British Juvenile Story Papers
and Pocket Libraries Index

Stories, Listed by Author

PIKE, W. G. (chron.) (continued)
• * A Useful Screwdriver, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1938

PIKE, WILLIAM (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * By the Way, (ed) The Boys’ Friend Oct 23, Oct 30, Nov 13, Nov 27 1926, uncredited.
• * The Editor’s Broadcast, (ed) The Boys’ Friend Mar 26, Apr 2, Apr 9, Apr 23, May 21, May 28, Jun 11, Jun 25, Jul 2, Jul 9, Jul 16, Jul 23, Jul 30, Aug 6, Aug 13, Aug 20, Aug 27, Sep 3, Sep 10, Sep 17, Sep 24, Oct 1, Oct 8, Oct 15, Nov 12, Dec 17, Dec 31 1927, uncredited.
• * In Your Editor’s Den, (ed) The Boys’ Friend May 15, May 22, May 29/Jun 5, Jun 12, Jun 19, Jun 26, Jul 3, Jul 10, Jul 17, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 16 1926, uncredited.

PIKE, WILLIAM G. (chron.)
• * A Visit to Big Ben, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper May 1940

PILE, D. W. (fl. 1930s); see pseudonym Stawford Webber (chron.)

PILLEY, M. F. (chron.)
• * Athens Adventure, (ar) The Scout Oct 28 1961

PILOT, JOHN (fl. 1910s-1920s) (chron.)
• * The Ambush of the Express Car, (ss) The Captain Nov 1910
• * The Sunset Express, (sl) The Scout Aug 4, Aug 11, Aug 18, Aug 25, Sep 1, Sep 8, Sep 15, Sep 22, Sep 29, Oct 6, Oct 13, Oct 20, Oct 27, Nov 3, Nov 10, Nov 17, Nov 24, Dec 1 1923

PIRBRIGHT, ROBERT (chron.)
• * Silas Windygate of Mystery Mill, (ss) Chums Jan 7 1922

PIRIE, ELSIE (chron.)
• * How Daisy Saved the Prizes, (ss) Girls’ Fun Apr 27 1950

PISCATOR (chron.)
• * Queer Ways of Catching Fish, (ar) Chums Mar 13 1927

PITT, FRANCIS (chron.)
• * Granny Cat’s Wonderful Kitten [from Friends in Fur and Feather], (ex)
  • The Children’s Newspaper Jun 8 1963

PLARR, VICTOR (Gustave) (1863-1929); (about) (chron.)
• * In a Norman Church, (pm) Atalanta Dec 1888
• * The Violin-Player, (pm) Atalanta Nov 1892

PLATT, CHARLES (1865-1935?); (about) (chron.)
• * Birds That Cannot Fly, (ar) Chums Feb 15 1919
• * Does the Earwig Send You Mad?, (ar) Chums Nov 23 1918

PLATT, EDWARD (1872-1946) (chron.)
• * Getting Rid of Schmidt, (sl) The Captain Oct, Nov, Dec 1917

PLATT, JIM (chron.)
• * Overseas Readers’ Page: A Market Square in Sweden, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Nov 1958

PLATT, WILLIAM C. (chron.)
• * Building Stones, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1929

“PLAYER” (chron.)
• * The Influence of the “Soccer” Captain, (ar) Chums Sep 19 1926
• * “Soccer” Clubs That Have Won Renown, (cl) Chums Sep 26, Oct 3, Oct 10, Oct 17, Oct 24, Nov 21, Nov 28, Dec 12, Dec 19 1926, Jan 2, Jan 9, Jan 30, Feb 6 1927

PLAYFORD, E. R. (chron.)
• * A Gossip About Snakes, (ar) Chums Apr 26 1893

PLAYNE, F. C. (chron.)
• * Primo Tenore, (ss) Atalanta Apr 1891

PLEASANTS, JACK (chron.)
• * Pranks I Have Played, (ar) Jack’s Paper Feb 20 1923

PLUMLEY, LADD (fl. 1910s-1920s) (chron.)
• * A Tussle with a Wildcat, (ss) The Boys’ Magazine Mar 1915

PLUMMER, T(homas) ARTHUR (1883-1961) (chron.)
• * The House of Silence, (na) The Thriller Mar 30 1929, as “The Silent Six”.
  • Detective Weekly Jun 20 1936
• * The Silent Six, (na) The Thriller Mar 30 1929; also as “The House of Silence”.

PLUMTRE, CICELY (chron.)
• * Atalanta Debating Club: Is Character Affected by Climate?, (sy) Atalanta Nov 1897

PLUNKETT, EDWARD; see under Dunsany, Lord (1878-1957) (chron.)

PLUNKETT, EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX, Lord Dunsany; see under Dunsany, Lord (1878-1957) (chron.)

PLYN, DELIA (chron.)
• * Atalanta Debating Society: Is the London Season Conducive to the Benefit of Society?, (sy) Atalanta Dec 1895

POCKLINGTON, GEOFFREY R. (chron.)
• * Behind the Scenes 24—Training a Policeman, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1930, uncredited.
• * Behind the Scenes 50: Mechanising the Man in Blue, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper May 1932
• * Behind the Scenes 51: The Nearest Guard, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Jun 1932
• * Early Days with the Scouts, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Aug 1929
• * The Editor’s Page, (ed) The Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1925, Oct, Nov, Dec 1928, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1929, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep 1930, Oct, Nov, Dec 1931, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul 1932, uncredited.
• * Kipling’s School, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Aug 1930, uncredited.

POCKLINGTON, GEORGE (chron.)
• * The Editor’s Page, (ed) The Boy’s Own Paper Oct, Nov, Dec 1926, Jan, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep 1927, uncredited.

POCOCK, DORIS A(lice) (1890-1974) (chron.)
• * The Affair of the Pool, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Oct 1916
• * Aunt Belinda’s Bodyguard, (ss) Chums Apr 15 1922
• * The Bracing of Miss Millikin, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1917 1916
• * The Casting Vote, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1911 1910
• * Concerning Catawampus, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1921
• * The Extra Items: A School Story, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Feb 1920
• * The Finger of Fate, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Nov 11, Nov 18 1911
• * A Fortune in the Fire, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1918 1917
• * Gatty and the Burglar, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1921
• * Gatty’s Glut of Ghosts, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Dec 1915
• * The Haunting of Haviland, (ss) Chums Jun 24 1922
• * Hilda Heroics and Hockey, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1914 1913
• * The Inartistic Academy, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Sep 1919
• * The Keeping of Kim, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Jun 1916
• * The Mad Hatters, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1913 1912
• * The Mutiny of Phyllis, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1911 1910
• * “Old Funk-It”, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Jul 1915
• * Our Special Correspondent, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1921
• * Pamela the Peacemaker, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1919 1918
• * The Prize Essay, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1914 1913
• * A Question of Conscience, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1918 1917
• * A Sea Scrape, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1919 1918
• * Some Slight Misapprehensions, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Sep 1921
• * The Specimen Philanthropist, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper May 1914
• * “Time and Tide”, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual 1921
• * The “Weed” and the Water Cure, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1914
• * When Greek Meets Greek, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1910 1909

POCOCK, E. D. (chron.)
• * The Cur of the Cardale Cads, (ss) Chums Jul 27 1918

POCOCK, G. N. (chron.)
• * The Real Thing, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Apr 6 1912

POCOCK, GUY N(oel) (1880-1955) (chron.)
• * Blood Money, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1932
• * Poor, Dear Harry!: A Real School Story, (ss) The Captain Nov, Dec 1903, Jan 1904
• * The Wombat’s Idea, (ss) The Captain Apr 1905

POCOCK, H. E. D. (chron.)
• * The Branscombe Prize, (ss) Chums Feb 8 1919
• * The Christmas Deputation, (ss) Chums Oct 29 1921
• * A Dangerous Game, (ss) Chums Nov 9 1918
• * The Donkey Derby, (ss) Chums Oct 6 1917
• * The “Dorchester Clarion”, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1918 1917
• * The Eleventh Man, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Jun 1919
• * The Fourth-Form Guy, (ss) Chums Nov 10 1917
• * The Giddy Goat, (ss) Chums Feb 24 1917
• * Jimmy’s Steam-Launch, (ss) Chums Jul 10 1920
• * Misfire!, (ss) Chums Apr 24 1920
• * The Philatelists-and Some Others, (ss) Chums Jun 5 1920
• * Ragging a Prefect, (ss) Chums Aug 4 1917
• * Revenge!, (ss) Chums Jul 28 1917
• * The Rival Crews, (ss) Chums Jun 8 1918
• * Sleeping Partners, (ss) Chums May 5 1917
• * Some Apples - And the Rest, (ss) Chums Feb 22 1919
• * The Tennis Champion, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Jun 1922
• * The Two Nephews, (ss) Chums Jul 31 1920

POCOCK, (Henry) ROGER (Ashwell) (1865-1941); (about) (chron.)
• * A Matter of Anarchists, (ss) The Penny Pictorial Magazine Jun 10 1899
• * Men Who Won Kingdoms, (ar) Chums Aug 5 1922
• * Piracy, (ss) The Penny Pictorial Magazine Jun 24 1899
• * The Priestess of the Tehuelche, (ss) The Penny Pictorial Magazine Jul 22 1899
• * “A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss—But I Never Saw a Mossy Stone That Wasn’t Rotten!”, (ar) Pictorial Weekly May 23 1931
• * The Tragedy of the “Smiling Fortune”, (ss) The Penny Pictorial Magazine Aug 12 1899
• * What We May Live to See, (ar) The Penny Pictorial Magazine Aug 5 1899

PODMORE, A. (chron.)
• * Public School Cricket, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Dec 1913
• * Public School Cricket in War-time, (ar) The Captain Oct 1915
• * Public School Cricket of the Year, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Dec 1914
• * School Football in War Time, (ar) The Captain Mar 1916

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849); (about) (chron.)
• * “Beloved! Amidst the Earnest Woes” (music by W. Augustus Barratt), (sg) Atalanta Dec 1893
• * The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato], (ss) Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov 1846
  • Union Jack Library Oct 10 1896
• * The Gold-Bug, (nv) Dollar Newspaper Jun 21 1843 (+1); also as “The Golden Beetle”.
• * The Golden Beetle, (nv) Dollar Newspaper Jun 21 1843 (+1), as “The Gold-Bug”.
  • Union Jack Library Oct 10 1896
• * Ms. Found in a Bottle, (ss) Baltimore Saturday Visitor Oct 19 1833
  • Union Jack Library Oct 10 1896
• * The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy, (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842; also as “The Red Death”.
• * The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin], (nv) The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart 1844
  • Union Jack Library Oct 10 1896
• * The Red Death, (ss) Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy”.
  • Union Jack Library Oct 10 1896
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• * “Pym’s Narrative. Part I”, uncredited, (sl) The Boy’s Own Magazine v2 1857

POISSON, JEANNE ANTOINETTE; [Marquise de Pompadour] (1721-1764); (about) (chron.)
• * Nous Nirons plus au Bois, (sg) Atalanta Oct 1890

POLAIRE, IVAN (chron.)
• * Her Royal Lover, (n.) Poppy’s Library #44 1930
• * A Prince’s Love, (n.) Poppy’s Library #19 1929
• * Their Purple Paradise, (n.) Poppy’s Library #9 1929

POLAND, HANNAH (chron.)
• * Society for the Protection of birds, (lt) Atalanta Apr 1893

POLLOCK, WILLIAM (1886-1972); (about) (chron.)
• * Griffinhoof MI’s Object, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Sep 19 1908

POLO, EDDE (chron.)
• * Hercules of the Screen, (lt) Jack’s Paper Dec 12 1922

PONS, CHARLES (chron.)
• * Tales of the Dormitory!: “The Schoolboy Money-Makers!”, (ss) The Boys’ Friend May 4 1918

PONSONBY, [Colonel] CHARLES (Edward) (1879-1976); (about) (chron.)
• * Old Customs in a New Building, (ar) Collins’ Magazine Oct 1950

PONTIN, GEORGE (chron.) (art)
• * Boating Hints for Boys, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Dec 16 1911
• * The Boy’s Own Flagstaff and How to Make It, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Oct 7, Nov 11, Dec 2 1911
• * Clipper Ships, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Aug 24 1912
• * An Improved Kokonutina, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Aug 1915
• * More Types of Native Craft, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Jun, Jul 1916
• * Painted Glass Work for Boys, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Oct 5, Oct 12 1912
• * Telescopic Sketching, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Sep 7 1912

PONTIN, WALTER (chron.)
• * Among Chinese Pirates. A tale of the West River, (sl) The Boy’s Own Paper Aug 10, Aug 17, Aug 24, Aug 31, Sep 7, Sep 14, Sep 21 1912

PONTING, CLARENCE (chron.)
• * The Death Mark of the Elephant, (sl) Chums Jun 24, Jul 1, Jul 8, Jul 15, Jul 22, Jul 29, Aug 5 1922
• * An Improvised Enlarging Easel, (ar) Chums May 24 1925
• * Making Money with Your Camera, (ar) Chums Oct 7 1922
• * Photographic Apparatus, (ar) Chums Jul 14 1923