British Juvenile Story Papers
and Pocket Libraries Index

Chronological List

SORREL, LUCIAN (stories)

• When They Were Boys (ar) Chums Jul 26 1893
• A Very Memorable Afternoon (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Jan 18 1896

SOSKICE, JULIET M. (stories)

• The Woman of Shadows (n.) Poppy’s Library #205 1937

SOUTAR, ANDREW (1879-1941); see pseudonym Sandy (stories)

• Seconds Out (sl) Chums Mar 23, Mar 30, Apr 6, Apr 13, Apr 20, Apr 27...
• Some Hints on Boxing (cl) Chums Jun 1, Jun 8, Jul 6, Jul 27, Aug 3, Aug 10, Aug 17, Aug 24, Sep 7 1912
• The Art of Boxing (cl) Chums Sep 14, Sep 21, Sep 28, Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 19, Oct 26, Nov 2 1912
• Silver Whip (sl) Chums Sep 14, Sep 21, Sep 28, Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 19, Oct 26, Nov 2, Nov 9, Nov 16, Nov 23, Nov 30, Dec 7 1912
• The Clown in Scarlet (ss) Chums Dec 14 1912
• The Pluck of the Darrells (sl) Chums Jan 18, Jan 25 1913 [Darrells]
• How to Treat a Bully (ar) Chums Jan 25 1913
• The Centre-Forward Plot (ss) Chums Feb 1 1913
• Don’t be a Sneak (ar) Chums Feb 1 1913
• The Mystery Yacht (ss) Chums Feb 8 1913 [Darrells]
• That “Fag”! (ar) Chums Feb 8 1913
• The Fellow Who Blushes (ar) Chums Feb 15 1913
• The Fight at Blundell’s College (ss) Chums Feb 15 1913 [Darrells]
• The “Chums” Smile (ar) Chums Feb 22 1913
• The Fighting Six (sl) Chums Feb 22, Mar 1, Mar 8, Mar 15, Mar 22, Mar 29...
• A Boy Who’s Too Big For His Boots (ar) Chums Mar 1 1913
• The Jack of All Trades (ar) Chums Mar 8 1913
• Be a Sport (ar) Chums May 10 1913
• In the Nick of Time (ss) Chums May 10 1913
• The Angel Boy (ar) Chums May 31 1913
• All for Rooney’s Kid (ss) Chums Jun 14 1913
• Be Ambitious and Don’t Whine (ar) Chums Jun 14 1913
• The Eagle’s Claw (sl) Chums Sep 13, Sep 20, Sep 27, Oct 4, Oct 11, Oct 18, Oct 25, Nov 1, Nov 8, Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29 1913
• Son o’ White Rep (sl) Chums Dec 13, Dec 20, Dec 27 1913, Jan 3, Jan 10, Jan 17, Jan 24, Jan 31, Feb 7, Feb 14, Feb 21, Feb 28, Mar 7, Mar 14, Mar 21, Mar 28 1914
• “Dormouse” the Warboy (ss) Chums Sep 12 1914
• Brothers in Peril (ss) Chums Oct 10 1914
• Red Dennis (sl) Chums Jan 9, Jan 16, Jan 23, Jan 30, Feb 6, Feb 13, Feb 20, Feb 27, Mar 6, Mar 13, Mar 20 1915
• Battling Martin (sl) Chums Jul 24, Jul 31, Aug 7, Aug 14, Aug 21, Aug 28, Sep 4, Sep 11 1915
• Anybody’s Fool (ss) Chums Dec 9 1916

SOUTHEY, ROBERT (1774-1843) (stories)

• The Battle of Blenheim (pm) Chatterbox #11 1898

SOUTHWOLD, STEPHEN (1887-1964); see pseudonym Neil Bell (stories)

• The Red Flower (vi) The Merry-Go-Round Oct 1924

SOWMAN, GORDON (William) (1918-1982) (stories)

• Outlaw’s Pal (n.) Western Library #82 1953

SOWYER, A. E. (stories)

• The Poacher’s Prisoners (ss) The Captain Jan 1916

SPALDING, WILLIAM F. (stories)

• Banking as a Career (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1916, Apr, May, Jul 1915

SPAREY, L. H. (stories)

• Flying Scale Model Planes (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Dec 1953
• Jet Power Units (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Feb 1954

SPARKS, CHRISTOPHER (stories)

• Taking the Knock out of Petrol (ar) Modern Wonder Apr 23 1938
• Hats Off to Stainless Steel (ar) Modern Wonder May 21 1938
• The Electro-Plating of Metals (ar) Modern Wonder Jun 25 1938

“SPARROW-HAWK”

• The Bitumen Pit (ss) Chums Oct 26 1924
• Frontier Rifle Thieves (ar) Chums May 3 1925
• Yellow Fang the Jackal (ar) Chums May 24 1925
• The One-Eared Arab (ss) Chums Nov 22 1925
• The Way of the Hills (ss) Chums Aug 22 1926
• The Spear-Arabs (ss) Chums Nov 14 1926
• An Adventure in the Desert (ss) Chums Mar 13 1927
• For England! (ss) Chums Apr 8 1930
• Pal o’ the Desert (ss) Chums Sep 23 1930
• Saved by a Splash! (ss) Chums Jan 27 1931

“SPARROW-hawk”

• Across the Snow (ss) Chums Dec 22 1931

SPAULL, V. (stories)

• Percy - Down Under (ss) Scramble Mar 10 1950

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, A (stories)

• From Iron Ore to Finished Car: Ford Works at Dagenham (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1939

“SPECIALIST”

• Lawn Tennis for Boys (ia) Boy’s Own Paper May, Jul 1925

SPECTATOR (stories)

• Our Reading Club (cl) Chums Sep 14, Sep 21, Sep 28, Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 26 1892

SPEED EXPERT (stories)

• Britain’s New Speed Bids (ar) The Modern Boy Jan 4 1930

SPEED, H. FIENNES (stories)

• How to Build a Shooting Punt (ia) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 18 1893
• The Boy’s Own Ice-Boat and How to Make It (ia) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 3 1894

SPEIGHT, W. L. (stories)

• The Camel Police of the Kalahari (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1929
• The Dhows of East Africa (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 1930
• Climbing Africa’s Highest Mountains (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Sep 1931

SPENCE, BETTY E(ileen) (1915- ) (stories)

• Cynthia’s Benefit (ss) Cherry Ames Girls Annual 1960

SPENCER, CAPTAIN (stories)

• Peter Slim, the Wonderful Young Ventriloquist (sl) Union Jack Library Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 19, Oct 26, Nov 9...
• Peter Slim, the Young Ventriloquist (sl) The Halfpenny Marvel Oct 13 1894
• Peter Slim, the Wonderful Young Ventriloquist (ms) Union Jack Library Nov 2 1894
• The Queen’s Shilling (sl) Pluck Feb 8, Feb 15, Feb 22, Feb 29, Apr 11, Aug 15, Oct 3, Oct 10, Nov 28 1896

SPENCER, ROLAND; pseudonym of Geoffrey Prout, (1894-?) (stories)

• The Million-Pound Goal (n.) Aldine Football Stories #11 1923
• The Marks on the Mud-flats (ss) The Scout Aug 11 1923
• Amateur Actors (ss) The Scout Sep 8 1923
• When the Ray Ran Red (ss) The Scout Mar 15 1924
• Boxer’s Luck (n.) Aldine Boxing Novels #42 1928
• A Quitter of the Clyde (n.) Aldine Boxing Novels #50 1928
• The Footslogger Forward (n.) Aldine Football Novels #58 1929
• Dan of the Docker’s Team (n.) Aldine Football Novels #65 1930
• Heroes of the Ridge (n.) Aldine War Stories #7 1930
• Chums of the Salient (n.) Aldine War Stories #15 1931
• Comrades of Victory (n.) Aldine War Stories #17 1931
• Pals of the Transport (n.) Aldine War Stories #23 1931
• Sharland’s Soccer Squad (n.) Aldine Football Novels #88 1932

SPENDER, STEPHEN (1909- ) (stories)

• Poems (pm); The Beanstalk, c.1925.

SPENSER, EDMUND (1552-1599) (stories)

• Easter (pm) Collins Young Elizabethan Apr 1953

SPENSER, JEREMY (stories)

• Two Great Players (br) Collins Young Elizabethan Nov 1955

SPERO, LEOPOLD (1887-?) (stories)

• The Laughing Jackass (ss) The Captain Dec 1907
• An Error in the Lower Fourth (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1919
• Easy as A.B.C. (ss) Cute Fun Apr 1950

SPHINX, MR. (stories)

• Tricks and Teasers (hu) The Scout Aug 4, Aug 11, Aug 18, Aug 25, Sep 1, Sep 8...

SPICER, DALE (stories)

• The Case of the Menaced Fawcett Family (sl) Girls’ Fun (New Series) Sep, Oct, Nov/Dec 1954

SPILLER, F. V. (stories)

• Heading: Special Soccer Article (ar) Chums Feb 18 1922

SPORTSMAN; pseudonym of J. T. Bolton (stories)

• Giants of Cricket - Maurice Tate (ar) The Magnet Library v36 No.1116 Jul 6 1929
• Giants of Cricket - Phil Mead (ar) The Magnet Library v36 No.1117 Jul 13 1929
• Giants of Cricket - A. P. F. Chapman (ar) The Magnet Library v36 No.1118 Jul 20 1929
• Giants of Cricket - Andrew Sandham (ar) The Magnet Library v36 No.1119 Jul 27 1929
• Giants of Cricket - J. W. H. T. Douglas (ar) The Magnet Library v36 No.1120 Aug 3 1929
• Giants of Cricket - W. E. Astall (ar) The Magnet v36 No.1121 Aug 10 1929
• Giants of Cricket - Patsy Hendren (ar) The Magnet v36 No.1122 Aug 17 1929
• Giants of Cricket - Percy Fender (ar) The Magnet v36 No.1123 Aug 24 1929

SPRIGG, C(hristopher) ST. JOHN (1907-1937) (stories)

• The Accelerator Ray (ss) Scoops May 26 1934

SPRIGG, THEODORE S(tanhope) (1903- ) (stories)

• Second Mate (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Sep 1931

SPRING, ROBERT (stories)

• A Statesman in Peril (ss) Chums Oct 30 1907

SPRINGETT, H. K. (stories)

• Archery for Boys (ia) Boy’s Own Paper Aug 1925
• Pigeon Flying (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Feb 1927
• Studying Nature (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul 1929
• How I Made a Sundial (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Aug 1929
• You and Your Dog (ar) Boy’s Own Paper May 1930
• Keeping Pets (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1931

“SPUN by an OLD YARN.”

• Hanks of Yarn (ss) The Boys’ Leisure Hour Sep 6 1884; see under Anon..

SQUIFF (stories)

• The Greyfriars Domestic Corner! (ar) Greyfriars Holiday Annual, 1930 1929
• Books of the Year (ar) Greyfriars Holiday Annual, 1931 1930 [Greyfriars]
• After School Hours.. The Law Courts (ms) Greyfriars Holiday Annual, 1933 1932 [Greyfriars]

“SQUIRREL”

• My Favourite Hobby - Nature (ar) The British Girl’s Annual, 1918 1917
• How to make a hobby of Wild Flowers (ar) The British Girl’s Annual, 1919 1918

ST. CLAIR, A. (stories)

• Tosage Of The Crocodile (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Dec 1922
• The Lost Trail (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Feb 1923
• The Rain-Maker (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Sep 1923
• Makoola and the White Man (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Dec 1923
• Makoola and the White Man: A South African Yarn (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Dec 1923
• Gwen-Gwan in Search of Adventure (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Aug 1924
• In the Matabele Country (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 1924

ST. CLAIRE, JOSEPHINE (stories)

• The Girl with the Fatal Eyes! (n.) Poppy’s Library #74 1931
• Beware of this Girl! (n.) Poppy’s Library #93 1932

ST. JOHN, ARTHUR (stories)

• Darrell Yorke: Detective (nv) Vanguard Library May 25 1907 [Darrell Yorke]
• Darrell Yorke’s Dilemma (nv) Vanguard Library Jul 13 1907 [Darrell Yorke]
• From Clue to Capture (nv) Vanguard Library Aug 24 1907 [Darrell Yorke]
• Darrell Yorke in Danger (nv) Vanguard Library Sep 21 1907 [Darrell Yorke]

ST. JOHN, H. (stories)

• The Death Cargo (ss) The Boys’ Friend Oct 27 1900
• Bob Redding Afloat (sl) The Boys’ Friend Apr 20, Apr 27, May 4, May 11, May 18, May 25, Jun 1, Jun 8 1901 [St. Basil’s]

ST. JOHN, HENRY; pseudonym of Henry St. John Cooper, (1869-1926) (stories)

• The Fakir’s Gift (na) Union Jack Library Mar 2 1895
• Vigilante’s Vengeance. A story of Colorado (na) Union Jack Library Mar 30 1895
• Cricketer and Captain (sl) The Marvel May 28 1895
• A Middy of Nelson’s Day (sl) The Boys’ Friend Apr 28, Aug 4, Aug 11, Aug 18, Sep 2 1896
• Robin Crusoe’s Island (ss) The Boys’ Friend Aug 18 1896
• Bob Redding’s Schooldays (sl) The Boys’ Friend Jun 2, Jun 9, Jun 16, Jun 23, Jun 30... [St. Basil’s]
• Bob Redding Afloat (sl) The Boys’ Friend Jul 27, Aug 3, Aug 10, Aug 17, Aug 24, Aug 31, Sep 7, Sep 14 1901 [St. Basil’s]
• “No Man’s Point” (nt) The Boys’ Friend Aug 10 1901
• In the Enemy’s Country (nt) The Boys’ Friend Aug 31 1901 [Dicky Revell; Tom Courtley]
• Charlie Gordon’s School-Days (sl) The Boys’ Friend Sep 28, Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 19, Oct 26...
• Shunned by the School (sl) The Boys’ Friend Jun 14, Jun 21, Jun 28, Jul 5, Jul 12... [Croft Collegiate School]
• The Pride of the School (sl) The Boys’ Friend Dec 27 1902, Jan 17, Jan 24, Jan 31, Feb 7, Feb 28, Mar 7 1903 [Croft Collegiate School]
• Clive Hardacre’s Schooldays (sl) The Pluck Library Jun 6 1903
• Dick Dering’s Luck (sl) The Boys’ Friend Oct 31, Nov 7, Nov 14, Nov 21, Nov 28...
• The Defence of Danescliffe (sl) The Boys’ Friend Mar 18 1905
• The 4th Form of St. Basil’s (sl) The Boys’ Friend May 20 1905 [St. Basil’s]
• The Lost Heir (nt) The Boys’ Friend Dec 16 1905
• The Revenue Men (ss) The Boys’ Friend Apr 14 1906
• The “Sixth’s” Little Joke (ss) The Boys’ Friend Sep 1 1906 [St. Basil’s]
• The School Against Him (sl) The Boys’ Friend Sep 22, Sep 29, Oct 6, Oct 13, Oct 20...
• The Foundling of St. Basil’s (sl) The Boys’ Friend Sep 7, Sep 14, Sep 21, Sep 28, Oct 5... [St. Basil’s]
• “The Shame of St. Basil’s” (sl) The Boys’ Friend Apr 17, Apr 24, May 8, May 22, Aug 14 1909 [St. Basil’s]
• Tom Green’s Schooldays (sl) The Boys’ Friend Aug 28, Sep 4, Sep 18, Oct 2, Oct 16, Nov 27 1909, Jan 1, Jan 8, Jan 15, Jan 22, Jan 29, Feb 5, Feb 12, Feb 19 1910
• The Snobs of the School (sl) The Boys’ Friend Apr 22, Apr 29, May 6, May 13 1911
• Shunned by the Village (sl) Cheer Boys Cheer Jul 13, Aug 10, Aug 17, Aug 24, Aug 31, Sep 7, Sep 14, Sep 28 1912
• Shunned by the Village (sl) Cheer Boys Cheer Jul 20 1912
• “Not Guilty!” (sl) Pluck Aug 31, Sep 14, Oct 19 1912
• The Speed King (sl) The Boys’ Friend May 30, Jun 6, Jun 13, Jun 20, Jun 27, Jul 4, Jul 11, Jul 18, Jul 25, Aug 1, Aug 8 1914
• The Speed King! (sl) The Boys’ Friend Aug 15, Aug 22, Aug 29 1914
• For Their Country’s Sake (ss) The Boys’ Friend Oct 10 1914
• Henry St. John’s Schooldays: All at Sea! (ss) The Boys’ Realm May 17 1919
• Henry St. John’s Schooldays: Tackling a Tyrant! (ss) The Boys’ Realm Jun 21 1919
• Henry St. John’s Schooldays: The Bully of the Village (ss) The Boys’ Realm Jun 28 1919
• Henry St. John’s Schooldays: The Soothsayer (ss) The Boys’ Realm Jul 19 1919
• serial continued in Boys’ Herald 1, 1 Aug 19031903+ByFrdJul25Seventh House of St. Basil’s (ex)

ST. JOHN, MABEL; pseudonym of Henry St. John Cooper, (1869-1926) (stories)

• Another Girl Won Him (n.) Poppy’s Library #158 1935

ST. JOHN, PERCY B(olingbroke) (1821-1889) (stories)

• The Arctic Crusoe (sl) Cassell’s Illustrated Family Paper 1853
• The Sailor Crusoe (sl) The London Herald 1861
• Bolinbroke; or, Days of Chivalry: Book the first: John of Gaunt (sl) Young Englishman’s Journal Apr 13 1867; see under Anon..
• Bolinbroke; or, Days of Chivalry (sl) Young Englishman’s Journal Apr 20, Apr 27, May 4, May 11, May 18, May 25, Jun 15 1867; see under Anon..