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Lilliput [v6 #3, #33, March 1940] ed. Stefan Lorant (Pocket Publications, 7d, 92pp, digest) 193 · Humour in the House · A. P. Herbert, M.P. · ar 199 · What She Laughs At · Antonia White · ms 202 · Spring in Sight · John Pudney · pm 211 · Humour Through the Ages · George Edinger · ms 218 · Colonels Have a Sense of Humour · [Various] · ms 227 · He Had Old Braces · Hasse Zetterström · ss 233 · Advice to a Traveller · William Saroyan · vi 243 · Moth Balls · T. Thompson · vi 247 · Discarded Paramour · T. W. Parkhouse · ss 250 · I Look Like Myself · Ladislas Lakatos · vi 259 · My Best Story · [Various] · hu 262 · The Telegram · Peter de Polnay · ss 275 · Food and the Future · Ritchie Calder · ar 280 · Mrs. Rumbold’s Gospel · H. L. V. Fletcher · ss 284 · The Contributors to This Issue · Anon. · bg

Lilliput [v6 #4, #34, April 1940] (7d, 126pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) 285 · Can We Understand the British? · André Maurois · ar 289 · Walking in Black-Out, 1940 · Olga Katzin · pm 291 · The Silence of the Sea · James Hanley · ss 294 · Democracy and Dictatorship · Leslie Lancaster · ar 303 · Women in Spring · Clarisse Meitner · ss 306 · My Idea of Happiness After the War · [Various] · ct; portfolio of cartoons by David Langdon, Nicholas Bentley, Maurice Hall, Heath Robinson, Wyndham Robinson, Walter Goetz. 319 · Send the Public Schools to Germany · Osbert Sitwell · ar 323 · Letters to a Lawyer · John Brophy · ss 335 · G. B. Shaw and the Amazon · Odette Keun · ar 340 · Thing, Odette, Think! · G. B. Shaw · ar; response to Keun’s article. 351 · He Was on the Other Side · Ivan Roe · ss 355 · And We Waited... · A. Bronkhorst · vi 357 · A Letter to God · Roda Roda · ss 367 · Can We Make Life? · J. B. S. Haldane · ar 370 · How They Feel About the War · Kathleen Hewitt · ms 373 · Criminal Investigation · Frederick Karinthy · ss

Lilliput [v6 #5, #35, May 1940] (7d, 126pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) 377 · The Cartoonist in War · David Low · ar 385 · I Am No Hero · Jean-Jacques Bernard · ss 395 · The Personal History of a Mouse · Gerald Kersh · ss 401 · Public Schoolgirls Carry On · Alan Jenkins · ss 411 · The Javanese Hat · Margery Sharp · ss 417 · Foreign Customs · Michael Zoshchenko · ar 427 · Rolling River · Kathleen Hewitt · ss 443 · They Censored - · George Edinger · ar 446 · The Victors · Roda Roda · ss 459 · It’s Lovely to Be Young · Peter Opie · ar 462 · It’s Lovely to Be Middle-aged · James Agate · ar

Lilliput [v6 #6, #36, June 1940] (7d, 126pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) 469 · An Author Kills a Country · Osbert Sitwell · ar 475 · What They Say About Their Children · Kathleen Hewitt · ms 485 · A Tale About a Wife · William Saroyan · ss 489 · The Colours of the Regiment · John Timothy · ss 501 · How to Break It Off · Marcantonio Rimini · ar 505 · A Visit to the Rich · Peter de Polnay · ss 517 · The Captain · Leslie Halward · ss 521 · Week-end Wit’s End · Michael Barsley · pm 523 · Howlers from Smith Minor · Cecil Hunt · hu 533 · The Scientist Speaks · Ritchie Calder · ar 539 · Wanted: A Goldfish · Stephen Leacock · hu 540 · Father of Dance Bands · George Edinger · ar 549 · A Guilty Conscience · Dennis Lipton · ss; pen-name for Czech story writer. 553 · Bunny · Frederick Karinthy · ss

Lilliput [v7 #1, #37, July 1940] (8d, 92pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) Cover price now 8d. 1 · The First Lilliput · George Edinger · ar; about The Lilliputian Magazine first published in 1752 by Oliver Goldsmith. 4 · My Father Gets a Haircut · Anor Lin · ss; author is 11-year-old daughter of Lin Yutang. 6 · Nothing Missing · Stephen Leacock · ar 15 · The Story of George Pandle · Leslie Halward · ss 18 · A Letter to the Trenches · Timothy Shy · ss 22 · The Kiss · Richard Llewellyn · ar 31 · Figures About Marriage · Guy Ramsey · ar 37 · What the Tree Said · Leslie Lancaster · ss; fantasy of post-life thoughts as a man’s conscience is absorbed by a tree. 47 · The Cliché Expert Testifies on Eating · Frank Sullivan · hu 51 · The Magic Slippers · Jacques des Gachons · ss 63 · Strange Music · Malachi Whitaker · ss 79 · A Natural Solution · Clarisse Meitner · ss

Lilliput [v7 #2, #38, August 1940] ed. Stefan Lorant (Pocket Publications, 8d, 92pp, digest) 85 · Pleasure Boat · E. H. Clements · ar 89 · The Greedy Milkwoman · Michael Zoshchenko · ss 92 · Advice on Beauty, 10 B.C. · Ovid · ms (r) 93 · Advice on Beauty, A.D. 1940 · I. Priestnall-Holden · ms 94 · Universal Quarry · Sutherland Smith · pl 103 · Death Sentence · Edward Stevenson · ss 108 · The Professional Secret · Dan Moyle · ar 119 · The Drummer Boy · T. O. Beachcroft · ss 123 · Edward Dearest · Virginia Graham · pm 125 · When the Devil Was Sick Could He Prove It? · Ogden Nash · pm The Saturday Evening Post Feb 3 1940 126 · What They Say When You Are Ill · Kathleen Hewitt · ms 135 · The Breadwinner · Leslie Halward · ss 139 · A Girl I Shall Always Remember · Alec Waugh · ss 151 · What They Say About War · [Various] · ms 156 · The Friends · Ferenc Molnár · ss 158 · Timely Thoughts · Michael Barsley · ms 167 · The Divine Sarah · James Agate · ar 171 · Agony Column · Dudley Hoys · ss 176 · The Contributors to This Issue · Anon. · bg

Lilliput [v7 #3, #39, September 1940] (8d, 92pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) From this issue Kaye Webb’s name is added as Assistant Editor. 177 · The Real Englishman · J. B. Priestley · ar 181 · The True France · André Maurois · ar 186 · A Drop of Water · Ladislas Lakatos · ar 195 · A Job for Charlie · Leslie Halward · ss 201 · I Remember— · Leslie Henson · ar 211 · Farewell in the Bus · Eileen Winncroft · ss 216 · Ten Shillings Each · C. B. Wind · ss 227 · The Father · Gerald Brosnan · ss 231 · Air Raid Shelter · T. Thompson · ss 233 · Jean d’Angleterre · Ivor Brown · pm 234 · A Wolf Replies · Harold Masters · ms 243 · She Is So Cynical! · Marghanita Laski · ss 247 · Afternoon Tea · Peter de Polnay · ss 259 · My Brand of Socialism · James Agate · ar 264 · The Reaper · Michael Barsley · pm 265 · The Emperor in the Forest · Ferenc Molnar · ss

Lilliput [v7 #4, #40, October 1940] (8d, 92pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) From this issue the names of all editorial staff are no longer listed. 269 · Courage · Harold Dearden · ar 273 · The Bravest Man I Know · James Hanley · ss 277 · The Bravest Woman I Know · Rosita Forbes · ss 287 · Home Is the Sailor · Leslie Halward · ss 293 · The Man Who’d Had Haggis · Ronald Smith · ss 303 · A Fugitive I Am · Reginald Moore · ss 307 · Limericks for Wartime · Edward Lear · pm (r) 309 · The Bad Soldier · Tom Wintringham · ss 319 · James · Hasse Zetterström · ss 326 · A Lost Vegetable · E. K. Shore · vi 335 · Does War Stimulate the Arts? · Ethel Smyth, Dame · ar 341 · Being Happy · Domhnall O’Conaill · ss 351 · Collector’s Piece · Howard Wilson · ss 357 · On a Summer’s Day · Valentine Ackland · ss 359 · That Reminds Me · Ogden Nash · pm

Lilliput [v7 #5, #41, November 1940] (8d, 92pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) 361 · Indelible Mademoiselle · Dorothea Martin · ss 377 · I’m Angry Because— · William Connor · ms 381 · I’m Happy Because— · Clara Novello-Davies · ar; author is mother of Ivor Novello. 393 · Mechanic in an Air Raid · Joseph Cotton · ar 398 · The Wonderful Dog · Michael Zoshchenko · ss 409 · The Mirror · Margery Sharp · vi Collier’s May 11 1940 416 · Winston Churchill—Soldier · Lt. R. M. Smyth · ar 425 · Courtship · Fred Kitchen · ss 429 · A.R.P. · Sir John Anderson · ar 430 · First Day in Hospital · V. A. D. · ar; pseudonym of a writer who had recently written a successful book of life below stairs. 441 · War Is Hell, but— · Kathleen Hewitt · ms 445 · What Schoolboys Write · Sinclair Short · ss; author aged 13.

Lilliput [v7 #6, #42, December 1940] (8d, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) 449 · An American on the Future of England · Negley Farson · ar 455 · Daddy · M. Zoshchenko · ss 465 · Brave Little Woman · Simon Harcourt-Smith · ss 472 · A Penny Saved Is Impossible · Ogden Nash · pm 481 · Three Armenian Stories · William Saroyan · ss 497 · The Middle Years · James Thurber · ss 503 · Just Like a Mother · T. Thompson · vi 513 · What I Want After the War · Lord Dunsany, Alan Jenkins, Edward Hulton & Stella Gibbons · sy 529 · Witches’ Frolic · H. L. V. Fletcher · ss 535 · Ode to a bed · Olga Katzin · pm

Lilliput [v8 #1, #43, January 1941] (9d, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) Cover price now 9d. 1 · 1940 Christmas Carol · William Connor · ss; spoof ghost story. 5 · Glorious Time of Great Too-much · Eric Stephenson · ms 10 · Schoolmaster’s Christmas · George Cartwright · ar 19 · The Boss Was Human · V. S. Pritchett · ss 25 · I’m a Mother to My Lads! · T. Thompson · pl 35 · Love Letters · Sally Benson · ss The New Yorker Dec 10 1932 41 · They’re a Tough Lot · Michael Zoshchenko · vi 51 · Wings for Dick Whittington · Ivor Brown · pl; pantomime. 67 · The Average Man · H. A. E. Pyshorn · ss 74 · Cracker Mottoes for 1940 · J. B. Morton · hu 83 · archy’s life of mehitabel · don marquis · pm; fantasy. 87 · The One-eyed Camel · Jaspar Power · ss 90 · Film Addict · Anthony Gilbert · pm

Lilliput [v8 #2, #44, February 1941] (9d, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) 93 · Bees · Gordon Daviot · ss 97 · I Wish I lived from Grave to Cradle · James Agate · ar 102 · First Blood · Airgunner · ss; based on a true incident. 113 · Feed the Brute · Kathleen Hewitt · ss 129 · The Steel Cat · John Collier · ss 136 · One Foot Up · James Hill · ss 145 · David Langdon · Ian Coster · ar 147 · Langdon’s Best Jokes · David Langdon · ct 150 · Farewell Silk Stockings · Antonia White · ar 165 · archy’s life of mehitabel, ii. the curse of drink · don marquis · pm 167 · The Husband · Michael Zoshchenko · ss 177 · F for Ferdinand, 4 [Ferdinand 4] · Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon · ss 184 · Don’t Wait, Hit Me Now! · Ogden Nash · pm The Saturday Evening Post Sep 21 1940 187 · The Play’s the Thing · John Timothy · ss

Lilliput [v8 #3, #45, March 1941] (9d, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) 189 · Who Started That Fire? · Eric Stephenson · ar 193 · A Vie Bohème · Anthony Gilbert · pm 194 · Navaho Courtship · David Winser · ss 205 · Old Acquaintance · Kym Horwood · ss 211 · I’m a Mother to My Lads: Introducing Private Puddephat · T. Thompson · ss 221 · Victoria · Ian Coster · ar; about the Lilliput artist. 225 · The Tractor · Crichton Porteous · ss 237 · Ma from the Buildings [Ferdinand 4] · Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon · ss 244 · no social stuff for mehitabel · don marquis · pm 253 · Birth of an Opus · Sidney Stoddon · ss 257 · I Am an Emergency · Gavin Milroy · vi 259 · The Length of a Hair · Marcus Knocker · ss 269 · The Song of the Shirt · George Edinger · ar 273 · Clem and the Cheese-Plants · James Hill · ss 275 · Boy Friend · Joy Smith · vi

Lilliput [v8 #4, #46, April 1941] (9d, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) 277 · “Leaf,” 1914 · R. H. Mottram · ar 278 · Leave, 1915 · Robert Graves · ar 281 · Leave, 1940 · Lionel Birch · ar 282 · Embarkation Leave, 1941 · An N. C. O. · ar 284 · The Wedding · M. Zoshchenko · ss 295 · Strong Greek Wine · Gerald Kersh · ss 301 · I’m a Mother to My Lads: Puddephat Has a Complaint · T. Thompson · ss 311 · The Life of a Land Girl · Frances Buckland · ar 318 · Women · Diana Morgan · pm 327 · T. Thompson, Writer · Ian Coster · ar; profile; says Thompson is 60. 331 · Goodbye, Romano’s! · James Agate · ar 343 · Exit · Dorothy Whipple · ss 350 · The Shepherd of Fulmer · Jill Craigie · ss 359 · Trouble in Paradise [Ferdinand 4] · Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon · ss 366 · Edward Grieg and the Cigar · Irene Morris · ar

Lilliput [v8 #5, #47, May 1941] (1/-, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) From this issue, whilst the proprietor remains Pocket Publications, the Publisher is now Hulton Press. Price now 1/-. 369 · Gulliver’s Diary · Lemuel Gulliver · cl; column written by Macdonald Hastings (1909-1982). 373 · The Lamb · James Hanley · ss The Spectator Jun 25 1936 385 · What Father Says · H. L. V. Fletcher · ss 389 · The Case for the Defence · Charles Forster · ss; fantasy of death and changed identities. 401 · Grandfather’s Accounts · Douglas Macdonald Hastings · ss 408 · How Long Has This Been Going On? Oh, Quite Long · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker Oct 5 1940 417 · Unexploded Bomb · Hugh Burden · ss 422 · Walter Trier—Artist · Ian Coster · ar 433 · I’m a Mother to My Lads: Private Puddephat’s Pot · T. Thompson · ss 437 · The Best Policy · Ferenc Molnar · ss 449 · The Gobbled Version · Ronald Jeans · ss

Lilliput [v8 #6, #48, June 1941] (1/-, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) 457 · Gulliver’s Diary · Lemuel Gulliver · cl 461 · The Rhinoceros · Gerald Hanley · ar 475 · Fortune of War · H. A. Manhood · ss 479 · James Agate—Critic · Ian Coster · ar 491 · Faux Pas That Have Forged Man’s Fate · George Edinger · ar 497 · The Glass Bowl · Allen Johns · ss 507 · Ode to a Nightingale · James Dowdall · ss 513 · I’m a Mother to My Lads: The Art of Letter-Writing · T. Thompson · ss 523 · There’ll Always Be a Derby · Robert Lynd · ar 528 · So Happy Am I · William E. Foster · ss 539 · One Shilling for Happiness · H. Wayland Smith · ss 545 · It Depends How You Look at It · H. L. V. Fletcher · ss

Lilliput [v9 #1, #49, July 1941] (1/-, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) 1 · Gulliver’s Diary · Lemuel Gulliver · cl 6 · The Pelican · Olga Katzin · pm 15 · Special Messenger · Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon · ss 31 · Family Group · Arthur Ley · ss 36 · Nothing More Was Said · Martin Hitchin · ss 47 · The Wedding Ring · Erik Cripps · ss 52 · Edward Bishop-Artist · Ian Coster · ar 63 · The Soundless Clapping Host · Eric Stephenson · ar 69 · The Window · Ruth Schiff · ss 79 · Public Baths · Michael Zoshchenko; translated by Elisaveta Fen · ss