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diff --git a/13714-0.txt b/13714-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ebd0ec2 --- /dev/null +++ b/13714-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1581 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 13714 *** + +TALBOT MUNDY + +BIBLIO + + +MATERIALS TOWARD A BIBLIOGRAPHY +OF THE WORKS +OF +TALBOT MUNDY + + +Edited by BRADFORD M. DAY + + + + + +A Bit of His Life + + +Talbot Mundy was born in London on April 23, 1879. He was educated at +Rugby, and served nearly ten years, beginning in 1900, as a government +official in Africa and India. While in India, he wandered all over the +sub-continent on horseback, and even into Tibet. Eastern occult lore +first attracted, then fascinated, his active and unorthodox mind. Mundy +absorbed all he could learn of the Indian beliefs. + +Government service next brought him to Africa where he studied +first-hand the nature magic of many of the tribes and cultures of East +Africa. His quest for more information on this subject impelled him to +travel extensively through Egypt and the Near East and even into parts +of Arabia. This was truly adventurous at the time, but only in character +with the man who killed dozens of lions and successfully hunted for +ivory. + +Mundy visited Australia, and Mexico as far south as Yucutan. He first +arrived in the United States in 1911, and liked the country so much that +he decided to stay and become a citizen. + +Mundy quickly turned his energies to writing, and an article, "Pig +Sticking in India," was accepted and published in the April 1911 issue +of Adventure Magazine, itself only a few months old. Another article and +his first story, "The Phantom Battery" soon appeared. For years +thereafter, Adventure had short stories, novelettes, novels, and serials +by this master teller of tales in most of the issues that were printed. + +The motif and locale of the stories and very infrequent articles usually +stemmed from the areas, people, and occult knowledge previously +mentioned. The manly art of self defense must have occupied some of +Mundy's attention during his early career. A series of stories about +Billy Blain, pugilist, appeared under the pen-name of Walter Gait, +beginning with the February 1912 issue of Adventure. Two articles were +also printed under this pseudonym. + +Scribners of New York produced his first book, "Rung Ho" in 1914, then +apparently forgot him. In 1916, Bobbs-Merrill of Indianapolis published +one of his most famous stories, "King--of the Khyber Rifles," and +Cassell and Company of London brought out "The Winds of the World." Both +were well received, and Mundy's career to a moderate renown was on its +way. + +In succeeding years he continued to write for Adventure and other +magazines, most of the stories being snapped up by various book +publishers. Many of the books were reprinted in several editions by +different companies, and, confusing to a bibliophile, the English +publications ware often re-titled. + +During the 1920's Mundy bought a part of the Point Loma estate in +California, called The Cliffs. He settled there for several years and +became a member of the Theosophical Society presided over by Katherine +Tingley. A half-dozen of his books were written there and, "Om; the +Secret of Ahbor Valley," shows the influence of this occult society. + +He contributed many articles to Tingley's theosophical magazines, her +most noted publication being the Theosophical Path. After her death in +1929, Mundy left Point Loma but always retained his interest in and +sympathy with Theosophy. + +Mundy continued writing almost to the time of his death on August 5, +1940. In all, forty-nine books were produced under his name, thirty-nine +of which were original works. At least one-hundred and fifty stories and +articles appeared in magazines; most of these, perhaps nearly all, are +listed in this bibliography. None of the theosophical articles are +included here, though, as the intent of this listing is to stress his +mastery of the fantasy-high adventure tale. + +It is still too soon to properly evaluate Mundy's importance in the +stream of literature. His style of writing, choice of language, is +smoothly readable. One "fault," if such it be, is a sometimes too +carefully contrived buildup to plot situations. This careful skill did +result in glowing word-pictures and living characters. + +Considerable assistance was given on this project by friends and fellow +enthusiasts. My grateful thanks to all as they come to mind: + + +Dr. J. Lloyd Eaton--Berkeley, California +John C. Nitka--Richmond Hill, New York +James A. Strand--Portland, Oregon +Walter A. Carrithers, Jr.--Fresno, California +Robert Resch--Reading, Pennsylvania +Richard Witter, Donald Grant, and some others +for appreciated words of caution and advice. + +The following list must not be supposed the final and +authoritative word on this subject. + + + + +A list of his books + + +ALL FOUR WINDS: FOUR NOVELS OF INDIA + + Hutchinson London 1934 1232 + + King--of the Khyber Rifles Jimgrim + Om; the Secret of Ahbor Valley Black Light + + Cover Black--yellow letters + +BLACK LIGHT + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1930 315 + A.L. Burt + + ("There was no moon yet ...") + + Cover maroon--black letters + +THE BUBBLE REPUTATION + + (See ibid--HER REPUTATION) + +CAESAR DIES + + Hutchinson London No date 206 + + ("Golden Antioch lay like a jewel at a mountain's throat ...") + (The Falling Star--MAGAZINE--Adventure 10/23/26) + + Cover red + +THE CAVES OF TERROR + + Hutchinson London No date 255 + (Pocketbook) Doubleday, Page New York 1924 118 + + ("Meldrum Strange has a way with him ...") + (The Gray Mahatma--MAGAZINE--Adventure 11/10/22 + Famous Fantastic Mysteries 12/ /51) + + Cover light blue--rose letters + +C.I.D. + + Century New York 1932 280 + Hutchinson London 1932 288 + + ("It was typical south-west monsoon weather ...") + (C.I.D.--MAGAZINE--Adventure 3/1/33 to 4/15/33) + + Cover yellow--black letters with red and black Oriental Figure + +COCK O' THE NORTH + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1929 340 + + ("Angus, nicknamed "Gup" McLeod, six feet two and a half + inches of him, came untouched out of the Great War ...") + (The Invisible Guns of Kabul--MAGAZINE--Adventure 10/1/29) + + Cover orange--black letters + +THE DEVIL'S GUARD + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1926 335 + Oriental Club + Wells & Shakespeare + + ("I find myself wondering why I should go to the trouble to + write what few men will believe ...") + (Ramsden--MAGAZINE--Adventure 6/8/26) + + Cover maroon--green letters + +DIAMONDS SEE IN THE DARK + + Hutchinson London No date 287 + + (See ibid--EAST AND WEST) + + Cover red + +EAST AND WEST + + Appleton-Century New York 1937 310 + + ("Moses Lafayette O'Leary tossed his pith helmet to a coolie ...") + + Cover yellow--black letters with red and black Oriental Figure + +THE EYE OF ZEITOON + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1920 354 + McKinley, Stone & McKenzie[A] + A.L. Burt + + ("It is written with authority of Tarsus that once it was + no mean city ...") + (The Eye of Zeitoon--MAGAZINE--Romance 2/ /20) + + Cover reddish-brown--brown letters on black background + +[Footnote A: Masterpieces of Oriental Mystery--A set of ten titles] + +FULL MOON + + Appleton-Century New York 1935 312 + + ("Bombay sweltered ...") + (Full Moon--MAGAZINE--Famous Fantastic Mysteries 2/ /53) + + Cover yellow--black letters with red and black Oriental Figure + +THE GUNGA SAHIB + + Century New York and London 1934 303 + + ("Birds sang blithely at the forest's edge ...") + (When Trails Were New--MAGAZINE--Argosy-All-Story 10/27/28 + to 12/1/28) + Cover yellow-black letters + +GUNS OF THE GODS + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1921 359 + McKinley, Stone & McKenzie (Masterpieces of Oriental Mystery) + + ("The why and wherefore of my privilege to write a true + account of the Princess Yasmini's Early youth is a story ...") + (Guns of the Gods--MAGAZINE--Adventure 3/1/21 to 5/1/21) + + Cover yellow brown--black letters + +GUP-BAHADUR + + Hutchinson London No date 292 + + (See ibid--COCK O' THE NORTH) + + Cover blue + +HER REPUTATION + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1923 333 + A.L. Burt + + ("There is an hour of promise and a zero hour ...") + + Cover red--gold letters (Burt edition) + +HIRA SINGH'S TALE--When India came to fight in Flanders + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1918 308 + McKinley, Stone & McKenzie (Masterpieces of Oriental Mystery) + A.L. Burt + + ("A Sikh who must have stood six feet without his turban ...") + (Hira Singh's Tale--MAGAZINE--Adventure 10/18/17 to 12/3/17) + + Cover green with embossed letters + +THE HUNDRED DAYS & THE WOMAN AYISHA + + Century New York and London 1931 349 + + ("They kept this out of the papers at the time ...") + (The Hundred Days--MAGAZINE--Adventure 4/10/22) + (The Woman Ayisha--MAGAZINE--Adventure 4/20/22) + + Cover yellow--black letters with red and black Oriental Figure + +I SAY SUNRISE + + Dakers London 1947 182 + Wells Philadelphia 1949 187 + + ("I know whereof I write and to whom I write ...") + (Philosophical non-fiction) + + Wells edition cover dark blue--gold figure--gold letters on spine + +THE IVORY TRAIL + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1919 411 Ill. + McKinley, Stone & McKenzie (Masterpieces of Oriental Mystery) + A.L. Burt + + ("Estimates of ease and affluence vary with the point of view.") + (On the Trail of Tipoo Tib--MAGAZINE--Adventure 5/1/19 + (Trek East--POCKETBOOK--Universal Pub. 1954) to 7/15/19) + + Cover red--red letters on black background + +JIMGRIM + + Century New York and London 1931 385 + A.L. Burt + + ("It was one of those sun-drunken days in spring ...") + (King of the World--MAGAZINE--Adventure 11/15/30 to 2/15/31) + (Jimgrim Sahib--POCKETBOOK--Universal Pub. 1953) + + Cover yellow--black letters with red and black Oriental Figure + +JIMGRIM AND ALLAH'S PEACE + + Appleton-Century New York 1936 279 + + ("There is a beautiful belief that journalists may do as they + (The Adventure at El-Kerak--MAGAZINE--please ...") + Adventure 11/10/21) + (Under the Dome of the Rock--Magazine--Adventure 12/10/21) + + Cover yellow--black letters with red end black Oriental Figure + +JUNGLE JEST + + Century New York and London 1932 392 + + ("Someone began to pray in a nasal snarl, and a stallion + (Benefit of Doubt--MAGAZINE--Adventure squealed ...") + 12/10/22) + Cover yellow--black letters + +THE KING IN CHECK + + Appleton-Century New York 1934 244 + Hutchinson London 1933 256 + + ("Whoever invented chess understood the world's works ...") + (The King in Check--MAGAZINE--Adventure 7/10/22) + + Appleton-Century edition cover purple--gold letters + +KING--OF THE KHYBER RIFLES + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1916 395 + McKinley, Stone & McKenzie (Masterpieces of Oriental Mystery) + Readers League of America + A.L. Burt + + ("The men who govern India--more power to them and her ...") + (King--of the Khyber Rifles--MAGAZINE--Everybody's 5/ /16) + + Cover red--red letters on black background + Cover olive--gold letters Variants of same edition? + +THE LION OF PETRA + + Hutchinson London 1932 255 + Appleton-Century + A.L. Burt + + ("This isn't an animal story ...") + (The Lion of Petra--MAGAZINE--Adventure 3/10/22) + + Burt edition cover orange--black letters + +THE LOST TROOPER + + Hutchinson London No date 252 + + ("How can you begin a tale at the beginning when it has ...") + (The Lost Trooper--MAGAZINE--Adventure 5/30/22) + + Cover red--gold letters + +THE MARRIAGE OF MELDRUM STRANGE + + Hutchinson London No date 254 + + ("This is an immoral story ...") + (The Marriage of Meldrum Strange--MAGAZINE--Adventure 10/10/23) + + Cover blue + +THE MYSTERY OF KHUFU'S TOMB + + Appleton-Century New York 1935 279 Ill. + + ("We Americans are ostriches ...") + (Khufu's Real Tomb--MAGAZINE--Adventure 10/10/22) + + Cover purple--gold letters + +THE NINE UNKNOWN + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1923 353 + McKinley, Stone & McKenzie (Masterpieces of Oriental Mystery) + + ("I had this story from a dozen people ...") + (The Nine Unknown--MAGAZINE--Adventure 3/20/23 to 4/30/23) + + Cover blue--yellow letters + +OLD UGLY FACE + + Appleton-Century New York 1940 544 + Wells & Shakespeare + + ("Things seemed vague that evening ...") + + Cover blue--gold letters + +OM; THE SECRET OF AHBOR VALLEY + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1924 392 + McKinley, Stone & McKenzie (Masterpieces of Oriental Mystery) + Hutchinson + + ("If you want views about the world's news, read what ...") + (Om; the Secret of Ahbor Valley--MAGAZINE--Adventure 10/10/24 to + 10/30/24) + + Cover green--black letters + +PURPLE PIRATE + + Appleton-Century New York 1935 367 + + ("Hitherto I have found my real goal unattainable ...") + (Battle Stations--MAGAZINE--Adventure 5/1/35 + Cleopatra's Promise Adventure 6/15/35 + Purple Pirate Adventure 8/15/35 + Fleets of Fire Adventure 10/1/35) + + Cover yellow--black letters with red and black Oriental Figure + +QUEEN CLEOPATRA + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1929 426 + + ("Cleopatra yawned ...") + + Cover black--green letters + +RAMSDEN + + (See ibid--THE DEVIL'S GUARD) + +THE RED FLAME OF ERINPURA + + Hutchinson London No date 255 + + ("There was a voice outside, and nothing else ...") + (The Red Flame of Erinpura--MAGAZINE--Adventure 1/1/27) + + Cover red + +ROMANCES OF INDIA + + A.L. Burt New York and Chicago No date 281 + + King--of the Khyber Rifles Guns of the Gods + Told in the East + + Cover orange--black letters + +RUNG HO + + Scribners New York 1914 371 Ill. + + McKinley, Stone & McKenzie (Masterpieces of Oriental Mystery) + A.L. Burt + + ("That was no time or place for any girl of twenty to ...") + (For the Peace of India--MAGAZINE--Adventure 2/ /14 + to 4/ /14) + Cover olive--black letters on front, gold on spine + +THE SEVENTEEN THIEVES OF EL KALIL + + Hutchinson London No date 254 + + ("Steam never killed romance ...") + (The Seventeen Thieves of El Kalil--MAGAZINE--Adventure 2/20/22) + + Cover red + +THE SOUL OF A REGIMENT + + Alex Dulfer San Francisco 1925 25 + (See ibid--THE VALIANT VIEW) + (See ibid--ADVENTURE'S BEST STORIES--1926 edited by A.S. Hoffman, + an anthology published by Doran, New York, 1926) + + (The Soul of A Regiment--MAGAZINE--Adventure 2/ /12) + ("So long as its colours remain ...") + + Cover green--white spine + +THERE WAS A DOOR + + (See ibid--FULL MOON) + +THE THUNDER DRAGON GATE + + Appleton-Century New York and London 1937 335 + Hutchinson + + ("It was one of those days when not even Cockneys like London.") + + Cover yellow--black letters with red and black Oriental Figure + +TOLD IN THE EAST + + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1920 281 + McKinley, Stone & McKenzie (Masterpieces of Oriental Mystery) + + ("A blood red sun rested its huge disc upon a low mud wall ...") + (Hookum Hai--MAGAZINE--Adventure 7/ /13 + For the Salt He Had Eaten Adventure 3/ /13 + Machassan Ah Adventure 4/ /15) + + Cover brown--tan letters with black background + +TROS OF SAMOTHRACE + + Appleton-Century New York and London 1934 949 + + (Tros of Samothrace--MAGAZINE--Adventure 2/10/25 + The Enemy of Rome Adventure 4/10/25 + Prisoners of War Adventure 6/10/25 + Admiral of Caesar's Fleet Adventure 10/10/25 + The Dancing Girls of Gades Adventure 12/10/25 + A Messenger of Destiny Adventure 2/10/26 to 2/30/26) + + Cover yellow--black letters + +THE VALIANT VIEW: a collection of stories + + Hutchinson London 1939 256 + + ("So long as its colours remain, and there is one man left ...") + (The Soul of A Regiment--MAGAZINE--Adventure 2/ /12 + The Damned Old Nigger Adventure 5/ /16 + The Chaplain of the Hullingars Adventure 3/ /12 + The Pillar of Light + One Arabian Fight Adventure 11/ /13 + Machassan Ah Adventure 4/ /15 + The Man from Poonch Argosy 6/17/33 + The Eye-Teeth of O'Hara Adventure 11/1/31 + Innocent Non-combatant + The Honorable Pig ) + + Cover red + +W.H. + + Hutchinson London No date 256 + + ("The manuscript of this story was found in the cellar of ...") + (Ho for London Town--MAGAZINE--Argosy-All-Story 2/2/29 to + (The Queen's Warrant--POCKETBOOK) 2/23/29) + + Cover orange + +WHEN TRAILS WERE NEW + + Hutchinson London No date 288 + + (See ibid--THE GUNGA SAHIB) + +THE WINDS OF THE WORLD + + Cassell London and New York 1916 307 + Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1917 331 Ill. + McKinley, Stone & McKenzie (Masterpieces of Oriental Mystery) + A.L. Burt + + ("A watery July sun was hurrying towards a Punjab skyline ...") + (The Winds of the World--MAGAZINE--Adventure 7/ /15 to 9/ /15) + + Cover light gray with turbaned figure + +THE WOMAN AYISHA + + Hutchinson London No date 256 + (See ibid--THE HUNDRED DAYS & THE WOMAN AYISHA) + + ("Consider the situation for a moment first ...") + (The Woman Ayisha--MAGAZINE--Adventure 4/20/22) + + Cover red + +Is this an imaginary book? +THE MAN FROM JUPITER + + Claims have been advanced that Mundy wrote this work of science + fiction. Doubtlessly most of the imaginative creation connected with + this book is in the minds of the gulls who pass the name of this + title along. + + + + +A list of his magazine stories + + +PIGSTICKING IN INDIA + + Adventure--1911--April Article + +SINGLE-HANDED YACHTING + + Adventure--1911--July Article + +THE PHANTOM BATTERY + + Adventure--1911--August + +THE BLOODING OF THE NINTH QUEEN'S OWN + + Adventure--1911--December + +FOR VALOUR + + Adventure--1912--January + +THE SOUL OF A REGIMENT + + Adventure--1912--February + Reprinted: April 1917--November 1935--November 1940 + (The Soul of A Regiment--BOOK) + (The Valiant View--BOOK) + (Adventure's Best Stories--1926--BOOK) + +THE CHAPLAIN OF THE MULLINGARS + + Adventure--1912--March + (The Valiant View--BOOK) + +W. MAYES--THE AMAZING + + Adventure--1912--April Article + +THE QUEEN--GOD BLESS HER + + Adventure--1912--May + +T.C. ANSELL--ADVENTURER + + Adventure--1912--June + +THE COWARDS + + Adventure--1912--July + +THE PAYMENT OF QUINN'S DEBT + + Adventure--1912--August + +IN WINTER QUARTERS + + Adventure--1912--September + +THE MAN WHO SAW + + Adventure--1912--October + +HONOR + + Adventure--1912--November + +RABBIT + + Adventure--1912--December + +THREE HELIOS + + Adventure--1913--January + +A LOW-VELDT FUNERAL + + Adventure--1913--February Article + +FOR THE SALT WHICH HE HAD EATEN + + Adventure--1913--March + (Told in the East--BOOK) + +PRIVATE MURDOCH'S G.C.M. + + Adventure--1913--April + +THE GUZZLER'S GRAND PRIX + + Adventure--1913--May + +AT MANEUVERS + + Adventure--1913--June + +HOOKUM HAI + + Adventure--1913--July + (Told in the East--BOOK) + +THE CLOSED TRIAL OF WM. WALKER + + Adventure--1913--August Article + +THE LETTER OF HIS ORDERS + + Adventure--1913--September + +IN A RIGHTEOUS CAUSE + + Adventure--1913--October + +AN ARABIAN NIGHT + + Adventure--1913--November + (The Valiant View--BOOK) + +THE TEMPERING OF HARRY BLUNT + + Adventure--1913--December + +A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN + + Adventure--1914--January + +FOR THE PEACE OF INDIA + + Adventure--1914--February to April (Serial, 3 parts) + (Rung Ho--BOOK) + +THE GENTILITY OF IKEY BLUMENDALL + + Adventure--1914--June + +GULBAZ AND THE GAME + + Adventure--1914--July + +THE SWORD OF ISKANDER + + Adventure--1914--August + +FOUL OF THE CZAR + + Adventure--1914--September + +"GO, TELL THE CZAR!" + + Adventure--1914--October + +KING DICK + + Adventure--1914--November + +LANCING THE WHALE + + Adventure--1914--December + +DISOWNED! + + Adventure--1915--January + +NO NAME + + Adventure--1915--February + +ON TERMS + + Adventure--1915--March + +MACHASSAN AH + + Adventure--1915--April + (The Valiant View--BOOK) + (Told in the East--BOOK) + +A TEMPORARY TRADE IN TITLES + + Adventure--1915--May + +THE DOVE WITH A BROKEN WING + + Adventure--1915--June + +THE WINDS OF THE WORLD + + Adventure--1915--July to September (Serial 3 parts) + (The Winds of the World--BOOK) + +A DROP OR TWO OF WHITE TUCKER'S TONGUE + + Adventure--1916--February Anecdote + +THE DAMNED OLD NIGGER + + Adventure--1916--May + (The Valiant View--BOOK) + +KING--OF THE KHYBER RIFLES + + Everybody's--1916--May + (King--of the Khyber Rifles--BOOK) + +HIRA SINGH'S TALE + + Adventure--1917--October 18 to December 3 (Serial 4 parts) + (Hira Singh's Tale--BOOK) + +BLIGHTY + + Adventure--1918--August 18 Article + +OAKES RESPECTS AN ADVERSARY + + Adventure--1918--December 3 + +AMERICA HORNS IN + + Adventure--1919--January 3 + +JACKSON TACTICS + + Adventure--1919--February 18 + +HEINIE HORNS INTO THE GAME + + Adventure--1919--March 18 + +THE END OF THE BAD SHIP BUNDESRATH + + Adventure--1919--April 18 + +ON THE TRAIL OF TIPOO TIB + + Adventure--1919--May 3 to July 18 (Serial 6 parts) + (The Ivory Trail--BOOK) + +THE SHRIEK OF DUM + + Adventure--1919--September 3 + +BARABBAS ISLAND + + Adventure--1919--October 18 + +IN ALEPPO BAZAAR + + Adventure--1919--December 18 + +THE EYE OF ZEITOON + + Romance--1920--February + (The Eye of Zeitoon--BOOK) + +GUNS OF THE GODS + + Adventure--1921--March 3 to May 3 (Serial 5 parts) + (Guns of the Gods--BOOK) + +THE ADVENTURE AT EL-KERAK + + Adventure--1921--November 10 + (Jimgrim and Allah's Peace--BOOK) + +UNDER THE DOME OF THE ROCK + + Adventure--1921--December 10 + (Jimgrim and Allah's Peace--BOOK) + +THE "IBLIS" AT LUDD + + Adventure--1922--January 10 + +THE SEVENTEEN THIEVES OF EL-KALIL + + Adventure--1922--February 20 + (The Seventeen Thieves of El-Kalil--BOOK) + +THE LION OF PETRA + + Adventure--1922--March 10 + (The Lion of Petra--BOOK) + +THE HUNDRED DAYS + + Adventure--1922--April 10 + (The Hundred Days & The Woman Ayisha--BOOK) + +THE WOMAN AYISHA + + Adventure--1922--April 20 + (The Hundred Days & The Woman Ayisha--BOOK) + (The Woman Ayisha--BOOK) + +THE LOST TROOPER + + Adventure--1922--May 30 + (The Lost Trooper--BOOK) + +THE KING IN CHECK + + Adventure--1922--July 10 + (The King in Check--BOOK) + +A SECRET SOCIETY + + Adventure--1922--August 10 + +MOSES & MRS. AINTREE + + Adventure--1922--September 10 + +KHUFU'S REAL TOMB + + Adventure--1922--October 10 + (The Mystery of Khufu's Tomb--BOOK) + +THE GRAY MAHATMA + + Adventure--1922--November 10 + Reprinted: Famous Fantastic Mysteries--1951--December + (The Caves of Terror--BOOK) + +BENEFIT OF DOUBT + + Adventure--1922--December 10 + (Jungle Jest--BOOK) + +TREASON + + Adventure--1923--January 10 + +THE NINE UNKNOWN + + Adventure--1923--March 20 to April 30 (Serial 5 parts) + (The Nine Unknown--BOOK) + +DIANA AGAINST THE EPHESIANS + + Adventure--1923--August 10 + +THE MARRIAGE OF MELDRUM STRANGE + + Adventure--1923--October 10 + (The Marriage of Meldrum Strange--BOOK) + +MOHANNED'S TOOTH + + Adventure--1923--December 10 + +OM; THE SECRET OF AHBOR VALLEY + + Adventure--1924--October 10 to November 30 (Serial 6 parts) + (Om; the Secret of Ahbor Valley--BOOK) + +TROS OF SAMOTHRACE + + Adventure--1925--February 10 + (Tros of Samothrace--BOOK) + +THE ENEMY OF ROME + + Adventure--1925--April 10 + (Tros of Samothrace--BOOK) + +PRISONERS OF WAR + + Adventure--1925--June 10 + (Tros of Samothrace--BOOK) + +ADMIRAL OF CAESAR'S FLEET + + Adventure--1925--October 10 + (Tros of Samothrace--BOOK) + +THE DANCING GIRLS OF GADES + + Adventure--1925--December 10 + (Tros of Samothrace--BOOK) + +THE MESSENGER OF DESTINY + + Adventure--1926--February 10, 20, 30 (Serial 3 parts) + (Tros of Samothrace--BOOK) + +RAMSDEN + + Adventure--1926--June 8 to August 8 (Serial 5 parts) + (The Devil's Guard--BOOK) + (Ramsden--BOOK) + +THE FALLING STAR + + Adventure--1926--October 23 + (Caesar Dies--BOOK) + +THE RED FLAME OF ERINPURA + + Adventure--1927--January 1 + (The Red Flame of Erinpura--BOOK) + +WHEN TRAILS WERE NEW + + Argosy-All-Story--1928--October 27 to December 1 (Serial 6 parts) + (The Gunga Sahib--BOOK) + (When Trails Were New--BOOK) + +THE WHEEL OF DESTINY + + Adventure--1928--November 1 + (The Gunga Sahib--BOOK) + +THE BIG LEAGUE MIRACLE + + Adventure--1928--November 15 + +ON THE ROAD TO ALLAH'S HEAVEN + + Adventure--1928--December 1 + +GOLDEN RIVER + + Adventure--1929--January 1 + +A TUCKET OF DRUMS + + Adventure--1929--February 1 + +HO FOR LONDON TOWN + + Argosy-All-Story--1929--February 2 to February 23 (Serial 4 parts) + (W.H.--BOOK) + (The Queen's Warrant--POCKETBOOK) + +IN OLD NARADA FORT + + Adventure--1929--February 15 + +ASOKA'S ALIBI + + Argosy-All-Story--March 9 to March 23--1929 (Serial 3 parts) + +BY ALLAH WHO MADE TIGERS + + Argosy-All-Story--1929--April 27 to May 11 (Serial 3 parts) + +FLAME OF CRUELTY + + Romance--1929--August + +THE INVISIBLE GUNS OF KABUL + + Adventure--1929--October 1 to December 1 (Serial 5 parts) + (Cock O' the North--BOOK) + +CONSISTENT ANYHOW + + Adventure--1930--February 1 + +THE AFFAIR AT KALIGAON + + Argosy--1930--May 24 to June 7 (Serial 3 parts) + +KING OF THE WORLD + + Adventure--1930--November 15 to February 15, 1931 (Serial 7 parts) + (Jimgrim--BOOK) + +ELEPHANT SAHIB + + Argosy--1930--December 6 to January 10, 1931 (Serial 6 parts) + +BLACK FLAG + + Adventure--1931--May 1 + +THE MAN ON THE MAT + + Adventure--1931--August 1 + +THE BABU + + Adventure--1931--October 1 + +THE EYE TEETH OF O'HARA + + Adventure--1931--November 1 + (The Valiant View--BOOK) + +CASE 13 + + Adventure--1932--January 1 + +CHULLUNDER GHOSE, THE GUILELESS + + Adventure--1932--March 1 + +WATU (a reminiscence) + + Adventure--1932--April 1 + +WHITE TIGERS + + Adventure--1932--August 1 to August 15 (Serial 2 parts) + +C.I.D. + + Adventure--1933--March 1 to April 15 (Serial 4 parts) + (C.I.D.--BOOK) + +THE MAN FROM POONCH + + Argosy--1933--June 17 + (The Valiant View--BOOK) + +THE RED SEA CARGO + + Adventure--1933--August + +MILK OF THE MOON + + Argosy--1933--September 17 + +CAMERA + + Argosy--1934--January 6 + +THE GODS SEEM CONTENTED + + Argosy--1934--September 15 + +BENGAL REBELLION + + Blue Book--1935--January + +BATTLE STATIONS + + Adventure--1935--May 1 + (Purple Pirate--BOOK) + +CLEOPATRA'S PROMISE + + Adventure--1935--June 15 + (Purple Pirate--BOOK) + +PURPLE PIRATE + + Adventure--1935--August 15 + (Purple Pirate--BOOK) + +FLEETS OF FIRE + + Adventure--1935--October 1 + (Purple Pirate--BOOK) + +THE WOLF OF THE PASS + + All Aces--1936--Hay + +THE ELEPHANT WAITS + + Short Stories--1937--February 25 + +COMPANION IN ARMS + + Adventure--1937--November + +ROMAN HOLIDAY + + Golden Fleece--1938--October + +THE NIGHT THE CLOCKS STOPPED + + Adventure--1941--March + +ODDS ON THE PROPHET + + Short Stories--1941--August 10 + +FULL MOON + + Famous Fantastic Mysteries--1953--February + (Full Moon--BOOK) + (There Was A Door--BOOK) + + + + +Written under the pen-name of WALTER GALT +these tales of Billy Blain, pugilist--all from Adventure Magazine + + +THE GONER 1912--February + +THE SECOND RUNG 1912--June + +DORG'S LUCK 1912--August + +ACROSS THE COLOR LINE 1912--October + +LOVE AND WAR 1912--November + +THE TOP OF THE LADDER 1912--December + +ONE YEAR LATER 1913--February + +NOTHING DOING 1914--September + +THE RETURN OF BILLY BLAIN 1914--November + +BILLY BLAIN EATS BISCUITS 1916--January + +BILLY BLAIN'S ONIONS AND GARLIC 1916--February + + + + +Two articles under this pen-name + + +FRANCIS BANNERMAN--A MAN OF MYSTERY & HISTORY 1912--May + +ELEPHANT HUNTING FOR A LIVING 1912--July + + + + +His sagas; with a story sequence of various characters +by Dr. J. Lloyd Eaton + + +Talbot Mundy was a prolific writer of historical tales and stories of +adventure-intrigue, his particular forte being tales of India and the +Near East. Twelve of his novels are listed in THE CHECKLIST OF FANTASTIC +LITERATURE, with themes of mysticism, black versus white magic, +lost-race, and even true science fiction. Many others of his stories are +borderline fantastics. + +In the field of fantastic literature his works are highly prized (often +highly priced, also) and many such readers find, possibly to their +surprise, that they also enjoy his other stories. This may be due in +some part to the fact that Mundy used the same characters over and over +again, in novels in which each played the lead and as sub-characters in +other novels. One keeps meeting old friends. + +This leads to one difficulty in reading Mundy, however. If one is going +to meet these characters, it is much more enjoyable to watch them +develop from birth, so to speak--and not vice versa, like coming into a +theatre in the middle of the picture. But, a reading sequence is a real +difficulty. Each story is complete in itself, but the characters are +re-shuffled into various combinations and any one of them may, and does, +strike off into a novel of his own, only to reappear at a later date in +some combination with other such characters. It is confusing, to say the +least. To add to the confusion, all or nearly all of Mundy's stories +first appeared in magazines, largely in Adventure, but later in Argosy. +As his popularity grew, his older stories were republished in book form, +as well as each of his new novels, so that the date of publication of +his books means nothing as far as reading chronology is concerned. + +Before going any further, it may be interesting to digress a bit, and +consider some of his earlier stories in Adventure Magazine, and more +particularly as they apply to his books. No attempt is being made to +give a complete listing of his magazine stories here. Adventure Magazine +began publication in November 1910, but the earliest issue that I have +for reference is that of August 1911. This contains a short story by +Mundy, "The Phantom Battery." By this time he was publishing five to +eight short stories per year. These early stories were mostly about the +British Army and the most important was his "The Soul of A Regiment," +(February 1913) a tale of native troops in the ill-fated first +expedition against the Dervishes in Egypt, with a surprise, terrific, +ending. This story was published as a book, "The Soul of A Regiment," +(Alex Dulfer, San Francisco, 1925) and was anthologized by Arthur +Sullivant Hoffman in "Adventure's Beet Stories--1926" (Doran, New York, +1926). It was reprinted in Adventure Magazine in April 1917 and followed +next month be a sequel, "The Damned Old Nigger." Three of his early +novelettes (1913), "Hookum Hai," "For the Salt He Had Eaten," and +"Machassan Ah," will be found in the book "Told in the East," +(Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1920). The first two concern the Sepoy +Revolt and the third is a humorous story of the British Navy. All are +good tales. The characters in the latter appear also in "An Arabian +Night" (Adventure, November 1913). The first of his Indian hillman type +stories is probably the short novel "The Letter of His Orders" +(Adventure, September 1913). His first serial, "For the Peace of India" +(Adventure, February to April 1914) was published in the book "Rung Ho" +(Scribners, New York, 1914) and is another good story of the Sepoy +Rebellion. In January and July 1914, appeared two stories about the +Princess Yasmini, a character that he used extensively in later +novels--as the lead, with King, with Ranjoor Singh, and in the +Jimgrim-Ramsden saga. The first of his sagas (Dick Anthony of Arran) was +never published in book form. This series included eight novelettes and +short novels, enough to fill four or five books, and appeared in +successive issues of Adventure Magazine, beginning August 1914. These +were very good adventure tales of a Scotch gentleman fighting for Iran +against Old Russia, but are rather dated now. Following this, most of +his novels appeared first in a magazine and were then immediately +published in book form. + +This brings us to the "Jimgrim-Ramsden Saga," the greatest of them all. +If the early (and later) development of the associated characters is +added, it continues through twenty-one books (twenty-two novels), and +fifteen books (sixteen novels) for the actual Jimgrim-Ramsden stories. +This is not counting some eighteen novelettes and novels found in +magazines only. + +This Saga, in the main, is the story of James Schuyler Grim, (Jimgrim) a +remarkable characterization, beginning as an American "Lawrence in +Arabia" and evolving into a human but unapproachable high priest of the +occult. There is Jeff Ramsden, the strong man and his closest friend, +who with the Australian, Jeremy Ross, make up the triumvirate of Grim, +Ross, and Ramsden, with their henchman Narayan Singh, the indomitable +Sikh. (Who cuts throats with an outward thrust.) Later the +multimillionaire, Meldrum Strange, hires them to fight evil. Then, +Athelbert King, a hero of novels in his own right, joins up, making a +quartet. Other characters from Mundy's novels appear--the seductive and +dangerous Princess Yasmini; Cotswold Ommony, the forester of India; the +Babu, Chullunder Ghose; the Gunga Sahib, and O'Hara. + + + + +His sagas + + +For an interesting reading sequence, the following is suggested. + *** means excellent escapist reading--and fantastic + (***) means excellent escapist reading--not fantastic + Numbers indicate a book + Indented numbers with letter mean magazine only + Major characters, and their appearances, follow each title + (Ramsden tells many of the stories and is not listed + except as necessary to connect the series.) + + +JIMGRIM-RAMSDEN, et al, Saga + + +(***) 1. GUNS OF THE GODS (Bobbs-Merrill) + Yasmini 1. + +(***) 1a. A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN (Adventure January 1914) + Yasmini 2. + +(***) 1b. GULBAZ AND THE GAME (Adventure July 1914) + Yasmini 3. + +(***) 2. THE WINDS OF THE WORLD (Cassell) + Yasmini 4. Ranjoor Singh 1. + +(***) 3. HIRA SINGH (Bobbs-Merrill) + Ranjoor Singh 2. + + *** 4. KING--OF THE KHYBER RIFLES (Bobbs-Merrill) + King 1. Yasmini 5. + +(***) 5. JIMGRIM AND ALLAH'S PEACE (Appleton-Century) + Jimgrim 1. + +(***) 5a. THE "IBLIS" AT LUDD (Adventure 1/10/22) + Jimgrim 2. + +(***) 6. TEE SEVENTEEN THIEVES OF EL-KALIL (Hutchinson) + Jimgrim 3. + +(***) 7. THE LION OF PETRA (Appleton-Century) + Jimgrim 4. + +(***) 8. THE WOMAN AYISHA (see THE HUNDRED DAYS--Century) + Jimgrim 5. + +(***) 9. THE LOST TROOPER (Hutchinson) + Jimgrim 6. + +(***) 10. THE KING IN CHECK (Appleton-Century) + Jimgrim 7. + + *** 10a. A SECRET SOCIETY (Adventure 8/10/22) + Strange 1. Jimgrim 8. + + *** 10b. MOSES AND MRS AINTREE (Adventure 1/10/22) + Strange 2. Jimgrim 9. + + *** 11. THE MYSTERY OF KHUFU'S TOMB (Appleton-Century) + Strange 3. Jimgrim 10. + + *** 12. THE CAVES OF TERROR (Hutchinson) + Yasmini 6. Strange 4. Ramsden King 2. + +(**) 13. JUNGLE JEST (Century) + Ommony 1. King 3. + +(**) 14. THE MARRIAGE OF MELDRUM STRANGE (Hutchinson) + Ramsden Strange 5. Ommony 2. Chullunder Ghose 1. + + ** 15. OM; THE SECRET OF AHBOR VALLEY (Bobbs-Merrill) + Ommony 3. + +(***) 16. THE HUNDRED DAYS (Century) + Jimgrim 11. King 4. + + *** 17. THE NINE UNKNOWN (Bobbs-Merrill) + Chullunder Ghose 2. Jimgrim 12. King 5. + + *** 18. THE DEVIL'S GUARD (Bobbs-Merrill) + Chullunder Ghose 3. Jimgrim 13. + + *** 19. JIMGRIM (Century) + Chullunder Ghose 4. Jimgrim 14. + +(***) 20. THE GUNGA SAHIB (Appleton-Century) + Chullunder Ghose 5. Quern 1. + +(***) 20a. THE WHEEL OF DESTINY (Adventure 11/1/28) + (This is roughly the same as the first four chapters of + "The Gunga Sahib" From there on, any relationship between + the book and the magazine stories seems to be coincidental.) + +(***) 20b. THE BIG LEAGUE MIRACLE (Adventure 11/15/28) + Quorn 2. + +(**) 20c. ON TEE ROAD TO ALLAH'S HEAVEN (Adventure 12/1/28) + Quorn 3. + +(**) 20d. GOLDEN RIVER (Adventure I/1/29) + Quorn 4. + +(**) 20e. A TUCKET OF DRUMS (Adventure 2/1/29) + Quorn 5. + +(***) 20f. IN OLD NARADA FORT (Adventure 2/15/29) + Quorn 6. + +(***) 20g. ASOKA'S ALIBI (Argosy, 3 parts 3/9/29) + Quorn 7. + +(***) 20h. THE AFFAIR AT KALIGAON (Argosy, 3 parts 5/24/30) + Quorn 8. + +(***) 21. C.I.D. (Century) + Chullunder Ghose 6. + +(**) 21a. THE BABU (Adventure 10/1/31) + Chullunder Ghose 7. O'Hara 1. + +(**) 21b. THE EYE TEETH OF O'HARA (Adventure 11/15/31) + O'Hara 2. + +(***) 21c. CASE 13 (Adventure I/1/32) + O'Hara 3. Chullunder Ghose 8. + +(***) 21d. CHULLUNDER, THE GUILELESS (Adventure 3/1/32) + Chullunder Ghose 9. + +(**) 22. THE RED FLAME OF ERINPURA (Hutchinson) + Chullunder Ghose 10. + + +MONTE, et al, Saga + + +(**) a. CAKES RESPECTS AN ADVERSARY (Adventure 12/3/18) + +(***) b. AMERICA HORN IN (Adventure 1/3/19) + +(***) c. JACKSON TACTICS (Adventure 2/18/19) + +(***) d. HEINE HORNS INTO THE GAME (Adventure 3/18/19) + +(***) e. THE END OF THE BAD SHIP BUNDESRATH (Adventure 4/18/19) + +(***) 1. THE IVORY TRAIL (Bobbs-Merrill) + + ** 1a. THE SHRIEK OF DUM (Adventure 9/3/19) + + *** 1b. BARABBAS ISLAND (Adventure 10/18/19) + +(**) 1c. IN ALEPPO BAZAAR (Adventure 1/19/20) + +(***) 2. THE EYE OF ZEITOON (Bobbs-Merrill) + + +TROS Saga + + + *** 1. TROS OF SAMOTHRACE (Appleton-Century) + + *** 2. QUEEN CLEOPATRA (Bobbs-Merrill) + +(***) 3. PURPLE PIRATE (Appleton-Century) + + + + +A final note from the editor. Three other books by Mundy are classed as +fantasy, and, though not connected with the above sagas, are worthy of +mention as fantastic. + + +*** 1. BLACK LIGHT (Bobbs-Merrill) + +*** 2. FULL MOON (Appleton-Century) + +*** 3. THE THUNDER DRAGON GATE (Appleton-Century) + + +Good luck and best wishes to anyone so influenced by this listing as to +attempt collecting these stories. 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