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The Strand Magazine [v103, #616, April 1942] (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/3d, 104pp+, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · In This Issue · [The Editor] · ed 14 · 150,000 Irishmen Fight for Britain · George Slocombe · ar 16 · An Egg for the Major · C. S. Forester · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 13 1941; illustrated by Alfred Sindall 21 · You Might Have Been Mussolini · Lord Elton · ms 24 · She’ll Remember · W. E. Farbstein · pm 25 · [various clippings] · Anon. · ms 26 · Sir Stafford Crisps · Judith Listowel · bg 29 · She Managed Her Husband · Shirley Darbyshire · ss 32 · Paris Under Nazi Rule · Anon. · pi 37 · Fighting with Diamonds · Louis Kornitzer · ar 41 · Word Snaps of Famous People · Anon. · cl 42 · Safety Match · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss 44 · This Is America · Eric Knight · ar 49 · Photo News · Anon. · pi 56 · We Invented Ersatz Rubber · Patrick Rankin · ar 58 · The Perfect Maid [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss 66 · The Apes of Gibraltar · Vincent Brome · ar 68 · The Birds Love Peter Scott · Anon. · ar; illustrated by Peter Scott 73 · So the Buses Carry On · Charles Graves · ar 75 · He Was One of the Boys · Neil Bell · ss 78 · Her Three Lives · Conrad Phillips · ar 81 · World Laughs · [Various] · ct 86 · The Black Parachute · Steven Debb · ss 99 · Perplexities · Anon. · pz

The Strand Magazine [v103, #617, May 1942] (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 11 · [untitled editorial] · [The Editor] · ed 12 · War Premiers · Philip Guedalla · ar 15 · Do You Believe in a Future Life? · George Bernard Shaw, Very Rev. W. R. Matthews, J. B. Priestley & H. G. Wells · ar 16 · The Vanished Book · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · vi The American Magazine Feb 1942; illustrated by Albert Bailey 19 · The Whiskey Shortage · Anon. · ar 21 · Know a People by Its Proverbs · Lore Cowan · ms 22 · Word Snaps of Famous People · Anon. · cl 23 · A Parcel from Paris · David Whitelaw · ss; illustrated by Harry Morley, A.R.A. 27 · We Must Begin at Once · André Maurois · vi 30 · Design for Spending · W. E. Farbstein · pm 31 · When London Is Rebuilt · Clough Williams-Ellis · ar; illustrated by A. C. Webb 38 · The Hermit · Will F. Jenkins · ss Cosmopolitan Mar 1942; illustrated by Arthur Wriggle 42 · Gipsies in Wartime · Rupert Croft-Cooke · ar 45 · Who Is John Gordon? · J. Wentworth Day · bg 47 · Photo News · Anon. · pi 52 · Was I Dreaming? · Gretta Palmer · ar 54 · Pictorial Proverbs · Anon. · pi 58 · The Food of Our Ancestors · James Laver · ar 60 · The Life of Christ in Chinese Art · Anon. · pi 65 · W.A.A.F. Wedding Bells · Patrick Rankin · ar 67 · Big Game of the Sea · Frank W. Lane · ar 70 · Mr. Chase, No Orchids and Miss Blandish [James Hadley Chase] · Hector Bolitho · bg 72 · Who Are the Burmese? · Maurice Collis · ar 75 · World Laughs · [Various] · ct 80 · They Had Magic Then · Sinclair Lewis · ss Liberty Sep 6 1941; illustrated by Cathleen Mann 91 · Perplexities · Anon. · pz

The Strand Magazine [v103, #618, June 1942] (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 11 · [untitled editorial] · [The Editor] · ed 12 · The Future of the Great Country House · Lord Holden · ar 16 · How Edith McGillcuddy Met R.L. Stevenson · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine Aug 1941; illustrated by Anna Zinkheisen 24 · Shopping in China · Osbert Sitwell · ar 27 · Word Snaps of Famous People · Anon. · cl 28 · My B.B.C. Year · Reginald Pound · ar 32 · The Eternal Cockney · Thomas Burke · ar; illustrated by Captain Edward Ardizzone 37 · There Were No Survivors · Rosita Forbes · ar 40 · Prophecies That Came True · Anon. · ct; cartoons drawn by Robida in 1882, with uncredited captions discussing which predictions came true.; illustrated by A. Robida 44 · India’s Warriors · Lt.-Gen. Sir George Macumba, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., D.S.O. · ar 47 · Photo News · Anon. · pi 52 · Master of Production [Oliver Lyttelton] · Judith Listowel · bg 55 · Guerrilla · Mona Gardner · vi The American Magazine Nov 1941 56 · Artificial Hands You Can Type With · Trevor Allen · ar 58 · Cats Won’t Be Slaves · Hamilton Fife · ar 60 · How the Artist Gets His Collies · Eric Newton · ar 66 · Drums on the Desert · Eric Knight · ss; illustrated by H. Gaffron 71 · King Boris’s Father · Hector Bolitho · ar [King Ferdinand of Bulgaria] 73 · World Laughs · [Various] · ct 78 · The House Guest · Susan Ertz · ss Liberty Dec 6 1941; illustrated by Adrian Hill 91 · Perplexities · Anon. · pz

The Strand Magazine [v103, #619, July 1942] (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · [untitled editorial] · [The Editor] · ed 15 · Thrill · V. H. F. · pm 16 · The Big Five of Midnight Music · Charles Gordon · ar 20 · Put the Church in Battle Dress · Sidney Dark · es 22 · Japanese Showdown · Frank Waynthorp · ar 25 · Information from the Reich · G. H. Coxe · ar 28 · Sidelines · Anon. · cl 29 · “Funniest Animal” Pictures · Leslie Henson · pi 33 · Mrs. Cooper’s Scrapbook · Edith Shackleton · ar; described as excerpts from the scrapbook kept by a Mrs. Cooper during the First World War, selected and annotated by Shackleton; six parts; this first part has no subtitle. 39 · What Did Lord Yarborough Say in 1820? · Reginald Arkell · pm 40 · Do the Stars Foretell? · C. Patrick Thompson · ar _44 · Astrology · The Astronomer Royal · ar 45 · Why Should London Rule? · Anon. · ar _48 · A New Map of England with the Ancient Kingdoms Restored · Anon. · mp 51 · That’s How Life Is · Howard Spring · ss 55 · James Agate Writes His Own Obituary Notice · James Agate · bg; first of a series of autobiographical articles in which the subject writes “his own obituary”. 58 · One-Man Brains Trust · George Slocombe · qa 61 · Our Warrior Pigeons · Peter Forrest · ar 64 · Adventures in Nostalgia · Anon. · pi 69 · The Horrible Story of Sweeny Todd, Demon Barber of Fleet Street · Alan Dent · ar 71 · News Buoy · Richard Armour · pm 72 · The Bee in My Bonnet · Anon. · cl 73 · Women: How Different? · Anon. · ar 76 · Children Only · Anon. · cl _76 · Treason and Plot · Anon. · pm 78 · Self-Quiz Department · Anon. · qz 81 · Food Thrills of a Lifetime · H. Warner Allen · ar

The Strand Magazine [v103, #620, August 1942] (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · [untitled editorial] · [The Editor] · ed 16 · The Barber of Vassil · Joe Abrams · ss 20 · Inflation: What Does That Bogey Word Mean? · C. Patrick Thompson · ar 25 · How They Say “Good-bye” · Anon. · ms 26 · Something I’d Like to Say About England · Negley Farson · ar 28 · Lottie the Land Girl · A. J. Bovey · pm; illustrated by A. J. Bovey 29 · They Picked These Pictures · Anon. · pi 33 · Mrs. Cooper’s Scrapbook Trifling, but Tremendous · Edith Shackleton · ar 38 · Low, the Cartoonist, Writes His Own Obituary · David Low · bg 40 · Zoological Note · W. W. Watt · pm 41 · Men, Women, and Magistrates · Horace Thorogood · ar 45 · Revolution on Our Roads · Anon. · ar _48 · For Post-War England, These Great New Roads? · Anon. · mp 51 · Dangerous Dictionary · Ambrose Bierce · ex (r) 52 · For Services Rendered · Henri Duvernois · ss 55 · Great Men Speak to You · Anon. · ms 56 · My Trees · Sir George L. Courthope, Bart., P.C., M.P. · ar 59 · One-Man Brains Trust · Commander Campbell · qa 62 · How Will the War End? · George Antheil · ar; outlining a possible scenario for the end of the Second World War in Europe; labeled as “Fantasy”. 65 · Adventures in Nostalgia · Anon. · pi 69 · Racecourse Reverie · Quintin Gilbey · ar 73 · “1812” and All That · Edwin Evans · ar 76 · Children Only · Edgar Morefield · cl 78 · Good Advice...Be Yourself · Anon. · ms 79 · Cockney Butterfly · L. H. Newman · ar 82 · War Dodger · Harold A. Albert · ss 86 · Self-Quiz Department · Anon. · qz 93 · Heavy Wait · Richard Armour · pm

The Strand Magazine [v103, #621, September 1942] (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · [untitled editorial] · [The Editor] · ed 15 · Child’s Play · Will Jenkins · ss 19 · Old Songs Re-Sung · Anon. · ms 20 · Our Confucius Would Have Liked Your Country · Lin Yutang · ar 22 · Serious Business, This Radio Humour · Ray Sonin · ar 26 · Faith—or Futility? · R. J., The Dean of St. Paul’s, Sidney Dark, Monsignor R. A. Knox, Eden Phillpotts & Lord Elton · ms; a short essay question and multiple responses. 29 · They Picked These Pictures · Anon. · pi 33 · Mrs. Cooper’s Scrapbook Mrs. Cooper She Was a Reporter...and Didn’t Know It · Edith Shackleton · ar 37 · If You’re Rationed in Love, Come Out Here... · Donald Chidsey · ar 42 · C.E.M. Joad of Brains Trust Fame Writes His Own Obituary · C. E. M. Joad · bg 46 · Canals...Why Not Use Them? · Anon. · ar _48 · England as the Water Gipsies See It · Anon. · mp 52 · Something Special · Fay Kanin · ss 55 · Will They Nest in the Clouds? · Paul Nash · ar 58 · One-Man Brains Trust · Douglas Reed · qa 61 · Marooned...That’s What the Swiss Are · David M. Nichol · ar 65 · Adventures in Nostalgia · Anon. · pi 69 · Songs of Men on the March · Tom Mahoney · ar 73 · Breed · Struthers Burt · ar Ladies’ Home Journal 74 · The Strand’s Autumn Bonfire · Anon. · ms 76 · Gone with the Woodwind · Stanley Ferguson · ar 79 · Natural History Note · Richard Armour · pm 80 · Children Only · Mister Hynes · cl 82 · Tattooed Forehead · Manuel Komroff · ss Esquire Jun 1942 91 · Self-Quiz Department · Anon. · qz

The Strand Magazine [v104, #622, October 1942] (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · [untitled editorial] · [The Editor] · ed; this is an unsigned column devoted primarily to contents of the issue. 15 · Hidden Message · Manuel Komroff · ss 20 · What I Think: Will Life Ever Be the Same Again? · Andre Maurois · ar 22 · ...and This Is Alvar Lidell Writing It · Alvar Lidell · ar 26 · Free Fishermen’s Saga · Peter Forrest · ar 29 · They Picked These Pictures · Anon. · pi 33 · Somebody Really Nice · Frederick Laing · ss 36 · Oil: Its Dizzy Story · C. Patrick Thompson · ar 41 · Old Cheerful · J. W. · ms 42 · Thoughts of a Man with an Appetite · James Agate · ar 45 · Last-War Laughs · Anon. · ms 46 · England Under the Sea · Anon. · ar _48 · Changing England · Anon. · mp 51 · One Man Brains Trust · Viscountess Snowden · qa 54 · Inside Japan · James Young · ar 58 · Slips That Pass · Julia Osborn · pm 59 · Black Eye · Parke Cummings · ss 61 · Theatre Organ · Charles Gordon · ar 65 · Adventures in Nostalgia · Anon. · pi 69 · You Don’t Wind Sundials · Donald Chidsey · ss Esquire May 1942 73 · ’Transgressor’ Farson Writes His Own Obituary · Negley Farson · bg 76 · It Was a “Ladies’” War · Anon. · ar; continuing the series of articles based on “Mrs. Cooper’s Scrapbook”. 80 · Children Only · Bert Norman · cl 82 · You Too Will Be Mystified · Anon. · cl 84 · Green Peacocks · Reginald Arkell · pm 85 · Factory Fantasia · N. H. Noller · ar 94 · Self-Quiz Department · Anon. · qz

The Strand Magazine [v104, #623, November 1942] (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · [untitled editorial] · [The Editor] · ed 15 · Money to Burn · Oscar Schisgall · ss 18 · What I Think: They’ll Cheat You Yet, Those Junkers · David Partridge · es 20 · Rubber’s Big Bounce · C. Patrick Thompson · ar 24 · 68 This Month · Berger · ct [Winston Churchill]; this recurring feature is a one-page mini-biography in cartoons and captions. 25 · Lunch with the Brains Trust · Reginald Pound · ar 29 · Four Newspaper Editors Picked These · Anon. · pi 33 · The Stranger’s Smile · Day Russell · ss 37 · Last-War Laughs · Anon. · ms 38 · I Know What My Epitaph Should Be · W. J. Brown, M.P. · bg; part of the “autoobituary” series. 41 · The Cricket · Will Cuppy · hu 42 · Magic Fish · David Wittels · ar 46 · A Little Bedroom Far Away · Manuel Komroff · ss Esquire Jul 1942 51 · One Man Brains Trust · James Agate · qa 54 · Curse of the Common Cold · Peter Forrest · ar 57 · Disposing of Denton · John Appleby · ss 61 · Tipping: Is It Doomed? · W. Buchanan-Taylor · ar 65 · Adventures in Nostalgia · Anon. · pi 69 · Population 187,000—and All Somebodies · Frank Singleton · ar 72 · Jungle Tale · Edith Pellow · ms 73 · Latest Tips on Etiquette · Parke Cummings · hu 74 · Mrs. Cooper’s Scrapbook · Anon. · ar 78 · Children Only · Anon. · cl 80 · Deep in the Heart of East Ham · Eric Bennett · ar 83 · ’Woomp’ Went the Gun · Geoffrey Willans · ss 86 · How to Be Moon-Wise · Anon. · ms 87 · You Too Will Be Mystified · Anon. · cl 94 · Self-Quiz Department · Anon. · qz

The Strand Magazine [v104, #624, December 1942] (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · [untitled editorial] · [The Editor] · ed 15 · Told in the Stars · Manuel Komroff · ss Esquire Apr 1942 19 · Idiomania · S. F. · ms 20 · What I Think: This Is the Faith That I Live By · Hannen Swaffer · es 22 · Reflections of Winston Churchill’s Agent · Louis J. Alber · ar [Winston Churchill] 26 · Last-War Laughs · Anon. · ms 27 · Who Pays? · L. C. D. · ar 29 · They Picked These Pictures · Anon. · pi 33 · The Only One in England · John Appleby · ss 35 · Author’s Preface · J. T. Newcomb · hu 36 · Austerity Carving · Iles Brody · ar 39 · All Ranks · Reginald Arkell · pm; illustrated by Edgar Norfield 42 · For Fathers Only · Douglass Welch · ar 46 · Humor of the Year · [Various] · ct 51 · Men with Hair on Their Chins · Beverley Baxter · ar 54 · These Passionate Women · Anon. · ms 55 · 63 This Month [Joseph Stalin] · Berger · bg 56 · This Is My Brother · Olga L. Rosmanith · ss 61 · Not in the Script · Ray Sonin · ar 64 · You Can’t Print That · Norman R. Jaffray · pm 65 · Adventures in Nostalgia · Anon. · pi 69 · One Man Brains Trust · Margery Sharp · qa 71 · The Ant · Will Cuppy · hu 72 · ’Evans of the Broke’ · Admiral Sir Edward Evans, K.C.B., D.S.C., LL.D. · bg; an “autoobituary” article. 75 · Saying It with Music · C. Gordon Glover · ss 78 · Children Only · Bert Thomas · cl 80 · Are You Lucky at Cards? · Henry Nicholas · ar 82 · Tip-off · Richard Armour · pm 83 · Rabbit Out of the Hat · Louise Baker · ss 86 · “Work Like Helen B. Happy” · Anon. · ar; another article based on “Mrs. Coopers Scrapbook”. 89 · You Too Will Be Mystified · Anon. · cl 91 · Self-Quiz Department · Anon. · qz

The Strand Magazine [v104, #625, January 1943] (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/3d, 96pp+, digest) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 13 · [untitled editorial] · [The Editor] · ed 15 · The Wineshop Cat · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker Jul 18 1942 17 · Last-War Laughs · Anon. · ms 18 · What Is Military Genius? · General Sir Archibald Wavell · ar 21 · Caged Fawn · G. R. · pm 22 · What I Think · A. C. Sedgwick · es The New York Times 24 · 61 This Month [Franklin D. Roosevelt] · Berger · bg 25 · I Took a Job in Japan · George Barker · ar 29 · Soapbox Celebrities · Anon. · pi 33 · Profiles and Prejudices—1 “That Annoying Woman Lady Astor” [Nancy Astor] · A. Beverley Baxter, M.P. · bg; illustrated by R. S. Sherriffs 37 · Great North Road · John Stuart Arey · ar 40 · My Definition of a Gentleman · [Various] · ms 42 · Pennies of the People · Sir Norm Curtis-Bennett · ar; illustrated by George Whitelaw 45 · My Auto-Obituary · H. G. Wells · bg _46 · Wells’s Latest Wisdom [from Phœnix] · H. G. Wells · ex Secker & Warburg 1942 47 · Chance · Christopher Morley · ms 48 · “It’s Enough to Curl Your Blood” · Arthur Kober · ss The New Yorker Aug 1 1942 53 · One Man Brains Trust · Negley Farson · qa 56 · Farindole · Reginald Arkell · vi; illustrated by W. H. Barribal 58 · So This Is England · Pvt. 1/cl W. Hogan · ar; beginning a series in which American servicemen were asked to write about their impressions of Britain. 61 · The Bee · Will Cuppy · hu 62 · Pimpernel Papers · Derek Wordley · ar 65 · [photographs] · Anon. · pt 69 · Like Something in a Book · Sidney Carroll · ss Esquire Jun 1942 74 · See Your Place from the Sky · Robert P. Tristram Coffin · pm; illustrated by P. & G. Dawson 75 · Your Post-War Motoring · C. Patrick Thompson · ar 79 · Mother Goose Goes Modern · G. B. Walton · pm 80 · Children Only · Edgar Norfield · cl 82 · A Man’s Share · Hugh Cave · ss 86 · An Odourless World · J. D. Ratcliff · ms 87 · You Too Will Be Mystified · Anon. · cl 94 · Self-Quiz Department · Anon. · qz