''Cassell's Magazine'' is a British magazine that was published monthly from 1897 to 1912. It was the successor to ''Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper'', (1853–1867) becoming ''Cassell's Family Magazine'' in 1874, ''Cassell's Magazine'' in 1897, and, after 1912, ''Cassell's Magazine of Fiction''.
The magazine was edited by
H. G. Bonavia Hunt from 1874 to 1896,
Max Pemberton
Sir Max Pemberton (19 June 1863 – 22 February 1950) was a popular English novelist and publisher working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres.LeRoy Lad Panek, ''After Sherlock Holmes: The Evolution of British and American Detective St ...
from 1896 to 1905, David Williamson from 1905 to November 1908, Walter Smith from December 1908 to 1912, and
Newman Flower from 1912 to 1922. It was acquired by the
Amalgamated Press
The Amalgamated Press (AP) was a British newspaper and magazine publishing company founded by journalist and entrepreneur Alfred Harmsworth (1865–1922) in 1901, gathering his many publishing ventures together under one banner. At one point the ...
in 1927 and merged with ''
Storyteller'' in 1932.
[
In the 1890s, under Pemberton's editorship, the magazine was based on the '']Strand Magazine
''The Strand Magazine'' was a monthly British magazine founded by George Newnes, composed of short fiction and general interest articles. It was published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950, running to 711 issues, though the ...
'', attempting to be a competitor to that periodical. Contributing authors included Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1860), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for ''The Moonsto ...
, whose 1870 novel '' Man and Wife'' raised the magazine's circulation to 70,000. Following the success of 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 Newne ...
's '' Tit-Bits'', the ''Strand Magazine
''The Strand Magazine'' was a monthly British magazine founded by George Newnes, composed of short fiction and general interest articles. It was published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950, running to 711 issues, though the ...
'' and Alfred Harmsworth
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (15 July 1865 – 14 August 1922), was a British newspaper and publishing magnate. As owner of the ''Daily Mail'' and the ''Daily Mirror'', he was an early developer of popular journal ...
's ''Answers'', Cassell's began publishing a combination of journalistic miscellanea and illustrated fiction by popular novelists such as Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll ...
, Arthur Quiller-Couch
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (; 21 November 186312 May 1944) was a Cornish people, British writer who published using the pen name, pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication ''The Oxfor ...
, Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (; 28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873), popularly known as J. S. Le Fanu, was an Irish writer of Gothic literature, mystery novels, and horror fiction. Considered by critics to be one of the greatest ghost ...
, J. M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several succe ...
, Bertram Fletcher Robinson
Bertram Fletcher Robinson (22 August 1870 – 21 January 1907) was an English sportsperson, sportsman, journalist, editor, author and Liberal Unionist Party activist. During his life-time, he wrote at least three hundred items, including a ser ...
, P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse ( ; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Je ...
,[ Marjorie Bowen and Warwick Deeping.
Other contributors were E. W. Hornung, who contributed various '' Raffles'' stories in the late 1890s, ]Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British Raj, British India, which inspired much ...
, with a serialisation of his story '' Kim'' from January to November 1901, Henry Rider Haggard, with a serialisation of his stories ''The Brethren'' from December 1903 to November 1904, and ''Benita'' from December 1905 to May 1906, Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Hol ...
's '' Through the Magic Door'', serialised December 1906 to November 1907, and Constance Beerbohm, etc.
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Poles in the United Kingdom#19th century, Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Eng ...
contributed 'Il Conde' to ''Cassell's Magazine'', which went on to become one of the most reproduced of all his stories. In January 1908 he instructed his agent, 'Please secure the number' (CL 4:31), suggesting that Conrad was interested in seeing its illustrated publication in one of the most popular magazines of that time.[
In 1912, under Flower's editorship, ''Cassell's'' became a "pulp" magazine, printed on wood pulp paper and aiming at a more populist type of fiction. This version of ''Cassell's'' carried fiction by E. Phillips Oppenheim,][Jack Adrian, ''Detective Stories from the "Strand"''. Oxford: ]Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...
, 1991. (p. xxii). E. F. Benson
Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, historian and short story writer.
Early life
E. F. Benson was born at Wellington College (Berkshire), Wellington College in Berkshire, ...
, Robert W. Chambers, Max Pemberton
Sir Max Pemberton (19 June 1863 – 22 February 1950) was a popular English novelist and publisher working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres.LeRoy Lad Panek, ''After Sherlock Holmes: The Evolution of British and American Detective St ...
and Vincent Ems.[""Cassell's Magazine" for June is just ready, and is, as usual, a very readable number. Max Pemberton has a novel entitled "Lucretia," a story of Rome; and Robert Chambers continues his novel, "The Laughing Girl." Vincent Ems contributes a humorous story. Arnold Bennett writes about "Salary Earning Girls."']
Publications
''The Brisbane Courier
''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner norther ...
'', Queensland, 27 July 1920, (p.6). ''Cassell's Magazine'' also published non-fiction by Arnold Bennett
Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English author, best known as a novelist, who wrote prolifically. Between the 1890s and the 1930s he completed 34 novels, seven volumes of short stories, 13 plays (some in collaborati ...
.
An American edition of the magazine, dated one month later than the English, ran from January 1884 to December 1907.
See also
* John Cassell
*'' Cassell's National Library''
References
External links
*
''Cassell's Magazine'' on The Joseph Conrad Periodical Archive
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090211130011/http://www.booksandwriters.co.uk/writer/C/cassell--co-ltd.asp Cassell & Co Ltd Historybr>''Cassell's Family Magazine'' - Indexes to Fiction (Victorian Fiction Research Guide)
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