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The Passing Show [v2, #88, November 25, 1933] (2d, 10½" x 14¼") Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · Lifeboats for Planes · Carol Olsson · ar 9 · Diamonds and the Duchess · G. R. Malloch · ss 12 · What It Means to You: Home Trade Truth · Francis Williams · ar 12 · Jail Fever · Hannen Swaffer · br; extended review of London Prisons of Today and Yesterday, by Albert Crew 13 · The Man in the Bowler Hat · Will Scott · ss 14 · Are You a Milk-Bottle Pirate? · Claude F. Luke · ar 15 · One Mad Week · E. G. Ganner · ss 18 · Private Lives 88: The Girl Who Despises Luxury · Private Secretary · ar [Dorothy Paget] 24 · Search Twenty-Eight · Anon. · ts 26 · 50 Years to Crack a Safe · Jeffrey Truby · ar 30 · The Pirates of Venus [Part 8 of 8; Venus] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. Argosy Sep 17 1932 (+5); illustrated by Fortunino Matania 34 · The Fatal Decision · Cecil Norriss · ss

The Passing Show [v2, #89, December 2, 1933] (2d, 10½" x 14¼") Special Christmas issue Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · The Happy Prisoners · May Edginton · ss 9 · The Front Doors of Dreamland · Hannen Swaffer · br 10 · Professor Scrooge Unmasks the Spirit of Christmas · Ritchie Calder · ar 12 · Slice of His Life · Will Scott · ss 13 · Private Lives 89: Susan Claus · Private Secretary · ar [Arabella Susan Lawrence] 15 · Amazing Cases of a Scientific Sleuth, No. 4: Mystery of the Asthmatic Marquis · Ashton Wolfe · ar 17 · Lost on Venus [Part 1 of 10; Venus] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. Argosy Mar 4 1933 (+6); illustrated by Fortunino Matania 30 · Little Rude Robbin’ Hood · Ashley Sterne & A. A. Thomson · pl; a pantomime. 34 · Arsenic! · Anon. · ts

The Passing Show [v2, #90, December 9, 1933] (2d, 10½" x 14¼") Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · Women+Wealth=? · Kingsley Long · ar 9 · Why Wives Go South · Laura Whetter · ss 13 · Brown Shirts—Red Hands—and Yellow Streaks · Hannen Swaffer · br; review of Nazi Germany Explained, by Vernon Bartlett 14 · “Gentlemen, a Genius!” · C. Hedley Barker · ss 15 · Private Lives 90: Mouse & Man · Private Secretary · ar [Walt Disney] 17 · Lost on Venus [Part 2 of 10; Venus] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. Argosy Mar 4 1933 (+6); illustrated by Fortunino Matania 27 · Amazing Cases of a Scientific Sleuth, No. 5: The Knights of the Silver Dagger · Ashton Wolfe · ar

The Passing Show [v2, #91, December 16, 1933] (2d, 10½" x 14¼") Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · A Gift from Margot · Kathleen Norris · ss 9 · Private Lives 91: The Man from the Dark · Private Secretary · ar [Aldous Huxley] 10 · The Philipino Kid · R. W. Thompson · ss 12 · Wheat, Wheat, but Nothing to eat · Kingsley Long · ar 15 · “Cup of Tea, 2d.” · Muriel Blanckensee · ss 17 · Can They Rebuild Babylon? · Hannen Swaffer · br; review of The American Experiment, by M.J. Bonn 18 · Tum de-diddlety-tum Tum-Tum · Frank H. Shaw · ss 28 · Crowds Can Win Matches · J. Murray Smith & Joe Hulme · ar 32 · Christmas Gives Them Work · D. M. B. Collier · ar 38 · Judgment · F. A. J. Godfrey · ss 40 · Lost on Venus [Part 3 of 10; Venus] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. Argosy Mar 4 1933 (+6); illustrated by Fortunino Matania

The Passing Show [v2, #92, December 23, 1933] (2d, 10½" x 14¼") Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Christmas Train [Jeremiah Jones (The Laughing Crook)] · Will Scott · ss 8 · You Can’t Tear Up This— · Ritchie Calder · ar 10 · Lace Shoes · Ellen Gatti · ss 11 · These Thrills Are Dope! · Hannen Swaffer · br; review of Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes, though really considers all recent “thrillers” and says how they have become interchangeable. [R. Austin Freeman] 12 · Cavalcade to Bethlehem · A. L. Easterman · ar 13 · Close-up of a Baby · Christine Jope-Slade · ss 16 · Private Lives 92: The Fourth Man in England · Private Secretary · ar [William Temple]; about the Archbishop of York. 21 · Where It Wasn’t Christmas · Rosita Forbes · ar 22 · Lost on Venus [Part 4 of 10; Venus] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. Argosy Mar 4 1933 (+6); illustrated by Fortunino Matania

The Passing Show [v2, #93, December 30, 1933] (2d, 10½" x 14¼") Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · To Oblige a Lady · W. F. Morris · ss 9 · You’ll Live to See it! · D. M. B. Collier · ar; looks ahead to 1954 and starts “More light, more colour, more health, more comfort, more happiness!”. 10 · What Do Women Want? · Will Scott · ss 11 · Petries of Gaza · Hannen Swaffer · ar [Sir Flinders Petrie; Lady Petrie] 13 · Marcia Comes Downstairs · Ann West · ss 16 · Private Lives 93: Immortal Elf, S.W.1 · Private Secretary · ar [Jean Forbes-Robertson] 25 · Lost on Venus [Part 5 of 10; Venus] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. Argosy Mar 4 1933 (+6); illustrated by Fortunino Matania

The Passing Show [v2, #94, January 6, 1934] (2d, 10½" x 14¼") Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · A Story of Our Time · Sir Philip Gibbs · ar 9 · Sam & Sallie set the Theatre Free, by A.L. Crauford · Hannen Swaffer · br; reviews Sam and Sallie. 11 · Miss Russia Has a Party Frock · Lars Moën · ar 13 · Private Lives 94: Man with 7 Countries · Private Secretary · ar [Alexander Korda] 14 · Adoring She · George Froxfield · ss 16 · Whipped Cur · D. Wilson MacArthur · ss 24 · Every Picture Could Tell a Story · D. M. B. Collier · ar 25 · Lost on Venus [Part 6 of 10; Venus] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. Argosy Mar 4 1933 (+6); illustrated by Fortunino Matania

The Passing Show [v2, #95, January 13, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Laugh, Clown, Laugh · Christine Jope-Slade · ss 8 · Country Cameo: Consolation · S. L. Bensusan · ar 9 · Private Lives 95: Recording Angel · Private Secretary · ar [Sir Ernest Wild] 10 · Diamonds Are Trumps · Carl Olsson · ar 12 · Portrait of His Worship · Keith Ayling · ss 13 · Characters in Search of a Dickens · Hannen Swaffer · br 13 · What It Means to You: Germany’s Default · Francis Williams · ar 14 · Lucky 13 · Elizabeth York Miller · ss 16 · A Trade That Shames Us · A Horse Lover · ar 22 · Our Fates Were in My Handbag · Anon. · ts 24 · Footballers Have Feelings · J. Murray Smith & Joe Hulme · ar 25 · Lost on Venus [Part 7 of 10; Venus] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. Argosy Mar 4 1933 (+6); subtitled “Sentenced to Death”.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 28 · A Woman’s Woman · Marian Ryan · ar 30 · This Really Happened: Murder in Alaska · O. V. · ts

The Passing Show [v2, #96, January 20, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · A Chance of Getting Married · E. M. Winch · ss 10 · Air Raids to Save Lives · Leonora Gregory · ar 12 · The Clue in the Fog · Peter Dack · ss 13 · Private Lives 96: Voice of the Flowers · Private Secretary · ar [Amelita Galli-Curci] 14 · They Tell Us the New, New Stories, by Edward J. O’Brien & O. Henry · Hannen Swaffer · br; reviews Edward J. O’Brien’s Best Short Stories plus a long anecdote about O. Henry. 15 · Let Rome Burn · Agnes Burke Hale · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 30 1933 18 · Country Cameo: The Twins · S. L. Bensusan · ar 24 · I Was a Stowaway · Anon. · ts 27 · Lost on Venus [Part 8 of 10; Venus] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. Argosy Mar 4 1933 (+6); subtitled “The Raiders from Kormor”.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 32 · You All Know My Face · Sybilla Jones · ar 32 · Yards of Romance · Mary Collins · ar 33 · Only Woman Aboard · Margaret MacArthur · ar 34 · This Really Happened: The Wife I Missed · Anon. · ts

The Passing Show [v2, #97, January 27, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · ... Always Get Their Man · Garnett Radcliffe · ss 8 · Ghost Trains of the Great Railway Revolution · Kingsley Long · ar 10 · Laughing Lillian · Thomas Burke · ss Liberty Jan 20 1934 11 · He Gave G.B.S. Two Guineas! · Hannen Swaffer · ar; basically a review of “The One and Only T.P.” by Hamilton Fyfe but really an excuse for Swaffer to talk about T.P. O’Connor. 11 · What It Means to You: Trade Castles · Francis Williams · ar 13 · Twigs Tells the Truth · Christine Jope-Slade · ss 16 · Private Lives 97: Old Master · Private Secretary · ar [Frank Brangwyn] 22 · “Clogs to Clogs...” · Anon. · ts 24 · Nature’s Identity Parade · Eric Hardy · ar 25 · Lost on Venus [Part 9 of 10; Venus] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. Argosy Mar 4 1933 (+6); subtitled “Where the Dead Walked”.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 28 · Fitting Wings for Other Women · Nancy Debenham · ar 30 · This Really Happened: Alone with a Lunatic · Anon. · ts 30 · Country Cameo: Why Winter Comes · S. L. Bensusan · ar

The Passing Show [v2, #98, February 3, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · A Big “If” in This Biggest Sport Year · W. Shirley Long · ar 7 · Fewer Lies, Please!, by Irina Skariatina · Hannen Swaffer · br; about First to Go Back. 8 · The Garcia Affair · W. F. Morris · ss 11 · Clear Case · Dudley Hoys · ss 13 · Dog Days for Crooks! · Claude Luke · ar 15 · Immortal Coils · W. Hughes · ss 18 · Private Lives 98: The World’s Grandma · Private Secretary · ar [Marie Dressler] 24 · Sole Survivor · Anon. · ts 27 · Lost on Venus [Part 10 of 10; Venus] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. Argosy Mar 4 1933 (+6); subtitled “The Way to Freedom”.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 32 · It’s Fun to Grow Older · Winifred Holtby · ar 34 · This Really Happened: My Night of Terror · R. S. R. · ts 34 · Country Cameo: The Friendly Wood · S. L. Bensusan · ar

The Passing Show [v2, #99, February 10, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Catherine the Great [Part 1 of 6] · Marjorie Bowen · sl; based on the current film.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 9 · Smash-and-Grab Empires, by Sir Percy Sykes · Hannen Swaffer · br; about A History of Exploration. 10 · “Via North Pole Please!” · Vilhjalmur Stefansson · ar 10 · Country Cameo: Paradise—£300 · S. L. Bensusan · ar 12 · Ah, Laddie! · W. A. Sweeney · ss; crime story. 13 · My Justice for Road Victims · Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison · ar 15 · When the Pie Was Opened · Christine Jope-Slade · ss 18 · Private Lives 99: The Man Who Was Lawrence · Private Secretary · ar [T. E. Lawrence] 24 · The Ghost That Killed a Dog · Anon. · ts 26 · Still Going Strong · Charles Graves · ar 28 · The Saga of Satan, 1: We Tackle the Spotted Terror · W. S. Chadwick · ss; Satan is a dog and these are stories set in Darkest Africa. 32 · There Is a Young Lady of Riga— · Nancy Debenham · ar 34 · This Really Happened: Head-first to Disaster · E. A. M. B. · ts

The Passing Show [v2, #100, February 17, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Beware the Deadly Decibel! · Ritchie Calder · ar 7 · Catherine the Great [Part 2 of 6] · Marjorie Bowen · sl; episode sub-titled “The Princess Meets a Handsome Man”.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 11 · Every Trade Can Be an Art, by Sinclair Lewis · Hannen Swaffer · br; about Work of Art. 11 · What It Means to You: Goering? Goebbels? · Francis Williams · ar 13 · The Man Who Gave Orders · Will Scott · ss 15 · The Feud of the Sea Queens · Bill Adams · ss 18 · Private Lives 100: Maxim Maximovitch the Persuasive · Private Secretary · ar [Maxim Litvinoff] 18 · Country Cameo: View Points · S. L. Bensusan · ar 24 · Flowers for His Lady · Anon. · ts 27 · Amazing Cases of a Scientific Sleuth, No. 6: The Steel Belt Murder Mystery · Ashton Wolfe · ar 32 · The Things Women Don’t Do · J. Murray Smith · ar 34 · This Really Happened: Chased by the “Night Scotchman” · H. W. · ts

The Passing Show [v2, #101, February 24, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · A Matter of Judgment · C. T. Stoneham · ss 8 · Shipwreck Is Safer · Charles Graves · ar 10 · By the Clock · Teresa Hyde Phillips · vi Collier’s Nov 4 1933 11 · Kings Who Still Wear Crowns, by Sir Charles Petrie · Hannen Swaffer · br; about Monarchy. 13 · The Tumble Twins Go Bogey [Twinkle] · Christine Jope-Slade · ss 16 · Private Lives 101: Emperor of Eyebrows · Private Secretary · ar [George Robey] 22 · S.O.S. Brother, S.O.S.! · Anon. · ts 24 · Safer Roads, But... · Thomas H. Wisdom · ar 25 · Catherine the Great [Part 3 of 6] · Marjorie Bowen · sl; episode sub-titled “The Forsaken Bride”.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 27 · Country Cameo: A Pound of Biscuits · S. L. Bensusan · ar 28 · Which Would You Rather Have? · Rosalind Brown · ar 30 · This Really Happened: I Knew Charles Peace · E. M. · ts

The Passing Show [v2, #102, March 3, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · We Live by Instalments · John Gliddon · ar 7 · Too Good to Be True · Arthur A. Greenlaw · ss 10 · Private Lives 102: The Mikado · Private Secretary · ar [Emperor Hirohito] 11 · What a Man Does · W. A. Sweeney · ss 13 · Amrath the Great · George E. Clough · ss; a “perfect murder” story. 16 · From Teacups to Cathedrals, by Montague Weekley · Hannen Swaffer · br; about William Morris. 22 · If Only I Had Known · Anon. · ts 24 · John Citizen at the Wheel · Sir Wyndham Childs · ar 26 · Where We Are All Spoiled Darlings · Dorothy Black · ar 28 · This Really Happened: I Saw My Tombstone · Lionel S. · ts 29 · Catherine the Great [Part 4 of 6] · Marjorie Bowen · sl; episode sub-titled “The Grand Duchess Confesses”.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 31 · Country Cameo: Mr. Tripp’s Prescription · S. L. Bensusan · ar

The Passing Show [v2, #103, March 10, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Out of Doors, Everybody! · Beverley Nichols · ar 7 · Money on the Floor [A.B.C. Hawkes] · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · ss 10 · Dare We Change Their Destiny? · George Bernard Shaw & P. D. Vernon · iv 11 · If the Unknown Warrior Came Back to Life, by Andrew Buchanan · Hannen Swaffer · br; about He Died Again. 11 · What It Means to You: Bludgeon Rule · Francis Williams · ar 13 · Out! · E. M. Winch · ss 15 · Private Lives 103: The Man Who Rebuilt Ireland · Private Secretary · ar [William T. Cosgrave] 17 · The Ring and the Glove · P. C. Wren · ss 20 · 1934—the Year That Hollywood Crashed? · James Whale · ar 26 · I Name This Child... · Anon. · ts 26 · Country Cameo: The Heavenly Twins · S. L. Bensusan · ar 28 · “Soling and Heeling” the Highway! · J. Murray Smith · ar 29 · Catherine the Great [Part 5 of 6] · Marjorie Bowen · sl; episode sub-titled “Menace to the Mad Czar”.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 34 · Police Leopards, Giraffe-Racing, Deer as Pets · H. E. L. Mellersh · ar 36 · Mother-Love Is Only Manganese · E. Arnot Robertson · ar 38 · This Really Happened: Why I Hate Irons · V. J. · ts

The Passing Show [v2, #104, March 17, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · The Split Seconds · J. Murray Smith · ar 7 · On Your Conscience, by Lance Beales & R.S. Lambert · Hannen Swaffer · br; about Memoirs of the Unemployed. 7 · What It Means to You: What Is a Fixed Trust? · Francis Williams · ar 8 · Daughter of Maretta · Julian Hillas · ss; south-seas romance. 11 · Private Lives 104: The Man Who Airs His View · Private Secretary · ar [H. B. T. Wakelam] 13 · Virgin Snow [A.B.C. Hawkes] · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · ss 16 · A Crook and a Lady · W. A. Sweeney · vi 22 · The Phantom Bandit · Anon. · ts 24 · I Stop the Traffic · A Point-Duty Policeman · ar 25 · Catherine the Great [Part 6 of 6] · Marjorie Bowen · sl; episode sub-titled “The Price of the Crown”.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 27 · Country Cameo: Luckless Lambs · S. L. Bensusan · ar 28 · Husbands Grumble · Minnie Pallister · ar 30 · This Really Happened: Diamonds in the Mud · B. P. P. · ts 30 · This Really Happened: Saved by a Sheep · S. F. · ts