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Magpie [v 1 # 4, July 1951] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · “Deceivers Ever” · Thomas Campion · pm (r) 3 · The Alibi · Harriet Washburn · ss 17 · Venom in Verse · Misc. Material · ms 18 · Blood Is Better Than Wine · Michael Redgrove · ss 24 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms 25 · On the Verandah · Rupert Croft-Cooke · ss 34 · Chaff in the Wind · Misc. Material · ms 35 · The Long, Thin Man [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Colliers Sep 16 ’50 52 · Curs and Cures · Misc. Material · ms 55 · The Shilling · Gerald Bullett · ss 67 · The Cricket Boy · Lin Yutang · ss 81 · Absolutely Elsewhere [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Feb ’34 96 · A Fair Knock-Out · Misc. Material · ms
Magpie [v 1 # 5, August 1951] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · “My Soul’s Desire” · A. C. Swinburne · pm (r) 3 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin · ss EQMM Feb ’46 17 · A Shot in the Garden · L. A. G. Strong · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine 26 · Cut Blooms · Misc. Material · ms 27 · The Regency Sofa · Ann Lake · ss 35 · Mestie · E. C. Hornsby · ss 49 · Don’t Be a Hero · Victor Canning · ss Argosy Feb ’51 62 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms 63 · Personal Call · Elleston Trevor · ss 70 · Venom in Verse · Misc. Material · ms 71 · The Two Weddings of Ying Er · Leslie Bonnet · ss 78 · Health Service · Misc. Material · ms 79 · Poor Cora · J. F. Burke · ss 88 · Chaff in the Wind · Misc. Material · ms 89 · The Soothsayer · Kem Bennett · ss
Magpie [v 1 # 6, September 1951] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [PSP]

2 · A Nun · Leigh Hunt · pm (r)
3 · The Absentee · L. A. G. Strong · ss (r)
15 · Power · Alan Wykes · ss
24 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms
25 · My Oedipus Complex · Frank O’Connor · ss
36 · How Do You Zoo? · Misc. Material · ms
37 · His Brother’s Wife · Dornford Yates · ss Period Stuff, Ward, Lock & Co., 1942
51 · Silence, Please! [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Charles Willis · ss Science-Fantasy #2 ’50
64 · Chaff in the Wind · Misc. Material · ms
65 · The Friendly Generals · Leslie Bonnet · ss
71 · Elephant Outcast · Norah Burke · ss
77 · The Damning Dust · Mackenzie Cottrell · ss
Magpie [v 1 # 7, October 1951] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [PSP]

2 · Spleen · Paul Verlaine · pm (r)
3 · The Escort · Daphne du Maurier · ss The Saturday Evening Post, 1940
19 · The Thistledown [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, London: Hodder & Stroughton, 1939
31 · Rest and Be Thankful · Misc. Material · ms
32 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms
33 · The Healer · F. McDermott · ss
41 · Civil Service · Misc. Material · ms
42 · Venom in Verse · Misc. Material · ms
43 · The Rather Improbable History of Hilary Kiffer · Samuel Youd · ss
47 · A Liberal Outlook · Misc. Material · ms
48 · Made in Heaven · Misc. Material · ms
51 · The Drive Home · Eve Ballantyne · ss
59 · A Gift from Christy Keogh · L. A. G. Strong · ss (r)
69 · Worse Than Death · Michael Hastings · ss
80 · Man Proposes · Misc. Material · ms
81 · Violets for a Lady · Charles B. Child · ss
Magpie [v 1 # 8, November 1951] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · Ballade of the Women of Paris · Francois Villon; trans. by A. C. Swinburne · pm (r) 3 · As Simple as ABC [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv EQMM May ’51 22 · Welcome, Stranger · Misc. Material · ms 23 · Soldier’s Farewell · Edward Boyd · ss 35 · Murder Is No Accident · David Dodge · ss Esquire Oct ’49 48 · “The Flower of Cities All” · Misc. Material · ms 51 · The Idyll of Sarah Brown · Damon Runyon · ss Colliers Jan 28 ’33 65 · The Ladies · Ogden Nash · ss (r) 66 · Venom in Verse · Misc. Material · ms 67 · The Bridal Night · Frank O’Connor · ss 75 · The Hate Campaign · Alastair Scobie · ss 83 · The Merry Monarch’s Mongrel · Misc. Material · ms 84 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms 85 · Stayed Lost · Michael Hastings · ss 96 · Sweet Corn · Misc. Material · ms
Magpie [v 1 # 9, December 1951] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · Poet’s Licence? · King Henry VIII · pm (r) 3 · King Wency · Dorothy Jacob · ss 12 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms 13 · Winner Lose All · Laurence Thompson · ss 25 · Aunt Emmy Looks Back · Adrian Alington · ss 35 · In Walked Mum · Sydney J. Grant · ss 41 · Chaff in the Wind · Misc. Material · ms 42 · “Make Roome for Christmas” · Misc. Material · ms 45 · My Friend Hoo · John Bonett · ss 55 · This Was Real Adventure · Captain John Vigour · ss 69 · Miss Dobbs and the Devil · Timothy Frandon · ss 73 · The Fur Man · Ann Lake · ss 87 · Formula Unknown · Ian Lasry · ss 93 · Grand Inquisitor · G. B. Stern · ss Ladies Home Journal Mar ’31
Magpie [v 1 #10, January 1952] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · Drinking · Abraham Cowley · pm (r) 3 · All the Way to the Moon · Q. Patrick · ss EQMM Sep ’51 20 · Chaff in the Wind · Misc. Material · ms 21 · Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On · Peter de Polnay · ss 35 · Portrait of a Leader · Victor Canning · ss 42 · The Glass of Fashion · Misc. Material · ms 45 · Dogg · Ann Lake · ss 54 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms 55 · The Shining Blade · Ian Lasry · ss Adventure Oct ’48 63 · A Present from the Past · Margaret Bonham · ss 76 · Venom in Verse · Misc. Material · ms 77 · I Don’t Mean to Disturb You · Lettice Cooper · ss 91 · A Little Memento · John Collier · ss New Yorker Sep 17 ’38
Magpie [v 1 #11, February 1952] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [PSP]

2 · Early Spring · Hartley Coleridge · pm (r)
3 · The Great Obsession · Kift Berry · ss
15 · Mr. Gladly and the Dove-Eyed Flea · Norah Burke · ss
21 · Takes a Long Time to Warm Up · Ralph L. Finn · ss
28 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms
29 · Test Match · Clive Burnley · ss
43 · The Kitchen · John Buxton Hilton · ss
46 · “This Day’s Saint Valentine’s” · Misc. Material · ms
49 · Money’s Worth · G. B. Stern · ss Pelican Walking, William Heinemann, 1934
67 · Everything Happens to Weil · Eric Allen · ss
73 · One Man’s Meat · Ann Mary Fielding · ss
81 · Bird Fancier · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss
96 · Now or Never · Misc. Material · ms
Magpie [v 1 #12, March 1952] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · March · John Barron Mays · pm (r) 3 · My Mother’s Second Husband · J. Trevor Story · ss 17 · The Temple of Kali · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 31 · Lady Without Appetite · John Gloag · ss, 1950 42 · Servant Problem · Misc. Material · ms 45 · On the Rocks · Elizabeth Coxhead · ss 53 · The Monstrous Regiment · Misc. Material · ms 54 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms 55 · Last Laugh · Captain Frank H. Shaw · ss 69 · Retribution · V. Simple · ss 78 · Chaff in the Wind · Misc. Material · ms 79 · There Is a Man in Hiding [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Colliers Sep 29 ’51
Magpie [v 2 # 1, April 1952] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 128pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · Mary and Martha · Sybil Birch · pm (r) 3 · In the Same Boat · John Prebble · ss 29 · Funny about that Canary · Dal Stivens · ss 37 · You Rang, Sir? · Arthur Grant Morris · ss 44 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms 45 · The Wisdom of Sullivan · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 58 · Going up in Smoke · Misc. Material · ms 61 · The Ten-Fifteen · Clive Burnley · ss 75 · Driver No. 2 · A. J. Bevan · ss 90 · For Abstainers Only · Misc. Material · ms 91 · The Leaf that Hurts the Hand · Gwyn Thomas · ss 100 · In the Red · Misc. Material · ms 101 · The Parkinson’s Pony · Reginald Moore · ss 109 · Not My Story · Maurice Walsh · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 31 ’41 128 · “Oh Sleep! It Is a Gentle Thing” · Misc. Material · ms
Magpie [v 2 # 2, May 1952] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 128pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · Rondel · Charles D’Orleans · pm (r) 3 · The 1865 · G. B. Stern · ss 18 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms 19 · No Roof o’er My Head · James A. Maxwell · ss 25 · The Turning Point in Her Life · Clive Burnley · ss 37 · Sydney · Yvonne Seager · ss 49 · Sentimental Murder · J. Trevor Story · ss 54 · Come all Ye Roving Bachelors · Misc. Material · ms 57 · Recorded Broadcast · Ann Lake · ss 68 · Professional Thoughts · Misc. Material · ms 69 · Love Hits the Sky · John & Ward Hawkins · ss 79 · Remote Control · E. C. Hornsby · ss 98 · All Washed Up · Misc. Material · ms 99 · Technical Slip [as by John Beynon Harris] · John Beynon · ss Arkham Sampler Spr ’49 114 · “… a Weariness to the Flesh” · Misc. Material · ms 115 · Esmeralda · John Wyndham · ss
Magpie [v 2 # 3, June 1952] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 128pp, digest) [PSP]

2 · To a Fish of the Brook · John Wolcot · pm (r)
3 · An Escape · Martin Armstrong · ss A Case of Conscience, Gollancz, 1937
24 · Shanks His Pony · Misc. Material · ms
25 · Abracadabra · Clive Burnley · ss
33 · Two of Diamonds · Michael Hastings · ss
49 · Mrs. Samaritan and the Distressed Gentlewoman · J. Trevor Story · ss
60 · On Bail · Misc. Material · ms
63 · Black Cat for Luck · G. B. Stern · ss Pelican Walking, William Heinemann, 1934
86 · The Terpsichorean Art · Misc. Material · ms
87 · Red Tails on the Ridge · William MacMillan · ss
96 · Fairy Story · R. D. Faull · ss
101 · Private Hospital · James A. Maxwell · ss
112 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms
113 · Old School Tie · Laurence Thompson · ss
121 · Still Waters · F. E. Evans · ss
128 · Magpie Crossword Puzzle · Anon. · pz
Magpie [v 2 # 4, July 1952] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 128pp, digest) [PSP]

2 · A Summing Up · Charles Mackay · pm (r)
3 · Song of the Sparrow · Vivian Stuart · ss
15 · The Money Box · Laurence Thompson · ss
24 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms
25 · Crossword Murder · Eugène Miller Campbell · ss
39 · Plenderleith’s Penny · Dahlia Gordon · ss
47 · Affair of the Heart · John Wyndham · ss; an abridged version was previously published in Colliers 22-Mar-52
55 · Agony Column · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss
60 · “The Very Pink of Courtesy” · Misc. Material · ms
63 · Boggan and Blitz · Martin Armstrong · ss A Case of Conscience, Gollancz, 1937
70 · Aunt Letitia’s Dilemma · J. Trevor Story · ss
82 · Man’s Best Friend · Misc. Material · ms
83 · Right, Murphy! · Ian Lasry · ss
95 · The Maroon · John Gloag · ss, 1938
105 · Bouski and Hoffman · Ross Woods · ss
108 · You and Me, and P. B. Shelley · Ogden Nash · ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 28 ’42
109 · Wrong Number · Catherine Tracy · ss
113 · Maybe Ma Should Know · J. R. Robertson · ss
128 · Magpie Crossword Puzzle · Anon. · pz
Magpie [v 2 # 5, August 1952] ed. Anon. (The Whitehorn Press, 1/-, 128pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · Tobacco · S. Thomas Ansell · pm 3 · The Wolf, She Howl · Neill Wilson · ss Blue Book Jan ’52 17 · Anecdotage · Misc. Material · ms (r) 18 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms (r) 19 · A Man Named Harry Mills · J. A. S. Coppard · ss 28 · Rendering Unto Caesar · Misc. Material · ms (r) 29 · Whose Funeral? · John Gloag · ss London Evening News Apr 29 ’35 37 · Ransom for a Smile · Carlton Ash · ss 42 · Charles Dickens meets a young Irishman · Charles Dickens · ms (r) 43 · This Way for Glory · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 57 · An Argument to any Phyllis or Chloe · Thomas Moore · pm (r) 57 · Solution to Magpie Crossword · Anon. · ms (r) 58 · Long Vacation · Misc. Material · ms (r) 61 · George Moonbeam’s Tunnel · R. A. Lippy · ss 73 · It Could Have Been Better Put · Misc. Material · ms (r) 74 · R.S.V.P. · Misc. Material · ms (r) 75 · Knight Errant · K. Kelleher · ss 84 · Let’s Face It · Misc. Material · ms 85 · The Last Hunt · Edmund Gilligan · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 24 ’51 101 · Brutes, All of Them · Dudley Hoys · ss 109 · “A Blessing in Disguise” · Misc. Material · ms (r) 111 · Boyhood Pal · J. C. Furnas · ss Colliers Feb 16 ’52 128 · Magpie Crossword No. 3 · Anon. · pz
Magpie [v 2 # 6, September 1952] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press Ltd., The, 1/-, 128pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · Woman · Coventry Patmore · pm (r) 3 · Heart in the Mouth · Geoffrey Household · ss 20 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms 21 · Round the Corner · Bryan Berry · ss 33 · Soot · Norah Burke · ss 37 · Old Folks · William Brandon · ss 55 · The Disappointed Concubine · Leslie Bonnet · ss 64 · Away from It All · Misc. Material · ms 67 · The Lady or the Sergeant · A. K. Lewis · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 12 ’52 82 · Chaff in the Wind · Misc. Material · ms 83 · As it Was in the Beginning · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 99 · American Epic · Richard G. Beattie · ss 103 · A Pretty Case for Freud · Alec Waugh · ss 128 · Magpie Crossword No. 4 · Anon. · pz
Magpie [v 2 # 7, October 1952] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press, The, 1/-, 128pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · Gulls · Dorothy Jacob · pm 3 · Plaster Dog · Ann Lake · ss 13 · A Box for Big Max · Michael Hastings · ss 32 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms (r) 33 · A Question of Empathy · Richard E. Beattie · ss 43 · Half-Hour on Harley Street · Richard Gordon · ss 52 · “Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble” · Misc. Material · ms (r) 55 · Miser’s Misery · Laurence Kirk · ss 70 · Solution to Magpie Crossword · Anon. · ms (r) 71 · Retired Retriever · John & Ward Hawkins · ss Cosmopolitan Jun ’52 88 · “The Renewed for-ever of a Kiss” · Misc. Material · ms (r) 89 · Healthy, Wealthy and Wise · Mervyn Jones · ss 98 · Snug as a Bug · Misc. Material · ms (r) 99 · Low Water · Geoffrey Household · ss 113 · Swords into Ploughshares · Norah Burke · ss 119 · Florimond · David Stacton · ss 128 · Magpie Crossword No. 5 · Anon. · pz
Magpie [v 2 # 8, November 1952] ed. Anon. (The Whitehorn Press, 1/-, 128pp, digest) Mislabeled v2 #5 instead of v2 #8. [PSP] Along with the listed items, there are many ostensibly humorous or thought-provoking fillers at the end of the longer items, rather similar to the quotations, excerpts, and anecdotes in the MS columns. [TM] 2 · On Catching Cold: A Fisherman Reminisces · S. Thomas Ansell · pm (r) 3 · Topsy Turvy · Laurence Kirk · ss 21 · Half-Pint Hercules · William Lindsay Gresham · ss Colliers Feb 23 ’52 41 · Queenie’s Ruin · Gerald Bullett · ss 47 · Chaff in the Wind · Anon. · ms 48 · On the Shelf · Anon. · ms 49 · The Lost Child · J. F. Burke · ss 61 · The Essence of Tact · Anon. · ms 62 · Wife in Every Port · Anon. · ms 65 · The Virgin of the Catch Points · R. F. Delderfield · ss 77 · Ten Thousand and Second Tale · Henry Garnett & Leslie Halward · ss; (Arabian Nights, with inflation). 84 · Considered Trifles · Anon. · ms 85 · “A Boy’s Best Friend” · James Yaffee · ss 102 · Merely Players · Anon. · ms 103 · Glandoo and Crevotte · Clive Burnley · ss 115 · Dorasumi’s Temptation · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 126 · Overdoing It · Anon. · ms 127 · Alma Mater · Anon. · ms 128 · Magpie Crossword No. 6 · Anon. · pz
Magpie [v 2 # 9, December 1952] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press, The, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · “But Give Me Holly” · Christina Rossetti · pm (r) 3 · To Live Again · Kem Bennett · ss 16 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms (r) 17 · Jailbird · Arthur Gordon · ss 21 · The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv EQMM Feb ’47 46 · Make it a Party · Misc. Material · ms (r) 49 · A Guest in the House · Meir & Diana Gillon · ss 59 · Q.E.D. · Nicolas Bentley · ss 73 · Eyes to See · Ann Lake · ss 82 · Solution to Magpie Crossword · Anon. · ms (r) 83 · Murder in One Scene [Lieutenant Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week, 1948 96 · Magpie Crossword No. 7 · Anon. · pz
Magpie [v 2 #10, January 1953] ed. Anon. (Whitehorn Press, The, 1/-, 96pp, digest) [PSP] 2 · Midnight · Dorothy Jacob · pm 3 · Talking Turkey · Alan Hunter · ss 11 · Overlooked · E. C. Hornsby · ss 26 · Considered Trifles · Misc. Material · ms (r) 27 · Tipping the Scales · Terry Newman · ss 36 · Sporting Chance · Misc. Material · ms (r) 39 · The Potato Cake · Pauline Clarke · ss 44 · Galley Trot Blind · John Gloag · ss The (London) Evening Standard Sep 14 ’36 53 · Solution to Magpie Crossword · Anon. · ms (r) 54 · Chaff in the Wind · Misc. Material · ms (r) 55 · Trouble with my Sibilants · Yvonne Seager · ss 61 · Dialogue Behind a Curtain · Victor Canning · ss 69 · Let Freedom Ring · Kem Bennett · ss EQMM Jan ’52 81 · An Englishman’s Home · Misc. Material · ms (r) 83 · Our Maudie and the Stately Home · J. Trevor Story · ss 96 · Magpie Crossword No. 8 · Anon. · pz

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