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Wide Awake [v26 #6, May 1888] ed. Charles Stuart & Ella Farman Pratt (D. Lothrop Company, 20¢, 116pp+, 7½" x 10") [STM]

Wide Awake [v27 #1, June 1888] ed. Charles Stuart & Ella Farman Pratt (D. Lothrop Company, 20C, 112pp+, 7½" x 10") [STM]

Wide Awake [v27 #2, July 1888] ed. Charles Stuart & Ella Farman Pratt (D. Lothrop Company, 20¢, 104pp+, 7½" x 10") [STM]

Wide-Awake Magazine

Wide-Awake Magazine [v 5 #1, March 10, 1916] ed. Burt L. Standish (Street & Smith, 10¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL]

Wide-Awake Magazine [v 5 #2, March 25, 1916] ed. Burt L. Standish (Street & Smith, 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP]
  • 1 · The Santa Fe Trail · Arnold Duncan · nv
  • 30 · Invents Compressed-Air Engine · Anon. · ms
  • 31 · Into the Unknown [Part 2 of 6] · Charles Reed Sanderson · sl
  • 50 · A Profitable Occupation · Anon. · ms
  • 51 · The Adventures of Roderick Clear [Part 3 of 3] · Gordon MacLaren · sl
  • 71 · Concession to Left-Handed Persons · Anon. · ms
  • 72 · Frank Merriwell, Jr.’s Coup · Anon. · ss
  • 84 · Rich on Dollar Start · Anon. · ms
  • 85 · Ruff & Reddy, Rainbow Chasers · William Bills · ss
  • 97 · America’s Youngest Aviator · Anon. · ms
  • 98 · How the Picture Was Saved · Frank Norton · ss
  • 109 · Seaman’s Tale of Narrow Escape · Anon. · ms
  • 110 · The Thirst · Miller L. McClintock · ss
  • 116 · The Bitter Pill · A. Lincoln Bender · ss
  • 122 · Cleanest Class of Animals · Anon. · ms
  • 123 · Health and Strength Department · Harrington Strong · cl
  • 125 · Jefferson Advised Against Stimulants · Anon. · ms
  • 126 · Applause · Anon. · cl

Wide-Awake Magazine [v 5 #5, May 10, 1916] ed. Burt L. Standish [PSP]

Wide-Awake Magazine [v 5 #6, May 25, 1916] ed. L. Standish Burt (10¢, standard)

Wide World Adventures

Wide World Adventures [v15 #1, August 1929] ed. Harry Bates (Danger Trail, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by H. W. Wesso) from Adventure House auction. [DKL]

Wide World Adventures [v15 #2, September 1929] ed. Harry Bates (Danger Trail, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by H. W. Wessolowski) from TOC. [JL]

Wide World Adventures [v15 #3, October 1929] ed. Harry Bates (Danger Trail, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by William Reusswig) from TOC. [JL]

Wide World Adventures [v16 #1, November 1929] ed. Harry Bates (Danger Trail, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Frederick Witton) from TOC. [JL]

Wide World Adventures [v17 #1, February 1930] ed. Harry Bates (Danger Trail, Inc., 25c, standard pulp, cover by Nick Eggenhofer) Details taken from scan of Table of Contents. [PSP]

Wide World Adventures [v18 #1, May 1930] ed. Harry Bates (Danger Trail, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by H. W. Wessolowski) from TOC. [JL]

Wide World Adventures [v18 #2, June 1930] ed. Harry Bates (Danger Trail, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Arthur Mitchell) [VU]

The Wide World Magazine

The Wide World Magazine [v76 #456, March 1936] (Newnes Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, standard) Information from EBAY auction.

Wide World Magazine [v81 #485, August 1938] (George Newnes, standard) [JN]

The Wide World Magazine [v82 #492, March 1939] (Newnes Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, standard) Information from EBAY auction.

The Wide World Magazine [v84 #503, February 1940] (Newnes Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, standard)
          Indicia notes that “Stories must be STRICTLY ORIGINAL AND TRUE IN EVERY DETAIL, and be accompanied by a written statement to this effect.” (emphasis in the original)
          Coated paper; heavily illustrated in black and white. First four pages (1-4) and last eight (5-12) are individually numbered and contain ads and two regular columns; the story content “guts” of the magazine has its own numbering system (pp. 337-420) obviously continuous throughout a volume. Good quality coated paper.
          Cover depicts a rough-looking individual (hobo?) sitting in the woods in front of a tent; a rifle lies beside him. He holds in his hands a money belt into which he is pouring gold coins while looking warily around.
          The gimmick of this magazine, as the note above indicates, is that all stories are reputedly true—though the blurbs regularly note that the names have been changed. Well, maybe. (It does allow for a nice feature that I don’t recall having seen before—a map of the world on page 337 with the “locality of every article and story in this issue” marked. I make it Canada two; US three; Brazil one; the UK one; Africa two; Australia two; India one; Philippines one; and the South Atlantic one.
          There’s a photo of Merlin Moore Taylor on page 351. Aside from numerous photographs, interior art is by W.R.S. Stott; S. Tresilian; Stanley L. Wood; Kenneth Inns; T.T. Cuneo; George Soper; Jack Nicolle; H.M. Brock; Claude Bendall; and Cyril Holloway. [DKL]

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