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The Passing Show [v4, #191, November 16, 1935] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) (internal advert announces first issue of Woman’s Fair, December 1935, including serial by Faith Baldwin, complete novel by Olga Rosmanith and article by Naomi Mitchison “Sex and the Modern Girl”) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · The Weirdest Women · Rosita Forbes · ar 10 · Orchids for Mrs. Olney · Mary Hastings Bradley · ss 13 · Made to Be Smashed · Miles Henslow · ar 16 · Finger Prints · W. F. Morris · ss 18 · Safe for a Stretch · Leslie Beresford · ss 24 · Other People’s Troubles · Anon. · ts 26 · Forest Furnace · S. L. Bensusan · ar 28 · The Luck of the Bodkins [Part 9 of 10; Monty Bodkin] · P. G. Wodehouse · n. Herbert Jenkins 1935; chapter subtitled “Reggie Signs a Contract”. 32 · The World of Tomorrow, 4: Your Mail by Vacuum · Ray Cummings · ar 34 · What It Means to You: More Wages Due · Francis Williams · ar 36 · Woman to Woman: A Fresh Start at 40? · Ellen Wilkinson · cl

The Passing Show [v4, #192, November 23, 1935] (Odhams Press, 2d, 36pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Clumsy · Ben Ames Williams · ss 8 · Men to See Twice as Far · Will Hay · ar; the comedian as astronomer. 10 · Tuck’s Millions · W. A. Sweeney · ss 11 · Ha! Ha!—Not Bang! Bang! · Gerald Heard · ar 14 · The Union Jack Menu [Elizabeth] · Florence A. Kilpatrick · ss 16 · Private Lives: Millionaire with Only Ten Children · Anon. · ar [Sir Robert Ho Tung] 22 · Through the Windows · Anon. · ts 24 · The Luck of the Bodkins [Part 10 of 10; Monty Bodkin] · P. G. Wodehouse · n. Herbert Jenkins 1935; chapter subtitled “Mr. Llewellyn Surrenders”. 28 · Country Cameo: The Tragedy of Oswald · S. L. Bensusan · ar

The Passing Show [v4, #193, November 30, 1935] (Odhams Press, 3d, 104pp, cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Christmas Double Number. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 9 · A Love Story of the First British Christmas · Naomi Mitchison · ss 12 · Sports Model · Christine Jope-Slade · ss 15 · Man with a Miracle [Marconi] · B. L. Jacot & D. M. B. Collier · bg 18 · Jubilee of Jazz · Leonard G. Feather · ar 21 · Tea and Toast · Richmal Crompton · ss 22 · The Man Who Sold the Gulf Stream [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Harper’s Magazine Jul 1935, as “Jorkens Handles a Big Property” 29 · Cavalcade of Christmas Coins · W. J. Passingham · ar 35 · Alfred of the X-Ray Eyes · Barré Lyndon · ss 41 · Keep It Old-Fashioned · Gracie Fields · ar 43 · Private Lives: The Ceremonious Marquis · Anon. · ar [Lord Linlithgow] 45 · The Perfect Wife · Pearl Buck · ss Redbook Magazine Nov 1935 55 · Typist’s Island [Part 1 of 9] · Alan LeMay · sl 64 · Speedway Romance · Anon. · ts 66 · The Holly Is up in the Hostels! · Sydney Moorhouse · ar 68 · A Toyman Talks about Children · Mary Benedetta · ar 70 · Fast Train from Paris · Leslie Beresford · ss 74 · Women at Work: Miss Sugar and Miss Spice · Henrietta Leslie · ar 76 · Asking Father · Dudley Hoys · ss 79 · All Wrapped Up—and Somewhere to Go! · Oliver Johns · ar 81 · Rapid Growth of the Fastest Game · A. A. Haydon · ar; table tennis. 84 · Dick and Dan · S. L. Bensusan · ss 86 · They Deliver the Goods · L. G. Branson · ar 90 · Be a Magician This Christmas · Jasper Maskelyne · ar 94 · The Girl in Blue Rags · Rosita Forbes · ar; in the Weirdest Woman series.

The Passing Show [v4, #194, December 7, 1935] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · Outcast Caravans · Konrad Bercovici · ss 10 · My Five Sane Men · Howard Coster · ar 12 · Everything Was Different · W. S. Meadmore · ss 13 · Man with a Miracle, 2: Sounds Across the Sea! [Marconi] · B. L. Jacot & D. M. B. Collier · bg 16 · Typist’s Island [Part 2 of 9] · Alan LeMay · sl; chapter subtitled “Shanghaied by Tonga Dick”. 18 · The World of Tomorrow, 6: Page Your Wife · Ray Cummings · ar 24 · The Man in the Mirror · Anon. · ts 26 · Blue-Water Xmases · J. D. Gardiner · ar 28 · One Black Eye [Elizabeth] · Florence A. Kilpatrick · ss 30 · Test Your Handwriting · Dr. Leopold Thoma · ar; notes that Edgar Allan Poe’s signature suggests vanity. 32 · Why Pull the Cat’s Tail? · Sophia Lauterbach · ar 34 · Country Cameo: Winter · S. L. Bensusan · ar 36 · What It Means to You: Planning a City · Francis Williams · ar

The Passing Show [v4, #195, December 14, 1935] (Odhams Press, 2d, 44pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · Heading for the Last Gee-Up · J. Murray Smith · ar 10 · A Morning in October · Harold Dearden · ss 12 · The World of Tomorrow, 7: Better Health by Radio · Ray Cummings · ar 13 · Those Puddings and Socks · Oscar E. Millard · ar 17 · Barber’s Wife · W. A. Sweeney · ss 18 · Typist’s Island [Part 3 of 9] · Alan LeMay · sl; chapter subtitled “Night of Terror”. 20 · What It Means to You: News of Work · Francis Williams · ar 26 · Yellow Pennies · Anon. · ts 28 · Woman to Woman: Give Them What they Need · Henrietta Leslie · cl 30 · Pineapple Chunks · C. Phillips · ss 34 · Man with a Miracle, 3: Marconi Conquers the Atlantic · B. L. Jacot & D. M. B. Collier · bg 40 · Pleasant Little Plague · S. L. Bensusan · ar

The Passing Show [v4, #196, December 21, 1935] (Odhams Press, 2d, 36pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Two Hundred Haunted Houses · Dr. Nandor Fodor · ar 7 · The Man Whose Blood Boiled · Barré Lyndon · ss 12 · Hot Milk · E. H. Clements · ss; crime story. 13 · Santa Claus, Inc. · W. J. Passingham · ar 14 · Portrait of a Lady · Leonard Denzell · ss 21 · Are You in Training? · Dr. D. Hay Scott · ar 22 · Typist’s Island [Part 4 of 9] · Alan LeMay · sl; chapter subtitled “Enemies in Love”. 24 · Country Cameo: Work in the Woods · S. L. Bensusan · ar 26 · Woman at Bay · Anon. · ts 28 · Woman to Woman: “So They Adopted a Baby” · Len Chaloner · cl 30 · Man with a Miracle, 4 [Marconi] · B. L. Jacot & D. M. B. Collier · bg 32 · What It Means to You: A Bumper Christmas · Francis Williams · ar

The Passing Show [v4, #197, December 28, 1935] (Odhams Press, 2d, 32pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Doing Without the Eearth · Daphne Clare · ar 7 · Milk-Fed · B. L. Jacot · ss; illustrated by Clive Uptton 10 · I Could Have Been a Successful Crook · Edgar Wallace · ar 12 · Easy to Remember · Stephen Phillips · ss; illustrated by Sinclair Calow 15 · Laughter · [Various] · ct; miscellaneous cartoons by Leet, Harold Bears, B. Martin, Ternent, Frank Whitburn, Thompson, G. Sherwood, Ander Burns, A. C. Barrett, P. Millar, R. Marlor, & Bruce Bairnsfather. 19 · The Inexpensive Flat · Germaine Beaumont · ss; illustrated by Hamilton Williams 20 · Typist’s Island [Part 5 of 9] · Alan LeMay · sl; chapter subtitled “A Ghost from the Past”.; illustrated by Ronald McLeod 24 · Woman to Woman: Let the Kid Run the Party · Sophia Lauterbach · cl 25 · Country Cameo: By the Fireside · S. L. Bensusan · ar 26 · Saved by a Rogue · Anon. · ts 28 · 1935 Cavalcade of Wild Life · Eric Hardy, F.Z.S. · ar

The Passing Show [v4, #198, January 4, 1936] (Odhams Press, 2d, 32pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · What Will Be Our Children’s World? · Julian Huxley · ar 7 · No Sense of Humour · Scobie Mackenzie · ss 10 · Talking Shadows · Loré Leni · ar; about forgotten film stars. 12 · Yellow Lights · H. Kingsley Long · ss 14 · What It Means to You: Lower Real Wages · Francis Williams · ar 19 · Imperfect Day · Leslie Beresford · ss; crime story. 20 · Typist’s Island [Part 6 of 9] · Alan LeMay · sl; chapter subtitled “The Return of Garrett Waterson”. 22 · Country Cameo: The Bearer of Tidings · S. L. Bensusan · ar 24 · Woman to Woman: Back-to-the-Land Girls · Mary Ferguson · cl 26 · Flames of Furtune · Anon. · ts 28 · This Week You Are Keeping a Diary · Eve Lincoln · ar

The Passing Show [v4, #199, January 11, 1936] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon · Achmed Abdullah · nv 9 · My Secrets · Daphne Clare & Rt. Rev. H. A. Wilson · iv; interview with the Bishop of Chelmsford presented in the first person. 10 · There Is an Unbuilding Boom · W. J. Passingham · ar 13 · Great Man and Two Women · W. A. Sweeney · ss 14 · The Bell · Alex Barber · ss; weird tale. 16 · Make Your Own Weather · Edgar Middleton · ar 25 · Private Lives: A Man Like All of Us · Anon. · ar [Clement Attlee] 26 · Typist’s Island [Part 7 of 9] · Alan LeMay · sl; chapter subtitled “Lilua Claims Her Man”. 28 · Country Cameo: Pleas for Winter · S. L. Bensusan · ar 32 · Woman to Woman: I Am a Flat Hostess · Mary Benedetta & Mrs. Gallogly · cl 34 · The Magic Typewriter · Anon. · ts 36 · Dead Ships Live Again · George Godwin · ar

The Passing Show [v4, #200, January 18, 1936] (Odhams Press, 2d, 36pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Today’s Sky-Baby May Be Tomorrow’s Flying Giant · W. J. Passingham · ar; a look at the rocket pioneers, including Max Valier and Robert H. Goddard. 7 · Petrified Personality · Oscar Schisgall · ss 10 · Living Together · Daphne Clare · ar 13 · Ever Met a Tiger? · C. Hedley Barker · ss 14 · Murderers Must Be Bold · W. F. Morris · ss 22 · Typist’s Island [Part 8 of 9] · Alan LeMay · sl; chapter subtitled “Piracy on the High Seas”. 24 · Country Cameo: In the Fog · S. L. Bensusan · ar 26 · What It Means to You: The Four Men of Silver · Francis Williams · ar 27 · Out-Patients from Prison · Edgar Middleton · ar 28 · In Search of a Waist · Elizabeth Craig · ar 30 · The Swastika Scar · Anon. · ts

The Passing Show [v4, #201, January 25, 1936] (Odhams Press, 2d, 36pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Love Song · Anne West · ss 8 · The Arabian Nights Jubilee · Col. P. T. Etherton · ar 10 · House of Dreams · J. Bernard MacCarthy · ss 11 · Watch Men Like These · Stephen Black · ar; about inventors and the benefits or otherwise of their work. 14 · Have-a-Heart Desperate · H. Kingsley Long · ss 16 · Back to Windmills · A. J. Forrest · ar 22 · Typist’s Island [Part 9 of 9] · Alan LeMay · sl; chapter subtitled “Karen Takes Command”. 24 · Country Cameo: Man’s Best Friend · S. L. Bensusan · ar 26 · What It Means to You: The Persuasive Newsreel · Francis Williams · ar 27 · Oh, Great Grandmamma! · Horace Newte · ar; Victorian disclosures. 28 · Life Begins at 45! · Lady Kitty Vincent · ar 30 · Night Danger · Anon. · ts

The Passing Show [v4, #202, February 1, 1936] (Odhams Press, 2d, 36pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Unlike Other Ladies, 1: The Worst Woman in Europe · Marjorie Bowen · ar [Madame de Brinvilliers]; series about notorious women.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 8 · The Ill-Fated Olympics · Norman Hillson · ar 10 · Not the Tortoise— · B. L. Jacot · ss 12 · What’s the Use of all this Digging? · Frank D. Long · ar; about archaeology. 14 · Tiresome Woman · Florence A. Kilpatrick · ss 16 · How He Knew Women · Geoffrey Williamson · ss 22 · As Advertised · Oscar Schisgall · ss 24 · Country Cameo: Winter Night · S. L. Bensusan · ar 26 · Woman to Woman: These Women Work Harder · Ellen Dorothy Abb · cl 28 · These Ideas Rob the Machine of Peril · J. Murray Smith · ar 32 · Outsider Chance · Anon. · ts

The Passing Show [v4, #203, February 8, 1936] (Odhams Press, 2d, 36pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Great Lover · M. M. Gibbon · ss 8 · It’s the Right Radio for Us · Charles Brewer · ar; compares US and UK radio. 10 · Some Other Morning · G. H. C. Askew · ss 13 · How to Defy February · Dr. Douglas Hay Scott · ar 15 · Unlike Other Ladies, 2: A Woman in Love with a Demon · Marjorie Bowen · ar [Esther Vanhomrigh]; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 16 · Mr. Tidman’s Troubles · S. L. Bensusan · ss 22 · Spiteful Rifle · Garnett Radcliffe · ss; set partly in India. 26 · Me and the Movies! · Dim Pares · ar; start of new series, “Women Confess”. 28 · Life and Death Puzzles · W. A. Darlington · ar; about cryptograms or translations. 32 · My Two Mothers · Anon. · ts

The Passing Show [v4, #204, February 15, 1936] (Odhams Press, 2d, 36pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Health Factory No. 1 · L. G. Branson · ar 7 · Mr. Diamond, Factologist · Morley F. Cassidy · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 7 1935 11 · Where Millionaires Are Watched · Vincent Brome · ar 13 · Women Are Like That · W. A. Sweeney · ss 14 · Unlike Other Ladies, 3: The Grand Duchess Prepares Poison · Marjorie Bowen · ar [Bianca Capello]; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 16 · What It Means to You: A Cheerful Budget · Francis Williams · ar 22 · The Sin of Sergeant Staines · Stephen Phillips · ss; crime story set amongst Eskimos. 26 · Out-of-the-Rut Careers · H. Harvey Day · ar 28 · Fool’s Fortune · A. P. Garland · ss 30 · Country Cameo: The Invaders · S. L. Bensusan · ar 32 · Shop-Window Girl · Anon. · ts

The Passing Show [v4, #205, February 22, 1936] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Murder Moon · Will Scott · ss; crime story. 8 · The Taming of the Tides · A. P. Garland · ar 10 · No Time Wasted · C. Hedley Barker · ss 11 · Millions Under the Hammer · W. J. Passingham · ar 15 · The Truth About the Kilt · Robert Jamieson · ar 16 · Embarrassing to Mr. Tuesday · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan Jan 1935, as “Breach of Promise” 24 · Unlike Other Ladies, 4: The Fisher Girl Goes to Court · Marjorie Bowen · ar [Sophie Dawes]; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 28 · Woman to Woman: On with the Dance! · Isabel Aldridge · cl 30 · Mighty Like a Star · Richard Connell · ss 34 · Country Cameo: A Contrast · S. L. Bensusan · ar 36 · In Love with a Photograph · Anon. · ts

The Passing Show [v4, #206, February 29, 1936] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Beautiful, Uncanny Creature · Elizabeth Goudge · nv 9 · Adventure?—I Can Still Find Plenty! · Richard Haliburton · ar 11 · Mr. Dagg Goes Home · S. L. Bensusan · ss 13 · Up the Pole · John Clement · ar 14 · The Woman on My Island · Stephen Phillips · ss 26 · Unlike Other Ladies, 5: The Secret of the Merciless Marquise · Marjorie Bowen · ar [Madame La Voisin]; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 30 · Woman to Woman: Fashion Without Tears · Henrietta Leslie & Madame Schiaparelli · cl 32 · To a Lady · Lew Dietz · ss 36 · Happiness I Never Expected · Anon. · ts

The Passing Show [v4, #207, March 7, 1936] (Odhams Press, 2d, 44pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · Confessions of a Fashion King, 1 · Paul Poiret · ar 10 · A Mother Wants Her Son · Dion Clayton Calthrop · ss 13 · Dare You Wear the Old School Tie · Leopold Spero · ar 17 · Office No. 779 · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss 18 · The Absence of Mary Brantwood [Molly O’Rourke] · Frank King · ss 26 · Unlike Other Ladies, 6: An Actress Ruins a King · Marjorie Bowen · ar [Lola Montez]; about the Countess of Landsfelt.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 28 · Country Cameo: Winter Packs Up · S. L. Bensusan · ar 30 · Woman to Woman: Will You Need to Spring Clean? · Helen Simpson · cl 32 · A Pupil for Mr. Pyne [Mr. Pyne] · Lucian Cary · nv 40 · Five Hours Back · Anon. · ts

The Passing Show [v4, #208, March 14, 1936] (Odhams Press, 2d, 36pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Moonbeam of Pearl [Savaran] · Douglas Newton · nv 9 · Confessions of a Fashion King, 2 · Paul Poiret · ar 11 · Mr. Rumbold’s Dream · Miles Henslow · ss 13 · How They Go to the Pictures · Dr. Leopold Thoma · ar 14 · Death Dive · Frank D. Long · ss 16 · Medicine Ray Marvels · Vincent Brome · ar 22 · The Charming Misses Chuang · Tanjong · ss 24 · Four Thousand Girls’ Clubs on Parade · V. H. Barlow · ar 26 · The Fatal Flower · Leslie Beresford · ss 30 · Sensible Sheep · S. L. Bensusan · ar 32 · The Man Wronged · Anon. · ts