Wallace, (Richard Horatio) Edgar 1875-1932
WALLACE, (Richard Horatio) Edgar 1875-1932
PERSONAL:
Born April 1, 1875, in London, England; died of pneumonia February 10, 1932, in Beverly Hills, CA; son of Richard Edgar (an actor) and Polly Richards (an actress); married Ivy Maud Caldecott, 1901 (divorced 1911); married Violet King, 1921; children: (first marriage) two daughters, two sons; (second marriage) one daughter.
CAREER:
Writer. Worked various jobs, including as a factory worker and merchant seaman; South African correspondent, Reuters, 1899-1902; Daily Mail, London, England, South African correspondent, 1900-02, reporter, 1903-07; Rand Daily News, Johannesburg, South Africa, editor, 1902-03; Standard, London, reporter, 1910; Week-End (later Week-End Racing Supplement), London, 1910, began as racing editor, became editor; Evening News, London, racing editor and special writer, 1910-12. Chair of board of directors, British Lion Film Corporation. Military service: Royal West Kent Regiment, 1893-96; Medical Staff Corps, 1896-99; worked at War Office during World War I.
MEMBER:
London Press Club (chair, 1923-24).
WRITINGS:
"INSPECTOR ELK" CRIME NOVELS
The Nine Bears, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1910, revised edition published as The Other Man, Dodd, Mead (New York, NY), 1911, revised as Silinski, Master Criminal, World (Cleveland, OH), 1930, published as The Cheaters, Digit (London, England), 1964.
The Fellowship of the Frog, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1925, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1928.
The Joker, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926, published as The Colossus, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1932.
The Twister, Long (London, England), 1928, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1929.
The India-Rubber Man, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1929, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1930.
White Face, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1930, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1931.
OTHER CRIME NOVELS
The Four Just Men, Tallis Press (London, England), 1906, revised edition, 1906, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1920, with a new introduction by Alan Weissman, Dover Publications (New York, NY), 1984.
Angel Esquire, Holt (New York, NY), 1908.
The Council of Justice, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1908.
Captain Tatham of Tatham Island, Gale & Polden (London, England), 1909, revised edition published as The Island of Galloping Gold, Newnes (London, England), 1926, published as Eve's Island, 1926.
The Fourth Plague, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1913, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1930.
Grey Timothy, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1913, published as Pallard the Punter, 1914.
The River of Stars, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1913.
The Man Who Bought London, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1915.
The Melody of Death, Arrowsmith (Bristol, England), 1915, Dial Press (New York, NY), 1927.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1916.
A Debt Discharged, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1916.
The Tomb of Ts'in, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1916.
The Just Men of Cordova, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1917.
Kate Plus Ten, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1917.
The Secret House, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1917, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1919.
Down under Donovan, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1918.
The Man Who Knew, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1918.
The Green Rust, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1919, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1920.
The Daffodil Mystery, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1920, published as The Daffodil Murder, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1921.
Jack o' Judgment, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1920, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1921.
The Book of All Power, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1921.
The Angel of Terror, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1922, pubished as The Destroying Angel, Pan (London, England), 1959.
Captains of Souls, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1922.
The Crimson Circle, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1922, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1929.
The Flying Fifty-five, Hutchinson (London, England), 1922.
Mr. Justice Maxell, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1922.
The Valley of Ghosts, Odhams Press (London, England), 1922, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1923.
The Clue of the New Pin, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1923.
The Green Archer, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1923, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1924.
The Missing Million, Long (London, England), 1923, published as The Missing Millions, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1925.
The Dark Eyes of London, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1924, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1929.
Diana of Kara-Kara, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1924, published as Double Dan, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1924.
The Face in the Night, Long (London, England), 1924, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1929.
Room 13, Long (London, England), 1924.
Flat 2, Garden City (New York, NY), 1924, revised edition, Long (London, England), 1927.
The Sinister Man, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1924, Small, Maynard (New York, NY), 1925.
The Three Oaks Mystery, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1925.
Blue Hand, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1925, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1926.
The Daughters of the Night, Newnes (London, England), 1925.
The Gaunt Stranger, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1925, published as The Ringer, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1926.
The Hairy Arm, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1925, published as The Avenger, Long (London, England), 1926.
A King by Night, Long (London, England), 1925, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1926.
The Strange Countess, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1925, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1936.
The Three Just Men, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1925, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1930.
Barbara on Her Own, Newnes (London, England), 1926.
The Black Abbot, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1927.
The Day of Uniting, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926, Mystery League (New York, NY), 1930.
The Door with Seven Locks, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1926.
The Man from Morocco, Long (London, England), 1926, published as The Black, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1930.
The Million-Dollar Story, Newnes (London, England), 1926.
The Northing Tramp, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1929, published as The Tramp, Pan (London, England), 1965.
Penelope of the Polyantha, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926.
The Square Emerald, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926, published as The Girl from Scotland Yard, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1927.
The Terrible People, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1926.
We Shall See!, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926, published as The Gaol Breaker, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1931.
The Yellow Snake, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926.
Big Foot, Long (London, England), 1927.
The Feathered Serpent, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1927, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1928.
The Forger, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1927, published as The Clever One, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1928.
The Hand of Power, Long (London, England), 1927, Mystery League (New York, NY), 1930.
The Man Who Was Nobody, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1927.
The Ringer (adapted from Wallace's play), Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1927.
The Squeaker, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1927, published as The Squealer, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1928.
Terror Keep, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1927.
The Traitor's Gate, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1927.
Number Six, Newnes (London, England), 1927.
The Double, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1928.
The Thief in the Night, Readers Library (London, England), 1928, World Wide (New York, NY), 1929.
The Flying Squad, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1928, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1929.
The Gunner, Long (London, England), 1928, published as Gunman's Bluff, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1929.
The Golden Hades, Collins (London, England), 1929.
The Green Ribbon, Hutchinson (London, England), 1929, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1930.
The Terror, Detective Story Club (London, England), 1929.
The Calendar, Collins (London, England), 1930, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1931.
The Silver Key, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1930, published as The Clue of the Silver Key, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1930.
The Lady of Ascot, Hutchinson (London, England), 1930.
On the Spot, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1931.
The Coat of Arms, Hutchinson (London, England), 1931, published as The Arranways Mystery, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1932.
The Devil Man, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1931, published as The Life and Death of Charles Peace, 1932.
The Man at the Carlton, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1931, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1932.
The Frightened Lady, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1932, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1933.
When the Gangs Came to London, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1932.
The Road to London, edited by Jack Adrian, Kimber (London, England), 1986.
OTHER NOVELS
The Duke in the Suburbs, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1909.
Private Selby, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1912.
1925: The Story of a Fatal Peace, Newnes (London, England), 1915.
Those Folk of Bulboro, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1918.
The Books of Bart, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1923.
The Black Avons, Gill (London, England), 1925, published in four volumes as How They Fared in the Times of the Tudors, Roundhead and Cavalier, From Waterloo to the Mutiny, and Europe in the Melting Pot, 1925.
CRIME STORY COLLECTIONS
Sanders of the River, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1911, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1930.
The People of the River, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1912.
The Admirable Carfew, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1914.
Bosambo of the River, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1914.
Bones, Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1915.
The Keepers of the King's Peace, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1917.
Lieutenant Bones, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1918.
The Adventures of Heine, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1919.
Bones in London, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1921.
The Law of the Four Just Men, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1921, published as Again the Three Just Men, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1933.
Sandi, the King-Maker, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1922.
Bones of the River, Newnes (London, England), 1923.
Chick, Ward, Lock (London, England), 1923.
Educated Evans, Webster (London, England), 1924.
The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1925, published as The Murder Book of Mr. J. G. Reeder, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1929.
More Educated Evans, Webster (London, England), 1926.
Sanders, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926, published as Commissioner Sanders, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1930.
The Brigand, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1927, Academy (Chicago, IL), 1985.
Good Evans!, Webster (London, England), 1927, published as The Educated Man—Good Evans!, Collins (London, England), 1929.
The Mixer, Long (London, England), 1927.
Again Sanders, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1928, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1929.
Again the Three Just Men, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1928, published as The Law of the Three Just Men, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1931, published as Again the Three, Pan (London, England), 1968.
Elegant Edward, Readers Library (London, England), 1928.
The Orator, Hutchinson (London, England), 1928.
Again the Ringer, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1929, published as The Ringer Returns, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1931.
The Big Four, Readers Library (London, England), 1929.
The Black, Readers Library (London, England), 1929, expanded version, Digit (London, England), 1962.
The Cat Burglar, Newnes (London, England), 1929.
Circumstantial Evidence, Newnes (London, England), 1929, World (Cleveland, OH), 1934.
Fighting Snub Reilly, Newnes (London, England), 1929, World (Cleveland, OH), 1934.
For Information Received, Newnes (London, England), 1929.
Forty-eight Short Stories, Newnes (London, England), 1929.
Four Square Jane, World Wide (New York, NY), 1929.
The Ghost of Down Hill, World Wide (New York, NY), 1929.
The Governor of Chi-Foo, Newnes (London, England), 1929, World (Cleveland, OH), 1934.
The Iron Grip, Readers Library (London, England), 1929.
The Lady of Little Hell, Newnes (London, England), 1929.
The Little Green Man, Collins (London, England), 1929.
Planetoid 127, Readers Library (London, England), 1929.
The Prison-Breakers, Newnes (London, England), 1929.
Red Aces, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1929, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1930.
The Reporter, Readers Library (London, England), 1929.
Killer Kay, Newnes (London, England), 1930.
The Lady Called Nita, Newnes (London, England), 1930.
Mrs. William Jones and Bill, Newnes (London, England), 1930.
The Stretelli Case, and Other Mystery Stories, World (Cleveland, OH), 1930.
The Guv'nor, and Other Stories, Collins, 1932, published as Mr. Reeder Returns, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1932, and as The Guv'nor and Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns (two volumes), Collins (London, England), 1933-34.
Sergeant Sir Peter, Chapman & Hall (London, England), 1932, reprinted as Sergeant Dunn C. I. D., Digit (London, England), 1962.
The Steward, Collins (London, England), 1932.
The Last Adventure, Hutchinson (London, England), 1934.
The Woman from the East, and Other Stories, Hutchinson (London, England), 1934.
Nig-Nog, World (Cleveland, OH), 1934.
The Undisclosed Closet, Digit (London, England), 1962.
The Man Who Married His Cook, and Other Stories, White Lion (Oxford, England), 1976.
Unexpected Endings, Edgar Wallace Society (Oxford, England), 1980.
Two Stories, and The Seventh Man, Edgar Wallace Society (Oxford, England), 1981.
The Sooper and Others, edited by Jack Adrian, Dent (London, England), 1984.
The Dead Room: Strange and Startling Tales, edited by Jack Adrian, Kimber (London, England), 1986.
OTHER SHORT-STORY COLLECTIONS
Smithy, Tallis Press (London, England), 1905, revised edition published as Smith, Not to Mention Nobby Clark and Spud Murphy, Newnes (London, England), 1914.
Smith Abroad: Barrack Room Sketches, Hulton (London, England), 1909.
Smith's Friend Nobby, Town Topics (London, England), 1914, published as Nobby, Newnes (London, England), 1916.
Smithy and the Hun, Pearson (London, England), 1915.
Tam o' the Scouts, Newnes (London, England), 1918, published as Tam of the Scoots, Small, Maynard (Boston, MA), 1919, published as Tam, Newnes (London, England), 1928.
The Fighting Scouts, Pearson (London, England), 1928.
VERSE
The Mission That Failed! A Tale of the Raid, and Other Poems, Maskew Miller (Cape Town, South Africa), 1898.
Nicholson's Nek, Eastern Press (Cape Town, South Africa), 1900.
War!, and Other Poems, Eastern Press (Cape Town, South Africa), 1900.
Writ in Barracks, Methuen (London, England), 1900.
PUBLISHED PLAYS
The Terror (adapted from Wallace's novel Terror Keep; produced in 1927), Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1929.
The Man Who Changed His Name (produced in 1928), Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1929.
The Squeaker (adapted from Wallace's novel; produced in London, England, 1928; produced in New York, NY as Sign of the Leopard, 1928), Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1929.
The Flying Squad (adapted from Wallace's novel), Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1929.
The Calendar (also directed; produced in London, England, 1929), Samuel French (London, England), 1932.
The Case of the Frightened Lady (produced in London, England, 1931), Samuel French (London, England), 1932, published as Criminal at Large (produced in New York, NY, 1932), Samuel French (New York, NY), 1934.
The Green Pack (produced in London, England, 1932), Samuel French (London, England), 1933.
The Forest of Happy Dreams (produced in London, England, 1910), in One-Act Play Parade, Allen & Unwin (London, England), 1935.
An African Millionaire (produced in South Africa, 1904), Davis Poynter (London, England), 1972.
The Mouthpiece (produced in London, England, 1930), Chivers (London, England), 1994.
OTHER PLAYS
Dolly Cutting Herself, 1911.
(With others) Hullo, Ragtime, 1912.
(With others) Hullo, Tango!, 1912.
Hello, Exchange!, 1913, produced as The Switchboard, 1915.
The Manager's Dream, 1913.
(With others) Business as Usual, 1914.
(With Wal Pink and Albert de Courville) The Whirligig (includes music by Frederick Chappelle), 1919, produced as Pins and Needles, 1922.
M'lady, 1921.
(With Albert de Courville) The Looking Glass (includes music by Frederick Chappelle), 1924.
The Mystery of Room 45, 1926.
Double Dan (adapted from Wallace's novel), 1926.
A Perfect Gentleman, 1927.
The Yellow Mask (musical), music by Vernon Duke, lyrics by Desmond Carter, 1927.
The Lad, 1928.
Persons Unknown, 1929.
On the Spot, 1930.
Smoky Cell, 1930.
Charles III (adapted from a play by Curt Götz), 1931.
The Old Man, 1931.
SCREENPLAYS
Nurse and Martyr, 1915.
The Ringer, 1928.
Valley of the Ghosts, 1928.
The Forger, 1928.
Red Aces (also directed), 1929.
The Squeaker (also directed), 1930.
Should a Doctor Tell?, 1930.
(With V. Gareth Gundrey) The Hound of the Baskervilles (adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's novel), 1931.
The Old Man, 1931.
(With others) King Kong, 1933.
OTHER
Unofficial Despatches, Hutchinson (London, England), 1901.
Famous Scottish Regiments, Newnes (London, England), 1914.
Field Marshall Sir John French and His Campaigns, Newnes (London, England), 1914.
Heroes All: Gallant Deeds of War, Newnes (London, England), 1914.
The Standard History of the War (four volumes), Newnes (London, England), 1914-16.
War of the Nations, Volumes 2-11, Newnes (London, England), 1914-19.
Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces: The Full Story of a Great Achievement (six volumes), Newnes (London, England), 1915.
The Real Shell-Man, Waddington (London, England), 1919.
People: A Short Autobiography, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1926, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1929.
This England, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1927.
My Hollywood Diary, Hutchinson (London, England), 1932.
Winning Colours: Selected Racing Writings of Edgar Wallace, edited by John Welcome, Bellew (London, England), 1991.
Columnist, Star, London, England, 1927-32, and Daily Mail, London, England, 1930-32. Drama critic, Morning Post, London, England, 1928. Contributor to periodicals, including Birmingham Post and Thompson's Weekly News. Editor, Town Topics, 1916, and Sunday News, 1931. Founded Bilbury's Weekly, R. E. Walton's Weekly, and Bucks Mail.
SIDELIGHTS:
Edgar Wallace produced more than 200 works—including over 170 novels—in a career that flourished during the first three decades of the twentieth century. "The typical Edgar Wallace book is a straight-forward crime novel or thriller in which the plot is the most significant point," wrote J. Randolph Cox in the Dictionary of Literary Biography. He added that Wallace "was not a great writer" but "a great storyteller who appealed mainly to his own generation." Louis J. McQuilland lauded Wallace in Bookman as "a great serial writer," and noted that Wallace professed pride in what he called "my big output."
Wallace began his literary career while working as a journalist in Africa. His first book, The Mission That Failed!, A Tale of the Raid, and Other Poems, was published in 1898, and additional verse volumes appeared during the next few years. His first thriller, The Four Just Men, was appraised by Cox as "the highly improbable story of a plot against the English foreign secretary," and though it failed to prove profitable, its heroes, three vengeful friends, appeared in two sequels and a collection of tales, and eventually managed to bring about the deaths of more than fifteen criminals while expressing what Armin Arnold, writing in the International Fiction Review, described as an "instinct for justice."
Notable among Wallace's ensuing novels are The Angel of Terror, a 1922 publication summarized by a New York Times Book Review contributor as "well made and well told," and The Clue of the New Pin, which was described in the same publication as the work of "an author who possesses a flair for satire and a certain amount of dry humor." Another novel, The Hairy Arm, concerns a series of grisly decapitations, and it was acknowledged by a New York Times Book Review critic as "entertaining reading." The Sinister Man, meanwhile, impressed a New York Times Book Review critic as "an interesting story about dope smuggling in England." Still another tale, The Girl from Scotland Yard, won recognition in the New York Times Book Review as "a puzzle that should baffle even the most skilled of those who pride themselves upon being able to guess the guilty party in the first chapter or two."
Among Wallace's other publications are a series of novels featuring the resourceful Inspector Elks. Wallace also produced various collections of short stories, including Sanders of the River and Bosambo of the River, recounting the exploits of Commissioner Sanders, an English colonialist who wields considerable power among natives in western Africa. "The stories about Sanders may represent Wallace's strongest contributions to English literature," wrote Cox, who added that the tales were derived from the author's "experiences and knowledge gained in Africa, fortified by research and his own fertile imagination." Similarly, a contributor to the St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers observed, "To a certain extent Wallace was more convincing in the short story medium." The writer hailed Wallace's shorter works as "stunning examples of a lost art" and described them as "pithy, tightly-plotted, neatly contrived, with twists in their tails."
Wallace died in 1932, when he was only fifty-six years old and was still enjoying considerable popularity. A year earlier, H. Douglas Thomson had written in Masters of Mystery: A Study of the Detective Story, "To many people detective fiction is nowadays synonymous with the novels of Mr. Edgar Wallace." Upon Wallace's death, Francis D. Grierson lamented in Bookman that "the world has lost a great man," and E. C. Bentley declared in the English Review that Wallace's "death will be regretted as long as some millions of us live."
In the ensuing years, however, some critics questioned the quality of Wallace's extensive output. George Jean Nathan, as early as 1935, contended in Passing Judgements that "much of [Wallace's] work was popular, but none of it had the slightest artistic reason for being," and Colin Watson, writing in Snobbery with Violence: Crime Stories and Their Audience, conceded that "trying to assess Wallace's work in literary terms would be as pointless as applying sculptural evaluation to a load of gravel." Watson added, though, that Wallace "wrote as well as he needed to write in satisfaction of a voracious but uninstructed public appetite."
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
BOOKS
Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 70: British Mystery Writers, 1860-1919, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1988.
Nathan, George Jean, Passing Judgements, Alfred A. Knopf (New York, NY), 1935.
St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, 4th edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1996.
Thomson, H. Douglas, Masters of Mystery: A Study of the Detective Story, Collins (London, England), 1931.
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Volume 57, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1995.
Watson, Colin, Snobbery with Violence: Crime Stories and Their Audience, Eyre & Spottiswoode (London, England), 1971.
PERIODICALS
Bookman, March, 1926, Louis J. McQuilland, "The Bookman Gallery: Edgar Wallace," pp. 301-304; March, 1932, Francis D. Grierson, "Edgar Wallace: The Passing of a Great Personality," p. 3101.
English Review, March, 1932, E. C. Bentley, "Edgar Wallace: The Great Storyteller," p. 3114.
International Fiction Review, July, 1976, Armin Arnold, "Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Edgar Wallace," pp. 142-144.
New York Times Book Review, April 12, 1922, review of The Angel of Terror, p. 11; April 15, 1923, review of The Clue of the New Pin, pp. 22, 24; July 19, 1925, "The Head Hunter," p. 13; January 24, 1926, "London Dope Runners," p. 9; June 19, 1927, "A Girl Detective," p. 24.
ONLINE
Official Edgar Wallace Web site,http://www.edgarwallace.org (October 14, 2003).*