1904 British periodicals and journals

Author: * Emma Montverre Godwinson - 1 Post on this thread out of 4 Posts sitewide.
Date: Aug 2, 2007 - 06:48

British periodicals and journals in print in 1904

Blackwood's Magazine(1817-1980)

— monthly; Tory; creative literature

Good Words (1860-1906)

— most popular fiction-carrying mag after 1861

The Cornhill Magazine (1860-1975)

— the premier fiction-carrying magazine

English Illustrated Magazine (1883-1913)

— monthly literary mag
Family Herald (1844-1940):
— family magazine

Longman's Magazine (1882-1905)

— mainly fiction, not illustrated
— Andrew Lang, Editor, wrote "Adventure of the Three Students Analysis" for Longman's in 1904; apparently, "no critic was more in request"

MacMillan's Magazine (1859-1907)

— featured serial fiction
— started publishing Thomas Hardy in 1902
— published first poem of Rudyard Kipling

The Pall Mall Magazine (1893-1914)

— illustrated popular fiction;
— featured the serial publication of Joseph Conrad's Nostrom in T. P.'s Weekly, Vol. III-IV, from 29 January-7 October, 1904

The Quiver (1861-1926)

— serial fiction mainly, but also religious

Strand Magazine (1891-1950)

— popular source of best fiction
— featured The Country of the Blind by H.G. Wells, April 1904
— also published the first Sherlock Holmes short story, "A Scandal in Bohemia," in July, 1891, and the serialisation of The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901-1902
— other authors of note: P.G. Wodehouse and W. Somerset Maugham

Temple Bar (1860-1906)

— journal, miscellaneous with a strong emphasis on serialised fiction; printed E. M. Forster's first publisehd short story, "Albergo Empedocle," in 1903

Woman at Home (1893-1918)

— female equivalent of the Strand Magazine in look, features and fiction; strongly royalist & gentile feminist

Boy's Own Paper (1879-1967)

— religious; secular fiction
Wikipedia article

Girl's Own Paper (1880-1965)

— similar to Boy's, but for girls
— articles on fashion from 1907 and 1911

World: A Journal for Men and Women (1874-1922)

Click HERE for more information on the above periodicals.

Punch (from 1841-1992)

— Punch, or the London Charivari — A British Institution
— Wikipedia article
— Punch illustrator Richard Doyle

Illustrated London News (1840- )

— Illustrated London News Collection
— Rival publications
— Wikipedia article

Also, 19th c. Railway History through The Illustrated London News is a fascinating read, some of which is still relevant in 1904. For instance, if the railway line went to, say, the Castle Station at Lancaster in 1843, then, barring Acts of God, it probably still did in 1904 - but check other sources to be sure.