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Rovering

Country: UK
Total Issues: 54+6=60

"Described as "for young British Manhood". It was edited by A.L. Haydon of the Boy's Own Paper. It had similar stories and articles to those which appeared in The Scout." (W.O.G. Lofts)

The final issue announced "Owing to decreased circulation during the summer months, the publisher has decided to suspend publication of any further issues of Rovering. The competition in this number is cancelled."

Issues & Index Sources

22-Mar-1924 – 28-Mar-1925

4-Apr-1925 – 9-May-1925

Publishers

The Religious Tract Society, 4 Bouverie St., London EC4

Editors

A.L. Haydon; G.R. Pocklington from #54

Frequency

weekly

The Rover's Log

Country: UK
Total Issues: 59

Issues & Index Sources:  11-Mar-1872 – 12-Apr-1873

Publishers:   W.L. & G. Emmett (Note: Gifford gives Charles Fox)
Pagecounts:   12pp
Frequency:   weekly

The Rovers of the Sea

Country: UK
Total Issues: 61

Issues & Index Sources:  11-Mar-1872 – 28-Apr-1873

Publishers:   E.J. Brett
Pagecounts:   8pp
Frequency:   weekly

The Royal Magazine

Country: UK
Total Issues: 385+18+31+6+51=491

The first issue states that the initial print order for The Royal was one million copies, the total of which weighed nearly 300 tons and stood nearly 5 miles high. Published first stories by William Hope Hodgson (1904) and Sax Rohmer (1905); other authors include Baroness Orczy, M.P. Shiel.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1898 – Nov-1930:

FictionMags Index

(Missing: Nov-1928 - Mar-1929; Dec-1929 - Apr-1930)

Dec-1930 – May-1932, as The New Royal Magazine:

FictionMags Index

Jun-1932 – Dec-1934, as The Royal Pictorial:

FictionMags Index

Jan-1935 – Jun-1935, as The Royal Screen Pictorial

Jul-1935 – Sep-1939, as The Screen Pictorial

Publishers

C. Arthur Pearson, London

Editors

  Nov-1898 – Apr-1901: Peter Keary
  May-1901 – Dec-1911: Percy Everett
  Jan-1912 – Jun-1927: F.E. Baily
  Jul-1927 – May-1932: R. Stuart Macrae
  Jun-1932 – Dec-1934: John Reed Wade
  Jan-1935 – 1937: William J. Makin
  1937 – Sep-1939: David Chancellor

Formats

Nov-1898 – Nov-1930: standard on coated stock (Strand imitation)
Dec-1930 – Sep-1939: large flat slick

Frequency

monthly

Related Sites

Wikipedia

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers

Online Sources

Online Books



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The Royal Novelette

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources:  1898?

Publishers:   Harry Shurey
Editors:   Charles Shurey
Formats:   large tabloid (folio)

Royal Series [1898]

Country: US
Total Issues: 125

Issues & Index Sources:  1898

Publishers:   George Munro
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Royal Series [1900]

Country: US
Total Issues: 145

Issues & Index Sources:  1900 – 1910: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Royal Publishing Co., 528 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA
Formats:   7 1/8 x 5"
Prices:   15c or 2 for 25c
Pagecounts:   250 to 500pp
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Royal Series [1910]

Country: US
Total Issues: 127

Believed to be remainders from Royal Publishing Company stock sold by Ottenheimer.

Issues & Index Sources: 1910 – 1920:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   I. & M. Ottenheimer, 321 W. Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD
Prices:   15c or 2 for 25c
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Royal Series [1910]

Country: US
Total Issues: 127

Believed to be remainders from the Royal Publishing Co. sold by White with his imprint on the title page and in ads.

Issues & Index Sources: 1910 – 1920:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   J. White, 29 Causeway St., Boston, MA
Formats:   7 x 5"
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   200 to 300
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Ruby

Country: UK
Total Issues: 20

Issues & Index Sources

20-Jan-1923 – 2-Jun-1923

#incorporated into Schoolgirls' Weekly

Publishers

Amalgamated Press

Frequency

weekly

Ruby Library

Country: UK
Total Issues: 26

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1932 – Jul-1933

Publishers:   Amalgamated Press
Editors:   Ernest L. McKeag
Formats:   6½" x 4½"
Prices:   2d
Pagecounts:   64pp+
Frequency:   2 per month

Rugby Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 17

Issues & Index Sources:  4-May-1892 – 31-Aug-1892: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Seaside Publishing Co., 142-144 Worth St., New York, NY
Formats:   7¼ x 4¼" and 6 1/8 x 4 3/8"
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   200-250
Frequency:   weekly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Rugged

Country: US
Total Issues: 4+

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1957 – Aug-1957?: FictionMags Index (Missing: Feb-1957)

Mentioned in: It's a Man's World



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Rugged Men

Country: US
Total Issues: 3+10+4+5=22

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1956 – Aug-1956

Nov-1957 – Mar-1959

Apr-1959 – Sep-1959, as Spur

Oct-1960 – Jun-1961, as Rugged Men:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers

Stanley Publications

Mentioned in: It's a Man's World



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Ruled by the Rod

Country: France
Total Issues: 1?

Flagellation magazine containing various stories about corporal punishment and a correspondence section on the same. Despite being published in France, this was targeted at a British audience.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s

Publishers: Les Beaux Oeuvres, Establissement H.P., 43 Chaussee d'Antin, Paris

Ruminator Review

Country: US

A St. Paul literary magazine which typically features a mix of reviews, interviews and poetry, with a lot of attention given to small-press titles. Contributors have included such writers as Robert Bly, Andrei Codrescu, Jane Hamilton and Arundhati Roy.

Issues & Index Sources

1986 – 2000, as Hungry Mind Review

2001 – Fall 2005, as Ruminator Review

Editors

2001 – 2004: Margaret Todd Maitland

Related Sites

Wikipedia