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The Strand Magazine [v111, #669, September 1946] (George Newnes Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · An Announcement for Our Old Readers · Anon. · ed; announcing “a new dress for a new age” beginning with the next issue. 14 · Holidays at Butlin-on-Sea · Richard Usborne · ar 21 · This Man Butlin [William Butlin] · Anon. · bg 22 · Nurse Dugdale Himself [Arthur Marshall] · Alvar Lidell · bg 26 · Text Book of Crime · Percy Hoskins · ar 29 · Motoring Mirth · [Various] · ct 32 · The Fossetts of Fossetshire · Edward Trice · ar 36 · You Can Change Your Name for About £5 · Guy Morgan · ar 39 · Remarks Worth Illustrating · Anon. · ct 40 · Private Suite · Dorothy Whipple · ss 45 · Brave New Babies · W. Suschitsky · pt 53 · Denmark’s Honoured Guests · George Edinger · ar 56 · Some Writing Is So Easy · Russell Maloney · ar 58 · Famous Friendships · James Agate · ar 61 · Hollywood Is Spelt B-I-G M-O-N-E-Y · George Campbell · ar 64 · London’s Lost Rivers · Donald MacKenzie · ar 68 · So You Want to Be a Farmer? · L. F. Easterbrook · ar 72 · I Think It’s Funny: Introducing Mr. Barnacle [from Little Dorrit] · Charles Dickens · ex Bradbury & Evans 1857; “chosen by J. B. Morton”. 76 · The Town Hall Puts on the Heat · Frank Illingworth · ar 78 · Ends and Means · Richard Armour · pm 79 · Self-Quiz · Anon. · qz 82 · Behind the Scenes in a Big Kitchen · T. A. Layton · ar 86 · What About the Birth-Rate · Robert Fontaine · ms 87 · Don’t Believe Your Ears · Howard Thomas · ar 93 · A Policeman’s Life · Seton Valentine · ar

The Strand Magazine [v112, #670, October 1946] (George Newnes Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest, cover by Edward Ardizzone) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · [photo of a cap, magnifying glass, and purported manuscript] · Anon. · fp; with a short editorial paragraph introducing new format and referencing Sherlock Holmes. 14 · Hullo · Maurice Tabard · pt 15 · Mr. Quill on Money [Mr. Quill] · Anon. (by Macdonald Hastings) · ss; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone 21 · Modern Rhymes · [Various] · gp _21 · Counsel · R. H. Eckersley · pm _21 · Argument · R. H. Eckersley · pm _21 · Eskimo · Harold Morland · pm _21 · Gurkha · Harold Morland · pm _21 · Kurd · Harold Morland · pm _21 · Cures · Sally Shrimpton · pm 22 · Road Accidents—Whose Fault? · Richard Usborne · ar 27 · To the Conference · Inez Holden · ss; illustrated by Christopher Sykes 31 · Dear Old Days · Anon. · pt 39 · Commentary on Myself: Reminiscences of Major Lewis Hastings · Lewis Hastings · bg; illustrated by Tom Purvis 47 · A Great New Survey of London: Part the First, the Map of the Strand · J. P. Sayer · mp 51 · When I Was Nineteen · Max Beerbohm · ar; features drawing by made by Beerbohm when he was 19 years old in 1892.; illustrated by Max Beerbohm 56 · The Commonplace Book of the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee · Clement Attlee · ms 58 · “Press Button B”: A Cautionary Tale · Anon. · vi 59 · What It Costs to Have an Evening Out · Anon. · ar 63 · The Private Collector: A Tray of Junk · Major D. L. Blumenfeld · ar 67 · The Secrets of Sidney the Sparrow · Mac Hastings · ss; illustrated by Betty Swanwick 74 · October Calendar · Anon. · cs 76 · How to Play Gin Rummy · George Monkland · ar 78 · Useless Information · Anon. · cl 79 · Insults · Anon. · cl 80 · How Much Longer Will Food Rationing Last? · Anon. · ar 82 · Whispers · Anon. · cl 94 · Crossword Quiz · Anon. · pz 96 · Down the Strand · Anon. · bg; this column features short biographies of contributors to the issue.

The Strand Magazine [v112, #671, November 1946] (George Newnes Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest, cover by Edward Ardizzone) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · A Memory of the Strand · Anon. · fp The Strand Magazine 14 · The Day Your Were Late at the Office · Anon. · pt 15 · Mr. Quill on Gratitude [Mr. Quill] · Anon. (by Macdonald Hastings) · ss; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone 24 · Just Out of the Forces? Looking for a Job? · Richard Usborne · ar 31 · [photographs of dogs] · [Various] · pt 38 · The Kite · W. Somerset Maugham · ss; illustrated by Anthony Gross 47 · A Map of Piccadilly · J. P. Sayer · mp 51 · Alas, Poor London · John Betjeman · ar 56 · The Commonplace Book of Lord Beaverbrook · Lord Beaverbrook · ms 58 · The Enforced Return · Mervyn Peake · pm 58 · If the Earth Were Lamp-Lit · Mervyn Peake · pm 59 · The Birth of a Ballet · David Chancellor · ar 62 · The Private Collector: Mr. Hammon’s Chess Shop · Major David L. Blumenfeld · ar 68 · How Long Will the Housing Shortage Last? · Anon. · ar 70 · Insults · Anon. · cl 70 · Useless Information · Anon. · cl 72 · Whispers · Anon. · cl 73 · November · Anon. · cs 76 · The Secrets of Sidney the Sparrow: No. 2 The Giant Carp in the Serpentine · Mac Hastings · ss; illustrated by Betty Swanwick 83 · The Glamours of the Stage · Anon. · pt 96 · Crossword Quiz · Anon. · pz

The Strand Magazine [v112, #672, December 1946] (George Newnes Ltd., 1/3d, 112pp+, digest, cover by Edward Ardizzone) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. Page count increases to 112 pp. with this issue. 13 · A Memory of the Strand · Anon. · fp The Strand Magazine Jan 1891 14 · [untitled photo] · Andre de Dienes · pt 15 · Prayer for a New Mother · Dorothy Parker · pm 16 · Mr. Quill on Grub [Mr. Quill] · Anon. (by Macdonald Hastings) · ss; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone 30 · A Christmas Sermon for Pagans · C. S. Lewis · ar 34 · Here We Go Again · David Chancellor · pi; illustrated by Clarke Hutton & Douglas Glass 43 · Let Me Go · L. A. G. Strong · ss; illustrated by Leslie Hurry 51 · The Art of Making Wood Fires · Sir Stephen Tallents · ar 55 · Fleet Street Displayed · J. P. Sayer · mp 59 · The Commonplace Books of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier · Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier · ms 62 · “Max” [Max Beerbohm] · Desmond MacCarthy · bg; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster 66 · Useless Information · Commander Campbell · cl 68 · Should There Be a Minister for Pleasure? · Anon. · ar 70 · Shades of Westminster · Richard Usborne · ar 79 · December · Anon. · cs 82 · Three Gifts · Alan Wykes · ss; illustrated by Mervyn Peake 88 · The Secrets of Sidney the Sparrow: No. 3 The Querrelsome Robins · Mac Hastings · ss; illustrated by Betty Swanwick 95 · How to Build a Windmill · Terry Cuneo · ar 105 · The Private Collector: 100 “What-to-Gives” for Christmas · Major D. L. Blumenfeld · ar 110 · Crossword Quiz · Anon. · pz 110 · Insults · Anon. · cl 112 · Down the Strand · Anon. · bg

The Strand Magazine [v112, #673, January 1947] (George Newnes Ltd., 1/3d, 112pp+, digest, cover by Edward Ardizzone) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · As We Were · Anon. · fp 14 · The Winter’s Tale · W. Suschitzky · pt 15 · Mr. Quill on Good Resolutions [Mr. Quill] · Anon. (by Macdonald Hastings) · ss; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone 30 · Hammond of England · Edmund Blunden · pm 32 · The Publisher-Politician [Harold Macmillan] · Tom Driberg, M.P. · bg; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster 35 · City of Men · Maurice Tabard · pt 43 · Heinrich · E. C. Hornsby · ss; illustrated by Robert Scanlan 51 · Swans Flying · John Pudney · pm; illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe 52 · The Commonplace Book of Mark Hambourg, the Great Pianist · Mark Hambourg · ms 54 · Make It Natural · Ronald Exell · vi 55 · A Prospect of Westminster · Anon. (by J. P. Sayer) · mp 59 · The Conquest of Disease · Dr. Charles Hill · ar 68 · Useless Information · Commander Campbell · cl; illustrated by Raymond de Lavererie 70 · Sixteenth Century Songs · Anon. · pm 71 · 30 Books of the Year · Anon. · br 79 · Paradise for 2 · Peter Jackson · ss; illustrated by Clarke Hutton 86 · What Should Be the Standard Rate of Income Tax? · [Various] · ar 88 · The Secrets of Sidney the Sparrow: No. 4 The Homeless Squirrel · Mac Hastings · ss; illustrated by Betty Swanwick 95 · One of the Small Powers Has a Meeting · Anon. · pt 97 · Murder · Philip Brownrigg · ar 100 · The Mind of a Murderer · A Doctor · ar 101 · The Private Collector: Chairs · Major D. L. Blumenfeld · ar 107 · Insults · Anon. · cl 109 · Some of the Things Oscar Wilde Really Said · Anon. · ms 110 · Perplexities · Anon. · pz; this column resumes its former name. 112 · Down the Strand · Anon. · bg

The Strand Magazine [v112, #674, February 1947] (George Newnes Ltd., 1/3d, 112pp+, digest, cover by Edward Ardizzone) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · [photo of the frontispiece and first text page of The Strand for April 1927] · Anon. · fp; featuring “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place,” the last Sherlock Holmes story by A. Conan Doyle. 14 · Mr. Quill on Luck [Mr. Quill] · Anon. (by Macdonald Hastings) · ss; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone 26 · The Reform of Forms · John Gloag & Harry Jones · ar 34 · Portrait of a Queen’s Room · Sacheverell Sitwell · ar 46 · The Adventure of the First Class Carriage [Sherlock Holmes] · Ronald A. Knox · ss; header is “The Apocryphal Sherlock Holmes,” as if commencing a series, but it did not.; by Ronald A. Knox “after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”; illustrated by Tom Purvis “in loving memory of Sidney Paget”.; illustrated by Tom Purvis 53 · Useless Information · Commander Campbell · cl 55 · A Map Showing the Royal Exchange · J. P. Sayer · mp; “being the Fifth Part of the Survey of London” but not all parts so designated. 59 · The Common Cold and How to Cope with It · John Langdon-Davies · ar 64 · The Private Collector: The Last Armourer’s Shop · Major David L. Blumenfeld · ar 68 · The New Master [John Piper] · Osbert Sitwell · bg; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster 71 · Femina · Roy Campbell · pm; illustrated by Andre de Dienes 79 · Insults · Anon. · cl 80 · When Shall I Get My New Car? · [Various] · ms 82 · The Sacrilege · H. E. W. Gay · ss; illustrated by Julian Trevelyan 88 · The Secrets of Sidney the Sparrow: The Giant Worm and the Greedy Mole · Mac Hastings · ss; illustrated by Betty Swanwick 94 · How I Write My Plays · Terence Rattigan · ar 98 · Antoine’s Wife · Peter Jackson · ss; illustrated by G. A. Hoffnung 111 · Perplexities · Anon. · pz

The Strand Magazine [v112, #675, March 1947] (George Newnes Ltd., 1/3d, 112pp+, digest, cover by Edward Ardizzone) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 18 · untitled (“Shake the stiff boughs and overarch...”) · Oliver St. J. Gogarty · pm; illustrated by André de Dienes 19 · Mr. Quill on Christian Names [Mr. Quill] · Anon. (by Macdonald Hastings) · ss; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone 28 · Gulls and Men · Robert Graves · pm; given as by Robert Grayes.; illustrated by Anthony Gross 30 · Who Are the Editors? · Ivor Brown · ar 42 · The Angry Novelist [Evelyn Waugh] · John Betjeman · bg; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster 45 · Tactical Exercise · Evelyn Waugh · ss 55 · Two Maps of Charing Cross · J. P. Sayer · mp; the Sixth Part of the Survey of London. 59 · Useless Information · Commander Campbell · cl 60 · To Understand a Modern Poem · gp _60 · A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London · Dylan Thomas · pm The New Republic May 14 1945 _61 · The Explanation · William Empson · ar; illustrated by Michael Ayrton 65 · Insults · Anon. · cl 66 · All but Empty · Graham Greene · ss; later revised as “A Little Place Off the Edgware Road” (1947). 70 · The Charm of Cigarette Cards · Alfred Cruse · ar 79 · Incognito · Anthony Armstrong · ss; illustrated by Victor Reinganum 89 · Puss the Hare · Mac Hastings · ss; illustrated by Betty Swanwick 99 · Seventy? · Anon. · ar 100 · At the Lantern · Alan Wykes · ss; illustrated by Mervyn Peake 110 · Perplexities · Anon. · pz 112 · What One Reader Thinks of This Issue · Anon. · ms

The Strand Magazine [v113, #676, April 1947] (George Newnes Ltd., 1/3d, 112pp+, digest, cover by Edward Ardizzone) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · [untitled] · Julian Trevelyan · fp 14 · untitled (“Who is this lady April-eyed”) · Oliver St. John Gogarty · pm; illustrated by Eidenbenz 15 · Mr. Quill on Faces [Mr. Quill] · Anon. (by Macdonald Hastings) · ss; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone 26 · Has the Rich Man Had It? · Nicholas Davenport · ar _32 · Postscript for Capitalists: How to Make Money at Poker · Anon. · ar 34 · An Artist and Her Garden · Vere Temple · ar; illustrated by Vere Temple 42 · Le Passager et Son Nègre [Dr. Jean Dollent] · Georges Simenon; translated by Sonia Brownell · ss; headed: “We introduce ’the French Edgar Wallace’”.; illustrated by Anthony Gross 55 · Survey of London: A Prospect of St. James’s Park · J. P. Sayer · mp 59 · Insults · Anon. · cl 60 · A Strand Celebrity Poll: Should There Be a Rival to the B.B.C.? · [Various] · ar 62 · Uncommon People Pictured by Osbert Lancaster: The Musical Peer [Lord Berners] · Constant Lambert · bg; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster 64 · Mr. & Mrs. Brock and the Awful Fox Family · Mac Hastings · ss; illustrated by Betty Swanwick 71 · An International Incident · Anon. · pi; illustrated by Ylla 79 · The Gentle Amanda · A. E. Coppard · ss; illustrated by Louis le Brocquy 92 · Useless Information · Patrick Murray · cl; illustrated by Lavererie 94 · Can You Admire a Picture Like This? · Bernard Denvir · ar 98 · The Private Collector: Pewter · Major D. L. Blumenfeld · ar 102 · The Thing Removed · Paul Rorke · ss; illustrated by Robin Jacques 110 · Perplexities · Anon. · pz 112 · What a Woman Reader Thinks About This Number of “The Strand” · Anon. · ms

The Strand Magazine [v113, #677, May-June 1947] (George Newnes Ltd., 1/3d, 112pp+, digest, cover by Edward Ardizzone) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 17 · [untitled] · Reinganum · fp 18 · untitled (“Dreamer, sleep on, for in your dream there lies”) · Virginia Graham · pm; illustrated by Andre de Dienes 19 · What Next? · John Langdon-Davies · ar 28 · Helping the Fairies · Lord Dunsany · ss; illustrated by Louis le Brocquy 32 · A Strand Celebrity Poll: If You Were the New Tourist Chief... · Anon. · ar 34 · The Contemplative Man’s Recreation · P. M. Hammond & D. M. Hastings · ar 42 · The Lottery Ticket · Graham Greene · ss; illustrated by Brian Robb 52 · Useless Information · Patrick Murray · cl; illustrated by Raymond de Lavererie 55 · Survey of London: Blackfriars and New Bridge Street · Anon. (by J. P. Sayer) · mp 59 · Why I’ve Stopped Betting · Philip Brownrigg · ar; illustrated by Victor Reinganum _63 · How to Pick the Derby Winner · Anon. · ar 64 · His Majesty King Fisher and the Water Rat Who Changed His Name · Mac Hastings · ss; illustrated by Betty Swanwick 71 · The Private Collector: Mark Hambourg, Connoisseur · Major D. L. Blumenfeld · ar 78 · Uncommon People Pictured by Osbert Lancaster: The Modern “Phiz” [Edward Ardizzone] · Michael Ayrton · bg; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster 84 · Mr. Quill and a Case of the Horrors [Mr. Quill] · Anon. (by Macdonald Hastings) · ss; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone 94 · The Unbeliever · H. Montgomery · vi 95 · The Promise of Spring · Paul Popper · pt 96 · The Triumph of Spring · Andre de Dienes · pt 97 · The Dirty Dog · Garnett Radcliffe · ss; illustrated by W. Scott Langley 107 · Insults · Anon. · cl 109 · Perplexities · Anon. · pz 109 · Hobson’s Choice · Anon. · ed; paragraph explaining that the magazine had to skip an issue “owing to the time lost during the fuel crisis”.

The Strand Magazine [v113, #679, July 1947] (George Newnes Ltd., 1/3d, 112pp+, digest, cover by Edward Ardizzone) There was no issue numbered #678. Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 17 · [untitled] · Jacques · fp 18 · Memo from Editor · [The Editor] · ed 19 · The Legacy of Abdul the Damned · Anon. · ar; illustrated by Wilfred Savage 32 · Uncommon People Pictured by Osbert Lancaster: Garbett of York [Cyril Forster Garbett] · Sidney Dark · bg; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster 35 · The Little Country Church · Anon. · pi; illustrated by Maurice Tabard 43 · Mr. Quill on Charity [Mr. Quill] · Anon. (by Macdonald Hastings) · ss; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone 48 · Situation Vacant · John Hastings Turner · ss; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone 55 · Survey of London: The Strand · J. P. Sayer · mp 59 · The Art of the Scythe · Sir Stephen Tallents · ar; illustrated by T. L. Poulton 63 · Old Luke · Geoffrey Johnson · pm; illustrated by Victor Ross 64 · The Swing of the Pendulum · Anon. · ar 70 · Eight Young Artists in Search of an Editor · Anon. · ar; illustrated by John Gay 79 · The Lark’s Nest · Laurence Kirk · ss; illustrated by Walter Goetz 88 · The Language of the Woods · Mac Hastings · ss; illustrated by Betty Swanwick 95 · The Promise / The Fulfillment · Maurice Tabard · pt 97 · Caught · Richard Egan · ss 101 · Insults · Anon. · cl 112 · What Another Editor Thinks of This Issue · Anon. · ms