Windsor Magazine. In 1909, the Melbourne office celebrated 25 years. In 1911, a fire destroyed large parts of Warwick House, but by 1913, a new Warwick House was built, which was larger than the earlier establishment. In 1914, the firm celebrated their Diamond Jubilee. In the 1920s, the firm expanded its list of juvenile literature to children's fiction and coloring books. They also continued to publish crime and detective stories, with books by authors like E. Phillips Oppenheim, Edgar Wallace and Leslie Charteris. Dornford Yates was one of Ward, Lock's most popular authors around this time. Around this time, Ward, Lock also published Mary Grant Bruce’s highly successful Billabong series of books, starting with A Little Bush Maid in 1911. The period between the two World Wars was tough on publishers. Warwick House was bombed twice during World War II, the second time, the building was almost completely destroyed. The firm temporarily relocated to Unilever House on the Embankment, before moving into an office in Salisbury Square. In 1946, Ward, Lock and Company moved into an office in 6, Chancery Lane. They also maintained offices at Norfolk Street, New Court, and Salisbury Square. In 1964, the business split in two, creating Ward Lock Educational Co Ltd, which was bought by Cassell Publishing in 1989. By the early 1990s, Cassell was acquired by the current owner, Orion Publishing Group. Trading names Ward and Lock – 1852 to 1891 Ward, Lock & Tyler — 1862 to 1873 Ward, Lock and Bowden Company – 1891 to 1893 Ward Lock and Bowden Ltd. – 1893 to 1897 Ward, Lock & Co., Limited – 1897 to present Authors Jules Verne Andrew Forrester Daniel Defoe R. M. Ballantyne Isabella Beeton Edward Bulwer-Lytton Leslie Charteris Thomas Hughes Nigel Tranter: early novels (1937–1956) and westerns (published under the pseudonym 'Nye Tredgold', 1950–1958) Dornford Yates Oscar Wilde Lewis Carroll E. Phillips Oppenheim Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Titles Some famous books were published by Ward Lock: Among The Cannibals by Jules Verne "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll A Study in Scarlet Martin Rattler by R. M. Ballantyne (reprint) Meet the Tiger (the first book featuring The Saint) Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Pilgrim's Progress (reprint) Seven Little Australians Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes Harold, the Last of the Saxons by Edward Bulwer-Lytton