Henry St. John Cooper

Charles Henry St. John Cooper (1869 – 1926) was a prolific English novelist of school and adventure fiction. He wrote thousands of stories for several Amalgamated Press papers, sometimes under the pen name Mabel St. John.[1] He is perhaps best known for creating, in 1908, the character Pollie Green, considered the "most popular, though not the first, in a series of irrepressible schoolgirl heroines".[2] According to his son, he also wrote many "authorless" Sexton Blake stories for the Union Jack.[3] His novel Sunny Ducrow was adapted into a 1926 film, Sunny Side Up.[4]

Actress Gladys Cooper was his half-sister,[1] and musician Henry Russell was his maternal grandfather.[5]

Bibliography

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Novels as Mabel St. John

• Most Cruelly Wronged. London, Amalgamated Press, 1907.
• Only a Singing Girl. London, Amalgamated Press, 1907.
• Rival Beauties. London, Amalgamated Press, 1907.
• Under a Ban. London, Amalgamated Press, 1907.
• Her Father's Sin. London, Amalgamated Press, 1908.
• Polly Green: A School Story [and Coosha, at Cambridge, — Engaged, in Society, at Twenty-One]. London, Amalgamated Press, 6 vols., 1909-11.
• Romany Ruth: A Gipsy Love Story. London, Amalgamated Press, 1909.
• Just a Barmaid. London, Amalgamated Press, 1909.
• A Daughter Scorned. London, Amalgamated Press, 1911.
• Jane Emily. London, Amalgamated Press, 1911.
• The Twins of Twineham. London, Amalgamated Press, 1911.
• The Dear Old Home. London, Amalgamated Press, 1912.
• The Best Woman in the World. London, Fleetway House, 1913.
• Nell of the Camp; or, The Pride of the Prairie. London, Fleetway House, 1913.
• The Outcasts of Crowthorpe College. London, Fleetway House, 1913.
• The Schoolgirl Bride. London, Fleetway House, 1913.
• Faults on Both Sides. London, Fleetway House, 1914.
• Fine Feathers! or, The Wife Who Would Be Smart. London, Fleetway House, 1914.
• From Mill to Mansion. London, Fleetway House, 1914.
• Kiddy, The Coffee-Stall Girl. London, Fleetway House, 1914.
• Little Miss Millions. London, Fleetway House, 1914.
• Married to Her Master. London, Fleetway House, 1914.
• My Lancashire Queen. London, Fleetway House, 1914.
• Sally in Our Alley. London, Fleetway House, 1914.
• The Ticket-of-Leave Girl. London, Fleetway House, 1914.
• When a Girl's Pretty. London, Fleetway House, 1914.
• John Jordan, Slave-Driver. London, Fleetway House, 1915.
• Just Jane Ann. London, Fleetway House, 1915.
• The Lass That Loved a Sailor. London, Fleetway House, 1915.
• Maggie Darling. London, Fleetway House, 1915.
• My Girl, Regan. London, Fleetway House, 1915.
• The Post Office Girl. London, Fleetway House, 1915.
• Shielded from the World. London, Fleetway House, 1915.
• Too Wilful for Words! London, Fleetway House, 1915.
• The Worst Wife in the World. London, Fleetway House, 1915.
• Born in Prison: The Story of a Mill-Girl’s Sacrifice. London, Fleetway House, 1916.
• Cook at School. London, Fleetway House, 1916.
• How the Money Goes! London, Fleetway House, 1916.
• In Mother's Place. London, Fleetway House, 1916.
• The Mistress of the Fifth Standard. London, Fleetway House, 1916.
• The Soul of the Mill. London, Fleetway House, 1916.
• The Best Girls Are Here. London, Fleetway House, 1917.
• Daisy Earns Her Living. London, Fleetway House, 1917.
• Daisy Peach Abroad. London, Fleetway House, 1917.
• Liz o’ Loomland. London, Fleetway House, 1917.
• Married at School. London, Fleetway House, 1917.
• Our Nell. London, Fleetway House, 1917.
• The “Sixpenny Ha'penny” Duchess. London, Fleetway House, 1917.
• What a Woman Can Do! London, Fleetway House, 1917.
• The Autograph Huners. London, Fleetway House, 1918.
• Dolly Daydreams! London, Fleetway House, 1918.
• For Her Lover's Sake. London, Fleetway House, 1918.
• His Sealed Lips! or, The Tale He Would Not Tell?. London, Fleetway Hause, 1918.
• Little and Good. London, Fleetway House, 1918.
• Little Miss Innocence. London, Fleetway House, 1918.
• Millgirl and Dreamer. London, Fleetway House. 1918.
• Old Smith’s Nurse. London, Fleetway House, 1918.
• Pearl of the West. London, Fleetway House. 1918.
• Her Stolen Baby. London, Fleetway House, 1919.
• Apronstrings. London, Amalgamated Press, 1919.
• Ashamed of the Shop: or, Miss High-and-Mighty. London, Amalgamated Press, 1919.
• The Belle of the Works. London, Amalgamated Press, 1919.
• The Favourite Wins! or, The Bookmakers Bride. London, Amalgamated Press, 1919.
• Good Gracious, Marian! London, Amalgamated Press. 1919.
• The Little “Gutter Girl.” London, Amalgamated Press, 1919.
• Bests on the Stage. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• The Wife Who Dragged Him Down!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• A Boxer’ Sweetheart. London, Amalgamated Press. 1920.
• The Wife Who Would Re “Master”. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• The Cinderella Girl. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• In the Shadows!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• Afary Ellen— Mill-Lass. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• Mill-Lass o' Mine’. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• Wedded But Not Wooed; or, Marry Me—Or Go to Prison!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• From Pillar to Past; or, No Home of Her Own. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• Wife—or Housekeeper?. London, Amalgamated Press. 1921.
• A House, But Not a Home,. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• The Husband, The Wife, and the Friend. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• A Jealous Wife's Revenge!. London, Amalgamated Press. 1921.
• Just Jane Emily. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• Little Miss Lancashire; or, Moll o' the Mill. London. Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• Lonely Little Lucy. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• Mad for Dress!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• Sally All-Smiles. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• The School Against Her!. London, Amalgamated Press. 1920.
• Scorned by “His” Mother''. London,, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• Ann All-Alone: The Story of a Girl's Great Self-Sacrifice. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• Wife or Maid? or, Scorned by Her Workmates. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• The Brute!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• We Want Our Mummy!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• Gipsy Born!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• Tattling Tongues. London, Amalgamated Press. 1922.
• The Gipsy Schoolgirl. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• Girl of the Prairie. London, Amaigamated Press, 1922.
• The Home Without a Father!. London, Amalgamated Press. 1922.
• Mather Knows Best! or, Uttered in Anger!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• Mr. Leslie’s School for Girls,. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• Nobody's Girl. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• Rich Girl— Charity Girl!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• Blood Money!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923
• The Disappearance of Barbara. London. Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Such a Fine Fellow! London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• The Gipsy Actress. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• The Girl Who Married the Wrong Man!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• He Couldn’t Take Money! or, The “Old Fool” of the Family!. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• His Wife—or His Mother? or, No Home of Her Own. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• I'm Not a Common Girl! London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Jenny Luck of Brendon’s Mills. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• The New Girl at Bellforth. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• The Second Husband. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Secrets of the Shop! London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Too Old for Her Husband! London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• Bringing Up Becky! London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• She Was an Actress. London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• Go Borrowing—Go Sorrowing. London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• A Son to Be Proud Of! London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• He Married a Mill-Lass. London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• The Island Girl. London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• Married to His Wife’s Family. London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• She Wrecked Their Home! or, A Son’s a Son till He Takes Him a Wife. London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• Midsummer Madness! London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• The Mill-Girl’s Bargain! London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• My Man of the Mill! London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• Poisoned Lives! London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• The “Sports” of Lyndale. London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• As the World Judged. London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• When There’s Love at Home. London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• A Girl’s Good Name. London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• Where Is My Child To-night? London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• Just 'Liz-beth Ann. London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• Longing for Love. London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• Pride Parted Them! London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• Shamed by Her Husband! London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• She Posed as Their Friend! London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• She Shall Never Call You Mother! London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• And Still She Loved Him. London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• The Daughter He Didn't Want! London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• Some Mother’s Child! London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• It Is My Duty! London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• The Life He Led Her! London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• Love Needs Telling. London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• Maggie of Marley’s Mill. London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• The Man Who Married Again. London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• Rivals at School— Rivals Through Life! London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• She Sold Her Child! London, Amalgamated Press, 1927.
• He'll Never Marry You! London, Amalgamated Press, 1927.
• Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbour—. London, Amalgamated Press, 1927.
• Lizbeth Rose. London, Amalgamated Press, 1927.
• Tied to Her Apron Strings! London, Amalgamated Press, 1927.
• The Long, Long Wooing. London, Amalgamated Press, 1927.
• Loved for Her Money. London, Amalgamated Press, 1927.
• The New Girl. London, Amalgamated Press, 1927.
• She'll Never Marry My Son! London, Amalgamated Press, 1927.
• Some Mother’s Son! London, Amalgamated Press, 1928.
• A Beggar at Her Husband’s Door! London, Amalgamated Press, 1928.
• Utterly Alone! London, Amalgamated Press, 1928.
• His Wife or His Work? London, Amalgamated Press, 1928.
• His Wife's Secret! London, Amalgamated Press, 1928.
• Nobody Wants You! London, Amalgamated Press, 1928.
• He Shall Not Marry a Mill-Lass! London, Amalgamated Press, 1929.
• The Husband She Wanted. London, Amalgamated Press, 1930.
• Jess o’ Jordan’s. London, Amalgamated Press, 1930.
• Wedded— But Alone! London, Amalgamated Press, 1930.
• Another Girl Won Him. London, Amalgamated Press, 1935.

Novels as Henry St. John Cooper

• The Master of the Mill. London, Amalgamated Press, 1910.
• A Shop-Girl’s Revenge. London, Fleetway House, 1914.
• The Cotton King. London, Fleetway House, 1915.
• The Lass He Left Behind Him! London, Fleetway House, 1915.
• The Black Sheep; or, Who Is My Brother? London, Fleetway House, 1916.
• Ready— Aye Ready! A Story of the Bull-Dogs of the Ocean. London, Fleetway House, 1916.
• The Man with the Money. London, Fleetway House, 1917.
• Hero or Scamp? London, Fleetway House, 1918.
• Miss Bolo; or, A Spy in the Home. London, Fleetway House, 1918.
• The Man of Her Dreams. London, Amalgamated Press, 1919.
• The Mill Queen. London, Fleetway House, 1919.
• Sunny Ducrow. London, Sampson Low, 1919.
• There’s Just One Girl. London, Amalgamated Press, 1919.
• Vagabond Jess. London, Amalgamated Press, 1919.
• “Wild-Fire” Nan. London, Amalgamated Press, 1919.
• Fair and False; or, A Whited Sepulchre. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• Her Mother-in-Law. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• James Bevanwood, Baronet. London, Sampson Low, 1920.
• Just a Cottage Maid. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• A Lodger in His Own Home. London, Amalgamated Press. 1920.
• Married to a Miser. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• Men Were Deceivers Ever. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• Mountain Lovers. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• Two Menanda Maid. London, Amalgamated Press, 1920.
• Elizabeth in Dreamland. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• The Garden of Memories. London, Sampson Low, 1921.
• The Island of Eve. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• Love’s Waif. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• Mabel St. John’s Schooldays. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• Madge o’ the Mill. London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• Prison-Stained! London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• We're Not Wanted Now! London, Amalgamated Press, 1921.
• Carniss and Company. London, Sampson Low, 1922.
• Above Her Station. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• A Daughter of the Loom; or, Go and Marry Your Mill-Girl! London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• Fairweather Friends! or, Fleeced by His Family! London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• The Imaginary Marriage. London, Sampson Low, 1922.
• Poverty’s Daughter. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• A Snake in the Grass. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• The Vagabond’s Daughter. London, Amalgamated Press, 1922.
• Could She Forgive? London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Gipsy Love. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• The “Head” of the Family; or, Despised by Them All! London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Hidden Hearts. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Kidnapped. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Mary Faithful. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Son o’ Mine! London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Too Common for Him! London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Two's Company...; or, Young Folks Are Best Alone. London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• Yield Not to Temptation! London, Amalgamated Press, 1923.
• The Broken Barrier. London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• His Wife from the Kitchen! London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• Just Plain Jim! or, One of the Rank and File. London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• A Lover in Rags. London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• Redway Street. London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• The Unwanted Heiress. London, Amalgamated Press, 1924.
• The Fortunes of Sally Luck. London, Sampson Low, 1925.
• Lose Money—Lose Friends! London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• Nan of No Man's Land. London, Amalgamated Press, 1925.
• The Cottar'’s Daughter. London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• The Gallant Lover: A Queen Anne Story. London, Sampson Low, 1926.
• The Golconda Necklace. London, Sampson Low, 1926.
• Whoso Diggeth a Pit—. London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• The Woman Who Parted Them! London, Amalgamated Press, 1926.
• The Amazing Tramp. London, Amalgamated Press, 1927.
• Morning Glory. London, Sampson Low, 1927.
• Golden Bait. London, Sampson Low, 1928.
• The Red Veil. London, Sampson Low, 1928.
• As Fate Decrees. London, Sampson Low, 1929.
• Compromise. London, Sampson Low, 1929.
• Retribution. London, Sampson Low, 1930.
• The Millionaire Tramp. London, Sampson Low, 1930.
• When a Man Loves. London, Sampson Low, 1931.
• The Forbidden Road. London, Sampson Low, 1931.
• Love That Divided. London, Sampson Low, 1932.
• The Splendid Love. London, Sampson Low, 1932.
• When Love Compels. London, Sampson Low, 1933.
• Dangerous Paths. London, Sampson Low, 1933.
• As a Woman Wills. London, Sampson Low, 1934.
• The Hush Marriage. London, Sampson Low, 1934.
• Toils of Silence. London, Sampson Low, 1935.
• A Woman’s Way. London, Sampson Low, 1935.
• At Grips with Fate. London, Sampson Low, 1936.
• The Call of Love. London, Sampson Low, 1936.

Other publications

• Bull- Dogs and Bull- Dog Breeding. London, Jarrolds, 1905.
• Bulldogs and Bulldog Men. London, Jarrolds, 1908.
• Bulldogs and All about Them. London, Jarrolds, 1914.

References

1. Cadogan, Mary (1982). "Mabel St. John". In Vinson, James (ed.). Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan Publishers. pp. 607–612. ISBN 978-1-349-06129-7.
2. Drotner, Kirsten (1988). English Children and Their Magazines, 1751–1945. Yale University Press. p. 166. ISBN 0-300-04010-5.
3. Hodder, Mark. "Snippets: A Sexton Blake Scrapbook". Blakiana. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
4. "Sunny Side Up (1926)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
5. Rutherford, Susan (2019). ""Singer for the Million": Henry Russell, Popular Song, and the Solo Recital". In Parker, Roger; Rutherford, Susan (eds.). London Voices, 1820–1840: Vocal Performers, Practices, Histories. The University of Chicago Press. p. 201–220. ISBN 978-0-226-67018-8.

External links

• Works by Henry St. John Cooper at Project Gutenberg