The Strand

The Strand magazine, founded in 1891, was a monthly, pocket sized edition by the late forties in a similar format to Lilliput magazine.  It featured many of the same illustrators and cartoonists but Searle's work for the magazine was more realistic than the cartoonier Lilliput work (e.g.. St. Trinians, Patrick Campbell's stories).
Again this shows  the range of Searle's work. Post war he was hungry for any editorial assignments he could find and was proud of his versatility. The work for 'The Strand' demonstrates an avenue that Searle could have pursued had the St. Trinians cartoons not made his cartoon style define him.  He also employed this style for other magazine work of the period including London Opinion and John Bull magazines.

'The Fourth Patient'

A Short Story by John Connell

The Strand magazine, October 1947

'The Fourth Patient' October 1947 pg 84

Original exhibited Chris Beetles' Gallery 2010

'Third Wife Lucky'

A Short Story by Alan Wykes

The Strand magazine, March 1948

'North of Bombay'

A Short Story by Bernard Fergusson

The Strand magazine, April1948

'Not In The Log'

A Short Story by A.E.W. Mason

The Strand magazine, May 1948

Below- The Strand magazine, August 1948

The Strand magazine, August 1948

'Chang's Great moment'

A Short Story by A.H. Rasmussen

The Strand magazine, October 1948

'An Honest Day's Work'

A Short Story by David Cargill

The Strand magazine, November 1948

'The Snake Charmers of Egypt'
A short story by Russell Pasha
The Strand magazine, February 1949

'The Cigarette Case'

A Short Story by Eugene Miller Campbell

The Strand magazine, April 1949