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BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE
IN 1920, writing under the house-author name "John Anstruther," Edgar Wallace penned a series of 10 stories under the general title "The Scallywags" for The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland. The series was, initially, subtitled: "The Adventures of a Rollicking Trio." The names of the members of this trio of adventurers were Sam, Saul and Sandy.
The titles and dates of publication of the stories were:
1 The Outwitting of Pony Nelson (April 25, 1920) Subtitle: The Adventures of a Rollicking Trio
2 The Great Geneva Sweepstake (May 2, 1920) Subtitle: The Adventures of a Rollicking Trio
3 A Speculation in Shares (May 9, 1920) Subtitle: The Remarkable Adventures of a Rollicking Trio
4 The Bank That Did Not Fail (May 16, 1920) Subtitle: The Remarkable Adventures of a Rollicking Trio
5 Mr. Limmerburg's Waterloo (May 23, 1920) Subtitle: Another Clever Coup of the Debonair Three
6 A Close Call—and Its Sequel (May 30, 1920) Subtitle: Another Clever Coup of the Debonair Three
7 How a Famous Master Criminal Was Trapped (June 6, 1920) Subtitle: Another Clever Coup of the Debonair Three
8 Mr. Sparkes, the Detective (June 13, 1920) Subtitle: THe Debonair Three Get the Better of an Old Opponent
9 The Submarine-Chaser Coup (June 20, 1920) Subtitle: The Rollicking Trio in a New Role
10 A Strange Film Adventure (June 27, 1920) Subtitle: The Rollicking Three Score Again
After a pause of almost a year The Sunday Post published eight more Scallywag tales written by Wallace under the house-author name "John Anstruther." The titles and dates of publication of these stories were:
1 The Girl From Gibraltar (May 1, 1921) Subtitle: The Return of the Rollicking Trio
2 The Silk Stockings (May 8, 1921) Subtitle: The Return of the Rollicking Trio
3 The Seventy-Fourth Diamond (May 15, 1921) Subtitle: None
4 On the Movies May 22, 1921) Subtitle: None. Book title: Cinema Teaching by Post
5 The Crown Jewels (May 29, 1921) Subtitle: None
6 The Spanish Prisoner (June 5, 1921) Subtitle: None
7 The Case Of Dolly de Mulle (June 12, 1921) Subtitle: None
8 The Professor (June 19, 1921) Subtitle: None
Two more stories were added to the line-up for publication in book form, bringing the total to twenty:
1 A Gambling Raid
2 The Billiter Bank Smash
The Scallywag stories were re-written for publication in The Mixer (John Long, London, 1927). In this collection the "Scallywag Three" no longer appear under this sobriquet, and two of the names are changed. Sam becomes "Anthony" (The Mixer) and Saul is renamed "Paul." The name of the third Scallywag, Sandy, remains unchanged. The following passage from the first story—"The Outwitting of Pony Nelson"—documents these name changes:
Passage from the original Sunday Post version
"Before I make any request of you, allow me to introduce myself. I won't tell you my surname, because that would not interest you. Familiar as it may be, you can call me Sam. My friend here," he indicated the man at the door, "is Saul. The third member of the troupe ... Sandy is the taxi-driver"
Same passage from The Mixer
"Before I make any request of you, allow me to introduce myself. I won't tell you my surname, because that would not interest you. Familiar as it may be, you can call me Anthony. Or you can call me The Mixer. My friend here is Paul. The third member of my company ... Sandy is the taxi-driver."
The first 10 stories were reprinted under the original "Scallywag" series title in 1929 in the weekly Topical Times (D.C. Thomson, London). The titles and dates of publication were:
1 The Outwitting of Pony Nelson (August 31, 1929)
2 The Great Geneva Sweepstake (September 7, 1929)
3 A Speculation in Shares (September 14, 1929)
4 The Bank That Did Not Fail (September 21, 1929)
5 Mr. Limmerburg's Waterloo (September 28, 1929)
6 How a Famous Master Criminal Was Trapped (October 5, 1929)
7 A Close Call—and Its Sequel (October 12, 1929)
8 Mr. Sparkes, the Detective (October 19, 1929)
9 The Submarine-Chaser Coup (October 26, 1929)
10 A Strange Film Adventure (November 2, 1929)
In 1930, under the general title "The Return of the Scallywags," Topical Times then reprinted the next eight stories. The titles and dates of publication were:
1 The Girl From Gibraltar (Jan 11, 1930)
2 The Silk Stockings (Jan 18, 1930)
3 The Seventy-Fourth Diamond (Jan 25, 1930)
4 On the Movies (Feb 1, 1930)
5 The Crown Jewels (Feb 8, 1930)
6 The Spanish Prisoner (Feb 15, 1930)
7 The Case Of Dolly de Mulle (Feb 22, 1930)<
8 The Professor (Mar 1, 1930)
The new RGL edition of The Mixer includes, in addition to this bibliographic note, copies of the illustrations for the Scallywag series published at the beginning of each story in The Sunday Post in 1920 and 1921. —RG.
The Mixer, Arrow Book paperback edition, 1962
