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Lilliput [v2 #5, May 1938] (6d, 112pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 445 · Italian Haircut · H. E. Bates · ss The Evening Standard March 20 1937 451 · Hoyda, Hoyda, Jolly Rutterkin · John Meyrick · ar 461 · End of a Star · Ralph McCarthy · ss 477 · Kaplan’s Composition [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker September 12 1936, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N, the Comparative, and the Superlative” 493 · I Have Five Children · Naomi Mitchison · ar 505 · The Mermaid · Lady Hore · ss; fairy tale told by the author years before to her son, Leslie Hore-Belisha. 517 · Golden Wedding · T. Thompson · ss 521 · Children of Shakespeare · George Edinger · ar 524 · Love-Letters in Lost Property Office · E. P. Leigh-Bennett · ar 533 · Love Is Beautiful · Robert Whitehand · ss 552 · Why Do They Quarrel? · Antonia White · ar

Lilliput [v2 #6, June 1938] (6d, 108pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 557 · The World Laughs · James Hanley · ss Coronet May 1937 573 · The Young Husband · Leslie Halward · ss 578 · The Code · I. Gurevitch · vi 580 · The Missing Bag · Gracie Fields · vi 589 · Can Democracy Be Intelligent? · Sir Norman Angell · ar 605 · What Happened Next? · Stephen Leacock · hu 617 · Why We Are Here · James Agate · ar 629 · The Ants · William Saroyan · ss 634 · The Bushbuck and the Beans · Frank Brownlee · ss Corporal Wanzi by Frank Brownlee, Allen, 1937 645 · The Cost of a Mistake · A. J. Cummings · ar 649 · Blood Money · Karl Larsen · ss (r); reprint from Denmark’s Best Stories. 662 · He Heard the Animals Talk · Roda Roda · vi 664 · Simple Things Happen Every Day · Inez Holden · ss

Lilliput [v3 #1, July 1938] (6d, 116pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 7 · The Woman Who Became a General · George Edinger · ar 17 · A Room with a Story · Roda Roda · vi 21 · England · Wallace A. Short · hu 24 · The Son · Berthold Viertel · ss 33 · He Taught the Dictators · Kingsley Martin · ar; about Machiavelli. 39 · Things to Come · Jean Lockhart · vi; short piece by 14-year-old girl about a visit to the dentist. 49 · What the Artist Makes · Eric Max Arnot · ar 53 · How to Write Captions · Sydney Jacobson · ar 64 · In Defence of Defeat · Helen Hull Jacobs · ar 77 · The Rope · Lionel Shute · ss 82 · The Madman · Ralph McCarthy · ss 93 · Divorce Made Easy · A Barrister · ar 97 · The Magic Cure · R. K. Narayan · ss 109 · A Funny Story · Leslie Halward · vi

Lilliput [v3 #2, August 1938] (6d, 124pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 117 · The Tournament · T. Thompson · ss 122 · A Week-end at Lady Astor’s · Frank Sullivan · ar The New Yorker June 11 1938 137 · A Mind of a Child · A Psycho-analyst · ar 142 · Hard Lines · Ogden Nash · gp _142 · The Baby · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker April 11 1931 _142 · Biological Reflection · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker July 12 1930, as “Biological” _142 · Family Court · Ogden Nash · pm Publishers Weekly January 3 1931 _142 · Helpful Reflection · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker November 1 1930, as “Helpful” _142 · Lines Written to Console · Ogden Nash · pm Hard Lines by Ogden Nash, Simon and Schuster, 1931 _142 · Natural Reflection · Ogden Nash · pm Hard Lines by Ogden Nash, Simon and Schuster, 1931 _142 · Reflection on a Common Misapprehension · Ogden Nash · pm Free Wheeling by Ogden Nash, Simon and Schuster, 1931 _142 · Reflection on Ice Breaking · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker August 9 1930, as “On Ice-Breaking” _142 · Reminiscent · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker September 20 1930 _143 · The Lama · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker April 4 1931 _143 · Manhattan Monkey · Ogden Nash · pm Free Wheeling by Ogden Nash, Simon and Schuster, 1931 _143 · The Oyster · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker April 4 1931 _143 · The Phoenix · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker April 4 1931 _143 · The Rabbits · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker April 11 1931 145 · The Wonderful Ass · D. Lanskoi · ss 157 · The Front Steps · John Brophy · ss 162 · Where You Get off · Pearl Binder · ar 173 · The Wife of Mr. X · Ralph McCarthy · ss 181 · When the Masters met · Lotte Zavrel · ss 193 · How Nurses Live · A Nurse · ar 196 · Alibi in the Stars · Hubert Phillips · ss 209 · The Questions They Want Answered · Eirlys Roberts · ar 218 · On the Train · Frederick Karinthy · vi 235 · The Innocent · Frank Brownlee · ss

Lilliput [v3 #3, September 1938] ed. Stefan Lorant (Pocket Publications, 6d, 128pp, digest) [] 241 · What We Should Teach Our Children · Bertrand Russell · ar 245 · Women Make Me Tired Because— · Ethel Mannin · ar 248 · The Mouse · Liam O’Flaherty · ss 263 · The Hat · Ferenc Molnár · ss 270 · Clementina’s Future · John Brophy · ss 274 · David Octavius Hill: The Greatest Photographer · [uncredited] · pi 283 · Little Children · Edward Stevenson · vi Collier’s April 30 1938 287 · Nothing but the Truth · A Barrister · ar 290 · Something Special · M. Zoshchenko · vi 299 · She Was So Well Brought Up · E. H. Clements · ss 302 · French Painters of the Rococo Period · Humbert Wolfe · ms 307 · Slaves · Gerald Kersh · ss 319 · The Birth of a Thief · James Makepeace · vi 320 · Lord Masserene’s Week-end · Anton Osten · ss 325 · Courage, My Boy · Frederick Karinthy · vi 335 · Snapshots · Various · ms 336 · When I Was Young · Countess of Oxford and Asquith · bg 340 · This Symmetry Fetish · John Boston · ar 343 · Five Missing Flags · Carl Sagunt · ss 355 · England and Germany: A Political Allegory · Ladislas Bekeffi · ms 356 · Poor Fish · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker November 15 1930, as “Autres Betes, Autres Moeurs I” 356 · The Turtle · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker November 15 1930, as “Autres Betes, Autres Moeurs II” 357 · I Like Being Thirty · Pamela Frankau · ar 361 · Hyman Kaplan’s So-and-So [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker May 15 1937, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N’s So-and-So” 367 · I Won My Bet · The Editor · ms 368 · The Contributors to This Issue · [uncredited] · bg

Lilliput [v3 #4, #16, October 1938] (6d, 124pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] Announces the launching of Lilliput’s big brother, Picture Post on 29 September 1938. 369 · Why I Like Quarrelling · James Agate · ar 372 · Spain, 1809 · F. L. Lucas · pm 379 · A Little Incident · Lu Hsün · ss (r); reprint from LIVING CHINA. 389 · Fan Mail · John Brophy · ss 397 · There’s Gold in these Gals · Graham McInnes · ar 400 · How Grandpapa Went Courting · [uncredited] · ms; introduces photo feature of holiday pictures from 50 years ago. 410 · What a Woman Does When She Is Alone · Antonia White · hu 414 · Held in Czech · Theodora Benson · vi 425 · Too Learned to Be Wise · Sir Norman Angell · ar 433 · An Accident · James Hanley · ss 445 · Aurora Dawn Is with Us · Sidney Young · ss 450 · These Are Our Readers · The Editors · ms; result of reader survey. 461 · Liquidation · Louis Golding · ss 466 · They Talk About Us · Kathleen Hewitt · hu 468 · The Portrait · Marc Donat · ss 481 · Freckles Fascinated Him · Conrad Phillips · ss 489 · Give Me a Ring · Inez Holden · vi

Lilliput [v3 #5, #17, November 1938] (6d, 116pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 493 · What Use Is Philosophy? · C. E. M. Joad · ar 499 · The Lady and the Bear · Colette · vi This Week August 28 1938 500 · Staggered Lives · Max Munden · ar 509 · Garba Arrives Incognito · Aage Stjordal-Jerfalla · ar 512 · How They Sing I Love You · George Edinger · ar 529 · The Inquisition · Ernst Toller · ss 531 · Ordeal · Elizabeth Beaumont · ss 536 · Ylla: The Photographer of Dogs · The Editors · pi 545 · History and the Hollywood Writers · William Saroyan · ar 553 · How to Choose a Car · John Boston · ar 556 · Hassan the Pious · Roda Roda · vi 565 · The Dog Act · Beatrix Lehmann · ss 581 · 350 M.P.H. in ’Thunderbolt’ · Capt. G. E. T. Eyston · ar 587 · The Spell · Geoffrey Gorer · ss 603 · The A to Z of Why They Get Married · Kathleen Hewitt · ar 605 · Tuppence to Pay · Leslie Halward · ss

Lilliput [v3 #6, #18, December 1938] (6d, 128pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 609 · Return of the Gas Mask · Arnold Zweig · ss 614 · They Say—They Mean… · Kathleen Hewitt · ar 627 · Making a Fool of a Man · Ethel Mannin · ss 632 · I Have It on Good Authority · Ogden Nash · pm New York American September 3 1935 643 · Weighed in the Balance · Laurence Housman · ss 650 · Every Man to His Taste · Roda Roda · vi 659 · What Is Wrong with the World? · James Agate · ms 662 · Anna Zinkeisen: A Modern Artist · The Editors · ar 667 · Documentary Evidence · Eric Linklater · ss 679 · The Duke · Sandford Wilton · ss 683 · The Money in Gardening · David J. Murphy · ar 685 · Wana the Lawyer · Frank Brownlee · ss 695 · Contemporary Duologue · Val Gielgud · vi 698 · I Am Happy Because… · Godfrey Winn · ar 711 · The Terrors of Travel · Pearl Binder · ar 715 · Hollywood Marriage · Berthold Vierthel · vi 717 · Return · Marghanita Laski · ss

Lilliput [v4 #1, #19, January 1939] (6d, 116pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 1 · But Nothing Can Be Done About It · H. W. Van Loon · ar 5 · My Oldest Joke · Various · sy 8 · The Things Men Say · Lydia Braid · ms 21 · Co-Education · John Brophy · ss 27 · King of Kambodscha · Aage Stjordal-Jerfalla · vi 37 · What Is Wrong with Our Press? · Hannen Swaffer · ar 42 · He Said He Was Sorry · William Saroyan · ss 53 · Madame Is Grateful · Lilo Linke · ss 61 · The Message · Kathleen Hewitt · ss; supernatural. 73 · The Story of My Illness · Michael Zoshchenko · ss 89 · I Help to Cure Crime · A Probation Officer · ar 95 · Why I Fall in Love · Arthur Reid · ar 105 · The Impersonator · Lady Hore · ss; another previously unpublished story written years before by the mother of Leslie Hore-Belisha. 109 · A Film Poem · Carl Meyer · ex; extract from film script.

Lilliput [v4 #2, #20, February 1939] (6d, 112pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 117 · The Defeat of Pain · Ritchie Calder · ar 124 · The Best Shot in Sweden · Aage Stjordal-Jerfalla · ss 135 · The Revolution · Jaap Stigter · ss 151 · Romance in the Rain · Ruth Feiner · ss 156 · Reluctant Poet · J. B. Morton · pm; 8 poems. 167 · Why I Fell in Love · Antonia White · ss 170 · Oliver Messel · T. W. Earp · ar 175 · The Proud Father · Ernest Drayard · ss 187 · The Play · Leslie Halward · ss 191 · The Silliest Animal · Roda Roda · vi; fairy tale. 203 · The Future of Europe · Vernon Bartlett · ar 209 · Living Death · Charles Low · ss 219 · The Broken Heart · Rearden Conner · ss 223 · The Hypnotist · Cameron Wilson · ss; short macabre story really by T.P. Cameron Wilson, who was killed in the War in 1918, but revised and edited by his brother, Charles Cameron Wilson.

Lilliput [v4 #3, #21, March 1939] (6d, 108pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] Most articles in this issue are part of a “Problems of Today” theme. 229 · Propaganda · Wickham Steed · ar 233 · The Seven Ages of Cosmetics · Kathleen Hewitt · ar 236 · The Poet · Frederick Karinthy · ss 247 · Refugees · Sir Norman Angell · ar 263 · Unemployment · Kingsley Martin · ar 269 · Marriage Is Outworn · Ferenc Molnár · ar 291 · Who Started the Great War? · Stephen Leacock · ar 297 · Napoleon’s Guide · John Brophy · ss 301 · In Defence of English Stomachs · A. S. Irvine · ar 311 · A. R. P. · John Langdon-Davies · ar 315 · The Coward · Lilo Linke · ar 327 · The Three Old Sailors · James Hanley · ss 331 · Sleep Well · Michael Zoshchenko · ss

Lilliput [v4 #4, #22, April 1939] (6d, 104pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 337 · Spring Again! · James Agate · ar 340 · The Dream Child · Daisy Bates · ar; about an Australian legend. 344 · Please Repeat the Number · Reginald Reynolds · pm 353 · The Return of Hyman Kaplan [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker September 24 1938 360 · Margaret Cameron · Charles Harvard · ar; introduction to portfolio of early photographs by Cameron. 369 · Our Prisons · W. F. R. Macartney · ar 375 · Fables for Our Time · James Thurber · gp (r) _375 · The Fairly Intelligent Fly · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker February 4 1939 _375 · The Lion That Wanted to Zoom · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker February 4 1939 _376 · The Very Proper Gander · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker February 4 1939 _377 · The Hen and the Heavens · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker February 4 1939 378 · He Wasted His Time · Lord Dunsany · vi 397 · Wives for Sale · Yvette Guilbert · ar 401 · The Soldier’s Return · Peter de Polnay · ss 406 · The Bootlaces · Frederick Karinthy · ss 417 · The Bed Knob · Hasse Zetterström · ss 422 · Hamlet on Hiking · H. S. North · pm 433 · Mr. Pocklington’s Patient · E. H. Clements · ss 438 · The Man Who Made Quite Sure · Ferenc Molnár · vi

Lilliput [v4 #5, #23, May 1939] (6d, 104pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 441 · The Nude Is Dying Out · P. Wyndham Lewis · ar 446 · Crisis to You · Frederick Karinthy · ar 457 · Christians to the Lions · Naomi Mitchison · ss 464 · A Master of Political Art: John Heartfield · The Editors · ar; introduction to photographic section. 473 · We Are Growing Old · Ritchie Calder · ar 479 · Pfoof! · F. W. Thomas · hu 482 · Me and My Wife · Max Miller · hu 485 · Unchanging London · The Editors · ia; feature comparing 1930s London with the portrayal by Doré in the 1870s. 501 · How to Become and M.P. · John Doe · ar 507 · The Young Wife · Colette · ss Collier’s February 25 1939 511 · Versatile Verses · Nicolas Bentley · pm 521 · I Lost Alfred · Germaine Beaumont · ss 525 · The Sultan, the Monkey and the Banana [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss 537 · The Cornet Player · T. Thompson · ss 541 · The Key · Hasse Zetterström · ss

Lilliput [v4 #6, #24, June 1939] (6d, 108pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 545 · The Beauty of Life, 1. The Arts · James Agate · ar 551 · From a Lady’s Diary · Ladislas Lakatos · ms 561 · Beauty of Life, 2. Love and Friendship · Margaret Lane · ar 568 · More Verses · Nicolas Bentley · pm 577 · Beauty of Life, 3. The Pleasure of Travel · Peter Fleming · ar 582 · There Are Two Possibilities · Ladislas Bekeffi · ar 585 · The Author in Love · William Saroyan · vi 587 · Chapman’s Secret · Hasse Zetterström · ss 605 · Beauty of Life, 4. Work and Leisure · Ellen Wilkinson · ar 609 · If a Man Answers, Hang Up · Daniel Fuchs · vi Collier’s April 22 1939 610 · Photographer of Nudes: John Everard · The Editors · ia 625 · Beauty of Life, 5. Books · Frank Swinnerton · ar 632 · This One Is Father · John Holmes · pm 641 · Beauty of Life, 6. Food and Wine · Hubert Phillips · ar 644 · Love and Length · Sandor Hunyadi · ss

Lilliput [v5 #1, #25, July 1939] (6d, 100pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 1 · The Life of an Airwoman · Amy Johnson · ar 9 · How It Should Be Done · Marten Cumberland · ss 19 · The Life of an Artist · P. Wyndham Lewis · ar 23 · Modern Fables · James Thurber · gp (r) _23 · The Brown Bear · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker April 29 1939, as “The Bear Who Let It Alone” _23 · The Owl · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker April 29 1939, as “The Owl Who Thought He Was God” _25 · The Two Sheep · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker April 29 1939, as “The Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing” 26 · Brighter Royal Academy Pictures · Lord Berners · ar 35 · Tin Soldiers · Val Gielgud · ar 41 · The Love-Sick Jasmine · Leslie Lancaster · vi 59 · The Life of an Actress · Beatrix Lehmann · ar 63 · The Good Old Days · Ladislas Lakatos · ss 75 · Unemotional England · J. B. Priestley · ar 79 · The Old School Tie · Osbert Sitwell · ar 91 · Broadcasting and Propaganda · Humbert Wolfe · ss 95 · The Life of a Politician · Vyvyan Adams · ar

Lilliput [v5 #2, #26, August 1939] (6d, 104pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] Called a special “Love Number”. 101 · What Love Means to a Psychologist · Dr. Harold Dearden · ar 106 · What They Say at Breakfast · Antonia White · hu 111 · Breaking It Off · A. Stella · ss 121 · Love in History · Naomi Mitchison · ar 137 · Love and the Biologist · Julian Huxley · ar 143 · Sidelights · Ernest Szép · ar 161 · Love in Society · Lady Mary Pakenham · ar 165 · Love Belowstairs · Monica Dickens · ss 177 · First Love · George Edinger · ar 193 · Courting Love · T. Thompson · ss 195 · Married Love · Kathleen Hewitt · ss 199 · True Love · Peter Mendelssohn · ss

Lilliput [v5 #3, #27, September 1939] (6d, 104pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 205 · Somewhere a Man Is Sitting · H. W. van Loon · ar 208 · For and Against Sport · Leslie Lancaster · ms 211 · “Thanks, I’ve Had a Marvellous day” · Ladislas Lakatos · ss 221 · The Bureaucrats · Michael Zoshchenko · ss 224 · Phrases from the Life of a Daughter · Anthony Shirley · ms 227 · Black Money · Edward Stevenson · vi Collier’s June 10 1939 241 · The Wreck · James Hanley · ss 247 · The Liars’ Club · Paul Farago · vi 271 · Lost Dog · László Gömöri · ss 281 · The Right to Die · Ritchie Calder · ar 288 · Praise Famous Men · John Beynon · ss 290 · Just a Mood · Theodora Benson · ss 301 · Our Countryside · S. P. B. Mais · ar 306 · A Reader’s Warning · Harold Page · ss

Lilliput [v5 #4, #28, October 1939] (6d, 104pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 309 · Discontented Women Are Dangerous · C. E. M. Joad · ar 325 · The Cannibals · A. Awerchenko · ss 333 · Sea Spray · T. Thompson · ss 336 · The Dictator · Marcantonio Rimini · vi 345 · Midnight Visit · Robert Arthur · vi Collier’s June 17 1939 349 · The Basking Shark · Alfred Haw · ss 369 · A Story from Spain · Ernest Hemingway · vi 373 · Our Secret Prisons · Cicely McCall · ar 385 · The Lost Policeman · Milward Kennedy · ss 391 · The Crisis · Michael Zoshchenko · ss 394 · The Invention of the Age [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Coronet June 1939 405 · Poor Henriette · André Maurois · ss 411 · Fate in Five ords · Alfred Polgar · vi

Lilliput [v5 #5, #29, November 1939] (6d, 96pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 413 · If Only It Were True · Harold Masters · ss; fantasy about the death of Hitler’s father, childless. 419 · Mr. Kaplan Bares His Teeth [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker December 10 1938 436 · The First Raid · George Byland · ss 438 · Army Sidelights · John Aye · ar 449 · Woman as Soldier · Christian Ross · ex; about Britain’s first woman soldier in the 1690s. 454 · Statistics · Frederick Karinthy · ar 466 · War in A.D. 991 · [uncredited] · ar 469 · The Storm Broke · Hugo Vahlberg · ss 472 · War with Napoleon · Comte Philippe de Ségur · ex (r) 481 · Dangerous Festival · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · vi Collier’s April 1 1939 485 · The Country Lover · E. H. Clements · ss 497 · Sunk Without Trace · Lt.-Comdr. von Spiegel of Peckelsheim · ss 501 · A Happy Man · H. E. Bates · ss

Lilliput [v5 #6, #30, December 1939] (6d, 96pp, digest e/s, cover by Walter Trier) [] 509 · The British at War · The Editors · ms 517 · Civilian Generals · Conrad Phillips · ss 527 · Kaplan’s Birthday [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker October 8 1938, as “Christopher K*A*P*L*A*N” 534 · The Agony at Berchtesgaden · Humbert Wolfe · pm 543 · The Actress’s Horse · Sacha Guitry · ss 549 · Conversation · Frederick Karinthy · ss 559 · The Slyness of Youth · Kathleen Hewitt · ss 563 · Urgent, Urgent… · John Pudney · pm 564 · I’m Stupid When Fit · James Laver · ss 575 · The Hero of Sussemilken · Walter Schoenstedt · ss Esquire December 1938 581 · How I Won the Iron Cross · Erwin Blumenfeld · ar 591 · After the War · James Agate · ar 596 · The Tin of Tunny · Jean-Jacques Bernard · ss 599 · What Does It Matter? · Alfred Polgar · vi

Lilliput [v6 #1, #31, January 1940] (7d, 96pp+, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] Cover price increased to 7d. Editorial notes that circulation is 300,000, the largest of any British monthly magazine. iii · The War Price of Lilliput · The Editors · ed 1 · Goodwill… · Hewlett Johnson, (Dean of Canterbury) · ar 5 · Peace in the Trenches · Edward Dearing · ar 9 · What Soldiers Sang… · George Edinger · ar 21 · My Baby · Frederick Karinthy · ss 25 · The Guide · Ronald Simpson · ss; ghost story; author aged 15. 37 · The Broadcast · Henry Cecil · ss 40 · Eros · Olga Katzin · pm 42 · Why She Deceived Him · Ferenc Molnar · ar 44 · Dream-Visions in Photographs · The Editors · ar; introduction to photo sequence of work by Angus McBean. 59 · Interview in Hell · Leslie Lancaster · ss 69 · Planet in the Palm · Ian Coster · ss 73 · Don’t Worry Mother · Kenneth Tomlinson · ss; wins £10 as best war story of the month. 85 · Christmas Pie · Richard Transit · ar 89 · The Cliché Expert Testifies on Love · Frank Sullivan · hu 94 · The Dream of an M.P. · [uncredited] · ss

Lilliput [Vol. 6 No. 2, Issue No. 32, February 1940] ed. Stefan Lorant (Pocket Publications, 7d, 96pp, digest) [] 97 · Crisis in Britain · George Edinger · ar 103 · New Year Resolutions · James Agate · ar 107 · Food Rationing · John Pudney · pm 108 · Disappearing Suits · Webb Miller · vi 117 · Kaplan to the Rescue [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker October 29 1938, as “H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, Samaritan”; omits first section. 124 · Father of Air Raids · P. L. Farago · ar 133 · Travellers in Distress · Marcantonio Rimini · ss 138 · For Love of Country · Christopher S. Youd · ss; wins £10 as best war story of the month. 149 · Three Stories · Ferenc Molnár · gp _149 · My Invention · Ferenc Molnár · vi _151 · The Man Under the Bed · Ferenc Molnár · vi _154 · The Saving Clause · Ferenc Molnár · vi 165 · The Innocent Eye · James Hanley · ss 169 · Russia Has Cars Now · Michael Zoshchenko · ss 181 · How to Be Funny · Vic Oliver · ar 186 · What They Say About Their Rations · Kathleen Hewitt · ms 189 · My Doctor Hates Me · R. C. Cole · ar 192 · The Contributors to This Issue · [uncredited] · bg

Lilliput [v6 #3, #33, March 1940] ed. Stefan Lorant (Pocket Publications, 7d, 92pp, digest) [] 193 · Humour in the House · A. P. Herbert, M.P. · ar 199 · What She Laughs At · Antonia White · ms 202 · Spring in Sight · John Pudney · pm 211 · Humour Through the Ages · George Edinger · ms 218 · Colonels Have a Sense of Humour · Various · ms 227 · He Had Old Braces · Hasse Zetterström · ss 233 · Advice to a Traveller · William Saroyan · vi 243 · Moth Balls · T. Thompson · vi 247 · Discarded Paramour · T. W. Parkhouse · ss 250 · I Look Like Myself · Ladislas Lakatos · vi 259 · My Best Story · Various · hu 262 · The Telegram · Peter de Polnay · ss 275 · Food and the Future · Ritchie Calder · ar 280 · Mrs. Rumbold’s Gospel · H. L. V. Fletcher · ss 284 · The Contributors to This Issue · [uncredited] · bg

Lilliput [v6 #4, #34, April 1940] (7d, 126pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 285 · Can We Understand the British? · André Maurois · ar 289 · Walking in Black-Out, 1940 · Olga Katzin · pm 291 · The Silence of the Sea · James Hanley · ss 294 · Democracy and Dictatorship · Leslie Lancaster · ar 303 · Women in Spring · Clarisse Meitner · ss 306 · My Idea of Happiness After the War · Various · ct; portfolio of cartoons by David Langdon, Nicholas Bentley, Maurice Hall, Heath Robinson, Wyndham Robinson, Walter Goetz. 319 · Send the Public Schools to Germany · Osbert Sitwell · ar 323 · Letters to a Lawyer · John Brophy · ss 335 · G. B. Shaw and the Amazon · Odette Keun · ar 340 · Thing, Odette, Think! · G. B. Shaw · ar; response to Keun’s article. 351 · He Was on the Other Side · Ivan Roe · ss 355 · And We Waited… · A. Bronkhorst · vi 357 · A Letter to God · Roda Roda · ss 367 · Can We Make Life? · J. B. S. Haldane · ar 370 · How They Feel About the War · Kathleen Hewitt · ms 373 · Criminal Investigation · Frederick Karinthy · ss

Lilliput [v6 #5, #35, May 1940] (7d, 126pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 377 · The Cartoonist in War · David Low · ar 385 · I Am No Hero · Jean-Jacques Bernard · ss 395 · The Personal History of a Mouse · Gerald Kersh · ss 401 · Public Schoolgirls Carry On · Alan Jenkins · ss 411 · The Javanese Hat · Margery Sharp · ss 417 · Foreign Customs · Michael Zoshchenko · ar 427 · Rolling River · Kathleen Hewitt · ss 443 · They Censored - · George Edinger · ar 446 · The Victors · Roda Roda · ss 459 · It’s Lovely to Be Young · Peter Opie · ar 462 · It’s Lovely to Be Middle-aged · James Agate · ar

Lilliput [v6 #6, #36, June 1940] (7d, 126pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 469 · An Author Kills a Country · Osbert Sitwell · ar 475 · What They Say About Their Children · Kathleen Hewitt · ms 485 · A Tale About a Wife · William Saroyan · ss 489 · The Colours of the Regiment · John Timothy · ss 501 · How to Break It Off · Marcantonio Rimini · ar 505 · A Visit to the Rich · Peter de Polnay · ss 517 · The Captain · Leslie Halward · ss 521 · Week-end Wit’s End · Michael Barsley · pm 523 · Howlers from Smith Minor · Cecil Hunt · hu 533 · The Scientist Speaks · Ritchie Calder · ar 539 · Wanted: A Goldfish · Stephen Leacock · hu 540 · Father of Dance Bands · George Edinger · ar 549 · A Guilty Conscience · Dennis Lipton · ss; pen-name for Czech story writer. 553 · Bunny · Frederick Karinthy · ss

Lilliput [v7 #1, #37, July 1940] (8d, 92pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] Cover price now 8d. 1 · The First Lilliput · George Edinger · ar; about The Lilliputian Magazine first published in 1752 by Oliver Goldsmith. 4 · My Father Gets a Haircut · Anor Lin · ss; author is 11-year-old daughter of Lin Yutang. 6 · Nothing Missing · Stephen Leacock · ar 15 · The Story of George Pandle · Leslie Halward · ss 18 · A Letter to the Trenches · Timothy Shy · ss 22 · The Kiss · Richard Llewellyn · ar 31 · Figures About Marriage · Guy Ramsey · ar 37 · What the Tree Said · Leslie Lancaster · ss; fantasy of post-life thoughts as a man’s conscience is absorbed by a tree. 47 · The Cliché Expert Testifies on Eating · Frank Sullivan · hu 51 · The Magic Slippers · Jacques des Gachons · ss 63 · Strange Music · Malachi Whitaker · ss 79 · A Natural Solution · Clarisse Meitner · ss

Lilliput [v7 #2, #38, August 1940] ed. Stefan Lorant (Pocket Publications, 8d, 92pp, digest) [] 85 · Pleasure Boat · E. H. Clements · ar 89 · The Greedy Milkwoman · Michael Zoshchenko · ss 92 · Advice on Beauty, 10 B.C. · Ovid · ms (r) 93 · Advice on Beauty, A.D. 1940 · I. Priestnall-Holden · ms 94 · Universal Quarry · Sutherland Smith · pl 103 · Death Sentence · Edward Stevenson · ss 108 · The Professional Secret · Dan Moyle · ar 119 · The Drummer Boy · T. O. Beachcroft · ss 123 · Edward Dearest · Virginia Graham · pm 125 · When the Devil Was Sick Could He Prove It? · Ogden Nash · pm The Saturday Evening Post February 3 1940 126 · What They Say When You Are Ill · Kathleen Hewitt · ms 135 · The Breadwinner · Leslie Halward · ss 139 · A Girl I Shall Always Remember · Alec Waugh · ss 151 · What They Say About War · Various · ms 156 · The Friends · Ferenc Molnár · ss 158 · Timely Thoughts · Michael Barsley · ms 167 · The Divine Sarah · James Agate · ar 171 · Agony Column · Dudley Hoys · ss 176 · The Contributors to This Issue · [uncredited] · bg

Lilliput [v7 #3, #39, September 1940] (8d, 92pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] From this issue Kaye Webb’s name is added as Assistant Editor. 177 · The Real Englishman · J. B. Priestley · ar 181 · The True France · André Maurois · ar 186 · A Drop of Water · Ladislas Lakatos · ar 195 · A Job for Charlie · Leslie Halward · ss 201 · I Remember— · Leslie Henson · ar 211 · Farewell in the Bus · Eileen Winncroft · ss 216 · Ten Shillings Each · C. B. Wind · ss 227 · The Father · Gerald Brosnan · ss 231 · Air Raid Shelter · T. Thompson · ss 233 · Jean d’Angleterre · Ivor Brown · pm 234 · A Wolf Replies · Harold Masters · ms 243 · She Is So Cynical! · Marghanita Laski · ss 247 · Afternoon Tea · Peter de Polnay · ss 259 · My Brand of Socialism · James Agate · ar 264 · The Reaper · Michael Barsley · pm 265 · The Emperor in the Forest · Ferenc Molnar · ss

Lilliput [v7 #4, #40, October 1940] (8d, 92pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] From this issue the names of all editorial staff are no longer listed. 269 · Courage · Harold Dearden · ar 273 · The Bravest Man I Know · James Hanley · ss 277 · The Bravest Woman I Know · Rosita Forbes · ss 287 · Home Is the Sailor · Leslie Halward · ss 293 · The Man Who’d Had Haggis · Ronald Smith · ss 303 · A Fugitive I Am · Reginald Moore · ss 307 · Limericks for Wartime · Edward Lear · pm (r) 309 · The Bad Soldier · Tom Wintringham · ss 319 · James · Hasse Zetterström · ss 326 · A Lost Vegetable · E. K. Shore · vi 335 · Does War Stimulate the Arts? · Ethel Smyth, Dame · ar 341 · Being Happy · Domhnall O’Conaill · ss 351 · Collector’s Piece · Howard Wilson · ss 357 · On a Summer’s Day · Valentine Ackland · ss 359 · That Reminds Me · Ogden Nash · pm

Lilliput [v7 #5, #41, November 1940] (8d, 92pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 361 · Indelible Mademoiselle · Dorothea Martin · ss 377 · I’m Angry Because— · William Connor · ms 381 · I’m Happy Because— · Clara Novello-Davies · ar; author is mother of Ivor Novello. 393 · Mechanic in an Air Raid · Joseph Cotton · ar 398 · The Wonderful Dog · Michael Zoshchenko · ss 409 · The Mirror · Margery Sharp · vi Collier’s May 11 1940 416 · Winston Churchill—Soldier · Lt. R. M. Smyth · ar 425 · Courtship · Fred Kitchen · ss 429 · A.R.P. · Sir John Anderson · ar 430 · First Day in Hospital · V. A. D. · ar; pseudonym of a writer who had recently written a successful book of life below stairs. 441 · War Is Hell, but— · Kathleen Hewitt · ms 445 · What Schoolboys Write · Sinclair Short · ss; author aged 13.

Lilliput [v7 #6, #42, December 1940] (8d, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 449 · An American on the Future of England · Negley Farson · ar 455 · Daddy · M. Zoshchenko · ss 465 · Brave Little Woman · Simon Harcourt-Smith · ss 472 · A Penny Saved Is Impossible · Ogden Nash · pm 481 · Three Armenian Stories · William Saroyan · ss 497 · The Middle Years · James Thurber · ss 503 · Just Like a Mother · T. Thompson · vi 513 · What I Want After the War · Lord Dunsany, Alan Jenkins, Edward Hulton & Stella Gibbons · sy 529 · Witches’ Frolic · H. L. V. Fletcher · ss 535 · Ode to a bed · Olga Katzin · pm

Lilliput [v8 #1, #43, January 1941] (9d, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] Cover price now 9d. 1 · 1940 Christmas Carol · William Connor · ss; spoof ghost story. 5 · Glorious Time of Great Too-much · Eric Stephenson · ms 10 · Schoolmaster’s Christmas · George Cartwright · ar 19 · The Boss Was Human · V. S. Pritchett · ss 25 · I’m a Mother to My Lads! · T. Thompson · pl 35 · Love Letters · Sally Benson · ss The New Yorker December 10 1932 41 · They’re a Tough Lot · Michael Zoshchenko · vi 51 · Wings for Dick Whittington · Ivor Brown · pl; pantomime. 67 · The Average Man · H. A. E. Pyshorn · ss 74 · Cracker Mottoes for 1940 · J. B. Morton · hu 83 · archy’s life of mehitabel · Don Marquis · pm; fantasy. 87 · The One-eyed Camel · Jaspar Power · ss 90 · Film Addict · Anthony Gilbert · pm

Lilliput [v8 #2, #44, February 1941] (9d, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 93 · Bees · Gordon Daviot · ss 97 · I Wish I lived from Grave to Cradle · James Agate · ar 102 · First Blood · Airgunner · ss; based on a true incident. 113 · Feed the Brute · Kathleen Hewitt · ss 129 · The Steel Cat · John Collier · ss 136 · One Foot Up · James Hill · ss 145 · David Langdon · Ian Coster · ar 147 · Langdon’s Best Jokes · David Langdon · ct 150 · Farewell Silk Stockings · Antonia White · ar 165 · archy’s life of mehitabel, ii. the curse of drink · Don Marquis · pm 167 · The Husband · Michael Zoshchenko · ss 177 · F for Ferdinand, 4 [Ferdinand 4] · Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon · ss 184 · Don’t Wait, Hit Me Now! · Ogden Nash · pm The Saturday Evening Post September 21 1940 187 · The Play’s the Thing · John Timothy · ss

Lilliput [v8 #3, #45, March 1941] (9d, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 189 · Who Started That Fire? · Eric Stephenson · ar 193 · A Vie Bohème · Anthony Gilbert · pm 194 · Navaho Courtship · David Winser · ss 205 · Old Acquaintance · Kym Horwood · ss 211 · I’m a Mother to My Lads: Introducing Private Puddephat · T. Thompson · ss 221 · Victoria · Ian Coster · ar; about the Lilliput artist. 225 · The Tractor · Crichton Porteous · ss 237 · Ma from the Buildings [Ferdinand 4] · Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon · ss 244 · no social stuff for mehitabel · Don Marquis · pm 253 · Birth of an Opus · Sidney Stoddon · ss 257 · I Am an Emergency · Gavin Milroy · vi 259 · The Length of a Hair · Marcus Knocker · ss 269 · The Song of the Shirt · George Edinger · ar 273 · Clem and the Cheese-Plants · James Hill · ss 275 · Boy Friend · Joy Smith · vi

Lilliput [v8 #4, #46, April 1941] (9d, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 277 · “Leaf,” 1914 · R. H. Mottram · ar 278 · Leave, 1915 · Robert Graves · ar 281 · Leave, 1940 · Lionel Birch · ar 282 · Embarkation Leave, 1941 · An N. C. O. · ar 284 · The Wedding · M. Zoshchenko · ss 295 · Strong Greek Wine · Gerald Kersh · ss 301 · I’m a Mother to My Lads: Puddephat Has a Complaint · T. Thompson · ss 311 · The Life of a Land Girl · Frances Buckland · ar 318 · Women · Diana Morgan · pm 327 · T. Thompson, Writer · Ian Coster · ar; profile; says Thompson is 60. 331 · Goodbye, Romano’s! · James Agate · ar 343 · Exit · Dorothy Whipple · ss 350 · The Shepherd of Fulmer · Jill Craigie · ss 359 · Trouble in Paradise [Ferdinand 4] · Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon · ss 366 · Edward Grieg and the Cigar · Irene Morris · ar

Lilliput [v8 #5, #47, May 1941] (1/-, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] From this issue, whilst the proprietor remains Pocket Publications, the Publisher is now Hulton Press. Price now 1/-. 369 · Gulliver’s Diary · Lemuel Gulliver · cl; column written by Macdonald Hastings (1909-1982). 373 · The Lamb · James Hanley · ss The Spectator June 25 1936 385 · What Father Says · H. L. V. Fletcher · ss 389 · The Case for the Defence · Charles Forster · ss; fantasy of death and changed identities. 401 · Grandfather’s Accounts · Douglas Macdonald Hastings · ss 408 · How Long Has This Been Going On? Oh, Quite Long · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker October 5 1940 417 · Unexploded Bomb · Hugh Burden · ss 422 · Walter Trier—Artist · Ian Coster · ar 433 · I’m a Mother to My Lads: Private Puddephat’s Pot · T. Thompson · ss 437 · The Best Policy · Ferenc Molnar · vi 449 · The Gobbled Version · Ronald Jeans · ss

Lilliput [v8 #6, #48, June 1941] (1/-, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 457 · Gulliver’s Diary · Lemuel Gulliver · cl 461 · The Rhinoceros · Gerald Hanley · ar 475 · Fortune of War · H. A. Manhood · ss 479 · James Agate—Critic · Ian Coster · ar 491 · Faux Pas That Have Forged Man’s Fate · George Edinger · ar 497 · The Glass Bowl · Allen Johns · ss 507 · Ode to a Nightingale · James Dowdall · ss 513 · I’m a Mother to My Lads: The Art of Letter-Writing · T. Thompson · ss 523 · There’ll Always Be a Derby · Robert Lynd · ar 528 · So Happy Am I · William E. Foster · ss 539 · One Shilling for Happiness · H. Wayland Smith · ss 545 · It Depends How You Look at It · H. L. V. Fletcher · ss

Lilliput [v9 #1, #49, July 1941] (1/-, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 1 · Gulliver’s Diary · Lemuel Gulliver · cl 6 · The Pelican · Olga Katzin · pm 15 · Special Messenger · Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon · ss 31 · Family Group · Arthur Ley · ss 36 · Nothing More Was Said · Martin Hitchin · ss 47 · The Wedding Ring · Erik Cripps · ss 52 · Edward Bishop-Artist · Ian Coster · ar 63 · The Soundless Clapping Host · Eric Stephenson · ar 69 · The Window · Ruth Schiff · ss 79 · Public Baths · Michael Zoshchenko; translated by Elisaveta Fen · ss

Lilliput [v9 #2, #50, August 1941] (1/-, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 85 · Gulliver’s Diary · Lemuel Gulliver · cl 90 · Peace with Honour · Peter Opie · vi 99 · Cascob’s Missus · H. L. V. Fletcher · ss 105 · My Braces · Bombardier · ar 115 · Advice to a V.A.D. · Florence Nightingale · ar (r) 119 · A Sitting of Eggs · Geraint Goodwin · ss 131 · The Tragical History of Marlo and Radetta · Orlando Gibbs · ss; with introduction by James Agate. 136 · You Make Your Own Face · Martin Freud · ar; by son of Sigmund Freud. 147 · The Bandit · Dezső Kosztolányi · ss 163 · Which Would You Rather? · George Maracco · ss 167 · Empire Hero · S. John Peskett · vi xiv · Love Makes It Easy · Ronald Longhurst · ss

Lilliput [v9 #3, #51, September 1941] (1/-, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 169 · Gulliver’s Diary · Lemuel Gulliver · cl 175 · The Host of Argonne · A. M. Currie · ss 187 · The Night of September 7th · Quentin Reynolds · ar 189 · My September Memory · Feliks Topolski · ar 191 · September 7th in the Crypt · Ritchie Calder · ar 193 · The Zoo’s First Blitz · Julian Huxley · ar 194 · September at the Windmill · Lesley Osmond · vi 205 · My First Day at School · Refugee School-boy · ar 213 · North Pole Flight · W. Swain · ss 227 · War-time in the Pub · Charles Fenby · ss 233 · Cheques · Alex Barber · ss 243 · Night Engagement · Margery Sharp · vi Collier’s July 5 1941 · If Germany Had Won the War · Erich Kaestner · pm 1930

Lilliput [v9 #4, #52, October 1941] (1/-, 96pp, digest, cover by Walter Trier) [] 253 · Gulliver’s Diary · Lemuel Gulliver · cl 258 · October ’41 · George Edinger · ar 269 · The First Week · Gerald Kersh · ar; credited as the Diary of a Recruit. 287 · Little Mother · John Gordon · ss 295 · The Barman Is a Spy · Geoffrey Willans · ss 309 · The Death of Pig Joseph · Princess Nike Yourievitsch · ss 327 · The Way Things Happen · M. Devenport · ss