WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON (1872-1944)

SEARCHING FOR HALLEY'S COMET AT GREENWICH OBSERVATORY	UP JUMPED THE LITTLE WHITE LADY IN HER BED	ELFIN MOUNT
THE FIRST CHANTEY	LUNCHEON HOUR ON THE EMBANKMENT	FOR SHUFFLING DOMINOES
CHARACTER HEAD STUDIES FROM RABELAIS – 'GARGANTUA & PANTAGRUEL'	SEASONAL PRECAUTIONS AT A WEST END RESTAURANT CORKING UP THE HOLES IN THE GRUYERE CHEESE TO STOP THE DRAUGHT
THE BEDSIDE GAS COOKER BREAKFAST IN BED FOR THE HARDWORKED HOUSEWIFE	HEALTHY SPORT FOR THE AGED IN A COMMUNAL HOME	DRAWING LOTS FOR THE NEXT BATH
CUTTING THE CHRISTENING CAKE	CARRYING ON IN THE DINING-ROOM DURING SPRING CLEANING IN A COMMUNAL ESTABLISHMENT	BRIDGE AS USUAL
DENTAL INSPECTION WITH NO FUSS	A RECENTLY REVISED FORM OF THE AVELING SHUTTLE DUMPER	THE MAKING OF MECHOFELT – UNDER HYDRAULIC PRESSURE
WHEN TEA AS WELL AS SUGAR IS RATIONED. AN ELEGANT CONTRAPTION FOR SMART OCCASIONS	STRETCHING SPAGHETTI BY THE NEW MAGNETIC METHOD WHEN SPAGHETTI IS RATIONED	TEMPORARY MEASURES TO DEAL WITH SHORTAGE OF MATERIALS IN A HAGGIS MILL IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND
WHEN BEER IS RATIONED	SOME OF THE FIRST LORD'S NEW IDEAS FOR ARMING MERCHANTMEN WITH DEPTH CHARGES AND OTHER ANTI-SUBMARINE DEVICES	THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY'S NEW DESIGN FOR A MINE-SWEEPER
DISGUISED AS A NEUTRAL, THE FIRST LORD PERPETRATES ANOTHER UNSPORTSMANLIKE OUTRAGE ON THE GERMAN NAVY	CONTEMPTIBLE PLOT BY THE FIRST LORD AND HIS GANG TO INJECT FLUE GERMS INTO FIELD MARSHALL GOERING BY HYDRAULIC PRESSURE	AN INFAMOUS ATTEMPT BY THE FIRST LORD TO STEAL THE BAIT OF A FISHERMAN IN THE NORTH SEA
HMS WINSTONIA THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY'S NEW WAISTCOAT POCKET BATTLESHIP	ANOTHER GROSS INFRINGEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE NAZIS. THE FIRST LORD DISGUISED AS A 'U' BOAT. TORPEDOING DUCKS IN KENSINGTON GARDENS	LORD HAW HAW'S LATEST REVELATION INHUMAN CONSPIRACY BY THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY TO KIDNAP GOERING'S BABY
THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY MAKES YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BLACKEN THE NAME OF THE NAZIS. ELECTROCUTING A WELSH RABBIT ON THE FOOT HILLS OF MOUNT SNOWDON	THE PROPOSAL SCREEN FOR MAKING PROPOSALS IN CROWDED ROOMS	SIX-HANDED DRAUGHTS
TO AVOID TEMPTATION AND EMBARRASSING SITUATIONS ON ST VALENTINE'S MORN	ANOTHER REVIVAL OF AN OLD CEREMONY THE BIRTHDAY KISS	SOLO BADMINTON FOR THE OVER SEVENTIES
THE EARLY MORNING PICK-ME-UP PARADE IN THE HANGOVER LOBBY OF A COMMUNAL ESTABLISHMENT	WELCOME HOME FROM THE OFFICE IN THE EVENING	A NEW MACHINE FOR SPEEDING UP THE BREAKFAST EGG IN A COMMUNAL KITCHEN
DOING MORE THAN ONE THING AT A TIME	KITCHEN COMFORT	INTERESTING METHOD OF TEACHING ELEMENTARY GEOMETRY
HIGHER MATHEMATICS	LEARNING COMMUNAL TABLE MANNERS AN EXERCISE IN SELF-RESTRAINT	THE BOTANY LESSON TAKING NO CHANCES
COLLECTIVE GOOD-BYE TO THE CHILDREN WHEN OFF TO THE OFFICE IN THE MORNING	THE MORNING BRUSH BEFORE GOING TO THE OFFICE	THE HARMONIC DRESSER FOR RELIEVING KITCHEN TOIL
SELECTING A MATE – WHICH SHALL IT BE	STUDYING THE UNSOCIAL AND PREDATORY HABITS OF THE MOSQUITO	COURTSHIP. SYNCHRONISING HEARTBEATS
CONSEQUENCES HOW A FALLEN CRUMB MAY BE THE MEANS OF DESTROYING THE REPUTATION OF A RESPECTABLE CITIZEN	DRAWING RED HERRINGS ACROSS THE SANDS OF DEE	EARLY RAILWAY PIONEERS PROSPECTING FOR A SITE FOR A TERMINUS BY THE UPPER REACHES OF THE PADDINGTON CANAL
AN UNFORTUNATE START FOR THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS	AN EARLY AND INTERESTING TYPE OF SIGNAL	AN ERROR OF JUDGEMENT IN THE GOODS YARD
EARLY METHODS OF ENGINE CLEANING	POPULARITY OF THE HIKERS' MYSTERY EXPRESS LEADS TO THE SAME IDEA ON THE ROAD	VARIED DUTIES OF RAILWAY POLICE
A SIMPLE DEVICE FOR PREVENTING RAILWAY POLICEMEN FROM BEING RUN DOWN WHEN WALKING ON THE LINE	THE FIRST WAITING-ROOM	A PICTURESQUE CEREMONY – THE MAYOR IN STATE LETTING THROUGH THE FIRST TRAIN IN A NEW RAILWAY STATION
THE FIRST 'LADIES ONLY' COMPARTMENT	BOLD MOVE IN THE CAMPAIGN TO DO AWAY WITH RAILWAY PORTERS	THE FIRST MAGNETIC SIGNAL
THE KIND OF THING WE WERE SOMETIMES REDUCED TO BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF FOOT WARMERS	NUT CRACKING ON THE GWR	THE COMPANY STARTS STEAMER SERVICES
THE FIRST SMOKING CARRIAGE	PUSSY-CAT, PUSSY-CAT, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I'VE BEEN UP TO LONDON TO LOOK AT THE QUEEN	THE ADJUSTABLE CHIMNEY TO FIT ANY SIZE TUNNEL
AN EARLY TYPE OF ENGINE FOR CLEANING TUNNELS	TAKING SEATS FOR LUNCH ON ONE OF THE FIRST TRAINS TO BE EQUIPPED WITH RESTAURANT CARS	HOW THEY NEGOTIATED THE FLOODED DISTRICTS IN THE SHORT CUT TO THE WEST
INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS ON THE WIG INDUSTRY (MASS PRODUCTION FOR THE MILLIONS)	MRS BLOGGS AT THE FOOTBALL MATCH MRS BLOGGS – 'WELL, I'M BLESSED! AFTER ALL THIS TRAPESING ABOUT, IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AND LOST THE BALL!'	WHEN TEA AS WELL AS SUGAR IS RATIONED AN ELEGANT CONTRAPTION FOR SMART OCCASIONS
THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE	TESTING CORN PLASTERS IN THE SALON OF A FASHIONABLE WEST END CHIROPODIST	THE REAL SOLDIER
A BRAINY OLD HUN SETTLING THE DANUBE DIFFICULTY BY STOPPING THE RIVER AT ITS SOURCE	COMMUNITY SINGING WHAT IT IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO	CABINET COUNCILLORS WERE WALKING ABOUT BAREFOOTED
HARD TO BEAT: THE RECORD	THE INCURABLE GOLFER DOES A SHORT HOLE IN ONE	THE KINDLY CADDY-BIRD OF ST ANDREWS PURSUING ITS DAILY ROUND
ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS AMERICAN GOLFERS, WHO THINK THEY SEE A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY, OVERCOME WITH HONOUR AND AVERSION	GATHERING WHITING IN THE YARMOUTH ROADS	A CLOUD DISPELLER DESIGNED BY THE FIRST LORD DISCOVERING A HEINKEL BOMBER HIDING IN A CLOUD
HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES	A HAND-MADE MIRROR WHICH ANY LADY WOULD BE PROUD TO PEER AT	THE EIGHTEENTH HOLE
A FLAT WEDDING	AN 'AIR FRAIS' BUNGALOW FOR WARM WEATHER	PLACED HIM AS HE DESIRED
PLAN OF A FOUR ROOMED FLAT WARMED BY ONE STOVE	PETS' PLAY-GROUND TRYPLIT MANSIONS MAIDA VALE	THE DINNER GONG IN SERVICE FLATS
THE NEW REAR WHEEL GEAR FOR TURNING THE CAR RIGHT ROUND IN ONE MOVEMENT	LEARNING TO STEER	1935 MAYOR & MAYORESS IN STATE ATTENDED BY THE SURVEYOR & HIGHWAYS COMMITTEE OPENING THE NEW DUROID MACADAM ROAD. 1975 THE SAME COMMITTEE WATCHING VAIN ENDEAVOURS TO SCARIFY THE ROAD AT A LATER DATE
THE TEST FOR FREEDOM FROM BLEEDING AND PICKING UP	RAISED THE STONE WITH EASE	CHRISTMAS PRESENTS – SOME OF THIS SEASONS NOVELTIES
MONTE CARLO REFORMED PLAYING SNAP FOR FILBERTS AT THE CASINO	BIRDS-NESTING IN THE ADIRONDACKS. THE BIRDS' NESTER'S REBUFF MRS EAGLE – SEND HIM TO COVENTRY MY DEARS WE'LL HAVE NO LIVING STATUARY HERE	HOW TO DO WITHOUT THE MANTEL SHELF IN A MODERN FLAT
ONE OF THE MOTLEY CREW CAME UP CAPERING TOWARDS THEM	IN THIS SITUATION HE WAS CONVEYED OUT OF THE HOUSE	CLOSE BY HIM STOOD DAPPLE, WHO NEVER FORSOOK HIM IN ADVERSITY
HE CUT A COUPLE OF CAPERS IN THE AIR	HE STOOD ON THE SHORE WATCHING THE VANISHING VESSEL AND POURED OUT A STREAM OF MALEDICTIONS AND PLAINTS AGAINST HER	HE LEFT THEM IN ADMIRATION BOTH OF HIS GOOD SENSE AND UNALTERABLE FIRMNESS
MRS SNIFKIN DREAMILY AS SHE SMELLS BURNING – DEAR! DEAR! HE'S SMOKING THAT CHEAP TOBACCO AGAIN	HE WENT UP TO THE TOP OF THE WATER AND BEGAN CRYING AND SCREAMING	PETER QUINCE
PATRIOTIC OLD DEARS ENDEAVOURING TO MAKE LIFE AS SWEET AS POSSIBLE DURING THE SCARCITY OF SUGAR	XMAS LEGENDS – THE FIRST ROAST TURKEY AN OLD LEGEND THAT ATTRIBUTED THE DISCOVERY OF ROAST TURKEY TO THE MONKS IN THE 13TH CENTURY	DISGUISING SHELLS FOR SHIPMENT IN NEUTRAL BOTTLES
A 'GROUSE AS USUAL' OUTRAGE BY A GERMAN OFFICER	THE PEACEFUL CONVERSION OF A TORPEDO TO A FOOT-WARMER	AND OPENS 'IS AS IF 'E WAS GOIN' TO SHOW ME 'IS FINE SET OF TEETH
AN UNRECORDED ECLIPSE OF THE SUN AN ASTRONOMICAL NOTE	THE KISS OF PEACE 1916-1917 NOTHING DOING	ANTICIPATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT WHY SANTA CLAUS CHANGED HIS MIND
TRULY, THE MOON SHINES WITH A GOOD GRACE	THE PROLOGUE	SHE WORE A BROAD HAT TO SCREEN HER FROM THE SUN
UNG LATER HE PICTURED AN AUROCHS – LATER HE PICTURED A BEAR – PICTURED A SABRE TOOTHED TIGER DRAGGING A MAN TO HIS LAIR PICTURED THE MOUNTAINOUS MAMMOTH, HAIRY, ABHORRENT, ALONE – OUT OF THE LOVE	THE SIXTH COLUMN THE SIXTH COLUMN FRUSTRATE A VAIN ATTEMPT BY THE FIFTH TO STARVE US OUT BY POISONING THE PIGEONS IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE	ENEMY ICE MORTARS FOR PREVENTING PURSUIT WHEN CROSSING FROZEN RIVERS
STRANGE THINGS THAT DON'T OFTEN HAPPEN AT GOLF	NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION	SOME INGENIOUS SUGGESTIONS FOR GIVING THE BOWLER A BETTER CHANCE – TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE MCC AS ALTERNATIVES TO THE RIDICULOUS NEW REGULATION FOR SMALLER BALLS
BRIQUETTES	NOBLE EFFORT BY THE ITALIAN COLONY IN LONDON TO MAKE A 'DO' OF THE ITALIAN EXHIBITION AT BURLINGTON HOUSE	THE OTHER POINT OF VIEW MOTHER 'FLU GERM TO HER YOUNGEST – COME BACK AT ONCE, FLUELLYN, – CAN'T YOU SEE HE'S GOT IT ALREADY, – YOU'LL CATCH IT YOURSELF BEFORE YOU'VE DONE, AND GIVE IT TO THE REST OF THE FAMILY
A MERE MATTER OF FORM DISTRESSING MISTAKE OF THE COOK RECENTLY RELEASED FROM A MUNITION FACTORY	SOMETHING ON EACH WAY A FISH TRAGEDY	CASABIANCA OF THE LINKS
ANOTHER ILLUSTRATED CROSSWORD PUZZLETTE ACROSS – 1. **** EXCLAMATION	SUMMER TROUBLES IN THE TROPICS – SNAKE CASTS ON THE SAHARA GOLF COURSE	KNOCKING THE GROUND FROM BENEATH HIS FEET THE TOO VIGOROUS GOLFER – NOW I HAVE JUST ABOUT CUT MYSELF OFF
AN UNFORTUNATE BACK-HANDER AT ST ANDREWS	THE ALL-WAYS-AT-ONCE INCENDIARY EXTINGUISHER	UP FLEW THE TRUNK
HE CHUCKLED WITH DELIGHT	HE MET A NURSE	WHAT ARE HER REACTIONS TO THE ALBERT MEMORIAL?
NOVELTY IN HOME MILLINERY	AN APPROPRIATE GUARD OF HONOUR AT THE WEDDING OF A DOMESTICATED COUPLE	RONDIBILIS
LOUPGAROU	ALL VERY BUSILY EMPLOYED IN SEEKING OF RUSTIE PINS	HE WAS A LITTLE QUEAER OLD FELLOW
HEAR-SAY	THE OFFICER HAD HIS HANDS FULL	WORK, CLOWN, WORK
LET US GO BACK	MY HATCHET, LORD JUPITER, MY HATCHET	HIS SONGS THOUGH PRETTY WERE SHORT
'LOOT' A TIP FROM THE HUNS	A TRAINED EARLY BIRD COMPELLING A WORM TO TURN BEFORE IT CASTS	HOLED OUT
ADJUSTABLE DOUBLE ENTRANCE TO A CONVERTED HOUSE	THE SMELL OF SCORCHING	HE DASHED AFTER THE ELEPHANT
'WHAT IS THAT NOISE ABOUT?' SAID THE OLD WOMAN, LOOKING ROUND THE ROOM	HE TURNED AND TWISTED, BUT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDO THE CORD	THEY BOTH MADE A HEARTY MEAL OF THE FISH, THE MEAT AND THE CAKE
THE PARROT IN COURT	THE MERCHANT WAS MUCH DISMAYED	OFT HAD THIS MONKEY SEEN THE MILKMAN POUR WATER INTO THE MILK CANS
WHO SHOULD COME BY, BUT A MAN WITH A BAMBOO POLE OVER HIS SHOULDER	SPINE DESIGN FOR THE TALKING THRUSH	UP JUMPED THE BOY AND OUT HE RAN
SIT IN FRONT OF THAT MAN	THE TALKING THRUSH	THEN, AFTER A WHILE HE CAME TO A POND
HE HAD TO LOOK AFTER HIS SISTER GUSTAVE, WHO WAS MUCH SMALLER THAN HE WAS	HE FELL ASLEEP IMMEDIATELY