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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v9, #40, March 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The President of the United States, Detective [President Place] · H. F. Heard · nv 32 · His Honor · Ben Ames Williams · ss Cosmopolitan Jul 1921 40 · An Arabian Night in Park Lane [Tom Hebblethwaite] · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine Sep 1932 52 · The Riddle of the Double Negative [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 64 · King’s Evidence · Algernon Blackwood · ss London Calling Jan 9 1941; first broadcast on the BBC, June 27, 1936.; a rewritten version of “Confession” (Century Magazine, March 1921). 70 · The Case of the Stuttering Sextant · Baynard Kendrick & Clayton Rawson · fa; Kendrick’s story is a satire on true crime stories, and Rawson provides an introductory spoof of Dannay’s lengthy prefaces in EQMM, as well as mock footnotes. 76 · The Wrong Jar [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · nv Detective Stories of Today, ed. Raymond Postgate 1940; abridged. 92 · The Ides of Michael Magoon [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv 109 · Wages of Innocence · Leonard L. Leonard · ss Collier’s May 6 1939 115 · Left-Handed Murder · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 125 · Solutions to the First Monthly Contest · Clayton Rawson · ms; final paragraphs of “The Clue of the Tattooed Man” plus a list of contest winners.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v9, #41, April 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Given as v9 #4 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick · ss 17 · House Dick [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Dec 1 1923, as “Bodies Piled Up” 30 · The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl · Agatha Christie · ss The Novel Magazine Aug 1924, as “The Mystery of the Second Cucumber” 43 · Footfalls · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Pictorial Review Oct 1920 60 · The Sword Swallower Murder [Philo Gubb] · Ellis Parker Butler · ss St. Anthony Messenger 1933 68 · Charlemagne and the Secret Plans [Charlemagne] · Daniel Roselle · ss 74 · Steps Going Up · Cornell Woolrich · ss Black Mask Aug 1939, as “Men Must Die” 97 · Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Sunday Empire News Nov 11 1945, as “Dead Man’s Evidence” 101 · Fool-Proof [Chief-Inspector Parbold] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1936 116 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss 125 · Solutions to the Second Monthly Contest · Clayton Rawson · ms; final paragraphs of “The Clue of the Broken Legs” plus a list of contest winners.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v9, #42, May 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Dead Yellow Women [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask Nov 1925 42 · A Bird in the Tree [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch Jul 17 1940, as “The Case of the Cycling Chauffeur” 48 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss 58 · Challenge to the Reader · Hugh Pentecost · ss 71 · The Wedding Dress · Louis Bromfield · vi Collier’s Oct 31 1925 74 · Sir Gilbert Murrell’s Picture [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine Oct 1905 85 · A Gentleman · Maurice Leblanc · vi The Popular Magazine Nov 1 1910 88 · The Tracy Enigma [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from the French (Les 13 Enigmes, 1932). 93 · The Hit That Missed · Walter Duranty · ss Collier’s Feb 29 1936 100 · The House-in-Your-Hand Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss 117 · Asphodel · Edwin Lanham · ss Collier’s Jun 10 1944 126 · Solutions to the Third Monthly Contest · Clayton Rawson · ms; final paragraphs of “The Clue of the Missing Motive” plus a list of contest winners.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v9, #43, June 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Wood-for-the-Trees [Colonel Anthony Gethryn] · Philip MacDonald · nv 25 · How Now, Ophelia [Melville Fairr] · Michael Venning · ss 39 · The Red Signal · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Jun 1924 54 · The Killers · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine Mar 1927 62 · Dressing-Up · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine Nov 1929 71 · The Case of the Social Climber [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 90 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 94 · Tropical Disturbance [Oscar Sail] · Lester Dent · nv Black Mask Dec 1936, as “Angelfish” 117 · Listen, Listen! · R. E. Kendall · ss 128 · Index to Volume 9—January-June 1947 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #44, July 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Who Killed Bob Teal? [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss True Detective Nov 1924 18 · The Mystery of the 81st Kilometer Stone [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv 35 · Deadlock [Daniel Foss] · Edmund Crispin · nv 58 · The Widow’s Walk · Jack Finney · ss 67 · The Challenge to Dr. Farnsworth [Dr. Mark Farnsworth] · Francis Leo Golden · nv 89 · Advice to Literary Detectives · Gilbert K. Chesterton · ar The Tribute, ed. D. Mackenzie, John Horn Limited 1930 93 · The Missing Shakespeare Manuscript [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv 111 · Dove Dulcet Hitches His Wagon— [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · vi 114 · The Cloak That Laughed [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1935, as “The Mantle That Laughed”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #45, August 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Creeping Siamese [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Mar 1926 16 · The Quarterdeck Club [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv; radio script adaptation. 36 · Big Shot · Brett Halliday · ss Argosy Oct 22 1938, as by Davis Dresser 48 · People Do Fall Downstairs · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · nv 64 · Smothered in Corpses · Ernest Bramah · ss The Living Age Sep 27 1919, as “Smothered in Thrills: A Burlesque for the Cinema”; given as by “?” on the story itself, with the author’s name given on p. 72. 73 · Where There’s a Will · Agatha Christie · ss Mystery Magazine Mar 1 1926, as “Wireless” 84 · The Man Who Didn’t Exist [Reginald de Puyster] · Rufus King · ss Flynn’s Jul 11 1925, as “Houdini Jake” 99 · The Right .38 [Detective Sergeant Jim Casey] · Karl Detzer · ss The American Legion Magazine 1943 109 · The Case of the Frenchman’s Gloves [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine Jul 1938, as “Frenchmen Wear Gloves”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #46, September 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Corkscrew [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na The Black Mask Sep 1925 43 · The Other Side of the Curtain · Helen McCloy · nv 64 · Alderman Tommy Drops In [Tommy Rouse] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss Collier’s Mar 15 1930 76 · Case of the Gentleman Poet [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch Aug 7 1940 84 · The Perfect Crime · Kingsley Tufts · ss 89 · The Flying Corpse · A. E. Martin · nv 112 · Hold-Up · Channing Pollock · vi Collier’s Nov 21 1931, as “Poor Little Man” 115 · The Shot That Waited [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1934, as “Duel of Shadows”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #47, October 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Tragedy of a Handkerchief [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 16 · Blue Murder [Don Free] · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask Sep 1932; not the same as the story of the same name in the July 1928 issue. 37 · The Fourth Man · Agatha Christie · ss Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1925 50 · Smoke [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine Apr 1932 72 · The Long Worm [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 87 · Silk Hat · Katharine Brush · ss Collier’s Jul 13 1929 91 · Rope’s End · Viola Brothers Shore · nv 108 · Little Boy Lost · Q. Patrick · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #48, November 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine Nov 1947, as by John Dickson Carr 23 · The Name on the Wrapper [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine Mar 1938 37 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss; translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929). 42 · The Tangible Illusion [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · ss Mystery Feb 1935, as “Invisible Terror” 59 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 63 · Red Wine · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure Jun 1 1930 78 · Put Him on a Spot · Arthur Somers Roche · ss Collier’s Jul 6 1929 87 · The Phantom Alibi [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss McClure’s Nov 1920 100 · The Nine Pound Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss 115 · Fingerprints Don’t Lie [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #49, December 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Scorched Face [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask May 1925 32 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 3: Karmesin, Swindler [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Win 1937/’38, as “Karmesin and the Meter” 37 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 4: Karmesin, Criminal Lawyer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Aut 1938, as “Karmesin and the Tailor’s Dummy” 42 · S.O.S. · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Feb 1926 55 · Criminological Data · John L. Cooney · pz 56 · Murder, 1970 · Pierce Atwater, II · ss; framing story for the following four vignettes. _ · The Spooky House · Irma Mendez · vi _ · Carson Finds a Bandit · Benjamin Rivera · vi _ · The Big-Hearted Killer · Jose Marscal · vi _ · Pointer to Murder · Lee Markward · ss Scientific Detective Jan 1947 66 · The Amateur of Crime · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The American Magazine Apr 1927 83 · Portrait of Eleanor · Marjorie Alan · nv 100 · Journey’s End · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s Jan 2 1926 103 · All Saints’ Day · Maurice Level · ss Hearst’s Magazine Sep 1919; translated from the French (“Nès Yeux”, Le Journal, 1904). 109 · Blind Man’s Bluff [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 128 · Index to Volume 10—July-December 1947 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #50, January 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Third Bullet [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · na Hodder & Stoughton 1937, as by Carter Dickson; abridged. 74 · Albert Pastor at Home · Dashiell Hammett · vi Esquire Aut 1933 76 · The Corpse in the Closet [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week Feb 16 1947 85 · Observe and Remember · George Harmon Coxe · vi 1941 88 · Message in Code · Ben Wilson · vi This Week 1942 91 · Perkins Finds $3,400,000 [Willis Perkins] · Philip Wylie · ss Collier’s Jul 11 1931, as “In a Hole” 101 · Lost Girl [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s Jan 15 1938 106 · Death on the Air [Insp. (Supt.) Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh & A. Drummond Sharpe · nv The Grand Magazine Feb 1937; given as by Ngaio Marsh alone.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v11, #51, February 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · An Open Letters to Readers of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine · Lawrence E. Spivak · ms; letter about raising the price of EQMM from 25 cents to 35 cents and increasing the page count to 144. 4 · How to Win $100.00 and Have Fun Doing It · Anon. · cn; given as “New Cover Contest” in the Table of Contents; announcement of contest for best story about Salter’s cover for this issue. 5 · Help Wanted, Male [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine Aug 1945 38 · The Poisoned Dow ’08 [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show Feb 25 1933, as “The Poisoned Port” 47 · That’s Your Own Funeral · Cornell Woolrich · ss Argosy Jun 19 1937, as “Your Own Funeral” 60 · The Black Stone of Dr. Dee [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 77 · The Foreign Office Despatch [Romney Pringle] · Clifford Ashdown · ss Cassell’s Magazine Jul 1902 89 · The Case of the Cockfosters Emeralds · Arnold Bennett · ss The Loot of Cities, Thomas Nelson 1917, as “The Police Station” 99 · The Clarion Call · O. Henry · ss The Voice of the City, McClure 1908 105 · Light in the Window · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s Jul 13 1940 108 · A Life—A Bowl of Rice · Lemuel de Bra · ss The Blue Book Magazine Jun 1922, as “A Bowl of Rice” 113 · The Lady Who Laughed [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 129 · Yeggs Florentine · Guy Gilpatric · vi Collier’s Feb 8 1930 132 · The Half-Way House [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss The American Magazine May 1922

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v11, #52, March 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Death Rides a Boxcar · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine Jan 1945 42 · The Case of Poor Gertrude [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine Mar 1935, as “The Terror of Tongues” 55 · Pieces of Silver · Brett Halliday · ss Argosy Jul 30 1938, as by Davis Dresser 65 · The Bad Luck Murders [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Baffling Detective Mysteries Jul 1943, as “Dead Men’s Shoes” 81 · The Stone Ear [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine Sep 1933 95 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 100 · The Riddle of the Tired Bullet [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 114 · Midnight Visit · Robert Arthur · vi Collier’s Jun 17 1939 117 · Midnight Adventure [Prince Rudolf] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Magazine Nov 1938 129 · Double Play · Courtney Ryley Cooper · vi Collier’s Oct 1 1938 132 · The Dog in the Orchard · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Cosmopolitan Sep 1940 144 · How to Win $100.00 and Have Fun Doing It · Anon. · cn; given as “New Cover Contest” in the Table of Contents; announcement of contest for best story about Salter’s cover for this issue.