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The PENGUIN PARADE Series


'PD' 1 - 14 [First Series PD1-11; Second Series 1-3, annotated as PD12-14] ]





The Penguin Parade series was the first real set of Penguin Periodicals. It was used to publish short stories, poems and illustrations by contemporary writers and artists. The first volume, which was published in November 1937 as Penguin 120 was edited by Denys Kilham Roberts, who went on to edit the first series. With the onset of the war and the advent of Penguin New Writing in 1940 the series ended. The frequency which in 1938 produced three issues, gradually diminished to one per year.

Penguin Parade was re-stared with a second series under the Editorship of J. E. Morpurgo. Despite a new cover, a new focus on critical and informative contributions, and the inclusion of photographs and colour plates - only three were produced. The experiment, which started in 1947, was short-lived and ended a year later.

We are pleased to include with each separate entry a full list of the contents of each volume of The Penguin Parade.



Information and cover photographs of the PENGUIN PARADE series of Periodicals:

Number PD1
Series No.: PD1
Title: PENGUIN PARADE (1)
Sub-Title: New Stories, Poems, etc. by Contemporary Writers
Edited by: Denys Kilham Roberts
Type: (Main Series) Fiction and Penguin Parade
Date Published: 26 November 1937
Pages: 256pp.
Printer: Purnell and Sons Ltd
Price: 6d.

This book was published as Penguin No. 120 'MAIN SERIES 100-199'.
It has the number 120 on the spine and Penguin Parade 1 on the cover.

Contents:
  • WITCHES' SABBATH by I. A. R. Wylie
  • THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER by Stephen Vincent Benet
  • THE WHEEL CHAIR by Scobie Mackenzie
  • LIVING WATER by James Hanley
  • Poem: CULBIN SANDS by Andrew Young
  • FILM OVER THE EYES by L. A. Pavey
  • Woodcut by Gwen Raverat
  • SPRING SNOW by H. E. Bates
  • THE CORN PLANTING by Sherwood Anderson
  • Woodcut by J. R. Biggs
  • CHILD'S PLAY by James Gould Cozzens
  • Woodcut by Douglas Percy Bliss
  • OVER THE BRIDGE by H. T. Hopkinson
  • Poem: BOMBING CASUALTIES by Herbert Read
  • THE MAN FROM MONTPARNASSE by James Stern
  • THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO by Desmond O'Brien
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • Number PD2
    Series No.: PD2
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE (2)
    Sub-Title: New Stories, Poems, etc. by Contemporary Writers
    Edited by: Denys Kilham Roberts
    Date Published: 8 April 1938
    Pages: 224pp.
    Printer: Purnell and Sons Ltd
    Price: 6d.

    Contents:
  • JOHNNY PYE AND THE FOOL-KILLER by Stephen Vincent Benet
  • ANDALUSIAN RHAPSODY by Guy Dent
  • TWO POEMS by Andrew Young
  • Wood-engraving by Beryl Edwards
  • EVERYTHING IN THE WINDOW by I. A. R. Wylie
  • THE CHRIST CHILD by Fred Urquhart
  • Wood-engraving by Gertrude Hermes
  • A CHINESE VASE by R. Gibbons
  • COPY by Gwen Jones
  • THE ANIMALS' FAIR by J. G. Cozzens
  • ABDICATION by Sidney Young
  • Wood-engaving by Beryl Edwards
  • PEAT by Edgar Howard
  • BOANERGES by G. V. Galwey
  • POEM by A. S. J. Tessimond
  • Drawing by John Oldag
  • "FROM NATURAL CAUSES" by Owen Rutter
  • HARPS UPON THE WILLOWS by Joseph Vogel
  • THE CURÉ'S BOOTS by George Bellairs
  • Number PD3
    Series No.: PD3
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE (3)
    Sub-Title: New Stories, Poems, etc. by Contemporary Writers
    Edited by: Denys Kilham Roberts
    Date Published: 26 August 1938
    Pages: 256pp.
    Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd
    Price: 6d.

    Contents:
  • BLESSED ABOVE WOMEN by Brian Vesey-FitzGerald
  • SISTERS by Stella Gibbons
  • Drawing by Merlyn Mann
  • THE HEIRS by John Pudney
  • THE SHADOW OF THE MINE by Audrey Burton
  • Wood Engraving by Raymond Watkinson
  • CUBAN JANE by Victor Kershaw
  • POEM by T. Gillson
  • BOLERO by Elizabeth Cluer
  • Wood Engraving by Jolán Polatschek Williams
  • THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS by Stephen Vincent Benet
  • Wood Engraving by Nina Gifford
  • POEM by Raymond Watkinson
  • BRIEF BIOGRAPHY by W. A. Heaven
  • Wood Engraving by Margaret Morris
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • Number PD4
    Series No.: PD4
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE (4)
    Sub-Title: New Stories, Poems, etc. by Contemporary Writers
    Edited by: Denys Kilham Roberts
    Date Published: 8 December 1938
    Pages: 224pp.
    Printer: Purnell and Sons Ltd
    Price: 6d.

    Contents:
  • WE NEVER DIED IN WINTER by Fred Urquhart
  • LA BELLE SUZANNE by Germaine Beaumont (Translated by Raplh Cooke)
  • DEATH OF A POET (Poem) by A. C. Boyd
  • MEXICAN NIGHT by Alexander Martin
  • PARK SCENE by Daniel Kaliestein
  • CANAL (Scraper-board Drawing) by Victor Clarke
  • THE DRUNK AND THE BLIND by Gerald Kersh
  • WEDDING DOWN IN GEORGIA by Lorimer Eyre
  • ROGATION DAYS (Poem) by Eisdell Tucker
  • "NOW WE'LL EAT" by Henry Meade Williams
  • THE WIDOW FROM SPAIN by J. W. Wallace
  • O'HARA'S LUCK by Stephen Vincent Benet
  • THE ROADMAKERS (From an Etching) by Raymond Watkinson
  • OUR FRED by Leslie Halward
  • POULOU, WIFE OF MALUQUE by Léon Lafage (Translated by Ralph Cooke)
  • SONG IN THE HEBRIDES (Poem) by R. N. Currey
  • THE KNIFEGRINDER by Edward Munro
  • RIVER IN VENEZUELA by William Maxwell
  • HEARTH (Poem) by Joan Charlton
  • COTSWOLD PICNIC (Wood-engraving) by J. C. Tarr
  • THE RED FLAG by George Bellairs
  • ASHES WITHOUT SACKCLOTH by Raibeart Elder
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • Number PD5
    Series No.: PD5
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE (5)
    Sub-Title: New Stories, Poems, etc. by Contemporary Writers
    Edited by: Denys Kilham Roberts
    Date Published: 28 April 1939
    Pages: 256pp.
    Printer: Purnell and Sons Ltd
    Price: 6d.

    Contents:
  • THE LENGTH OF A STREET by Robert Buckland
  • SPRING TERM by Jack Saward
  • ARABESQUE by Nina Warner Hooke
  • WAYSIDE LAUNDY (Scraper-board Drawing) by Tom Chadwick
  • THE BROTHERS by Dorothy Carus
  • DIRGE AT SEVENTEEN (Poem) by Margaret Hamilton
  • LOUISIANA BONFIRE by M. J. MacLeod
  • TIME FOR THE PIE-BOY by Eric Knight
  • THE DANCE AND THE STEPS by T. C. Worsley
  • THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR (Lino Cut) by J. Borland McLellan
  • OUTBACK by Victor Kershaw
  • SON AND HEIR by J. G. Cozzens
  • VILLAGE SUNDAY EVENING (Poem) by John Manifold
  • VILLAGE IN CUMBERLAND (Wood Engraving) by Tom Chadwick
  • PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER by Katherine Anne Porter
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • Number PD6
    Series No.: PD6
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE (6)
    Sub-Title: New Stories, Poems, etc. by Contemporary Writers
    Edited by: Denys Kilham Roberts
    Date Published: 28 July 1939
    Pages: 256pp.
    Printer: Purnell and Sons Ltd
    Price: 6d.

    Contents:
  • HIS FORTIETH BIRTHDAY by T. O. Beachcroft
  • BROWN FLOOD by Dorothy Carus
  • BAVARIAN CAFÉ (Wood-engraving) by Nina Gifford
  • SELF-TRIMMER by Richard Armstrong
  • THE WATERFALL by J. Wood Palmer
  • "I KILLED MY GRANNY!" by Reyner Barton
  • FIRST AND ONLY by Caroline Lee
  • THE BOULDER by Francis Munro
  • TREE AND PLOUGH (Scraper-board Drawing) by Victor Clarke
  • THE TREE by Christina Hole
  • THE MIGRANT by Benn Sowerby
  • DEATH OF A POLITICIAN by Meta Mayne Reid
  • THE EXTRAORDINARILY HORRIBLE DUMMY by Gerald Kersh
  • DERBY DAY (Wood-engraving by Tom Chadwick
  • MAN AND DOG by Freda M. Winter
  • SICILIAN SUN by Dora Birtles
  • LITERARY SHRINE by Faith Baldwin
  • DEATH IN TIFLIS by Martha Dodd
  • COME, FOLLOW by Dacre Balsdon
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • Number PD7
    Series No.: PD7
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE (7)
    Sub-Title: New Stories, Poems, etc. by Contemporary Writers
    Edited by: Denys Kilham Roberts
    Date Published: 19 April 1940
    Pages: 160pp.
    Printer: Wyman and Sons Ltd
    Price: 6d.

    Contents:
  • FAR ENOUGH by Stuart Cloete
  • THE KETTLE by J. Wood Palmer
  • BRANDY by Arturo Barea
  • THE HAWK IN WINTER by F. J. Catley
  • MARCHE FUNEBRE by Ralph Korngold
  • NAPHTALI by Dorothy Ruth Kahn
  • HANDS OF WOOL SARASON by Maurice Moiseiwitsch
  • COLLEGE GREEN by T. S Faulks
  • CLASH IN GRANGEVILLE by John Prebble
  • THE LORD'S ANOINTED by Walter Duranty
  • S O S GRIDLEY FOR by G. D. Skelton
  • A PRIEST FOR THE FAMILY by Leo Kennedy
  • THE FUNERAL FEAST by Theodora Benson
  • THE YOUNG LADY by James Stern
  • Number PD8
    Series No.: PD8
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE (8)
    Sub-Title: New Stories, Poems, etc. by Contemporary Writers
    Edited by: Denys Kilham Roberts
    Date Published: 15 May 1941
    Pages: 160pp.
    Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd
    Price: 6d.

    Contents:
  • WEEP IN YEARS TO COME by Irwin Shaw
  • THE PLOUGHMAN by Chrichton Porteous
  • HEDGE SINGER by Eisdell Tucker
  • A KNOCKING AT THE GATE by Ellis St. Jospeh
  • FRESH PAINT by Geoffrey Godwin
  • YELLOW CROSS OF DAVID by Erik Joysmith
  • A DANCE AT MUHLBERG'S by Kerry Wood
  • THEY REQUIRED OF US A SONG by Ralph Bates
  • THE PARENTS LEFT ALONE by T. O. Beachcroft
  • THE FINE LINE by Marian Minus
  • PELICAN, ST. JAMES'S PARK by R. N. Currey
  • TERESA by Séan O'Faoláin
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS by Kay Ambrose and Mary Milne
  • Number PD9
    Series No.: PD9
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE (9)
    Sub-Title: New Stories by Contemporary Writers
    Edited by: Denys Kilham Roberts
    Date Published: 21 August 1942
    Pages: 128pp.
    Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd
    Price: 9d.

    Contents:
  • NECESSITY by Paul Harrison
  • MAIN CURRENTS OF AMERICAN THOUGHT by Irwin Shaw
  • A SUMMER EVENING by E. C. Harris
  • STRONG IN THE ARMS by Eric Knight
  • "FOR MARGARET AND PAULI" by W. A. Rathkey
  • HELL-FIRE FOR LUKE by John Prebble
  • THE LAST WORD by John Pudney
  • SHADOWS by Dorothy Carus
  • OSCAR by Will F. Jenkins
  • THE PIT by Gwyn Jones
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • Number PD10
    Series No.: PD10
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE (10)
    Sub-Title: New Stories by Contemporary Writers
    Edited by: Denys Kilham Roberts
    Date Published: December 1943
    Pages: 96pp.
    Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd
    Price: 9d.

    Contents:
  • BISON BILL AND JOHNNIE BULL by Eric Knight
  • NORMAN FARM by Martin Armstrong
  • FEVER (Poem) by Reginald Reynolds
  • A MAN OF PEACE by Arthur Calder-Marshall
  • THE THIEF by Reginald Reynolds
  • THE COWARD by Eleanor Burford
  • IN SICKNESS, IN HEALTH by Leslie Halward
  • WEEK-END (Poem) by Clifford Dyment
  • WASHED IN THE BLOOD by Fred Urquhart
  • DEAR EVERYBODY by Séan O'Faoláin
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • Number PD11
    Series No.: PD11
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE (11)
    Sub-Title: New Stories by Contemporary Writers
    Edited by: Denys Kilham Roberts
    Date Published: August 1945
    Pages: 196pp.
    Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd
    Price: 9d.

    Contents:
  • GWYDION MATHRAFAL by Gwyn Jones
  • FIRST SIN by John Prebble
  • TROOPSHIP by John Strachey
  • IN A GLASS DARKLY by Dorothy Carus
  • THOMAS GRIFFITHS AND PARSON COPE by Margiad Evans
  • IN THE CAGE by Patricia W. Daly
  • FESTIVAL by Margaret Stanley-Wrench
  • TOMORROW I WILL CLEAN THE BRASS by Eleanor Burford
  • ESTORO by Peter Jackson
  • PACT by Joseph Harrington
  • YOU'LL GET NO PROMOTION by Charles A. Fenton
  • BOWEN, MORGAN AND WILLIAMS by Glyn Jones
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • Number PD12
    Series No.: PD12
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE: SECOND SERIES (1)
    Edited by: J. E. Morpurgo
    Contents: 4 pages of Colour plates and 16 pages of black-and white photographic plates
    Date Published: September 1947
    Pages: 96pp. + 12pp.
    Printer: Wyman and Sons Ltd
    Collogravure: Harrison and Sons Ltd
    Colour Plates: George Pulman and Sons Ltd
    Price: 1/-

    Contents:
  • CRITICISM AND REVIEWAGE by Daniel George
  • 'NAYMAN' by Angus N. Berresford
  • BALLATA by John Heath-Stubbs
  • PASTORAL by Douglas Grant
  • UNWILLINGLY TO SCHOOL by Sydney Carter
  • PREFACE TO PERICLES by W. Nugent Monck
  • THE DECLINE OF THE MINIATURE by Ellis Waterhouse
  • CHESHIRE CAT by Kenneth Allott
  • PAST PROFILE, I: DR. JOHNSON by C. E. Vulliamy
  • FESTIVAL PANORAMA by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher
  • TELEVISION: THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE by Denis Johnston
  • CHAPTER OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY, I: ANTARCTIC WIND by G. Murray Levick
  • LITERATURE AND THE LIBRETTO: AN UNEASY FRIENDSHIP by Philip Hope-Wallace
  • Number PD13
    Series No.: PD13
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE: SECOND SERIES (2)
    Edited by: J. E. Morpurgo
    Contents: 4 pages of Colour plates and 16 pages of black-and white photographic plates
    Date Published: February 1948
    Pages: 96pp. + 12pp.
    Printer: Wyman and Sons Ltd
    Collogravure: Harrison and Sons Ltd
    Colour Plates: George Pulman and Sons Ltd
    Price: 1/6d.

    Contents:
  • FOREWORD
  • TALL TROY'S DOWN by J. C. Trewin
  • FATHER FACES THE MUSIC by Alan Roberts
  • COCKAIGNE by David Wright
  • PAST PROFILE II: BUCK by D. B. Wyndham Lewis
  • THEATRE by Constance Carrier
  • THE EVIL HOUR by Edmund Blunden
  • THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF STRIKES by John Meredith
  • LOUIS LE BROCQUY by Maurice Collis
  • JAZZ MUSIC by John Postgate
  • 'TRUE JUSTICE' by Ronald Rubinstein
  • CHAPTER OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY II: THE LONG NIGHT by G. Murray Levick
  • DISTANT CORRESPONDENCE: AUSTRALIAN by George Farwell
  • Number PD14
    Series No.: PD14
    Title: PENGUIN PARADE: SECOND SERIES (3)
    Edited by: J. E. Morpurgo
    Contents: 4 pages of Colour plates and 16 pages of black-and white photographic plates; including 5 photographs from the Olympic Games of 1936 in Germany.
    Date Published: July 1948
    Pages: 96pp. + 12pp.
    Printer: Wyman and Sons Ltd
    Collogravure: Harrison and Sons Ltd
    Colour Plates: George Pulman and Sons Ltd
    Price: 1/6d.

    Contents:
  • FOREWORD
  • HELLO AND GOOD-BYE by Eudora Welty
  • PERMANENT TRUTHS: COMPTON BURNETT by Pamela Hansford Johnson
  • THE WIND AT SAMOS by Sydney Carter
  • PAST PROFILE III: A REVOLUTIONARY by David Thomson
  • AT LOCH FREUCHIE by Patric Dickinson
  • AN ENGLISH SUCCESSOR TO VAN DYCK by Emile Cammaerts
  • THE TELL-TALE ARTICLE by G. Rostrevor Hamilton
  • SONG by Kenneth Allott
  • WAR AND THE WRITER by Douglas Grant
  • SENTIMENT TOWARDS THE JAPANESE by Anthony Rye
  • THE FREE DANCE by Fernau Hall
  • CHAPTER OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY - OLYMPICS by H. M. Abrahams
  • THE SPANISH GATEWAY by Joespeh MacLeod
  • DISTANT CORRESPONDENCE: SOUTH AFRICA by Patrick de Burgh
  • SONG by Gordon Symes
  • THE AMERICAN ELECTION by J. E. Morpurgo



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