In 1909 Edgar Wallace wrote 24 short stories featuring Police Contable Lee of the London D
Division for publication in the British weekly magazine Ideas. A number of these were reprinted
in Ideas in 1928-1929 (some under new titles) and in other magazines. Nine of the P.C. Lee
stories were later included in the 1961 collection The Undisclosed Client and Other Stories. So
far as could be ascertained the only story in the series that appeared in any collection
published during Wallace's lifetime was Change which was re-written (without P.C. Lee) as Mr.
Sigee's Relations for The Lady Called Nita published by George Newnes London in 1930.
Contents: - Mr. Simmons' Profession - A Man of Note - For Jewey's Laggin' - Pear-Drops - How He
Lost His Moustache - Sergeant Run-A-Mile - The Sentimental Burglar - Change - A Case for Angel
Esquire - Contempt - Confidence - Fireless Telegraphy - The General Practitioner - The
Snatchers - The Gold Mine - Mouldy the Scrivener - Mrs. Flindin's Lodger - The Story of a Great
Cross-Examination - Tanks - The Silence of P.-C. Hirley - The Power of the Eye - The Convict's
Daughter - The Derby Favourite - The Last Adventure - Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English
writer. As well as journalism Wallace wrote screen plays poetry historical non-fiction 18
stage plays 957 short stories and over 170 novels 12 in 1929 alone. More than 160 films have
been made of Wallace's work.
