most published by Western Publishing. Many of her Whitman books were Authorized Editions based on popular television series. Mrs. Baker wrote seven books under the pseudonym of Jo Mendel. She wrote three Trixie Belden books under the pseudonym of Kathryn Kenny. A 1981 volume of Contemporary Authors lists only one Meg book among Gladys Baker Bond's writings. It is not known who wrote the other five books, but several minor discrepancies hint that at least two other authors were involved: In The Disappearing Diamonds, written by Mrs. Bond, Kerry has red-blonde hair. In four of the volumes she has blond hair, but her red-blonde hair returns in The Ghost of Hidden Springs. In The Mystery of the Black-Magic Cave, Hidden Springs is a small city instead of a village, and Meg is said to have olive-tinted skin. The Treasure Nobody Saw is the only book where Constable Hosey is sometimes called Mr. Hosey. The Ghost of Hidden Springs is the only book where the Carmody children call their paternal parent Father, and not Sir. In addition to these discrepancies, William Larson, a former Whitman editor, stated that if more than one book in a series was published in a year, they were almost always written by different people. Since two Meg Duncan books were published in both 1967 and 1970 it is probable that multiple authors, with different slants on details, wrote books two through six. Book formats The Meg books were originally published from 1967 to 1972 under two of Western Publishing's hardback imprints. A Whitman Mystery Meg books have illustrated board covers and no dust-jacket. The volumes measure 7 × 5 inches with an average length of 138 pages. Single-color Illustrations are by Cliff Schule. The spine-numbered A Whitman Mystery books are in this order: Meg and the Disappearing Diamonds (1967) Meg and the Secret of the Witch's Stairway (1967) Meg and the Mystery of the Black-Magic Cave (1971) Meg and the Ghost of the Hidden Springs (1970) Meg and the Treasure Nobody Saw (1970) Meg and the Mystery in Williamsburg (1972) A Whitman Tween Age Book Meg books have illustrated board covers and no dust jacket. The volumes measure 8 × 5 inches, with an average length of 156 pages. There is more space between lines of print. Illustrations by Cliff Schule have more shading and detail; some are a two-page spread in full color. These Tween