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The Story-teller [#5, August 1907] ed. Newman Flower (London: Cassell & Co., 4½d, 180pp, standard pulp) Details supplied by Mike Ashley from bound volume. 717 · Bobby and the Water-Baby · Tom Gallon · ss 723 · The Chief of the “Golden Hope” · Captain F. H. Shaw · ss 730 · The Other Woman · Annie O. Tibbits · ss 737 · Her Highness’s Double · Huan Mee · ss 744 · The Broken Fiddle · Frank Howel Evans · ss 752 · The Adventures of Arsène Lupin No. 5. The Queen’s Necklace [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos · ss; translated from the French (“Le Collier de la reine”, Je sais tout, April 15, 1906). 763 · The Vision · Katharine Tynan · ss 769 · Some Other Night · Anon. · pm 769 · Changed · Anon. · pm 770 · A Night Errand · Randolph Lichfield · ss 776 · For His Brother’s Sake · Frank Hubert · ss 791 · The Garden Pagoda · Mayne Lindsay · ss 800 · “Ginger” · Owen Oliver · ss 806 · The Tenants of Toddington Terrace No. 13, To Let Unfurnished · L. G. Moberly · ss 813 · “I Fear No Foe” · Hansard Watt · pm 814 · Barbie · Helen Mathers · ss 820 · The Expiation of Jaspar Rutherford · Blanche Eardley · ss 831 · The Barrynite · E. Newton Bungey · ss 839 · The Fascinating Foreigner · Mrs. Harold Gorst · ss 842 · Mr. Smith · Richard Dark · ss 847 · The Eighth Guest · L. J. Beeston · ss 853 · The Romance of Adventure · gp _853 · The Piano’s Revenge on I. J. Paderewski · Anon. · ts [I. J. Paderewski]; written in the first person so possibly by Ignacy Jan Paderewski. _855 · My Private Madhouse · Jack Sinclair · ts 857 · Lady Parkston’s Pendant · Alice & Claude Askew · na 892 · Over the Walnuts and Wine · Anon. · cl

The Story-teller [#6, September 1907] (London: Cassell & Co., 4½d, 180pp, standard pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from British Library microfilm. 897 · The Lady Hope · Bernard Capes · ss 904 · The First of July—A Reminiscence · Reginald Rigby · pm 905 · An Artist’s Secret · Jane Hardy · ss 908 · Fritz · Arnold Bland · ss 915 · “If I Were Queen” · Joseph Carmichael · pm 916 · A Warning to Travellers · Hansard Watt · pm 916 · The Eternal Question · C. L. Nicholls · pm 917 · The Seal · Boyce Storey · ss 925 · Mrs. Tadworthy’s Good Intentions · Derek Vane · ss 928 · While We May · Anon. · pm 928 · In Days to Come · Anon. · pm 929 · The Adventures of Arsène Lupin No. 6. The Black Pearl [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · ss 936 · Felton’s Luck · Charles Garvice · ss 947 · Hide and Seek · Fred M. White · ss 953 · The Plague of Ghosts · Rafael Sabatini · ss 961 · “Jack” · Owen Oliver · ss 967 · A “Pioneer” Movement · Elizabeth Quayle · ss 974 · The Unfounded Fear of Ulric Foster · Burford Delannoy · ss 979 · A White Princess · Winifred Graham · ss 986 · Actuality · Anon. · pm 986 · Fame · Anon. · pm 987 · The Conspirators · Richard Dark · ss 992 · After Eight Bells! · Rudolph de Cordova · ss 1001 · A Batavian Conspiracy · Barry Sheil · ss 1006 · Thicker Than Water · Harold Bindloss · ss 1013 · The First Prize · Frank Howel Evans · ss 1020 · The Man from Siberia · Grenville Hammerton · ss 1030 · A Last Chance · Mabel C. Urch · ss 1037 · The Peril of the Air · Headon Hill · nv 1073 · Over the Walnuts and Wine · Anon. · cl 1076 · Competitions · Anon. · cn

The Story-teller [#7, October 1907] ed. Newman Flower (London: Cassell & Co., 4½d, 180pp, standard pulp, cover by David Whitelaw) Details supplied by Rob Preston & Mike Ashley. 1 · What the Sea Shall Restore · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss 10 · The Theft · A. & C. Askew · ss 19 · Vanity Fair · Anon. · pm 20 · The Shattered Idol · Reginald Rigby · pm 21 · The Big Red Car · Frank Howel Evans · ss 29 · The Murder Trap · Tom Gallon · ss 36 · The Dance · Edward Lucas White · pm Ainslee’s Magazine Aug 1907 36 · Did She · Leslie Thomas · pm 36 · The Customer That Was Lost · Leslie Thomas · pm 37 · Lady Lydia · Owen Oliver · ss 43 · The Adventures of Arsène Lupin No. 7. Madame Imbert’s Safe [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos · ss; translated from the French (“Le Coffre-fort de madame Imbert”, Je sais tout, May 15, 1906). 50 · Jim’s Wife · Leo Crane · ss Ainslee’s Magazine Aug 1907 58 · The Guest · Theodosia Garrison · pm Woman’s Home Companion Aug 1906 59 · Clarinda · Marjorie Bowen · ss 67 · The Pavilion · Katharine Tynan · ss 74 · In the Shadow of the Matterhorn · Ernest Winchfield · ss 86 · An Unexpected Development · Berta Ruck · ss 88 · One Minute Only · Anon. · pm 89 · Lootah and the Gods · Frank Hubert · ss 97 · The Invisible Enemy · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss 105 · A Real Queen · Fred M. White · ss 113 · Miss Lucinda’s Foundling · John B. Oxford · ss The Red Book Magazine Jun 1907 116 · The Man at the Back · Wilfrid H. Mosttel · pm 117 · The Devil Flower · Mary L. Pendered · ss 124 · Miss Frenstone Explains · Madame Albanesi · ss 133 · A King’s Ransom · Marie Grainger · ss 137 · The Prince of Tricksters · Winifred Graham · nv 174 · The Humours of an Editor’s Life · Anon. · ms 179 · Competition Corner · Anon. · cn 180 · A Few Words from the Editor · [The Editor] · ed

The Story-teller [#8, November 1907] ed. Newman Flower (London: Cassell & Co., 4½d, 181-360pp, standard pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston & Mike Ashley. 181 · The “Artemis” Mystery · Headon Hill · ss 189 · Uncle Jim · Gilbert Parker · ss 194 · The Man at the Window · W. H. Bryce-Stacpoole · ss Short Stories Feb 1907 200 · Humour in Verse · gp _200 · A Tragedy in Trialettes · Anon. · pm _200 · When Dora and I Fell Out · Anon. · pm _200 · The Girl in Goggles · Anon. · pm 201 · Mesopotamia · Owen Oliver · ss 207 · An Archduke in Arcady · A. Demain Grange · ss 216 · The Ghoul of the Glory Hole · Walter Wood · ss 221 · Not in the Play · Gilbert Miles · ss 229 · Auntie · Mary E. Mann · ss 237 · The Poet Explains · Reginald Rigby · pm 238 · Smithers · Richard Dark · ss 243 · The Adventures of Arsène Lupin No. 8. Holmlock Shears Arrives too Late [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos · ss; translated from the French (“Sherlock Holmes arrive trop tard”, Je sais tout, June 15, 1906). 256 · Twenty Diamond Stars · Charles Walk · ss The Blue Book Magazine Sep 1907 262 · A Matter of Conscience · H. Wentworth-James · ss; given as by H, Wentworth James on the story itself. 269 · The Treasure Hunters · Herbert Russell · ss 278 · Bread on the Waters · Grenville Hammerton · ss 285 · The Old Complaint · Anon. · pm 286 · Better Late Than Never · Annie O. Tibbits · ss 290 · The Strenuous Life · Anon. · pm 291 · Fine Feathers · Fred M. White · ss 298 · The Girl at the Telegraph Station · E. Vance Palmer · ss 303 · Lady Norton’s Jewels · I. A. R. Wylie · ss 312 · Both Sides · Brinsley Moore · ss 320 · The Missing President · Frank Hubert · nv 357 · My Best Story _357 · Rather Rough on Chicago · Seymour Hicks · hu _357 · Why Smith Was Discharged · Fred J. Jacobs · hu _358 · A Tall Tale of a Tall Building · Dan Rolyat · hu _358 · The Scot Saw the Joke · Lawson Wood · hu _359 · A Busy Evening · Edmund Payne · hu 360 · Competition Corner · Anon. · cn

The Story-teller [#9, December 1907] ed. Newman Flower (London: Cassell & Co., 4½d, 180pp, standard pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston & Mike Ashley. 361 · The Rib · Richard Marsh · ss 373 · The Long Arm of Mannister I. The Noxious Gift [Mannister] · Phillips Oppenheim · ss Cosmopolitan Oct 1907 381 · The Roswell Tiara [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine Sep 30 1906 389 · Princess Pearl Proposes · Mrs. Baillie Reynolds · ss 398 · The Court of Appeal · T. W. Hanshew · ss 403 · The Risen Dead · Rafael Sabatini · ss 411 · The Sentimental Burglar · William Bayfield · ss 417 · The Christmas That Never Was · John Oxenham · ss 431 · Christmas in Verse · Reginald Rigby · gp _431 · A Feast of Reason · Reginald Rigby · pm _431 · A Feast of Reason · Reginald Rigby · pm _432 · Under the Mistletoe · Anon. · pm 433 · A Girl Named Mabel · Lloyd Williams · ss 442 · A Secret of the Scillies · Arthur H. Henderson · ss 449 · Down Among the Dead Men · Headon Hill · ss 456 · The House with the Dogs · L. J. Beeston · ss 463 · The Two Belindas · Alice & Claude Askew · ss 470 · The Surrender · Neith Boyce · ss 476 · The New Soap · Frank Howel Evans · ss 482 · The Man Who Waited · M. Creagh Henry · ss 487 · The Ticking of the Clock · L. G. Moberly · ss 493 · For Mamie’s Sake · Ernest Winchfield · ss 501 · The Man Who Went Under · Tom Gallon · nv 536 · More Best Stories _536 · Infantile Wit · John Hassall · hu _536 · Better Late Than Never · Tom Browne · hu _536 · A Dastardly Plot · William Le Fre · hu 540 · Competition Corner · Anon. · cn

The Story-teller [#10, January 1908] ed. Newman Flower (London: Cassell & Co., 4½d, 541-720pp, standard pulp, cover by David Whitelaw) Details supplied by Rob Preston & Mike Ashley. 541 · The Prince and the Parson · William Le Queux · ss 551 · The Gas Bill · Leslie Thomas · ss 556 · Temptation · Marie Grainger · ss 561 · The Long Arm of Mannister II. Traske and the Bracelet [Mannister] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Cosmopolitan Nov 1907 570 · In Haste for Post · Brinsley Moore · ss 577 · A Lady of Honour · I. A. R. Wylie · ss 585 · The Test · Frank Hubert · ss 591 · Sonia’s Englishman · Albert Kinross · ss 603 · Time’s Method · W. Pett Ridge · ss 609 · Minerva · Owen Oliver · ss 617 · “From Him That Hath Not” · Barry Sheil · ss 622 · The “Bad Egg” · Captain F. H. Shaw · ss 631 · Humour in Verse · gp _631 · To a Silk Hat · Hansard Watt · pm _631 · Spoolitis · Reginald Rigby · pm 632 · In the Old Chateau · L. J. Beeston · ss 639 · The Umpunga Skull · Bertram Mitford · ss 646 · In the Belfry · Margaret Coppin · ss 651 · Geneviève · Winifred Graham · ss 658 · The Bird and the Worm: A Fable · David Whitelaw · vi 659 · His Masterpiece · Blanche Eardley · ss 667 · The Impostor · Wilfrid Scott · ss 673 · “Who Travels Alone” · Ashley Russell · ss 681 · Little Christmas Stories · Anon. · ms 684 · The Door Ajar · Annie O. Tibbits · nv 720 · Competition Corner · Anon. · cn

The Story-teller [#11, February 1908] ed. Newman Flower (London: Cassell & Co., 4½d, 721-900pp, standard pulp, cover by David Whitelaw) Details supplied by Rob Preston & Mike Ashley. 721 · The Salvage of Tommy Kerew · Robert Barr · ss 731 · Too Old · Archibald Guthrie · ss 739 · Sir Guy’s Resolution · Reginald Rigby · pm 741 · The Long Arm of Mannister III. The Atruscan Silver Mine [Mannister] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Cosmopolitan Dec 1907 748 · Pigtail · Owen Oliver · ss 755 · The Widow’s Mite · Frank Hubert · ss 762 · A Romance on a Roof · Curtis Yorke · ss 770 · The Man Who Saw Spring · John G. Neihardt · ss The American Magazine Nov 1907 777 · At Whitetofts · Oliver Onions · ss 783 · Lady Wilmington’s Choice · Frank H. Shaw · ss 793 · Nubbles · Major Arthur Griffiths · ss 800 · The Man with the Ebony Crutches · Ward Muir · nv 814 · A Little Change for Edward · Mary Stewart Cutting · vi The American Magazine Dec 1907 817 · The Barrel · Mayne Lindsay · ss 823 · “Ma Jane!” · Anon. · pm 824 · The Jilting of Joanna · Muriel Hine · ss 830 · A Case of Counterfeit · Brinsley Moore · ss 835 · The Silver Phantom · Crawford Pope · ss 846 · The Swing of the Pendulum · Powell Millington · ss The Scrap Book Dec 1907 851 · The Man from Nowhere · A. St. John Adcock · ss 856 · To-day and To-morrow · Isabel Ecclestone Mackay · pm Ainslee’s Magazine Jan 1908 857 · The Painted Shell · Hardress O’Grady · ss 861 · Stella Maris · Ernest H. Robinson · ss 866 · As It Was in the Beginning · Alice & Claude Askew · na 896 · The Coward · Herbert Jamieson · ss 900 · Competition Corner · Anon. · cn

The Story-teller [#12, March 1908] ed. Newman Flower (London: Cassell & Co., 4½d, 901-1080pp, standard pulp, cover by David Whitelaw) Details supplied by Rob Preston & Mike Ashley. 901 · The Three Hussars of Héricourt · Max Pemberton · ss 912 · A Touch of Nature · Anon. (by F. M. White) · ss; competition with author’s name to be revealed in following issue. 921 · The Long Arm of Mannister IV. The Defeat of Rundermere [Mannister] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Cosmopolitan Jan 1908 929 · The Arabian Knight · Frank Howel Evans · ss 934 · The Little Gate · Kate Jordan · ss The American Magazine Jan 1908 944 · Mr. Harrison’s Nephew · E. Newton Bungey · ss 949 · The Monkey and the Box · Edgar Wallace · ss 955 · For Sale by the Candle · Oliver Onions · ss 967 · Just in Time · C. Guise Mitford · ss 975 · Two Million Pounds in Specie · Captain F. H. Shaw · ss 987 · No Accident · Anon. · pm 988 · Miss Nash · C. Randolph Lichfield · ss 996 · “One of the Least of These—” · “Rita” · ss 1006 · Behind the Paint · E. W. Sargent · ss 1009 · The Little Madonna · Alice & Claude Askew · ss 1015 · St. Valentine’s Day · Reginald Rigby · pm 1016 · In the Dark · Brinsley Moore · ss 1022 · Sweethearts Yet · Marie Grainger · ss 1025 · Gentlemen! · Owen Oliver · ss 1030 · In Anticipation · Anon. · pm 1031 · The Skipper’s Daughter · Eric B. Middleton · ss 1037 · Birds of a Feather · Leslie Thomas · pm 1038 · In the Whirl of Anarchy · Grenville Hammerton · nv 1075 · Musicians in Anecdote · Anon. · ms 1080 · Competition Corner · Anon. · cn

The Story-teller [#13, April 1908] ed. Newman Flower (London: Cassell & Co., 4½d, 180pp, standard pulp, cover by David Whitelaw) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 1 · The Case of George Collett · Richard Marsh · ss 15 · Brown, the Shikari · Fox Russell · ss 21 · The Crime Behind the Scenes · Headon Hill · ss 28 · The Recurring Cat · Wolmer Whyte · ss 35 · Out of the Night · Anon. · pm 35 · The Web of Life · Anon. · pm 36 · Greville Holmwood’s Commission · Herbert Jamieson · ss 43 · The Great Call · I. A. R. Wylie · ss 52 · The Local Plumber · Anon. · pm 53 · The Long Arm of Mannister. The End of John Dykes—Burglar [Mannister] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Cosmopolitan Mar 1908 62 · Because We Loved Him · Captain F. H. Shaw · ss 72 · By Way of Jest · gp _72 · Professional Advice · Jessie Pope · pm _72 · Daddy’s Calling · Reginald Rigby · pm 73 · Mrs. Sammy · M. E. Francis · ss 81 · Twelve Hours of Surprises · L. G. Moberly · ss 91 · White Chintzes · Mary E. Mann · ss 98 · Kit Carson’s Past · Barry Sheil · ss 103 · The Dumb Gentleman · George Bronson-Howard · ss 113 · Mrs. Rudolfstein’s Pearls · Muriel Hine · ss 119 · The Song of the River · Mrs. Baillie Reynolds · ss 127 · “James” · Newman Flower · ss 131 · The Life Preserver · Frank Howel Evans · ss 140 · The Tenth Alexander · George R. Chester · ss The Red Book Magazine Feb 1908 146 · The Haunted Bell [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · na The Saturday Evening Post Nov 17 1906 172 · Just a Word with You · [The Editor] · ed 175 · Stories Told by Famous Story-Tellers · gp _175 · A Question of Speed · Mark Twain · hu _175 · An Author’s Terror · Tom Gallon · hu _175 · Salved His Conscience · W. L. Alden · hu _176 · How They Got Back on Him · Heath Robinson · hu _176 · A Surprise for Them · G. C. Haite · hu _176 · The Ambitious Stage Carpenter · Raven-Hill · hu _176 · An Artist’s Story · John Hassall · hu _176 · The Motor-Car · Arnold Goldsworthy · pm _179 · What Confused Him · Will Owen · hu _179 · None of His Business · Lord Brampton · hu 179 · Loved and Lost · Leslie Thomas · pm