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''The Chap-Book'' was an American
''The Chap-Book'' was an American 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 ...
between 1894 and 1898. It is often classified as one of the first "little magazine
In the United States, a little magazine is a magazine genre consisting of "artistic work which for reasons of commercial expediency is not acceptable to the money-minded periodicals or presses", according to a 1942 study by Frederick J. Hoffman, ...
s" of the 1890s.(1982). ''The Chap-Book: A Journal of American Intellectual Life in the 1890s'' (Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press) by Wendy Clauson Schlereth
The first edition of ''The Chap-Book'' was dated 15 May 1894. Its editor was Herbert Stuart Stone and it was published by Stone and Kimball. It was originally published in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As part of the Boston metropolitan area, the cities population of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, ...
, but after six months moved to Chicago, Illinois
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when Stone and Kimball relocated to Chicago.
''The Chap-Book'' was published twice monthly. Its final issue was issued on 1 July 1898. After this, it merged with ''The Dial
''The Dial'' was an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929. In its first form, from 1840 to 1844, it served as the chief publication of the Transcendentalists. From the 1880s to 1919 it was revived as a political review and ...
''.
Contributors to ''The Chap-Book'' 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 ...
, Hamlin Garland
Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.
Biog ...
, Eugene Field
Eugene Field Sr. (September 2, 1850 – November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood".
Early life and education
Field was born in St. Louis, Missour ...
, Bliss Carman
William Bliss Carman (April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929) was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years.
In Canada, Car ...
, Julian Hawthorne
Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846 – July 14, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mysteries and detective fiction, essays, t ...
, Max Beerbohm
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (24 August 1872 – 20 May 1956) was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a humorist. He was the drama critic for the '' Saturday ...
, W. E. Henley
William Ernest Henley (23 August 184911 July 1903) was an English poet, writer, critic and editor. Though he wrote several books of poetry, Henley is remembered most often for his 1875 poem " Invictus". A fixture in London literary circles, the ...
, H. G. Wells
Herbert George Wells"Wells, H. G."
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William Sharp.
''The Chap-Book'': Magazine Data File
*Stone and Kimball Collection: Late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century publications of Stone and Kimball, (182 titles). From th
Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress
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References
*James D. Hart (1986). ''The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature'' (New York: Oxford University Press) s.v. "Chap-Book, The".External links
''The Chap-Book'': Magazine Data File
*Stone and Kimball Collection: Late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century publications of Stone and Kimball, (182 titles). From th
Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress
1894 establishments in Massachusetts 1898 disestablishments in Illinois Bimonthly magazines published in the United States Defunct literary magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1894 Magazines disestablished in 1898 Magazines published in Boston Magazines published in Chicago {{US-lit-mag-stub