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Issue 2/985

1st January 1927

Out for Trouble

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin   Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 240  
Issue 2/986

8th January 1927

Tom Merry's Enemy

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin   Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 240  
Issue 2/987

15th January 1927

Captain and Cad

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin   Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 240  
Issue 2/988

22nd January 1927

The Black Sheep of St Jim's

    Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 214  
Issue 2/989

29th January 1927

Standing By a Scapegrace

    Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 214  
Issue 2/990

5th February 1927

The Toff's Sacrifice

    Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 214  
Issue 2/991

12th February 1927

True as Steel

    Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 214  
Issue 2/992

19th February 1927

The Merseyside Mystery

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin      
Issue 2/993

26th February 1927

D'Arcy's Comic Opera

Substitute Story by G. R. Samways      
Issue 2/994

5th March 1927

Inventors All

Substitute Story by Edwy Searles Brooks      
Issue 2/995

12th March 1927

Skinploe's Thought Reading Machine

Substitute Story by Edwy Searles Brooks      
Issue 2/996

19th March 1927

Rival Inventors

Substitute Story by Edwy Searles Brooks      
Issue 2/997

26th March 1927

The Bogus Inventor

Substitute Story by Edwy Searles Brooks      
Issue 2/998

2nd April 1927

The Boy from Russia

Substitute Story by Kenneth E. Newman   Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 208  
Issue 2/999

9th April 1927

The Siege of St. Jim's

Substitute Story by Kenneth E. Newman   Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 208  
Issue 2/1000

16th April 1927

Trimble's Tenner

    Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 264  
Issue 2/1001

23rd April 1927

Under Faddist Rule

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin The Cranky Headmaster 1/3 Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 200  
Issue 2/1002

30th April 1927

St. Jim's in a Quandary

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin  The Cranky Headmaster 2/3 Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 200  
Issue 2/1003

7th May 1927

The Jape of the Term

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin The Cranky Headmaster 3/3  Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 200  
Issue 2/1004

14th May 1927

Wally's Secret Society

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin      
Issue 2/1005

21st May 1927

The Hidden Hand

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin      
Issue 2/1006

28th May 1927

The Loyalty of Levison

    Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 338  
Issue 2/1007

4th June 1927

For His Chum's Sake

    Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 338  
Issue 2/1008

11th June 1927

Baggy Trimble's Charity

The Lofts and Adley Gem index indicate that this is a substitute Story by G. R. Samways. However the original E. S. Brooks manuscript is still in existence so the entry is clearly incorrect.      
Issue 2/1009

18th June 1927

Grundy's Barring Out

Substitute Story by Kenneth E. Newman      
Issue 2/1010

25th June 1927

The Faithful Fag

Substitute Story by John Nix Pentelow      
Issue 2/1011

2nd July 1927

Saved from the Sack

Substitute Story by C. D. Lowe      
Issue 2/1012

9th July 1927

Gussy the Rebel

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin      
Issue 2/1013

16th July 1927

Gussy Sees it Through

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin      
Issue 2/1014

23rd July 1927

Kit Wildrake's Peril

  Wild West Series 1/8  Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 244  
Issue 2/1015

30th July 1927

Westward Bound

  Wild West Series 2/8  Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 244  
Issue 2/1016

6th August 1927

Tom Merry & Co in Canada

  Wild West Series 3/8  Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 244  
Issues 1017-1032 contain a serial Rookwood story "The Rookwood Dictator". This story was by substitute writer K. E. Newman
Issue 2/1017

13th August 1927

The Dude of the Bootleg Ranch

   Wild West Series 4/8  Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 246  
Issue 2/1018

20th August 1927

The Secret of Pine Tree Patch

  Wild West Series 5/8   Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 246  
Issue 2/1019

27th August 1927

The Dollar Trail

  Wild West Series 6/8      
Issue 2/1020

3rd September 1927

The Schoolboy Cowpunchers

   Wild West Series 7/8  Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 246  
Issue 2/1021

10th September 1927

The Japer of Bootleg Ranch

  Wild West Series 8/8   Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 246  
Issue 2/1022

17th September 1927

Under Gussy's Wing

Substitute Story by Edwy Searles Brooks  The Castleton Twins 1/4    
Issue 2/1023

24th September 1927

The Boy who Held His Tongue

Substitute Story by Edwy Searles Brooks The Castleton Twins 2/4    
Issue 2/1024

1st October 1927

The Changeling of St. Jim's

Substitute Story by Edwy Searles Brooks  The Castleton Twins 3/4    
Issue 2/1025

8th October 1927

Under False Colours

Substitute Story by Edwy Searles Brooks  The Castleton Twins 4/4    
Issue 2/1026

15th October 1927

The New House Recruit

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin   Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 350  
Issue 2/1027

22nd October 1927

Who Wants Grundy

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin   Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 350  
Issue 2/1028

29th October 1927

Spoof Champion, The

Substitute Story by H. Clarke Hook      
Issue 2/1029

5th November 1927

Anyone Seen Our Guy

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin      
Issue 2/1030

12th November 1927

Monty Lowther's Masquerade

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin      
Issue 2/1031

19th November 1927

Levison's Last Day

    Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 365  
Issue 2/1032

26th November 1927

Wally D'Arcy's Feud

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin      
Issues 1033-1046 contain a serial Rookwood story "His Own Enemy" by substitute writer K. E. Newman. This story was later reprinted in the Schoolboys Own Library Issue 100
Issue 2/1033

3rd December 1927

Backing Up Wally

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin      
Issue 2/1034

10th December 1927

Levison's Return

       
Issue 2/1035

17th December 1927

The White Cavalier

    Reprinted in Schoolboys Own Library Issue 365 Reprinted in the Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1978
Issue 2/1036

24th December 1927

The Missing Fourth Former

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin      
Issue 2/1037

31st December 1927

Kidnapped

Substitute Story by Stanley Edwards Austin