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The Passing Show [v 1 #25, September 10, 1932] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson); [MA]

6 • Demon Tiger • Frank Buck • ar; (Wild Cargo #2)
8 • Come Out of Your Cage! • Andrew Dakers • ar
13 • Little Yellow Dog • George Gaston Vincent • ss
17 • Private Lives 25: The Diplomatic Daddy • Private Secretary • ar; (about Dino Grandi)
20 • Waiter, Waiter • Herbert Shaw • ss
22 • “I Still Serve the Czar!” • Count Poklewski-Koziell • ar
24 • From Partner to Partner [_Belinda “Lindy” Browne_] • Will Scott • ss; (#3)

The Passing Show [v 1 #26, September 17, 1932] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson); [MA]

5 • Stick to Your Job • Hannen Swaffer • ar
6 • America’s Radio Frankenstein • Valentine Williams • ar; about the growth in commercial radio in the USA.
13 • Midnight Cabaret • Margery Sharp • ss
17 • Private Lives 26: The Reasonable Man • Private Secretary • ar; about H.G. Wells.
18 • Where Micropscopes Catch Murderers • Joan Woollcombe • ar; about the Swiss equivalent of the proto-CSI under Rodolphe Reiss.
20 • To-morrow Came • Olive Barrett • ss
22 • I Want a Stiff Rope (Trick) • Bruce Bairnsfather • ar
24 • The Invisible Motor-Car [_Belinda “Lindy” Browne_] • Will Scott • ss

The Passing Show [v 1 #27, September 24, 1932] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson); [MA]

5 • Something That Would Save Us • Hannen Swaffer • ar
7 • Where the Soccer Millions Go • H. Kingsley Long • ar
12 • The Secret of Carlo’s House • Caswell Garth • ss
17 • Private Lives 27: The Authoress with Chic • Private Secretary • ar; about Vicki Baum.
18 • This Things Called Life • Ritchie Calder • ar
20 • I Part With This — I Part With You • Ursula Bloom • ss
24 • The Link Square Case [_Belinda “Lindy” Browne_] • Will Scott • ss

The Passing Show [v 1 #28, October 1, 1932] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson); [MA]

5 • Salute to Sir Walter! • Hannen Swaffer • ar
6 • When Genius Runs Amok • J. Murray Smith • ar; about Westminster’s Inventors’ Exhibition.
13 • The Tracks of Sonya • Louis Kaye • ss
17 • Private Lives 28: The Sexton of Romance • Private Secretary • ar; about Lord Merrivale.
18 • We’re Bursting • J. Wentworth Day • ar; about our ability to fly high, mine deep, travel far.
20 • The Bag Trick • J. H. C. Freeman • ss
22 • Secrets of Film Make-Up • Ramon de Leon • ar
24 • The Tall Man in a Hurry [_Belinda “Lindy” Browne_] • Will Scott • ss

The Passing Show [v 1 #29, October 8, 1932] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson); [MA]

5 • Youth Must Knock at the Door • Hannen Swaffer • ar
6 • Vision of 1942 on Wheels • Kaye Don • ar
13 • Along Came Walter • B. L. Jacot • ss
17 • Private Lives 29: The Top Gear Baronet • Private Secretary • ar; about Sir William Morris, Bart.
20 • His Hat • Stephen Phillips • ss
22 • The Titans of Tokio • Bruce Bairnsfather • ar
24 • Lindy Finds Nobody Home [_Belinda “Lindy” Browne_] • Will Scott • ss

The Passing Show [v 1 #30, October 15, 1932] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson); [MA]

5 • Dare You Go Back • Hannen Swaffer • ar
12 • Not Told by Telephone • Stephen Phillips • ss
17 • Private Lives 30: The Man You Don’t Know • Private Secretary • ar; about Charlie Chaplin.
20 • Worth Waiting For • Douglas Eames • ss
24 • Lindy Does a Cross-word [_Belinda “Lindy” Browne_] • Will Scott • ss

The Passing Show [v 1 #31, October 22, 1932] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson); [MA]

6 • Our Job Is to Make a New World • H. G. Wells • ar; Wells interviewed by Hugh Pilcher.
9 • The Man Who Wants a Kingdom • kingsley Long • ar; about the royal family of Montenegro.
13 • The Quake Ship • Douglas Newton • ss
17 • Private Lives 31: The Athletic Cripple • Private Secretary • ar; about Theodore Roosevelt.
20 • The Practical Wife • Anthony Rhodes • ss
24 • The Case of the Split Word [_Belinda “Lindy” Browne_] • Will Scott • ss

The Passing Show [v 1 #33, November 5, 1932] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson); [MA]

6 • Make Every Day an Armistice Day • Bruce Bairnsfather • ar
8 • The Wheel and the Woe • Louis Golding • ar; about the perils of driving.
9 • America’s White Spot • Valentine Williams • ar; about West Point academy.
10 • Bullets for Infidels, Dungeons for Traitors • Norman Hillson • ar; about Morocco.
13 • One Life for Two • Dudley Hoys • ss
17 • Private Lives 33: Peter Pan, M.P. • Private Secretary • ar; about George Lansbury.
20 • The Premier’s Knees • John Copper • ss
24 • Murder on the Lamp-post [_Belinda “Lindy” Browne_] • Will Scott • ss

The Passing Show [v 1 #34, November 12, 1932] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson); [MA]

6 • Looking-Glass Land, No.1: Leningrad • Lars Moen • ar; series about Russia.
8 • Old Bill’s Biography • Bruce Bairnsfather • ar
9 • Private Lives 34: That Man de Valera • Private Secretary • ar; about Eamon de Valera.
10 • The Faith of Mrs. Fawcett • H. Kingsley Long • ar; Colonel Fawcett’s wife believes he will be found.
13 • Sally Takes Stock • Margaret Lee Runbeck • ss
18 • The Great Cold Mystery • Ritchie Calder • ar
20 • Mixed Grill • Ursula Bloom • ss
24 • Lindy Suggests Ammonia [_Belinda “Lindy” Browne_] • Will Scott • ss

The Passing Show [v 1 #35, November 19, 1932] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson); [MA]

6 • Ye Olde Pageante of Ye Parliamentes • Charles Leaterland • ar
9 • Disappoint Your Children • Ursula Bloom • ar
10 • Looking-Glass Land, No.2: Moscow • Lars Moen • ar
13 • The Brassbound Bandits • Francis H. Sibson • ss
17 • The Private Lives 35: Sparetime Premier • Private Secretary • ar; about Edouard Herriot, Prime Minister of France.
18 • Whither Mankind? • James Lansdale Hodson • ar; another forward looking piece.
20 • Five Hundred Pounds • C. V. Dhanapala • ss
24 • The Night of the Crime [_Belinda “Lindy” Browne_] • Will Scott • ss

The Passing Show [v 2 #63, June 3, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

5 • Are You a Hero? -1, Parachute! • J. Murray Smith • ar
7 • Private Lives 62: The King’s Nurse • Private Secretary • ar; (about Sister Catherine Black)
9 • Monsoon • L. G. Blochman • ss Adventure Sep 15 ’31
14 • A Romance that Prayer Decided • John Gliddon • ar; (about General Edward Higgins, Leader of the Salvation Army)
16 • And so Did Everyone Else • Miles Henslow • ar; (humour)
17 • The Man in the Street • Will Scott • ar; (last in series “People”)
18 • Would You Refuse a Peerage? • Hannen Swaffer • ar; (reveals that George Bernard Shaw refused an earldom, T.P. O’Connor refused a peerage and, because you cannot use a title in your business, when Sir Alfred Harmsworth received a title he changed the name of Harmsworth’s Magazine).
20 • Sparrers Is Lucky • W. A. Sweeney • ss
22 • Underground Thrills • S. P. B. Mais • ar; (There’s Adventures in Britain #3)
24 • Ignorance to the Rescue • Rosita Forbes • ss; (Round the World Girl #4)

The Passing Show [v 2 #65, June 17, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

5 • A Man in Danger • Christine Jope-Slade • ss
10 • The Big Cage • Reuben Castang • ar; (Wild Animal Man #2)
13 • What Politics do to Women • Shaw Desmond • ar
14 • Killing No Murder • P. C. Wren • ss; (Port of Missing Men #2)
18 • Forgotten Villages • S. P. B. Mais • ar; (There’s Adventures in Britain #5)
19 • Private Lives 64: The Shrimp of the M.C.C. • Private Secretary • ar; (about Henry Dudley Leveson Gower)
21 • Are You a Hero? -3, The Cash Value of Courage • J. Murray Smith • ar
24 • Row the Galley • C. Hedley Barker • ss
28 • Waiting to be Murdered! • Rosita Forbes • ss; (Round the World Girl #6)

The Passing Show [v 2 #66, June 24, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

5 • My 20 Years at Wimbledon • Elizabeth Ryan • ar
9 • That Kind of Man • Kathleen O’Brien • ss
15 • Private Lives 65: The Dog Dictator • Private Secretary • ar; (about Brigadier-General Alfred Cecil Critchley)
16 • The Language of the Beasts • Reuben Castang • ar; (Wild Animal Man #3)
18 • The Scoop • Leonora Gregory • ss
19 • Risky River • S. P. B. Mais • ar; (There’s Adventures in Britain #6)
22 • We Buy a Robot • Friedrich Kroner • ss; (presented as an article about how a couple tried to buy a new domestic robot in 1950)
24 • Woman to Woman • Winifred Holtby • ar
28 • Fires of Hell • P. C. Wren • ss; (Port of Missing Men #3)

The Passing Show [v 2 #67, July 1, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

5 • A Baby in the Case • Christine Jope-Slade • ss
10 • The Reign of Suzanne Lenglen • Elizabeth Ryan • ar; (My 20 Years at Wimbledon #2)
13 • Perfume • Anthony Grey • ss
16 • My Battles with Polar Bears • Reuben Castang • ar; (Wild Animal Man #4)
18 • Aerocars for Everyone! • Harry Harper • ar; (looks ahead to everyone nipping around in their personal aerocar)
19 • Private Lives 66: Volga Boatman • Private Secretary • ar; (about Chaliapin)
22 • The Footprints that Faced Each Other • Will Scott • ss; (in Lindy series)
28 • McSnorrt’s Love Affair • P. C. Wren • ss; (Port of Missing Men #4)

The Passing Show [v 2 #68, July 8, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

5 • Today’s Grand National of the Air • Master of Sempill • ar
7 • The Chief Sufferer • Doris Creese • ss
14 • The Rebirth of James • Seldon Truss • ss
16 • Ride ’em, Tiger! • Reuben Castang • ar; (Wild Animal Man #5)
18 • Feet of Clay • C. Hedley Barker • ss
19 • Private Lives 67: Writer of the Romany • Private Secretary • ar; (about Lady Eleanor Smith)
26 • The Four Musketeers of Tennis • Elizabeth Ryan • ar; (My 20 Years at Wimbledon #3)
28 • Sudden Arrival of Children • Leonora Eyles • ar
32 • The End of Spanish Maine • P. C. Wren • ss; (Port of Missing Men #5)

The Passing Show [v 2 #69, July 15, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

5 • Marriage, Food and Murder • J. Wellington Furlong • ar; (about the Yahgans, the few remaining surviving natives of Tierra del Fuego)
7 • The Bell on Hell Shoal • Talbot Mundy • ss
14 • Girl with Brains • F. E. Baily • ss
16 • Flick, Flock and Fourteen Goats • Reuben Castang • ar; (Wild Animal Man #6)
18 • It Isn’t Done • Will Scott • ss
19 • Private Lives 69: King of Trumps • Private Secretary • ar; (about Ely Culbertson)
28 • March—or Die! • P. C. Wren • ss; (Port of Missing Men #6)

The Passing Show [v 2 #70, July 22, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

5 • The Laughing Crook, 1. The Adventure of the Invitation Burglary • Will Scott • ss; (Will Scott is introduced as “the British O’Henry.” I thought it was O. Henry! This is another gentleman-burglar type series featuring Jeremiah Jones)
9 • Love, Set—and Match: the Romance of ’Bunny’ Austin • John Gliddon • ar
10 • I Step off the Map, 1: Up the Road to Nowhere • Evelyn Waugh • ar; (first in series of Evelyn Waugh’s diary of his expedition to British Guiana)
12 • The Trouble with Actors • Phyllis Duganne • ss
16 • Noah’s Ark Ship • Reuban Castang • ar; (Wild Animal Man #7)
18 • By any Other Name • Guy Ramsey • ss
19 • The Holiday Weather Factory • Ritchie Calder • ar
21 • Funny that They’re not Funny • Hannen Swaffer • ar; (about humorists)
23 • The Man Australia Hates - Mr Douglas Jardine • Private Secretary • ar; (Private Lives #70)
26 • The Stunt Club • Bruce Bairnsfather • nf; (cartoon and humor)
30 • Attack on our Freedom • Winifred Holtby • ar; (Woman to Woman feature)
32 • Not for Millionaires Alone • J. Wentworth Day • ar; (about yachting)
34 • Lady Fanberry’s Visitor • Joan de Fraine • ss

The Passing Show [v 2 #71, July 29, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

3 • Poor Staff Work • John Vallancey • ss
7 • Your Liberty is in Danger • Hannen Swaffer • ar
9 • The Laughing Crook, 2. Art and Craft • Will Scott • ss
12 • I Step off the Map, 2: Six Happy Convicts in a Great Green Prison • Evelyn Waugh • ar
14 • The Beetle’s Nest • Leonora Gregory • ss
15 • Monsieur Lemonade • Private Secretary • ar; (Private Lives #71; about Fred Perry)
16 • Wrecks of the Zoo Trains • Reuban Castang • ar; (Wild Animal Man #8)
20 • Women of Two Revolutions • Rosita Forbes • ar
22 • The Great Mother-in-Law Myth • Berta Ruck • ar; (Woman to Woman feature)
26 • Waters of Babylon • Dudley Hoys • ss

The Passing Show [v 2 #72, August 5, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

3 • Meet a Murderer • Rosita Forbes • ss
7 • The Holidays they Dream • D. M. B. Collier • ar
8 • I Step off the Map, 3: Was it a Miracle Which saved me? • Evelyn Waugh • ar; (Waugh talks about how he became lost in the savannah and prayed for guidance clutching his St Christopher medallion. At that moment his horse set off in a different direction through a pathway Waugh hadn’t seen and led him direct to the ranch he was looking for - though it was still two hours away)
10 • Hey, Taxi! • H. Kingsley Long • ss
11 • An Eisteddfod for England, Please! • Hannen Swaffer • ar
12 • The Circus is on Fire • Reuban Castang • ar; (Wild Animal Man #9)
14 • The Laughing Crook, 3. Evidence to Burn • Will Scott • ss
17 • Ruler of the Rails • Private Secretary • ar; (Private Lives #72; about Sir Josiah Stamp)
22 • It’s Beauty we Want • Leonora Eyles • ar; (Woman to Woman feature)
26 • The Girl at the Night Club • George Froxfield • ss

The Passing Show [v 2 #73, August 12, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

3 • How They Make Millions, 1: Supermen—or just Lucky Chaps? • John Gliddon • ar; (about Sir William Morris, Sir Herbert Austin, Lord Wakefield, Gordon Selfridge)
5 • Mr. Clever • Christine Jope-Slade • ss
9 • Are You a Yes Man? • Hannen Swaffer • ar
10 • Stampede! — When Twenty Elephants Ran Amok • Reuban Castang • ar; (Wild Animal Man #10)
12 • The Love Machine • Francis H. Sibson • ss; (about a machine which is supposed to create a love vibe!)
15 • I Step off the Map, 4: Nobody Asked me—but I Stayed the Night • Evelyn Waugh • ar
16 • The Laughing Crook, 4. The Black Abbey Affair • Will Scott • ss
20 • A Bottle of Whisky • Frank H. Shaw • ss
28 • The Musical Drill Sergeant • Private Secretary • ar; (Private Lives #73; about Sir Henry Wood)

The Passing Show [v 2 #75, August 26, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

3 • The Great Teas Industry • H. Kingsley Long • ar; illus. Bruce Bairnsfather
5 • Is there a Man? - or are we all midgets? • Hannen Swaffer • ar
6 • Accompanied by Gentlemen • Kathleen O’Brien • ss
9 • Revenge in the Circus • Reuban Castang • ar; (Wild Animal Man #12)
10 • Dark Woman! • Holloway Horn • ss
11 • The Prime Minister of Football • Private Secretary • ar; (Private Lives #74; about Frederick J. Wall)
12 • I Step off the Map, 6: The Slaves of Fear • Evelyn Waugh • ar
13 • For the Love of Fritzi • F. E. Baily • ss; (Dick Hawksly series)
18 • How They Make Millions, 3: Streets of Gold • John Gliddon • ar
20 • The Laughing Crook, 6: Forty-Five a Penny • Will Scott • ss
26 • Good-Time Girls • Mary Ferguson • ar; (Woman to Woman feature)

The Passing Show [v 2 #93, December 30, 1933] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

5 • To Oblige a Lady • W. F. Morris • ss
9 • You’ll Live to See it! • D. M. B. Collier • ar; (looks ahead to 1954 and starts “More light, more colour, more health, more comfort, more happiness!”)
10 • What Do Women Want? • Will Scott • ss
11 • Petries of Gaza • Hannen Swaffer • ar; (about Sir Flinders & Lady Petrie)
13 • Marcia Comes Downstairs • Ann West • ss
16 • Private Lives 93: Immortal Elf, S.W.1 • Private Secretary • ar; (about Jean Forbes-Robertson)
25 • Lost on Venus [Part ? of ?; _Venus Series_] • Edgar Rice Burroughs • sl Argosy Mar 4 ’33 (+6); (episode headed “The Girl from Andoo”)

The Passing Show [v 2 #104, March 17, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 36pp, 10½" x 14¼", cover by ?); [JE]

8 • Daughter of Maretta • Julian Hillas • ss; illus. W. R. S. Stott
13 • Virgin Snow [_A.B.C. Hawkes_] • C. E. Bechhofer Roberts • ss; detective story.
16 • A Crook and a Lady • W. A. Sweeney • vi; illus. Edgar Spenceley
25 • The Price of the Crown [conclusion] • Marjorie Bowen • sl; the conclusion of “Catherine the Great” based on the photoplay.

The Passing Show [v 3 #105, March 24, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

5 • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star • Christine Jope-Slade • sl
10 • Out of Tune • J. D. Beresford • ss
11 • They Can See in the Dark • Hannen Swaffer • ar; (really an extended review of Ritchie Calder’s book The Birth of the Future)
12 • One Million Pirates and Bandits • Lady Drummond Hay • ar
13 • Private Lives 105: Galloping Laundryman • Private Secretary • ar; (about champion jockey W.G. Stott)
15 • Penalty for a Revoke • C. E. Bechhofer Roberts • ss
28 • Three Tons of Murder in Ambush • W. S. Chadwick • ar; (part of series “The Saga of Satan” about a bull elephant that attached itself to the author’s hunting expedition)

The Passing Show [v 3 #110, April 28, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

5 • To Every ’Bus-Driver of the Air • Jim Mollison • ar
7 • The Dazzling Lolla • B. L. Jacot • ss
10 • Private Lives 110: Tom of Horse-Town • Private Secretary • ar; (about horse-trainer Tom Leader)
11 • Mysterious Miss Chick • S. L. Bensusan • ss
13 • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Monkey-Wise • Christine Jope-Slade • ss
26 • The Madness of Professor Pye [Part ? of ?] • Warwick Deeping • sl; (Pye invents an atomic gun which, in the previous episode had destroyed Brighton!)

The Passing Show [v 3 #111, May 5, 1934] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12"); [MA]

7 • Ramshackle Hero • Joan Conquest • ss
12 • Amy and I and the Big Air Race • Jim Mollison • ar
15 • Private Lives 111: Diplomat with Paintbrush • Private Secretary • ar; (about Sir William Llewellyn)
16 • Banks Never Make Mistakes • H. Kingsley Long • ss
18 • Where There’s a Will • Dorothy Black • ss
28 • The Madness of Professor Pye [Part last of ?] • Warwick Deeping • sl
32 • Producing the Modern Child • Leonora Eyles • ar

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