The General Fiction Magazine Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 760

Lilliput [v37 #5, #221, November 1955] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) From this issue the cover paintings change to glamour photos. Internally there are now many full colour illustrations rather than two-tone. Also the editorial names all vanish. This may be when William Richardson became editor. 9 · Behind the Smile · Lemuel Gulliver · ss 15 · Haute Route, La · Jocelyn Stevens · ar 18 · We’re Holding Our Own · John Steinbeck · ss; illustrated by Gerard Hoffnung 20 · “Come Out and Fight!” · John Prebble · ar 29 · The Truth About the Wolf · S. L. Solon · ar 35 · A Man on a Pub-Crawl · Graham · ct 36 · Larry the Layabout · Charles Raven · ar 39 · First with the News · L. S. (by S. L. Solon ,[?]) · ar 44 · Race for Life · Dal Stivens · ss 48 · A Manner of Speaking · Patrick Campbell · ss 54 · The Newsreel War · Ronald Noble · ar 56 · The King of Pleasure · Richard Lane · ar [Ref. Edward VII] 60 · Love in a Balloon · Edward Hyams · ss 68 · Good Books Lately · Various · rc

Lilliput [v37 #6, #222, December 1955] (2/-, 104pp, octavo, cover by photo) 104 pages for the Xmas issue. 13 · Music Maestro, Please! · Lemuel Gulliver · ss 20 · Rallymania · Jocelyn Stevens · ar 25 · Breaking-Up · Nicholas Butler · ss 28 · Sergeant Houck · Jack Schaefer · nv Collier’s July 14 1951; western. 37 · What Women Seek in Men · S. L. Solon · ar 40 · Project Atlantaropa · [uncredited] · ar; about the projected Gibraltar Dam with details taken from Willy Ley’s book Engineers’ Dreams. 45 · Steer Course 180 · N. J. Crisp · ss 48 · A Man and Christmas Shopping · Graham · ct 50 · Up to the Neck · Patrick Campbell · ar 53 · They Never Fade Away · Patrick Campbell · ar 59 · A Creep at Christmas · Charles Raven · ss 64 · The Funniest Man in the World · Richard Lane · ar [Ref. W. C. Fields] 69 · The Ugly Face of Love · Gerald Kersh · ss 75 · Good Books Lately · Various · rc

Lilliput [v38 #1, #223, January 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) Back to 80 pages. 5 · You’ve Got to Love the Kiddies · Lemuel Gulliver · ss 9 · What’s Wrong with British Sport? · [uncredited] · ar 12 · Lily of France · S. L. Solon · ar; about French beauty. 16 · Jeremy Rodock · Jack Schaefer · nv; western. 25 · Is Your Railway Really Necessary? · [uncredited] · ar; a pre-Beeching article promoting scrapping the railways and replacing them with “motor-roads”. 28 · A Nice Girl to Have Around · Roy Round · pi [Ref. Jackie Collins] 30 · Fatherly Advice · Sir Alfred Munnings, Benny Hill, Beverley Nichols, Harry Llewellyn, Freddie Mills, Rex Harrison, Douglas Bader, Hannen Swaffer, Stirling Moss, Peter Scott, Peter Ustinov, Billy Hill & Neville Duke · sy; responses by celebrities to two questions “what advice were they given by their fathers” and “what advice would they give their sons.”. 31 · The Adventures of René Cutforth: 1. Out of This World · René Cutforth · ts 34 · A Man and His Health · Graham · ct 37 · Toby the Tearaway · Charles Raven · ar 42 · Germans on British Soil · Alan & Mary Wood · ex (r) from Islands in Danger. 43 · Price of a Bride · Dennis Gray Stoll · ss 48 · Knee-Deep in the Wine-Dark · Gordon Glover · ss 50 · Queen of the Nox-Box · Richard Lane · ar 56 · End of a U-Boat Ace · Terence Robertson · ar 62 · Good Books Lately · Various · rc 65 · Somewhere Different This Year! · Franklin Engelmann · ms; holiday supplement.

Lilliput [v38 #2, #224, February 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) 5 · “But Keep It Under Your Drier” · Lemuel Gulliver · ss 9 · The Adventures of René Cutforth: 2. The Reverend · René Cutforth · ts 13 · What’s Wrong with British Sport?—How to Put It Right · [uncredited] · ar 16 · Cooter James · Jack Schaefer · ss Collier’s January 12 1952; western. 24 · Love Among the Cave-Men · Siggs · ct 25 · A Story That Reflects Credit on Practically Everybody · Charles Raven · ar 27 · A.D. 2056 · Sir George Thomson · ex (r) from The Foreseeable Future, Cambridge University Press, 1955. 28 · Queen of All She Surveys · S. L. Solon · ar; about American beauty. 31 · Through-Coach · Peter Towry · ss 34 · How to Dance the Mambo · Russ Allen · ar 36 · Room for Another on Top? · Ronald Clarke · ar; about stegophily. 42 · Foxing the Krauts · John Baker White · ex (r) from The Big Lie. 43 · A Banger for a Monkey · David Langdon · ct 45 · The Smile of Sgt. Musa · R. Stanley Morton · ss 50 · The Big Fellow · Richard Lane · ar; about Michael Collins. 54 · A Man Entertains · Graham · ct 56 · K2 Conquered! · Ardito Desio · ts 62 · Good Books Lately · Various · rc 65 · Value for Money · Franklin Engelmann · ms; holiday supplement. 72 · The Shape of Things to Come · Jon Pertwee · pi; fashion!

Lilliput [v38 #3, #225, March 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) 5 · Sitting Duck · Lemuel Gulliver · ss 9 · First Aid on the Second Front · Richard Gordon · ts; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; start of series “Where the Fighting was Thinnest” about people’s wartime recollections. 13 · The Vanishing Jezebel · Roly Larson · ar; on prostitution. 16 · Rupert at Naseby · Hugh Ross Williamson · ar 25 · What’s Wrong with British Sport?—The Great Amateur Sham · [uncredited] · ar 28 · Death on the Longsand · G. Goldsmith Carter · ar; about a shipping tragedy in the Thames in January 1881. 30 · Three in a Peter · Charles Raven · ar 32 · An Orchid or a Brussels-Sprout? · S. L. Solon · ar; about English beauty. 35 · Scandal in Bohemia · Guy Deghy & Keith Waterhouse · ex (r) from Café Royal. 38 · The Big Marlin · Francis de Wolfe · ss 42 · I Mustn’t Be a Bully, Ma’am · Cecil Beaton · ex (r) from It Gives Me Great Pleasure. 45 · Perfectly Suited · David Langdon · ct 47 · Excellent Turn-Out · Alan Roland · ex 1955 from Guardsman. 50 · The Diffident Dynamiter · Richard Lane · ar [Ref. Alfred Nobel] 54 · A Man and His Sport · Graham · ct 56 · The Ball of Paper · William Cooper · ss Winter’s Tales 1, Macmillan UK, 1955 63 · Good Books Lately · Various · rc 66 · It’s Our Staple Tipple · Malcolm Monteith · ar (r); part 1 of the “Lilliput Beer Report”.

Lilliput [v38 #4, #226, April 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) 4 · Under the Cover-Charge · Lemuel Gulliver · ss 9 · Murder at the Office · S. L. Solon · ar 12 · The Naturalist · Stanley Moss · ts; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; second in series about people’s wartime experiences, “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”. 17 · Death of an Old Soldier · Roderick Milton · ss; historical. 25 · Three for Great Britain · Rex Hays · ar; motoring feature. 29 · The Adventures of René Cutforth: 3. Running Away from School · René Cutforth · ts 31 · Tragedy at the Buzz · Charles Raven · ss 36 · Belfry-ed Batsmen, Devilled Bowlers · Geoffrey Willans · ex (r) from Crisis Cottage. 37 · Lost in a Volcano · Gibson Cowan · ss 39 · Starke Crazy · Leslie Starke · ct 43 · Just One Club · John Stobbs · ar 45 · View: Matrimony · David Langdon · ct 47 · The First Guided Missile · Jack Tarrant · ar; about the boomerang. 50 · Titan of the Tightrope, Hero of the Handcuff · Richard Lane · ar [Ref. Charles Blondin & Houdini]; about Blondin and Houdini - it mentions how [William Hope] Hodgson nearly defeated Houdini. 55 · Grift, Brash and Antol · Edward Hyams · ss 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · rc 67 · The Lilliput Beer Report, Part 2 · Malcolm Monteith · ar (r)

Lilliput [v38 #5, #227, May 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) This issue is lacking a contents page even though it is complete. 4 · “Never any Dropsy from a Pudden” · Lemuel Gulliver · ss 9 · The White Spell · Victor Canning, uncredited · ss; author not credited here but is revealed in the next issue. 13 · In Ever-Decreasing Circles · Peter Small & Norman Ash · ar 16 · The Long, Long Drift · John Prebble · ar; about the Shackleton Endurance expedition. 25 · Full Circle · Alex Kennington · ss 28 · Girl Bullfighter Gets Gored · Patricia McCormick · ex from Lady Bullfighter, Henry Holt, 1954 29 · Are Women What They Were? · [uncredited] · pi; compares pin-ups over the years. 32 · Fireside Golf · John Stobbs · ar 33 · The Fence and the Fairy-Tale · Charles Raven · ss 35 · Espressociety · David Langdon · ct 37 · Mightier Than the Sword · Alex Atkinson · ts; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; third in series about people’s wartime experiences, “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”. 42 · The Invaders with a Sting in Their Tail · S. L. Solon · ar 46 · Indoors with Dors · Richard Lane · ar [Ref. Diana Dors] 48 · How to Make Trick Shots · Joe Davis · pi 50 · Passage to Paradise · Dennis Gray Stoll · ss 54 · A Man in the Country · Graham · ct 56 · The Taste of Ashes · Edgar Lustgarten · ss 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · rc 65 · Currying Flavour · Malcolm Monteith · ar; start of a guide to eating foreign foods. 72 · Down the Severn in a Sheep-Trough · A. J. Booth · ts; prize-winning story in Holiday Adventure contest set in the January issue.

Lilliput [v38 #6, #228, June 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) 8 · Lack of Practice · Lemuel Gulliver · ss 13 · League Cricket Gets Results · Peter Small · ar 16 · Subsmash! · Marshall Pugh · ar; about the search for the submarine “Affray” in 1952. 29 · Raising the Man-Power · John Watney · ts; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; fourth in series about people’s wartime experiences, “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”. 35 · Operation Pussy Van · Charles Raven · ss 38 · Dish of the Day · C. Gordon Glover · ss 42 · How to Shrink a Head · F. Terry Newman · ar 45 · Fixers with Gigs · David Langdon · ct 47 · The Angel from Ridley Road · Richard Lane · ar [Ref. Jack Solomons] 50 · A Man and His Bank · Graham · ct 52 · Chinese Chow · Malcolm Monteith · ar; second part of a guide to eating foreign foods. 56 · The First Battle of the Ironclads · John Prebble · ss 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · rc

Lilliput [v39 #1, #229, July 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) From this issue the letter column is dropped. 8 · Beaten by the Plumbing · Lemuel Gulliver · ss 13 · Last Dive · John Sidney · ss 16 · The Fabulous Count Zborowski · Rex Hays · ar 20 · An Actor’s Life for Me! · Alex Atkinson · ar 29 · Hot Paris Week-end · Charles Raven · ss 35 · Friend or Foe? · Edward Hyams · ar; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; fifth in series about people’s wartime experiences, “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”. 37 · Haircut, you! · David Langdon · ct 39 · Zero! Here We Come · Georges Blond · ex (r) from Born to Fly. 42 · The Adventures of René Cutforth: 4. Catfoot Rides the Range · René Cutforth · ts 44 · Hickory, Dickory, Dock · John Stobbs · ar 47 · Francis Plays It Straight · Richard Lane · ar [Ref. Frankie Howerd] 50 · A Man and a Picnic · Graham · ct 52 · Nate Bartlett’s Store · Jack Schaefer · ss Argosy April 1956; western. 60 · Good Books Lately · Various · rc 61 · Shaved by the Sheriff · John D. Fitzgerald · ex (r) from Papa Married a Mormon. 62 · À l’Espagnole, à la Portugaise · Malcolm Monteith · ar 65 · Same Again, Please · Andrew Campbell · ar; start of a complete guide to beer-drinking. 66 · Let Yourself Go! · Emily Hahn · ar; fashion.