British Juvenile Story Papers
and Pocket Libraries Index

Chronological List

VERNON, JEAN (stories) (continued)

• Gwen’s Secret Enemy (ss) Girls’ Crystal Weekly Mar 27 1937 [The Madcap Form Mistress]

VERNON, KATHERINE (stories)

• In the Flower (cl) Sunshine Jan 1890
• In the Flower World (cl) Sunshine Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1890

VERNON, KATHLEEN (stories)

• The Christmas of Surprise (ss) The Golden Annual for Girls, 1937 1936
• The Girl Who Wouldn’t Be Friendly (ss) The Golden Annual for Girls, 1938 1937

VERNON, KAY (stories)

• Special Night (ss) Oracle Oct 20 1951

VERNON, KETHLEEN (stories)

• Gillian and the Chinese Vase (ss) The Golden Annual for Girls, 1936 1935

VERNON-SMITH, HERBERT; house pseudonym (stories)

• Halves for Bunter (ss) The Greyfriars Herald Feb 26 1916 [Greyfriars]
• A Night Alarm! (ss) Greyfriars Holiday Annual, 1921 1920 [Greyfriars]
• The Great Rebellion! (ss) The Magnet Library v20 No.719 Nov 19 1921 [Greyfriars]
• Alonzo Provides Amusements! (ss) The Magnet Library v20 No.721 Dec 3 1921 [Greyfriars]
• Glory for Greyfriars (ss) The Magnet Library v23 No.803 Jun 30 1923 [Greyfriars]
• Trouble for Temple! (ss) The Magnet Library v24 No.809 Aug 11 1923 [Greyfriars]
• In the Teeth of the Storm! (ss) The Magnet Library v25 No.836 Feb 16 1924 [Greyfriars]
• Skinner’s Little Joke! (ss) The Magnet Library v25 No.851 May 31 1924 [Greyfriars]
• Sporting Records of Greyfriars! (ms) Greyfriars Holiday Annual, 1925 1924
• Sport Snapshots! (ms) Greyfriars Holiday Annual, 1926 1925 [Greyfriars]
• Home, Sweet Home! (ar) Greyfriars Holiday Annual, 1930 1929 [Greyfriars]
• By the Way - (ms) Greyfriars Holiday Annual, 1932 1931
• My Own Page (ms) The Magnet v56 No.1638 Jul 8 1939

VERRELL, C. (stories)

• Baboo, the Mighty (ss) Boys’ Fun Mar 1954

VESEY- FITZGERALD, DESMOND (stories)

• The Swamp Skipper (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1957

VESSELO, A(rthur) (1911-2000) (stories)

• How Films Are Made (ar) Mine Feb 1936

VICARY, LANGLEY (stories)

• Points of a Good Pack (cl) Chums Mar 10 1923
• How to Make a Rucksack (cl) Chums Jun 2 1923
• Sleeping Out in the Summer (cl) Chums Jun 9 1923
• Handy Camp Gadgets (cl) Chums Jul 21 1923
• How to Make a Hike Tent (cl) Chums Jul 21 1923
• Selecting an Axe (ar) Chums Oct 13 1923

VICKERS, E. (stories)

• Hockey on the Ice (il) Boy’s Own Paper Jan 7 1893

VICKERS, ROY; pseudonym of William Edward Vickers, (1889-1965) (stories)

• The Secret Sin (sl) The Thriller Jan 13, Jan 20, Jan 27, Feb 3 1934
• Murder Will Out (sl) The Thriller Jun 8, Jun 15, Jun 22, Jun 29, Jul 6 1935 [Dept. of Dead Ends]
• According to Plan (na) The Thriller Oct 26 1935

VICKERS, WILLIAM EDWARD (1889-1965); see pseudonym Roy Vickers (stories)

VICKERY, WILLIAM P(ercival) (1897-1986) (stories)

• The Crook of Soho (na) The Thriller Oct 18 1930
• The Racketeer’s Will (n.) Sexton Blake Library (Second Series) #324 1932 [Sexton Blake]

VICTOR, MRS. METTA V. (stories)

• Alice Wilde, the Raftsman’s Daughter. A forest romance (n.) Beadle’s Dime Novels #4 Aug 1 1860
• The Backwoods’ Bride. A romance of Squattor Life (n.) Beadle’s Dime Novels #10 Nov 1 1860
• The Emerald Necklace; or, Mrs. Butterby’s Boarder (n.) Dime Novels #14 Jan 1 1861
• Uncle Ezekiel and His Exploits on Two Continents (n.) Beadle’s Dime Novels #16 Feb 1 1861
• The Gold Hunters. A picture of Western character and Pike’s Peak life (n.) Beadle’s Dime Novels #49 Jan 10 1863
• Myrtle; or, The Child of the Prairie (n.) Beadle’s Dime Novels #54 May 16 1863; an earlier, abbreviated version appeared in Half-Dime Novelette 1, 5 Dec 1860, as by Rose Kennedy.
• Jo Daviess’ Client; or, Courting in Kentucky (n.) Beadle’s Dime Novels #60 Oct 1 1863

“VIDI”

• Facts & Figures-Population (ms) Mine Jan 1936

VILES, WALTER (stories)

• William Tell; or, Make Way for Liberty (sl) The Young Briton 1873; see under Anon..
• The Battle and the Breeze; or, Our Sailors and Our Ships: Part II (sl) The Young Englishman Nov 3, Nov 10, Nov 17, Nov 24, Dec 1, Dec 8, Dec 15, Dec 22, Dec 29, Dec 31 1877, Jan 5, Jan 12, Jan 19, Jan 26, Feb 2, Feb 9, Feb 16, Feb 23, Mar 2, Mar 9 1878; see under Anon..
• Claymore and Dirk; or, The March of the Cameron Men (sl) The Boy’s Standard Mar 17, Mar 24 1888; see under Anon..

VILLIERS, ALAN (John Murray) (1903-1982) (stories)

• The Seafarers (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jan 21 1967
• The Seafarers: In the Beginning…Man Learns to Sail (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jan 28 1967
• The Seafarers: In Eastern Seas (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Feb 4 1967
• The Seafarers: By Boom to Zanzibar (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Feb 11 1967
• The Seafarers: Persian Gulf Pearlers (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Feb 18 1967
• The Seafarers: Chinese Ships Were Good! (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Feb 25 1967
• The Seafarers: Mariners of the Mediterranean (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Mar 4 1967
• The Seafarers: In Northern Mists (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Mar 11 1967
• The Seafarers: Pioneers from Portugal (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Mar 18 1967
• The Seafarers: Christopher Columbus, Enigma of the Western Ocean (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Mar 25 1967
• The Seafarers: Early Circumnavigation (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Apr 1 1967
• The Seafarers: War at Sea (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Apr 8 1967
• The Seafarers: James Cook-the Seamen’s Seaman (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Apr 15 1967
• The Seafarers: Voyage of the Mayflower II (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Apr 22 1967
• The Seafarers: The Incomparable Nelson (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Apr 29 1967
• The Seafarers: Whaling and the Whalers (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger May 6 1967
• The Seafarers: The Romance of the Clippers (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger May 13 1967
• The Seafarers: The Coming of Steam (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger May 20 1967
• The Seafarers: Sail Fights Back! (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger May 27 1967
• The Seafarers: Nuclear Power and Sailing School-Ships (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jun 3 1967

VINCENT, A. (stories)

• The Plane They Made a God (ss) Modern Wonder Apr 23 1938

VINCENT, JOAN; pseudonym of R. S. Kirkham (stories)

• For Film-Fame and Fortune (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1921
• In Search of Her Father (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1921
• In a Mystic Land (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1922
• The Amazing Queen (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1923
• At School With a Secret (n.) School Friend 1923
• Her Friend With the Secret Name (n.) School Friend 1923
• The Troublesome Twins (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1923
• The Secret of School and Sea (n.) School Friend 1924
• Tea for One! (ss) The Golden Annual for Girls, 1925 1924
• The Troublesome Twins’ Tuckshop (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1924
• The Twins at the Circus (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1924
• The Twins on the Films (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1924
• Beryl and the Boarders (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1925
• For the Good Name of the Guides (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1925
• Looking After Auntie (ss) The Golden Annual for Girls, 1926 1925
• Those Tiresome Twins (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1925
• Always a Gipsy Girl (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1926
• Connie of the Circus (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1926
• Visitors From France (ss) The Golden Annual for Girls, 1927 1926
• Connie of the Fair (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1927
• Their Caravan Holiday (n.) School Friend 1927
• Those Twins Again (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1927
• Happy Cinderella (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1928
• Those Tantalising Twins (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1928
• When Pleasures Came Her Way (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1928
• Madcaps of Mystery House (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1929
• The Twins at the Towers! (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1929
• Her Strange Role in the Circus (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1930
• The Twins and the Treasure (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1930
• Johnnie, or Her Feud with the Artful Three (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1931
• Bonnie Had Such Bright Ideas! (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1932
• The Twins and the Tyrants (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1932
• Mirth-makers on Mystery’s Trail (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1933
• The Twins and the Princess (n.) Schoolgirls’ Weekly 1933
• Loyal Daughters (ss) The Golden Annual for Girls, 1936 1935
• Tilly Turns the Tables (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own Library #710 Dec 1939
• Connie’s Circus Chums (n.); reprint?.

VINE, A. H. (stories)

• The Heron and the Crown (pm) Boy’s Own Paper Oct 19 1895

VINE, C. J. (stories)

• That Cottage You Wish You Could Sketch (ar) The Girl’s Own Paper and Woman’s Magazine Jul 1917
• On Clouds and Distances (ar) The Girl’s Own Paper and Woman’s Magazine Aug 1917
• Sketching in the Peaceful Woodland (ar) The Girl’s Own Paper and Woman’s Magazine Sep 1917
• Wookey Hole (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Apr 1923

VINE-LOTT, TREVOR (stories)

• Voyage to the Spanish Main [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Nov 16 1968
• Voyage to the Spanish Main: How Insula Got Her Name [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Nov 23 1968
• Voyage to the Spanish Main: Deep Sea Days [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Nov 30 1968
• Voyage to the Spanish Main: The Cargo Runners [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Dec 7 1968
• Voyage to the Spanish Main: Emeralds of the Caribbean [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Dec 14 1968
• Voyage to the Spanish Main: Hurricane ’Juliet’ [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Dec 21 1968
• Voyage to the Spanish Main: The Weather Station [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Dec 28 1968
• Voyage to the Spanish Main: Cooking Fires at Cock-Crow [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jan 4 1969
• Voyage to the Spanish Main: Mercy Mission [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jan 11 1969
• Voyage to the Spanish Main: Farming the Sea [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jan 18 1969
• Voyage to the Spanish Main: Running the Gauntlet [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Jan 25 1969
• Voyage to the Spanish Main: May Day! [with Hugh Graham] (ar) Look and Learn incorporating Ranger Feb 1 1969

VIOLET (stories)

• A Maiden’s Martyrdom (sl) Select Stories May 30 1899

VIRGO, HILARY (stories)

• For Girls Only [with Rosemary Carvill] (cl) Collins Young Elizabethan Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep 1955, Mar, Apr 1956

VISE, TOYE (stories)

• Chums Gallery of Famous Men No. 1: Sir Max Pemberton: An Interview with the Founder of Chums (iv) Chums Aug 1933
• Chums Gallery of Famous Men No. 2: Sir Malcolm Campbell (ar) Chums Sep 1933
• Chums Gallery of Famous Men No. 3: Sir Alan Cobham (ar) Chums Oct 1933
• Chums Gallery of Famous Men No. 4: P. G. Wodehouse (ar) Chums Nov 1933
• Chums Gallery of Famous Men No. 5: Capt. Ernest Mills Joyce (ar) Chums Dec 1933
• Chums Gallery of Famous Men No. 6: A. P. Herbert (ar) Chums Jan 1934
• Our Great Interviews No. 7: Gordon Harker (cl) Chums Feb 1934
• Gallery of Famous Chums Readers No. 8: Steve Fairbairn (ar) Chums Mar 1934
• Famous Chums Readers No. 9: Gilbert Jessop (ar) Chums Apr 1934
• Famous Chums Readers No. 10: A. P. F. Chapman (ar) Chums May 1934

VIVIAN, E(velyn) C(harles) H(enry) (1882-1947) (stories)

• House for Sale (n.) Thriller Library #12 1934

VIVIAN, E(velyn) CHARLES; [legalized from Charles Henry Cannell] (1882-1947) (stories)

• The Little God with Moving Eyes (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1914
• The Ghost Bear (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Feb 1914
• Billy’s Gun (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Jul 1914
• The Hoard of the Devil-Tree (sl) Boy’s Own Paper Aug, Sep 1916
• Merridew’s Madness (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1921
• The Yellow Streak (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Apr 1921
• Behind the Gateway (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Jul 1921
• In The Hands of the Wahe-Wahe (sl) Boy’s Own Paper Feb 1922
• A Scout of the ’45. A Tale of the Jacobite Rising (sl) Boy’s Own Paper Nov, Dec 1922, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 1923
• Buckner’s Island (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1923
• White Man’s Magic (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Jul 1923

VOLK, GEORGE; see pseudonym George Surrey (stories)

VOWLES, HUGH P. (stories)

• Freaks of the Road (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Jul 1932

VOYCE, A. T. (stories)

• New Developments in Forward Play (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1923

VYSE, HERBERT (stories)

• The Quite Queen’s Gold (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Sep 1927

W. H. B. (stories)

• Tom Sayers and the Tipton Slasher (nf) The Boys’ Friend Dec 22 1900

W., A. J. A. (stories)

• The Aeroplane (pm) Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1940

W., C. (stories)

• Chess - Problem No. 338 (pz) Boy’s Own Paper Feb 18 1893
• Frank’s Adventure (pm) Boy’s Own Paper May 20 1893

W., C. H. P. (stories)

• Our Trip to Penally (ar) Sunshine Oct, Nov, Dec 1890

W., L. (stories)

• Death or Freedom: A Spartan Story (sl) Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1, Mar 8, Mar 15 1884

W., L. N. (stories)

• Frank’s Hobbies (pm) Chums Sep 1 1931

W., M. K. (stories)

• Little Strokes (pm) Chatterbox #17 1898

W., MARY C. (stories)

• The Master’s Visit (pm) Red Berries: The Christmas Supplement to Sunshine Dec 1889

W., O. (stories)

• Guns and Firearms (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Sep 6 1890

W., Q. (stories)

• An Island Ship (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 1923

W., W.; pseudonym of Mary Helena Wilson Fortune, (1833-1910) (stories)

• “For One Night Only” (ss) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 1913

W., W. C. (stories)

• Illustration (il) Boy’s Own Paper Jun 1925

WADDINGTON, FLORA (stories)

• Some Animal Stories (ar) Sunday Jul 1914
• Frogs and Toads (ar) Sunday Dec 1914

WADDY, REV. STACY (stories)

• A Boy’s Day on a South-Sea Island (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Dec 9 1905
• Australian Schoolboys at the Delhi Durbar (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Aug 17, Aug 24, Aug 31, Sep 7 1912

WADE GEORGE A. (stories)

• The Oval (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Aug 1923

WADE, CAPT. W. J. (stories)

• A Close Shave: A Personal Experience (nf) Boy’s Own Paper Feb 29 1908

WADE, E. K. (stories)

• The Life Story of the Chief Scout (ar) The Scout Apr 19, Apr 26, May 3, May 10, May 17, May 24, May 31, Jun 7, Jun 14, Jun 21, Jun 28, Jul 5, Jul 12, Jul 19, Jul 26 1924

WADE, GEORGE A(lfred) (1863-?) (stories)

• Some Famous Tuck-Shops (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Nov 1903
• Memorials to Famous Boys (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Mar 3 1906
• A Famous Trio of Yorkshire Writers of Adventures (ar) Boy’s Own Paper Apr 28 1906