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Beeton’s Christmas Annual [Thirteenth Season, undated but late 1872] ed. Samuel Orchart Beeton (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 80pp+) from a bound volume at the U of Minnesota Library, later pages are all advertisements, save for the “Women’s Rights” poem, and are unnumbered. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · The Coming K—— · Anon. (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · pm; a long poem (parody of “Idylls of the King”). 48 · Not to Know These Argues Yourself Unknown · [signed but can’t interpret signature] · ct; depictions of current literary figures. 50 · The Seven Wise Masters · One of the Authors of “Popular Romances of the Middle Ages” · vi; frame story intro. _50 · The Vine and the Sucker · Anon. · vi _51 · The Story of the Knight and the Greyhound · Anon. · vi _51 · The Boar and the Herdsman · Anon. · vi _52 · The Physician and His Nephew · Anon. · vi _52 · The Man Who Threw His Father’s Head Into a Muck-Pit · Anon. · vi _53 · The Burger and His Wife and the Curfew Bell · Anon. · vi _54 · The King of Apulia’s Mistake · Anon. · vi _54 · The Wise Man and His Foolish Wife · Anon. · vi _55 · Cressus the Rich Emperor · Anon. · vi _56 · The Merchant and His Magpie · Anon. · vi _56 · Herowdes and Merlin · Anon. · vi _57 · The Weeping Widow · Anon. · vi _58 · Genus and the Seven Kings · Anon. · vi _58 · The Crafty Knight of Hungary · Anon. · vi _60 · The Raven · Anon. · vi 61 · A Piece of Folly and Romance, Concerning Chiefly the Knight of the Black Eagle · Anon. · nv 76 · On the Boards · [signed but can’t interpret signature] · ct; theatrical scenes. 77 · [untitled cartoons] · G. D. Gibbs · ct; theatrical character types. Women’s Rights · Anon. · pm

Beeton’s Christmas Annual [The Fourteenth Season, undated but late 1873] ed. Samuel Orchart Beeton (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 98pp+) from a bound volume at the U of Minnesota Library. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 7 · The Coming K—-: A Prologue to The Siliad · The Authors of “The Coming K—” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · pm 9 · The Siliad, or The Siege of the Seats · Anon. (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · pm

Beeton’s Christmas Annual [The Fifteenth Season, undated but late 1874] ed. Samuel Orchart Beeton (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 120pp) from a bound volume at the U of Minnesota Library. (pp. 97-120 are all advertisements) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · The Fijiad, or English Nights’ Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · n.; comprised of linked stories and poems. _1 · Introduction · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · in _5 · How Fijitee Obtained His Information · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk _10 · The First Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __13 · The Prophecy of the Witch of Fiji · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · ss _15 · The Second Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __15 · Visit of the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid, with Extracts from His Private Diary · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · ss _21 · The Third Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __21 · The Hero as Magician: Bendizzi · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · ss _26 · The Fourth Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __26 · The Pilgrims of Clapham Junction · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · pm _32 · The Fifth Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __32 · The Wise Men in Pursuit of Venus · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · ss _37 · The Sixth Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __37 · John Brightman Catechized · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · pm _42 · The Seventh Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __42 · Aladdin at the Oriental Congress · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · ss _48 · The Eighth Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __49 · The Legend of Saint Chignon · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · pm _53 · The Ninth Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __53 · Exit Achille · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · ss _58 · The Tenth Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __58 · Seasidaeus the Solitary · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · pm _60 · The Eleventh Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __60 · Sweet William and His Bismark: A Simple Story of War and Glory, in Several Fyttes · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · pm _67 · The Twelfth Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __67 · Corporal Kates’s March Through England with King Koffee’s Umbrella · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · ss _72 · The Thirteenth Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __73 · The “Ins” and the “Outs” · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · pm _78 · The Fourteenth Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __74 · Second Class-ics for English Riders: A Myth of the Midland · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · ss _82 · The Fifteenth Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __84 · Madame Panier-Pouf’s School of Cheap Costume · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · ss _87 · The Sixteenth Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __88 · Gladisseus in Ilion · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · pm __90 · New Stamps for Old · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · ss _92 · The Last Night’s Entertainment · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · lk __95 · The Catastrophe · An Author of “The Siliad and Others” (by Samuel Orchart Beeton) · ss

Beeton’s Christmas Annual [The Sixteenth Season, undated but late 1875] ed. Samuel Orchart Beeton (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 120pp) from a bound volume at the U of Minnesota Library. (pp. 97-120 are all advertisements) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Faust and ’Phisto · Anon. · pl; a long verse drama, including some inserted poems and songs. _18 · Free the State Shall Be · Anon. · sg _48-60, 63-78 · Childe Albert’s Pilgrimmage · Anon. · pm _61-62 · England’s Roll-Call · Anon. · sg _79 · From Our Special Correspondent · Anon. · pm _84 · From Another Special Correspondent · Anon. · pm

Beeton’s Christmas Annual [The Seventeenth Season, undated but late 1876] ed. Samuel Orchart Beeton (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 80pp+) from a bound volume at the U of Minnesota Library. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · The Mystery · Anon. · gp; series of short stories loosely connected by frame narrative. _1 · Mysterious Prologue · Anon. · pl _8 · Beat, Billows, Beat on Britain’s Shore · Anon. · sg _10 · The Mystery · Anon. · ss _14 · The Mystery of the Lake Maiden · Anon. · ss _21 · The Mystery of My Uncle’s Ghost · Anon. · ss _26 · The Mystery in the Railway Carriage · Anon. · ss _33 · The Mystery of a Velvet Coat · Anon. · ss _38 · The Mystery at the Turnpike Gate · Anon. · ss _45 · The Mystery of the Spirit Visitor · Anon. · ss 50 · Very Special Correspondence · Anon. · hu 57 · A Crumpled Rose Leaf: A Comedietta in One Scene · Anon. · pl 64 · Illustrated Quotations · A Contributor with a Bad Memory · ct 66 · The Authentic Journey Due North · Anon. · ss 70 · 1877: Hieroglyphic Vaticination for Net Year · Anon. · hu 73 · The Mystery for Young Folks: Puzzles, Acrostics and Riddles, Old and New · Anon. · ms 78 · Proposition for Establishing a Metropolitan Coal Board · Anon. · hu 80 · Answers to Acrostics, Riddles, Puzzles, etc. · Anon. · ms

Beeton’s Christmas Annual [The Twenty-First Season, 1880] (Ward, Lock, 135pp) Subtitled “The Fortunate Island”, the framing device for a series of stories concerns an idyllic island paradise which suffers from visitors from Britain. A satirical volume. Professor Baffin’s Adventures · Max Adeler · na A Curious Christmas-Box · Henry Frith · ss Coles and Coke · J. Morton Killick · pm The Laughing Ghost · J. G. Montefiore · ss What It Must Come to; or, 400 Years Hence · Henry Frith · ss The Singular Experiences of Smith · Marion Couthouy · ss Crossing the Muse · J. M. K. (by J. Morton Killick) · pm

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Behind the Mask [#1, May 1989] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $4.85, 50pp, quarto) 1 · Behind the Behind the Mask · Don Hutchison · in (r) 3 · The Brain of the Octopus [Perry Morgan (Red Mask)] · Stanley Richards · na Red Mask Detective Stories Mar 1941 23 · The Green Ghost [Danny Blaney (The Green Ghost)] · Johnston McCulley · nv Thrilling Detective Mar 1934 29 · The Corpse Carnival [Wade Hammond] · Paul Chadwick · ss Detective-Dragnet Magazine Dec 1932 35 · Statues of Horror [Ken Carter] · Norvell Page · nv Ten Detective Aces Aug 1933 46 · Editorial · Tom & Ginger Johnson · ed

Behind the Mask [#2, September 1989] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $4.85, 50pp, quarto) 3 · Monarchs of Murder [Rex Parker (The Masked Detective)] · C. K. M. Scanlon (by Sam Merwin, Jr.) · na Thrilling Mystery Fll 1944 22 · Bite of the Bat [Dawson Clade (The Bat)] · C. K. M. Scanlon (by Johnston McCulley, [?]) · nv Popular Detective Dec 1934 35 · Doctor Death [Doctor Death; Nibs Holloway] · Edward Norris · nv All Detective Magazine Jul 1934 50 · The Men ’Behind the Mask’ · Tom Johnson · cl (r)

Behind the Mask [#3, Winter 1990] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $4.85, 50pp, quarto) 3 · Tiger Claws [Perry Morgan (Red Mask)] · Stanley Richards · nv Red Hood Detective Stories Jul 1941 17 · Satan’s Shrine [Wade Hammond] · Paul Chadwick · ss Detective-Dragnet Magazine Mar 1932 24 · Cargo of Death [Doctor Death; Nibs Holloway] · Edward Norris · nv All Detective Magazine Sep 1934 38 · The Yacht Club Murders [Part 1 of 3; Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)] · Robert Wallace (by Charles Greenberg) · na The Phantom Detective Jan 1939 49 · Time Out... for Death! [The Nemesis] · Gary Lovisi · ss

Behind the Mask [#4, Spring 1990] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $4.85, 50pp, quarto, cover by Shawn Danowski) 3 · Murder Bride [Wade Hammond] · Paul Chadwick · nv Ten Detective Aces Aug 1936 10 · The Case of the Astral Assassin [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na Thrilling Mystery Nov 1942 20 · The Devil’s Clinic [Owen “Robert Storm” Masters] · Norvell Page · nv Detective Tales Dec 1937 29 · The Yacht Club Murders [Part 2 of 3; Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)] · Robert Wallace (by Charles Greenberg) · na The Phantom Detective Jan 1939 50 · Masked Men · Leo Margulies · ss Argosy All-Story Weekly May 5 1928

Behind the Mask [#5, Summer 1990] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $4.85, 48pp, quarto) 2 · The Men ’Behind the Mask’ · Tom Johnson · cl (r) 3 · The Yacht Club Murders [Part 3 of 3; Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)] · Robert Wallace (by Charles Greenberg) · na The Phantom Detective Jan 1939 14 · Fangs of Doom [Dr. Zeng Tse-Lin] · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Thrilling Mystery Nov 1941 28 · The Case of the Evil Eye [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Thrilling Mystery Win 1943 45 · Happy Birthday · Stewart Toland · ss Thrilling Mystery Mar 1943 46 · Rat Bait · John Benton · ss Thrilling Mystery Mar 1943

Behind the Mask [#6, Fall 1990] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $4.85, 50pp, quarto) 3 · The Case of the Clumsy Cat [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na Thrilling Mystery Mar 1943 21 · The Crimson Clown [Delton Prouse (The Crimson Clown)] · Johnston McCulley · nv Detective Story Magazine Jul 31 1926 40 · Fanged Fury · Frederick C. Davis · nv Secret Agent X Feb 1934 48 · The Falcon Strikes! [The Nemesis] · Gary Lovisi · ss

Behind the Mask [#7, Winter 1991] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $4.85, 54pp, quarto) 3 · Death’s Five Faces [Kip Burland (Black Hood)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na Black Hood Detective Sep 1941 21 · Death’s I.O.U. [Doctor Death; Nibs Holloway] · Edward Norris · na All Detective Magazine Oct 1934 40 · The Case of the Murderous Mermaid [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Thrilling Mystery Sep 1942

Behind the Mask [#8, Spring 1991] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $4.85, 48pp, quarto) 3 · The Whispering Eye [Kip Burland (Black Hood)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na Hooded Detective Jan 1942 20 · 13 Pearls [Doctor Death; Nibs Holloway] · Edward Norris · na All Detective Magazine Jan 1935 35 · The Case of the Bachelor’s Bones [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Thrilling Mystery Jun 1943 42 · Murder in Gold [Part 1 of 3; Miles Murdock (Purple Scar)] · John S. Endicott (by George A. McDonald, [?]) · na Exciting Detective Mar 1942

Behind the Mask [#9, Summer 1991] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $4.85, 54pp, quarto, cover by Siryk) 3 · Crime Nest [Doctor Thaddeus C. Harker] · Edwin Truett · na Detective Dime Novels Apr 1940 25 · The Case of the Broken Broom [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na Thrilling Mystery Fll 1943 40 · Murder in Gold [Part 2 of 3; Miles Murdock (Purple Scar)] · John S. Endicott (by George A. McDonald, [?]) · na Exciting Detective Mar 1942