Author:Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace
(1875–1932)

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace

Works

Novels and collections

African novels ("Sanders" stories)

• Sanders of the River (1911)
• The People of the River (1912) (external scan)
• The River of Stars (1913)
• Bosambo of the River (1914)(external scan)
• Bones. Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country (1915)
• The Keepers of the King's Peace (1917) (external scan)
• Lieutenant Bones (1918) (external scan)
• Bones in London (1921)
• Sandi the Kingmaker (1922) (external scan)
• Bones of the River (1923) (external scan)
• Sanders. aka Mr Commissioner Sanders (1926)
• Again Sanders (1928)(external scan)

The Four Just Men series

• The Four Just Men (1920) Includes: ^[1] (external scan)
  • The Four Just Men (1905)
  • The Council of Justice (1908)
• The Just Men of Cordova (1917)
• The Law of the Four Just Men (1921) (US title: Again the Three Just Men)
• The Three Just Men (1926)
• Again the Three Just Men (1928) (Us title: The Law of the Three Just Men)

Mr. J. G. Reeder series

• Room 13 (1924)
• The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder (US title: The Murder Book of Mr. J. G. Reeder) (1925)
• Terror Keep (1927)
• Red Aces (1929)
• The Crook in Crimson (1929)
• The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories (US title: Mr. Reeder Returns) (1932)

Detective Sgt. (Insp.) Elk series

• The Nine Bears (1910) revised as Silinski—Master Criminal (1930)
• The Fellowship of the Frog (1925) adapted as The Frog, spawned a sequel Return of the Frog
• The Joker or The Colossus (1926)
• The Twister (1928)
• The India-Rubber Men (1929) adapted as The Return of the Frog
• White Face (1930)

Educated Evans series

• Educated Evans (1924)
• More Educated Evans (1926)
• Good Evans (1927)

Smithy series

• Smithy (1905)
• Smithy Abroad (1909)
• Smithy and The Hun (1915)
• Nobby or Smithy's Friend Nobby (1916)

Crime novels and short stories compilations

• Angel Esquire (1908)
• The Nine Bears (1910)
• Grey Timothy (1913) aka Pallard the Punter
• The Fourth Plague aka Red Hand (1913)
• The Man Who Bought London (1915)
• The Melody of Death (1915)
• A Debt Discharged (1916)
• The Tomb of T'Sin (1916)
• The Secret House (1917) (external scan)
• The Man Who Knew (1918)
• The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1918)
• Down under Donovan (1918)
• Kate Plus 10 (1919)
• The Green Rust (1919)
• The Daffodil Mystery, aka The Daffodil Murder (1920)
• Jack O' Judgment (1920) (external scan)
• The Crimson Circle (1922)
• The Angel of Terror, aka The Destroying Angel (1922) (external scan)
• Mr. Justice Maxell aka Take-A-Chance Anderson (1922)
• The Valley of Ghosts (1922)
• The Clue of the New Pin (1923)
• The Gaunt Stranger (1925), revised as The Ringer (1926)
• Again The Ringer (1929)

Other novels

• Smithy (1905)
• Captain Tatham of Tatham Island (1909)
• Smithy Abroad (1909)
• The Duke in the Suburbs (1909)
• Private Selby (1912) (external scan)
• The Admirable Carfew (1914)
• Smithy and the Hun (1915)
• Those Folk of Bulboro (1918)
• The Adventure of Heine (1917)
• Tam o' the Scoots (1918), [aka: Tam of the Scouts, aka: Tam] illustrated by L. A. Shafer (transcription project)
• The Fighting Scouts (1919)
• The Book of All-Power (1921)
• Flying Fifty-five (1922)
• Chick (1923) (external scan)
• The Books of Bart (1923)
• Barbara on Her Own (1926)
• This England (1927)

Works from magazines

• "The Barford 'Snake': A Tale of the 'Flying Londoner'" (1909 May, Pall Mall) (ss)
• "The Education of King Peter" McClure's Magazine, May 1910
• "His Game" Windsor Magazine, Vol 23, 1910
• "The Queen of Sheba's Belt" (1912 Feb, Red Book) (ss)
• "The Greater Battle" Collier's, Nov 6, 1915
• "The Straightened Angle" Collier's, Dec 18, 1915
• "The Fetish Stick" (1918 Apr 01, Adventure) (ss)
• "The Superspy" Popular, Oct 20, 1918
• "The Thumb of California May" Red Book, 1918 Aug (ss)
• "The Black Grippe" (Popular magazine, 7 Nov 1920)
• "The Limp of the Clan Chen" (ss) Everybody's, Oct 1921
• "The Christmas Princess" Windsor Magazine vol. 59, 1923-24
• "A Tryst With Ghosts" (1924 Jan, McClure's Magazine) (ss)

The Admirable Carfew (Windsor Magazine 1911-1914; book 1914)

• "The Agreeable Company" Windsor Magazine, Vol 35, 1912
• "Carfew is Advised" Windsor Magazine, 1912
• "Carfew—Impresario" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1914
• "Why Gelden Made a Million" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1914
• "Carfew Produces" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1914
• "Carfew and the 'Mary Q'" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1914
• "A Matter of Business" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1914
• "One and Sevenpence Ha'penny" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1914
• "The Limp of the Clan Chen" (ss) Windsor Magazine, Oct 1921

Bones and Sanders stories

• "The Branding of Bones" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1916
• "A Maker of Storms" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1916
• "Bones and the Wireless" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1916
• "The Remedy" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1916
• "The Medicine Man" (ss) Windsor Magazine, 1916
• "The Magic of Fear" (ss) Everybody's, 1925 Dec

Chick (Windsor Magazine 1921-22)

• "Chick (short story)" Windsor Magazine, Vol 55, 1921-22 [Ch. 1]
• "For One Night Only" Windsor Magazine, Vol 55, 1921-22 [Ch. 2]
• "A Writ of Summons" Windsor Magazine, Vol 55, 1921-22 [Ch. 3]
• "Spotting the Lady" [Ch. 4 (only in the book)]
• "Chick, Waiter" Windsor Magazine, Vol 55, 1921-22 [Ch. 5]
• "A Lesson in Diplomacy" Windsor Magazine, Vol 55, 1921-22 [Ch. 6]
• "The First Dispatch" Windsor Magazine, Vol 55, 1921-22 [Ch. 7]
• "The Oilfield" Windsor Magazine, Vol 56, 1922 [Ch. 8]
• "In the Public Eye" Windsor Magazine, Vol 56, 1922 [Ch. 9]
• "Courage" Windsor Magazine, Vol 56, 1922 [Ch. 10]
• "The Man from Toulouse" Windsor Magazine, Vol 56, 1922 [Ch. 11]
• "The Beating of the Middle-Weight" Windsor Magazine, Vol 56, 1922 [Ch. 12 (End)]

Longer works

• "Stamped in Gold" Detective Story , 1919 Nov 4 (novella)
• "The Day of Uniting" Popular, 1921 Oct 07 (novella)
• "Number Six and the Borgia" (1920 Dec 07, Popular) (novella)

Poetry collections

• The Mission That Failed (1898)
• War and Other Poems (1900)
• Writ in Barracks (1900) (external scan)

Plays

• The Ringer (1929)
• On the Spot (1930)
• The Squeaker (1930)

Screenplays

• King Kong (1932)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
• The Squeaker (1930)
• The Valley of Ghosts (1928)
• Prince Gabby (1929)

Fact books

• Famous Scottish Regiments (1914)
• Field Marshal Sir John French (1914)
• Heroes All: Gallant Deeds of the War (1914)
• The Standard History of the War (1914)
• Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces: The Full Story of a Great Achievement (1915) (external scan)
• 1925-The Story of a Fatal Place (1915)
• War of the Nations (1915-1917, 9 volumes)
• People (1926)

1. The Four Just Men as Part I: The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; The Council of Justice as Part II: The Council of Justice