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London Bells

Total Issues: 20

family journal

Issues & Index Sources:  9-Nov-1872 – 22-Mar-1873
Publishers:   Henry Pearce
Frequency:   weekly

London Calling

The journal of the European Service of the BBC. Usually ran a radio-related story or two per issue.

Issues & Index Sources

  24-Sep-1939 – present?

Publishers

  BBC, London

Editors

  in 1941: T.F. Henn
  in 1949: E.A. Mackenzie-Bell

Formats

  small tabloid (in digest form)

Frequency

  weekly

London Evening News

Newspaper which, for many years, published a short story in every issue.

Issues & Index Sources:  1881 – 1980: Index to The London Evening News
Frequency:   daily

London Forum

Total Issues: 4?

Articles on art, literature, current affairs, plus one story per issue. Note: the title was also used by a one-off issue magazine of comment in Jul-1931; also The Occult Review was retitled The London Forum from Sep-1933 - Oct-1935. Neither title carried fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  Winter 1946 – Christmas 1947
Publishers:   The Falcon Press, Crown Passage, Pall Mall, London SW1
Editors:   Charlton Warwick
Prices:   2/-
Frequency:   quarterly

The London Herald

Issues & Index Sources:  1861 – 1863
Editors:   Percy B. St. John

The London Journal

Published melodramatic "working-class" fiction, often gothic historicals. Circulation reached 500,000. Most popular author was Pierce Egan, Jr., others include J.F. Smith, Mary Braddon, G.W.M. Reynolds ("Faust" 1845/1846). Merges with Spare Moments.

Issues & Index Sources

  1-Mar-1845 – 29-Apr-1906
  5-May-1906 – 8-May-1909, as New London Journal
  15-May-1909 – 27-Jan-1912, as London Journal

Publishers

  George Vickers

Editors

  1845 – 1846: G.W.M. Reynolds
  1846 – ?: J.W. Ross
  ?: Pierce Egan
  1858 – 1859: Mark Lemon

Formats

  story paper (large tabloid)

Pagecounts

  16pp

Frequency

  weekly

London Library [1868]

Issues & Index Sources:  1868 – ?
Publishers:   Penny Miscellany Office; J & R Maxwell (by #34)
Frequency:   monthly

London Library [1910]

Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources:  Feb-1910 – Sep-1910
Publishers:   Amalgamated Press
Frequency:   monthly

London Life

Magazine with occasional fiction interspersed with photographs of classic art & bathing belles, and film stills.

Issues & Index Sources:  193? – 194?: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)
Publishers:   New Picture Press
Formats:   5" x 7.2"

The London Magazine [1732]

Full title was The London Magazine; or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer.

Issues & Index Sources:  Apr-1732 – Jun-1785
Frequency:   monthly?
Sources:   BritLit1

The London Magazine [1820]

Later called itself 'The Journal of Facts'.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1820 – Jun-1829: Index to Periodical Literature
Publishers:   Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, London
Editors:   John Scott, John Taylor
Formats:   standard, octavo
Frequency:   monthly?
Sources:   BritLit2

The London Magazine [1898]

Total Issues: 24+12+3+345+31=417

Initially 3d (half the price of The Strand). At its peak, around 1906 - 1913, probably the best of the popular fiction magazines. Published rather more adventure/mystery fiction than others. Most popular writers of the day appeared; popular fiction imitation-Strand.

Issues & Index Sources

  Jul-1898 – Jul-1900, as The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine: Indexes to Fiction #10: The Harmsworth Magazine
Index to British Popular Fiction (in progress)
  Aug-1900 – Jul-1901, as The Harmsworth Magazine: Indexes to Fiction #10: The Harmsworth Magazine
Index to British Popular Fiction (in progress)
  Aug-1901 – Oct-1901, as The Harmsworth London Magazine: Indexes to Fiction #10: The Harmsworth Magazine
Index to British Popular Fiction (in progress)
  Nov-1901 – Oct-1930, as The London Magazine: Indexes to Fiction #10: The Harmsworth Magazine (IdxHrm to 1915 only)
Index to British Popular Fiction (in progress)
  Nov-1930 – May-1933, as The New London Magazine: Index to British Popular Fiction (in progress)

Publishers

  Jul-1898 – Jul-1901: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd
  Aug-1901 – Aug-1915: Amalgamated Press

Editors

  Jul-1898 – 1902: Cecil Harmsworth
  Sep-1902 – Dec-1905: Charles Sisley
  1905 – 1907: J.A. Hammerton
  1907 – 1909: Eric Clement Scott
  1909 – 1910: Comyns Beaumont
  1910 – 1931: David Whitelaw

Formats

  standard

Frequency

  monthly (but combined Nov/Dec-1898 and Apr/May-1906 issues)

Sources

  AgeStory
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London Magazine [1954]

A literary magazine of review and criticism that also publishes much fiction. Authors include L.P. Hartley, Graham Greene, V.S. Pritchett, William Sansom, Paul Bowles, Frank Tuohy, William Trevor, A.E. Ellis, Caroline Blackwood, Ben Okri. Circulation around 4-5,000.

Issues & Index Sources

  Feb-1954 – present: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)

Publishers

  1954 – 1956: Chatto & Windus
  1957 – 1960: Heinemann
  1961 – 1970: The Windmill Press
  1970: Shenval Press
  1971 – Spring 2001: The London Magazine

Editors

  1954 – 1961: John Lehmann
  1961 – Spring 2001: Alan Ross

Formats

  digest; now pocketbook

Prices

  1954 – 1955: 2/6d
  in 1978: £1.00
  in 1992: £4.75

Pagecounts

  Feb-1954 – Jun-1958: 112pp
  Jul-1958 – 1978: 96pp
  in 1992: 160pp

Frequency

  originally monthly; but bimonthly 1971 - 1978; then monthly; now bimonthly

Sources

  BritLit4

The London Mercury

Total Issues: 234

A literary review with a heavy emphasis on poetry and non-fiction, it published an eclectic range of short stories. Authors include Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Walter de la Mare, Elizabeth Bowen, Max Beerbohm, D.H. Lawrence, Graham Greene, James Stephens, George Moore, Maurice Baring, John Metcalfe.

Issues & Index Sources

  Nov-1919 – Apr-1939: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)

#merges with Life and Letters

Publishers

  The Field Press, London

Editors

  1919 – 1934: J.C. Squire
  1934 – 1939: R.A. Scott-James

Formats

  standard, pulp paper, unillustrated

Frequency

  monthly

Sources

  BritLit4

The London Miscellany

Total Issues: 18+39=57

A well produced, highly illustrated magazine that ran many of Errym/Rymer's serials.

Issues & Index Sources

  10-Feb-1866 – 9-Jun-1866
  16-Jun-1866 – 9-Mar-1867

#superseded by The Empire

Publishers

  1st series, Charles Jones, London; 2nd series, William Barrett, London.

Editors

  Malcolm J. Errym, later editor may be Charles Stevens

Formats

  large quarto tabloid

Prices

  1d

Pagecounts

  16pp

Frequency

  weekly

London Mystery Magazine/Selection

Total Issues: 132

The title was originally The London Mystery Magazine. The "The" dropped off the cover after the fourth issue, from the spine after the 35th issue, but remained on the contents page through the entire run. Although the title was changed to London Mystery Selection with #36, the word "Magazine" appeared on the covers of #s 73, 74, 75 and 81, and on the spine of #s 78 to 87. On the cover the title was given as just London Mystery on #s 36 to 46, 54 to 72, 76 to 80, and 82 to 97. Most issues feature a standard cover design, several of which were used over the life of the magazine. In one stretch, from #70 to 81, individual covers were drawn for most issues. The longest running British mystery magazine, fantasy was a significant part of its mix, rarely less than a third of an issue. A highly collectible, but apparently little known, magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

  #1, 1949 – Dec-1957, as The London Mystery Magazine: Miller/Contento
Crime Fiction Index (in progress)
  Mar-1958 – Mar-1982, as London Mystery Selection: Miller/Contento
Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers

  #1, 1949 – Oct/Nov-1951: Hulton Press
  Dec-1951/Jan-1952 – Mar-1982: Norman Kark Publications, London

Editors

  #1, 1949 – Oct/Nov-1951: Michael Hall
  Dec-1951/Jan-1952 – Mar-1982: Norman Kark

Formats

  initially square digest (13.6cm x 18.2cm); thereafter pocketbook

Prices

  #1, 1949 – Dec-1965: 2/6d
  Mar-1966 – Sep-1970: 3/6d
  Dec-1970 – Jun-1975: 25p
  Sep-1975 – Dec-1977: 35p
  Mar-1978 – Dec-1980: 50p
  Mar-1981 – Mar-1982: 75p

Pagecounts

  128pp (first issue 132pp)

Frequency

  mostly bi-monthly until March 1955 then quarterly; no issues between Apr/May-1952 and Jun-1953

Title Changes

  Apr/May-1952: The London Mystery Magazine
  Sep-1956: The London Mystery Magazine

Sources

  CookMDE
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