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Argosy (UK) [v 4 # 6 (New Series), July 1943] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 5.3" x 7.6") Inside front cover is still an advert for Pelman Institute.

2 · Invincible · John Milton · pm (r)
3 · Enemy Agent · Thomas Walsh · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 23 ’43
13 · River God · Roland Pertwee · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jul 7 ’28
26 · Tombstones: The Fisherwoman · Dorothy Parker · pm Modern American Humour, ed. Michael Barsley, Pilot Press, 1942
26 · Tombstones: The Actress · Dorothy Parker · pm Modern American Humour, ed. Michael Barsley, Pilot Press, 1942
27 · The Old Man · Diarmuid Kelly · ss Selected Writing: No. 2, ed. Reginald Moore, Nicholson & Watson, 1943
31 · Good Grumbles · Misc. · ms (r)
33 · Farewell Annette · Peter Delius · ss (r)
43 · The Casting of the Perseus [from The Life of Benvenuto Cellini] · Benvenuto Cellini · ex (r)
50 · Soft Airs · Misc. · ms (r)
53 · First Confession · Frank O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar Jul ’39
59 · I Love Everybody · W. R. Burnett · ss (r)
65 · ’Between April and May’ · Gordon Bottomley · pm Poems of Thirty Years, Constable, 1925
65 · The Pride of Westmorland · Gordon Bottomley · pm Poems of Thirty Years, Constable, 1925
66 · The Sower · Gordon Bottomley · pm Poems of Thirty Years, Constable, 1925
66 · Like Water and Shadow · Gordon Bottomley · pm Poems of Thirty Years, Constable, 1925
67 · Goneril’s Lullaby · Gordon Bottomley · pm Poems of Thirty Years, Constable, 1925
67 · Ring-Dove Song · Gordon Bottomley · pm Poems of Thirty Years, Constable, 1925
68 · Eager Spring · Gordon Bottomley · pm Poems of Thirty Years, Constable, 1925
69 · The Heroine · Karen Blixen · ss Winter’s Tales, Putnam, 1942
81 · Why? · Anon. · qz
83 · The Half Pint Flask · DuBose Heyward · ss The Bookman May ’27
96 · Skin Deep · Misc. · ms (r)
99 · Proof Through the Night · Viola Paradise · ss (r)
128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 4 # 7 (New Series), August 1943] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 5.3" x 7.6") Inside front cover is still an advert for Pelman Institute.

2 · Summer · John Sussex · ms (r)
3 · By Any Other Name · D. D. Beauchamp · ss Colliers Mar 20 ’43
12 · Birthday · Laurence W. Meynell · pm (r)
13 · Highland River · Neil M. Gunn · ss (r)
25 · Adulteration of King David · Roark Bradford · ss Modern American Humour, ed. Michael Barsley, Pilot Press, 1942
28 · Solitaire · Misc. · ms (r)
31 · Uriah on the Hill · T. F. Powys · ss (r)
44 · Restoration Love Song · Elinor Wylie · pm (r)
45 · Little Cross of Gold · François Coppée · ss (r)
51 · The Expert · Samuel W. Taylor · vi (r)
53 · Green Shutter · I. A. R. Wylie · ss (r)
58 · Moonrise · A. P. Herbert · hu (r)
62 · Words—Just Words · Anon. · qz
63 · O’Hara’s Luck [“O’Halloran’s Luck”] · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Country Gentleman May ’38
77 · Visibility Is Always Poor · Julian Ward · ss (r)
83 · Looking for a Wife? · Misc. · ms (r)
85 · On the Brighton Road · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship, Unwin, 1912
89 · Dialogue in the Dark · Stuart Kinzie · vi Esquire Sep ’42
91 · Local Boy · Celia Dale · ss (r)
96 · Soft Drinks · Misc. · ms (r)
99 · The Saga of San Demetrio · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss (r)
128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 4 # 8 (New Series), September 1943] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 5.3" x 7.6") Inside front cover is still an advert for Pelman Institute. 2 · Privilege · Field-Marshal Jan Christian Smuts · ms (r) 3 · The Word Is France · Manuel Komroff · ss (r) 21 · Northampton to Euston · H. A. Brent · ss (r) 26 · You That Love England · C. Day Lewis · pm (r) 27 · The Sentimental Horse · M. G. · vi (r) 30 · Worldly Things · Misc. · ms (r) 33 · Spare the Rod · John Alden Knight · ss (r) 43 · Destroyer Rescue · Edward Cranston · ss (r) 49 · Education of Maxie Silverstein · Laurence Herbert · vi (r) 51 · Jungle · Stuart Cloete · ss (r) 58 · The Queens · Misc. · ms (r) 63 · A Snyke in the Grass [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss (r) 73 · The Purple Hat · Eudora Welty · ss (r) 79 · There They Are! · Anon. · qz 81 · It Is Later Now · Charles Marquis Warren · ss (r) 96 · Dear Diary… · Misc. · ms (r) 99 · Letter from an Unknown Woman · Stefan Zweig · nv (r) 128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 4 # 9 (New Series), October 1943] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") There are a number of changes with this issue: the width has shrunk to the 4.7" that it retained thereafter, and the page-count is down to 112pp. The publisher is the same, but it is now printed by Kemsley Newspapers Ltd., Manchester. Postage on rear cover is now 2d for Inland, and 1½d for both “Abroad” and Canada. Inside front cover is still an advert for Pelman Institute. 2 · Earthbound · Arthur L. Salmon · pm (r) 3 · Greek Fire · Georges Carousso · ss (r) 15 · Dangerous Remedy · Rhys Davies · ss (r) 21 · And Laughter Holding Both His Sides · Misc. · ms (r) 23 · Artist · Will F. Jenkins · ss (r) 32 · Mare Nostrum · Misc. · ms (r) 35 · Bees’ Wedding · H. A. Brent · ss (r) 49 · Everything in the Window · I. A. R. Wylie · ss (r) 57 · Response · Geoffrey Johnson · pm (r) 58 · Do You Speak English? · Misc. · ms (r) 59 · Madonna and Pilot · Stephen Grenfell · ss (r) 63 · Precious Cargo · J. B. Usher · ss (r) 69 · The Towpath · C. Hugh Bevan · ss (r) 71 · Murder of Montague Harris · C. G. Learoyd · ss (r) 76 · She Walks in Beauty · Misc. · ms (r) 79 · The Long Hunt · Michael Foster · ss Colliers Apr 10 ’43 93 · Interrogative · Anon. · qz 95 · Hook · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss Atlantic Monthly Aug ’40 112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 4 #10 (New Series), November 1943] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Inside front cover is still an advert for Pelman Institute. 2 · Spitfire · Lord Derwent · pm (r) 3 · Battle’s Incision · Irwin Shaw · ss (r) 14 · Kinship · Joseph Joel Keith · pm (r) 15 · The Strange Experiences of Mr. Janik · Karel Capek · ss (r) 22 · Journey’s End · Misc. · ms (r) 25 · Cockles for Tea [Sam Small] · Eric Knight · ss Good Housekeeping May ’39 39 · Hot Water Bottle · Phyllis Bottome · ss (r) 48 · No Return Tickets · Anon. · qz 49 · Night Stalk · C. S. Forester · ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 21 ’42 57 · Red Petticoat · Liam O’Flaherty · ss To-Morrow Aug ’24 64 · Allsorts · Misc. · ms (r) 67 · Murder by Proxy · William A. Krauss · ss (r) 71 · Little Devil · Charles Grayson · ss (r) 81 · Grey November · Misc. · ms (r) 83 · A Bed of Feathers · Rhys Davies · ss (r) 112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 4 #11 (New Series), December 1943] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Inside front cover is still an advert for Pelman Institute.

2 · No Turning · E. P. · ms (r)
3 · Battle Descending · Richard Sale · ss (r)
13 · The Soul of the Bishop · Frank O’Connor · ss (r)
21 · Have No More Light · Alun Llewellyn · pm (r)
22 · Wedding Night · Misc. · ms (r)
25 · The Motor Cycle Honeymoon · Richard Heckman · ss The Country Gentleman Jul ’42
36 · The Bear Who Let It Alone · James Thurber · vi New Yorker Apr 29 ’39
37 · Hotel Acquaintance · H. A. Brent · ss (r)
46 · Menu · Misc. · ms (r)
49 · O My Dear Parents! [from Pamela] · Samuel Richardson · ex Rivington & Osborne, 1741
55 · No Ship Is Big Enough · Julian Ward · ss (r)
63 · Out of Action · Timothy Fuller · ss (r)
68 · The Fields of Light · Misc. · ms (r)
71 · The Madam · James Joyce · ss (r)
77 · Gift of the Gab · A. W. Morrison · ss (r)
89 · Reflections · Misc. · ms (r)
91 · The Wide Net · Eudora Welty · ss Harper’s, 1942
112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 4 #12 (New Series), January 1944] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Inside front cover is still an advert for Pelman Institute.

2 · Christmas · George Herbert · pm (r)
3 · By the Breath of God · Manuel Komroff · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 19 ’42
13 · Alas! Poor Tonton · David Davidson · ss (r)
16 · Home is Where the Heart is · Misc. · ms (r)
19 · Crime Against Humanity · Graham Watson · vi (r)
21 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time & Tide Nov 12 ’32 (+1)
31 · Love Letters of Smith · H. C. Bunner · ss (r)
39 · Anchor Down · John Lastingham · ss (r)
46 · By These Presents · Misc. · ms (r)
49 · Robert, Raoul, and the Fair Jehane [from The French Romance of King Florus] · Anon. · ex London: J.M. Dent
61 · Cock o’ the North [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 17 ’31
72 · Broomstick · Misc. · ms (r)
75 · Wait for It · Julian Ward · ss (r)
83 · How Jezek Smas Went to Confession · Kazimierz Przewa-Tetmajer · ss (r)
87 · The Watercress Girl · A. E. Coppard · ss Adelphi Feb ’25
97 · No Doctors Today, Thank You · Ogden Nash · pm (r)
98 · Peeping Tom · Misc. · ms (r)
101 · Copy · Gwyn Jones · ss (r)
112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 5 # 1, February 1944] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") The issue numbering has dropped the “(New Series)” notation. Inside front cover is still an advert for Pelman Institute.

2 · Lie in the Dark and Listen · Noel Coward · pm (r)
3 · One Hour of Glory · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Good Housekeeping May ’40
20 · All at Sea [from “East Coast Corvette”] · Lieut. N. Monsarrat, R.N.V.R. · ex (r)
21 · Sunday Mornings · H. A. Brent · ss (r)
24 · Hills of Connemara · Christmas Humphreys · pm (r); by permision of W. & R. Chambers
25 · Another Godiva · T. F. Powys · ss (r)
30 · Other People’s Letters · Misc. · ms (r)
33 · The Copper Beech · Kenneth Hopkins · ss (r)
37 · Mademoiselle Fifi · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
47 · Ever Fall in Love with a Midget? · William Saroyan · ss Love, Here Is My Hat, 1938
50 · Horses · Misc. · ms (r)
53 · Sea Wings · Edward Cranston · ss (r)
60 · So to Speak · Anon. · qz
61 · Birds of a Feather · T. Gwynn Jones · ss (r); by permision of W. & R. Chambers
65 · Battle in the Air [from Sub-Lieutenant] · Ludovic Kennedy · ex (r)
69 · The Haunted House · C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus · vi (r)
71 · Mary · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar May ’39
82 · Fairest Isle · Misc. · ms (r)
85 · The Last Night · Storm Jameson · nv The Saturday Evening Post Jan 30 ’43
112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 5 # 2, March 1944] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Pelman Institute now shares the inside front cover with Burlington Cigars. 2 · Earliest Spring · William Dean Howells · pm (r) 3 · The Ensign Had a Gun · William C. White · ss (r) 15 · Forgetfulness of Lazlo Nagy · Robert Pearson · ss (r) 19 · It Just Happened · H. A. Brent · ss (r) 26 · Fond and Foolish · Misc. · ms (r) 29 · I’ll See You · Louis Paul · ss (r) 37 · Djinn of Djibraltar [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss (r) 49 · The Fifty-First Dragon · Heywood Broun · ss New York Tribune Apr 13 ’19 56 · The Fish are Rising · Misc. · ms (r) 59 · Dusk Over Jordan · Victoria Lincoln · ss (r) 75 · My Brother Henry · J. M. Barrie · ss (r) 78 · Amours · Misc. · ms (r) 79 · A Shot in the Garden · L. A. G. Strong · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine 88 · The Mind’s Best Ordinary · Misc. · ms (r) 89 · The Higgler · A. E. Coppard · nv Transatlantic Review May ’24 112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 5 # 3, April 1944] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Inside front cover is still half Pelman Institute and half Burlington Cigars. 2 · March, 1918 · Arthur Bryant · ms (r) 3 · The Cripple of the Valley of Gold · John McGhee · ss; prize-winning entry from the 1943 story competition. 13 · Fight for Sister Joe · Richard Coleman · ss Lilliput Mar ’44 21 · The Ocean Christ · Anatole France · ss (r) 24 · Pretty Creatures · Misc. · ms (r) 27 · Private War of Willie Perrell · Georges Carousso · ss (r) 43 · The Witch’s Second-Best Hat · Kenneth Quintrel · ss (r) 53 · Some Spring! 53 · Home · Mark Rivers · pm (r) 53 · Exile · Frank Kendon · pm (r) 54 · Wenlock · A. E. Housman · pm (r) 54 · Evesham · John Drinkwater · pm (r) 55 · Young Bull · Geraint Goodwin · ss (r) 61 · The Sergeant’s High Jump · Anthony Cotterell · ss (r) 68 · Wind and Wave · Misc. · ms (r) 71 · As One Possessed · Arthur Harrison · ss (r) 85 · Vengeance at the Rope’s End · Samuel W. Taylor · ss (r) 90 · Dog Days · Misc. · ms (r) 93 · Queen of the South · Clemence Dane · ss (r) 112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 5 # 4, May 1944] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Inside front cover is half Pelman Institute and half Capstan Navy Cut.

2 · Sweet o’ the Year [from The Winter’s Tale] · William Shakespeare · pm (r)
3 · Sue le Pont d’Avignon · John Moore · ss (r)
15 · My Old Mum · Bill Naughton · ss (r)
22 · ‘As a White Candle’ · Joseph Campbell · pm (r)
23 · Red Barbara · Liam O’Flaherty · ss (r)
30 · Bumble’s Ass · Misc. · ms (r)
33 · Dogs of Peking · Elizabeth Goudge · ss (r)
45 · Here’s Something You Won’t Put in a Book · L. A. G. Strong · ss (r)
51 · Seed of Hate · Ben Ames Williams · ss (r)
61 · Carry On, Mr. Barnes · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss (r)
70 · Young Love · Misc. · ms (r)
73 · Chrous Lady · Anton Tchehov; trans. by Bernard Guilbert Guerney · ss (r)
79 · Hardrock Man · Harold Channing Wire · ss (r)
94 · Getting Used to It · Misc. · ms (r)
97 · Madame de Malitourn’s Cold · F. L. Lucas · ss (r)
112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 5 # 5, June 1944] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Inside front cover is half Pelman Institute and half Burlington Cigars. Publication date has shifted to the 10th of each month.

2 · O Far-Beholding Eagles · Robert Louis Stevenson · pm (r)
3 · Her Form Was Fair · Richard Sale · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 8 ’44
13 · Fleet and Candlelight · Frank Batchelor · ss (r)
17 · Our Street · H. Tuyn · ss (r)
24 · Gracious, So Please You · Misc. · ms (r)
27 · The Sailor-Boy’s Tale · Karen Blixen · ss Winter’s Tales, Putnam, 1942
37 · Fancy Green · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Small Beer, New York: Viking, 1939
43 · Strange Afternoon · H. A. Brent · ss (r)
54 · Nose · Misc. · ms (r)
57 · The Mockbeggar · Sheila Kaye-Smith · ss Harper’s Feb ’22
71 · Colour Bar · Leslie Kark · ss The Fire Was Bright, Macmillan, 1943
75 · Boughten Dog · C. Budington Kelland · ss (r)
90 · Winged Wonder · Misc. · ms (r)
93 · The Knot Hole · Dorothy Canfield · ss The Yale Review Spr ’43
112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 5 # 6, July 1944] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Inside front cover is half Pelman Institute and half Burlington Cigars. 2 · All Beauteous Things · Robert Bridges · pm (r) 3 · The Greatest People in the World · Flying Officer X · ss (r) 11 · Rima, the Capooa · Ivan T. Sanderson · ss (r) 19 · Shabby Little Man · H. A. Brent · ss (r) 28 · Busie Old Foole · Misc. · ms (r) 31 · Captain Patch · T. F. Powys · ss (r) 37 · Fires of Hell · P. C. Wren · ss The Passing Show Jun 24 ’33 50 · Fairy Godfathers · Malcolm Sargent · hu (r) 51 · The Treasure of Vasco Gomez · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Delineator Feb ’30 63 · Unknown to History · Guy Morgan · ss (r) 70 · Mermaids · Misc. · ms (r) 73 · Ascent of Ariel Goodbody · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review, 1943 82 · Fidelity and Infidelity · Misc. · ms (r) 85 · A Song for Miss Julie · Michael Foster · ss (r) 112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 5 # 7, August 1944] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Inside front cover is half Pelman Institute and half Will’s Capstan Cigarettes.

2 · They Will Come Back · Michael Roberts · pm Introducing Modern Poetry, ed. W.B. Bebbington, Faber and Faber, 1944
3 · The Hunted · Thomas Walsh · ss Blue Book Sep ’43
15 · Lunch at Thoganby Underdale · John Lastingham · ss (r)
25 · Return of John · Mary Garrison · ss Colliers Oct 23 ’43
28 · By Any Other Name · Misc. · ms (r)
31 · No Vocation · John Fante · ss (r)
37 · Little Black Boys · Clara Laidlaw · ss Atlantic Monthly Dec ’42
48 · Family Feeling · Misc. · ms (r)
51 · The Elder · Gerald Bullett · ss, 1932
67 · Yes, Richard, ’Tis I [from The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies] · Daniel Defoe · ex, 1740
73 · The Devil Came Down to Earth · Kathan Hatling · ss (r)
81 · Snake · William Saroyan · ss (r)
85 · Today I Saw You Smiling · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)
86 · The Running Tide · Misc. · ms (r)
89 · Song of Liberty · John McGhee · ss (r)
112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v 5 # 8, September 1944] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Inside front cover is half Pelman Institute and half Burlington Cigars.

2 · Psalm One Hundred and Seven · Anon. · pm (r)
3 · Old Nikolay · Julian Ward · ss (r)
11 · The Brass-Handled Door · Margaret Moon · ss (r)
20 · Come Night · Misc. · ms (r)
23 · Generosity · H. A. Brent · ss (r)
27 · The Purple Pileus · H. G. Wells · ss Black and White Dec, 1896
37 · The Little White Ass · Maribel Edwin · ss (r)
45 · Off Thanet · N. Boyd · pm (r)
46 · Butterfly Incident · Edward Wakeford · ms (r)
47 · In Gorgeous Technicolor · John Moore · ss (r)
61 · True Believers · Kingsley Fairbridge · pm (r)
62 · Sunlit Waters · Misc. · ms (r)
65 · Look Upon a Little Child · Evelyn Moore · ss (r)
69 · Thus I Give Up the Spear [from Moby Dick] · Herman Melville · ex New York: Harper, 1851
83 · The Ivy Tod · Frank Batchelor · ss (r)
89 · You and I · B. A. Gentry · pm (r)
90 · London Pride · Misc. · ms (r)
93 · Narrow Shave—A True Story · The Rev. Joshua Watts · nf (r)
95 · The Captain and Miss Reid · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jun ’43
112 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

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