INDEX TO BRITISH POPULAR FICTION MAGAZINES, 1880-1950

by Mike Ashley and William G. Contento

To be published in six hardcover volumes and a cumulative CD-ROM by THE BRITISH LIBRARY, National Bibliographic Service.

List of Magazines to Be Indexed:

• Volume 1. Newnes.
  • The Strand Magazine Jan 1891-Mar 1950 (710 issues)
  • The Grand Magazine Feb 1905-Apr 1940 (423 issues)
  • The Happy Mag. Jun 1922-May 1940 (215 issues)
  • The Crusoe Magazine Jun 1924-May 1926 (24 issues)
  • The Sunny Magazine Jul 1925-Apr 1933 (94 issues)
  • The Golden Magazine/The Golden West Jun 1926-Dec 1928 (31 issues)
  • Air Stories May 1935-Apr 1940 (55? issues)
  • War Stories Oct 1935-1939 (48? issues)
  • Fantasy [Jul] 1938-[Jun] 1939 (3 issues)

  • Total: 1,603 issues

• Volume 2. Pearson's & Ward Lock
  • Pearson's Magazine Jan 1896-Nov 1939 (527 issues)
  • The Royal Magazine Nov 1898-Sep 1939 (491 issues)
  • The Lady's [Home] Magazine Jan 1901-Mar 1905 (51 issues)
  • The Novel Magazine Apr 1905-Dec 1937 (393 issues)
  • The Windsor Magazine Jan 1895-September 1939 (537 issues)

  • Total: 1,999 issues

• Volume 3. English Illustrated, The Idler and Nash's/Pall Mall
  • The English Illustrated Magazine Oct 1883-Aug 1913 (359 issues).
  • The Idler Feb 1892-Mar 1911 (230 issues).
  • The Pall Mall Magazine May 1893-Sep 1914 (253 issues), May 1927-Sep 1929 (29 issues)
  • Nash's Magazine (later Nash's Pall Mall Magazine) Apr 1909-Sep 1937 (342 issues).

  • Total: 1,213 issues

• Volume 4. Cassell's
  • Cassell's Magazine Apr 1867-Dec 1932 (789 issues)
  • The Story-Teller Apr 1907-Nov 1937 (368 issues)
  • The New Magazine Apr 1909-Dec 1930 (260 issues)
  • The Corner Magazine Sep 1922-June 1929 (81 issues)
  • Romance Feb 1923-Jul 1927 (54 issues)

  • Total: 1,552 issues

• Volume 5. Harmsworth/Amalgamated Press
  • Harmsworth's/London Magazine Jul 1898-May 1933 (419 issues)
  • The Red Magazine Jun 1908-Sep 1939 (620 issues)
  • The Premier Magazine May 1914-Mar 1931 (256 issues)
  • The Yellow Magazine 23 Sep 1921-17 Sep 1926 (130 issues)
  • The Violet Magazine Jul 1922-Nov 1939 (309 issues)
  • The Green Magazine 7 Nov 1922-18 Dec 1923 (30 issues)
  • The Detective Magazine 24 Nov 1922-8 May 1925 (65 issues)
  • All-Story Magazine Oct 1926-Jan 1928 (16 issues).

  • Total: 1,845 issues

• Volume 6. Hutchinson and Other Magazines
  • Lambert's Monthly Jan 1890-May 1891 (17 issues, plus Summer 1890 special)
  • The Ludgate Monthly May 1891-Feb 1901 (118 issues)
  • The Universal Magazine Feb 1900-Dec 1901 (20 issues)
  • The White Magazine Mar/Apr-Jul/Aug 1909 (3 issues)
  • The Colour Magazine 3 series: Aug 1914-Sep/Oct 1924; Jan 1925-Jan 1927; Nov 1928-May 1932 (160? issues)
  • Lloyd's Story Magazine Jul 1917-Jan 1923 (67 issues)
  • Chapman's Magazine of Fiction May 1895-Aug 1898 (40 issues)
  • Crampton's Magazine Sep 1898-Dec 1902 (52 issues).
  • Horlick's Magazine Jan 1904-Jun 1905 (18 issues?)
  • Yes or No 19 Mar 1904-27 Apr 1918 and 28 Feb 1921-24 Apr 1922 (798 issues)
  • The Weekly Tale-Teller 8 May 1909-29 Apr 1916 (356 issues)
  • Ouseley's Magazine 2 series: Jul-Nov 1909 (3 issues); Feb-Apr 1910 (3 issues)
  • Everybody's Story Magazine Nov 1909-Apr 1914 (54 issues).
  • Pan 2 series: Feb-Jun 1919 (3 issues); 8 Nov 1919-May 1924 (81 issues)
  • The 20-Story Magazine July 1922-Oct 1940 (220 issues)
  • The Blue Magazine July 1919-Aug 1929 (121 issues)
  • World Stories Apr 1928-May 1935 (86 issues)
  • The English Magazine May 1929-Jan 1932 (21 issues)
  • Hush Jun 1930-Jun 1931 (13 issues).
  • Master Thriller Jul 1933-Dec 1939 (32 issues)
  • Mystery and Detection [Aut?] 1934-Oct 1935 (9 issues)
  • Mystery Stories ?1934-Feb 1942 (25issues)
  • Tales of Wonder (Sum) 1937- Spr 1942 (16 issues).
  • Hutchinson's:
  • The Lady's Realm Nov 1896-May 1915 (223 issues)
  • The Club Room Nov 1913- ? (May 1914?) (6? issues)
  • Hutchinson's [Story] Magazine Jul 1919-Dec 1929 (125 issues)
  • The Sovereign Magazine Nov 1919-Apr 1927 (88 issues)
  • Hutchinson's Adventure-Story Magazine Sep 1922-Sep 1927 (60 issues)
  • Hutchinson's Mystery-Story Magazine Feb 1923-Sep 1927 (55 issues)
  • Woman Apr 1924-Jul 1929 (64 issues)
  • Tip Top Stories (later The Regent Magazine) Dec 1923-Mar 1925 (16 issues).
  • Standard Stories July 1925-May 1926 (11 issues)
  • Best-Story Magazine Aug 1926-Mar 1929 (32 issues)
  • The Jolly Magazine May 1927-December 1929 (32 issues)
  • Hutchinson's Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Oct 1927-June 1929 (21 issues).

  • Total: 3,066 issues

• Total of all issues: 10,787