British Juvenile Story Papers
and Pocket Libraries Index

Chronological List

UNCLES, MARY (stories)

• Peggy Lindsay Makes a Wager with Fear (ss) Girls’ Fun (New Series) May 1954

UNDERWOOD, H. (stories)

• A Footplate Trip with the Breakfast Flyer (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 1936

unknown substitute (stories)

• The Schoolboy Cinema Stars! (na) The Magnet Library v18 No.660 Oct 2 1920; see under Frank Richards. [Greyfriars]
• Wingate’s Sacrifice! (na) The Magnet Library v18 No.661 Oct 9 1920; see under Frank Richards. [Greyfriars]
• Her Schoolboy Chum! (na) The Magnet Library v18 No.662 Oct 16 1920; see under Frank Richards. [Greyfriars]
• The Shadow of Shame! (na) The Magnet Library v18 No.663 Oct 23 1920; see under Frank Richards. [Greyfriars]
• His Last Card! (na) The Magnet Library v18 No.664 Oct 30 1920; see under Frank Richards. [Greyfriars]
• Harry Wharton’s Trust (na) The Magnet Library v18 No.672 Dec 25 1920; see under Frank Richards. [Greyfriars]
• Standing by Their Pals! (na) The Magnet Library v25 No.853 Jun 14 1924; see under Frank Richards. [Greyfriars]
• The Prefect’s Plot (na) The Magnet Library v29 No.937 Jan 23 1926; see under Frank Richards. [Greyfriars]

UNSWORTH, WALT (stories)

• Take to the Fells (ar) Collins Young Elizabethan Jun 1954

UPTON, EVELYN (stories)

• Not for Honour! (ss) Boy’s Own Paper May 3 1890

URQUHART, PAUL; pseudonym of Ladbroke Black, (1877-1940) (stories)

• Gun Rule (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #305 1931 [Sexton Blake]
• The Mystery of the 13th Chest (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #315 1931 [Sexton Blake]
• The Mystery of the Rajah’s Jewels (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #323 1932 [Sexton Blake]
• The Brooklands Mystery (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #336 1932 [Sexton Blake]
• The Bungalow Crime (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #348 1932 [Sexton Blake]
• Presumed Dead (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #354 1932 [Sexton Blake]
• Yellow Vengeance (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #366 1933 [Sexton Blake]
• The Double Cross (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #379 1933 [Sexton Blake]
• Mr. Kilmer Sees Red (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #396 1933 [Sexton Blake]
• The Victim of Devil’s Alley (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #404 1933 [Sexton Blake]
• The Legacy of Doom (na) Detective Weekly Dec 30 1933 [Sexton Blake]
• The Mystery of the Red Barn (na) Detective Weekly Apr 21 1934 [Sexton Blake]
• The Building Estate Murder (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #427 1934 [Sexton Blake]
• Sinister Villa (na) Detective Weekly May 12 1934 [Sexton Blake]
• The Exploits of a Dead Man (n.) Thriller Library #2 1934
• Murder by Mistake (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #442 1934 [Sexton Blake]
• The Mystery at Moat Farm (na) Detective Weekly Sep 15 1934 [Sexton Blake]
• Due for Sentence (na) Detective Weekly Dec 15 1934 [Sexton Blake]
• The Crime At the Cross Roads (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #457 1934 [Sexton Blake]
• The Vicarage Murder Case (na) Detective Weekly Feb 23 1935 [Sexton Blake]
• The Crime of Count Dureen (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #468 1935 [Sexton Blake]
• Here Is a Police Message_ (ss) Detective Weekly Apr 20 1935
• The Bathing Pool Mystery (na) Detective Weekly Jun 8 1935 [Sexton Blake]
• The Man They Couldn’t Kill (ss) Detective Weekly Jun 8 1935
• Found in Possession (n.) Thriller Library #23 1935
• Who Killed the Sergeant Major? (ss) Detective Weekly Jul 20 1935
• The Legacy of Terror (ss) Detective Weekly Aug 17 1935
• The Man who Sold Secrets (na) Detective Weekly Oct 12 1935
• The Mystery of the Murdered Bookmaker (na) Detective Weekly Feb 1 1936
• The Borough Council Ramp (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #593 1937 [Sexton Blake]
• The Secret of the Dead Man (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #626 1938 [Sexton Blake]
• The Man On the Dole (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #650 1938 [Sexton Blake]
• The Mystery of the Lorry Driver (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #674 1939 [Sexton Blake]
• The Secret of the Evacuee (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #731 1940 [Sexton Blake]
• Mr. Smith Gang Smasher (na) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #396 [Sexton Blake]

URWICK, E. (stories)

• The Old Blue Coat (pm) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 16 1912

USHER, NORA C. (stories)

• The Old Hall (nv) Bouverie Series #55 1930
• Jim’s Little Lady (nv) Bouverie Series #60 1931
• Bunny’s Boys (nv); abridged, London, Hulbert Publishing Co., 1928.

UTLEY, G. (stories)

• Football by Prominent Players: “Captaining the Cup-Winners (ar) The Boys’ Friend Feb 14 1920

UTLEY, GEORGE (stories)

• The Complete Half-Back (ar) The Boys’ Realm Mar 20 1920

UZZELL, HARRY (stories)

• The Forward Game In Rugby (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Oct 1923

V., A. C. (stories)

• Folk-Songs (ar) Sunday Sep 1914

V., V. (stories)

• To C. (From any Algebra) (pm) Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1916

VACHELL, HORACE ANNESLEY (1861-1955) (stories)

• Mintie (ss) The Strand Dec 1909

VAHEY, JOHN (George) HASLETTE (1881-1938); see pseudonym John Mowbray (stories)

VAIZEY, MRS. (George de Horne) [i.e., Jessie Bell Mansergh Vaizey] (1856-1917) (stories)

• Winter Sports (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1911 1910
• The Lady of the Basement Flat (sl) The Girl’s Own Paper and Woman’s Magazine Oct, Nov, Dec 1916, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep 1917
• A War Pixie (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1917 1916

VALENTRY, DUANE (stories)

• Night of the Grunion (ss) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Oct 28 1967

VALLENCE, PETER (stories)

• The Vengeance of Jan Morgo (ss) Chums Nov 2 1924

van BEEK, THEO (stories)

• Petals (pm) The British Girl’s Annual, 1919 1918

VANBRUGH, ALLEN (stories)

• The Field of Senlac (sl); abridged, London, Dennis Dobson, 1966.

VANCE, LESLIE (stories)

• Reason to Suspect (ss) Oracle Mar 16 1957

VANE, ARMAND (stories)

• No Right to Marry (n.) Poppy’s Library #21 1929

VAN GILDER, HENRY (stories)

• The Grotto in Fiscipus (sl) The Scout May 13, May 27 1961

VAN HORN, G. E. (stories)

• Beach Ball (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Sep 1927

VANNE, ANNA (stories)

• Tiger’s Mate! (n.) Poppy’s Library #81 1932
• Nights of Love! (n.) Poppy’s Library #83 1932
• The Scarlet Saint (n.) Poppy’s Library #120 1933
• Meg Grey - Wife at Seventeen (n.) Poppy’s Library #132 1934
• Her Pirate Mate (n.) Poppy’s Library #134 1934

VAN NICKERT, ADA (stories)

• The Christmas Rhapsody (ss) Girls’ Fun (New Series) Jan 1954

VAN NICKERT, ADA JOYCE (stories)

• No Finer Work (ss) Girls’ Fun (New Series) Feb 1954

VAN RYN, DICK (stories)

• Tales of the Dormitory!: “By Sheer Skill!” (ss) The Boys’ Friend Feb 2 1918

VAN WESEMAEL, E. (stories)

• The Police Dogs of Ghent (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Jan 20 1906

VARAH, (Edward) CHAD (1911- ) (stories)

• It Wouldn’t be Christmas (ar) Eagle Annual #1 1951

VARDEN, SUSAN (stories)

• Linda Martin, Air Hostess (ss) Girls’ Star Stories Jul 1949
• The Circus Twins (ss) Girls’ Star Stories Oct 1949

VARTY, MRS. FRANK (stories)

• Strangers in the Fifth (ss) Girls’ Fun (New Series) Aug 1954

VAUGHAN, D. (stories)

• Swift Wings O’er Fleet (ss) Boys’ Fun Feb 1953

VAUGHAN, DUDLEY (stories)

• Meeting His Match (ss) Cheer Boys Cheer Apr 26 1913

VAUGHAN, JOHN (stories)

• A Manly Bishop (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Apr 12 1890
• How to Press Plants (ia) Boy’s Own Paper Apr 26 1890
• Boyhood of Charles Darwin (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Apr 8 1893
• The Gilbert White Centenary (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Aug 12 1893
• The Boyhood of Dean Stanley (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 10 1894
• The Old Iron Mills (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Jul 6 1895

VAUGHAN-SMITH, E. (stories)

• For Russia and the Right (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1918 1917
• The Word of Molly Trefusis (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1919 1918

VAUX, PATRICK (1872-?) (stories)

• Christmas in the British Navy (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Dec 1918
• Billy-Bruin-and the Rest (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Feb 1919
• Monk’s Acre (sl) Chums May 3, May 10 1919
• As the Naval Wireless Works (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1921
• Saving Millions From Undersea (ar) Boy’s Own Paper May 1923
• Serrana, the First Crusoe (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Jul 1924
• Because of Jerry Chibborne (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Dec 1926

VEAL, W. (stories)

• Our B.O.P. Draughts Column (ms) Boy’s Own Paper Feb 17 1912

VELVIN, ELLEN (stories)

• The Secretary Bird and the Snake (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 2 1912

VENTNOR, WILLIAM (stories)

• The Stowaway (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Aug 1931

VENTON, HORACE W. (stories)

• How to Throw a Boomerang (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Feb 1914
• Butterfly Rearing (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Jul 1916

VEREN, GILBERT (stories)

• The Boarding-House Braggart! (ss) The Boys’ Realm Sep 27 1919
• In the Bill - with Simpkins (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Aug 1921

VERINI, ANNIE (stories)

• Three Christmas Eves (nv) Bouverie Series #67 1931
• Love in a Mist (nv) Bouverie Series #69 1932
• The Great Discovery (nv) The Lightbearer Twopenny Stories #1 1933

VERITY, G. B. (stories)

• Young Grimes (ss) Boy’s Own Paper May 1929

VERITY, JOAN (stories)

• Teams in Turmoil (ss) The Golden Annual for Girls, 1938 1937

VERNE, JULES (Gabriel) (1828-1905) (stories)

• A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (sl) The Boys’ Journal Jan 1870; see under Anon..
• The Steam House: Part I - The Demon of Cawnpore (sl) Union Jack Oct 7, Oct 14, Oct 21, Oct 28, Nov 4, Nov 11...
• The Steam House: Part II - Tigers and Traitors (sl) Union Jack Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17, Feb 24, Mar 3, Mar 10...
• Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery (sl) Boy’s Own Paper Oct 7, Oct 14, Oct 21, Oct 28, Nov 4, Nov 11...
• The Clipper of the Clouds (ex) Journal des Debats Politiques et Litteraires Jun 29 1886
• Barbicane & Co.; Or, The Purchase of the Pole (sl) Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1, Mar 8, Mar 15, Mar 22, Mar 29, Apr 5...
• Randolphe de Gortz; or, The Castle of the Carpathians (sl) Boy’s Own Paper Mar 11, Mar 18, Mar 25, Apr 1, Apr 8, Apr 15...
• Claudius Bombarnac. A Story of Adventure and Mystery (sl) Boy’s Own Paper Oct 7, Oct 14, Oct 21, Oct 28, Nov 4, Nov 11...
• Captain Antifer; Or, His Excellency’s Millions (sl) Boy’s Own Paper Feb 23, Mar 2, Mar 9, Mar 16, Mar 24, Mar 30...
• The Master of the World (sl) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 1913, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 1914
• Kongre, the Wrecker; or, The Lighthouse at the End of the World (sl) Boy’s Own Paper May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct 1915

VERNER, GERALD; pseudonym of Donald William Steward, (1896-1980) (stories)

• The Ghost of Rufus Manners (na) The Thriller Dec 22 1934 [Supt. Robert Budd]
• The Whispering Man (na) The Thriller Apr 6 1935 [Supt. Robert Budd]
• Queer Face (n.) Thriller Library #21 1935
• The Riddle of the Red Queen (na) Detective Weekly Sep 7 1935
• Blake of the Secret Service (sl) Detective Weekly Jul 4, Jul 11, Jul 18, Jul 25, Aug 1, Aug 8, Aug 15, Aug 22, Aug 29, Sep 5, Sep 12, Sep 19 1936
• The Sign of the Jockey (sl) Detective Weekly Sep 26, Oct 3, Oct 10, Oct 17, Oct 24, Oct 30, Nov 7, Nov 14, Nov 21, Nov 28, Dec 5, Dec 12, Dec 19, Dec 26 1936, Jan 2, Jan 9 1937
• The River Men (na) London: Wright & Brown 1936; also as “River Rats”.
• River Rats (na) London: Wright & Brown 1936
• The Black Widow (na) Detective Weekly Jan 30 1937 [Supt. Robert Budd]
• The Devil’s Footprint (na) Detective Weekly May 15 1937 [Supt. Robert Budd]
• The Sign of the Silver Horseshoe (sl) Detective Weekly Jul 21, Jul 24, Aug 7, Aug 14, Aug 21, Aug 28, Sep 4, Sep 11, Sep 18, Sep 25, Oct 2, Oct 9 1937
• The Clue of the Whispering Pines (na) Detective Weekly Aug 14 1937 [Supt. Robert Budd]
• The Beard of the Prophet (na) Detective Weekly Nov 6 1937 [Supt. Robert Budd]
• Alias - ’The Angel’ (sl) Detective Weekly Jan 8, Jan 15, Jan 22, Jan 29, Feb 5, Feb 12, Feb 19, Feb 26, Mar 5, Mar 12, Mar 19, Mar 26, Apr 2, Apr 9 1938
• The Devil’s Brood (na) Detective Weekly Aug 6 1938
• The Football Pool Murders (sl) Detective Weekly Mar 25, Apr 1, Apr 8, Apr 15, Apr 22 1939
• Secret Weapon (sl) Detective Weekly May 11, May 18, May 25 1940
• The House of the Goat (na) [Supt. Robert Budd]
• The Seal of Solomon (na) [Supt. Robert Budd]
• The Seven Sleeping Men (na) [Supt. Robert Budd]

VERNEY, JOHN (stories)

• The Space Ship (ss) Collins’ for Boys and Girls Apr 1950
• The Mad King (ss) Collins Young Elizabethan Aug 1955

VERNEY, MICHAEL (stories)

• The Story of a River: The Source (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger May 31 1969
• The Story of a River: The Middle Reaches (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jun 14 1969
• The Story of a River: The Lower Reaches (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jun 21 1969
• The Story of a River: In the Estuary (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jun 28 1969
• The Story of a River: Meeting the Sea (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jul 5 1969
• The Story of a River: Navigable Waters (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jul 12 1969

VERNHAM, KATHERINE (stories)

• Benedicta’s Stranger (nv); abridged, London, Religious Tract Society, 1894.

VERNON, DOROTHY; pseudonym of C. L. Pearce (stories)

• The Game She Played! (ss) The Golden Annual for Girls, 1926 1925
• The Rebel Schoolgirl (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1926
• The Unseen Witness (ss) The Golden Annual for Girls, 1927 1926
• In the Dark (ss) The Golden Annual for Girls, 1938 1937

VERNON, JEAN; pseudonym of Ronald Fleming (stories)

• The Fourth Form Detectives (ss) Girls’ Crystal Weekly Feb 15 1936 [The Madcap Form Mistress]
• Crinolines in the Fourth (ss) Girls’ Crystal Weekly Feb 29 1936 [The Madcap Form Mistress]
• The Madcap Form Mistress (n.) Girls’ Crystal 1936