Louis Tracy,

Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser

A Chronological Checklist

of Periodical & First Book Publications

with notes on Confirmed and Suspected Collaborations with

M. P. Shiel

[Working draft–additions & corrections are welcomed]

By

John D. Squires

PO Box 292333

Kettering, OH 45429

< jsquires@woh.rr.com >

 

4 September 2005

 

 

1885

 

Tracy, Louis, Magnay Mallonder, A Brief Memoir of a Short Life, London: City of London Publishing Co., 1885, pp 162.

 

1891

 

Marvin's Letters to the "Morning Post." Written during ... 1888-90, Edited by L. Tracy, Allahabad: Offices of the Morning Post, 1891. [With map.]. pp. iii. ii. 427. x. [a series of special articles by the late Mr. Charles Marvin contributed to and solely published in the "Morning post", Allahabad, India. Edited by Louis Tracy.]

 

1892

 

"Tracy Yarns of an Indian Ghost," The Idler, v. II, no 5 (Dec 1892) pp. 610-611. [Contribution to A Discussion on Ghosts in the Idlers’ Club.]

 

What I Saw in India. The Adventures of a Globetrotter, Allahabad: Offices of the Morning Post, 1892. pp. 285

 

1893

 

"Tracy Describes a Christian Rocket," The Idler, v. IV, no 4 (Nov 1893) “Fireworks of All Sorts” pp. 432-433. [Part of round table discussion of fireworks in The Idler’s Club.]

 

 

 

1894

 

“A Bimetallic Mystery” by L. Tracy in Chambers’s Journal, Feb. 3, 1894, 77-80. (SS)

 

“What Happened on the Indus. A Tale of the Frontier” by Louis Tracy in Pall Mall Magazine, Feb. 1894, 581-592.(SS)

 

"Tracy Illustrates," The Idler, Vol V, no 4, May 1894, pp. 441-443. [Tracy relates an incident in The Idlers' Club about the differences between English and Indian Policemen in a round table discussion on Policemen of All Sorts.]

 

"Tracy Muses," The Idler, v. VI, no 1 (Aug 1894) pp. 109-112 [in Animal Anecdotes round table discussion in the Idlers’ Club.]

 

1895

 

“The Cholera Cloud” by Louis Tracy in Today: A Weekly Magazine Journal, ed by Jerome K. Jerome, Vol VII, # 85, London, Saturday, June 22, 1895, 193-196. (SS)

 

"Louis Tracy Says that Most Women Are Stupid,” The Idler, v. VIII, no 1 (Aug 1895) pp. 92-94. [Contribution to discussion in the Idlers’ Club on Are Clever Women or Stupid More Attractive to Men?]

 

1896

 

The Final War by Louis Tracy serialized in Pearson’s Weekly, #284-#315, December 28, 1895 - August 1, 1896.(Serial)

 

“At the Royal Military Tournament,” by Louis Tracy in Pearson’s Magazine, Vol I, #6, June 1896, 623-631.(Ar)

 

“Chandni Bhai, the Dancing Girl. A Pathan Love Story” by Minnie Anderson and Louis Tracy in Pall Mall Magazine, July 1896, 519-534.(SS)

 

“Do the Americans Really Hate Us?” by Louis Tracy in Pearson’s Weekly, #321, September 12, 1896.(Ar)

 

Ad for forthcoming serial, An American Emperor, in Pearson’s Weekly, #333, December 15, 1896.(Ad)

 

The Final War. A Story of the Great Betrayal, Ills by E. F. Sherie, London: C. A. Pearson, Nov 1896. pp. x. 372.

 1st US ed: Ills by E. F. Sherie, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1896. pp 464.

 Colonial ed: London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, Bell’s Indian & Colonial Library, #186, 1898 or earlier. No separate Canadian edition verified.

 

1897

 

An American Emperor by Louis Tracy serialized in Pearson’s Weekly, #336-#362, December 26, 1896 - June 26, 1897. [When Tracy fell ill, M. P. Shiel stepped in to write at least Chapter 29, appearing April 17 & 24, 1897, and may have written chapters 30-39 which ran through June 5, 1897.](Serial)

 

The Shadow-Hand by Louis Tracy serialized in Short Stories beginning in the February 20, 1897 issue. Not seen, and full publication details unconfirmed, but the serial was heavily cross-promoted in issues of Pearson’s Weekly running An American Emperor. It involved a French doctor using Mesmerism for base ends who is done in by a lady detective (Moskowitz, Strange Horizons, page 206.) No book publication has been confirmed.(Serial)

 

“The Man Who Wrote the Final War,” an interview with Louis Tracy, in Pearson’s Weekly, #348, March 20, 1897.(Interview)

 

An American Emperor: the story of the Fourth Empire of France, ills by E. S. Hope, London:

C. A. Pearson, Sept 1897. pp x, 336.

 Colonial ed: London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, Bell’s Indian & Colonial Library, #192, 1898 or earlier. No separate Canadian edition verified.

 1st US ed: ills E. S. Hope, New York ; London: G. P. Putnam's sons, 1897. pp 242.

 [Note: Shiel’s contribution to the serial was retained in the novel.]

 

1898

 

The Lost Provinces by Louis Tracy serialized in Pearson’s Weekly, #389-#412, January 1, 1898 - June 11, 1898. [A sequel to An American Emperor.](Serial)

 

The Final War by Louis Tracy, re-serialized in Short Stories, beginning 6 August 1898 (per Moskowitz, Strange Horizons, 212.)(Serial)

 

Meeting the Sun. Some Anglo-Indian Snapshots, with Occasional Verses, Allahabad: Morning Post Press, 1898. pp 188. [India – Description and travel.]

 

The Lost Provinces: a sequel to "An American Emperor”, Ills by Harold Piffard, London: C. A. Pearson, Nov 1898. pp viii, 380.

 Colonial ed: Ills by Harold Piffard, London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, Bell’s Indian & Colonial Library, #245, 1898. No separate Canadian edition verified.

 US title: The Lost Provinces: How Vansittart came back to France, 12 ills by Harold Piffard, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898. pp 408.

1899

 

The Adventures of Sirdar Mohammed Khan by Louis Tracy, a series of related short stories published monthly in Pearson’s Magazine, London, #43-#48, and New York, V 2, #1-6, July-December 1899. (Issued as book in 1905, The Sirdar's Sabre: being for the most part the adventures of Sirdar Bahadur Mohammed Khan.)

 

1900

 

The Invaders by Louis Tracy serialized in Pearson’s Weekly, #503-#525, March 10, 1900 - August 11, 1900.(Serial; published as book, 1901.)

 

1901

 

The Great Strike serialized in Pearson’s Weekly, #545-#560, December 29, 1900 - April 13, 1901. [A serial novel of industrial unrest in the North of England. Issued as book as The Wooing of Esther Gray, 1902. It is possible, but unconfirmed, that Shiel contributed.](Serial)

 

“‘Bobs’ An Unrecorded Campaign” by Louis Tracy in The Royal Magazine, Vol. VI, #36, October, 1901, pp 490-496.(SS)

 

The Invaders. A story of Britain’s Peril, ills by Lawson Wood, London: C. A. Pearson, Jan 1901, pp vi, 428.

 Colonial ed: ills, London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, Bell’s Indian & Colonial Library

 #364. pp vi, 428. No US or Canadian editions have been confirmed.

 

The Strange Disappearance of Lady Delia, London: C. A. Pearson, Sept 1901. pp 320.

 Colonial ed: London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, Bell’s Indian & Colonial Library, #398. 1st US ed: (Lightly revised) as A Mysterious Disappearance by Gordon Holmes, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1905. 3 p. l., pp 303. It also appeared in America as The Strange Disappearance of Lady Delia; or, Sin and Its Reward. New York: Street & Smith, 1909

 a. New Eagle Library no. 633, Jul 13, 1909

 b. New Romance Library no. 34, May 10, 1916

 c. Adventure Library no. 106, Jan 1929

 Alternate UK title: Lady Delia’s Disappearance, London: Goodship House (Aldine Publishing Co, Ltd), Mascot Novels, No 19, 3d net. [1914?]

 Possible alternate US title: The Disappearance of Lady Delia, New York: R. F. Fenno, ?

 unverified.

 [Note: M. P. Shiel denied any involvement in this novel.]

 

1902

 

Link by Link by Louis Tracy serialized in Short Stories, #688-#698, March 8, 1902 - May 17, 1902. [A serial detective novel, no book edition has yet been identified.](Serial)

 

The Wooing of Esther Gray, London: C. Arthur Pearson, Sept 1902, pp 320.

 Colonial ed: London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, Bell’s Indian & Colonial Library, #452, 1902, pp 320.

 Alternative title: The Ordeal of Esther Gray, London: C. Arthur Pearson Sixpenny novels, nd. pp 128, [July 1930.]

 US ed: The Wooing of Esther Gray: or, A Queer Adventure. New York: Street & Smith, 1910

 a. New Eagle Library no. 677 May 17, 1910

 b. New Romance Library no. 30 Mar 10, 1916

 c. Adventure Library no. 109 Mar 1929. pp 299.

 [Note: Shiel may have been involved in this novel, serialized as The Great Strike.]

 

1903

 

“Crif Columbus” by Louis Tracy in Chambers’s Journal, Feb. 28, 1903, pp 200-205 (SS)

 

"A Matter Of Initials" by Louis Tracy, The Windsor Magazine, Volume XVIII, June 1903 - November 1903. (SS)

 

The King of the Seas, a poem by Louis Tracy in Pearson’s Magazine, London, Vol. XVI, #95, November, 1903, page 482.(Poem)

 

A Fatal Legacy, Ills by F. H. Townsend, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Feb 1903. pp 336.

 U.S. title 1: The Stowmarket Mystery or A Legacy of Hate, New York: R.F. Fenno, 1904. pp 336.

 U.S. title 2: The Fatal Legacy. New York: Street & Smith, 1905

 a. Magnet Library no. 401 Jul 19, 1905

 b. Adventure Library no. 92 Jul 1928.

 U.S. title 3: A Japanese Revenge, or Terror in the Night, Cleveland: Buckeye Pub. Co., Pall Mall series no. 4, 1904. pp 127.

 A Japanese Revenge, Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook, Adventure Series #144. pp 199.

 

Princess Kate. London: F. V. White & Co., April 1903. pp v, 312.

 Colonial ed: London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, Bell’s Indian & Colonial Library #489.

 US title 1: At the Court of the Maharaja: A Story of Adventure, New York: The American News Company, 1906. pp 305.

 US Title 2: A Dangerous Situation, NY: Edward J. Clode, 1932.

 

The Darkest Hour. London: Digby, Long & Co., July 1903. pp viii, 302.

 US title 1: The Fate of the Plotter: or, Love's Final Triumph. New York: Street & Smith, 1908

 a. New Eagle Library no. 601, Dec. 1, 1908

 b. New Romance Library no. 31, Mar 25,1916

 c. Adventure Library no. 103, Dec. 1928

 US title 2: The Darkest Hour, or The Convict’s Escape, Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook Co, Adventure series No. 137, 1912.

 

The Wings of the Morning, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1903. 3 p. l., pp 354.

 1st Canadian ed: Toronto: McLeod & Allen, [1903.] pp 354.

 Photoplay edition: New York: Grosset & Dunlap [With photos from Fox Film production of 1919, but printed from Clode plates with 1903 copyright.]

 1st UK ed: Rainbow Island, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Sept 1903. Ills, pp 355.

 

The Revellers, London: F. V. White & Co., Dec 1903. pp v, 298.

 Colonial ed: London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, Bell’s Indian & Colonial Library #535.

 1st US ed: (Revised,) New York: Edward J. Clode, 1917. pp 339.

 

1904

 

The Evil That Men Do, by M. P. Shiel, serialized in People, # 1,170 - 1,191, 13 March 1904 - 7 August 1904. [Shiel claimed to Grant Richards in Jan 1904 that Tracy had collaborated with him on this novel, which Tracy confirmed in a letter to Richards the following month. On that basis Richards relinquished his rights to the novel, which was published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd that September.]

 

“That Dreffel Sea-Cow,” by Louis Tracy in The Strand Magazine, London, vol. XXVIII, no. 1 (July 1904), 26-33. [Also in US edition, August, 1904.]

 

Hazard & Heroism: being stories told by G. A. Henty, Louis Tracy, etc., London; Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1904. pp 403. [includes “Crif Columbus” by Tracy at p 387.]

 

The Albert Gate Mystery : being further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective, New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1904. 6 p., 1 l., pp 7-309.

 UK title: The Albert Gate Affair, ills by John Cameron, London: Ward, Lock & Co., April 1904. pp 309.

 Alternate US title: The Jewel of Death

 a. Cleveland: The Buckeye Publishing Co., Pall Mall Series, No. 2., Nov 1907.

 b. Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook, Adventure series #104. pp 179.

 

The King of Diamonds, London: F. V. White & Co., April 1904. pp v, 312.

 Colonial ed: London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, Bell’s Indian & Colonial Library, 1904.

 [US Copyright edition: The King of Diamonds, registered on Apr. 2, 1904, was a pamphlet, probably consisting of the first few chapters. New York: Edward J. Clode, 1904. pp 84.]

 1st. US [trade] ed: New York: Edward J. Clode, [1906?]

 1st Canadian ed: The King of Diamonds, Toronto: McLeod & Allen, [1906.] pp 320.

The Pillar of Light: New York: Edward J. Clode, [June] 1904. 3 p. l., pp 339.

 1st Canadian ed: Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1904. pp 339.

 1st UK ed, Ills by T. Peddie, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Sept 1905. pp 320.

 Alternate US title: The Wreck of the Chinook, New York: Edward J. Clode [Dec 1928] Printed off the original plates retaining the 1904 copyright notice and original title in the running heads. Dust jacket illustration by Edward C. Caswell. Also reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap, [Oct 1930.] [Note: Shiel revised the last part of this novel.]

 

The Evil That Men Do, by M. P. Shiel, London: Ward, Lock & Co, Sept 1904. pp 368.

 [Note: Louis Tracy collaborated with Shiel on this novel.]

 

A Morganatic Wife, London: F. V. White & Co., Oct 1904. pp vi, 307.

 [US copyright edition: registered on Jun 1, 1904 was a pamphlet, consisting of the first four chapters, as Souls on Fire, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1904, pp 52.]

 1st US [trade] ed: [Robert Fraser] The Fire Opal, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1911. pp vi, 311. Blue cloth with color paper illus. pasted to front and back covers.

 1st Canadian ed: The Fire Opal, by Robert Fraser, Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1911. pp 311. Alternate title: Souls on Fire (Copyright pamphlet, 1904 & serial, 1905.)

 [Note: It is possible, but not confirmed, that M. P. Shiel was involved in this novel.]

1905

 

The Pillar of Light by Louis Tracy, serialized in The Lady’s Home Magazine (London: C. Arthur Pearson,) from Vol 8, # 48, December 1904 -Vol 9, #51, March 1905. (The name changed to The Lady’s Home Magazine of Fiction with the January 1905 issue and the magazine was terminated with the March issue. Pearson launched The Novel Magazine in April 1905 which continued the serial to its end.) (Serial)

 

Souls on Fire by Louis Tracy, ills by Wladyslaw T. Benda, serialized in 12 parts by Associated Sunday Magazines, March 26-June 11, 1905. [See A Morganatic Wife, 1904.](Serial)

 

The King of Diamonds, by Louis Tracy ran in the Boston Globe from June 2, 1905 through June 30, 1905. [It had previously been partially serialized from August 26, 1904 to Sep. 6, 1904, but was discontinued because of copyright problems.](Serial)

 

"The Confessions of a Hotel Manager: I.— What Happened in the Foyer" by Louis Tracy in The Popular Magazine, Vol IV, No 2, June 1905, 124-131.(SS)

 

"The Confessions of a Hotel Manager: II.— The Unearthing of a Conspiracy" by Louis Tracy in The Popular Magazine, Vol IV, No 3, July 1905, 166-171.(SS)

 

"The Confessions of a Hotel Manager: III.— The Bridal Jewels" by Louis Tracy in The Popular Magazine, Vol IV, No 4, August 1905, 170-179.(SS)

“The Confessions of a Hotel Manager: IV.— A Fashionable Anarchist,” by Louis Tracy in The Popular Magazine, Vol IV, No 5, Sept 1905, pp 177-181.(SS)

 

Karl Grier: The Strange Story of a Man with a Sixth Sense by Louis Tracy, ills by William de L. Dodge, serialized in 16 parts by Associated Sunday Magazines, July 30-November 19, 1905.

(Serial)

 

The Arncliffe Puzzle by Gordon Holmes, illustrated by F. Vaux Wilson, serialized in 14 parts by Associated Sunday Magazines, September 3-December 3, 1905.(Serial)

 

The Sirdar's Sabre: being for the most part the adventures of Sirdar Bahadur Mohammed Khan, London: F. V. White & Co., Feb 1905. pp ix, 241.

 [US copyright edition: registered on Nov. 8, 1904 was a pamphlet, consisting of the first three chapters, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1904, pp 49.]

 1st US [trade] ed: New York: Edward J. Clode, 1920 (with 1904 & 1920 copyrights) pp 319.

 Canadian ed: Toronto: George J. McLeod, 1920, pp 319.

 Alternate title: The Adventures of Sirdar Mohammed Khan (Pearson’s Magazine, 1899.)

 

The King's Messenger, London: F. V. White & Co., July 1905. pp 312. [“Many breathless adventures in the world of international diplomacy experienced by Captain Herbert Jerningham — with a piquante Lady Cecilia, who takes surprisingly little pains to conceal her interest in them,” TLS, 7 July 1905. US ed. &/or alternative title not identified.]

 

The Winning of Winifred, London: F. V. White & Co., Nov 1905. pp 318.

 The Bartlett Mystery, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1919. pp 314. (Revised)

 1st Canadian ed: Toronto: G. J. McLeod, 1919. pp 314.

 Alternate title: Whose Money? (Serial, 1918.)

 

The Great Mogul, illustrations by J.C. Chase, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1905. 3 p. l., pp 340.

 1st Canadian ed: ills by J. C. Chase, Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1905. pp 340.

 1st UK ed: Heart's Delight, London: Ward, Lock & Co., May 1906. Ills. pp 336.

 

1906

 

The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy serialized in 18 installments in Lloyd’s Weekly News, Dec 24, 1905-Apr 22, 1906.

 

At the Court of the Maharaja by Louis Tracy serialized in The Popular Magazine [Street & Smith, N. Y.], beginning January, 1906-June 1906 [The March issues includes Chapters IX-XI at pp 100-119.](Serial)

 

[Gordon Holmes] A Mysterious Disappearance, ran in the Boston Globe from Feb. 2, 1906

through March 16, 1906.(Serial)

[Gordon Holmes] The Late Tenant by serialized in 11 parts by Associated Sunday Magazines, July 15, 1906-September 23, 1906. [Serialized in England as The Whiff of Violets.] (Serial)

 

[Gordon Holmes] The Whiff of Violets by serialized in Pearson’s Weekly, #838-#850, August 9, 1906 - November 1, 1906. [First serialized in America as The Late Tenant.](Serial)

 

Karl Grier: the strange story of a man with a sixth sense, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1906. pp vi, 323.

 1st Canadian ed: Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1906. pp vi, 323.

 1st UK ed: London: Hodder & Stoughton, March 1906. pp viii, 277.

 Alternative title: The Man with Sixth Sense, (abridged) London: Odham’s Popular Novels, No 45, June 1927. pp 80.

 

[Gordon Holmes] The Arncliffe Puzzle, New York : Edward J. Clode, 1906. pp vi, 326.

 1st UK ed, London: T. Werner Laurie, Aug 1906. pp 316.

 [Note: Shiel denied any involvement in this novel.]

 

Waifs of Circumstance, London: Hodder & Stoughton, Oct 1906. pp vii, 408.

 1st US ed: The Captain of the Kansas, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1907. pp vi, 336.

 1st Canadian ed: The Captain of the Kansas, Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1907. pp vi, 336.

 UK title: Waifs of Circumstance, includes additional chapter, per NL

 

[Gordon Holmes] The Late Tenant, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1906. pp vi, 285.

 1st Canadian ed: Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1906. pp vi, 285.

 1st UK ed, London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, March 1907. pp 340.

 [Note: Shiel wrote approximately half of this novel.]

 

1907

 

The Red Year by Louis Tracy serialized in Pearson’s Weekly, #890-#903, August 8, 1907 - November 7, 1907.

 

The Red Year: a Story of the Indian Mutiny, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1907. pp vi, 328.

 1st Canadian ed: Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1908. pp vi, 328.

 1st UK ed: London: F. V. White & Co., Nov 1907. pp 316.

 Colonial ed: London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, Bell’s Indian & Colonial Library, 1908, pp 307.

 New York: Grosset & Dunlap [from Clode plates with 1907 copyright.]

 

 

 

The Wheel o' Fortune, ills by James Montgomery Flagg, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1907. pp vii, 349.

 1st Canadian ed: ills by James Montgomery Flagg, Toronto: McLeod & Allen, [1908.] pp vii, 349.

 1st UK ed, Ills, London: Ward, Lock & Co., May 1908. pp 320.

 

[Robert Fraser] Three Men and a Maid, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1907. pp vi, 298.

 1st Canadian ed: Three Men and a Maid, by Robert Fraser, Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1907. pp vi, 298.

 1st UK ed: Fennell's Tower, by Louis Tracy, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Oct 1908. Ills. pp 320.

 [Note: Shiel wrote approximately half of this novel.]

 

Minkie, ills by H. Richard Boehm, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1907. pp 175.

 1st Canadian ed: Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1907. pp 175.

 1st UK ed: London: Ward, Lock & Co., [April 1910.] pp 184.

 

1908

 

The Wheel of Fortune by Louis Tracy, ills by James Montgomery Flagg, serialized in 13 parts by Associated Sunday Magazines, December 15, 1907-March 8, 1908.(Serial)

 

“The Queen’s Locket” by Louis Tracy in Pearson’s Magazine, New York, Vol XX, No. 1, July 1908, pp. 45-51.(SS)

 

“At Sea” by Louis Tracy in Pearson’s Magazine, New York, Vol XX, No. 2, August 1908, pp 113-120. [Also published in Windsor Magazine, London, Vol XXVIII, June-Nov, 1908, pp 599-606.](SS)

 

The Message by Louis Tracy serialized in Pearson’s Magazine, New York, Vol. XX, No. 4, October 1908 - Vol. XXI, No. 3, March 1909. [Reprinted in Pearson’s Magazine Illustrated [London?], Volume XX [With parts 1-3, Chapters I-IX, Oct, Nov. & Dec., 1908?] & Volume XXI , No. 1, Jan., 1909 [with part 4: Chapters X-XII], No. 2, February, 1909 [with part 5: Chapters XIII-XV], and No. 3, March, 1909 [with part 6: chapters XVI-XVII (Conclusion).](Serial)

 

“The Cholera Cloud” by Gordon Holmes in Pearson’s Magazine, New York, Vol. XX, No. 6, December, 1908, pp 609-612. [Reprint from 1895.] (SS)

 

The Message, ills by Joseph Cummings Chase, New York: E.J. Clode, 1908. 2 p. l., pp iii-v, 329

 1st Canadian ed, Ills by J. C. Chase, Toronto: McLeod & Allen, [1909.] pp v, 329.

 1st UK ed, Ills, London: Ward, Lock & Co., July 1909. pp 318.

 Alternate title: The Message of Fate, London: Ward, Lock, swd, 6d., Oct 1910.

 [Note: It is believed, but not confirmed, that Shiel wrote part of this novel.]

 

1909

 

The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy serialized in 12 parts by Associated Sunday Magazines, February 21-May 9, 1909.(Serial)

 

An article on The Final War and its background in Pearson’s Weekly, #1000, September 16, 1909.(Ar)

 

“How Rabbie Burns Built the Chapel,” by Louis Tracy, Nash’s Magazine, Vol 8, Nov 1909, 1088. (SS)

 

The Son of the Immortals by Louis Tracy serialized in 11 parts by Associated Sunday Magazines, November 14, 1909-January 23, 1910.

 

[Gordon Holmes] By Force of Circumstances, ills by Edwyn Chambers, New York: Edward J. Clode, [March] 1909. pp 342.

 1st Canadian ed: ills by Edwyn Chambers, Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1909, pp 342.

 1st UK ed, London : Mills & Boon, [April 1910.] pp 348.

 [Note: Shiel wrote approximately half of this novel.]

 

The Stowaway, ills by Nesbitt Benson, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1909. pp vi, 343.

 1st Canadian ed: ills by Nesbitt Benson, Toronto: McLoed & Allen, 1909. pp 343.

 1st UK ed: Ills, London: Ward, Lock & Co, July 1910. pp 320.

 Alternate titles: The Stowaway Girl, A Stowaway Girl.

 

A Son of Immortals, ills by Howard Chandler Christy, New York: Edward J. Clode, 1909. 2 p. l., pp 319.

 1st Canadian ed: Toronto: McLeod & Allen, ills by Howard Chandler Christy, [1909.] pp 319.

 1st UK ed: A Son of the Immortals, London: Ward, Lock & Co., April 1912. pp 316.

 

1910

 

[Gordon Holmes] The Feldisham Mystery, A Story of Passion, ills by Gordon Browne, serialized in 5 parts in The Red Magazine, Vol. V, no. 28, June 1, 1910 - Vol. VI, no. 32, August 1, 1910.

(Serial)

 

[Gordon Holmes] The De Ber