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Frank Leslie's Boys of America

see under Boys of America

Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner.

see under The Chimney Corner

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

Ran much serial fiction alongside news and features. Originally published many UK reprints, e.g. Wilkie Collins, Walter Besant, Anthony Trollope, Mary Braddon; others include Edward S. Ellis, Harriet Prescott Spofford, John Esten Cooke; various minor retitles but chiefly Leslie's (Illustrated) Weekly from 1894

Issues & Index Sources

15-Dec-1855 – 24-Jun-1922

Publishers

  1855 – 1879: Frank Leslie
  1880 – 1889: Mrs Frank Leslie
  1889 – 1898: Judge Publishing
  1898 – 1922: Leslie-Judge Co.

Editors

  1855 – 1880: Frank Leslie
  1880 – 1889: Mrs Frank Leslie
  1889 – 1922: John A. Schleicher

Frequency

weekly

Frank Leslie's Ladies' Journal

Took over from Once a Week, mostly a fashion magazine but ran increasingly more fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 18-Nov-1871 – 8-Oct-1881

Publishers:   Frank Leslie
Editors:   Miriam Squier (Mrs Frank Leslie)
Frequency:   weekly

Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine

see under Frank Leslie's New Family Magazine

Frank Leslie's Monthly

see under Frank Leslie's New Family Magazine

Frank Leslie's New Family Magazine

Began as supplement to Frank Leslie's Gazette of Fashion till Jun-1866; ran many serials from UK magazines by Ouida, Wilkie Collins, Mrs Henry Wood and Miss Braddon ('Lady Audley's Secret', 1862)

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1857 – 1860

1860 – 1863, as Frank Leslie's Monthly:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

1863 – Dec-1882, as Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine

Publishers

Frank Leslie

Editors

Frank Leslie, 1857 - 1863; Miriam Squier, 1863 - 1882.

Frequency

monthly

Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly

Published Joaquin Miller, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Brander Matthews, Stephen Crane, Frank R. Stockton, Ellis Parker Butler ("Pigs is Pigs" 1905).

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-1876 – 1904:

The Standard Index of Short Stories

(from Jan-1900 only)

1904 – Aug-1905, as Leslie's Magazine:

The Standard Index of Short Stories

Sep-1905 – May-1906, as American Illustrated Magazine

#superseded by The American Magazine

Publishers

  Jan-1876 – Jul-1878: Frank Leslie
  Aug-1878 – Aug-1905: Frank Leslie Publishing
  Sep-1905 – May-1906: Colver Publishing

Editors

  1876 – 1880: Frank Leslie
  1880 – 1899: Mrs Frank Leslie
  1899 – 1906: Ellery Sedgwick

Prices

$2.50 at outset, radically redesigned in 1898 as a 10c monthly

Frequency

monthly

Frank Manley's Weekly

Total Issues: 32

School and sports stories about Frank Manley and his friends in imitation of the Frank Merriwell stories published by Street & Smith.

Issues & Index Sources: 8-Sep-1905 – 13-Apr-1906

Publishers:   Frank Tousey
Formats:   8" x 11"
Prices:   5c
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   weekly

Frank Reade Library

Total Issues: 191

A dime novel series devoted entirely to SF. Issued in the small tabloid "nickel library" format of the late 1800's, with black and white covers.

Issues & Index Sources: 24-Sep-1892 – 5-Aug-1898:

Miller/Contento

(sf content only)

Publishers:   Frank Tousey
Formats:   small tabloid
Prices:   5c
Pagecounts:   16pp (some 24pp & some 32pp)
Frequency:   weekly; twice monthly from #152



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Frank Reade Weekly Magazine

Total Issues: 96

Usually just one 'dime novel' reprint per issue.

Issues & Index Sources: 31-Oct-1902 – 26-Aug-1904:

Miller/Contento

Publishers:   Frank Tousey
Formats:   quarto tabloid
Prices:   5c
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   weekly

Frank Tousey's Boys Weekly

Total Issues: 74

Authors include Harry Enton, Thomas Hanshew.

Issues & Index Sources

9-Dec-1881 – 4-May-1883

#merges with Young Men of America

Publishers

Frank Tousey

Formats

tabloid story-paper

Pagecounts

16pp

Frequency

weekly



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Fraser's Magazine

Started as the London rival to Blackwood's; a miscellany which ran much fiction especially William M. Thackeray, James Hogg, T. Crofton Croker, Charles Kingsley.

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1830 – Oct-1882:

The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals Volume 2

#superseded by Longman's Magazine

Publishers

1847 – 1863: J.W. Parker
1865 – 1882: Longman

Editors

  1830 – 1836: William Maginn
  1836 – 1840?: Francis Mahony
  1841 – 1847: G.W. Nickisson
  1847 – 1860: John W. Parker
  1860 – 1874: J.A. Froude
  1874 – 1879: William Allingham
  1879 – 1881: John Tulloch

Formats

standard, unillustrated

Frequency

monthly

Sources

BritLit2

Fred Leslie's Journal

Total Issues: 20

Includes a comic supplement from issue 14.

Issues & Index Sources: 12-Apr-1902 – 30-Aug-1902

Publishers:   Charles Strong, 161 Strand, London W.C.
Formats:   tabloid
Prices:   1d
Pagecounts:   16pp
Frequency:   weekly (every Tuesday)

Free for All

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1950

Publishers:   Park Trading Company, 14 Portland Road, London W11
Formats:   7" x 9.5"
Pagecounts:   36pp

The Free Press

Monthly New York City newspaper that occasionally publishes fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: ? – present

Publishers:   P.O. Box 581, Bronx, NY 10463 (in 2000)
Editors:   J. Rudolph Abate (in 2000)
Email Address:   MariaRaf@aol.com
Frequency:   monthly
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (not 2001 or 2002")

Freezer Burn Magazine

Total Issues: 10

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1995 – #10, 1997:

Miller/Contento

Publishers: David G. Rogers

French Art and Models

Eventually published some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Publishers: Culture Publications
Sources: Uncovered

French Capers

Risque articles and illustrations, illustrated advertisements for naughty novelties and books, plus four full page photos of nude models.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Formats: 6.5" x 9.5"
Pagecounts: 64pp

French Follies

Issues & Index Sources: 1930 – 1932:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Follywood Publications, Jersey City, New Jersey
Sources: UltGuide, Uncovered



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