Works by Arthur Morrison

 
The Mystery tales

Martin Hewitt Investigator: Collection of stories featuring the detective Martin Hewitt. First appeared in The Strand Magazine in 1894.
The Lenton Croft Robberies
The Loss of Sammy Throckett
The Case of Mr. Foggatt
The Case of the Dixon Torpedo
The Quinton Jewel Affair
The Stanway Cameo Mystery
The Affair of the Tortoise
http://freeread.com.au/ebooks/c00063.txt

Chronicles of Martin Hewitt: Short-story collection containing:
The Ivy Cottage Mystery
The Nicobar Bullion Case
The Holford Will Case
The Case of the Missing Hand
The Case of Laker, Absconded - first appeared in Windsor Magazine, May 1895
The Case of the Lost Foreigner - first appeared in Windsor Magazine, June 1895
http://books.google.com/books?id=YBkXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Chronicles+of+Martin+Hewitt#v=onepage&q=&f=false

The Dorrington Deed-Box: Short-story collection containing:
The Narrative of Mr. James Rigby
The Case of Janissary
The Case of the "Mirror of Portugal"
The Affair of "The Avalanche Bicycle and Tyre Co., Limited"
The Case of Mr. Loftus Deacon
Old Cater's Money -- first appeared in Windsor, v. 6, 1897
http://books.google.com/books?id=9P8kAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Dorrington+Deed-Box&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false

The Red Triangle: Collection of Martin Hewitt detective stories, first published in London Magazine in 1902-1903, containing:
The Adventure of Channel Marsh
The Affair of Samuel's Diamonds
The Case of Mr. Jacob Mason - first appeared in London Magazine, December 1902
The Case of the Admiralty Code
The Case of the Burnt Barn - first appeared in London Magazine, March 1903
The Case of the Lever Key
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28071

The Green Eye of Goona: Mystery novel. Published in USA as "The Green Diamond." This novel deals with the adventures of a famous diamond, " The Green Eye of Goona," mysteriously stolen from an Indian rajah, and supposedly concealed in one of a dozen magnums of Tokay wine. An enterprising young Englishman, Harvey Crook, is the principal seeker for the diamond, and proves himself a worthy disciple of Martin Hewitt and Sherlock Holmes.

 

Humour

Green Ginger: Collection of humorous short-stories:
The Absent Three
Arts and Crafts
Captain Jollyfax's Gun
The Chamber of Light
The Copper Charm
Dobb's Parrot -- first appeared in Strand Magazine, 1909
The Drinkwater Romance
The House of Haddock
A Lucifo Match -- first appeared in Strand Magazine, January 1909
Mr. Bostock's Backsliding
The Rodd Street Revolution
The Seller of Hate
A Skinful of Trouble
Snorkey Timms, His Mark
The Stolen Blenkinson
Wick's Waterloo
http://www.archive.org/details/greenginger00morrgoog


The East End Stories


Tales of Mean Streets: Collection of stories about London's East End containing:
All That Messuage
Behind the Shade
A Conversion
In Business
Lizerunt
On the Stairs
A Poor Stick
The Red Cow Group
Squire Napper
That Brute Simmons
Three Rounds
To Bow Bridge
Without Visible Means
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks08/0800371.txt

A Child of the Jago: Realistic novel of life in London's East End. The Old Jago - based on the Old Nichol - is an area of slums that practically has its own laws and codes of honour. The novel follows Dicky as he grows up in these massively deprived surroundings, and as he falls into a life of petty crime, beginning with his stealing a watch and running home to show his father proudly what he had done.

To London Town: With "Tales of Mean Streets" and "A Child of the Jago", completes the "East End" trilogy.

The Hole in the Wall: Realistic murder story set in London's East End.
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks08/0800561.txt

Divers Vanities: Short-story collection containing:
Chance of the Game
Spotto's Reclamation
A "Dead 'Un"
The Disorder of the Bath
His Talk of Bricks
Teacher and Taught
A Blot on St. Basil
One More Unfortunate
Ingrates at Bagshaw's -- first appeared in The Chap-Book, v. 4, no. 1, Nov. 15, 1895.
Rhymer the Second
Charlwood with a Number
A Poor Bargain
Statement of Edward Chaloner
Lost Tommy Jepps
The Legend of Lapwater Hall
The Black Badger
The Torn Heart
http://www.archive.org/details/diversvanities00morrgoog


Supernatural

Cunning Murrell: A Tale of Witchcraft and Smuggling
A narrative of the oddities the author came across in an old-world retreat. When the book came out, The Literary World called it "one of the amiable mistakes in literature".
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The Thing in the Upper Room: A tale of the supernatural.
http://www.magick7.com/oe/Horror/stories01/150.htm


 

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