''Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly'' (1876–1904) was an American popular literary

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

established by

Frank Leslie Frank Leslie (March 29, 1821 – January 10, 1880) was an English-born American engraving, engraver, illustrator, and publisher of family periodicals. Biography English origins Leslie was born on March 29, 1821, in Ipswich, England as Henry C ...

as "the cheapest magazine published in the world." The publisher was Frank Leslie Pub. House which was based in New York City. Contributors included

Henry James Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the ...

and

Eben E. Rexford Eben Eugene Rexford (July 16, 1848 – October 18, 1916) was an American writer and poet, and author of lyrics to popular and gospel songs. Biography Eben E. Rexford was born in Johnsburg, New York on July 16, 1848. He moved with his family t ...

. In 1905 it was continued by ''

The American Magazine ''The American Magazine'' was a periodical publication founded in June 1906, a continuation of failed publications purchased a few years earlier from publishing mogul Miriam Leslie. It succeeded ''Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly'' (1876–1904), ' ...

.''Jerold J. Savory. "An Uncommon Comic Collection: Humorous Victorian Periodicals in the Newberry Library." Victorian Periodicals Review, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Fall, 1984)

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