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Hook, Line and Laughter: A Haul of 18 Humorous Fishing Stories ed. Peter Haining (W.H. Allen, 1989, 0-491-03439-3, £8.95, 189pp, hc, an, cover by Stan McMurtry)     Anthology of 18 humorous fishing stories and essays by authors such as Rudyard Kipling & Ernest Hemingway, with an introduction and notes on each story by Haining. 9 · Foreword · Peter Haining · fw 15 · Twaddle on Tweedside · Christopher North · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1833 23 · A Shark Story · Thomas Chandler Haliburton · ss 1852 35 · The Monstrous Trout · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Three Men in a Boat, Arrowsmith, 1889 45 · A Catch on the Line [Troddles] · R. Andom · ss (r) 57 · On Dry Cow Fishing · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Fishing Gazette December 13 1890 67 · The Legacy of Noah’s Art [Reginald Drake (aka Percy) Biffin] · Harry Graham · nv (r) 89 · The Poacher [Para Handy] · Neil Munro · ss (r) 97 · The Everlasting Angler · Stephen Leacock · ss 1926 105 · A Corner in Worms · William Caine · ss The Strand Magazine February 1922 115 · The River God · Roland Pertwee · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 7 1928 135 · An Unlikely Haul [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Punch April 17 1940, as “A Fishing Story” 141 · Fish Royal · A. P. Herbert · ss Uncommon Law by A. P. Herbert, Methuen, 1935 149 · Fishing in Baden Perfect · Ernest Hemingway · ss (r) 155 · The Little Fishes [Uncle Silas] · H. E. Bates · ss Cut and Come Again by H. E. Bates, Cape, 1935 163 · The One That Nearly Got Away [Engelbrecht the Dwarf] · Maurice Richardson · ss Lilliput May 1948 173 · Troutmanship · Stephen Potter · hu (r) 179 · Gone Fishing · Keith Waterhouse · ss Punch June 1986 185 · The Lord of the Flowing Waters · George Melly · ss (r)

Hunted Down by Charles Dickens ed. Peter Haining--- see under Charles Dickens.

Hunter Quatermain’s Story by H. Rider Haggard ed. Peter Haining--- see under H. Rider Haggard.

The Jules Verne Companion ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, 1978, 0-285-62367-2, £6.50, 127pp, hc, an, cover by Chris Scott) 7 · The Master of Prophecy · Peter Haining · in 17 · Two Glimpses of the Moon · George Orwell · br The New Statesman January 18 1941 [Ref. Kenneth Allott]; review of Jules Verne by Kenneth Allott. 20 · Jules Verne at Home · Marie Belloc · iv The Strand Magazine February 1895 [Ref. Jules Verne] 25 · A Muse to Scotland · Jules Verne · pm (r) 26 · The Bizarre Genius of Edgar Poe · Jules Verne; translated by I. O. Evans · ar [Ref. Edgar Allan Poe] translated, and abridged, from the French (“Edgard Poë et ses oeuvres”, Musée de Familles, April 1864). 31 · The “Insoluble” Cipher · H. J. Hardy · ar 38 · My Journey Around the World · Thomas Cook · ar The Times November 27 1872 (+3) 45 · A Musical Turn Round! · George Robey · ar (r) 48 · To My English Readers · Jules Verne · ms 1891 from the second edition of A Plunge Into Space by Robert Cromie. 49 · An Express of the Future · Jules Verne (error, actually by Michel Verne) · ss The Strand Magazine December 1895 translated from the French (“Un express de l’avenir”, Les Annales Politiques et Littéraires, 27 August 1895). 52 · The Future for Women · Jules Verne; translated by I. O. Evans · ar delivered as an address at the Lycée de Jeunes Filles, Amiens, July 1893. 58 · Jules Verne Re-Visited · Robert H. Sherard · ar T.P.’s Weekly October 9 1903 62 · “Jules Verne and I” · H. G. Wells · pr from Seven Famous Novels, Knopf, June 1934 66 · Jules Verne and the Fairies · Nozière (translated) · ar translated from the French (Journal d’Amiens, October 15, 1906). 73 · Homage to Jules Verne · Michel Butor (translated) · ar The New Statesman July 15 1966 79 · Astronaut by Gaslight · William Golding · ar The Spectator June 9 1961 88 · “A Great Pioneer of the Space Age” · [uncredited] · ar (r) translated from the French (Le Monde, November 1969. 90 · “My Spirit-Telephone Conversation with Jules Verne” · Erich von Daniken · ex from According to the Evidence, 1977 97 · In the Twenty-Ninth Century · Jules Verne · ss The Forum February 1889, as “In the Year 2889” 120 · A Jules Verne Bibliography: Les Voyages Extraordinaires · Peter Haining · bi

Knights of Madness: Further Comic Tales of Fantasy ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, September 10, 1998, 0-285-63450-X, £16.99, 252pp, hc, oa, cover by Josh Kirby)     Anthology of 24 comic fantasy, historical and crime stories, including work by Pratchett, Peake, Bloch, Dick, Beagle, and Westlake; an original story by Stan McMurtry; and stories by David L. Stone and Ray Bradbury, seemingly in book form for the first time. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 13 · 1: Flights of Fantasy: Stories of the Absurd 15 · Hollywood Chickens · Terry Pratchett · ss More Tales from the Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1990 28 · The New Utopia · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome K. Jerome, J.W. Arrowsmith, 1891 38 · The Angry Street [Club of Queer Trades] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News January 25 1908, as “A Somewhat Improbable Story” 44 · The Party at Lady Cusp-Canine’s [Gormenghast] · Mervyn Peake · ss New Worlds #194, September/October 1969 52 · The Little Man Who Wasn’t All There [Lefty Feep] · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures August 1942 72 · The Year the Glop-Monster Won the Golden Lion at Cannes · Ray Bradbury · ss Cavalier July 1967 85 · Lila the Werewolf [Sam Farrell] · Peter S. Beagle · nv guabi #1, 1969, as “Farrell and Lila the Werewolf” 107 · The War with the Fnools · Philip K. Dick · ss Galactic Outpost Spring 1964 121 · 2: The Muddle Ages: Tales of Heroic Times 123 · The Creation According to Spike Milligan · Spike Milligan · ss Punch February 1989 129 · A Mediaeval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express January 1 1870, as “An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance” 137 · Ethelred the Unready · Ben Travers · ss The Passing Show 192? 142 · Dream Damsel · Evan Hunter · ss Fantastic Universe October 1954 152 · Three Months in a Balloon · John Kendrick Bangs · ex from Mr Münchausen, 1901 159 · How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion · Gene Wolfe · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact May 1973 177 · Fifi and the Chilean Truffle [Did It Happen?] · Orson Welles · ss The Evening Standard March 18 1955 183 · The Wastrel · Peter Sellers · ss The (London) Evening News April 26 1963 189 · 3: Malice in Blunderland: Cases of Crime 191 · Stirring the Pot · Tom Sharpe · ss The Daily Telegraph 1994 197 · The Suicide of Kiaros · L. Frank Baum · ss The White Elephant #16, September 1897 210 · The Rape of the Sherlock [Sherlock Holmes] · A. A. Milne · vi Vanity Fair (UK) October 15 1903 213 · The White Rabbit Caper · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 19 1949 221 · Wot the Eye Don’t See · Stan McMurtry · ss 230 · The Condemned · Woody Allen · ss The New Yorker November 21 1977 237 · The Mulligan Stew · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1979 243 · The Dulwich Assassins · David L. Stone · ss Xenos #42, April 1997

The Last Gentleman: A Tribute to David Niven ed. Peter Haining (W.H. Allen, March 1984, 0-491-03103-3, 224pp, hc, oa) [Ref. David Niven]     Anthology of articles by Haining, tributes from many of Niven’s friends and a couple of letters by Niven. 11 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 25 · Anglo-Saxon Type 2008: The Life and Uproarious Times of Our Hero · Peter Haining · ar 101 · Dear Trubshawe · David Niven · gp 102 · [letter] · David Niven · lt The Daily Express September 17 1946 104 · [letter] · David Niven · lt The Daily Express November 2 1946 109 · Art Upside Down · David Niven · lt The Times July 24 1973 113 · Our Friend Niv · gp _115 · The Best Storyteller I Have Ever Known · John Mortimer · ar _117 · The Silliest Idea I’d Ever Heard! · Tommy Phipps · ar _119 · The Arrival of a Popular Young Man · Douglas Fairbanks, Jnr · ar _122 · He Was a True Life Enhancer · Lauren Bacall · ar _124 · Our First Meeting in Hollywood · Dame Flora Robson · ar _126 · Never a Fair-Weather Friend · Lord Olivier · ms _127 · On Duty with David Niven · The Rt Hon. Lord Hailsham · ms _128 · Starring Around the World · Phil Gersh · ar _133 · The Actor Who Never Got Egg on His Face · Sir John Mills, CBE · ar _135 · Memories of My Dear Old Chum · Deborah Kerr · ar _139 · The Man Who Set His Own Fashions · Jerome Chodorov · ar _140 · I Truly Adored That Gentle Man · Lana Turner · ms _141 · Did I Ever Tell You About the Time… · Brian Doyle · ar _146 · A Joy Never to Be Forgotten · Bette Davis · ms _148 · The Case of Niven, Howard Hughes and Some Beautiful Ladies… · Greg Bautzer · ar _151 · A Gallant and High-Spirited Journey · Gregory Peck · ar _157 · A Man Who Could Brighten a Whole Room · Gene Kelly · ms _158 · Niv’s Life Was a Marvellous Party · Bryan Forbes · ar _162 · Taking a Ride to the Stars · George Greenfield · ar _167 · On the Road to Scissors Time · Philip Evans · ar _173 · Rescued on the Nile · Maggie Smith · ar 177 · The Films of David Niven 1932-1982 · [uncredited] · bi

The Late Unlamented and Other Tales of Evil ed. Peter Haining--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

LBW: Laughter Before Wicket!: 100 Years of Humorous Cricket Short Stories ed. Peter Haining (Unwin, 1987, 0-04-440059-4, £3.95, 315pp, tp, an, cover by Martin Honysett)     Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1986) anthology of cricketing short stories. xiii · Introduction · Peter Haining · in (r) 1 · The Feelings of a Bowler · J. M. Barrie · ar The St. James’s Gazette, as by Gavin Ogilvy 7 · The Great Britannula Game · Anthony Trollope · ex from The Fixed Period, 1882 19 · The Rustic Heroes · Horace Hutchinson · ex from Creatures of Circumstances, 1891 25 · The Talisman · Alfred Cochrane · ss The Cornhill Magazine 1896 33 · The Story of Spedegue’s Dropper · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1928 53 · A Bowler’s Innings · E. W. Hornung · ss Old Offenders by E. W. Hornung, Murray, 1923 65 · Playing the Game [Locksley] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Pearson’s Magazine May 1906 77 · An Indian Cricket Tutor · E. V. Lucas · ar 1891 83 · A West Indian Cricket Match · Eden Phillpotts · ss (r) 97 · A Scratch Lot · A. A. Milne · ss 1910 115 · The Umpire’s Remorse · E. B. V. Christian · ss (r) 123 · The Match · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine July 1916 135 · A Buffer’s Wicket · Ben Travers · ss 1923 145 · Biffin on Acquaintances [Reginald Drake (aka Percy) Biffin] · Harry Graham · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1931 157 · Some Record Catches · Herbert Farjeon · ss The Passing Show 163 · How Our Village Beat the Australians [Tillingfold] · Hugh de Selincourt · nv Pall Mall Magazine December 1928 185 · The Guardian Angel · W. A. Darlington · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1930 201 · How Jembu Played for Cambridge [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss The Graphic Christmas 1928 215 · Cricket in the Caucasus, or, The Volga Batman · A. P. Herbert · ss Punch 1936 227 · Dingley Dell v. All-Muggleton · A. G. Macdonell · ss 1936 239 · French Cricket · Ian Hay · ss 1940 245 · Cricket for Americans · Stephen Leacock · hu Lilliput August 1943 253 · The Seasonable Twinge · Bernard Hollowood · ar March 1963 261 · Tripping O’Er the Greensward · Michael Parkinson · ar (r) 269 · Ain’t Half a Bloody Game · John Arlott · nv Lilliput July 1957 293 · Daffodil Summer · Leslie Thomas · ss 1982 307 · The Test in Witney Scrotum · Peter Tinniswood · ss 311 · The Wizzerd of Oz · Ian Wooldridge · ar The Daily Mail August 1985

Laughter Before Wicket: The Second Innings: A Select Team of 18 Humorous Cricketing Stories ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, November 1990, 0-285-63007-5, £14.95, 239pp, hc, an, cover by John Jensen)     Anthology of cricketing short stories. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in (r) 13 · Village Cricket [Reginald Drake (aka Percy) Biffin] · Harry Graham · ss (r) 27 · How Our Village Tried to Play the Australians [Tillingfold] · Hugh de Selincourt · ss (r) 39 · From Father to Sons · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss (r) 48 · The Day of the Duck · Jack Hobbs · ts (r) 58 · A Cricketer Explains (Strange Misfortunes on the Cricket Field) · J. M. Barrie · ss (r) 66 · Fuji Kawa: The Cricket Star · Hesketh Prichard · ss (r) 78 · Five Short Legs · A. G. Macdonell · ex from How Like an Angel, Macmillan, 1934 101 · The Unrecorded Test Match [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey by Lord Dunsany, Michael Joseph, 1954 117 · The Rabbits · A. A. Milne · nv (r) 159 · Batter Sweet: or ‘Not Cricket’ · A. P. Herbert · pl (r) 174 · How’s That, Umpire? · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Nothing Serious by P. G. Wodehouse, Herbert Jenkins, 1950 191 · Herbert Wins the Toss · Ben Travers · ss (r) 201 · The Pitch We Come To · Rudyard Kipling · fa The Civil and Military Gazette October 1890 210 · Cricket Through the Looking Glass · R. C. Robertson-Glasgow · ss (r) 219 · Purple Pads v. Gasometer · Bernard Hollowood · ss Punch April 1958 224 · Jack the Giant Commentator · Miles Kington · ss (r) 230 · Cricket, Lousy Cricket · Richard Gordon · fa Punch December 1966 234 · Bowled Over · Barry Norman · ar (r)

Legends for the Dark ed. Peter Haining (NEL, February 1968, 2094, 3/6d, 127pp, pb, an)     Subtitled “Tales of Fantasy and Horror”. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 11 · Solomon’s Demon · Arthur Porges · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1961 21 · The Altar · Robert Sheckley · ss Fantastic July/August 1953 28 · Here, Daemos! · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales March 1942 38 · The Academy of Pain · Basil Copper · ss 49 · Floral Tribute · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1949 61 · The Secret of the Vault · J. Wesley Rosenquest · ss Weird Tales May 1938 76 · The Ordeal of Doctor Trifulgas · Jules Verne; translated by Peter Haining · ss translated from the French (“Frritt-Flacc”, Le Figaro Illustré, 1884/5). 83 · A Night with Hecate · Edward W. Ludwig · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination October 1963 100 · Beyond the Wall of Sleep · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Pine Cones October 1919 112 · The Scythe · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1943

London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour ed. Peter Haining (Little, Brown UK, January 5, 1996, 0-316-87573-2, £16.99, 342pp, hc, an, cover: [photo] by James Walker)     Anthology of 22 stories, each with an introduction by Haining. A trade paperback edition (-87981-9, £9.99) was announced but not seen. 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in (r) 3 · Section One: Black Spots 5 · The Knife · Robert Arthur · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine November 1951 14 · Fu Manchu and the Frightened Redhead [Fu Manchu; (Sir Denis) Nayland Smith] · Sax Rohmer · ss This Week February 1 1959 25 · The Funspot-Street Affair · Thomas Burke · ss Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, Associated Newspapers, 1935 31 · The Girl Who Loved Graveyards · P. D. James · ss Winter’s Crimes 15 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1983 49 · The Most Hated Man in London · Patricia Moyes · ss The (London) Evening News 1961 54 · Flight from Fleet Street · Carter Dickson · pl The London Mystery Magazine #14, February/March 1952, as by John Dickson Carr first broadcast on CBS Radio, July 5, 1948. 69 · Dangerous Game [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 90 · Karmesin the Murderer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The People #3295, December 24 1944, as “Inscrutable Providence” 99 · The Day Lucky’s Luck Ran Out · Allan Prior · ss The Daily Mail November 1981 105 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 113 · People Don’t Do Such Things · Ruth Rendell · ss The Fallen Curtain by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1976 127 · Section Two: City Sleuths 129 · The Elusive Bullet [Dr. Lancelot Priestley] · John Rhode · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 2 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1931 148 · The Adventure of the Worst Man in London [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Collier’s Weekly March 26 1904, as “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton”; this is the manuscript title. 169 · The Bottle Party [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Strand Magazine October 1939 193 · Aces High · Peter Cheyney · ss (r) 204 · Yellow Iris [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine July 1937 222 · Trent and the Fool-Proof Lift [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss (r) 240 · The Cave of Ali Baba [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba” 274 · Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936 285 · The Santa Claus Club [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss Suspense (UK) December 1960 298 · The Incautious Burglar [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine October 1940, as “A Guest in the House” 317 · The Bones of the Case · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine