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The Popular Magazine
Country: US
Total Issues: 612
First three issues purported to be a boys' magazine but rapidly converted to a men's fiction pulp from Feb-1904. Success came with Haggard's "Ayesha" (1905); also published C.J. Cutcliffe Hyne, Morgan Robertson, H.G. Wells, Rafael Sabatini, Zane Grey; it carved a niche as a middle-of-the-road family magazine. See also possible brief revival under Hardboiled .
Initially The Popular Magazine dated its issues, in common with most other magazines, by the date it should be taken "off" sale - thus an issue might be dated "First July Number" and go on sale on June 7th. In late 1914, however, the policy changed to date the issue by the date it was offered for sale, thus producing 26 issues dated 1914, although only 24 were actually published therein.
Just to make life even more confusing, in late 1928 the policy was switch back - initially with both "First November Number" and "Oct. 7" appearing on the cover, with the latter gradually changing to "On Sale xxx" before being phased out completely - which is why there appear to be no October issues in 1928.Issues & Index Sources
Nov-1903 , as The Popular Magazine for Boys and "Old Boys" :General Fiction Index Dec-1903 – Sep-1927 , as The Popular Magazine :General Fiction Index 24-Sep-1927 – 31-Dec-1927 , as The Popular Stories :General Fiction Index 7-Jan-1928 – Oct-1928 , as The Popular :General Fiction Index 20-Oct-1928 – Oct-1931 , as The Popular Magazine :General Fiction Index #merges with Complete Stories
Publishers
Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Editors
Nov-1903 – 1904 : Henry Harrison Lewis
1904 – 1928? : Charles Agnew MacLean
Formats
standard pulp
Prices
Nov-1903 – Nov-1906 : 10c
Dec-1906 – 1916 : 15c
1916 – Jan-1931 : 20c
Feb-1931 – Oct-1931 : 25c
Pagecounts
Nov-1903 – Nov-1906 : 194pp (first 3 issues 96pp)
Dec-1906 – 20-Oct-1916 : 224pp
7-Nov-1916 – 20-Jan-1917 : 208pp
7-Feb-1917 – 7-Aug-1918 : 224pp
20-Aug-1918 – 7-May-1920 : 192pp
7-Jun-1920 – 20-Oct-1920 : 160pp
7-Nov-1920 – 7-Sep-1927 : 192pp
24-Sep-1927 – 1st Nov 1928 : 144pp
2nd Nov 1928 – 1st Oct 1929 : 176pp
2nd Oct 1929 – Feb-1931 : 144pp
Mar-1931 – Oct-1931 : 192pp
Frequency
Nov-1903 – Sep-1909 : monthly
Oct-1909 – Sep-1927 : twice-monthly
24-Sep-1927 - 1-Jul-1928 (weekly)
7-Jul-1928 - Jan-1931 (twice-monthly)
Feb-1931 – Oct-1931 : monthly
Related Sites
The Pulp Magazines Project
Science Fiction Encyclopedia
Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps , Ultimate Guide to the Pulps
Online Sources
Online Books (14 issues)
Issue Checklist The Penny Story-Teller & Popular Magazine
Country: UK
Total Issues: 248
The first 1d illustrated story paper.
Issues & Index Sources
1-Aug-1832 – 21-Sep-1836 :FictionMags Index (sample issue only; may have continued to 31-Dec-1840) Publishers
#1, 183? – #10, 183? : William Stevens Ltd., Family Herald Press, London WC
#11, 183? – #24, 183? : William Howden
#25, 183? – #130, 183? : Charles Penny
#131, 183? – #248, 183? : S. Kay
Formats
quarto
Prices
1d
Pagecounts
46pp
Frequency
weekly
Cassell's Popular Magazine
Country: UK
Total Issues: 1398+26=1424
Issues & Index Sources
22-Oct-1898 – 1903 , as The New Penny Magazine :FictionMags Index (sample issues only) 1903 – 1925 , as The Penny MagazineFeb-1925 – Aug-1925 , as Cassell's Popular MagazinePublishers
Cassell's
Frequency
weekly
Popular Science Siftings
Country: UK
Popular magazine that occasionally included some fiction.
Issues & Index Sources
24-Oct-1891 – 20-May-1905 , as Science Siftings27-May-1905 – 1-May-1926 , as Popular Science Siftings8-May-1926 – 19-Feb-1927 , as Popular Science(UK) 26-Feb-1927 – 8-Oct-1927 , as Popular Pictorial :FictionMags Index (sample issue only) Publishers
Ladds Publications, London
Frequency
weekly
Popular Pictorial
Country: UK
Popular magazine that occasionally included some fiction.
Issues & Index Sources
24-Oct-1891 – 20-May-1905 , as Science Siftings27-May-1905 – 1-May-1926 , as Popular Science Siftings8-May-1926 – 19-Feb-1927 , as Popular Science(UK) 26-Feb-1927 – 8-Oct-1927 , as Popular Pictorial :FictionMags Index (sample issue only) Publishers
Ladds Publications, London
Frequency
weekly
Popular Science (UK)
Country: UK
Popular magazine that occasionally included some fiction.
Issues & Index Sources
24-Oct-1891 – 20-May-1905 , as Science Siftings27-May-1905 – 1-May-1926 , as Popular Science Siftings8-May-1926 – 19-Feb-1927 , as Popular Science(UK) 26-Feb-1927 – 8-Oct-1927 , as Popular Pictorial :FictionMags Index (sample issue only) Publishers
Ladds Publications, London
Frequency
weekly
The Home Magazine of Fiction
Country: UK
Total Issues: 42+4+5+393=444
In its first incarnation, published the "Chronicles of Addington Peace" series of crime stories by B. Fletcher Robinson (Aug-1904 - Jan-1905). Came of age when renamed The Novel Magazine , becoming Pearson's rival to Newnes's Grand Magazine .
Stories often superficial and slight, with a bias towards light romance but also included many mystery and ghost stories and, from Jan-1912 featured a regular "uncanny tale" slot (later the basis for two anthologies); also published "The White Ghost of Disaster" by Mayn Clew Garrett (Jun-1912 -- from the US May-1912 Popular Magazine ) which presaged the Titanic. Authors include Sax Rohmer, Talbot Mundy, A.M. Burrage, Elinor Mordaunt and many US authors (Achmed Abdullah, Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster).
Dropped most weird fiction by 1923 and shifted more to romance and mystery -- published many stories by Agatha Christie and Richmal Crompton.
Note that the cover title was Lady's Home Magazine of Fiction from Nov-1904 to Jan-1905, and was The Home Magazine of Fiction for Feb-1905 alone.Issues & Index Sources
Jan-1901 – Jun-1904 Jul-1904 – Oct-1904 , as The Lady's Home MagazineNov-1904 – Mar-1905 , as The Home Magazine of FictionApr-1905 – Dec-1937 , as The Novel Magazine :FictionMags Index (Missing: most issues from Oct-1917 to Aug-1918; Apr-1935; Sep-1935; Sep-1936) Publishers
C. Arthur Pearson
Editors
Jan-1901 – Mar-1905 : K. Maud Bennett
Apr-1905 – 1911 : Percy W. Everett
1912 – 1914 : Charles Vivian
1914 : Arthur Applin
1915 – 1918 : Roy Vickers
1919 – 1922 : Charles Vivian
1923 – Dec-1937 : Miss N.W. Kennedy
Formats
standard pulp
Frequency
monthly
Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers
Online Sources
Online Books (1905/6 only)
Issue Checklist The Novel Magazine
Country: UK
Total Issues: 42+4+5+393=444
In its first incarnation, published the "Chronicles of Addington Peace" series of crime stories by B. Fletcher Robinson (Aug-1904 - Jan-1905). Came of age when renamed The Novel Magazine , becoming Pearson's rival to Newnes's Grand Magazine .
Stories often superficial and slight, with a bias towards light romance but also included many mystery and ghost stories and, from Jan-1912 featured a regular "uncanny tale" slot (later the basis for two anthologies); also published "The White Ghost of Disaster" by Mayn Clew Garrett (Jun-1912 -- from the US May-1912 Popular Magazine ) which presaged the Titanic. Authors include Sax Rohmer, Talbot Mundy, A.M. Burrage, Elinor Mordaunt and many US authors (Achmed Abdullah, Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster).
Dropped most weird fiction by 1923 and shifted more to romance and mystery -- published many stories by Agatha Christie and Richmal Crompton.
Note that the cover title was Lady's Home Magazine of Fiction from Nov-1904 to Jan-1905, and was The Home Magazine of Fiction for Feb-1905 alone.Issues & Index Sources
Jan-1901 – Jun-1904 Jul-1904 – Oct-1904 , as The Lady's Home MagazineNov-1904 – Mar-1905 , as The Home Magazine of FictionApr-1905 – Dec-1937 , as The Novel Magazine :FictionMags Index (Missing: most issues from Oct-1917 to Aug-1918; Apr-1935; Sep-1935; Sep-1936) Publishers
C. Arthur Pearson
Editors
Jan-1901 – Mar-1905 : K. Maud Bennett
Apr-1905 – 1911 : Percy W. Everett
1912 – 1914 : Charles Vivian
1914 : Arthur Applin
1915 – 1918 : Roy Vickers
1919 – 1922 : Charles Vivian
1923 – Dec-1937 : Miss N.W. Kennedy
Formats
standard pulp
Frequency
monthly
Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers
Online Sources
Online Books (1905/6 only)
Issue Checklist The Lady's Magazine [1901]
Country: UK
Total Issues: 42+4+5+393=444
In its first incarnation, published the "Chronicles of Addington Peace" series of crime stories by B. Fletcher Robinson (Aug-1904 - Jan-1905). Came of age when renamed The Novel Magazine , becoming Pearson's rival to Newnes's Grand Magazine .
Stories often superficial and slight, with a bias towards light romance but also included many mystery and ghost stories and, from Jan-1912 featured a regular "uncanny tale" slot (later the basis for two anthologies); also published "The White Ghost of Disaster" by Mayn Clew Garrett (Jun-1912 -- from the US May-1912 Popular Magazine ) which presaged the Titanic. Authors include Sax Rohmer, Talbot Mundy, A.M. Burrage, Elinor Mordaunt and many US authors (Achmed Abdullah, Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster).
Dropped most weird fiction by 1923 and shifted more to romance and mystery -- published many stories by Agatha Christie and Richmal Crompton.
Note that the cover title was Lady's Home Magazine of Fiction from Nov-1904 to Jan-1905, and was The Home Magazine of Fiction for Feb-1905 alone.Issues & Index Sources
Jan-1901 – Jun-1904 Jul-1904 – Oct-1904 , as The Lady's Home MagazineNov-1904 – Mar-1905 , as The Home Magazine of FictionApr-1905 – Dec-1937 , as The Novel Magazine :FictionMags Index (Missing: most issues from Oct-1917 to Aug-1918; Apr-1935; Sep-1935; Sep-1936) Publishers
C. Arthur Pearson
Editors
Jan-1901 – Mar-1905 : K. Maud Bennett
Apr-1905 – 1911 : Percy W. Everett
1912 – 1914 : Charles Vivian
1914 : Arthur Applin
1915 – 1918 : Roy Vickers
1919 – 1922 : Charles Vivian
1923 – Dec-1937 : Miss N.W. Kennedy
Formats
standard pulp
Frequency
monthly
Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers
Online Sources
Online Books (1905/6 only)
Issue Checklist Lady's Home Magazine (of Fiction)
Country: UK
Total Issues: 42+4+5+393=444
In its first incarnation, published the "Chronicles of Addington Peace" series of crime stories by B. Fletcher Robinson (Aug-1904 - Jan-1905). Came of age when renamed The Novel Magazine , becoming Pearson's rival to Newnes's Grand Magazine .
Stories often superficial and slight, with a bias towards light romance but also included many mystery and ghost stories and, from Jan-1912 featured a regular "uncanny tale" slot (later the basis for two anthologies); also published "The White Ghost of Disaster" by Mayn Clew Garrett (Jun-1912 -- from the US May-1912 Popular Magazine ) which presaged the Titanic. Authors include Sax Rohmer, Talbot Mundy, A.M. Burrage, Elinor Mordaunt and many US authors (Achmed Abdullah, Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster).
Dropped most weird fiction by 1923 and shifted more to romance and mystery -- published many stories by Agatha Christie and Richmal Crompton.
Note that the cover title was Lady's Home Magazine of Fiction from Nov-1904 to Jan-1905, and was The Home Magazine of Fiction for Feb-1905 alone.Issues & Index Sources
Jan-1901 – Jun-1904 Jul-1904 – Oct-1904 , as The Lady's Home MagazineNov-1904 – Mar-1905 , as The Home Magazine of FictionApr-1905 – Dec-1937 , as The Novel Magazine :FictionMags Index (Missing: most issues from Oct-1917 to Aug-1918; Apr-1935; Sep-1935; Sep-1936) Publishers
C. Arthur Pearson
Editors
Jan-1901 – Mar-1905 : K. Maud Bennett
Apr-1905 – 1911 : Percy W. Everett
1912 – 1914 : Charles Vivian
1914 : Arthur Applin
1915 – 1918 : Roy Vickers
1919 – 1922 : Charles Vivian
1923 – Dec-1937 : Miss N.W. Kennedy
Formats
standard pulp
Frequency
monthly
Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers
Online Sources
Online Books (1905/6 only)
Issue Checklist The Popular Magazine for Boys and “Old Boys”
v1 #1 November 1903 (Street & Smith 10¢ 96pp+ pulp)
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