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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v8, #36, November 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Lesson in Anatomy [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · nv 22 · Brush Fire · James M. Cain · ss Liberty December 5 1936 29 · The Face from Beyond · Anthony Abbot · ts 32 · The Flowering Face [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator May 1935 54 · The Adventure of the Telltale Bottle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss 69 · The Old School Type · P. Youngman-Carter · ss Gen 19?? 72 · The Kid and the Shade · William D. Trausch · ss The Guidon 19?? 81 · The Oleander · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Every Week 1930 87 · Charlemagne and the Whisperer [Charlemagne] · Daniel Roselle · ss 92 · The Wrists on the Door · Horace Fish · nv Everybody’s Magazine May 1919 109 · You Can’t Hang Twice [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v8, #37, December 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Clue of the Tattooed Man [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss; contest story, lacking the final half page—solution in March 1947 issue. 8 · The Love Detectives [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss Flynn’s Weekly October 30 1926, as “At the Crossroads” 25 · Angel Face [Nick Burns] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask October 1937, as “Face Work” 46 · The Episode of the Sinister Inventor [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · ss 61 · Professional Début [Máximo Roldán] · Antonio Helú; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the Spanish (La Obligacion de Asesinar, 1946). 75 · Murder in Triplicate [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss 88 · The Smell That Killed [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · nv Pearson’s Magazine February 1935, as “The Catastrophe in Clay” 105 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 109 · One on the House · Corey Ford · vi Collier’s June 15 1929 111 · The Fantastic Clue [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 128 · Index to Volume 8—July-December 1946 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, Whole No. 38, January 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Clue of the Broken Legs [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss; contest story, lacking the final half page—solution in April 1947 issue. 8 · The Golden Horseshoe [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask November 1924 36 · The Eight Pieces of Tortoiseshell [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 53 · The Adventure of the Inner Circle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv 67 · The Monkey Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 80 · The Assyrian Rejuvenator [Romney Pringle] · Clifford Ashdown · ss Cassell’s Magazine June 1902 92 · Goldfish [Carney] · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s July 8 1933; previously in EQMM “Overseas Edition” January 1946. 94 · Hand of Glory [Peter Trevor] · Frank King · ss 110 · Hunted Down · Charles Dickens · nv The New York Ledger August 20 1859 (+2)

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, No. 39, February 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Clue of the Missing Motive [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss contest story, lacking the final half page. Solution in May 1947 issue. 9 · You Take Ballistics · Cornell Woolrich · ss Double Detective January 1938 24 · The Repeater [Capt. (Col.) Hugh North] · Van Wyck Mason · nv Detective Fiction Weekly December 8 1934, as “The Crime of the Legion” 49 · Nor the Jury · Selwyn Jepson · ss The Evening Standard June 17 1933 54 · The Case of the Ninety-Two Candles [Sherlock Holmes] · Ted Malone · fa first broadcast on ABC radio, January 7, 1946. 58 · The Camberwell Poisoner [Sherlock Holmes] · Ruth Douglass · fa 64 · The Last Detective Story in the World · Maurice Richardson · ss Lilliput May 1946 70 · Sing a Song of Sixpence · Agatha Christie · ss Holly Leaves December 1929 84 · A Knife Between Brothers [David Return] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 96 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 100 · The Lady Holding a Green Apple · Stanley Hopkins, Jr. · ss 109 · According to Customs · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s January 23 1932 112 · The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, No. 40, March 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The President of the United States, Detective [President Place] · H. F. Heard · nv 32 · His Honor · Ben Ames Williams · ss Cosmopolitan July 1921 40 · An Arabian Night in Park Lane [Tom Hebblethwaite] · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine September 1932 52 · The Riddle of the Double Negative [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 64 · King’s Evidence · Algernon Blackwood · ss London Calling January 9 1941 rewritten from “Confession”, Century Magazine Mar ’21; originally broadcast on the BBC, 27 June 1936. 70 · The Case of the Stuttering Sextant · Baynard Kendrick & Clayton Rawson · fa; Kendrick’s story is a satire on true crime stories, and Rawson provides an introductory spoof of Dannay’s lengthy prefaces in EQMM, as well as mock footnotes. 76 · The Wrong Jar [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · nv 1929; abridged. 92 · The Ides of Michael Magoon [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv 109 · Wages of Innocence · Leonard L. Leonard · ss Collier’s May 6 1939 115 · Left-Handed Murder · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 125 · Solutions to the First Monthly Contest · Clayton Rawson · ms final paragraphs of “The Clue of the Tattooed Man” plus a list of contest winners.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, No. 41, April 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Given as Vol. 9 No. 4 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss 17 · House Dick [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask December 1 1923, as “Bodies Piled Up” 30 · The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl · Agatha Christie · ss The Novel Magazine August 1924, as “The Mystery of the Second Cucumber” 43 · Footfalls · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Pictorial Review October 1920 60 · The Sword Swallower Murder [Philo Gubb] · Ellis Parker Butler · ss St. Anthony Messenger 1933 68 · Charlemagne and the Secret Plans [Charlemagne] · Daniel Roselle · ss 74 · Steps Going Up · Cornell Woolrich · ss Black Mask August 1939, as “Men Must Die” 97 · Mr. Campion’s Lucky Day [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Sunday Empire News November 11 1945, as “Dead Man’s Evidence” 101 · Fool-Proof [Chief-Inspector Parbold] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Magazine December 1936 116 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss 125 · Solutions to the Second Monthly Contest · Clayton Rawson · ms final paragraphs of “The Clue of the Broken Legs” plus a list of contest winners.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, No. 42, May 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Dead Yellow Women [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask November 1925 42 · A Bird in the Tree [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 17 1940, as “The Case of the Cycling Chauffeur” 48 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss 58 · Challenge to the Reader · Hugh Pentecost · ss 71 · The Wedding Dress · Louis Bromfield · vi Collier’s October 31 1925 74 · Sir Gilbert Murrell’s Picture [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine October 1905 85 · A Gentleman · Maurice Leblanc · vi The Popular Magazine November 1 1910 88 · The Tracy Enigma [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (Les 13 Enigmes, 1932). 93 · The Hit That Missed · Walter Duranty · ss Collier’s February 29 1936 100 · The House-in-Your-Hand Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss 117 · Asphodel · Edwin Lanham · ss Collier’s June 10 1944 126 · Solutions to the Third Monthly Contest · Clayton Rawson · ms final paragraphs of “The Clue of the Missing Motive” plus a list of contest winners.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 9, No. 43, June 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Wood-for-the-Trees [Colonel Anthony Gethryn] · Philip MacDonald · nv 25 · How Now, Ophelia [Melville Fairr] · Michael Venning · ss 39 · The Red Signal · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine June 1924 54 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927 62 · Dressing-Up · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1929 71 · The Case of the Social Climber [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 90 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 94 · Tropical Disturbance [Oscar Sail] · Lester Dent · nv Black Mask December 1936, as “Angelfish” 117 · Listen, Listen! · R. E. Kendall · ss 128 · Index to Volume 9—January-June 1947 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #44, July 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Who Killed Bob Teal? [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss True Detective Mysteries November 1924 18 · The Mystery of the 81st Kilometer Stone [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv 35 · Deadlock · Edmund Crispin · nv 58 · The Widow’s Walk · Jack Finney · ss 67 · The Challenge to Dr. Farnsworth [Dr. Mark Farnsworth] · Francis Leo Golden · nv 89 · Advice to Literary Murderers · Gilbert K. Chesterton · ar The Tribute ed. D. Mackenzie, John Horn Limited, 1930 93 · The Missing Shakespeare Manuscript [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv 111 · Dove Dulcet Hitches His Wagon— [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · vi 114 · The Cloak That Laughed [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1935, as “The Mantle That Laughed”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #45, August 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Creeping Siamese [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask March 1926 16 · The Quarterdeck Club [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv radio script adaptation. 36 · Big Shot · Brett Halliday · ss Argosy October 22 1938, as by Davis Dresser 48 · People Do Fall Downstairs · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · nv 64 · Smothered in Corpses · Ernest Bramah · ss The Living Age September 27 1919, as “Smothered in Thrills: A Burlesque for the Cinema”; given as by “?” on the story itself, with the author’s name given on p. 72. 73 · Where There’s a Will · Agatha Christie · ss Mystery Magazine March 1 1926, as “Wireless” 84 · The Man Who Didn’t Exist [Reginald de Puyster] · Rufus King · ss Flynn’s July 11 1925, as “Houdini Jake” 99 · The Right .38 [Detective Sergeant Jim Casey] · Karl Detzer · ss The American Legion Magazine 1943 109 · The Case of the Frenchman’s Gloves [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine July 1938, as “Frenchmen Wear Gloves”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #46, September 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Corkscrew [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na The Black Mask September 1925 43 · The Other Side of the Curtain · Helen McCloy · nv 64 · Alderman Tommy Drops In [Tommy Rouse] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss Collier’s March 15 1930 76 · Case of the Gentleman Poet [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch August 7 1940 84 · The Perfect Crime · Kingsley Tufts · ss 89 · The Flying Corpse · A. E. Martin · nv 112 · Hold-Up · Channing Pollock · vi Collier’s November 21 1931, as “The Poor Little Man” 115 · The Shot That Waited [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1934, as “The Duel of Shadows”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #47, October 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Tragedy of a Handkerchief [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 16 · Blue Murder [Don Free] · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask September 1932 not the same as the story of the same name in the July 1928 issue. 37 · The Fourth Man · Agatha Christie · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1925 50 · Smoke [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1932 72 · The Long Worm [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 87 · Silk Hat · Katharine Brush · ss Collier’s July 13 1929 91 · Rope’s End · Viola Brothers Shore · nv 108 · Little Boy Lost · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #48, November 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine November 1947, as by John Dickson Carr 23 · The Name on the Wrapper [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine March 1938 37 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929). 42 · The Tangible Illusion [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · ss Mystery February 1935, as “Invisible Terror” 59 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 63 · Red Wine · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure June 1 1930 78 · Put Him on a Spot · Arthur Somers Roche · ss Collier’s July 6 1929 87 · The Phantom Alibi [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1920 100 · The Nine Pound Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss 115 · Fingerprints Don’t Lie [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #49, December 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Scorched Face [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask May 1925 32 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 3: Karmesin, Swindler [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938, as “Karmesin and the Meter” 37 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 4: Karmesin, Criminal Lawyer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Autumn 1938, as “Karmesin and the Tailor’s Dummy” 42 · S.O.S. · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine February 1926 55 · Criminological Data · John L. Cooney · pz 56 · Murder, 1970 · Pierce Atwater, II · ss; framing story for the following four vignettes. _58 · The Spooky House · Irma Méndez · vi _58 · Carson Finds a Bandit · Benjamin Rivera · vi _60 · The Big-Hearted Killer · José Marscal · vi _61 · Pointer to Murder · Lee Markward · ss Scientific Detective January 1947 66 · The Amateur of Crime · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The American Magazine April 1927 83 · Portrait of Eleanor · Marjorie Alan · nv 100 · Journey’s End · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s January 2 1926 102 · All Saints’ Day · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss Hearst’s Magazine September 1919 translated from the French (“Mes Yeux”, Le Journal, December 11, 1904). 109 · Blind Man’s Bluff [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 128 · Index to Volume 10—July-December 1947 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #50, January 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Third Bullet [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · na Hodder & Stoughton, 1937, as by Carter Dickson; abridged. 74 · Albert Pastor at Home · Dashiell Hammett · vi Esquire Autumn 1933 76 · The Corpse in the Closet [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week February 16 1947 85 · Observe and Remember · George Harmon Coxe · vi 1941 88 · Message in Code · Ben Wilson · vi This Week 1942 91 · Perkins Finds $3,400,000 [Willis Perkins] · Philip Wylie · ss Collier’s July 11 1931, as “In a Hole” 101 · Lost Girl [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s January 15 1938 106 · Death on the Air [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh & A. Drummond Sharpe · nv The Grand Magazine February 1937; given as by Ngaio Marsh alone.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 11, Whole No. 51, February 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · An Open Letters to Readers of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine · Lawrence E. Spivak · ms; letter about raising the price of EQMM from 25 cents to 35 cents and increasing the page count to 144. 4 · How to Win $100.00 and Have Fun Doing It · [uncredited] · cn; given as “New Cover Contest” in the Table of Contents; announcement of contest for best story about Salter’s cover for this issue. 5 · Help Wanted, Male [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine August 1945 38 · The Poisoned Dow ’08 [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show February 25 1933, as “The Poisoned Port” 47 · That’s Your Own Funeral · Cornell Woolrich · ss Argosy June 19 1937, as “Your Own Funeral” 60 · The Black Stone of Dr. Dee [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 77 · The Foreign Office Despatch [Romney Pringle] · Clifford Ashdown · ss Cassell’s Magazine July 1902 89 · The Case of the Cockfosters Emeralds · Arnold Bennett · ss The Queen September 15 1900, as “The Police Station” 99 · The Clarion Call · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World October 29 1905 105 · Light in the Window · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s July 13 1940 108 · A Life—A Bowl of Rice · Lemuel de Bra · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1922, as “A Bowl of Rice” 113 · The Lady Who Laughed [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 129 · Yeggs Florentine · Guy Gilpatric · vi Collier’s February 8 1930 132 · The Half-Way House [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss The American Magazine May 1922

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 11, Whole No. 52, March 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Death Rides a Boxcar · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine January 1945 42 · The Case of Poor Gertrude [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1935, as “The Terror of Tongues” 55 · Pieces of Silver · Brett Halliday · ss Argosy July 30 1938, as by Davis Dresser 65 · The Bad Luck Murders [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Baffling Detective Mysteries July 1943, as “Dead Men’s Shoes” 81 · The Stone Ear [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1933 95 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 100 · The Riddle of the Tired Bullet [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 114 · Midnight Visit · Robert Arthur · vi Collier’s June 17 1939 117 · Midnight Adventure [Prince Rudolf] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Magazine November 1938 129 · Double Play · Courtney Ryley Cooper · vi Collier’s October 1 1938 132 · The Dog in the Orchard · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Cosmopolitan September 1940 144 · How to Win $100.00 and Have Fun Doing It · [uncredited] · cn; given as “New Cover Contest” in the Table of Contents; announcement of contest for best story about Salter’s cover for this issue.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 11, Whole No. 53, April 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Triennial report on EQMM’s Prize Contests · Ellery Queen · ms 13 · Justice Has No Number [Bastia] · Alfredo Segre · nv 35 · Case of the Overheated Flat [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 24 1940, as “The Case of the Overheated Service Flat” 40 · The Snout · Edward Lucas White · nv Lukundoo and Other Stories by Edward Lucas White, Doran, 1927 64 · How to Win $100.00 and Have Fun Doing It · [uncredited] · cn; given as “Third Cover Contest” in the Table of Contents; announcement of contest for best story about Salter’s cover for this issue. 65 · Death on the Offbeat [Johnny] · John Wiggin · ss Collier’s December 17 1938 79 · Black Max · Octavus Roy Cohen · vi Collier’s October 10 1925 81 · The Five of Swords [Paul Forain] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Hearst’s Magazine February 1919 102 · 3 Men in a Room [Eddie Ross] · Charles Francis Coe · ss Liberty February 12 1938 114 · The Scarecrow Murders · A. E. Martin · ss 126 · The Witness · Percival Wilde · vi Collier’s August 11 1928 129 · The Mystery of the Seven Suicides [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 141 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 5: Karmesin. Bank Robber [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Evening Standard May 9 1936, as “Karmesin”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 11, Whole No. 54, May 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Fourth Degree [Dr. John Smith] · Hugh Pentecost · ss 19 · Actor’s Blood · Ben Hecht · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 20 1932 38 · Death in the Window · Warren Amerman · vi; winner of the February 1948 cover contest. 40 · Dead Men Tell Tales [Jay Cameron] · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask November 1932 62 · Award of Honor · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · vi Collier’s January 5 1935; previously in EQMM “Overseas Edition” November 1945. 65 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv 81 · The “Baby” Cipher · W. A. Darlington · ss The Strand Magazine April 1939 94 · A Quatrain of Ling Tai Fu’s · Donn Byrne · ss The Red Book Magazine August 1917 106 · The Man Who Disappeared · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine December 1901; condensed. 121 · Death Sentence · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 128 · The Danger Point [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine June 1937

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 11, Whole No. 55, June 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · From Another World [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv 27 · Dry-Kye · Ben Ames Williams · ss Rejections of 1927 ed. Charles H. Baker, Jr., Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928 38 · The Letters in Evidence · C. S. Forester · ss The Editor Regrets… ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph, 1937 46 · The Silver Dollar · Rink Creussen · ss 58 · The Strategy of Ah Lo · Lemuel de Bra · ss The Grand Magazine March 1923 65 · The Weapon That Didn’t Exist [Reginald de Puyster] · Rufus King · ss Flynn’s February 20 1926, as “The Dud” 78 · Your Face Is Familiar · Guy Gilpatric · vi Collier’s January 17 1931 81 · The Phantom Archer · John Dickson Carr · pl first broadcast on Suspense, CBS radio, March 9, 1943. 93 · The Tailor’s Squares · Secor D. Browne · vi; winner of the March 1948 cover contest. 96 · A Puzzle in Essence · Daniel D. Schoen · vi; second-prize winner of the February 1948 cover contest. 99 · A Murder at the Dôme · Gelett Burgess · nv This Quarter December 1931, as “A Murder at the Monde” 117 · The Devil Is a Gentleman [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s September 6 1947 128 · The Tontine Curse [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 144 · Index to Volume 11—January-June 1948 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 12, No. 56, July 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Adventure of the Single Footprint [Sherlock Holmes] · Robert Arthur · nv 22 · Mother, May I Go Out to Swim? · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss 35 · Murder in an Empty House [Hamilton Cleek] · Thomas W. Hanshew · ss Cleek’s Greatest Riddles by Thomas W. Hanshew, Simpkin Marshall, 1916; slightly condensed from chapters 9, 10 and 11. 50 · The Trap · Howard Bloomfield · ss Collier’s April 19 1947 61 · Eye Witness · David X. Manners · ss Ten Detective Aces January 1935 65 · Death Certificate [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty December 1947 78 · Up the River · Sidney S. Lenz · vi Vanity Fair (US) 1935 81 · Observation · Robert Weinstein · vi; winner of the April 1948 cover contest. 84 · Corollary [Joe Hill] · Hughes Allison · nv 101 · The Knife of the Celestial Brotherhood · Lemuel de Bra · ss Short Stories December 10 1922, as “The Strange Slaying of Bock Gee” 108 · Murder on Tuesday [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine May 1946

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 12, No. 57, August 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · In Death They Were Divided · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The Editor Regrets… ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph, 1937 12 · The Chateau of Missing Men [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (Les 13 Enigmes, 1932). 18 · The Best Policy · Ferenc Molnár · vi Lilliput May 1941 21 · The Maul, the Sword, and the Sharp Arrow · Victor Palla · nv 38 · The Malefactor · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Witch and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov & Constance Garnett, Macmillan, 1918 42 · The Debt Collector · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss Hearst’s Magazine November 1919 translated from the French (“L’encaisseur”, Le Journal, September 9, 1905). 47 · The Coupon · Karel Capek; translated by Paul Selver · ss Tales from Two Pockets by Karel Capek, tr. Paul Selver, Faber and Faber, 1932 translated from the Czech (“Kupón”, 1928). 54 · Sorcery · Gabriele D’Annunzio · ss Tales of My Native Town by Gabriele D'Annunzio, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920 65 · The Power of the Leaf [Ooloo, Aboriginal Detective] · A. E. Martin · nv 81 · Fourth Rule for Murderers · H. T. Alfon · ss 89 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss 101 · The Garden of Forking Paths · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the Spanish (“El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan”, El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, 1941). 111 · Killer in Khaki [Private Enly] · Edgar D. Smith · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 1 1941 121 · The Night Reveals · Cornell Woolrich · nv Story #45, April 1936

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 12, No. 58, September 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Through a Glass, Darkly [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · nv 26 · The Adventure of the Gent’s Romeo [Edward French] · Margery Sharp · ss The Royal Magazine September 1930 39 · The Lady and the Tiger · Jack Moffitt · nv [Ref. Frank R. Stockton] continuation of Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady, Or the Tiger?”. 63 · The Perfect Secretary · W. T. Brannon · ss 1939 65 · Hard Guy [Hunt Lannin] · Thomas Walsh · ss Ten Detective Aces January 1935, as “Framed in Fire” 78 · The Undertaker · Jack Jonas · vi 81 · Murder Walks in Marble Halls · Lawrence G. Blochman · na The American Magazine September 1942, as “Death Walks in Marble Halls” 126 · The Dummy Murder · Clarke Olney · vi; winner of the May 1948 cover contest. 129 · Farewell Performance [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week May 11 1947, as “Footlights and Murder” 139 · Crime Lesson [Munro] · Dale Clark · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 12, No. 59, October 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Green-and-Gold String [Dr. Alcazar] · Philip MacDonald · nv 28 · Sugar and Spice · Vera Caspary · na The American Magazine December 1943 65 · The Cockroach and the Tortoise [Inspector Field] · Anthony Gilbert · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939 74 · Telling · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 81 · Criminals in Disguise · Anthony Boucher · qz 82 · A Case of Facsimile · Viola Brothers Shore · ss 94 · Coincidence [F.T. Carrington] · J. Storer Clouston · nv The Sphere October 23 1920 (+2) 112 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl 117 · The Man Who Married Too Often [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine February 1936, as “Molly the Marchioness” 132 · Extradition · Brett Halliday · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 12, No. 60, November 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · The Death Position Enigma [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 19 · Le Chateau de l’Arsenic [Dr. Jean Dollent] · Georges Simenon · ss The Strand Magazine October 1947 translated from the French (Le Petit Docteur, 1943). 30 · Salt on His Tail [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss 42 · Love-in-a-Mist · Joseph Shearing · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine January 1933 53 · The Motive · Ronald Knox · ss The Illustrated London News November 17 1937 65 · Getaway Money · Thomas Walsh · ss 1943 81 · The Thrill Is Gone · Fulton Oursler & Rupert Hughes · vi Collier’s 1942; previously in EQMM “Overseas Edition” September 1945. 84 · A Case for Deduction · M. P. Shiel & John Gawsworth · nv Thrills, Associated Newspapers, 1936, as by M. P. Shiel & Fytton Armstrong 108 · Dr. Gettler, Real-Life Detective · Edward D. Radin · ar 1946 112 · Dear Louisa · Miriam Bruce · ss 126 · Johnny on the Spot · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 2 1936

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 12, No. 61, December 1948] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Clue of the Red Wig · John Dickson Carr · nv The Strand Magazine December 1940 27 · Nouchi [Monsieur Froget] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French (Détective 10 & 24 Apr, 1930, as by Georges Sim). 32 · The Body in Grant’s Tomb · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 1943 58 · Three Against Deeth · Lee Hays · ss modern English version of Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Pardoner’s Tale”. 65 · The Frantick Rebel [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv 81 · The Dauphin’s Doll [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv 102 · Triangle · Pierre Boileau; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss translated from the French. 106 · The Brother of Heaven [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1933 119 · A Bottle of Perrier · Edith Wharton · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 27 1926, as “A Bottle of Evian” 139 · A Dilemma · S. Weir Mitchell · ss The Century Magazine July 1902 144 · Index to Volume 12—July-December 1948 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #62, January 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · This King Business [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Mystery Stories January 1928 45 · Thimble, Thimble · O. Henry · ss Hampton’s Broadway Magazine December 1908 55 · The Grand Duke’s Rubies · Edgar Saltus · ss Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine January 1888 65 · The Case Is Altered [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine December 1938 78 · The Maniac · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · vi Hearst’s Magazine March 1920 translated from the French (“Un maniaque”, L’Auto, February 9, 1905). 81 · Various Traces [Munro] · Dale Clark · ss 92 · The Missing Motive [Dr. Cedric Dodd] · Kenneth Livingston · ss The Dodd Cases by Kenneth Livingston, Doubleday, 1934 111 · The Purple Flame [Mr. White] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss Adventure November 1912 122 · Dinner for Two [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss 136 · The Roses in Black Velvet · Alfredo Segre · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #63, February 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · The Jack of Diamonds · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na The American Magazine November 1936 48 · Two Exploits of Harry the Hat · Philip MacDonald · gp (r) _49 · The Absence of Tonathal [Harry the Hat] · Philip MacDonald · vi _52 · Sheep’s Clothing [Harry the Hat] · Philip MacDonald · vi 56 · Never Trust a Murderer · Quentin Reynolds · ss Collier’s March 23 1946 65 · Up the Garden Path · Barry Perowne · ss 78 · Painted Faces · Joseph Harrington · vi 81 · The Rainbow Murders Begin [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask February 1931, as “Diamonds of Dread” by Ramon Decolta 97 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: “With the Author’s Compliments” · Ellery Queen · ar 102 · The Leak [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine June 9 1907, as “The Silver Box” 114 · A Broadsheet Ballad · A. E. Coppard · ss The Dial March 1922 121 · Case of the Landlady’s Brother [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 31 1940, as “The Case of the Drunken Socrates” 126 · Speaking of Crime: Homicidal Highlights of 1948 · Anthony Boucher · cl 132 · The Good Prospect [McCann] · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s February 20 1937

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #64, March 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Speak to Me of Death [Lieutenant McManus] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy February 27 1937 32 · The Cosy Room · Arthur Machen · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 37 · On the Banks of the Ohio · Lee Hays · ss 45 · King of the Firsters · Richard Connell · vi Collier’s April 9 1938 48 · Time Out of Mind [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss Milady 1948 60 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: More “Compliments of the Author” · Ellery Queen · ar 65 · The Crocodile Case [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 81 · White Duck [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask March 1931, as “The Man in White” by Ramon Decolta 95 · The Enchanted Garden [Mr. Mycroft] · H. F. Heard · nv 118 · Cheating the Gallows · Israel Zangwill · ss The Idler February 1893 130 · The Grave Grass Quivers · MacKinlay Kantor · ss The Elks Magazine July 1931

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #65, April 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Bill Stone) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Quadrennial Report on EQMM’s Prize Contests · Ellery Queen · ms; given as “Annual report on EQMM’s Prize Contests” in the Table of Contents. 10 · Blessed Are the Meek [Kachoudas] · Georges Simenon; translated by Frances Frenaye · nv translated from the French. 37 · Yellow Death [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask April 1931, as “The Blind Chinese” by Ramon Decolta 51 · The Italian · A. E. W. Mason · ss Dilemmas by A. E. W. Mason, Hodder, 1934 65 · Double Trouble · Hugh O’Connor & Walter Duranty · ss Collier’s July 11 1936 78 · Speaking of Crime: The Short Shudder · Anthony Boucher · cl 81 · The Chinese Apple · Joseph Shearing · ss The Illustrated London News November 18 1948 94 · An Ounce of Curiosity [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · nv The American Magazine August 1931 106 · The Great Bank Fraud [Oliver Rater] · Edgar Wallace · ss Pall Mall Magazine November 1927, as “A Bank and a Secretary” 116 · Mithridates the King · Morley Roberts · ss King Billy of Ballarat and Other Stories by Morley Roberts, Lawrence, 1892 124 · Kick · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s April 12 1930 127 · The Mysterious Death in Percy Street [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine October 1901 141 · Somebody on the Phone · William Irish · ss Detective Fiction Weekly July 31 1937, as by Cornell Woolrich

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #66, May 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · A Study in White · Nicholas Blake · ss The Strand Magazine February 1949, as “The Snow Line” 15 · Momentum · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly December 14 1940, as “Murder Always Gathers Momentum” 40 · Beyond the Sea of Death · Miriam Allen deFord · nv 58 · Monsieur Lucien—Burglar · Pierre Boileau; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss 65 · Red Dawn [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask May 1931, as by Ramon Decolta 78 · Which Is the Heir? · [uncredited] · vi The Little Gem, A Christmas, New Year’s and Birth-Day Present, 1844 81 · The Missing Mortgagee [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1914; abridged to remove offending anti-Semitic comments. 97 · The Fine Italian Hand · Thomas Flanagan · ss 110 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 6: Karmesin, Con Man [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Spring 1938, as “Karmesin and Human Vanity” 115 · The Problem Club [The Problem Club] · Barry Pain · ss The Strand Magazine December 1917, as “The Giraffe Problem” 121 · Killer’s Keeper · David X. Manners · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 27 1940 128 · Wit’s End [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1934, as “The Starting-Handle Murder”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v13, #67, June 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Cat’s-Paw · Stanley Ellin · ss 17 · Outside the Law · Francis Iles · ss The Strand Magazine July 1934 28 · An Honest Deal · Walter D. Edmonds · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1929 42 · Lacrimae Rerum [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss 52 · Blue Glass [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask July 1931, as by Ramon Decolta 65 · Hard Sheriff · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 30 1939 69 · A Lady’s Shoe · James M. Barrie · ss The Lady’s Shoe by J. M. Barrie, Brentano's, 1893 81 · Ask Maria · Floyd Mahannah · ss 98 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part One · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories ed. Ellery Queen, World, 1948; revised. 105 · The Biter Bit · Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited. 126 · Speaking of Crime: Sock the Mystery Year · Anthony Boucher · cl 129 · Room Number Twenty-Three · Hugh Pentecost · ss Flynn’s June 20 1925, as by Judson P. Philips 144 · Index to Volume 13—January-June 1949 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 14, Whole No. 68, July 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Thou Lord Seest Me · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv 21 · Trail of the Brown Sedan [Nick & Dave Glennan] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 6 1934 35 · The Big Shots · John Di Silvestro · nv 57 · Dirge · Hector Bolitho · ss (r) 65 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 7: Karmesin, Blackmailer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1938/1939, as “Karmesin and the Big Flea” 71 · Floor, Please · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Detective Story Magazine March 8 1924 81 · The Rainbow Murders End [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask August 1931, as “Diamonds of Death” by Ramon Decolta 92 · Subject to Review · Mary Adams Sarett · ss 103 · Condemned! · Francis Beeding · ss Mystery June 1935 109 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Two · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories ed. Ellery Queen, World, 1948; revised. 115 · Out of His Head · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · ex Carleton, 1862 125 · Collared · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask October 1939

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 14, Whole No. 69, August 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover: [photo] by Bill Stone) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Double Exposure · Ben Hecht · ss 12 · Crisis, 1999 [Bela Joad] · Fredric Brown · ss 26 · How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped · Katherine Mansfield · ss Rhythm September 12 1912, as by Lili Heron 30 · Riding the Ghost · Harl Cook · ss 49 · Query · “Seamark” · ss Out of the Dark by Seamark, Hodder, 1931 58 · Speaking of Crime: The Smiling Englishman · Anthony Boucher · cl 61 · The Third Man [Webster Burgess] · Meredith Nicholson · ss Collier’s May 13 1916 79 · The Burglar’s Story · W. S. Gilbert · ss Holly Leaves December 8 1883 85 · Guess Who?: Simon Templar, The Saint · Talbot C. Hatch · qz 87 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Three · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories ed. Ellery Queen, World, 1948; revised. 94 · The Vanishing Diamonds [Paul Beck] · M. McDonnell Bodkin · nv Pearson’s Weekly January 23 1897 112 · Murder in One Scene [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week May 2 1948 120 · Beginner’s Luck [Bill Parmelee] · Percival Wilde · ss The Popular Magazine April 20 1924, as “Tony Sits In”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 14, Whole No. 70, September 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Arrow of God [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv 23 · Question No. 3 · Louis Golding · ss The Evening Standard August 13 1937 26 · Off the Face of the Earth [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv 46 · Bars · Charles Francis Coe · ss Smart Set September 1929, as “Why One Man Went to Prison” 63 · Guess Who?: Basil Willing · Talbot C. Hatch · qz 65 · The “Try-Out” Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine May 1936, as “The Fish Pond” 74 · Let Me Help You with Your Murders · T. M. McDade · ss 81 · Only the Fools Get Caught · Walter Duranty · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine June 1936 86 · Cat and Mouse · Frank Gruber · ss Black Mask August 1938, as “The Ring and the Finger” 97 · Stan the Killer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv translated from the French (“Stan Le Tueur”, Police-Roman, December 23, 1938). 118 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Four · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories ed. Ellery Queen, World, 1948; revised. 124 · The Fire of London [Cecil Thorold] · Arnold Bennett · ss The Windsor Magazine June 1904 135 · The Man Who Played Hunches · A. H. Z. Carr · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1935, as “The Hunch”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 14, Whole No. 71, October 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. ifc. · Get Him Out of This: The Problem of the Pit [Snip Carton, Insurance Agent] · Ernest Dudley · pz 3 · ? · Philip MacDonald · ss; title contest story. 8 · The Singing Diamonds [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · nv 27 · Accessory After the Fact · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss Liberty October 6 1945, as “Aunt Minnie and the Accessory After the Fact” 31 · The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Collier’s April 15 1905 41 · Blind Date · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine September 1935, as “The Corpse and the Kid” 60 · Bridal Pond · Zona Gale · vi The American Mercury February 1928 65 · The Lakdoo Dinner [A.B.C. Hawkes] · Bechhofer Roberts · ss A.B.C. Solves Five by Bechhofer Roberts, Hodder & Stoughton, 1938, as “[untitled]” 76 · Old Beetle’s Crime · Alex. Barber · ss The Queen May 30 1928 81 · Cemetery Bait · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s December 12 1936 94 · The Greuze Girl · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1921, as “The Greuze” 111 · A Matter of the Tax Payers’ Money · Vinnie Williams · ss 123 · The Hand on the Latch · Mary Cholmondeley · ss The Lowest Rung by Mary Cholmondeley, Murray, 1908 133 · Evidence in Camera · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine June 1949

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 14, Whole No. 72, November 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Black Cat · Edgar A. Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 13 · The Million-to-One Chance [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 29 · Forget-Me-Knot · Barry Perowne · ss 34 · Dust to Dust · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss 50 · ? [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine August 11 1907, as “Problem of the Vanishing Man”; a contest for readers to discern the original title. 65 · The Etching · Hugh Walpole · ss Good Housekeeping April 1924 77 · The Mystery of Mary Rogers · Edward D. Radin · ar 1946 [Ref. Edgar Allan Poe] 81 · The Gewgaw Murder · I. J. Jay · ss 93 · He Will Never Know · Richard Sherman · vi Collier’s October 7 1933 96 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Five · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories ed. Ellery Queen, World, 1948; revised. 101 · Twelve Little Pickaninnies [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · ss Pall Mall Magazine April 1928, as “Twelve Little Nigger Boys” translated from the French (“Les Douze Africaines de Béchoux”, Lectures Pour Tous, November 1927). 116 · Haunted Ground · Oliver La Farge · vi Ladies’ Home Journal August 1930 120 · The Two Householders [Gabriel Foot, Highwayman] · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Day February 5 1891, as by Q 129 · In the Wheat · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss Crises by Maurice Level, tr. Alys Eyre Macklin, Erskine MacDonald, 1920 translated from the French (“Dans les blés”, Le Journal, September 8, 1904). 134 · The Forgotten Witness [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine September 1926

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 14, Whole No. 73, December 1949] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Mystery in Room 913 [Part 1 of 2] · Cornell Woolrich · na Detective Fiction Weekly June 4 1938; this part subtitled “The Suicide Room” and given as “The Suicide Room” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. · ? [Judge Ephraim Peck] · August Derleth · ss; title contest story; reprinted as “Fool Proof”. 36 · Local Rules · Stephen McKenna · ss Tales of Intrigue and Revenge by Stephen McKenna, Hutchinson, 1924 41 · The Man Who Killed Dan Odams · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask January 15 1924 50 · A Piece of String [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss The American Magazine May 1934 64 · The Most Dangerous Woman in the World · Ferenc Molnár · ss Vanity Fair (US) March 1927 69 · The Queen Is Dead · Mildred Arthur · ss 81 · The Man Who Sang in Church [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss The 20-Story Magazine #63, September 1927 93 · Tell Me the Time · Marie F. Rodell · ss Ladies’ Home Journal November 1946 105 · Horseshoes for Luck [Inspector Field] · Anthony Gilbert · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939 112 · All but Empty · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Magazine March 1947 117 · Mystery in Room 913 [Part 2 of 2] · William Irish · na Detective Fiction Weekly June 4 1938, as by Cornell Woolrich; this part subtitled “The Murder Room”. 144 · Index to Volume 14—July-December 1949 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v15, #74, January 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. ifc. · Get Him Out of This: The Problem of the Octopus Room [Snip Carton, Insurance Agent] · Ernest Dudley · pz 4 · Death on Christmas Eve · Stanley Ellin · ss 12 · The Same to Us · Margery Allingham · ss The Daily Express May 17 1934 17 · “Extra! Extra!” · Robert E. Sherwood · ss Scribner’s Magazine July 1926 24 · Science and the Cop · Frederick Bechdolt · vi The Blue Book Magazine August 1942 27 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Six · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories ed. Ellery Queen, World, 1948; revised. 33 · The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel [Insp. Gabriel Hanaud; Mr. Ricardo] · A. E. W. Mason · na Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #57, December 1916 63 · The Wrong Guy · Samuel W. Taylor · vi Liberty March 29 1947 65 · A Life for a Life · Lawrence G. Blochman · vi Argosy September 18 1937 68 · Two Over Par [Haila & Jeff Troy] · Kelley Roos · ss 81 · Kill and Tell [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss 1947 93 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 111 · Murder on New Year’s Eve [Carole Thorne; Miles Shenton] · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na The American Magazine October 1937, as “Exit Before Midnight”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v15, #75, February 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Bill Stone) [] Given as #74 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · $100 Reward for the Body! · [uncredited] · cn; contest for best 1000-word story to explain the photographic cover for this issue. 3 · Woman in the Dark · Dashiell Hammett · nv Liberty April 8 1933 (+2) 34 · Speaking of Crime: The Best Mystery Books of 1949 · Anthony Boucher · br 38 · Clue in Blue · Will Scott · ss The Strand Magazine July 1936 48 · The Case of the Three Old Maids [Dr. Maine] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 23 1933, as “Corpses Sat in the Car” 65 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar A. Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 81 · Dream Street Rose · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s June 11 1932 92 · The Great Emerald Mystery · Michael Arlen · ss The Red Book Magazine February 1928 103 · No Alibi · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s February 11 1939 106 · The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber [Sherlock Holmes] · John Dickson Carr · pl The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v2 #3, 1949, as by Dr. John H. Watson play performed at the Mystery Writers of America annual meeting, April 1949. 111 · Conversation in Baker Street [Sherlock Holmes] · Howard Spring · fa 116 · The Procurator of Justice [Sherlock Holmes] · Stephen Barr · vi 128 · The Patchwork Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v15, #76, March 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · $100 Reward! Announcement of Cover Contest · [uncredited] · cn; contest for best 1000-word story to explain the cover for this issue. 3 · Pale Blue Nightgown · Louis Golding · ss The Story-teller October 1936 10 · Blackmail · Stephen McKenna · ss The Story-teller November 1929 22 · A Daylight Adventure [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 35 · A Twilight Adventure [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan April 1914 45 · 1000-to-1 for Your Money [Sam Cragg] · Frank Gruber · nv Black Mask March 1939, as “The Sad Serbian” 63 · The Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 65 · The Dwarfs’ Club · Francisco A. Branco; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss 81 · The Humming Bird Comes Home · Cornell Woolrich · ss Pocket Detective Magazine March 1937 93 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · A. Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 113 · Not for a Chorus Girl · C. S. Montanye · vi Collier’s July 14 1934 116 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Seven · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories ed. Ellery Queen, World, 1948; revised. 123 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 18 1931 131 · The Vampire · Thomas Narcejac; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v15, #77, April 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Fifth Annual Report of EQMM’s Prize Contests · Ellery Queen · ms 9 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv 31 · In Vino Veritas [Dr. Frank Belling] · Lawrence G. Blochman · vi The American Magazine October 1941, as “Perfect Wine” 34 · You Must Ride with the Wind [Dr. Colin Starr] · Rufus King · ss Redbook Magazine April 1941, as “The Case of the Jet Black Sheep” 50 · The Wine of Violence · Katharine Fullerton Gerould · ss Scribner’s Magazine July 1911 65 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 81 · The Lieabout · Margery Allingham · ss The (London) Evening News July 22 1936 86 · Partners in Crime · André-Paul Duchâteau; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss 92 · Small Murder · John Granger · ss 100 · The Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 102 · The Third Man · Graham Greene · na The American Magazine March 1949

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v15, #78, May 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 2 · Introductory Notes to “Lester Leith, Impersonator” · Erle Stanley Gardner · is 3 · Lester Leith, Impersonator [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 28 1939, as “A Thousand to One” 39 · The Murder in the Fishing Cat · Edna St. Vincent Millay · ss The Century Magazine March 1923 53 · The Rustling Tree [Luce] · J. Cameron Smith · ss 63 · The Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 65 · The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby · Stanley Ellin · ss 81 · The Initialed Case · Lawrence G. Blochman · vi 1942 83 · An Infringement of the Decalogue · Donn Byrne · ss Hearst’s Magazine December 1917 97 · The Model Murder · Allen F. Reid · vi; winner of the February 1950 cover contest. 100 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905 126 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Part Eight · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories ed. Ellery Queen, World, 1948; revised. 132 · The Mystery of the Personal Ad [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v15, #79, June 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Bullet for One [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine July 1948 38 · A Boy’s Will · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss 51 · Some of My Best Friends · Stuart Palmer · hu 59 · The Shadow · Jeffery Farnol · vi Collier’s April 7 1928 62 · The Rook · Jeffery Farnol · vi Collier’s July 27 1929 65 · Between Eight and Eight · C. S. Forester · ss The Evening Standard June 13 1934 76 · Technical Foul · Dale Burgess · vi; winner of the March 1950 cover contest. 78 · Clerical Error · James Gould Cozzens · vi Redbook Magazine August 1935, as “Foot in It” 81 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 110 · Recipe for Murder · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss The American Legion Magazine January 1947 114 · Chinese Puzzle: The Rock of Justice [Judge Lu Chi-Shen] · Mark Rondy · ss; given as “The Rock of Justice” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. 118 · The Night I Died · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly August 8 1936, uncredited. 143 · Index to Volume 15—January-June 1950 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v16, #80, July 1950] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Ten Thousand Blunt Instruments · Philip Wylie · na The American Magazine February 1944; abridged. 46 · The Oracle of the Dog [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1923 65 · Invited Witness · George Harmon Coxe · ss Dime Mystery Book Magazine August 1933 71 · The Old Doll’s House · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s May 13 1933 79 · No Errors · F. R. Buckley · vi Collier’s December 26 1931 81 · The Lady-Killer · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss 93 · The Case of Karen Smith · Viola Brothers Shore · ss 108 · It Was a Long Time Ago · A. A. Milne · ss 122 · Leaves from the Editors’ Notebook: Queen’s Quorum: Conclusion · Ellery Queen · ar Twentieth Century Detective Stories ed. Ellery Queen, World, 1948; revised. 129 · The Knitted Silk Scarf [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv