The Strand Magazine

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Cover of Strand Magazine , anthology, 1st half 1898

The Strand Magazine was a British magazine which appeared monthly in London from 1891 to 1950 and was named after the place of publication, the street Strand (London) . Strand Magazine was Britain's leading literary magazine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries .

There are two American magazines of the same name, namely The Strand Magazine (1891–1916) and a new, since 1998, Strand Magazine .

history

Article on novel roller skates in practice, Strand Magazine , February 1898

The Strand Magazine was founded by George Newnes (1851-1910); the first edition appeared in January 1891. The first editor-in-chief was Herbert Greenhough Smith . The magazine published a mixture of short stories, articles on nature, technology and contemporary history, as well as short reports on celebrities and curiosities. The great success of Strand Magazine was also due to the fact that it was one of the first modern magazines , as new printing techniques made it possible to reproduce photos at the end of the 19th century. At least one photo or graphic was printed on each page, often several.

One issue of Strand Magazine was six pence. The booklet was 23.5 by 16 cm, and one issue was about 120 pages. A total of 711 issues appeared. Due to paper rationing during the Second World War , the original output format had to be reduced. In 1950, rising costs and declining circulation numbers led to unsolvable financing problems and meant the end of the magazine. After the last issue, which appeared in March 1950, the Strand Magazine went into Men Only magazine .

literature

From July 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle's stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes appeared in Strand Magazine , first A Scandal in Bohemia . Conan Doyle wrote numerous short stories and articles for the magazine until his death in 1930. The illustrations Sidney Paget created for the Holmes stories in Strand Magazine have had a lasting impact on the image of the detective.

Other major Strand Magazine authors included Grant Allen , Ernest Bramah , Agatha Christie , Winston Churchill, and Rudyard Kipling . Some of the more notable writers whose contributions were published in Strand Magazine also included Graham Greene , GK Chesterton , Lev Tolstoy and Georges Simenon .

Other authors

Illustrators

Editors-in-chief

  • Herbert Greenhough Smith , 1891-1930
  • Reeves Shaw, 1930 - September 1941
  • RJ Minney, October 1941-December 1941
  • Reginald Pound, 1942-1946
  • Macdonald Hastings, 1946-1950

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Chris Willis: The Story of The Strand . On: Strand Magazine website . Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ See Chris Willis: The Story of The Strand . On: Strand Magazine website . Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ See Chris Willis: The Story of The Strand . On: Strand Magazine website . Retrieved January 4, 2015.

Web links

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