Author:John Joy Bell

John Joy Bell
(1871–1934)

John Joy Bell

Works

• Jess & Co. (1904)
• Whither Thou Goest (1908)
• Jim (1911)
• Cupid in Oilskins (1916)
• Little Grey Ships (1916) short stories
  • The Price of Fish — Patrol — "Lusitania" — Ten Per Cent. — Mine-Sweepers — Mines — The Skipper of Mine-Sweeper 1113 — Traitor — Nerves On The North Sea — Our Friend the Cachalot — That Night At The Skerries — Humanity
• Till The Clock Stops (1916) Project Gutenberg
• Kitty Carstairs (1917) Project Gutenberg
• Just Jemima (1919)

• The New Noah's Ark (1898)
• Jack of All Trades (1899)
• Songs of the Hour (1900)
• Ethel (1903)
• Mistress McLeerie (1903)
• Mr. Pennycook's Boy (1905)
• Mr. Lion of London (1905)
• Clyde Songs and Other Verses (1906)
• Thou Fool! (1907)
• Dancing Days (1910)
• A Kingdom of Dreams (1911)
• The Best Man (1911)
• Bobby (1914)
• The Whalers (1914)
• Kiddies (1916)
• Secret Cards (1917)
• All Ages (1918)
• Johnny Pride (1918)
• Atlantic Gold (1918)
• The Middle Strip (1919)
• Jimmy Johnny (1920)
• Some Plain, Some Coloured (1923)
• The Nickums (1923)
• Mr. Craw (1924)
• The Invisible Net (1924)
• The Braw Bailie (1925)
• Mr. and Mrs. Craw (1926)
• Betty (1927)

Wee MacGreegor series

• Wee Macgreegor (1902) pseudo novel / short stories
• Later Adventures of Wee Macgreegor (1904). also published as Wee Macgreegor Again (1904) short stories
• Wee Macgreegor Enlists (1915)
• Oh! Christina! (1909) Only nominally part of series. She meets Macgreegor only in the sequel.
• Courtin' Christina (1913) Project Gutenberg
• Wee Macgreegor Enlists (1915) Project Gutenberg
• Kiddies (1917) (first chapter)
• Wee Macgreegor's Party (in 1 act) (1922)

Maister Joseph Redhorn series

• Joseph Redhorn (1908)
• Wullie McWattie's Master (1910)
• The Indiscretions of Maister Redhorn (1911)
• The Misadventures of Joseph (1914) short stories
  • Namesakes — The Treat and the Treatment — The Pledge — The Opposition Man — A Costly Nap — A Bid for Fame — "The Wee Dug" — Five and Thirty Shillings — His Old Enemy — An Intrusion of Youth

One-act plays

• The Pie in the Oven (in 1 act) (1922)
• Thread o' Scarlet (in 1 act) (1923)
• Those Class Distinctions (in 1 act) (1923)
• Wolves (in 1 act) (1923)
• Courtin' Christina (in 1 act) (1924)
• The Laird's Lucky Number (in 1 act) (1924)
• Exit Mrs. McLeerie (in 1 act) (1927)

Works from magazines

• "Wounded" (1903, Harper's Monthly Magazine) (ss)
• "Miss Quigley, Tobacconist" (1904 Sept The Smart Set) ss
• Old Wadd's Love Affair (1904 June, The Smart Set) ss
• 'Johnny' (1906, The Pall Mall Magazine) (ss)
• The Thousandth Whale (1907 April, The Red Book Magazine) ss
• The Undercurrent (1908 Jan, The Red Book Magazine) (ss)
• Suspense (1908 Oct, The Red Book Magazine) (ss)
• Little Boy (1910 Aug, Cosmopolitan) (ss)
• 'Crisis' (1910 Oct, The Red Book Magazine) (ss)
• 'For a Good Boy' (1912, The Century Magazine) (ss) [Wee Macgreegor]
• The Curtain: The Story of a Ghostly House (1912 Feb, The Pall Mall Magazine) ss
• The One Woman in the World (1913 May, Ainslee's Magazine) (ss)
• His Good Name (1914 Jan, Smith's Magazine) (ss)
• "A Packet of Letters" (1915 Sept, McBride's Magazine) (ss)
• "Wounded" (1916 Feb, The Quiver) (ss)
• "The Price of a Dinner" (1922, The Windsor Magazine) (ss)
• "Why the ULV Never Came Back" (1923 Jan 5, Sea Stories) (ss)
• "£500 Reward" (1923, The Strand Magazine) (ss)
• "The Gipsy " (1924-25, The Windsor Magazine) (ss)
• "Mr. Brand's Secretary" (1926-27, The Windsor Magazine) (ss)

Longer works and series

• Wee MacGreegor (The Idler, 1903) series (included in Later Adventures of Wee Macgreegor, 1904)

1. 'Arms and the Boy'
2. 'Ships That Pass'
3. The Robinsons Go Fishing
4. 'For Granpaw Purdie'
5. Heart's Desire

• Domesticities (1903-04, Leslie's Monthly) series. Illus by R. Emmett Owen
  • Mrs. McCrae Has Her Doubts
  • Mrs. McCrae is Affronted
  • Mrs. McCrae Attends a Jumble Sale
• Joan's Enemies (1917 Oct, The Blue Book) (novella)

Non-fiction and poems

• "The Road " (1898-99, English Illustrated) (poem)
• "An April Birthday" (1899, English Illustrated) (poem)

Works about Bell

• "'Wee Macgreegor': A Few Remarks about James Joy Bell, the coming Man in Scottish Literature," by Robert Barr (1903 April 18, Harper's Weekly)
• "John Joy Bell" (1903, The Idler) by Robert Barr