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The Saturday Evening Post [v209 #4, July 25, 1936] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by R. J. Cavaliere) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · The AAA Experiment in Birth Control of Wealth · Garet Garrett · ar 8 · Heroes by Request · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer 10 · Money Isn’t Everything · J. P. McEvoy · ss; illustrated by Galbraith 12 · A Day at the Office · Weston Martyr · ss; illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer 14 · Upstreet Butcher Boy · George Bradshaw · ss; illustrated by Raeburn Van Buren 16 · Double’s Troubles · William Fleming French, as told to · ar 18 · The Smell of Wild Grape · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illustrated by Larry B. Kritcher 20 · Danger in the Dark [Part 6 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl; illustrated by Orison MacPherson 23 · Borotra · John R. Tunis · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · Plea for More Nocuous Desuetude · Ethel Jacobson · pm 24 · Dog Asleep · Margaret Mackprang Mackay · pm 24 · All Aboard but the Captain · Ruth L. F. Barnett · pm 24 · The Prophet · Norman Ingersoll · hu 24 · Along About Now · Jane Sayre · pm 27 · Contrabando [Part 7 of 7] · Karl Detzer · sl; illustrated by F. R. Gruger 32 · Still More About Money · Gertrude Stein · hu 54 · My Wish for You · Peggy James · pm 98 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v209 #5, August 1, 1936] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Eugene Iverd) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Spotlight [Part 1 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 8 · Tugwell, the President’s Idea Man · Alva Johnston · ar 10 · Twice-Sold Tales—Movie Maxim: First Catch Your Story · Anon. · ar; illustrated by John Polgreen 12 · Cowboy Boots · H. L. Davis · ss; illustrated by George Brehm 14 · Somewhere the Sun Is Shining · Price Day · ss; illustrated by H. R. Ballinger 16 · The Big Flying Boats · Murney Mintzer · ar 18 · From the Terror by Night · Marjory Stoneman Douglas · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 20 · Three for One · Fannie Ferber Fox · ss; illustrated by May Wilson Preston 23 · The Federal Theater Doom-Boggle · Harrison Grey Fiske · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · What’s for Dinner? · Barbara Collyer · pm 24 · Helping with the Arithmetic · Scott Corbett · hu 24 · Visit’s Aftermath · Dorothy Brown Thompson · pm 24 · Our Own Unpublished Mystery Stories · Parke Cummings · hu 27 · Danger in the Dark [Part 7 of 7] · Mignon G. Eberhart · sl; illustrated by Orison MacPherson 30 · Fun Diggers Prefer Ingredients · Eddy Orcutt · ar 32 · To My Little Boy · Mary Dixon Thayer · pm 39 · Yes and No · Ogden Nash · pm 46 · Sermon for Young and Old · Carolyn Wilson Link · pm 72 · Vindication for the Brown Pelican · Frederick S. Bigelow · ar 78 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 80 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; photo and autobio sketch of Eddy Orcutt.

The Saturday Evening Post [v209 #6, August 8, 1936] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Joseph F. Kernan) It is mentioned that the SEP at this point received 70,000 fiction manuscripts a year. Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · We Hire a Cook and a Congressman · Merle Thorpe · ar; illustrated by Larry B. Kritcher 7 · Father Meets Son · J. P. McEvoy · ar 8 · Demeter, A Farm Woman [Part 1 of 6] · Joseph Hergesheimer · sl; illustrated by Robert W. Crowther 10 · Agricultural Excursions · Garet Garrett · ar 12 · The Black O’Rourke [Daniel Kinsale] · Frederick Faust · ss; illustrated by H. R. Ballinger 14 · Mr. Tutt Fights a Draw [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur Train · ss; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 16 · A Secretary Looks at Her Boss · Anon. · ar; illustrated by Galbraith 18 · Padm’ini from Carolina · Allan Swinton · ss; illustrated by Henry J. Soulen 20 · Spotlight [Part 2 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 23 · The Spenders · Raymond G. Carroll · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · Men at Beaches · Mary Carolyn Davies · pm 24 · First Reader · Gurney Williams · hu 24 · A Taste of Fame · Dal Devening · pm 24 · No Fine? · Scott Corbett · hu 27 · Me and You and the Little Woman · Forbes Parkhill · ss; illustrated by Rico Tomaso 78 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 80 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; photo & autobio sketch of Rico Tomaso.

The Saturday Evening Post [v209 #7, August 15, 1936] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Maurice L. Bower) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Roosevelt as I Know Him · Harold L. Ickes · ar 8 · Home, Home on the Road · Anne Cameron · ss; illustrated by F. Sands Brunner 10 · Utopia Limited · J. C. Furnas · ar 12 · No Pie for Cherry · George Bradshaw · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 14 · The Sergeant Runs Away · Major John W. Thomason, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Major John W. Thomason, Jr. 16 · Ballyhoodlums · Mary Peace · ar; illustrated by Harley Ennis Stivers 18 · Demeter, A Farm Woman [Part 2 of 6] · Joseph Hergesheimer · sl; illustrated by Robert W. Crowther 20 · Spotlight [Part 3 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 23 · Nothing Serious; or Just Poison Ivy · Katharine Dayton · pl; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · News Items You Didn’t See · Roy H. Fricken · hu 24 · The Unbent Twig · Ethel Jacobson · pm 24 · Lines to a Lady · O. F. Reeves · pm 24 · Morning After · Paul North · pm 24 · How to Cap a Gusher · Scott Corbett · hu 27 · Something About a Dollar · James Gould Cozzens · ss; illustrated by George Brehm 30 · Good-by to the League · The Rt. Hon. Lord Queenborough, G.B.E. · ar 39 · Dry Season · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm 78 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 80 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; photo & autobio sketch of Katharine Dayton.

The Saturday Evening Post [v209 #8, August 22, 1936] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Charles Hargens) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · “Dear Mother, I’m in Jail!” · Honoré Morrow · ar; illustrated by Galbraith 8 · Mr. Rumbin Double Talks [Mr. Rumbin] · Booth Tarkington · ss; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 10 · Two Against the Arctic · Mary S. Ferguson · ar 12 · Kiss in the Afternoon · George S. Brooks · ss; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 14 · Love Nest on Wheels · William Hazlett Upson · ss; illustrated by Tony Sarg 16 · The Political Curse on the Farm Problem · Garet Garrett · ar 18 · Pit Pilot · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman 20 · Demeter, A Farm Woman [Part 3 of 6] · Joseph Hergesheimer · sl; illustrated by Robert W. Crowther 23 · The Spenders · Raymond G. Carroll · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting! · Barbara Collyer · pm 24 · Pre-Campaign Problems · Joseph Wolfe · hu 24 · The Problem Child · Newman Levy · pm 24 · Familiar Friends, No. 789 · Brock Milton · pm 27 · Spotlight [Part 4 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 42 · Out Is Out · Ogden Nash · pm 54 · All About Money · Gertrude Stein · hu 57 · The Bride’s Surprise · Janet MacDonald · pm 78 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v209 #9, August 29, 1936] (5¢, 76pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Albert W. Hampson) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · This Way I Beat Joe Louis [Part 1 of 2] · Max Schmeling (as told to Paul Gallico) · ar 8 · Thomasheen James and the Running Dog [Thomasheen James] · Maurice Walsh · ss; illustrated by H. J. Mowat 10 · Hash by the Billion! · A. H. Vandenberg · ar 12 · Company · Richard Sherman · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta 14 · “Faster! Faster!” · Borden Chase · ss; illustrated by Charles La Salle 16 · Hollywood Middleman · Anon. · ar; last of series.; illustrated by John Polgreen 18 · The Long Patrol · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss; illustrated by Rico Tomaso 20 · Demeter, A Farm Woman [Part 4 of 6] · Joseph Hergesheimer · sl; illustrated by Robert W. Crowther 23 · Oceans of Love; or Letters Have Peace · Katharine Dayton · pl 24 · And Where Will You Be the First Tuesday in November? · Laurence McKinney · pm 24 · Not a Very Talkative Guy · Scott Corbett · hu 24 · Fresh Every Hour · Berton Braley · pm 24 · Bedtime Story · Jack Shuttleworth · hu 26 · Spotlight [Part 5 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 30 · Building a Big League Ball Club · Billy Evans · ar 66 · Remembrance of Things to Come · Ogden Nash · pm; illustrated by Frances Tipton Hunter 74 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v209 #10, September 5, 1936] (5¢, 92pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Maurice Bower) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Rest for Weary Willie [Part 1 of 2] · John Benton · ar; illustrated by Galbraith 7 · Miss Endicott · Vincent Sheean · ss; illustrated. 8 · Everybody Was Very Nice · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 10 · This Way I Beat Joe Louis [Part 2 of 2] · Max Schmeling (as told to Paul Gallico) · ar 12 · Blue Duster · Charles Rawlings · ss; illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer 14 · The Public Eye · Margaret Culkin Banning · ss; illustrated by H. R. Ballinger 16 · Salad Days · George Rector · ar 17 · Father Meets Son · J. P. McEvoy · ar; illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman 18 · Judy Finds an Opening · John Reid Byers · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta 20 · Demeter, A Farm Woman [Part 5 of 6] · Joseph Hergesheimer · sl; illustrated by Robert W. Crowther 23 · Meet Your Tax Collector · Frank Parker Stockbridge · ar; illustrated by Wyncie King 24 · The Plaintiff Rests · Ethel Jacobson · pm 24 · Gondolier’s Song · Scott Corbett · pm 24 · Model Husband · Hilary Haw · hu 24 · Song of a Successful Businesswoman · W. B. France · pm 24 · Acid Test · Doug Welch · hu 26 · Spotlight [Part 6 of 6] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 30 · Pity the Poor Hostess · Anon. · ar 42 · Rain After Drouth · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm 49 · Home from School · Mary Dixon Thayer · pm 78 · The Angler Displays His Bride · Paul North · pm 90 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 92 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; photo & autobio sketch of Stephen Vincent Benét.

The Saturday Evening Post [v209 #11, September 12, 1936] (5¢, 128pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Frances Tipton Hunter) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Think Fast, Mr. Moto [Part 1 of 6; Mr. Moto] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by F. R. Gruger 8 · Me and My Public; What Happened to Dizzy · J. Roy Stockton · ar 10 · Broadway Angler · John Taintor Foote · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 12 · Journey’s Beginning · Rose Wilder Lane · ss; illustrated by Matt Clark 14 · Rest for Weary Willie [Part 2 of 2] · John Benton · ar; illustrated by Galbraith 16 · Fiddling Fool · Ben Ames Williams · ss; illustrated by F. R. Gruger 18 · Roscoe to the Rescue · Thomas McMorrow · ss; illustrated by Galbraith 20 · Sailor’s Delight · Corey Ford & Alastair MacBain · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 22 · Crossed Path to the Heart · Brooke Hanlon · ss; illustrated by Robert W. Crowther 24 · A Look at Harding from the Sidelines · Finley Peter Dunne · ar 27 · Second Booming: or It’s Just a Case of the Right Somebody to Love · Katharine Dayton · pl; illustrated by Wyncie King 28 · Three Flights Up · Barbara Collyer · pm 28 · Note of Envy · C. W. H. · pm 28 · Misanthrope · Alan Dennison · pm 28 · Hash · Scott Corbett · hu 28 · Speed Demons · Norman Ingersoll · hu 31 · Demeter, A Farm Woman [Part 6 of 6] · Joseph Hergesheimer · sl; illustrated by Robert W. Crowther 36 · Fighting the Champions · Tom Sharkey & Morrow Mayo · ar 38 · The Federal Invasion of the Business Field · Raymond G. Carroll · ar 48 · Grass · Philip Jerome Cleveland · pm 94 · England Expects · Ogden Nash · pm 126 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v209 #12, September 19, 1936] (5¢, 112pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Mortimer Hyman) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Folly and Farewell [Part 1 of 2] · Richard Sherman · sl; illustrated by John Polgreen 8 · My Son—Handicapped? · Anon. · ar; illustrated by Henrietta McCaig Starrett 10 · Golf’s a Big Business · Paul Gallico · ss; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 12 · McTurk · Everett Rhodes Castle · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 14 · The Cornstalk · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss; illustrated by George Brehm 16 · Quoddy · Kenneth Roberts · ar 18 · For Yon Fair Maid · Sigman Byrd · ss; illustrated by John Polgreen 20 · Think Fast, Mr. Moto [Part 2 of 6; Mr. Moto] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by F. R. Gruger 22 · Red-Short · Eric Fleet · ss; illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman 24 · Don’t Bet They Won’t · W. A. Alexander & Edward Danforth · ar 27 · We Are a Fortunate People · T. Jefferson Coolidge · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 28 · Stanzas in the Infrared · Ethel Jacobson · pm 28 · Platforms · Arthur Guiterman · pm 28 · Romance! Romance! · Scott Corbett · hu 28 · Dog Mistaken · Margaret Mackprang Mackay · pm 28 · Turn About · Doug Welch · hu 30 · Silver · Samuel Crowther · ar 33 · Security · Garet Garrett · ar 110 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 112 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; photo & autobio sketch of Ritchie Cooper; Ritchie Cooper is a woman who works from home, 16 hours a day she says.

The Saturday Evening Post [v209 #13, September 26, 1936] (5¢, 108pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Joe Robinson, The New Deal’s Old Reliable · Joseph Alsop, Jr. & Turner Catledge · ar 8 · The Climax Is Confidential · Eddy Orcutt · ss; illustrated by John Polgreen 10 · ’Ollywood on the Thames · Henry F. Pringle · ar; quota quickies. 12 · Two Neatly Dressed Men · Louise Kennedy Mabie · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta 14 · As Told by H. Seymour Hickey · Thomas McMorrow · ss; illustrated by F. Sands Brunner 16 · Afternoon of a Woolgatherer · Ogden Nash · ar; illustrated by Wyncie King 17 · Dyspeptics Never Die · Logan Clendening, M.D. · ar; illustrated by Otto Soglow 18 · For Fighting and Kissing · George S. Brooks · ss; illustrated by H. R. Ballinger 20 · Think Fast, Mr. Moto [Part 3 of 6; Mr. Moto] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by F. R. Gruger 23 · Is This Conversation? · Albert W. Atwood · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · Puritan Ode of Natation · Baron Ireland · pm 24 · To a Septuagenarian · Janet Pine · pm 24 · Cited for Heroism Under Fire · Barbara Collyer · pm 24 · Familiar Friends, No. 385 · Brock Milton · pm 24 · Autumn Bridegroom · Doug Welch · hu 26 · Folly and Farewell [Part 2 of 2] · Richard Sherman · sl; illustrated by John Polgreen 33 · The Reckless Other Fellow · Boyden Sparkes · ar 78 · It Is Indeed Spinach · Ogden Nash · pm 106 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v209 #14, October 3, 1936] (5¢, 84pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Leslie Thrasher) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · The Double Ride [Part 1 of 6] · Francis Wallace · sl; illustrated by John La Gatta 8 · Government-Run-Everything · John Raymond McCarl · ar 10 · Magic Lantern · Grover Jones · ar 13 · Jarge Makes It · Charles Rawlings · ss; illustrated by Gordon Grant 14 · Masque in Maryland · Price Day · ss; illustrated by Rico Tomaso 16 · I Married an Artist · Avery Strakosch · ar; illustrated by Henrietta McCaig Starrett 18 · A Woman of Principle · Francis & Katharine Drake · ss; illustrated by Charles La Salle 20 · Think Fast, Mr. Moto [Part 4 of 6; Mr. Moto] · J. P. Marquand · sl; illustrated by F. R. Gruger 23 · Credit · Garet Garrett · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · Song to Be Sung After Labor Day · Phyllis McGinley · pm 24 · The Right Man for the Right Job · Bob De Haven · hu 24 · Net Result · Paul North · pm 24 · Tables Turned · Scott Corbett · hu 24 · Anti-Suggestion · Ethel Jacobson · pm 24 · The Inquiring Reporter · Frank M. Ryan · hu 26 · Father Meets Son · J. P. McEvoy · ar; illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman 28 · Personal Appearance [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss; illustrated by George Brehm 31 · The Headwaiter’s Day Off · Anon. · ar 72 · Lyric to an Old Tune · Ethel Jacobson · pm 82 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct