboy Millionaire, (n.) Lloyd’s School Yarns #5, 1921, as by Colin Collins
• Step by Step, (n.) Lloyd’s Detective Series #4, 1921, as by Colin Collins
• The Case of the Man in Black [Sexton Blake], (n.) The Sexton Blake Library #311, 1923, uncredited.
• The Face in the Film [Sexton Blake], (n.) The Sexton Blake Library #281, 1923, uncredited.
• The Case of Larachi the Lascar [Sexton Blake], (n.) The Sexton Blake Library #342, 1924, uncredited.

Merrick, K. (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Taming a Jackdaw, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper September 1961

Merrill, J. M. (fl. 1880s-1910s) (items)
• What a Dog Did, (ss) Golden Days July 9 1887

Merriman, Eric (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items)
• Vitamin Victor, (ss) Ideal Book for Boys 1948
• The Feckenham Tournament, (ss) Ideal Book for Boys 194?

Merriman, Maurice; pseudonym of S. Clarke Hook (1857-1923) (items)
• Stormpoint [Stormpoint College], (sl) The Gem Library #1, March 16 1907, etc.

Merrin, J. C. (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Boy’s Own Paper May 11 1912

Merritt, H. (fl. 1900s) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Boy’s Own Paper June 20 1903
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Boy’s Own Paper July 18 1903

Merry, Tom; pseudonym of G. R. Samways (1895-1996) (items)
• Gussy Breaks the News! [St. Jim’s], (ss) The Magnet Library October 19 1918
• St. Jim’s Sidelights [St. Jim’s], (ms) The Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1925, 1924, etc.
• Getting Over Gussy! [St. Jim’s], (ss) The Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1935, 1934

Merryn, Guy (items)
• The Feud, (ss) Chums October 12 1918

Merton, Charles K. (items)
• When You See a Man Drowning, (ar) The Penny Pictorial Magazine #8, July 29 1899

Merton, Reginald (fl. 1900s-1930s) (items)
• “Edward the Peacemaker”, (bg) The Captain #92, November 1906 [Ref. Edward VII]

“Merva” (items)
• Regret Lives, (pm) Young Ireland: An Irish Magazine of Entertainment and Instruction October 2 1880

Messervy, W. Ernest (fl. 1880s) (items)
• A New Zealand “Boy’s Own” Boar Hunt, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper July 31 1886
• A Boy Among the Maoris in New Zealand, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper October 2 1886

Metcalf (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine #242, September 3 1966
• [illustration(s)], (il) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine #243, September 10 1966
• [illustration(s)], (il) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine #244, September 17 1966
• [illustration(s)], (il) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine #280, May 27 1967

Metcalf, Elsie (fl. 1900s) (items)
• When a Woman Woos, (nv) Handy Stories #159, August 7 1909

Metcalfe, J. G. (fl. 1960s-1970s) (items)
• The Postman Learns a Lesson, (ss) Premier Book for Children 1961
• Edwin Saves the Picnic, (ss) Premier Book for Children 1966
• The King’s New Cloak, (ss) Premier Book for Children 1966
• The Concert Goes On, (ss) Premier Book for Children 1969

Metcalfe, Mariel (items)
• A Florin Ball, (ar) The British Girl’s Annual 1910, 1910
• Games for a Games Party, (ar) The British Girl’s Annual 1910, 1910

Metcalfe, William Charles (fl. 1880s) (items)
• “Man Overboard”, (te) The Boy’s Own Paper July 28 1888
• Wrecked on an Iceberg, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper October 6 1888

Metchim, Charles (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Behind the Scenes at Le Mans, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper June 1937
• The Hare and the Hounds: The Story of the Tourist Trophy Race of 1931, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper June 1938

Metford, Lionel S(eymour) (1888-1950) (items)
• Circus Stuff, (ss) The Canadian Magazine August 1929
• The Hoodooed Squadron, (ss) Chums August 18 1931
• Micky Milligan - Crash Artist, (ss) Chums September 15 1931
• Harry Dainton’s Great Sacrifice, (ss) Chums September 29 1931
• ’Twixt Darkness and Dawn, (ss) Chums October 1933
• The Lone Flight That Wasn’t, (ss) Chums March 1934
• Jack Fawcett’s Experiment, (ss) Chums May 1934
• Tommy Medstead’s Golden Opportunity, (ss) Chums July 1934
• Marooned, (ss) Chums October 1934
• Renegade Dragoons of the Sky, (ss) Chums May 1935
• The Masked Pilot, (sl) Chums Annual 1938, 1937
• How the Umpty-First Came Back, (ss) Chums Annual 1939, 1938
• The Vengeance of Bertram Courtney, (ss) Chums Annual 1939, 1938

Methley, Alice A(ugusta) (1871-1934) (items)
• “Havock”, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1919, 1918

Methley, Noel T. (fl. 1910s) (items)
• The Scuttling of the “Hermione”, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper September 24 1910
• A Poor Finish, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper October 8 1910
• The Divers, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper July 8 1911
• An Unfair Exchange, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper May 18 1912
• “Billikin”, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper June 29 1912

Methley, Violet M(ary) (1882-1953) (about) (items)
• A Forced Hand, (pl) The British Girl’s Annual 1910, 1910
• Our Gracious King, (pl) The British Girl’s Annual 1911, 1911
• Simple Amateur Theatricals, (ar) The British Girl’s Annual 1912, 1912
• Our Midsummer’s Eve Ghost, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1913, 1913
• New Year’s Eve, (pl) The British Girl’s Annual 1916, 1915
• The Little Countess of the Revolution, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1917, 1916
• “Caged”, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1918, 1917
• The Whale—and Jonah, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper July 1918
• A Daughter of the Legion, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1919, 1918
• Her Wits’ End, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1919, 1918
• The Mile Record, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper May 1919
• Codger, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper November 1919
• The Rescue, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper January 1920
• The Great Poisoning Case, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper May 1920
• Prince Towser, (pl) The British Girl’s Annual 1921, 1920
• Tatiana of the Cossacks, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1921, 1920
• Androcles Up-to-Date, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper April 1922
• The New Chum, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper July 1922
• Sunny Jim, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper December 1922
• Towser, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper October 1923
• Jim and the Jumper, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper November 1923
• “Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary”, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1923
• Taking Play Seriously, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper March 1924
• “Shy Sheila”, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1924
• A Perfect Lady, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper October 1926
• Tea for Two, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1928
• Winged Allies, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper May 1929
• The Black Prince, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper November 1929
• Fish and Reptile Friends, (ar) The British Girl’s Annual 1930
• “Celia”, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1931
• “Mademoiselle Miss”, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1931
• Headless Hilary, (ss) Monster Book for Girls 1941
• Gold and Silver, (ss) Ideal Book for Girls 1944
• The Head Girl, (ss) Ideal Book for Girls 1949
• “Vraic”, (ss) Chatterbox Annual 1949
• H and C, (ss) Monster Book for Girls 194?
• Spineless, (ss) Chatterbox Annual 1950
• Bored to Tears, (ss) Ideal Book for Girls 1952
• Mumps and Muffet, (ss) Girls’ Fun February 1953
• The Doodler, (ss) Chatterbox Annual 1953
• Maribeth’s Modelling, (ss) Ideal Book for Girls 1953
• Tessa: Trespasser, (ss) Ideal Book for Girls 1953

Methuen, John (fl. 1890s) (items)
• The Tracking of ’Creaker’ Sleep, (ss) The Captain #3, June 1899

Mettim, H. Bridgman (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The White and the Green, (ts) The Boy’s Own Paper June 1936

Mew, Charlotte (Mary) (1869-1928) (items)
• A “Remembrance”, (ss) Atalanta #131, August 1898

Mew, Jack (items)
• The Spirit of Sport in Football, (ar) The Boys’ Realm #95, January 22 1921
• Kicking from Goal, (ar) Chums February 4 1922
• Local Lads Wanted, (ar) The Boys’ Realm #183, September 30 1922

Meyer, Herr (fl. 1870s-1880s) (items)
• Chess, (cl) The Boy’s Own Paper October 4 1879, etc.
• Chess for Beginners, (cl) The Boy’s Own Paper October 16 1880, etc.
• Go-Ban, (cl) The Boy’s Own Paper October 4 1884, etc.
• Go-ban, (cl) The Boy’s Own Paper May 2 1885
• An Improved Ring Puzzle, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper April 24 1886
• Chess: A New Chess Game: “The Jubilee”, (gm) The Boy’s Own Paper June 18 1887
• Puzzles, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper December 26 1896

Meyer, H. F. L. (fl. 1880s-1910s) (items)
• Perpetual Calendar, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper August 27 1887
• Chess—Problem No. 349, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper September 2 1893
• Magic Squares 1899, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper April 1 1899
• The Magic Square of 16, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper June 17 1899, etc.
• The Boy’s Own Perpetual Calendar (with J. Greeve Fisher), (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper December 2 1899
• Magic Squares, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper January 13 1900, etc.
• Magic Figures, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper February 10 1900
• Magic Polygons, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper June 9 1900
• Curious Multiplications, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper November 24 1900, etc.
• Curious Mathematical Results, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper January 19 1901
• The Four Fours, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper March 30 1901, etc.
• Arithmetic Squares and Triangles, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper April 27 1901
• Salta, (gm) The Boy’s Own Paper July 20 1901
• The Digits, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper September 21 1901
• Chess Problem No. 654, (ms) The Boy’s Own Paper January 27 1906
• Chess Problem No. 655, (ms) The Boy’s Own Paper February 10 1906
• Chess—Problem No. 682, (ms) The Boy’s Own Paper June 13 1908
• Magic Triangles, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper October 3 1908, etc.
• The Division by Primes, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper December 12 1908
• Chess Problem, (cl) The Boy’s Own Paper October 21 1911
• Pyramids of the Digits, (ms) The Boy’s Own Paper December 16 1911
• Chess Problem, (ms) The Boy’s Own Paper January 20 1912, etc.
• Chess Problem No. 722, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper October 19 1912
• Chess Problem No. 724, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper January 4 1913
• A Perpetual Birthday Calendar, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper February 22 1913
• Chess Problem No. 727 (with C. D. Locock & R. Worters), (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper March 22 1913
• Chess Problem No. 728, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper May 10 1913
• The Game of Go-Ban, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper May 1914