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The Optimist [v1 #6, February 1901] ed. H. S. Kneedler (The Nevernod Press, 10¢, 59pp+) (Full Text)
Subtitled “A Little Journal of Criticism, Review and Inspiration”. Details supplied by Denny Lien from an online copy at HathiTrust.

308 · The Primitive Idea of Work · May Harris · ar
314 · A Fable · Louie R. Heller · vi
315 · Loyal Love · Leon Mead · pm
316 · Revery of an Old Bachelor · W. J. Lampton · pm
317 · John Milton · Lewis Worthington Smith · ar [John Milton]
322 · Danae’s Song to Perseus · Geo. O. Holyoke · pm
323 · An Optimist · W. H. Stemmerman · pm
324 · The Modern Society Girl · Carlton Taylor Ellbury · ar
328 · The Masquerade · Aloysius Coll · pm
329 · Abuses in Public Institutions and the Remedy · L. G. Kinne · ar
332 · Conservation · Adele W. Ballard · ar
334 · The Price · Bernard G. Richards · vi
334 · The Good Word · Bernard G. Richards · vi
334 · The Infidel · Bernard G. Richards · vi
334 · Memory · Bernard G. Richards · vi
335 · Discontent—A Plea for Realism · Pauline Arkin · ar
337 · Hope · Elizabeth Creighton · pm
337 · Ignatius Donnelly, Dreamer · Johnson Brigham · ar [Ignatius Donnelly]
339 · Good-Night · Alonzo Rice · pm
Sleep · Lewis Worthington Smith · pm; on an unpaginated sheet with color illustrations, bound in at this point.
340 · Birth of Love · Dr. Henry Asthalter · ar
344 · Day Cometh After Night · B. G. Aylesworth · ss
346 · Reflection · Elizabeth Creighton · pm
346 · The Turn of the Road · James Albert Keating · pm
347 · The Tippler’s Vow · Lee Fairchild · pm
350 · Some Cuban Poets · Frances A. Shaw · ar
356 · Surpassing Gods · James Marvin Brannin · pm
357 · Twilight Talks · [The Editor] · cl

Opus Quarterly (about)

Editors:

[publishers] - Michael Hearn; Broxbourne, England: Opus Quarterly
Michael Hearn & J. Hindmarch - Editor: Opus Quarterly

Opus Quarterly [#1, Spring 1987] (85p, 40pp, 6"x8¼", cover by Michael Hearn)

4 · The Ferryman · A. J. Kerr · ss
13 · Galactic Entertainers Limited [Part 1 of 3] · Rachel Ramsbottom · nv
19 · The Light of the World · Garry Kilworth · ss
26 · Dim-Dam-Kneesy-Ack · Bruce B. Baker · ss

Opus Quarterly [#2, Summer 1987] (85p, 36pp, 6"x8¼", cover by Simon Williams)

5 · All Change · Nevil Bowes · ss
12 · Galactic Entertainers Limited [Part 2 of 3] · Rachel Ramsbottom · nv
16 · Cloud · John Light · ss
22 · The Silent Vigilante · Mark Hilditch · pm
23 · Emoss Crack · D. F. Lewis · ss
27 · A Test of Moral Fibre · Steve Sneyd · pm

Opus Quarterly [#3, Autumn 1987] (£1, 40pp, 6"x8¼", cover by Sean Moran)

5 · Gothic Folly · Bruce P. Baker · ss
20 · Strontiel · D. J. Lightfoot · pm
26 · Galactic Entertainers Limited [Part 3 of 3] · Rachel Ramsbottom · nv
35 · Pig · Elliot Smith · ss

Opus Quarterly [#4, Winter 1988] (£1.50, 40pp, 6"x8¼", cover by S. J. Hatherley)

2 · Out There · Mark Rich · pm
4 · More Than Time or Distance [Xeelee] · S. M. Baxter · ss
10 · The Machine That Turned On · Peter Tennant · ss
23 · Helen Vega Has a Secret · A. J. Kerr · vi
27 · A Way Out · Lewis Reade · ss

Opus Quarterly [#5, Spring 1988] ed. Michael Hearn & John Hindmarch (cover by Sean Moran)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

5 · The Karma Kid Transcends · Eric Brown · nv
16 · I Sing You a Song · Thomas Land · pm
17 · Still Reading · David Vickery · ss
22 · Congregation · Dorothy Davies · ??
24 · The Man Who Met His Maker · Graham Andrews · ss
34 · An Eye for an Eye · Kenneth Harker · ss
37 · Paranoid Oracle · Anon. · ms
42 · Two Poems · Janet P. Reedman · pm

The Oracle: (about)

The Oracle

The Oracle [#904, June 3, 1950] (3d, 20pp)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

2 · Consult Your Oracle · Louise · cl
3 · Conspiracy of Love · Phil Gordon · ss
5 · Fare for Film Fans · Movie Girl · cl
7 · Man in the Lamplight [Part ? of ?] · Ray Bentinck · sl
9 · One Way to Fall · Helen Trent · ss
10 · Cloak of Innocence [Part ? of ?] · Elizabeth Peterson · sl
13 · Menace Next Door · Ruth Barnes · ss
14 · So Fair of Face · Jane Andrews · ar
16 · Precious Interlude · Eda Fairbank · ss

The Oracle [#911, 22 July, 1950] (3d, 16pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

2 · Consult Your Oracle · Louise · cl
3 · The Lost Hour [Part ? of ?] · Susan Ashe · sl
5 · Girl without Memory · Anthony Quest · ss
7 · Hot July · Jane Andrews · ms
9 · While Others Played [Part ? of ?] · Desmond Roberts · sl
11 · Fair Exchange · Muriel Cotroni · ss
12 · Fare for Film Fans · Movie Girl · ms
14 · Name Her After Me · Beryl Blackburn · ss

The Oracle [#976, 20 October, 1951] (3d, 16pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

2 · Consult Your Oracle · Louise · cl
3 · Temptation! · Leslie Wilde · ss
5 · Fare for Film Fans · Movie Girl · ms
7 · Background for Danger [Part ? of ?] · Ray Bentinck · sl
9 · Such a Let Down · Jill Gill · ss
11 · Ship of Secrets [Part 2 of 3] · Marcia Wayne · sl
12 · Loveliness Is - Just Around the Corner · Jane Andrews · ms
14 · Special Night · Kay Vernon · ss

The Oracle [#978, 3 November, 1951] (3d, 16pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

2 · Consult Your Oracle · Louise · cl
3 · Payment in Full [Part ? of ?] · Marie Muir · sl
5 · Victim of their Plotting · Susan Ashe · ss
7 · Look behind You! · Jane Andrews · ms
9 · Background for Danger [Part ? of ?] · Ray Bentinck · sl
11 · Teddy Took Over! · Leslie Hamilton · ss
14 · Fare for Film Fans · Movie Girl · ms

The Oracle [#984, 15 December, 1951] (3d, 16pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

2 · Consult Your Oracle · Louise · cl
3 · Romantic Quest · Derek Trevor · ss
5 · Just What I Wanted! · Anon. · ms
7 · Payment in Full [Part ? of ?] · Marie Muir · sl
8 · For Film Fans · Movie Girl · ms
9 · All Except Eve · Robin York · ss
11 · The Frightened Guest [Part ? of ?] · Susan Ashe · sl
12 · Pre-Party Prettying · Jane Andrews · ms
14 · In Days to Come · John F. Watt · ss

The Oracle [#985, 22 December, 1951] (3d, 16pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

2 · Consult Your Oracle · Louise · cl
3 · The Frightened Guest [Part ? of ?] · Susan Ashe · sl
5 · Love Unchanging · Fan Nichols · ss
7 · Special Date · Jane Andrews · ms
9 · Christmas Outcast · Carlton Mills · ss
11 · Payment in Full [Part ? of ?] · Marie Muir · sl
12 · Fare for Film Fans · Movie Girl · ms

The Oracle [#988, 12 January, 1952] (3d, 16pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

2 · Consult Your Oracle · Louise · cl
3 · The Frightened Guest [Part ? of ?] · Susan Ashe · sl
5 · Charming Scoundrel · Elinor Richards · ss
7 · Don’t Catch Up with a Cold · Jane Andrews · ms
9 · Helpmate for Mary · Freda Jackson · ss
11 · Payment in Full [Part ? of ?] · Marie Muir · sl
12 · Fare for Film Fans · Movie Girl · ms
14 · Touch Wood! · Jay Farmer · ss

The Oracle [#989, 19 January, 1952] (3d, 16pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

2 · Consult Your Oracle · Louise · cl
3 · Place of Secrets · Desmond Roberts · ss
5 · Shining Loveliness · Jane Andrews · ms
7 · The Frightened Guest [Part ? of ?] · Susan Ashe · sl
8 · Fare for Film Fans · Movie Girl · ms
9 · Where’s Lulu? · Ruth Butterfield · ss
11 · Payment in Full [Part ? of ?] · Marie Muir · sl
14 · Not Enough Romance · Margaret Rhodes · ss

The Oracle [#990, 26 January, 1952] (3d, 16pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

2 · Consult Your Oracle · Louise · cl
3 · Island of Destiny [Part 1 of ?] · Elisabeth Peterson · sl
5 · Fare for Film Fans · Movie Girl · ms
6 · Akin to Hate · Leslie Barnard · ss
9 · The Frightened Guest [Part ? of ?] · Susan Ashe · sl
11 · The Test · Keith Rivers · ss
12 · Glamorous You · Jane Andrews · ms

The Oracle [#991, 2 February, 1952] (3d, 16pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

2 · Consult Your Oracle · Louise · cl
3 · Island of Destiny [Part 2 of ?] · Elisabeth Peterson · sl
5 · Out of the Night · Ray Bentinck · ss
7 · Keep in Trim · Jane Andrews · ms
8 · The Frightened Guest [Part ? of ?] · Susan Ashe · sl
11 · One for a Weep · Brenda Lowery · ss
12 · Fare for Film Fans · Movie Girl · ms
14 · She Won’t Wait! · Jay Farmer · ss

The Oracle [#1019, 16 August, 1952] (3d, 16pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

2 · Consult Your Oracle · Louise · cl
3 · The Hidden Enemy · Ray Bentinck · ss
5 · Let’s Talk Colour · Jane Andrews · ms
7 · Fake Wife [Part ? of ?] · Elisabeth Peterson · sl
8 · Fare for Film Fans · Movie Girl · ms
9 · Warned She’d Lose Him! · Freda Jackson · ss
11 · They Came to Conquer [Part ? of ?] · Susan Ashe · sl

Oracle
Title changed from The Oracle.

Oracle [#1248, Jan. 5th 1957] (Amalgamated Press, 3½d, 20pp, quarto)

2 · Follow Your Star · Gypsy Leon Petulengro · cl
3 · Betrayed · Susan Ashe · ss
5 · Three Faces [Part ? of ?] · Ray Bentinck · sl
7 · Your Date with Judy: Dressed Up for a Dressing Down · Judy · cl
9 · He’s Never Taken a Girl Out · Louise · ms
10 · “I’d Die for You!” [Part ? of ?] · Guy Phillips · sl
13 · Make Them Lovely to Hold · Jane Andrews · ms
15 · “Find Me a Wife!” · Margaret Coghlan · ss
16 · For the Film Fan’s Diary: Zarak · Anon. · mr

Oracle [#1249, Jan. 12th 1957] (Amalgamated Press, 3½d, 20pp, quarto)

2 · Follow Your Star · Gypsy Leon Petulengro · cl
3 · Lost to Shame · Leslie Wilde · ss
7 · Three Faces [Part ? of ?] · Ray Bentinck · sl
9 · Be Flattered—Not Frozen! · Louise · ms
11 · Your Date with Judy: Sent on Appro. · Judy · cl
12 · A New Leaf for Loveliness · Jane Andrews · ms
13 · “I’d Die for You!” [Part ? of ?] · Guy Phillips · sl
14 · For the Film Fan’s Diary: Love Me Tender · Anon. · mr
17 · Noises Off to Cupid · Lindy Wrenford · ss

Oracle [#1250, Jan. 19th 1957] (Amalgamated Press, 3½d, 20pp, quarto)

2 · Follow Your Star · Gypsy Leon Petulengro · cl
3 · “That Man is Mine!” · Elisabeth Peterson · ss
7 · Three Faces [Part ? of ?] · Ray Bentinck · sl
9 · Not Attracted · Louise · ms
11 · Your Date with Judy: Not So Sleuthful · Judy · cl
13 · “I’d Die for You!” [Part ? of ?] · Guy Phillips · sl
14 · Confidence Counts High · Jane Andrews · ms
16 · For the Film Fan’s Diary: Teenage Rebel · Anon. · mr
17 · Excitement Walked In · Eda Fairbank · ss

Oracle [#1251, Jan. 26th 1957] (Amalgamated Press, 3½d, 20pp, quarto)

2 · Follow Your Star · Gypsy Leon Petulengro · cl
3 · Dark Menace · Monica Blake · ss
5 · Three Faces [Part ? of ?] · Ray Bentinck · sl
9 · He Talks of Other Women · Louise · ms
10 · The Girl Who Got Away · Gail Dorcet · ss
12 · Limb Lines · Jane Andrews · ms
13 · “I’d Die for You!” [Part ? of ?] · Guy Phillips · sl
17 · Your Date with Judy: Wolf in the Family · Judy · cl
18 · For the Film Fan’s Diary: War and Peace · Anon. · mr

Oracle [#1252, Feb. 2nd 1957] (Amalgamated Press, 3½d, 20pp, quarto)

2 · Follow Your Star · Gypsy Leon Petulengro · cl
3 · Innocent Outcast · Desmond Roberts · ss
7 · Three Faces [Part ? of ?] · Ray Bentinck · sl
9 · In No Hurry to Settle Down · Louise · ms
11 · Your Date with Judy: Romance on Thin Ice · Judy · cl
13 · “I’d Die for You!” [Part last of ?] · Guy Phillips · sl
14 · A Man Admires · Jane Andrews · ms
17 · Everything Went in Sixes · Joan Frances · ss
19 · For the Film Fan’s Diary: The Man in the Sky · Anon. · mr

Oracle [#1253, Feb. 9th 1957] (Amalgamated Press, 3½d, 20pp, quarto)

2 · Follow Your Star · Gypsy Leon Petulengro · cl
3 · Root of Evil [Part 1 of 12] · Monica Blake · sl
7 · The Fading Promise · Joy Harte · ss
9 · A Selfish Kind of Love · Louise · ms
10 · Three Faces [Part ? of ?] · Ray Bentinck · sl
13 · The Rumpus in Room 29 · Patricia Jenkins · ss
14 · Get Up to Tricks · Jane Andrews · ms
17 · Your Date with Judy: One Cook Too Many · Judy · cl
18 · For the Film Fan’s Diary: The King and Four Queens · Anon. · mr

Oracle [#1254, Feb. 16th 1957] (Amalgamated Press, 3½d, 20pp, quarto)

2 · Follow Your Star · Gypsy Leon Petulengro · cl
3 · Her Mystery Lover · Jean Scott · ss
7 · Three Faces [Part ? of ?] · Ray Bentinck · sl
9 · Don’t Hide Your Emotions · Louise · ms
11 · The Red Satin Heart · Carlton Mills · ss
12 · The Jane Andrews Service · Jane Andrews · ms
13 · Root of Evil [Part 2 of 12] · Monica Blake · sl
14 · For the Film Fan’s Diary: Giant · Anon. · mr
17 · Your Date with Judy: Do It Yourself! · Judy · cl
19 · Never to Return · Lisa Barnes · vi

Oracle [#1255, Feb. 23rd 1957] (Amalgamated Press, 3½d, 20pp, quarto)

2 · Follow Your Star · Gypsy Leon Petulengro · cl
3 · Bride in Black · Susan Ashe · ss
4 · For the Film Fan’s Diary: Anastasia · Anon. · mr
7 · Three Faces [Part last of ?] · Ray Bentinck · sl
9 · The Happiest Couple · Louise · ms
11 · Your Date with Judy: Treasure Hunch · Judy · cl
13 · Root of Evil [Part 3 of 12] · Monica Blake · sl
16 · Hint on Hair · Jane Andrews · ms
17 · The Shared Blessing · Brenda Lowery · ss

Oracle [#1256, Mar. 2nd 1957] (Amalgamated Press, 3½d, 20pp, quarto)

2 · Follow Your Star · Gypsy Leon Petulengro · cl
3 · One Man’s Prisoner [Part 1 of 3] · Leslie Wilde · sl
5 · Rogue’s Trickery · Robin Grainger · ss
7 · Spring’s Around the Corner · Jane Andrews · ms
9 · He Doesn’t Believe in Love · Louise · ms
10 · Root of Evil [Part 4 of 12] · Monica Blake · sl
12 · For the Film Fan’s Diary: The Opposite Sex · Anon. · mr
15 · Your Date with Judy: Nix on Nattering · Judy · cl
17 · Unchanging Heart · George Jehan · ss

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