And Then There Were None for children to use when selecting one child for a game. The serialized version appeared in the "Saturday Evening Post" in seven parts from 20 May (Volume 211, Number 47) to 1 July 1939 (Volume 212, Number 1) with illustrations by Henry Raleigh, and the book was published in January 1940 by Dodd, Mead and Company for $2. In the original UK novel all references to "Indians" or "Soldiers" were originally "Nigger", including the island's name, the pivotal rhyme found by the visitors, and the ten figurines. (In Chapter 7, Vera Claythorne becomes semi-hysterical at the mention by Miss Brent
And Then There Were None nezostal už nik" ("And Then There Were None") mid-run. The 1930 novel "The Invisible Host" by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning has a plot that strongly matches that of Christie's later novel, including a recorded voice announcing to the guests that their sins will be visited upon them by death. "The Invisible Host" was adapted as the 1930 Broadway "The Ninth Guest" by Owen Davis, which itself was adapted as the 1934 film "The Ninth Guest". The 1933 K.B.S. Productions "Sherlock Holmes" film "A Study in Scarlet" follows a strikingly similar plot; it includes a scene where Holmes is shown