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Argosy (UK) [v7 #9, September 1946] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6")

2 · Enchantment · A. E. · pm (r)
3 · In a Strange Land · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Feb 1924
7 · Muzio the Dancer · Konrad Bercovici · ss Harper’s Magazine Apr 1923, as “Muzio”
19 · The Root · J. T. Story · vi
21 · The Pen of My Aunt · J. K. Stephen · pm (r)
22 · Truth Will Out · [Various] · ms (r)
25 · Attested Miracle · Dorothy Cottrell · ss
33 · The Unicorn in the Garden · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker Oct 21 1939
35 · Migration of the Birds · Stanislaw Balinski; translated by Francis Notley · ss
40 · “Who Walks with Beauty...” · David Morton · pm (r)
41 · Innocent and Guilty · Mary Gallati · ss
46 · Housing Shortage · Anon. · pz
47 · To the Mountains · Paul Horgan · nv (r)
69 · Sea Music · [Various] · ms (r)
73 · In the Rain · H. A. Brent · ss
79 · Confession · Frank O’Connor · ss (r)
86 · Fire, Fire! · [Various] · ms (r)
89 · No Hold Barred · Wessel Smitter · ss (r)
104 · The Woman I Am Going to Wed · H. T. Bone · pm (r)
105 · Petrified · John Gloag · ss (r)
112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v7 #10, October 1946] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6")
This issue announces a competition offering a “prize of £250 for the Best Original Short Story”.

2 · You Were Born · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets, Thomas Thorpe 1609, as “Sonnet CIV”
3 · Wing Walker · Guy Gilpatric · ss (r)
15 · Kong · John O’Connor · ss The Bell May 1946
23 · Who Have Eyes to See · Ronald Duncan · pm (r)
24 · The More We Are Together · [Various] · ms (r)
27 · Their Bonds Are Loosed from Above · Gwyn Jones · ss The Buttercup Field, Penmark 1945
35 · Congo Cat · S. Fowler Wright · ss The Witchfinder, Books for Today 1946
45 · Prize Story Competition · Anon. · ms (r)
47 · Picture for Sale · Julian Ward · ss (r)
60 · Postman’s Knock · [Various] · ms (r)
63 · The Terrified Doctor · Ben Hecht · ss The Champion from Far Away, Covici Friede 1931
66 · If You’d Been the Inspector... · Anon. · pz
67 · Dappled Fawn · Norman Edwards · ss (r)
73 · Mask of the Devil · André de Richaud · ss (r)
83 · Death in the Woods · Sherwood Anderson · ss The American Mercury Sep 1926
92 · Ghosts’ Moonshine · [Various] · ms (r)
95 · Sketching Trip · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly Jun 1945
112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v7 #11, November 1946] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6")

2 · Laying Up the Boat · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ar The Cornhill Magazine Oct 1901
3 · The Fifteen Shilling Marvel · Cledwyn Hughes · ss
9 · Summer Morning’s Adventure · John Lastingham · ss
17 · Prize Story Competition · Anon. · ms (r)
19 · Lil in Her Loveliness · Neil Bell · ss (r)
25 · She Tells Her Love While Half-Asleep · Robert Graves · pm (r)
26 · Towers in the Mist · [Various] · ms (r)
29 · Crowning Glory · Neil Paterson · ss (r)
39 · Michael Finney and the Little Men · John Richard Humphreys · ss Cosmopolitan Aug 1946
52 · Have a Heart · Anon. · pz
53 · Mary Osaka, I Love You · John Fante · ss (r)
70 · A Clowder of Cats · [Various] · ms (r)
73 · The Cigar · John Gloag · ss
76 · Morning · T. Lovatt Williams · pm (r)
77 · The Tale of the Faithful Wife · Arthur Haslam · ss (r)
87 · Pink May · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Demon Lover and Other Stories, J. Cape 1945
94 · Furious Fancies · [Various] · ms (r)
97 · The Rise and the Passing of Bar · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss (r)
112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v7 #12, December 1946] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6")
Pagecount rises to 128pp.

2 · Daybreak [from Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes] · R. L. Stevenson · ex C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1879
3 · Onslaught · Edmund Gilligan · ss (r)
18 · Unfathomable Sea · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm (r)
19 · Last Cover · Paul Annixter · ss
28 · Pin Up · [Various] · ms (r)
31 · I’m a Fool · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial Feb 1922
40 · The Watcher · Frederic Prokosch · pm Harper’s Magazine Jun 1936
41 · The Lovers · John Keir Cross · ss The Other Passenger, Westhouse 1944
48 · Enter the Villain · Anon. · pz
49 · The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine Jun 1926
67 · Ghost of Mr. Kitcat · Rumer Godden · ss
72 · Times Are What They Were · [Various] · ms (r)
75 · No. 7, Parkham Crescent · Norman Edwards · ss (r)
89 · Four Love Sonnets · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets, Thomas Thorpe 1609
91 · The Treasure in the Forest · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget Aug 23 1894
98 · Roses in December · [Various] · ms (r)
99 · Raw Material · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Nov 1923, as “The Imposters”
102 · Eat, Drink and Be Merry · [Various] · ms (r)
105 · The Sad Road to the Sea · Gerald Kersh · nv Cosmopolitan Sep 1946
128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v8 #1, January 1947] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6")

2 · God Bless Us Every One [from A Christmas Carol] · Charles Dickens · ex Chapman & Hall Dec 19 1843
3 · The Hunchback Zia · Frances Hodgson Burnett · ss (r)
16 · Company for Christmas · [Various] · ms (r)
19 · The Bus That Went to France · Bartimeus · ss (r)
25 · Horse Thief · Erskine Caldwell · ss Vanity Fair Nov 1933
31 · Wesley Finds His Girl [from The Adventures of Wesley Jackson] · William Saroyan · ex Harcourt Brace 1946
36 · Sweet Fever · [Various] · ms (r)
39 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown Aug 1940
60 · Bird to Hand · Anon. · qz
61 · Wife of Candaules · Karel van de Woestijne; translated by Jo Mayo · ss Harvest of the Lowlands, ed. Jan Greshoff, Querido 1945
80 · Winter · Patience Eden · pm (r)
81 · Midnight Blue · John Collier · ss The New Yorker Jan 22 1938
86 · Petty Traffickers · [Various] · ms (r)
89 · Mr. Whitcomb’s Genie · Walter Brooks · nv The Saturday Evening Post Dec 15 1945
104 · The Mistletoe Bough · Thomas Haynes Bayly · pm Songs and Ballads, Carey and Hart 1844
105 · The Black Devil · Neil Paterson · nv Collier’s May 18 1946
128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v8 #2, February 1947] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6")

2 · Velvet Shoes · Elinor Wylie · pm Collected Poems of Elinor Wylie, Alfred Knopf 1932
3 · Return · Nathan Asch · ss (r)
11 · Last Battle · Gerald Kersh · ss Neither Man Nor Dog, Heinemann 1946; extract from the novel Night and the City (1938).
18 · Winter Pool · Douglas Young · pm (r)
19 · Night of Storm · McKnight Malmar · ss (r)
30 · Forever Umbrage · [Various] · ms (r)
33 · The Mistaken Fury · Oswald Couldrey · ss The Mistaken Fury, Blackwell 1914
43 · The Story of Bel and the Great Dragon · Anon. · vi (r)
45 · Sea Witch · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv (r)
68 · Scots’ Reel · [Various] · ms (r)
71 · Forest of the South · Caroline Gordon · ss (r)
86 · Musical Box · Anon. · qz
87 · Pigeon Cree · Sid Chaplin · ss (r)
93 · Night and Day · [Various] · ms (r)
95 · When the Angels Laughed · Mary Gallati · vi
98 · Fantasia in Green · [Various] · ms (r)
101 · October Island · William March · nv (r)
128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v8 #3, March 1947] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6")

4 · March [from Mere England] · J. H. B. Peel · pm Chaterson Ltd. 1946
5 · The Flood · Conrad Richter · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 6 1945
16 · Cherchez la Femme · Anon. · qz
17 · Seven’s · T. F. Powys · ss The New Leader Oct 23 1924
21 · Murderer · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss (r)
36 · And So to Bed · [Various] · ms (r)
39 · The Devil at Clonmacnoise · Mervyn Wall · ss
53 · Glencannon and the Ailing Cockroach [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 16 1946
67 · Ae Fond Kiss · [Various] · ms (r)
69 · Business Is Business · Norman Edwards · ss (r)
75 · The Bull That Won · Ben Hecht · ss Physical Culture Jul 1931
94 · House with a View · [Various] · ms (r)
97 · Rivets · John Gloag · ss It Makes a Nice Change, Nicholson 1938
100 · Carnivorous Quadruped · Christopher Smart · pm (r)
101 · Defeat of the Countess · F. G. Loring · ss (r)
112 · Miraculous Moonshine · [Various] · ms (r)
115 · Son of the Vulture · Stuart Cloete · ss (r)
128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v8 #4, April 1947] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6")

4 · Scent of Pine · Harry Noyes Pratt · pm (r)
5 · Sappho · A. C. Malcolm · ss
11 · Operation Badger · Frank S. Stuart · ss (r)
19 · A Girl Called Myrna · Peggy Mann · ss Collier’s Nov 23 1946, as “A Girl Named Myrna”
26 · Year’s at the Spring · [Various] · ms (r)
29 · Experimental Marriage · John Collier · ss (r)
45 · Song of Courtship · Anon.; translated by Arthur Waley · pm (r)
46 · My True Love · Anon.; translated by Arthur Waley · pm (r)
46 · Wedding Song · Anon.; translated by Arthur Waley · pm (r)
47 · The Cyprian Cat · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933
57 · Somewhere, Somewhen— · Wilfrid Gibson · pm (r)
58 · They Were All Prisoners · Anon. · qz
59 · Slant on the Skipper · Richard Howells Watkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 10 1946
67 · The Blackboard · Jessamyn West · ss Town & Country 1946
75 · The Judas Goose · Winifred Van Etten · ss (r)
82 · Fighting Words · [Various] · ms (r)
85 · Al-Rafsat or The Kick · Hilaire Belloc · ss (r)
94 · From Here to There · [Various] · ms (r)
95 · Anything Will Do · C. Day Lewis · pm Overtures to Death, Jonathan Cape 1938
99 · Case for the Crown · Neil Paterson · nv (r)
128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v8 #5, May 1947] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 96pp, 4.7" x 7.6")
Pagecount down to 96pp.

2 · If I Were King · W. E. Henley · pm (r)
3 · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · ss; prize-winning story in the Argosy £250 competition.
11 · The Second Death · Graham Greene · ss
15 · Loadstone · Gerald Gould · pm (r)
16 · None but the Brave · [Various] · ms (r)
19 · Bad Luck McCall · William Holder · ss (r)
32 · Owl Song · Anon. · qz
33 · Revenge · Samuel Blas · ss Collier’s Jan 11 1947
38 · Belvedere · John Masefield · pm (r)
39 · The Caddy Said “Moo” · Aleko Lilius · vi (r)
41 · Here We Go Quietly Nuts in May · Ogden Nash · pm Cosmopolitan Jun 1942
42 · Major Pleasures · [Various] · ms (r)
44 · Edna’s Fruit Hat · John Pudney · ss It Breathed Down My Neck, J. Lane 1946
57 · The Outlaw of Cedar Forest · Edmund Ware · ss Collier’s Oct 12 1946, as “The Outlaw of Mopang Forest”
71 · Tale of a Queue · Norman Edwards · ss (r)
78 · Other Worlds Than This · [Various] · ms (r)
81 · Petite Cousine · Herman Teirlinck · ss Harvest of the Lowlands, ed. Jan Greshoff, Querido 1945
96 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v8 #6, June 1947] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 96pp, 4.7" x 7.6")

2 · Song in June · Marion Peacock · pm The New Statesman
3 · Firstborn · Howard Fast · ss (r)
13 · Java · E. Hickman-Smith · ss
27 · Summer Is a Wild Girl · Joseph Joel Keith · pm (r)
28 · A Matter of Opinion · [Various] · ms (r)
31 · The Keys of the City · A. C. Malcolm · ss
36 · Happiness · May Sarton · pm (r)
37 · Monstrous Exhibit · A. G. Morris · ss (r)
44 · Neither Vegetable nor Mineral · Anon. · qz
45 · The Adjusters · Virginia Douglas Dawson · ss (r)
54 · Travel Is So Broadening · [Various] · ms (r)
57 · Maria’s Christ · Gerald Kersh · ss John Bull Jan 17 1942, as “The Mystery of Maria’s Christ” by Waldo Kellar
61 · In a Thicket · Glenway Westcott · ss (r)
67 · Once on a Sunday · Philip Wylie · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 13 1943
80 · Private View · [Various] · ms (r)
83 · Take Us the Little Foxes · Gwyn Jones · ss The Buttercup Field, Penmark 1945
96 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v8 #7, July 1947] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 96pp, 4.7" x 7.6")

2 · Summer Moon · Robert Bridges · pm Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, G. Bell & Sons 1890
3 · Moment of Truth · P. J. Alexander · vi Collier’s May 25 1946
6 · The Lion That Wanted to Zoom · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker Feb 4 1939
7 · The Reef · Dorothy Cottrell · ss
15 · Beatitude · C. Day Lewis · pm (r)
16 · On with the Dance · [Various] · ms (r)
19 · The Match Against Woody Bourton · John Moore · ss (r)
24 · What’s in a Name? · Anon. · qz
25 · Madame Margot · John Bennett · ss Doctor to the Dead, Rinehart 1946
38 · Old Sweet Song · [Various] · ms (r)
39 · Craftsman’s Poem · N. G. Strong · ss (r)
47 · Reconstruction of a Crime · Laurence Kirk · ss (r)
60 · Medicine Man · [Various] · ms (r)
63 · A Cup of Tea · Phyllis Bottome · ss (r)
69 · The Rivals · Neil Bell · ss (r)
74 · Skylines · [Various] · ms (r)
77 · Jenshih, or the Fox Lady · Shen Chi-Chi; translated by Ch-Chen Wang · ss Traditional Chinese Tales, Columbia University Press 1944; translated from the Chinese.
85 · The Triumphant Thumb · Antonia Ridge · ss
96 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v8 #8, August 1947] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6")
Pagecount is back to 128pp; is now printed by the Withy Grove Press Ltd., Manchester.

4 · Enchantment · William Butler Yeats · pm (r)
5 · Duel · Alis de Sola · ss (r)
11 · The Best Year · D. D. Beauchamp · ss (r)
20 · Spare the Rod · Anon. · qz
21 · Bull’s Eye View · B. L. Jacot · ss
26 · To Present My Love · [Various] · ms (r)
29 · Cloak of Neptune · A. D. K. Johnston · ss
47 · Chinese Story · John Leimert · ss (r)
54 · Royal Flush · [Various] · ms (r)
57 · Just Walked In, He Did · K. M. Harris · nv
80 · To Bed Betimes · [Various] · ms (r)
83 · A Present for Mrs. Jessy · F. Creighton · ss (r)
86 · On What Beautiful Morning · T. H. White · pm (r)
87 · Reddest Flower in Rio · Thomas Aitken · ss (r)
96 · Constant Inconstancy · [Various] · ms (r)
99 · Jane · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International Apr 1923
128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

Argosy (UK) [v8 #9, September 1947] (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6")

4 · Vagabond Song · William Bliss Carman · pm Songs from Vagabondia, Small, Maynard and Company 1894
5 · Roman Holiday · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss (r)
19 · Ann and the Cow · Johannes V. Jensen · vi (r)
21 · Biological Reflections · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker Jul 12 1930, as “Biological”
22 · My True Love · [Various] · ms (r)
25 · The Price of the Head · John Russell · ss Collier’s May 20 1916
35 · The Long Night · Lucy Cavan · ss (r)
46 · Waterways · [Various] · ms (r)
49 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury Sep 1930
62 · Footsteps · C. Day Lewis · pm (r)
63 · The Puzzle Knot · Walter C. Brown · ss (r)
68 · Night and Day · [Various] · ms (r)
69 · Our Lady of Gwithian · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss News from the Duchy, Arrowsmith 1913
74 · Once Upon a Time · [Various] · ms (r)
77 · A Petticoat for Linda · Thomas H. Raddall · ss (r)
90 · Poet’s Cornucopia · Anon. · qz
91 · Fountain Pen · John Hersey · ss (r)
99 · Chestnut · J. T. Story · vi
101 · The Sly Dog · Virginia Dale · vi The American Magazine Sep 1946
104 · The Orchestra Speaks · [Various] · ms (r)
107 · Sir Dominick’s Bargain · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round Jul 6 1872, uncredited; revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838.
128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

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