''The Royal Magazine'' was a monthly British

literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

that was published between 1898 and 1939. Its founder and publisher was

Sir Arthur Pearson ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

. ''The Royal Magazines first edition was published in November 1898. According to this issue, one million copies of the first edition of the magazine were ordered. Editors of the magazine included

Percy Everett Sir Percy Winn Everett (b. 22 April 1870 Rushmere, Ipswich – 23 February 1952 Elstree) was an editor-in-chief for the publisher C. Arthur Pearson Limited and an active Scouter who became the Deputy Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association.T.C. ...

(1901–1911). Throughout the 1930s, as the magazine struggled to regain its relevance, it changed names a number of times. With the December 1930 issue, the magazine re-christened itself ''The New Royal Magazine''. Beginning in June 1932, it became ''The Royal Pictorial''. Beginning in January 1935, it was ''The Royal Screen Pictorial'', and in June 1935, the word "Royal" was dropped entirely as it became ''The Screen Pictorial''. The magazine's final issue was in September 1939, the month in which the

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began in Europe. In total, 491 issues were published. The magazine was the initial publisher of a number of the works of fiction by

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictiona ...

. "

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", which appeared in the December 1927 issue, was the first published appearance of Christie's character

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"The Royal Magazine"
: Magazine Data File

References

Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1898 Magazines disestablished in 1939 Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines published in London {{UK-mag-stub