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Ballou’s Dollar Monthly
Ballou’s Dollar Monthly [v 2 #6, December 1855] ed. Maturin M. Ballou (Maturin M. Ballou, publisher, 10¢, 46pp+) motto “The cheapest magazine in the world” [PDF] 505 · The Wife’s Ransom.—A Gold Adventure · A. J. H. Duganne · ss 515 · To Will · Ida Ravelin · pm 515 · The White Sun Bonnet · Eve Carroll · ss 517 · The Wanderer · Rebecca R. Pierce · pm 517 · Paul Brant: or, The Woodcutter’s Daughter · Josephine Hale · ss 521 · In the Country · George W. Bungay · pm 521 · The Rescue · Emeret H. Sedge · ss 531 · The Bride of My Soul · Arthur Penn · pm 531 · The Pale Young Man · Anne T. Wilbur · ss 537 · Serenade · J. Day Barron · pm 537 · Tom Crosby’s Deed of Magic · Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. · ss 543 · Life · W. H. S. · pm 543 · Spiritual Rappings · Ethan Stubbs · ss 547 · Busy with the Grain · Willie E. Pabor · pm 547 · The Fifty Bouquets · Alexander W. Lauderdale · ss 550 · Lines to— · R. A. Darroch · pm 550 · Will’s Wife · Emma Francis · ss 553 · To the Lost One · Aglaus Forrester · pm 553 · Ernest Hudson: or, The Father and Son · Mary L. Meany · ss 561 · Friendship’s Chain · Mrs. R. T. Eldredge · pm 561 · The Smugglers of Morecambe Bay · Austin G. Burdick · ss 565 · Aunt Polly’s Spectacles · Mrs. S. P. Doughty · ss 569 · Why Fear to Die? · Wm. W. Grandy · pm 569 · The Adopted Child · Susan H. Blaisdell · ss 581 · One Kind Thought of Thee · Clifton M. Berkley · pm 581 · Teacher and Pupil · Horatio Folger · ss 585 · The Loved That Are Gone · R. P. Smith · pm 585 · Ermengarde · Frances P. Pepperell · ss 592 · Editor’s Table · Maturin M. Ballou · ed
Ballou’s Dollar Monthly Magazine [v15 #6, June 1862] ed. Maturin M. Ballou (M. M. Ballou Publisher, 10¢, 96pp+, standard) [STM] 521 · Hidden Springs · Mrs. R. B. Edson · pm 521 · The Song in the Night · Frances P. Pepperell · ss 533 · The Homestead · John William Day · pm 533 · Post Office Box 219 · Esther Serle Kenneth · ss 537 · The Home of My Youth · Howard Lucille · pm 537 · A Consultation · M. R. B. · ss 543 · Maude · Harry Harewood Leech · pm 543 · A Desperate Encounter · Clara Augusta · ss 546 · Jenny Doane · Lt. James Franklin Fitts · pm 546 · Agreeable Mr. Mervin: or, At Home and Abroad · Mrs. Caroline Orne · ss 553 · Love Lightens Labor · Mrs. R. B. Noble · pm 553 · Marez, A Tale of the Circassian War · Harry Harewood Leech · ss 559 · Sunshine · F. C. Hannen · pm 559 · Grandma Hanley’s Experience · Mary A. Merton · ss 562 · My Faith · Clara Augusta · pm 562 · The Mysterious Passenger · John H. Underwood · ss 570 · Night Thoughts · Augustus Treadwell · pm 570 · The Black Kid Slippers · Clara Augusta · ss 573 · To-morrow · Fred Browning · pm 573 · The Days of Sampiero · Walter Trumbull · ss 576 · To One Beloved · Eliza Frances Moriarty · pm 576 · My Charlie · Mary A. Keables · ss
Ballou’s Dollar Monthly Magazine [v16 #4, October 1862] ed. Maturin M. Ballou (M. M. Ballou Publisher, 10¢, 96pp+, standard) [STM] 321 · When I Am Gone · Maria Jones · pm 321 · Lost Treasures · Amanda M. Hale · ss 328 · An Idyl of the May · Willie E. Pabor · pm 328 · The Divorce · Mary A. Nowell · ss 332 · Twilight Musings · M. Lewis · pm 332 · “Tender and Trew” · A. H. Greenwood · ss 335 · The Doctor of Medicine · George H. Coomer · pm 335 · The Mistake · William R. Stedman · ss 339 · Good Night · Mary A. Keables · pm 339 · My Latin Master · Clara Augusta · ss 343 · Lizzie Ring · Carrie Calderwood · pm 343 · The Lottery Ticket · A New York Detective · ss 350 · Night and Day · J. C. Harris · pm 350 · Life and Death or Humphrys the Author · Mary A. Keables · ss 355 · Berrying · Mrs. R. B. Edson · pm 355 · The Convicts Sacrifice · Harry Harewood Leech · ss 361 · An Old Maid’s Story · Laura J. Arter · ss 361 · The Step-Children · Mrs. Caroline Orne · ss 366 · Moonshine · George H. Comer · pm 366 · The Poet’s Choice · Clara Augusta · ss 369 · Love Song of Cathay · Harry Harewood Leech · pm 369 · Maude Gilham · Mrs. P. P. Bonney · ss 383 · Glen-Eblis Falls · Arthur L. Meserve · pm 383 · Story of Violet Grey’s Love · Esther Serle Kenneth · ss
Ballou’s Dollar Monthly Magazine [v17 #1, January 1863] ed. Maturin M. Ballou (M. M. Ballou Publisher, 10¢, 100pp+, standard) [STM] 21 · Waiting · Eliza F. Moriarty · pm 21 · The Novice of Santa Clara · Giacomo S. Campana · ss 28 · Regret · Mrs. R. B. Edson · pm 28 · The Mysterious Occurrences · Francis A. Durivage · ss 37 · To a Lady · W. Howard Perrigo · pm 37 · The Spirit of the Ford · A. H. D. · ss 43 · My Palace · Lucy A. True · pm 43 · Our Music Teacher · Mary A. Keables · ss 47 · The Angel of the Mind · J. Howard Wert · pm 47 · Saved · Laura J. Arter · ss 53 · To a Friend · William Clarence Ware · pm 53 · Mr. Sterling’s Confession · A New York Detective · ss 58 · Elsie · Annie Grey · pm 58 · The Ghost’s Well! · Jane G. Austin · ss 66 · Love’s Vows · Perry W. Howard · pm 66 · The Hermit of Lynn · Edwin Seymour · ss 70 · Work! · Arthur L. Meserve · pm 70 · The Pretty Plotters of Provincetown · John Ross Dix · ss 79 · Remembrance of Early Love · D. C. Shoch · pm 79 · “Poor Florence” · Amanda M. Hale · ss
Ballou’s Monthly
Ballou’s Monthly [v33, January 1871] (standard) [BL] 5 · The Oro Slumgullion Marriage · Anon. · ar 8 · Two Prominent English Scenes · Anon. · ar 12 · A “Red” Demonstration · Anon. · ar 13 · A Juvenile Craze · B. P. Shillaber · ss 14 · Panama · Anon. · ar 19 · The Symbol of the French Republic · Anon. · ar 21 · A Leap in the Dark · Frances M. Schoolcraft · ss 29 · By the Brook · George Klingle · ss 29 · Sweet William · Theodore Arnold · ss 34 · A Happy New Year · May Hamilton · ss 43 · Day and Night · Elizabeth Bigelow · ss 43 · Copenhagen · John Clerke · ss 49 · Lost · Louise Dupee · ss 49 · Gregory Gregg’s Revenge · N. P. Darling · ss 55 · The First Snow · Clarence F. Buhler · ss 56 · Teresa · Carrie D. Beebe · ss 61 · In the Sight of the Angels To-day · Mrs. Helen A. Manville · ss 62 · Joe’s Reward · Mrs. R. B. Edson · ss 68 · The Spirit of the Slave-Ship · George H. Coomer · ss 79 · A Lover’s Quarrel · Hester Earle · ss 83 · Lady Lytton’s Trap · Maria J. Bishop · ss 85 · OUR YOUNG PEOPLE’S STORY-TELLER - “Guess: or, The Son of a Politician.” · C. A. Stephens · ss 90 · The Storm at Sea · Miss Camilla Willian · ss 92 · Tim’s Christmas · Mattie Winfield Torrey · ss 95 · A Night in the Old Barn on Bear River · Kit Carson, Jr. · ss 98 · The Housekeeper · Anon. · cl 99 · Facts and Fancies · Anon. · cl · A Yankee’s Adventures in the Pacific · Anon. · il; Humorous Illustrations.
Ballou’s Pictorial
Ballou’s Pictorial [v 9 #13, September 29, 1855] ed. Maturin M. Ballou (M. M. Ballou Publisher, 6¢, 16pp, 11¼" x 15¼") [STM] 194 · Falcone: or the Mysteries of Mexico [Part ? of ?] · Augustine J. H. Duganne · sl 198 · The Child and the Rainbow · George W. Bungay · pm 198 · Simon Huggin’s Note in Bank · F. Clinton Barrington · ss 199 · Charles Weston’s Advertisement · Harriet A. Davison · ss 203 · I Am Never Alone · Anon. · pm 203 · The New White Dress · Alice Carey · ss
Ballyhoo Magazine
Ballyhoo Magazine [v 5 #6, January 1934] ed. Norman Anthony (Dell Publishing, 15¢, 32pp, 8½" x 11½") Humorous magazine with snippets of fiction. This is the English edition priced at 1/-. [PSP] 2 · Adlaffs · Misc. Material · ct 6 · Flash! Flash! · Misc. Material · ct 8 · Where’s Elmer? · Misc. Material · qz 9 · Washington Runaround · Anon. · hu 14 · Ballyhoo’s Gold News · Anon. · hu 18 · In the Park · B. D. · vi; winner in the “Worst Short Story” competition 20 · Down with Everything: Redagravure Section · Anon. · hu 21 · Thunder Over Yonkers · Homer Burpski · vi 21 · Red Flannel · Winter Underwear · pm 22 · Down with Everything · Misc. Material · hu
Ballyhoo (AU)
Ballyhoo (AU) [Winter (June? 1956)] (Atlas Publications of Melbourne, 1/6, 68pp, digest s/s, cover by ?) cover: cartoon of two men in spaceship reading Burma Shave posters in space “When you ride / a magnetic wave / look your best / Burma Shave.” Blurbs: Special Chock Full of Space Issue / The World’s Funniest Magazine. Distributed by Gordon & Gotch. [DKL] ifc. · fake ad for Ballyhoo’s Space Queen (pinup girl in spacesuit) · Anon. · hu 3 · table of contents (blurb: This is Sirius!) · Misc. Material · ms 4 · fake ad for hotel, The Pluto Plaza · Anon. · hu 5 · fake ad for Lunar Luggage · Anon. · hu 5-7 · Litter to the Editors (all spoof letters and names) · Anon. · lt 6 · fake ad for Camp Hy-in-Sky · Anon. · hu 7 · fake ad for Martian Tourist Bureau · Anon. · hu 8 · fake ad for Stellar Spaceways travel bureau · Anon. · hu 9-10 · The Ballyhoo Trophy (for “breaking the sound barrier”) · Anon. · hu 10 · fake ads for Heavenrude Outboard Motor for saucers and for Crooks Tour · Anon. · hu 11 · Space Platform Xz204c Does Not Answer · Anon. · vi 12, 14 · Supersonic Heterodyne - Be My Cosmic Valentine · Paul C. Law · vi 13 · cartoon - couple in UFO above earth quarelling about route · Anon. · ct 15-16 · I Didn’t Planet That Way! · Donald A. Shaw · vi 16 · fake ad for Saturn Junior Chamber of Commerce · Anon. · hu 17 · cartoon — “damn the galactic asteroids — full speed ahead!” · Bob Campbell · ct 18 · Let’s Build a Stereo Way to the Stars · Paul C. Law · vi 19 · cartoon — parents in spaceship with kid who has to “stop” at each planet · Herb Green · ct 19-20 · Trouble by the Light Year · Parke Cummings · hu; (idea for a space-age radio soap opera plot). 20 · fake ad for Fathersill’s Mark VIII anti-spacesickness pill · Anon. · hu 21 · Ghost Writers in the Sky · Paul C. Law · vi 22 · fake ad on masking bad breath by wearing a space helmet · Anon. · hu 23 · Commercial for the Atomic Age · Paul C. Law · hu 24-25 · Space Music: The Hit Parade of 2054 · Richard James · hu 25 · cartoon: “I fell for that Orson Welles trick ONCE.” · Wesley Thompson · ct 26-29 · Watch Out, Mars, This Ship is Loaded · Anon. · hu; newspaper columns from Luella Parsnips, Beater De Russos, Dame Eateth Lions, Saccandra. 27 · fake ad for LUNA-C rocket line · Anon. · ms 29 · Handy Guide to Martian Conversation · W. F. Miksch · hu 30-31 · It Was Written in the Stars—But Not Very Well · Paul C. Law · vi 31 · cartoon, not sf-related (hitchiker on motor scooter) [by sp?] · Jean Belvur · ct 32 · A Martian by Any Other Name · Parke Cummings · hu 32 · fake ad for Manny’s Moontel and Rocket Court · Anon. · hu 33-36 · The Stratosphere Sun — (fake future newspaper) · Anon. · hu 37-39 · Classified Space (fake classified ads for paper) · Anon. · hu 40 · Read All Questions Carefully (fake space quiz) · Parke Cummings · hu 41 · upside down pinup girl photo; blurb Ballyhoo Gets Back to Earth · Misc. Material · ms · (from here on, only some of the cartoons retain a space theme; all the written text is mundane humor) 42-44 · The Missing Cheque in Reverse · Bill Majeski · ss 45 · cartoon of pudgy guy in spacesuit; no caption · Al Kaufman · ct 46-47 · After Forty — What? · Dick Asbaugh · hu 47 · cartoon, sleeping man’s beard used as tickler by necking couple · Leon · ct 48 · cartoon, wife finds husband on moon with alien girl · Herbert Goldberg · ct 49 · All Change! · Parke Cummings · hu 50 · cartoon — moochers on park bench want to share newspaper · Marku · ct 50 · How to View with Alarm · Anon. · hu 51 · cartoon — aliens to be offered Marilyn Monroe calendars · W. A. Brown · ct 52 · cartoon — man on stretcher sticks up stretcher carriers · Fred · ct 52-53 · You and Your Job · Robert Fontaine · hu 53 · cartoon — jealous husband shares rides behind wife on her skis · Anon. · ct 54 · Golf is Just a Matter of Course · Dick Emmons · hu 54 · small cartoon — skater loses his pants and skates · Lassalvy (sp?) · ct 55 · cartoon — guy in space helmet startled by paper airplane overhead · Anon. · ct 56-58 · You’ve Got to Have a System · Anon. · hu 56 · cartoon — room painters use teeter-totter · Paul · ct 57 · cartoon — reporter calls in story while fleeing armed thug · Anon. · ct 58 · cartoon — bather’s umbrella matches pattern of his tent · BIL · ct 59 · cartoon — father fed up with child chasing pet with hatchet · Smythe · ct 60 · I’ve Been Sheared · Dick Emmons · hu 60 · small cartoon — bather wrings out his long beard · byline unreadable · ct 61 · cartoon — couple on desert island, but she knows judo · byline unreadable · ct 62, 64, 66 · Louder and Phonier · Anon. · hu; several short jokes. 63 · real ad for Atlas’ “Science Fiction Library” (six titles) · Misc. Material · ms 65 · real ad for Atlas’ “Crime Library” (nine titles) · Misc. Material · ms 66 · real subscription form for Ballyhoo (“a magazinier magazine”) · Misc. Material · ms ibc. · Ye Olde Fashioned Ballyhoo Almanacke for Ye June of Ye 1956 · Misc. Material · ms bc. · real ad for Squire magazine · Misc. Material · ms
Bananas
Bananas [No. 1, January/February 1975] ed. Emma Tennant (50p, 28pp, tabloid) [DP]

2 · (collage of newspaper cuttings) · Anon. · il
3 · The Sayings of Heathcote Williams · Heathcote Williams · ar; miscellaneous ramblings.
5 · Pardon Me, Boys, Is this the Bognor Regis Choo-Choo? · Tom Nairn · ar
7 · Faithful Dog · Libby Houston · pm
8 · Poems · Children · pm
9 · Ali’s Camp · Bockris-Wylie · ex, 1974; from Ali, by Bockris-Wylie, Freeway Press, 1974.
10 · Welcombe · Ted Hughes · pm
10 · Exits · Ted Hughes · pm
10 · Festival of Poets · Ted Hughes · pm
10 · Apple Dumps · Ted Hughes · pm
10 · The Oak · Ted Hughes · pm
11 · Dr. Clock’s Last Case · Ruth Fainlight · ss
13 · Three Poems · Jehane Markham · pm
14 · Curried Bananas · Arabella Boxer · ms; recipe.
14 · Gothic Banana · Mary Beach · pm
15 · Rigor Beach · Emma Tennant · ss
16 · The Spider and the Fly · Ruth Fainlight · pm
17 · Dial E for Ezra · Claud Cockburn · ar [Ezra Pound]; on Ezra Pound.
18 · The Air Disaster · J. G. Ballard · ss
21 · Belief · Elaine Feinstein · ss
23 · Junior House · Anne Rothenstein · ss
25 · Miss Conference · Margarita Jiminez · ss
26 · Lari the Beast · Larry Winters · pm
26 · Homo Literatus · Max Egremont · pm
27 · Eras are Written into Existence · Miles · ar [William S. Burroughs]; on William Burroughs.
Bananas [No. 2, Early Summer 1975] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 36pp, tabloid) [DP]

2 · (brief letters and brief editorial) · Misc. Material · ms
3 · William Burroughs · Heathcote Williams · ar
3 · Babbit and the Booboisie · Claud Cockburn · ar [Sinclair Lewis]; on Sinclair Lewis.
5 · The River · Julio Cortázar; trans. by Hercules Belville · vi
6 · Low-Flying Aircraft · J. G. Ballard · ss
10 · Andy Warhol interviewed · Bockris-Wylie · iv
11 · Eric on the Agenda · Beryl Bainbridge · ss
13 · The Lesbian Body · Monique Wittig · ex, 1975; from The Lesbian Body, by Monique Wittig, Peter Owen, 1975.
14 · Le Toutounier · Colette; trans. by Margaret Crosland · ex, 1975; from Le Toutounier, by Colette, Peter Owen, 1975.
16 · Bathroom Notes · Miles · ar [William S. Burroughs; Charles Olson]; on William Burroughs and Charles Olson.
17 · Philomela · Emma Tennant · ss
19 · The Real Projective Plane · Peter Wollen · ss
21 · Scenes from Rural Life · John Sladek · ss
25 · Unpublished Poems · Sylvia Plath · gp
25 · I Thought That I Could Not Be Hurt · Sylvia Plath · pm
25 · Waking in Winter · Sylvia Plath · pm
25 · Burning the Letters · Sylvia Plath · pm
26 · Lemme Caution Loses · Ron Rees · ss
28 · Ireland · Tom Nairn · ar
31 · Belfast · Michael Rothenstein · il
33 · The Journey Back · Lex Garage · ar
34 · Untitled · Larry Winters · vi
Bananas [No. 3, (no date, circa Autumn) 1975] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 40pp, tabloid) [DP]

3 · Dead as They Come · Ian McEwan · ss
6 · Middle Class Marriage Saved! · Hilary Bailey · ss; illus. Pam Zoline
9 · poem · Elaine Feinstein · pm
9 · poem · Jenny Joseph · pm
11 · Day of Success · Sylvia Plath · ss; one of a number of previously unpublished stories written by Plath in an attempt to break into “the women’s slicks” [her phrase] of the 1950s.
14 · Old Times Revisited · Heathcote Williams · ar [Harold Pinter]; on Harold Pinter’s play Old Times.
17 · The English Literary Intelligentsia · Tom Nairn · ar
23 · The Bananas Interview · Tom Nairn · iv; spoof interview with “a distinguished British writer... Maurice Cotswold.”
25 · Luisa’s Literary Dinners · Misc. Material · hu; spoof piece on cooking for the literati.
26 · Problem Page · Paul Ableman, and others · hu; spoof agony column for the literati.
27 · Bob Dylan Spells It Out · Misc. Material · iv, 1966 [Bob Dylan]; described as “a 1966 Canadian interview with Bob Dylan.”
29 · Marianne’s Day · Jenny Joseph · ss
32 · Logic and the Cat · Matthew Yorke · ss
35 · The Suburbs of Time · Emma Tennant · ss
36 · The Wrong Number · Brian Patten · pm
37 · A Block of Wood · Anne Rothenstein · vi
38 · Insurrection and the Law · Karl Miller · br [Claud Cockburn]; review of Cockburn’s Millennium.
39 · The Conspiracy Act · Lex Garage · ar

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