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Argosy (UK) [v10 #12, December 1949] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 160pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Moorland Indigestion Tablets & Ronuk Polishes), and 2 full-page adverts (School of Authorship & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Night Under the Stars [from Travels With a Donkey] · R. L. Stevenson · ex (r) 5 · Evening in Ireland · Bryan MacMahon · ss (r) 11 · Toro · Robert Carse · ss The American Magazine Aug ’49 25 · Karmesin [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss [use LES](London) Evening Standard May 9 ’36 29 · Dedication · T. M. Sillars · pm (r) 30 · Byways · Misc. · ms (r) 33 · Black Maggie · Cledwyn Hughes · ss (r) 46 · Behind the Counter · Anon. · qz (r) 47 · Fishing Season · Paul Gaughin · nf (r) 52 · World’s End · Misc. · ms (r) 55 · Forty Days and Forty Nights · A. A. Milne · ss (r) 72 · Order of Chivalry · Alfred Tennyson, Lord · pm (r) 73 · Contest in Generosity · J. C. Mardrus; trans. by Powys Mathers · ss The Thousand Nights and One Night 76 · The Asp · Ogden Nash · pm (r) 77 · The Key · James C. Lynch · ss (r) 86 · Amoriste · Misc. · ms (r) 89 · The Thirteenth Man · Charles Dickens · ss (r) 99 · Brown Owl · H. M. Tomlinson · ss (r) 104 · Table d’Hôte · Misc. · ms (r) 107 · The Bridge · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss (r) 114 · Fair Wind to Java [Part 5 of 5] · Garland Roark · sl (r) 160 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)

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Argosy (UK) [v11 # 1, January 1950] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 160pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 4 half-page adverts (The Bennett College Sheffield, Cogene, Player’s Please and School of Authorship), and 1 full-page advert (London School of Journalism). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Holy Night [from Christmas Lasts for Ever] · Quintin Hogg · pm (r) 5 · Cautious Cavalier · Hugh Walpole · ss Mr. Huffam and Other Stories 15 · In Vino Veritas · A. A. Milne · ss, 1948 27 · Wings · Liam O’Flaherty · vi The Short Stories of Liam O’Flaherty 29 · Technique [from How to be an Alien] · George Mikes · ex (r) 30 · God Rest You Merry · Misc. · ms (r) 33 · Gentlemen’s Agreement · Antonia Ridge · ss (r) 41 · Where Early Fa’s the Dew [Colin Glencannon] · Guy Gilpatric · ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 22 ’41 57 · Some Other Star · Gerald Kersh · ss Star Dec 23 ’40 60 · Don’t Look Now! · Misc. · ms (r) 63 · Sir Gawain and the Green Knight · Anon.; trans. by Hilary Nicholson · ss (r) 81 · Who Only Stand and Wait · Michael Foster · ss (r) 94 · Not at Bedtime! · Anon. · qz (r) 95 · Mr. Waddy · Will F. Jenkins · ss 104 · Eve · Misc. · ms (r) 107 · The Moose and Rusty Jones · Sir Charles Roberts · ss (r) 113 · In the Moonlight · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) 117 · Herbs and the Horse · Clive Burnley · ss (r) 128 · Homestead [from The Prose of Edward Thomas] · Edward Thomas · nf (r) 129 · Tokay Jennie · M. F. K. Fisher · nv (r) 160 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)

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Argosy (UK) [v11 # 2, February 1950] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 160pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Fluxite Solder & Euthymol Toothpaste), and 2 full-page adverts (The Regent Institute & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Come Wind, Come Weather [from Delight] · J. B. Priestley · ms (r) 5 · The Glad Years · Johan Bojer · ss The American-Scandinavian Review 12 · Penny Plain · Anon. · qz (r) 13 · Choice · John Wells · ss (r) 26 · Pick and Choose · Misc. · ms (r) 29 · Big Shot · William Saroyan · ss (r) 41 · The Cup [from Character and Situation] · Christopher Sykes · ss (r) 59 · Long Weekend [“The Million Year Picnic”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Sum ’46 67 · Sea Change [from The Day’s Alarm] · Paul Dehn · pm (r) 68 · Sweet Sorcery · Misc. · ms (r) 71 · Guardian Angel · Frank O’Connor · ss (r) 79 · Year of the Phylloxera · Mary Gallati · ss (r) 90 · Felicity · Misc. · ms (r) 93 · Touching Wood · Osbert Sitwell · ss (r) 99 · A Bracelet for Karmesin [“Karmesin and the Raving Lunatic”; Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Spr ’39 104 · Country Musick · Justin Richardson · pm (r) 105 · Happy Land [from Sir John Mandeville] · Malcolm Letts · ex (r) 109 · Minuke · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain, London: Collins, 1949 119 · The Late Bernard · Alexandre Arnoux · ss, 1925 123 · Precaution [from Diversions] · G. F. Bradby · pm (r) 124 · Boon Companions · Misc. · ms (r) 127 · Hurricane · Dorothy Cottrell · nv (r) 160 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)

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Argosy (UK) [v11 # 3, March 1950] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 160pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Fluxite Solder & Maclean Brand Stomach Powder), and 2 full-page adverts (The Regent Institute & Poly Tours). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Promise of Spring [from Small Calendars] · J. H. B. Peel · ms (r) 5 · Pursuit · T. O. Beachcroft · ss Malice Bites Back 14 · Trivia · Dorothy Parker · pm (r) 15 · Corruption of Theophilus Frost · Clive Burnley · ss (r) 23 · George St. George’s Locket · Norman Edwards · ss (r) 32 · Bacchanale · Misc. · ms (r) 35 · Finder of Lost Things · Edmund Candler · ss The Emergency Man and Other Stories, Cape, 1926 47 · Second Fiddle · Joseph Wechsberg · ss (r) 52 · If This Be Love · Misc. · ms (r) 55 · How Long to Hope · Julian Ward · ss (r) 70 · Songs of Innocence! · Anon. · qz (r) 71 · King Od · Howard Jones · ss (r) 74 · To Each His Own · Misc. · ms (r) 75 · The Shining God · Michael Hastings · ss (r) 83 · The Story of Ming-Y · Anon. · ss (r) 93 · Doomsday Deferred · Will F. Jenkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 24 ’49 106 · At Close of Eve · Misc. · ms (r) 109 · The Shakespearean Theory · A. A. Milne · ss (r) 112 · Spring Fever · Ogden Nash · pm (r) 113 · Miracle of Saint Anthony · Richard Arvay · ss (r) 126 · Ships at Night [from The Nights of London] · H. V. Morton · ex (r) 127 · The Captive · Caroline Gordon · nv (r) 160 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)

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Argosy (UK) [v11 # 4, April 1950] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 160pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 1 half-page advert (Royal Seal Tobacco), 2 quarter-page adverts (British Institute of Engineering Technology & Ronuk Polishes), and 2 full-page adverts (School of Authorship & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Moon Set · Gordon Bottomley · pm (r) 5 · A Matter of Love · MacKinley Helm · ss (r) 13 · Circumstantial Evidence [“Mars Is Heaven!”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fll ’48 29 · The Culprit · H. Warington Smyth · ss Animal Tales from Blackwood, ed. Anon., Blackwood 34 · Sweet o’ the Year · Misc. · ms (r) 37 · Case of Miss Waring · Neil Paterson · ss (r) 57 · The Falcon · Per Hallström · ss The American-Scandinavian Review 62 · Travellers’ Joy · Anon. · qz (r) 63 · Old Wagon · Howard Fast · ss Woman’s Day May ’45 75 · Jeremy in the Wind · Nigel Kneale · vi Tomato Cain, London: Collins, 1949 78 · Delilah · Misc. · ms (r) 81 · Arabian Night · Neil McGarel · ss (r) 89 · The Maltese Cat · Rudyard Kipling · ss Pall Mall Gazette Jun 26-27, 1895 105 · Hornblower and Noah’s Ark [Hornblower] · C. S. Forester · ss (r) 120 · Od’s Bodikins! · Misc. · ms (r) 123 · The Duchess and the Dolls · C. Moynihan · ss (r) 132 · The Owl Who Thought He Was God · James Thurber · vi New Yorker, 1939 133 · Pulling Strings · Margaret Bonham · nv (r) 160 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)

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Argosy (UK) [v11 # 5, May 1950] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 160pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 4 half-page adverts (Royal Seal Tobacco, Cogene, Sanatogen and School of Authorship), and 1 full-page advert (London School of Journalism). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · On Such a Day as This · Edward Thomas · ms (r) 5 · Cayetano the Perfect · Barnaby Conrad · ss Colliers Oct 23 ’48 16 · Tall Story · Anon. · qz (r) 17 · Karmesin and Human Vanity [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Spr ’38 23 · Hurricane Wedding · Dorothy Cottrell · ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 11 ’50 36 · Present Company Excepted · Misc. · ms (r) 39 · Love Me Litte, Love Me Long · H. E. Bates · ss (r) 45 · The Army Comes Aboard · Jerome Willis · ss (r) 57 · Hey Nonny Nonny! · Ogden Nash · pm (r) 58 · Home, Sweet Home · Misc. · ms (r) 61 · The Reef · H. Vernor Dixon · ss (r) 73 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 5, 1891 88 · Love-Song · Misc. · ms (r) 91 · Wife Deceiver · Stuart Cloete · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 28 ’50 103 · Conquerors’ Isle · Nelson Bond · ss Blue Book Jun ’46 114 · Mistaken Identity [from Jamaican Journey] · W. J. Brown · ms (r) 115 · Assassin · George Tabori · ss (r) 124 · Cats’ Cradle · Misc. · ms (r) 127 · Story of the Two Dancers · Anon.; trans. by C. G. Campbell · ss (r) 136 · Primrose Path · Joyce Grenfell · pm (r) 137 · Hornblower, The Duchess and the Devil [Part 1 of 2; Hornblower] · C. S. Forester · sl (r) 160 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)

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Argosy (UK) [v11 # 6, June 1950] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 160pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Fluxite Solder & Euthymol Toothpaste), and 2 full-page adverts (London School of Journalism & School of Authorship). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · High Noon · John Drinkwater · pm (r) 5 · The Threshold · John Mayo Goss · ss (r) 13 · Bush River · Joyce Cary · ss (r) 21 · Monsieur, the Saint of Virette · Antonia Ridge · ss (r) 30 · The Summer Game · Misc. · ms (r) 33 · Sam Small’s Better Half [Sam Small] · Eric Knight · ss Story Mar/Apr ’41 46 · All in a Garden Green · Donald Watt · pm (r) 47 · Night Drive · Will F. Jenkins · ss Today’s Woman Mar ’50 57 · Lunch, Cricket and Thespia · Colin Bullard · ss (r) 62 · Brief Encounters · Misc. · ms (r) 65 · Answer of the Great Reindeer · Robert Crottet · ss The Enchanted Forest, The Richards Press 81 · Karmesin and the Unbeliever [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Sum ’39 88 · Do You Remember? · Struthers Burt · pm (r) 89 · In the Spring · Guy de Maupassant; trans. by Marjorie Laurie · ss (r) 94 · My Kingdom for a Horse · Anon. · qz (r) 95 · The Long Chance · Richard Stern · ss (r) 98 · New Life [from Jamaican Journey] · W. J. Brown · ms (r) 99 · No Witness · H. G. Evarts · ss (r) 110 · Ring Time · Misc. · ms (r) 113 · Orchid House · Kathryn Grondahl · ss (r) 129 · Dolores · John Inglis Hall · ss (r) 139 · Hornblower, The Duchess and the Devil [Part 2 of 2; Hornblower] · C. S. Forester · sl (r) 160 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)

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Argosy (UK) [v11 # 7, July 1950] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 160pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 1 half-page advert (Fluxite Solder), 2 quarter-page adverts (British Institute of Engineering Technology & Popular Gardening), and 2 full-page adverts (London School of Journalism & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Song of the South · Frederic Prokosch · pm (r) 5 · Heritage · Rosemary Edisford · ss (r) 13 · Karmesin and the Tailor’s Dummy [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Aut ’38 19 · High Diver · John Ashworth · ss Harper’s, 1949 32 · Daughters of the Sun · Misc. · ms (r) 35 · Under the Juniper Tree · Caryl Brahms · ss (r) 53 · Sam Small and the Polkingthorpe Giant [Sam Small] · Eric Knight · ss (r) 66 · A Hunting We Will Go! · Anon. · qz (r) 67 · Another Day · C. Craven · ss (r) 74 · Under the Willows · Misc. · ms (r) 77 · Chastity · Lin Yutang · ss (r) 90 · Cuckoo! · Ogden Nash · pm (r) 91 · Coffee for One · Sidney Carroll · ss (r) 99 · Street of Disguises: A Tale of Old Baghdad · C. G. Campbell · ss (r) 107 · The Owl · David Walker · ss (r) 118 · Wilt Thou Have...? · Misc. · ms (r) 121 · Blood Will Tell · Don Marquis · ss The American Magazine Nov ’15 127 · I’ll Not Look for Wine · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s Jan 1 ’50 138 · Cavalcade · Donald Watt · pm (r) 139 · Easting Down · Shalimar · ss (r) 160 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)

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Argosy (UK) [v11 # 8, August 1950] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 160pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Fluxite Solder & Euthymol Toothpaste), and 2 full-page adverts (The Regent Institute & Hutchinson’s Universal Book Club). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Caravan · Robert Louis Stevenson · pm (r) 5 · The Unsuspected · Neil Bell · ss (r) 13 · Love Letter · Will F. Jenkins · ss 20 · Soundings · Alun Llewellyn · pm Punch 21 · Karmesin and the Big Frost [“Karmesin and the Meter”; Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Win ’37/38 25 · The Tortoise · Ogden Nash · pm (r) 26 · Ebb Tide · Misc. · ms (r) 29 · An Official Position · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jul ’37 47 · Riquet with the Tuft · M. Perrault; trans. by G. M. Gent · ss (r) 53 · Road to Feather River · Michael Foster · ss, 1950 65 · Refrain · Justin Richardson · pm (r) 66 · Fashion Plate · Misc. · ms (r) 69 · Channel Crossing · Dane Chandos · ss Abbie 77 · Portrait of Innocence · Michael Fessier · ss (r) 89 · The Monster · Nelson Bond · ss (r) 104 · Whither Thou Goest · Misc. · ms (r) 107 · Sea Change · David Walker · ss (r) 122 · Splice the Mainbrace! · Anon. · qz (r) 123 · There Will Come Soft Rains · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers May 6 ’50 127 · The Flying Yorkshireman [Sam Small] · Eric Knight · nv Story Jul ’37 160 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)

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Argosy (UK) [v11 # 9, September 1950] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 160pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Embassy Cigars & Maclean Brand Stomach Powder), and 2 full-page adverts (The Regent Institute & School of Authorship). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · September Tide · Laurie Lee · pm (r) 5 · Day of Grace · Morley Callaghan · ss (r) 14 · Roundelay · Ogden Nash · pm (r) 15 · Gemini · G. B. Stern · ss Slower Judas, New York: Knopf, 1929 28 · Swing High, Swing Low · Misc. · ms (r) 31 · Night Call · J. Prise · ss (r) 47 · Discoveries · Denton Welch · nf 51 · The Long Promenade · Ruth McKenney · ss The Loud Red Patrick 58 · Castle in the Air · Anon. · qz (r) 59 · Escape [“To the Future”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers May 13 ’50 72 · Here’s a Health · Misc. · ms (r) 75 · The Case of the Nemean Lion [“The Nemean Lion”; Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Strand Nov ’39 95 · Lost with All Hands · Cutcliffe Hyne · ss (r) 109 · Fox Hunt · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Sep ’31 123 · White Watch · Gordon Bottomley · pm (r) 124 · Least Said... · Misc. · ms (r) 127 · The Swan and Edgar · Alan Ivimey · ss (r) 133 · Salvatore · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r) 137 · Small Wonder · Gouverneur Morris · ss (r) 160 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)

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Argosy (UK) [v11 #10, October 1950] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 160pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 1 half-page advert (Euthymol Toothpaste), 2 quarter-page adverts (Murray’s Mellow Mixture & Ronuk Polishes), and 2 full-page adverts (School of Authorship & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Rondel · John Drinkwater · pm (r) 5 · Village Panther · David Walker · ss Esquire May ’50 14 · There’s Method... · Ogden Nash · pm (r) 15 · Cutting the Cherry · Kenneth Allsop · ss (r) 21 · The Illustrated Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Esquire Jul ’50 32 · Table Talk · Misc. · ms (r) 35 · Mitzi and Millstones · James Martin Young · ss (r) 50 · Detected · Bennett Cerf · ms (r) 51 · The Masculine Principle · Frank O’Connor · ss New Yorker Jun 24 ’50 59 · Moment of the Herring · Vincent Cornier · vi (r) 62 · Broomsticks · Misc. · ms (r) 65 · The Singing Pharmacist · Joseph Wechsberg · ss (r) 77 · Search in the Mist · Will F. Jenkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jul 1 ’50 88 · Stirrup Cup · Anon. · qz (r) 89 · Yama and the Princess [from Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists] · Nivedita & Amanda K. Coomaraswamy · ss (r) 94 · Woodland Ballet · Marion Peacock · pm (r) 95 · Meet Me in Havana · Burnham Carter · ss (r) 108 · Nocturne · Misc. · ms (r) 111 · No Head for Heights · Clive Burnley · ss (r) 121 · The Reconstructed Rebel · Gordon Malherbe Hillman · ss (r) 133 · If Love Be Love · Misc. · ms (r) 135 · The Case of the Cretan Bull [“Midnight Madness”; Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week Sep 24 ’39; ; as “The Cretan Bull”, The Strand May ’40 160 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)

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