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''The Captain'' was a magazine featuring stories and articles for "boys and old boys", published monthly in the
''The Captain'' was a magazine featuring stories and articles for "boys and old boys", published monthly in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
from 1899 to 1924. Its headquarters were in London. It is perhaps best known for printing many of P. G. Wodehouse's early school stories.
The magazine was established in April 1899 by publisher George Newnes
Sir George Newnes, 1st Baronet (13 March 1851 – 9 June 1910) was a British publisher and editor and a founding figure in popular journalism. Newnes also served as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament for two decades. His company, George New ...
, with R. S. Warren Bell Robert Stanley Warren Bell (1871 – 26 September 1921), was an English novelist, journalist and the first editor of ''The Captain'', a magazine featuring stories for 'boys and old boys', of which P. G. Wodehouse was an early contributor.Obituary i ...
as its first editor. Authors who contributed to ''The Captain'' include P. G. Wodehouse, F. C. Selous, Bertram Mitford, C. B. Fry (the Athletic Editor), Edward Step
Edward Step FLS (11 November 1855 – 1931) was the author of many popular and specialist books on various aspects of nature. His many works on botany, zoology and mycology were published between 1894 and (posthumously) 1941. Some of his book ...
, Dr Gordon Stables, Harold Avery
Harold Avery (1867–1943) was an English author of children's literature.
Charles Harold Avery was born on 13 April 1867 in Headless Cross/Feckenham near Redditch, Worcestershire, England. He was the son of William Avery (1832–1899), a ne ...
, E. H. D. Sewell
Edward Humphrey Dalrymple Sewell (30 September 1872 – 20 September 1947) was a first-class cricketer, popular cricket and rugby journalist and author, known universally as E. H. D. Sewell.
Family
His grandfather was Sir William Henry Sewell ...
, and Charles Gilson. Artists who provided illustrations include Tom Browne, Paul Hardy, Alfred Pearse, and John Hassall.
The editor Warren Bell's brother, John Keble Bell, also contributed under the pen name Keble Howard. Howard suggested turning the magazine into a pure athletics magazine, aiming at an undergraduate audience, but Warren Bell decided against the idea.
Some of the school stories by Wodehouse published in the magazine were featured in the collection '' Tales of St. Austin's'' (1903). The magazine also serialised several early novels by Wodehouse, including ''Jackson Junior'' and ''The Lost Lambs'', which were later combined to form the book '' Mike'' (1909), and introduced to the world Wodehouse's enduringly popular character, Psmith.
Frank Swinnerton (1938) says of ''The Captain'': "''It was a good magazine, and there was nothing pious in it about prayers and such disagreeables, but stories and articles fit to be read by the self-respecting of tender years''."
A bibliography, history and index has been compiled by Chris Harte.
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