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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #66, May 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · A Study in White · Nicholas Blake · ss The Strand Magazine Feb 1949, as “The Snow Line” 15 · Momentum · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 14 1940, as “Murder Always Gathers Momentum” 40 · Beyond the Sea of Death · Miriam Allen deFord · nv 58 · Monsieur Lucien—Burglar · Pierre Boileau; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss 65 · Red Dawn [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask May 1931, as by Ramon Decolta 78 · Which Is the Heir? · Anon. · vi The Little Gem, A Christmas, New Year’s and Birth-Day Present 1844 81 · The Missing Mortgagee [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss The Great Portrait Mystery, Hodder 1918; abridged to remove offending anti-Semitic comments. 97 · The Fine Italian Hand · Thomas Flanagan · ss 110 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 6: Karmesin, Con Man [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Spr 1938, as “Karmesin and Human Vanity” 115 · The Problem Club [The Problem Club] · Barry Pain · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1917, as “The Giraffe Problem” 121 · Killer’s Keeper · David X. Manners · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 27 1940 128 · Wit’s End [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine Oct 1934, as “The Starting-Handle Murder”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #67, June 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Cat’s-Paw · Stanley Ellin · ss 17 · Outside the Law · Francis Iles · ss The Strand Magazine Jul 1934 28 · An Honest Deal · Walter D. Edmonds · ss The Atlantic Monthly Mar 1929 42 · Lacrimae Rerum [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss; probably first in The (London) Evening Standard. 52 · Blue Glass [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask Jul 1931, as by Ramon Decolta 65 · Hard Sheriff · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 30 1939 69 · A Lady’s Shoe · James M. Barrie · ss The Lady’s Shoe, Brentano’s 1893 81 · Ask Maria · Floyd Mahannah · ss 98 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part One · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories, ed. Ellery Queen, World 1948; revised. 105 · The Biter Bit · Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly Apr 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited 126 · Speaking of Crime: Sock the Mystery Year · Anthony Boucher · cl 129 · Room Number Twenty-Three · Hugh Pentecost · ss Flynn’s Jun 20 1925, as by Judson P. Philips 144 · Index to Volume 13—January-June 1949 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v14, #68, July 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Thou Lord Seest Me · Q. Patrick · nv 21 · Trail of the Brown Sedan [Nick & Dave Glennan] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 6 1934 35 · The Big Shots · John Di Silvestro · nv 57 · Dirge · Hector Bolitho · ss The House in Half Moon Street, Cobden-Sanderson 1935 65 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 7: Karmesin, Blackmailer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Win 1938/’39, as “Karmesin and the Big Flea” 71 · Floor, Please · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Detective Story Magazine Mar 8 1924 81 · The Rainbow Murders End [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask Aug 1931, as “Diamonds of Death” by Ramon Decolta 92 · Subject to Review · Mary Adams Sarett · ss 103 · Condemned! · Francis Beeding · ss Mystery Jun 1935 109 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Two · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories, ed. Ellery Queen, World 1948; revised. 115 · Out of His Head · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · ex Carleton 1862 125 · Collared · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask Oct 1939

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v14, #69, August 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. fc. · [photo] · Anon. · cv 3 · Double Exposure · Ben Hecht · ss 12 · Crisis, 1999 [Bela Joad] · Fredric Brown · ss 26 · How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped · Katherine Mansfield · ss Rhythm Sep 12 1912, as by Lili Heron 30 · Riding the Ghost · Harl Cook · ss 49 · Query · “Seamark” · ss Out of the Dark, Hodder 1931 58 · Speaking of Crime: The Smiling Englishman · Anthony Boucher · cl 61 · The Third Man [Webster Burgess] · Meredith Nicholson · ss Collier’s May 13 1916 79 · The Burglar’s Story · W. S. Gilbert · ss Holly Leaves Dec 8 1883 85 · Guess Who?: Simon Templar, The Saint · Talbot C. Hatch · qz 87 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Three · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories, ed. Ellery Queen, World 1948; revised. 94 · The Vanishing Diamonds [Paul Beck] · M. McDonnell Bodkin · nv Pearson’s Weekly Jan 23 1897 112 · Murder in One Scene [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week May 2 1948 120 · Beginner’s Luck [Bill Parmelee] · Percival Wilde · ss The Popular Magazine Apr 20 1924, as “Tony Sits In”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v14, #70, September 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. fc. · [photo] · Anon. · cv 3 · The Arrow of God [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv 23 · Question No. 3 · Louis Golding · ss Argosy Aug 6 1938 26 · Off the Face of the Earth [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv 46 · Bars · Charles Francis Coe · ss The Smart Set 1929 63 · Guess Who?: Basil Willing · Talbot C. Hatch · qz 65 · The “Try-Out” Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine May 1936, as “The Fish Pond” 74 · Let Me Help You with Your Murders · T. M. McDade · ss 81 · Only the Fools Get Caught · Walter Duranty · ss Esquire Oct 1936 86 · Cat and Mouse · Frank Gruber · ss Black Mask Aug 1938, as “The Ring and the Finger” 97 · Stan the Killer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv; translated from the French (“Stan Le Tueur”, Police-Roman, December 23, 1938). 118 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Four · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories, ed. Ellery Queen, World 1948; revised. 124 · The Fire of London [Cecil Thorold] · Arnold Bennett · ss The Windsor Magazine Jun 1904 135 · The Man Who Played Hunches · A. H. Z. Carr · ss Harper’s Magazine Nov 1935, as “The Hunch”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v14, #71, October 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. ifc. · Get Him Out of This: The Problem of the Pit [Snip Carton, Insurance Agent] · Ernest Dudley · pz 3 · ? · Philip MacDonald · ss; title contest story. 8 · The Singing Diamonds [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · nv 27 · Accessory After the Fact · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss Liberty Oct 6 1945, as “Aunt Minnie and the Accessory After the Fact” 31 · The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Collier’s Apr 15 1905 41 · Blind Date · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1935, as “The Corpse and the Kid” 60 · Bridal Pond · Zona Gale · ss The American Mercury Feb 1928 65 · The Lakdoo Dinner [A.B.C. Hawkes] · Bechhofer Roberts · ss A.B.C. Solves Five, Hodder & Stoughton 1938, as “[untitled]” 76 · Old Beetle’s Crime · Alex. Barber · ss The Queen May 30 1928 81 · Cemetery Bait · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s Dec 12 1936 94 · The Greuze Girl · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1921, as “The Greuze” 111 · A Matter of the Tax Payers’ Money · Vinnie Williams · ss 123 · The Hand on the Latch · Mary Cholmondeley · ss The Lowest Rung, Murray 1908 133 · Evidence in Camera · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine Jun 1949

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v14, #72, November 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Black Cat · Edgar A. Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle Aug 19 1843 13 · The Million-to-One Chance [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 29 · Forget-Me-Knot · Barry Perowne · ss 34 · Dust to Dust · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss 50 · ? [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine Aug 11 1907, as “Problem of the Vanishing Man”; a contest for readers to discern the original title. 65 · The Etching · Hugh Walpole · ss Good Housekeeping Apr 1924 77 · The Mystery of Mary Rogers · Edward D. Radin · ar 1946 [Edgar Allan Poe] 81 · The Gewgaw Murder · I. J. Jay · ss 93 · He Will Never Know · Richard Sherman · vi Collier’s Oct 7 1933 96 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Five · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories, ed. Ellery Queen, World 1948; revised. 101 · The Twelve Little Pickaninnies [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · ss Cosmopolitan Aug 1928, as “Twelve African Boys”; translated from the French (L’Agence Barnett et Cie, Editions Pierre Lafitte, 1928). 116 · Haunted Ground · Oliver La Farge · ss Ladies’ Home Journal Aug 1930 120 · The Two Householders [Gabriel Foot, Highwayman] · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Day Feb 5 1891, as by Q 129 · In the Wheat · Maurice Level · ss Crises, Erskine Macdonald 1920; translated from the French (“Dans les blés”, Le Journal, 1904). 134 · The Forgotten Witness [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine Sep 1926

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v14, #73, December 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Mystery in Room 913 [Part 1 of 2] · Cornell Woolrich · na Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 4 1938; this part subtitled “The Suicide Room” and given as “The Suicide Room” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. ? [Judge Ephraim Peck] · August Derleth · ss; title contest story; reprinted as “Fool Proof”. 36 · Local Rules · Stephen McKenna · ss Tales of Intrigue and Revenge, Hutchinson 1924 41 · The Man Who Killed Dan Odams · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 50 · A Piece of String [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss The American Magazine May 1934 64 · The Most Dangerous Woman in the World · Ferenc Molnár · ss Vanity Fair Mar 1927 69 · The Queen Is Dead · Mildred Arthur · ss 81 · The Man Who Sang in Church [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss The 20-Story Magazine Sep 1927 93 · Tell Me the Time · Marie F. Rodell · ss Ladies’ Home Journal Nov 1946 105 · Horseshoes for Luck [Inspector Field] · Anthony Gilbert · ss 1935; Detection Medley, ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson 1939 112 · All but Empty · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Magazine Mar 1947 117 · Mystery in Room 913 [Part 2 of 2] · William Irish · na Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 4 1938, as by Cornell Woolrich; this part subtitled “The Murder Room”. 144 · Index to Volume 14—July-December 1949 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v15, #74, January 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. ifc. · Get Him Out of This: The Problem of the Octopus Room [Snip Carton, Insurance Agent] · Ernest Dudley · pz 4 · Death on Christmas Eve · Stanley Ellin · ss 12 · The Same to Us · Margery Allingham · ss The Daily Express May 17 1934 17 · “Extra! Extra!” · Robert E. Sherwood · ss Scribner’s Magazine Jul 1926 24 · Science and the Cop · Frederick Bechdolt · ss The Blue Book Magazine Aug 1942 27 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Six · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories, ed. Ellery Queen, World 1948; revised. 33 · The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel [Insp. Gabriel Hanaud; Mr. Ricardo] · A. E. W. Mason · na Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction Dec 1916 63 · The Wrong Guy · Samuel W. Taylor · vi Liberty Mar 29 1947 65 · A Life for a Life · Lawrence G. Blochman · vi Argosy Sep 18 1937 68 · Two Over Par [Haila & Jeff Troy] · Kelley Roos · ss 81 · Kill and Tell [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss 1947; copyright 1947 by Publicitas. 93 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller Feb 1929 111 · Murder on New Year’s Eve [Carole Thorne; Miles Shenton] · Q. Patrick · na The American Magazine Oct 1937, as “Exit Before Midnight”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v15, #75, February 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Bill Stone) Given as #74 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · $100 Reward for the Body! · Anon. · cn; contest for best 1000-word story to explain the photographic cover for this issue. 3 · Woman in the Dark · Dashiell Hammett · nv Liberty Apr 8 1933 (+2) 34 · Speaking of Crime: The Best Mystery Books of 1949 · Anthony Boucher · br 38 · Clue in Blue · Will Scott · ss The Strand Magazine Jul 1936 48 · The Case of the Three Old Maids [Dr. Maine] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 23 1933, as “Corpses Sat in the Car” 65 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar A. Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart 1844 81 · Dream Street Rose · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s Jun 11 1932 92 · The Great Emerald Mystery · Michael Arlen · ss The Red Book Magazine Feb 1928 103 · No Alibi · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s Feb 11 1939 106 · The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber [Sherlock Holmes] · John Dickson Carr · pl The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v2 #3 1949, as by Dr. John H. Watson; play performed at the Mystery Writers of America annual meeting, April 1949. 111 · Conversation in Baker Street [Sherlock Holmes] · Howard Spring · fa 116 · The Procurator of Justice [Sherlock Holmes] · Stephen Barr · vi 128 · The Patchwork Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v15, #76, March 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · $100 Reward! Announcement of Cover Contest · Anon. · cn; contest for best 1000-word story to explain the cover for this issue. 3 · Pale Blue Nightgown · Louis Golding · ss The Story-teller Oct 1936 10 · Blackmail · Stephen McKenna · ss The Story-teller Nov 1929 22 · A Daylight Adventure [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 35 · A Twilight Adventure [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan Magazine Apr 1914 45 · 1000-to-1 for Your Money [Sam Cragg] · Frank Gruber · nv Black Mask Mar 1939, as “The Sad Serbian” 63 · The Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 65 · The Dwarfs’ Club · Francisco A. Branco; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss 81 · The Humming Bird Comes Home · Cornell Woolrich · ss Pocket Detective Magazine Mar 1937 93 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · A. Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine Aug 1891 113 · Not for a Chorus Girl · C. S. Montanye · vi Collier’s Jul 14 1934 116 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Seven · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories, ed. Ellery Queen, World 1948; revised. 123 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Hangman’s Holiday, Gollancz 1933 131 · The Vampire · Thomas Narcejac; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss