# McArdle — The Lost World character guide

> McArdle in The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. McArdle, old McArdle

**First appearance:** 0003-i-there-are-heroisms-all-round-us

## Snapshot

A kindly, canny Scottish editor who trades Malone's hunger for danger against a fraud-busting assignment aimed at the notorious Professor Challenger.

## Who they are

McArdle is the news editor Malone actually knows, the first lieutenant beneath a remote chief whose mind hovers over the Balkans. He listens to Malone's plea for an adventurous mission with alarm, then pivots to a scheme: expose Challenger as a modern Munchausen and make him ridiculous. His skeptical, cost-conscious newsroom pragmatism is what launches the expedition, and his quiet faith in Malone's knack for 'seempathy' gives the young reporter his opening.

## Relationships

### [Jimmy Colver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_world_se/characters/jimmy_colver)

_professional_

Colver is a reporter working under McArdle, the newspaper editor, with a formal employer-employee dynamic.

### [Jimmy Colver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_world_se/characters/jimmy_colver)

_professional_

Colver is a reporter working under McArdle, the newspaper editor, with a formal employer-employee dynamic.

## In the story

### [The Lost World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_world_se/chapters/the-lost-world)

The news editor of the Daily Gazette, who assigns Malone to interview Professor Challenger.

### [II: Try Your Luck with Professor Challenger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_world_se/chapters/ii-try-your-luck-with-professor-challenger)

News editor who suggests Malone investigate Challenger; provides a summary of Challenger's record.

### [V: Question!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_world_se/chapters/v-question)

Initially skeptical, but agrees to let Malone report on the lecture and keep space for a scoop.

### [I Was the Flail of the Lord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_world_se/chapters/vi-i-was-the-flail-of-the-lord)

News editor who meets with Malone to discuss reporting plans for the expedition.

### [For Once I Was the Hero](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_world_se/chapters/xi-for-once-i-was-the-hero)

Mentioned by Malone as the editor he must face if he returns without sufficient material for his newspaper.

### [It Was Dreadful in the Forest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_world_se/chapters/xii-it-was-dreadful-in-the-forest)

Malone's editor; the letter is addressed to him, detailing the expedition's plight.

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