The Sketch

The Sketch was a British illustrated weekly journal, which focused on high society and the aristocracy. It ran for 2,989 issues between 1 February 1893 and 17 June 1959. It was published by the Illustrated London News Company and was primarily a society magazine with regular features on royalty and the aristocracy, theatre, cinema and art studies. It had a high photographic content with many studies of society ladies and their children as well as regular layouts of point to point racing meetings and similar events.

Publications of Agatha Christie stories
In chronological order of publication.


 * Issue 1571, 7 March 1923 - The Affair at the Victory Ball. This was Christie's first published short story.
 * Issue 1572, 14 March 1923 - The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan, under the title The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls.
 * Issue 1573, 21 March 1923 - The King of Clubs, under the title The Adventure of the King of Clubs.
 * Issue 1574, 28 March 1923 - The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim.
 * Issue 1575, 4 April 1923 - The Plymouth Express, under the title The Mystery of the Plymouth Express.
 * Issue 1576, 11 April 1923 - The Adventure of 'The Western Star'.
 * Issue 1577, 18 April 1923 - The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor.
 * Issue 1578, 25 April 1923 - The Kidnapped Prime Minister.
 * Issue 1579, 2 May 1923 - The Million Dollar Bond Robbery.
 * Issue 1580, 9 May 1923 - The Adventure of the Cheap Flat.
 * Issue 1581, 16 May 1923 - The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge.
 * Issue 1582, 23 May 1923 - The Chocolate Box, under the title The Clue of the Chocolate Box.
 * Issue 1600, 26 September 1923 - The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb.
 * Issue 1601, 3 October 1923 - The Veiled Lady, under the title The Case of the Veiled Lady.
 * Issue 1602, 10 October 1923 - The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly, under the title The Kidnapping of Johnny Waverly.
 * Issue 1603, 17 October 1923 - The Market Basing Mystery.
 * Issue 1604, 24 October 1923 - The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman.
 * Issue 1605, 31 October 1923 - The Case of the Missing Will.
 * Issue 1606, 7 November 1923 - The Submarine Plans, under the title The Grey Cells of M. Poirot Series II No VII - The Submarine Plans.
 * Issue 1607, 14 November 1923 - The Adventure of the Clapham Cook.
 * Issue 1608, 21 November 1923 - The Lost Mine.
 * Issue 1609, 28 November 1923 - The Cornish Mystery.
 * Issue 1610, 5 December 1923 - The Double Clue.
 * Issue 1611, 12 December 1923 - Christmas Adventure.
 * Issue 1612, 19 December 1923 - The Lemesurier Inheritance.
 * Issue 1614, 2 January 1924 - The Unexpected Guest. This later became The Unexpected Guest/The Man from the Asylum.
 * Issue 1615, 9 January 1924 - The Adventure of the Dartmoor Bungalow. This later became We hear more about Li Chang Yen/The Importance of a Leg of Mutton.
 * Issue 1616, 16 January 1924 - The Lady on the Stairs. This later became Disappearance of a Scientist/The Woman on the Stairs.
 * Issue 1617, 23 January 1924 - The Radium Thieves.
 * Issue 1618, 30 January 1924 - In the House of the Enemy.
 * Issue 1619, 6 February 1924 - The Yellow Jasmine Mystery. This later became The Yellow Jasmine Mystery/We investigate at Croftlands.
 * Issue 1620, 13 February 1924 - The Chess Problem. This later became A Chess Problem.
 * Issue 1621, 20 February 1924 - The Baited Trap. This later became The Baited Trap/The Mouse walks in.
 * Issue 1622, 27 February 1924 - The Adventure of the Peroxide Blonde. This later became The Peroxide Blonde.
 * Issue 1623, 5 March 1924 - The Terrible Catastrophe.
 * Issue 1624, 12 March 1924 - The Dying Chinaman.
 * Issue 1625, 19 March 1924 - The Crag in the Dolomites. This later became Number Four wins the trick/In the Felsenlabyrinth. This was the final Poirot short story Christie wrote for The Sketch.
 * Issue 1652, 24 September 1924 - Publicity. This later became A Fairy in the Flat/A Pot of Tea.
 * Issue 1653, 1 October 1924 - The Affair of the Pink Pearl.
 * Issue 1654, 8 October 1924 - Finessing the King. This later became Finessing the King/The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper.
 * Issue 1655, 15 October 1924 - The Case of the Missing Lady.
 * Issue 1656, 22 October 1924 - The Case of the Sinister Stranger. This later became The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger.
 * Issue 1657, 29 October 1924 - The Sunninghall Mystery. This later became The Sunningdale Mystery.
 * Issue 1658, 5 November 1924 - The House of Lurking Death.
 * Issue 1659, 12 November 1924 - The Matter of the Ambassador's Boots. This later became The Ambassador's Boots.
 * Issue 1660, 19 November 1924 - The Affair of the Forged Note. This later became The Crackler.
 * Issue 1661, 26 November 1924 - Blindman's Buff.
 * Issue 1662, 3 December 1924 - The Man in the Mist.
 * Issue 1663, 10 December 1924 - The Man who was Number Sixteen. This later became The Man Who Was No. 16. This was the final short story Christie wrote for The Sketch.