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The Monster Library (1925-1927)


The Gem serials

Nelson Lee

Nugget Library


The Monster Library was published monthly from November 1925 to May 1927 inclusive, and consisted entirely of reprints of famous series from the first or "Old" series of the Nelson Lee Library. Volume 11 was reprinted in facsimile form by Howard Baker.

 

No

Title

Story

Source

1

The Schoolboy Treasure Seekers

Schoolboy adventurers

1/158-165

2

The Black Sheep of the Remove

Arrival of Reggie Pitt

1/170-177

3

The Tyrant of St. Franks

Colonel Clinton

1/187-194

4

The Boy From Bermondsey

Jack Mason / Norman Grey

1/178-186

5

The Bullies of St. Franks or The Mysterious X

The Bullies League

1/195-204

6

Expelled!

Starke’s plot to expel Nipper

1/205-212

7

‘Neath African Skies

Treasure of El Safra

1/213-220

8

St. Franks in London

Titus Alexis & the great fire

1/221-228

9

The Boy From the Bush or The Brand of the Twin Stars

Jerry Dodd & the Test Match

1/312-319

10

The Spendthrift of St. Franks

Hon. Douglas Singleton

1/240-249

11

The Barring Out at St. Franks

Mr Martin, tyrant head

1/ 229-236 [reprinted HB N1]

12

The Mystery Master

Handforth’s brother-in-law

1/256-263

13

The Voyage of the Wanderer

El Dorado

1/264-274

14

The Ghost of Bannington Grange

Bannington Cinema

1/284-293 [?]

15

The Boy Who Vanished

Arrival of Dick Goodwin

1/275-283

16

St. Franks on the Spree

College House without rules

1/294-304

17

Prisoners of the Mountains

The Hounds of the Tagossa

1/305-311

18

The Remove in the Wild West

Canadian trip

1/320-327

19

Rebels of the Remove

The Madness of Dr Stafford

1/336-348


"The Tyrant of St. Frank's" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 3 © Amalgamated Press 1926 "The Boy From Bermondsey" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 4 © Amalgamated Press 1926 "The Bullies of St. Frank's" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 5 © Amalgamated Press 1926 "Expelled!" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 6 © Amalgamated Press 1926 " 'Neath African Skies" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 7 © Amalgamated Press 1926 "St. Frank's in London" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 8 © Amalgamated Press 1926 "The Mystery Master" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 12 © Amalgamated Press 1926 "The Voyage of the Wanderer" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 13 © Amalgamated Press 1926 "The Ghost of Bannington Grange" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 14 © Amalgamated Press 1926 "The Boy Who Vanished" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 15 © Amalgamated Press 1927 "St. Frank's on the Spree" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 16 © Amalgamated Press 1927 "Prisoners of the Mountains" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 17 © Amalgamated Press 1927 "The Remove in the Wild West" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 18 © Amalgamated Press 1927 "Rebels of the Remove" by Edwy Searles Brooks, Monster Library 19 © Amalgamated Press 1927

The Gem serials

Nelson Lee

Nugget Library

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