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Publishing: ANSWERS WEEKLY begins a run of very short Sexton Blake adventures each following a similar pattern in which the detective works alone to solve singular mysteries. The author(s) is unknown, though R. H. Poole is believed to be behind at least some of the tales. The debut of George Marsden Plummer introduces the concept of the super-villain to the Blake saga. This would eventually blossom into Blake's Golden Age. Tales of the younger Plummer's days in the police force would also appear at a later date in PLUCK. Plummer was introduced in the first Blake tale written by Ernest Sempill, a man who was far better known as Michael Storm. A large man with whiskers around his face and a rather wild lifestyle, Storm is thought to have been born around the late 1850s or early 1860s. He lived much of his life on the move in order to avoid creditors and seems to have died under somewhat mysterious circumstances around 1910-12, possibly in Australia. This year also marked the debut of William J. Bayfield (aka Allan Blair). Born in Suffolk in 1871, his first story (non-Blake) was published in 1901. He wrote his last Sexton Blake tale in 1940 and was thought to have died during an air-raid. However, it later emerged that he was comfortably living out his twilight years in a rest home. He died in 1958 aged 87. D. H. Parry also arrived on the scene. David Harold Parry was born in 1868 and belonged to a family of distinguished painters and was himself a talented artist. As a writer, he had a long association with CHUMS, and wrote many stories about Robin Hood. He was also an authority on the Napoleonic Wars. Parry died in 1950, aged 82. Blake: One of the most incredible statements ever made about Sexton Blake appears in SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL part 1 (THE BOYS' HERALD issue 238). This story begins with Blake as an unnamed boy living in mysterious circumstances with his mentor, Dr. Lanchester. When the latter is murdered, the boy finds a letter which directs him to two of Lanchester's colleagues. As he waits to see them, they discuss him: "There is one thing we have forgotten. As far as the world at large is concerned, up to the present he has no name, and the truth would be unsafe—impossible. We dare not let—" "It is true, we had forgotten," interrupted the other. "He must certainly have a name." He tapped on the table thoughtfully with his amber holder. "We will call him Blake—Sexton Blake!" "Capital!" exclaimed the other. "Sexton Blake; it gives a clue to the truth, yet conceals it." In 1937, a revised version (the third) of this story appeared in PILOT issues 73 to 91. Added material reveals that Sexton Blake's real name is Ronald Blakeney and that he is of royal descent! | |||
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Vol. XLI Issue 1,059 · 12/9/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Personal Remarks; Death in the Mine; A Page of Storyettes; Roundabout Gossip; Will the Pensions be Ready? Bunny and 'is 'Ighness by Tom Gallon; Risks We Run; All Over the World; Making Old Drury's Drama by Arthur Collins; Harbottle's Bloodhound; The Corporal's Courtship; The Wizard of Wales by Rip; Answers' Boudoir; Domestic Details; Editors by Rip; My Chat by the Editor; A Woman Alone. Notes: Sir Otto Trevalyan, of Mostyn Manor, has been robbed of a valuable document. His secretary, Percival, apparently surprised the thief and now lies unconscious. Trevalyan has a large financial interest in Peru, as does his rival, Picot, with whom he has feuded for many years. The missing document is crucial to both men's businesses, so Picot is the natural suspect. Sexton Blake is summoned. He follows a trail from Trevalyan's safe, out through the window, across the lawn to a gate where evidence is found that a horse was waiting. It had been there for up to an hour, chewing on the leaves of a yew tree while its owner waited for the thief to do his work. Next, Blake examines the secretary and deduces that, rather than being shot, he was actually struck by lightening on his way back from handing the document to his confederate. The local vet informs the detective that a horse belonging to Major Brett - one of Percival's friends - has been taken ill with yew poisoning. Brett has left for Paris. Blake catches up with him at Dover and shadows him all the way to Paris. He overhears Brett arranging to meet Picot to sell him the papers. Blake disguises himself as Picot and attends the meeting just minutes before the real Picot is due. Distracting Brett with ventriloquism, he snatches the documents and makes his getaway, returning them to Trevalyan. Trivia: From the Editor: 'In all probability there is - with, perhaps, one exception - no more famous detective than Sexton Blake, and I think I am very fortunate indeed to have been able to obtain the records of his most famous cases. Whether Blake actually exists is, of course, a secret that I am not at liberty to divulge. It may be that the pseudonym covers the identity of a man who spends his life investigating the mysteries which, for some reason or other, never get into the hands of the police. There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy; and it may be taken for granted that a good deal of fact is mixed up with the fiction - if, indeed, there be any of the latter.' Rating:  These ANSWERS tales never fail to entertain and fulfill their function as brisk, ten minute reads. In this one, Sexton Blake tends towards rudeness and arrogance, much as in the early Harry Blyth and Norman Goddard stories.
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Vol. XLI Issue 1,060 · 19/9/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE SILVER CANDLESTICK by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Personal Peeps; Marie Corelli on the Nation's Curse; Storyettes; Fifteen Times a Widow; The All-Powerful Pimple; Mysteries Indeed; Mr Answers Helps a Bandit; 444's Four Years; World Whispers; The Little Grey Man by Rip; Mugged Hare; The Time of His Life; Answers' Boudoir; Baked Elephant - One!; How Do Sir Stanley Broke; Bunny and 'is 'Ighness by Tom Gallon; Editorial Chat; A Woman Alone. Notes: Mr. Flower, who lives at Ugthorpe Lodge, is Lord Borrowby's agent. One evening, after collecting nearly six hundred pounds in cash from the various tenants on the estate, Mr. Flower retires, leaving the bag of cash locked in his desk. During the night, a noise rouses him from sleep. He goes down to the study but as he opens the door a rug is thrown over him and he falls over. After a moment he regains his senses to find himself surrounded by his daughter and two female servants (the only other occupants of the house). In the study he finds that, by the light of a silver candlestick placed on the desk, the intruders - he had heard two voices - had raided the larder and eaten a meal. Evidentally, when Mr. Flower had entered the room, the burglars had made off through the French windows. When he examines his desk, he finds the lock smashed and the money gone. The next morning, hearing that Sexton Blake is in the region, Mr. Flower commissions him to investigate. The detective immediately notices that only one set of crockery and cutlery was used during the nefarious meal. The windows had evidentally been opened from inside and, outside, only one set of footprints leads to and from the room. Blake notices that the candlestick is discoloured, tarnished by sulphur. This points the finger of suspicion at Miss Flower, who takes sulphur-based medicine for a skin complaint. But things aren't as obvious as they seem and soon Sexton Blake has uncovered a tale of a broken family and a temptation given in to... Rating: 
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Vol. XLI Issue 1,061 · 26/9/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d MY LORD THE BABY by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: A Page of Storyettes; Motors That Race Backwards; Pars About People; Capture of Mr Answers; Housemaid's Knee Esq., Stockbroker; Have You a Tobacco Nose?; The Meanest Mean Tricks; Chat From Across the Sea; Chrysanthemum Giganlicum; How the World World Wags; An Introductory Episode; Stronghearts For Success; Bunny and 'is 'Ighness; Editorial Chat; How to Catch a Millionaire; A Woman Alone; Great Discovery After 2000 Years. Notes: When the Beaumont's baby son is kidnapped, Sexton Blake is called in to investigate. While he's talking to Mr. Beaumont, the doorbell rings and the baby is found left on the doorstep. Unfortunately, the child is dead. Blake measures the temperature of the corpse and discovers that death occurred twelve hours before the baby was snatched. Further examination reveals that the body has a scar where a surplus finger was removed shortly after birth... something that never happened with the Beaumont's son. This, then, is not their baby. He interviews a number of local doctors until he finds the one who performed the post-natal surgery. This leads him to Lady Lingdale who had given birth shortly after the death of her husband. Her child had been born a Lord but should he die, the Lingfield estates would revert to a distant cousin and Lady Lingdale would lose her wealth and position. Thus, when that sad event did occur, she tried to cover it up by swapping her baby for the Beaumont's. Rating: 
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Issue 1,062 · 3/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d WHO STOLE THE CUP? by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: Storyettes; New York 1d All the Way; Personal Peeps; Footballers at £50 a Week; 10A; Beautiful Tuesday; Carrots That Cure Crime; Our Private Seal; Mr Answers All-Alone; Gossip; My New Overcoat; Beauty and the Beast; High Jinks at the Varsity; Why Women Love Weddings; Editorial Chat; Bunny and 'is 'Ighness; A Woman Alone. Notes: After a football team from Lancashire wins the English Cup, there is a public banquet in the local Masonic lodge. When the celebrations are over, the club President, Abel Sopwith, takes the cup to his home — known as The Grange — and locks it in his safe which has a combination letter-lock. At 2 o'clock in the morning, nervous and unable to sleep, he checks that the cup is still secure. Finding it still in the safe, he retires to bed. Four hours later he is awoken by his servants who have found the study broken into, the safe open, and the cup gone. Sopwith sends for Sexton Blake. The detective finds himself confronted with a seemingly impossible case — there is no possible way an intruder could have learned the six-letter combination of the safe. Yet, with incredible speed, Blake recovers the cup and identifies the burglar... and it turns out to be the very last person Mr Sopwith would have suspected! Rating: 
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Issue 1,063 · 10/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE DIAMOND STAR by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: Personally Speaking; On Strike; Storyettes; Writted; Many Marathons; Off the Track; Anonymous!; Soccer Without Socks; At Sunset; Hustlers of the Hedgerow; Gossip; Brown October; Ben Martin's Malady; On the Stage and Off; Editorial Chat; Fraulein or Miss; A Woman Alone. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Issue 1,064 · 17/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE MIDNIGHT OPERATION by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: Storyettes; Other Cotton Strikes; On Prominent People; Mutiny!; Royal Racing; Are You Harry Lauder?: Am I Really Civilised?; World Whispers; Gossip; Our Queer Clients; I Open Oysters; Getting Straight With Her; 'Stonishing Shootin'; Editorial Chat; How They Popped; Coughing Spreads Disease; Witness Beware; John Bull, Bugbear; A Woman Alone; Mixed Pickles. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Issue 1,065 · 24/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE MAN FROM YORK by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: Personally Speaking; The Nelson Touch; Storyettes; Besting the Banks; Oh, the Difference; The Peerage Romance; Passing a Passport; Gossip; Anagrams; The Making of a Reputation; The Hard Side; From Everywhere; Editorial Chat; Entertaining Sassiety; A Woman Alone; Battles in the Skin; Bulgarian Brides; Flashlights. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Issue 1,067 · 7/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d O. H. M. S. by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Storyettes; When Airships are £20 apiece; Personal Snapshots; Building a Big Business; Shave, Sir?; Soccer Sprouts; Toffee Talk; World-Whispers; Gossip; Unemployed or Soldiers?; Harbottle vs. Nephew; One Good Turn; Bryan or Taft?; Editorial Chat; Greed!; Workers in Manacles; A Woman Alone. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Issue 1,068 · 14/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE MUMMER'S WIFE by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Storyettes; Stealing in Prison; Personal Snapshots; The Ancient Artful Anagram; Sovereigns in the Slots; About My Lord Mayor; Acting Before the King; No Bath, 1d; Puzzles I Have Never Sold; Lancashire "Wm. Whiteleys"; Chat From Across the Seas; To Abolish Fog; Jack; Editorial Chat; Footer Etiquette; His Majesty's Mail; The Emergency Case; Trapped!; Greed!; Anvil-Sparks. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Issue 1,069 · 21/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE TATTOOED EYE by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Storyettes; A Day with the Hunger Marchers; Blazing Indescretions; The King's Choristers; Lancashire's Time of Terror; Greed!; Horsiculture; The Last Chance; Gossip; T.M. at the Guildhall; Editorial Chat; Wombwell, the Wonderful, Will Crooks, Mascot!; Bellows to Mend; Known to the Police; The Dis-Pleasure's Mine; Jolly Jumbo; Paper Fever; Mrs. Shylock; Mark, Learn, and Digest. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Issue 1,070 · 28/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d A KNOTTY PROBLEM by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Storyettes; Why Our Police Fail; Gossip; From Everywhere; A Wrestler's Recollections; Wun Li, Chief; Kaiser Stories; Mrs Suffragette M.P.; My Bloodhounds; Tantalus Tantalizer; Greed!; The Man Who Feared Money; A Society Lady's Experience at Court; Editorial Chat; Where Men Are Masters; Lessons in Love; Nips of Knowledge. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Issue 1,071 · 5/12/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE THREE LINKS by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Storyettes; Johnson or Burns; Queer tales from China; Are We getting Jumpy?; Contrasts; Jack Tar, P.C.; Sir John and Success; Are Footballers Honest; A Fireman's Fights; 'Arold's Anagram; A Hundred Years' Tunnel; Gossip; Harbottle Hero; Greed!; Their Pet Aversions; Justice is Justice; Editorial Chat; Royal Hobbies; The Songs I Love; Things You Didn't Know. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Issue 1,073 · 19/12/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d MRS. LAMBERT'S LODGER by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Storyettes; The Great Masked Man Hoax; Hope O'er the Seas; My Winter; How I Wrote Yellow Room; I'm the Plumber; Manners Most Magnificent; The Fight for the Standard; Gossip; Tree Tales; Mr. Answers Roller Skates; Sacked!; Never Again; The Mysteries Solved; Editorial Chat; Greed!; Mincemeat. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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ANSWERS WEEKLY · Issue 1,074 · 26/12/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d A SLIP OF THE PEN by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Storyettes; Dickens Up-to-date; Modern Mysteries of Paris; How to Sweedle; At the Panto; Billiards Extraordinary; Should Santa Shave?; One Christmas Eve; Chat From Across the Sea; On Secret Service; The Crooked Sixpence; Robbing Henroosts; Labour M.P.'s and Their Salaries; Christmas Chat; Greed!; The Woman Who Did; Holly Berries. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' FRIEND · Issue 392 · Date unknown · Amalgamated Press · 1d ONE MINUTE TO LIVE by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY · Issue 39 · Feb. 1908 · Amalgamated Press · 3d SEXTON BLAKE IN SIBERIA by Anon. (William Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: None Notes: Count Borosky, the Russian Minister to the Court of St. James, commissions Sexton Blake to catch a Russian criminal currently loose in London. But when the detective discovers that Paul Khaminoff is actually a political activist, he helps him to escape. A furious Borosky drops his disguise, revealing himself to be Loris Orloff - 'The White Terror' - chief of the Tsar's secret police. He vows revenge. Two years later, Blake and Tinker are on an espionage mission in Trieste and are forced by circumstances to split up. Tinker makes his way back to London. Blake, though, is captured by Orloff. When Tinker arrives home, he finds the newspapers reporting that, back in Trieste, Blake's dead body has been found and buried. The terrible shock leads to illness and Tinker is out of action for many weeks. Eventually, after making a full recovery, he returns to Baker Street where a Russian fugitive brings him amazing news: Sexton Blake is alive! The detective is being held in a Siberian prison; a state of affairs that Tinker vows to change. He travels across Europe to Moscow and books passage on the Trans-Siberian Railway. He makes allies during the journey and gains a new identity plus introductory letters to various prison officials. For a while, this ruse works and he soon sets eyes on Blake. But Orloff is onto him and Tinker ends up by his master's side, a prisoner. When a recently recaptured Paul Khaminoff is incarcerated with them, they make their first escape attempt but are caught and sent by barge to a prison island. En route, the vessel meets with an accident and the three men manage to free themselves. They now attempt to cross the bleak land to the safety of the port at Vladivostok, getting caught and escaping again many times along the way. Finally, in a flurry of wild coincidences, they gain their freedom and the White Terror gets his just desserts. Rating: This begins as a 'Romance' in the Victorian sense; imbued with sentiment, the workings of fate and psychic flashes. Of particular note are the heart-rending scenes where Tinker believes his Guv'nor to be dead. Unfortunately, after the initial chapters, it settles into a rather repetitive series of escapes and recaptures which seem a little too long-winded and lacking in invention.
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THE BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY · Issue 49 · Apr. 1908 · Amalgamated Press · 3d THE SLEEP-WALKER by Anon. (E. J. Gannon) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: None Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY · Issue 54 · May 1908 · Amalgamated Press · 3d TILLER AND TIDE-WAY; OR, SEXTON BLAKE - BARGEMASTER by Anon. (E. W. Alais) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: None Notes: Sexton Blake and Tinker arrive in the small industrial town of Creekside. When Pedro finds the body of a man named Captain Peascod in the river, the pair find themselves involved with Mr Tibblewit, the local grocer. He has two lodgers: Peascod's partner, Captain Fairlead, and the latter's daughter, Dorothy. Miss Peascod tells Tinker that she is afraid a man named Gregory Googe will steal some papers from Peascod's corpse. So Tinker follows Googe and sees him doing this very thing. The villain searches among the papers for a cheque which, according to his mutterings, he wants to tear up. Tinker causes a distraction and grabs the cheque but is pursued by the villain. He manages to hide the paper on the Rochester Bells, a barge that Peascod had owned. Meanwhile, at Mr Tibblewit's, the ill Fairlead insists that he will take charge of the barge to carry on its business transporting cement down the Thames. Blake reveals his true identity and arranges to impersonate Fairlead and take on the captaincy. Next morning, he and Tinker begin work. They make threediscoveries: the cheque has vanished; their one crewmember — Silas Croak — is in the pay of Gregory Googe; and there's a stowaway on board — 'Enery — a young lad who's also in thick with Googe. Blake tells Tinker that Googe has been plotting to kill his fellow members of an insurance syndicate so that he'll inherit the money. That night, the criminal smothers Pedro in wet blankets and throws him overboard. Croak then barracades Blake and Tinker in a cabin and steers the barge into a pier. He and 'Enery make their getaway in a dinghy but it is hit by a tugboat and Silas Croak is killed. The Baker Street duo manage to get free and swim for the shore where they are aided by a kindly night watchman and an urchin who has helped to rescue Pedro. The boy also reveals that he had seen Tinker hide the cheque and has recovered it — he hands it over to the detective. As far as Gregory Googe is aware, there is now just one man left in the syndicate: Mr Tibblewit. He goes to visit the grocer and is there confronted by Sexton Blake. The shock is so great that he dies of fear. Trivia: This story includes a rare early romance for Tinker! Rating:  A wonderful tale with a real Dickensian touch.
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THE BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY · Issue 57 · Jul. 1908 · Amalgamated Press · 3d SEXTON BLAKE, CLERK by Anon. (E. J. Gannon) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: None Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY · Issue 68 · Dec. 1908 · Amalgamated Press · 3d SEXTON BLAKE'S TRUST by Anon. (E. J. Gannon) · Illustrator: E. E. Briscoe Other content: None Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 238 · 8/2/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 1) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The King of the Caravans by Sidney Drew; The Cliveden Sweepstake by Charles Hamilton; The Terror of the Remove by David Goodwin; A Boy O' Bristol by George Manville Fenn; Cornish Grit by Herbert Maxwell. Notes: This story was announced in the editorial of issue 236: 'No character is so well known as Sexton Blake. He is famous wherever the sun sets. Against him the adventures of all other detectives - save, perhaps those of his friend Nelson Lee - pale into insignificance. He has travelled round the world not once but a dozen times. He has had more attempts made on his life than any man living. He has had hair-breadth escapes by the score, and is without doubt one of the greatest Britishers who ever trod the earth. Therefore the schoolday life of so famous a character cannot fail to be most interesting and absorbing reading, and, therefore I predict a huge and instantaneous success for "Sexton Blake At School."' This installment of the serial contains one of the most incredible statements ever made about Sexton Blake (see the top of this page for full details. This statement was edited out when an abridged version of the story was appeared in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 239 · 15/2/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 2) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The King of the Caravans by Sidney Drew; The Cliveden Valentines by Charles Hamilton; The Terror of the Remove by David Goodwin; Cornish Grit by Herbert Maxwell. Notes: None at present. Trivia: This issue contains an advertisement for: 'A Real-life Drama of Sexton Blake, Detective' Crown Theatre, Peckham. Six nights and one matinee, commencing Monday, February 24th, 1908. Sexton Blake, Detective (Specially adapted from the celebrated stories of that name, including the most exciting incidents experienced by that wonderful character.) Characters: SEXTON BLAKE --- The Celebrated Detective. TINKER --- Sexton Blake's Young Assistant. PEDRO --- The Famous Bloodhound. INSPECTOR WIDGEON --- A Scotland Yard Detective. SQUIRE MARMADUKE LOVELL --- Owner of Cossington Hall. JOHN BLACKBURN --- Farmer, The Squire's Tenant. ROGER BLACKBURN --- His Son. REVEREND EDWARD GREY --- A Clergyman. SIMON FAGGUS --- A Professional Burglar. MRS. BLACKBURN --- Roger Blackburn's Wife. EUPHEMIA --- Maid of All Work. Afterwards a Music-hall Artiste. MARJORIE LOVELL --- Roger Blackburn's Fiancee. PHILADELPHIA KATE --- An Adventuress. LOAFERS, VILLAGERS, POLICEMEN, ETC., ETC. Synopsis of Scenery: Act 1. (Scene 1.) Farmer Blackburn's Garden - Summer-time. (Scene 2.) A Lane at Cossington - Winter. (Scene 3.) The Library at Cossington Hall. Act 2. (Scene 1.) In the London Slums. Five Years Later. (Scene 2.) The Mission Hall in the Slums. Act 3. (Scene 1.) The Old Wharf at Rotherhithe. (Scene 2.) Sexton Blake's Rooms in Baker Street. (Scene 3.) The Library at Cossington Hall. Act 4. (Scene 1.) Birdcage Walk, St. James's Park, by Night. (Scene 2.) Interior of a Church in the West End of London. AN EVENING OF INTEREST, EXCITEMENT, AMUSEMENT. This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 240 · 22/2/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 3) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); Snowed up! by Charles Hamilton; The King of the Caravans by Sidney Drew; The Terror of the Remove by David Goodwin; Cornish Grit by Herbert Maxwell. Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 241 · 29/2/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 4) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 242 · 7/3/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 5) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The King of the Caravans by Sidney Drew; The Cliveden Detectives by Charles Hamilton; Cornish Grit by Herbert Maxwell; The Terror of the Remove by David Goodwin. Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 243 · 14/3/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 6) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 244 · 21/3/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 7) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); Clogland by David Goodwin; Cotton-mouth's Vengeance by T. C. Bridges; The Cliveden's Sports by Charles Hamilton; The King of the Caravans by Sidney Drew; Cornish Grit by Herbert Maxwell. Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 246 · 28/3/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 8) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 246 · 4/4/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 9) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 247 · 11/4/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part10) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 248 · 18/4/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 11) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 249 · 25/4/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 12) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 250 · 2/5/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 13) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 251 · 9/5/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 14) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 252 · 16/5/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 15) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 253 · 23/5/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 16) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 254 · 30/5/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 17) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 255 · 6/6/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 18) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 256 · 13/6/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 19) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 257 · 20/6/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 20) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 5 Issue 258 · 27/6/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 21) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); A Fight With Fate by William Murray Graydon; The Wolf Patrol by John Finnemore; A New Boy at Cliveden by Charles Hamilton; A World at War by Andrew Grey; Clogland by David Goodwin. Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Issue 259 · 4/7/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 22) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Issue 260 · 11/7/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 23) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 261 · 18/7/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 24) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); A Fight With Fate by William Murray Graydon; The Wolf Patrol by John Finnemore; The Rival Escort by Charles Hamilton; A World at War by Andrew Grey; Clogland by David Goodwin. Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 262 · 25/7/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT SCHOOL (Part 25) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 in 1909 and BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY 2nd series issue 388 in 1933 (see the latter for review notes). Rating:
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 263 · 1/8/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 1) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The World at War by Andrew Gray; A Fight With Fate by William Murray Graydon; The Loot of the Liner by John Stanton; The Wolf Patrol by John Finnemore; Clogland by David Goodwin. Notes: As with other stories from this period, there's an insistance that Sexton Blake is real: 'Well, my chums, you now have the opening chapters of our new Sexton Blake story before you. I hope you will like them. The author, the famous detective, and myself did our level best to please you right through the long run of "Sexton Blake at School," and we succeeded far beyond our expectations. That we shall succeed again, with "Sexton Blake in the Sixth," I have not the slightest doubt.' Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 264 · 8/8/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 2) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The World at War by Andrew Gray; A Fight With Fate by William Murray Graydon; Price's Sister by Charles Hamilton; Clogland by David Goodwin. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 265 · 15/8/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 3) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 266 · 22/8/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 4) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 267 · 29/8/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 5) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 268 · 5/9/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 6) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); A World at War by Andrew Gray; A Fight With Fate by William Murray Graydon; Wentworth's Cricket Colours by Norman Collier; Clogland by David Goodwin. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 269 · 12/9/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 7) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: A Fight with Fate by W. Murray Graydon; Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The Fight for the School by Ambrose Earle; A World at War by Andrew Gray; Clogland by David Goodwin Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 270 · 19/9/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 8) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Boys of the Brigade by Anon.; Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The Rook Patrol by Anon.; A Fight with Fate by W. Murray Graydon; Clogland by David Goodwin; A World at War by Andrew Gray Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 271 · 26/9/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 9) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Boys of the Brigade by Anon.; Your Editor's Advice (ed.); A World at War by Andrew Gray; The Beaver-Poacher by Anon.; A Fight with Fate by W. Murray Graydon; Clogland by David Goodwin Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 272 · 3/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 10) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 273 · 10/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 11) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); Boys of the Brigade by Anon.; A World at War by Andrew Gray; Expelled From the Patrol by Anon.; A Fight With Fate by William Murray Graydon; Clogland by David Goodwin. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 274 · 17/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 12) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); Boys of the Brigade by Anon.; A World at War by Andrew Gray; The Cliveden Footballers by Charles Hamilton; A Fight With Fate by William Murray Graydon; Clogland by David Goodwin. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 275 · 24/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 13) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); Through Blackfeet Country by Ambrose Earle; A Fight With Fate by William Murray Graydon; A World at War by Andrew Grey; Clogland by David Goodwin; Boys of the Brigade by Anon. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 276 · 31/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 14) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The War of the Mills by David Goodwin; A Fight With Fate by William Murray Graydon; Born to Lead by Arthur Steffens; A World at War by Andrew Grey; Clogland by David Goodwin; Boys of the Brigade by Anon. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 277 · 7/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 15) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 278 · 14/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE IN THE SIXTH (Part 16) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 279 · 21/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT OXFORD (Part 1) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 280 · 28/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT OXFORD (Part 2) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The Road to Strength by Captain Hood; The Young Rifleman by Rifle Club Captain; Plucky Dick Denver by Reginald Wrey; The War of the Mills by David Goodwin; The Scourge of the Skies by Andrew Gray; Boys of the Brigade by Anon. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 283 · 5/12/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT OXFORD (Part 3) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 282 · 12/12/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT OXFORD (Part 4) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The Scourge of the Skies by Anon.; The War of the Mills by David Goodwin; The Camp of the Rook Patrol by Richard Randolph; Boys of the Brigade by Anon. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 283 · 19/12/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT OXFORD (Part 5) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The Poindexter Musical Society by Charles Hamilton; The Scourge of the Skies by Anon.; The War of the Mills by David Goodwin; Boys of the Brigade by Anon. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' HERALD · Vol. 6 Issue 284 · 26/12/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE AT OXFORD (Part 6) by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Your Editor's Advice (ed.); The Scourge of the Skies by Anon.; The War of the Mills by David Goodwin; The False Patrol by Richard Randolph; Boys of the Brigade by Anon. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 449 · 4/1/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE BROWNING CLAIMANT by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 450 · 11/1/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d IN DIRE STRAITS by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Harry Lane Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 451 · 18/1/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE AFFAIR OF THE ARGOSY PATENT by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 452 · 25/1/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE GREAT BULLION ROBBERY by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 453 · 1/2/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE JEWEL MAKER by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 454 · 8/2/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d NURSE ELMA'S PATIENT by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 455 · 15/2/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE COLOURED LIGHTS by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 456 · 22/2/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE RECIPE FOR DIAMONDS by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 457 · 29/2/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d A CASE OF KIDNAPPING by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 458 · 7/3/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE MISSING HEIRLOOMS by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 459 · 14/3/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CHINESE MONEY-BOX by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 460 · 21/3/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE BLACK ORCHID by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 461 · 28/3/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE GREAT CONVENT ROBBERY by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 462 · 4/4/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE MYSTERY OF MARSH BOTTOM by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 463 · 11/4/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d A WHITE MAN by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 464 · 18/4/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d AN EASTER MYSTERY by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 465 · 25/4/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CLUE OF THE FINGERPRINTS by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 466 · 2/5/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE WITHERED HAND by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 467 · 9/5/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF MISS LOURO by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 468 · 16/5/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d LORD MOORDALE'S MYSTERY-PICTURE by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 469 · 23/5/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d LADY ULSWATER'S PEARLS by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 470 · 30/5/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE MESSENGER OF DEATH by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 471 · 6/6/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE HOUSE IN CHARLES STREET by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 472 · 13/6/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d A SCRAP OF BLUE PAPER by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 473 · 20/6/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE BUNGALOW MYSTERY by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 474 · 27/6/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE PRINCESS LARA by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 475 · 4/7/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE SHIPBUILDER'S CLERK by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 476 · 11/7/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE STRANGE ADVERTISEMENT by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 477 · 18/7/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE EMERALD STAR by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 478 · 25/7/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d RED SAND by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 479 · 1/8/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE THORPE END MYSTERY by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 480 · 8/8/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE EPISODE OF MR. PEDERSON by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 481 · 15/8/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE COLONEL'S LUCK by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 482 · 22/8/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CLUE OF THE STAINED CIGARETTE by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 483 · 29/8/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d A ROYAL LOAN by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 484 · 5/9/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE GREAT HOTEL ROBBERY by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 485 · 12/9/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE MAN WITH THE WEAK HEART by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 486 · 19/9/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d SEXTON BLAKE'S UNDERSTUDY by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: This is the first in an occassional series featuring Lady Molly - The Greatest Lady Detective... trained by Sexton Blake. On board the H. M. S. Fotrail, Admiral Sir Richard Frenton, the world's foremost designer of submarines, is enjoying an after-dinner smoke with his guest, Herr von Hocht. Challenged as to whether he can be hypnotised or not, Sir Richard bets a sovereign that any attempt would be unsuccessful. Von Hocht accepts the bet, produces a crystal ball, and asks the Admiral to gaze into it. Within minutes, his host falls into a trance. The German puts the clock back five minutes and removes blueprints for the latest submarine developments from Sir Richard's jacket pocket before snapping him out if it. Without realising that he ever lost them, Sir Richard recovers his senses and, with a glance at the time, claims victory. Von Hocht concedes that his host has won the bet and, while the Admiral is distracted, corrects the clock. Then both men go ashore to attend a ball at the house of the Mowbray family. Among the guests are Sexton Blake and Lady Marjorie Maxwell, known as 'Lady Molly' to her friends. She notices that Sir Richard is looking rather worn, which arouses her suspicions of von Hocht. Speaking to Blake, she outlines the clues which have led her to believe that the Admiral has been hypnotised and his papers stolen by the German. Lady Molly and the detective trick von Hocht into fighting a duel with Blake, which he loses. The documents are recovered and returned to Sir Richard. Trivia: Blake has "extraordinary" skill as a swordsman. Rating: 
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 487 · 26/9/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LEILA NEWBURY by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 488 · 3/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE TWO M'S by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: Lady Molly finds a message in a newspaper's 'personals' column addressed to "M. M." It requests a meeting with a person who will be dressed as Marguerite de Valois at a masked fancy dress ball being held the following day. She learns from a woman who buys and sells dresses that a rather fierce foreign lady had ordered the de Valois costume. Intrigued, Lady Molly appropriates the de Valois costume for herself and attends the ball. There, she is approached by a man dressed as a pierrot. She is asked what 'his' answer is - yes or no? Not knowing what the pierrot is talking about, Lady Molly prevaricates but, in doing so, arouses the pierrot's suspicions. He leads her out of the ball and orders a carriage, which is fetched by an eager cab boy. After a short journey, she is taken into a house and confronted by the man, whose name is Dumergue: "If you are the Princess Marie Mikaeloff, as you assert, is De Presvik, the Russian Minister, going to do as we want, or shall we have to resort to force, as in the former case?" She knows that De Presvik is considered an enemy by the Anarchist movement and realises that his life is in danger. After attempting to escape, she is identified as an imposter, bound hand and foot, and Dumergue, with an accomplice named Henri, begins to torture her for information. But before they get very far the cab boy climbs in through the window with a revolver in his hand. Holding the anarchists at bay, he unties Lady Molly and reveals that, beneath the disguise, he is Sexton Blake. The two of them leave the house, promising Dumergue that they will call Scotland Yard, so he had better leave the country within the next twelve hours. Rating: 
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 489 · 10/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE SECOND MATE by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 490 · 17/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE MISSING MINISTER by Anon. (Ernest Sempill aka Michael Storm) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 491 · 24/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE MYSTERY OF THE EGYPTIAN BONDS by Anon. (Ernest Sempill aka Michael Storm) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: This story introduces Rupert Forbes and explains how he comes to be in prison in THE MERVYN MYSTERY (BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 96). For her birthday, Dainty Derrick receives from her father a fortune in Egyptian bonds. One of her admirers, Rupert Forbes, forges a letter which suggests that profit of £24,000 can be made if the bonds are cashed immediately. Sir Henry Derrick gives his daughter a cheque for that amount and takes back the bonds which he sends his assistant, Masters, to cash at a firm called Nortons. But when Masters returns, the money is found to be forged. Then Norton himself turns up claiming that the bonds are also fakes. Sexton Blake is called in and immediately recognises the hand of a master forger who has been responsible for a number of financial scams in the city. Masters falls under suspicion but Blake is convinced of his innocence. After examining the evidence, and to the amazement of Dainty, Masters and Norton, Blake arrests Sir Henry Derrick. He exposes the man as an impersonator who has been acting as Sir Henry but before he can stop him, the criminal leaps out of the window and escapes. Later, Rupert Forbes arrives on business. Blake recognises him by his fingernails as the imposter and Forbes is arrested and, ultimately, given a twenty year gaol sentence. Rating:
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 492 · 31/10/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d A MYSTERY OF THE MOORS by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: In northern England, in an area where Lady Molly's father lives, annual sheep-dog trials take place. Angus Dare is the most successful breeder of dogs and the most consistent winner of trophies. But in recent years, since a farmer named Morris returned from abroad, Dare's dogs have repeatedly met with misfortune before the trials. Last year, his main contender - 'Ranger' - went missing. This year, Lady Molly has loaned him her own dog, Ranger's son 'Jock'... and she wants Sexton Blake to travel with her to the trials to attempt to catch Morris in the act of sabotage. The detective agrees and, the next day, is ushered into the presence of Angus Dare on whose farm he is to stay. That night, the two men, with Lady Molly, stand vigil in the barn where Jock is housed. In the early hours, the dog becomes frantic, chewing at the doors to get out. They tie a rope to its collar and let it loose, clinging to the lead as the hound races off onto the moors. It leads them to a lump of bread, dark and sticky with a mysterious substance. Blake retrieves this and, in the morning, posts it to a laboratory in London. He insists that Dare spends the day out and about with the dog, ensuring that he is seen. Later, the detective receives a telegram consisting of one word: "Yes". He then sends Dare out with Jock to walk onto the moor a specific distance, instructing him to circle around before approaching the farm from a specific direction at midnight. Near that time, another dog, which Blake has put on a lead, becomes restless and runs outside with the investigator and Molly in tow. They allow it to run some distance before stopping and securing it with a blanket and ropes. A shout comes from the distance: Dare warning him that Jock has got loose. Multiple footsteps approach. There's a scream; snarling. Lady Molly lights a lamp and by its glow they see Jock attacking a man. Blake and Dare wrestle the dog away and discover that the victim is Morris. The detective reveals that this man had lured the animals with a South American plant extract. By directing Dare to approach the farm from upwind, he ensured that Jock would not pick up the scent. Morris, hearing Blake's dog, believed his trap had worked and approached. Blake had intended to capture him but Jock arrived first and administered his own form of justice. Rating: 
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 493 · 7/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE WHITE SATIN DRESS by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: Sexton Blake receives an imperative summons from Lady Molly. She has discovered, though Mrs. Winter, a woman who buys and sells cast-off dresses, a gown which has a slash in it above where the wearer's heart would be - a slash surrounded by an ominous rusty brown stain (this was mentioned in THE TWO M'S in PENNY PICTORIAL issue 488). Mrs. Winter reveals that she purchased the gown as part of a mixed lot at auction and therefore doesn't know who the previous owner might have been. The style of the item suggests to Molly that the crime must have been committed ten to twelve months ago. Blake's records show only one unsolved case that might relate to it: a young woman's body had been found in a pond in the village of Arlton, Yorkshire. She had been stabbed in the heart but, strangely, the dress found on the body showed no sign of the stab wound beneath. All labels and other identifying marks had been removed. The next day, Blake travels to Arlton and learns that the only big house, where such a dress would be worn, is that of Squire Allenby. He visits the Squire and learns that, the previous November, a young woman named Lola Le Marchant, who was an heiress, had gone missing from a ball at the house. But Lola and the body in the pond didn't match; the the face of the corpse was disfigured and unrecognisable, but the teeth were different to those of the missing girl. Next, the detective investigates the pond and an abandoned cottage nearby. He discovers that a Mexican gentleman named Juan Almeida had hired the cottage a year ago and that, shortly after he left, his housekeeper had died, apparently of fright. According to Squire Allenby, Almeida had made romantic overtures to Lola, though she was in love with her cousin, Bayard. A week later, Blake calls on the Mexican in his London chambers. The detective reveals what became of Lola, who the dead body is, and that Almeida was the murderer. Rating:
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 494 · 14/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE MYSTERY OF THE SECOND FLOOR by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 495 · 21/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE SQUIRE FALCONER by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 496 · 28/11/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF MARIE ZOULOVITCH by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 497 · 5/12/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE CRAWLEY MISER by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 498 · 12/12/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d TWELVE HOURS' PURCHASE by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 499 · 19/12/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d LADY MOLLY'S FIRST CASE by Anon. (Ernest Sempill aka Michael Storm) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: Sexton Blake attends a Christmas shooting party at the home of Captain Maxwell. His host is disturbed because many of his guests are missing items of value. Lady Molly has taken it upon herself to investigate. During the day, while Blake is out walking, he see's two men attack Molly some way ahead of him. But she can look after herself and sees the men off; Blake peppering one with shotgun pellets for good measure. Molly reveals that the men had been hired to cause her harm; putting her out of action to give the thief time to get away from the party with the stolen items. Lady Molly knows who the thief is; and the thief knows that she knows. She tells Blake the history of the thefts and of how her investigations led to a female guest and the latter's rather ingeniuos hiding place for the loot. Molly feels sure that at night the woman sleeps with the stolen items beneath her pillow, so a few hours after sundown, she and Blake fake a fire in the house. Their suspect, along with other guests, is thrown into panic. Molly slips into her room, lifts the pillow and exposes the small collection of necklaces, brooches and rings. The woman is ordered to leave the house. Sexton Blake congratulates Lady Molly on the successful conclusion of her first case. Rating:
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THE PENNY PICTORIAL · Issue 500 · 26/12/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE CASE OF THE FIRST-CLASS SMOKER by Anon. (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: R. J. MacDonald Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 221 · 4/1/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE HOUSE OF FEAR by Anon. (L. J. Beeston) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Ching-Ching Abroad by Anon. Notes: My copy is missing the cover. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 222 · 11/1/1908 · Amalgamated Press · 1d THE MAN FROM SCOTLAND YARD by Anon. (Ernest Sempill aka Michael Storm) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Ching-Ching Abroad by Anon. Notes: George Marsden Plummer, a detective at Scotland Yard, is the rightful heir to the title of Earl of Sevenoaks and the fortune that goes with it... or, at least, he would be had an accident of birth not placed two others in line before him. Covering his movements with a series of masterful disguises, Plummer visits the first of the men, who having no idea that he is in line to a fortune, works as a coastguard. Plummer informs him that he belongs to an aristocratic family before, under the cover of a thick fog, pushing him over the edge of a cliff. But unknown to the villain, his victim drops into the sea not far from a boat in which sit Sexton Blake, Tinker and Pedro. They rescue the stricken man and nurse him to health. Meanwhile, Plummer has visited the current Earl of Sevenoaks and murdered him. The police are called and put one of their best officers on the case... Detective-Sergeant Plummer! With Blake now involved, Plummer is forced to pretend an alliance with him while actually attempting to throw him off the scent at every opportunity. Soon, though, the Baker Street detective realises the truth and a battle of wits and disguises commences. Blake gets battered over the head and shut in a burning house, while Tinker is drugged and nearly drowned, but, ultimately, Sexton Blake wins the day and Plummer is thrown into prison, vowing to escape at the first opportunity. This story was reprinted in THE DREADNOUGHT issue 27 (1912) and in PENNY POPULAR issue 50 as HUNTER AND HUNTED TOO (1913). Trivia: The author, Ernest Sempill, was better known by his pseudonym of Michael Storm. A rather mysterious figure, he is thought to have died abroad in 1909. George Marsden Plummer was born in Australia in 1875 and, after moving to England, he joined the police force in 1893. By 1903 he had been promoted to Detective-Sergeant at Scotland Yard. Rating: The debut of George Marsden Plummer is a tremendously entertaining and well-written tale, leaving the reader in no doubt that a star criminal has entered Blake's world. Plummer is gloriously psychotic, his emotions switching from chilling calmness to twisted rage and back again in the blink of an eye. Cunning, intelligent, resentful and ruthless, he's a good match for Blake and, by the end of the story, it's impossible not | ||