British Juvenile Story Papers
and Pocket Libraries Index

Stories, Listed by Author

ROPER, A(rchibald) G. (fl. 1900s-1920s) (chron.)
• * An Afternoon Out!, (ss) Chums Aug 30 1925
• * The Amazing Trial of Fountain Penn, (ss) Chums Sep 15 1923
• * Batson’s Whacking, (ss) Chums Dec 22 1917
• * A Bolt from the Blue, (ss) Chums Jul 4 1926
• * The Boy Yachtsman, (nv) The Boys’ Friend Feb 28 1903
• * Cameron’s Curiosity, (ss) Chums Apr 8 1922
• * Cardew’s Jam Tarts, (ss) Chums Sep 6 1919
• * Carter’s Curious Christmas, (ss) Chums Nov 14 1926
• * Dead Man’s Hollow, (ss) Chums May 29 1920
• * The Disappearance of Mathers’s Muffins, (ss) Chums Nov 8 1925
• * The Dragon of Dunborough, (ss) Chums Oct 26 1924
• * Falsely Convicted!, (nv) The Boys’ Friend Jun 28 1902
• * “Flycatcher”, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1924
• * The Great Hoax at Hillbury, (ss) Chums Jun 14 1925
• * Haunted House!, (ss) Chums Sep 22 1917
• * The Kidnapping of Kangaroo. A Story of an Exciting Paper-Chase, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Sep 1924
• * L.B.W., (ss) Chums Jul 10 1927
• * The Literary Competition, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Aug 1923
• * Meek’s Freaks, (ss) Chums Oct 3 1926
• * A Moving Afternoon, (ss) Chums Mar 13 1927
• * Payne’s Painful Adventure, (ss) Chums Dec 26 1926
• * Pedley’s Picnic, (ss) Chums Aug 11 1923
• * The Pottleton History Prize, (ss) Chums Oct 27 1923
• * The Reformation of the Fourth, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Nov 1924
• * The Revengefulness of Ruggles, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper May 1922
• * The Room in the Tower, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Jun 1924
• * The Runaways. A School Mystery and Its Sequel, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Nov 1922
• * Rymer, a Run and a Rhino!, (ss) Chums Apr 12 1925
• * Samson’s Stars, (ss) Chums Mar 20 1927
• * The Sandycroft Swimming Society, (ss) Chums Jun 30 1923
• * The Slackers, (ss) Chums Oct 12 1924
• * The Stom, (ss) The Penny Pictorial Magazine Sep 2 1899
• * The Stonehouse Scholarship, (ss) Chums May 31 1924
• * Stuck Up, (ss) Chums Feb 28 1926
• * Thompson’s Talisman, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Feb 1924
• * Turner’s Turnip, (ss) Chums Feb 23 1924
• * Watson’s Waistcoat, (ss) Chums Sep 26 1926
• * Wet Paint, (ss) Chums Jan 2 1927

ROPER, EDWARD (chron.) (art)
• * Further Adventures of Two Young Nimrods [Two Young Nimrods], (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Oct 5, Oct 12 1895
• * Further Adventures of Two Young Nimrods II—Pigeons in Millions! [Two Young Nimrods], (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Feb 15, Feb 22 1896
• * Further Adventures of Two Young Nimrods III—Fish, Flesh and Terrapin on Stony Lake [Two Young Nimrods], (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Mar 7, Mar 14 1896
• * Further Adventures of Two Young Nimrods IV—A Voyage to Australia [Two Young Nimrods], (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper May 2, May 16 1896
• * Further Adventures of Two Young Nimrods V—Was He a Bush Munchausen? [Two Young Nimrods], (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Jun 13, Jun 20 1896
• * Some Australian Bush Yarns, (ms) The Boy’s Own Paper Apr 20 1895
• * “Such a Fine Night for ‘Possums”, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Jan 12, Jan 19, Jan 26 1895
• * The Two Young Nimrods, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Jun 15, Jun 22, Sep 7, Sep 14 1895

ROPER, T. W. (chron.)
• * Our “B.O.P.” Draguhts Page: Italian Draughts, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Feb 8 1913
• * Spanish Draughts, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper May 18 1912

ROPES, ARTHUR REED (1859-1933); (about) (chron.)

ROPES, MARY E(mily) (1842-1932); (about) (chron.)
• * The Wrong Twin, (nv) The Bouverie Series of Penny Stories #58 1910

ROSCOE, MALCOLM (chron.)
• * Over the Pole with Look and Learn, (ar) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine Aug 27 1966
• * The Sahara, (ar) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine Oct 29 1966

ROSE, NURSE (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * The End of the Road, (cl) Silver Star and Golden Star Apr 8 1949

ROSE, CHARLES F. (chron.)
• * Kid Pete, (n.) Aldine Boxing Novels #29 1927

ROSE, HAROLD (chron.)
• * Europe Today: “Three Hundred Years of Cheese”, (ar) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine Jul 16 1966
• * Europe Today: Busy Little Belgium, (ar) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine Aug 6 1966
• * Europe Today: Industry Beyond the Alps, (ar) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine Jul 30 1966
• * Europe Today: The Divided Country, (ar) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine Jul 23 1966
• * Europe Today: This Is ’Your Station of the Stars’, (ar) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine Aug 20 1966
• * Europe Today: Victors Against the Sea, (ar) Look and Learn Incorporating Ranger Magazine Aug 13 1966

ROSE, TOMMY; [i.e., Flt. Lieut. Thomas Rose] (1895-1968); (about) (chron.)
• * The M.W.3 Undergoes Trials, (ar) Modern Wonder Mar 5 1938

ROSENTHAL, BEATRICE (chron.)
• * Jim the Baboon, (ss) The British Girl’s Annual, 1918 1917

ROSIER, W. S. (chron.)
• * The Camel Chase, (ss) The Scout Sep 1 1923
• * The Rock-Monkey’s Lair, (ss) The Scout Dec 29 1923

ROSMAN, ERIC LYTH (1901-1993); see pseudonyms Elizabeth Chester, Evelyn Day, Ida Melbourne & Stella Stirling (chron.)
• * Against the Law! [Greyfriars], (na) The Magnet Library Dec 31 1921, as by Frank Richards.
• * The Girl Who Puzzled Cliff House [Cliff House], (n.) School Friend 1926, as by Hilda Richards.
• * Mauleverer’s Peril [Greyfriars], (na) The Magnet Library May 14 1921, as by Frank Richards.
• * The Minstrel Girl, (n.) School Friend 1921, uncredited.
  • Schoolgirls’ Own Library #7 1923
• * The Mystery Girl of Morcove [Morcove], (n.), as by Marjorie Stanton.
• * On Trial at School [Cliff House], (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1923, as by Hilda Richards.
• * She Wanted to Leave Morcove [Morcove], (n.) School Friend 1928, as by Marjorie Stanton.
• * Their Feud at School [Cliff House], (n.) School Girl 1929, as by Hilda Richards.
• * Their Secret Quarrel at School [Cliff House], (n.) School Girl 1929, as by Hilda Richards.
• * The Trouble-Maker at Morcove [Morcove], (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1921, as by Marjorie Stanton.
• * When Cliff House Blundered [Cliff House], (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1926, as by Hilda Richards.
• * When Jemima Came to Morcove [Morcove], (n.) Schoolgirls’ Own 1925, as by Marjorie Stanton.

ROSS, ARTHUR C. (chron.)
• * A Puzzling Joint, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Dec 1918

ROSS, CARLTON; pseudonym of Edwy Searles Brooks, (1889-1965); other pseudonyms Reginald Browne, Berkeley Gray, Victor Gunn, Edward Thornton & Pamela White (chron.)
• * Dick Turpin - The Avenger [Dick Turpin], (sl) Scramble Mar 17, Mar 24, Mar 31, Apr 6, Apr 14, Apr 21, Apr 28, May 5 1950

ROSS, H. E. (chron.)
• * Search for a ’Brain’, (ar) Collins’ Magazine Sep 1952

ROSS, MICHAEL (fl. 1950s) (chron.) (art)
• * The Fabulous Granto Bueno, (sl) Young Elizabethan Feb, May 1955
• * Gold-Rush Town!, (ar) Young Elizabethan Jul 1955

ROSS, PHILIP (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * Fear!, (ss) Chums Sep 1934

ROSS, [Sir] RONALD (1857-1932) (chron.)
• * The Invisible Cargo, (ss) The Captain Oct 1921

ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA GEORGINA (1830-1894); (about) (chron.)
• * A Candlemas Dialogue, (pm) Atalanta Feb 1888
• * Exultate Deo, (pm) Atalanta Oct 1888
• * Lo! Newborn Jesus, (pm) Atalanta Dec 1887
• * “Yea, I Have a Goodly Heritage”, (pm) Atalanta Oct 1890

ROSTARD, EDMOND (chron.)
• * The Glory of Cyrano, (ex); extract from Cyrano de Bergerac, trans. Brian Hooker, Henry Holt & Co., 1923.
  • Collins’ Magazine Apr 1952

ROTH, EDWIN (chron.)
• * Be an Inventor: Interview with Professor A. M. Low, (iv) The Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1954

ROTHA, PAUL (chron.)
• * Close-up, (ar) Collins’ Magazine Mar 1952

ROTHERFORTH, ELAINE (chron.)
• * The History of Sally Fatax Girty Goose Lizzie Lean (with Marjorie Beanland), (ms) Mine Jan 1936

ROTHWELL, H(enry) T(albot) (1921- ); (about) (chron.)
• * Oh, How She Suffered!, (ss) Oracle Jun 22 1957

ROUNTREE, HARRY (1878-1950); (about) (chron.) (art)
• * In the Ring, (ct) The Captain Apr 1918

ROUSE, CLIVE (chron.)
• * In the Fog, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Sep 1930

ROUSE, J. (chron.)
• * Our “B.O.P.” Draughts Problem No. 126, (pz) The Boy’s Own Paper Oct 5 1912

ROUSSELET, LOUIS (chron.)
• * The Drummer-Boy: A Story of the Days of Washington, (sl) The Boy’s Own Paper Oct 7, Oct 14, Oct 21, Oct 28, Nov 4, Nov 11, Nov 18, Nov 25, Dec 2, Dec 9, Dec 16, Dec 30 1882, Jan 6, Jan 13, Jan 20, Jan 25, Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17, Feb 24, Mar 3, Mar 10, Mar 17, Mar 24, Mar 31, Apr 7, Apr 14, Apr 21, Apr 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, May 26 1883
• * The Son of the Constable, (sl) The Union Jack Oct 20, Oct 27, Nov 3, Nov 10, Nov 17, Nov 24, Dec 1, Dec 8, Dec 22, Dec 29 1881, Jan 5, Jan 12, Jan 19, Jan 26, Feb 2, Feb 9, Feb 16, Feb 23, Mar 2, Mar 9 1882
• * The Son of the Constable of France, (sl) The Union Jack Oct 6, Oct 13 1881
• * The Tigerskin. A Story of Central India, (sl) The Boy’s Own Paper Apr 5, Apr 12, Apr 19, Apr 26, May 3, May 10, May 17, May 24, May 31, Jun 7, Jun 14, Jun 21, Jun 28, Jul 5, Jul 12, Jul 19, Jul 26, Aug 2, Aug 9, Aug 16, Aug 23, Aug 30, Sep 6, Sep 13, Sep 20, Sep 27 1884

ROVER (chron.)
• * Brief Notes about “Our” Footballers: F. Morris & R. Downs, (ms) The Nelson Lee Library Aug 5 1922
• * Round the Football Grounds, (cl) The Boys’ Realm Nov 19 1921, Feb 4, Feb 18, Feb 25, Mar 25 1922

“ROVER” (chron.)
• * Round the Football Grounds, (cl) The Boys’ Realm Aug 27 1921

“ROVER, THE” (chron.)
• * The Olympic Games of 1924, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Mar 1925

ROWAN, M. E. (chron.)
• * On Board a P. And O., (ss) Atalanta Jul 1892

ROWE, C. J. (chron.)
• * Seaside Vocalism, (ar) Atalanta Nov 1895

ROWE, Mrs. H. G. (fl. 1870s-1880s) (chron.)
• * Daft Davie, (ss) The Union Jack Apr 27 1882

ROWE, J. G. (chron.)
• * Round the World in a Motor Car, (vi) Pocket Budget Library #1 1903
• * The Spectral Hand, (ss) The Boys’ Friend Jul 7 1900

ROWE, JOHN G(abriel) (1873-1956); see pseudonyms Horace J. Andrews & Horry Andrews; (about) (chron.)
• * The Aerial War, (nv) The Vanguard Library Dec 28 1907
• * The Black Tiger Tamer, (nv) The Vanguard Library Feb 1 1908
• * The Boy Crusoes, (nv) The Boys’ Friend Sep 20 1902, uncredited.
• * The Boy Maroon, (nv) The Boys’ Friend Oct 5 1901, uncredited.
• * Boys of Fellingham, (nv) The Vanguard Library Jun 8 1907
• * The Buried Cabin, (ss) Chums Oct 20 1917
• * Fighting the Flames, (nv) The Vanguard Library Jul 6 1907
• * From Board School to Parliament, (nv) Pluck Apr 2 1898
• * The Hero of the Lighthouse, (nv) The Boys’ Friend Sep 26 1903, uncredited.
• * Honesty Wins, (nv) The Boys’ Friend Sep 21 1901, uncredited.
• * Imprisoned in a Submerged Train, (ar) Chums Apr 24 1920
• * In the Pay of the Foe, (ss) Union Jack Library Aug 6 1898
• * The Island Mine, (n.) Lloyd’s Boys’ Adventure Library #16 1921
• * Leofrig - the Saxon: When Alfred Was King, (nv) The Boys’ Friend Jan 11 1902, uncredited.
• * The Lion King’s Secret, (nv) The Vanguard Library Nov 2 1907
• * The Mutiny of the Golden West, (ss) Chums Dec 22 1917
• * The Salving of the Specie, (ss) Chums Apr 3 1920
• * Siege of the Lighthouse, (nv) The Vanguard Library Aug 3 1907
• * The Terror of the Bush. A story of the Australian bushrangers, (na) Union Jack Library Feb 23 1895
• * The Traitor Guide, (na) The Halfpenny Marvel Jul 28 1894
• * ’Tween Earth and Sky, (nv) The Vanguard Library Nov 16 1907

ROWE, R. P. F. (fl. 1910s) (chron.)
• * The Rough-Rider of the Air, (cl) The Captain Dec 1918

ROWE, V. F. (fl. 1890s-1900s) (chron.)
• * Acquaintances, Friends and Folk One Has Met, with Names So Peculiar One Cannot Forget!, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Aug 29 1896

ROWLAND, DICK (chron.)
• * Mine in the Hills, (ss) Pals Oct 15 1921

ROWLAND, HENRY (fl. 1870s) (chron.)
• * The Little Boy Who Went Out to Swim, (pm) The Boy’s Own Paper Jul 5 1879

ROWLAND, MAY (chron.)
• * A Night-Moth, (pm) Atalanta Jun 1898
• * Triolets, (pm) Atalanta Mar 1897
• * Vivelai (Love’s Roses), (pm) Atalanta Jul 1897