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Magazine Issues

Standard [1899]

Country: US

Theatre magazine which, under a bewildering number of names, eventually led to Vanity Fair (US).

Issues & Index Sources

1889 – 1892, as Sport, Music and Drama

7-Jan-1893 – 16-Dec-1893, as Music and Drama

23-Dec-1893 – 23-Jun-1894, as Standard and Music and Drama

30-Jun-1894 – 18-Dec-1901, as Standard

21-Dec-1901 – 12-Apr-1902, as Saturday Standard

19-Apr-1902 – 3-May-1902, as Vanity Fair and Saturday Standard

2-Sep-1904 – 6-Jul-1912, as Standard and Vanity Fair

#becomes Vanity Fair (US)

Publishers

The Vanity Fair Co., New York

The Standard [1914]

Country: US

"Published to promote ethical thinking and to encourage better ways of living."

Issues & Index Sources: May-1914 – 1956?:

FictionMags Index

(partial issues only)

Publishers:   American Ethical Union, 2 West 64th St., New York
Editors:   David Saville Muzzey (in 1914)
Online Sources:   Hathi Trust

Standard and Music and Drama

see under Standard

Standard and Vanity Fair

see under Standard

Standard Designer

see under The Designer

Standard Fiction Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 41

Issues & Index Sources:  1894

Publishers:   Eastern Book
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Standard Fiction Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 48

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1890s

Publishers:   Laird & Lee
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Standard Fiction Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 50

Issues & Index Sources:  1894

Publishers:   Optimus
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Standard Journal

see under The Halfpenny Standard Journal

Standard Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  1-Nov-1881: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Jesse Haney & Co., 119 Nassau St., New York, NY
Formats:   11¾ x 8¼"
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   32
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Standard Library / Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 130

Issues & Index Sources:  1880 – 1884

Publishers:   Funk & Wagnalls
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Standard Literature Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 20

Issues & Index Sources:  1890 – 1896

Publishers:   University Pub.
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Standard Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 26

Issues & Index Sources:  1880

Publishers:   I.K. Funk
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Standard Series of Paper Novels

Country: US
Total Issues: 11?

Issues & Index Sources:  1899 – 1900: Dime Novel Bibliography (sample issues only)

Publishers:   H.B. Claflin Co., Worth Street, New York, NY; International Book Company
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Standard Stories

Country: UK
Total Issues: 12

Mostly reprints; superseded by Best-Story Magazine. Full title Standard Stories incorporating The Smart Set initially at least.

Issues & Index Sources

Jul-1925 – Jun-1926:

General Fiction Index

#superseded by Best-Story Magazine

Publishers

Hutchinson and Co., 34-36 Paternoster Row, London EC4

Editors

probably Evelyn Hornibrook

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

1/-

Pagecounts

96pp

Frequency

monthly

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers



Issue Checklist

The Standing Stone

Country: Canada

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1990s

Publishers: Ebenrock Enerprises
Editors: Gordon R. Menzies, Ontario, Canada

Stanley Ellin's Mystery Magazine

Country: US

THIS DID NOT EXIST! USA; published "Fool's Mate" by Stanley Ellin, 1948

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1948

Staple New Writing

Country: UK

Mainstream poems and short stories.

Issues & Index Sources: 1982 – ?:

Index to Commonwealth Little Magazines

(1985 - 1986 only)

Publishers:   Matlock Bath, Derbyshire
Editors:   Bob Windsor & Donald Measham (in 1997)
Frequency:   quarterly

The Star

Country: UK

London evening newspaper that ran from 1888 to 1960.

The Star had a long tradition of publishing short stories and serials, with many well-known authors contributing their work to the paper down the years. Famous writers whose stories appeared in The Star include Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Arthur Conan Doyle, Israel Zangwill, Emile Zola, Walter de la Mare, Katharine Tynan, Ursula Bloom and Richmal Crompton. Fiction featured prominently in The Star for much of its lifespan.

Issues & Index Sources: 1888 – 1960:

An Index to the Fiction Published in The Star

Frequency: daily

Starbuck's Book of Romance

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources:  1882?: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Augustus Comstock, Long Island City, Queens, New York, NY
Formats:   10¾ x 8"
Pagecounts:   16
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography