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Smiles

Smiles was launched by Trapps Holmes and ran from 5th May 1906 until 10th November 1908, a total of 133 issues before merging with Funny Cuts.

Hamilton wrote a number of stories for this publication using his own name and a number of pen names. Details can be found on the table below.

The table below has been created using information gleaned from the Hamilton Bibliography and my thanks go to Allan S and John L for sharing it.

Some explanation of the colour coding is required.  Stories highlighted salmon pink are reprints, yellow are anonymous but likely Hamilton stories not yet verified and gold are anonymous but possible Hamilton stories.

      

 

No. Date Title Description Writing As Notes
1 05/05/1906 Harley Staines - Detective (Serial) Harley Staines Anonymous Character Vane Nugent.  Continues to issue 86 + 88
3 12/05/1906 The Major's Mistake   Anonymous Title at end
3 12/05/1906 The Cossack Captain   Anonymous Title in caps at end
5 26/05/1906 The Wrong House   Anonymous Title in caps at end
6 02/06/1906 The Rancher’s Luck – A Tale of South Carolina   Anonymous Title at end
7 09/06/1906 The Salving of the Seamew – A Story of Forecastle Jim and Tim Tacks   Anonymous  
7 16/06/1906 A Secret of the Confessional Brooke Dalton Anonymous  
8 23/06/1906 A Man's Life   Anonymous Title in caps at end
9 30/06/1906 The Chums of the Circus     Nearly title in caps at end
10 07/07/1906 The Man Who Died   Anonymous Title at end
10 07/07/1906 Shikarre Jack - a Story of Burmah   Anonymous Title in caps at end
11 14/07/1906 Royston's Understudy   Anonymous Title in caps at end
12 21/07/1906 Stuart Steele's Capture Stuart Steele Anonymous Title in caps at end
12 21/07/1906 Awkward for Ponsonby   Anonymous Nearly title at end
13 28/07/1906 Jack Westland's Victory   Anonymous Title at end
14 04/08/1906 The Vampire Mystery (Part 1 of 11)   Gordon Conway  
15 11/08/1906 The Vampire Mystery (Part 2 of 11)   Gordon Conway  
15 11/08/1906 Captain Tornado – A Story of Midshipman Bob   Anonymous Title in caps at end
16 18/08/1906 The Vampire Mystery (Part 3 of 11)   Gordon Conway  
16 18/08/1906 The 10£ Note   Anonymous Nearly title at end
17 25/08/1906 The Vampire Mystery (Part 4 of 11)   Gordon Conway  
17 25/08/1906 The Mystery of the Trincomalee – A Story of Stuart Steele the Sea Detective Stuart Steele Anonymous  
18 01/09/1906 The Vampire Mystery (Part 5 of 11)   Gordon Conway  
19 08/09/1906 The Vampire Mystery (Part 6 of 11)   Gordon Conway  
20 15/09/1906 The Vampire Mystery (Part 7 of 11)   Gordon Conway  
20 15/09/1906 The Shadow of Suspicion   Anonymous Nearly title at end
21 22/09/1906 The Vampire Mystery (Part 8 of 11)   Gordon Conway  
21 22/09/1906 The Sea Cat   Anonymous Title in caps at end
22 29/09/1906 The Vampire Mystery (Part 9 of 11)   Gordon Conway  
22 29/09/1906 A Hero and Two Ruffians Circus Dick Anonymous  
23 06/10/1906 The Vampire Mystery (Part 10 of 11)   Gordon Conway  
23 06/10/1906 A Daughter of the Revolution   Anonymous Title in caps at end
24 13/10/1906 The Vampire Mystery (Part 11 of 11)   Gordon Conway  
24 13/10/1906 Captain Shea's Tenant   Anonymous Title in caps at end
24 13/10/1906 From the Condemned Cell   Anonymous Title in caps at end
24 13/10/1906 The Hermit of Blackrock   Anonymous Title in caps at end
25 20/10/1906 An Entente Cordiale   Anonymous Nearly title at end
25 20/10/1906 Kanaka Jim   Anonymous Title at end
26 27/10/1906 For Her Sister's Sake   Anonymous Title at end
26 27/10/1906 A Mere Private   Anonymous Title in caps at end
26 27/10/1906 Ballarat Bill – A Tale of the Australian Goldfields   Anonymous Title in caps at end
27 03/11/1906 The Taming of Satan – A Circus Rider’s True Story   Anonymous Nearly title at end
27 03/11/1906 Tracked by Three   Anonymous Character Arthur Nugent
28 10/11/1906 The Queer Tenant of Bursford Grange   Anonymous Nearly title at end
29 17/11/1906 A Mysterious Bicycle Thief   Anonymous Nearly title at end
30 24/11/1906 The Mystery of Mella   Anonymous Title at end
31 01/12/1906 The Ghost of the "Grampus"   Anonymous Title in caps at end
31 01/12/1906 A Christmas Tale of the Sea   Anonymous Title in caps at end
32 08/12/1906 Stuart Steele's Christmas Stuart Steele Anonymous Title in caps at end
33 15/12/1906 Babs – A Christmas Story   Anonymous Title at end
33 15/12/1906 The Convict Twins   Anonymous Title in caps at end
35 29/12/1906 The Pass of Death – A Tale of the Sierra   Anonymous Title in caps at end
34 22/12/1906 Study Number Five – A Story of Castlemoor School Castlemoor Anonymous Attributed to CH in Funny Cuts 805
35 29/12/1906 Sedley Sharpe's Football Case Sedley Sharpe  Anonymous  
42 12/02/1907 Unknown Grayle College Not known  
44 24/02/1907 Unknown St Hilda's Not known  
45 05/03/1907 The Mountford Match Clivedale Anonymous Check source of authenticity
46 12/03/1907 Two Birds with One Stone St Freda's Anonymous Character Dick Lowther
47 19/03/1907 The Captain's Cure Greyfriars Anonymous CD May 1962 W.O.G Lofts
Issue 48
15th May 1907

 Barred St Kit's Anonymous  
The Adventure of Harley Staines
Part 47 of 85		   Anonymous  
49 02/04/1907 Dobb's Double St Hilda's Anonymous  
52 23/04/1907 Duncan’s Fair Chance – The Story of a Football Match Swarthmoor College Gordon Conway  
54 07/05/1907 Curious Capture – A School Story St Freda's Anonymous Character Dick Lowther
55 14/05/1907 Cut by the Form Northorpe Anonymous  
56 21/05/1907 The Circular Chamber Paul Sleuth Detective Gordon Conway  
58 04/06/1907 That Dreadful Man   Anonymous Title at end
59 11/06/1907 The Cricket Captain - A School Story Greyfriars (v Redclyffe) Anonymous CD May 1962 W.O.G Lofts
60 18/06/1907 Bowled Out - A School Story Friardale Anonymous  
61 18/06/1907 His Lordship   Charles Hamilton  
64 16/07/1907 A Cunning Dodge   Freeman Fox  
72 11/09/1907 The Crimson Cross   Anonymous Title in caps at end
76 08/10/1907 Billy V. C. – The Story of One Boy’s Heroics   Gordon Conway  
81 12/11/1907 Crazy Dick’s Plot – A Tale of the Fifth St Seriol's Gordon Conway  
85 10/12/1907 Sir Jordan Wood’s Will – A Christmas Story   T. Harcourt Llewelyn  
93 04/02/1908 Fifty Thousand Pounds   Charles Hamilton  
94 11/02/1908 Catch a Tattoo – a Thrilling Adventure in New York   Anonymous By the author of Dead-Shot Dick 
98 10/03/1908 My Little Game or A Cunning Ruse   Charles Hamilton  
99 17/03/1908 Unknown Birchemwell House Unknown  
99 17/03/1908 A Tragic Voyage or The Chief Mate of the Mongolian (Part 1 of 5)   Charles Hamilton  
100 24/03/1908 A Tragic Voyage or The Chief Mate of the Mongolian (Part 2 of 5)   Charles Hamilton  
100 24/03/1908 A Natalian Hero   Charles Hamilton Reprint The World's Comic 421?
101 31/03/1908 A Tragic Voyage or The Chief Mate of the Mongolian (Part 3 of 5)   Charles Hamilton  
102 07/04/1908 A Tragic Voyage or The Chief Mate of the Mongolian (Part 4 of 5)   Charles Hamilton  
103 14/04/1908 A Tragic Voyage or The Chief Mate of the Mongolian (Part 5 of 5)   Charles Hamilton  
103 14/04/1908 The Final Experiment   Charles Hamilton Reprint The Coloured Comic 112
108 19/05/1908 Dead-Shot Dick's Revenge Dead-Shot Dick  Anonymous Author of The Red Rover
109 26/05/1908 The Dynamite Clock Dernel Holt Anonymous Reprint The Coloured Comic 94
111 09/06/1908 Dead-Shot Dick's Disguise Dead-Shot Dick  Ridley Redway  
112 16/06/1908 PC 49's First Case   Ridley Redway Reprint The Coloured Comic 55
113 23/06/1908 By Whose Hand Dernel Holt Anonymous Reprint The Coloured Comic 67
113 23/06/1908 The Black Ape   Ridley Redway  
114 30/06/1908 The Faro King or The Vengeance of Gentleman Joe   Ridley Redway Reprint The Coloured Comic 21
117 21/07/1908 A Fallen Idol – A Story of California   Ridley Redway  
124 08/09/1908 The Haunted Hacienda   Ridley Redway Reprint The Coloured Comic 27