''Everybody's Magazine'' was an American magazine published from 1899 to 1929. The magazine was headquartered in New York City.

History and profile

The magazine was founded by

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merchant

John Wanamaker John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838December 12, 1922) was an American merchant and religious, civic and political figure, considered by some to be a proponent of advertising and a "pioneer in marketing". He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a ...

in 1899, though he had little role in its actual operations. Mott, Frank Luther
Sketches of 21 Magazines: 1905-1930
p. 72-87 (1968) Initially, the magazine published a combination of non-fiction articles and new fiction stories. By 1926, the magazine had become a pulp fiction magazine and in 1929 it merged with '' Romance magazine''. In 1903, it had a circulation of 150,000, and Wanamaker sold the magazine for $75,000 to a group headed by Erman Jesse Ridgway. A series of muckraking articles called "Frenzied Finance" in 1904 boosted circulation to well over 500,000, and it stayed above the half million mark for many years. During America's involvement in World War I, circulation declined below 300,000. By the late 1920s, it had declined to about 50,000. Beginning in 1915, the magazine began referring to itself simply as ''Everybody's''. Writers who appeared in ''Everybody's Magazine'' included

Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...

Talbot Mundy Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon, 23 April 1879 – 5 August 1940) was an English writer of adventure fiction. Based for most of his life in the United States, he also wrote under the pseudonym of Walter Galt. Best known as the ...

, Victor Rousseau,

O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the M ...

, A. A. Milne (Milne's novel '' The Red House Mystery'' was serialised in the magazine from August to December 1921 as ''The Red House Murder'') Hugh Pendexter, Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd, Raoul Whitfield and

Dornford Yates Cecil William Mercer (7 August 1885 – 5 March 1960), known by his pen name Dornford Yates, was an English writer and novelist whose novels and short stories, some humorous (the ''Berry'' books), some thrillers (the ''Chandos'' books), were b ...

. The last issue of ''Everybody's Magazine'' was published in March 1929. In 1931, publisher Alfred A. Cohen purchased ''Everybody's Magazine'' from the

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and attempted to revive it with F. Orlin Tremaine as editor. No known issues were produced and the magazine was soon declared discontinued.''The Author & Journalist'', various market reports.

Gallery

File:Bijou Fernandez 1.jpg, Bijou Fernandez, published, 1903 File:Return of the Useless.jpg,

George Bellows George Wesley Bellows (August 12 or August 19, 1882 – January 8, 1925) was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City. He became, according to the Columbus Museum of Art, "the most acclaimed Americ ...

''Return of the Useless'', published December 1918 to illustrate "Belgium: The Crowning Crime"

References

External links

''Everybody's Magazine'': The Online Books Page
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