The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly (With Original Illustrations)

The Strand Magazine Series

The Strand Magazine was a monthly 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 first issue was on sale well before Christmas 1890. Its immediate popularity is evidenced by an initial sale of nearly 300,000. Sales increased in the early months, before settling down to a circulation of almost 500,000 copies a month which lasted well into the 1930s. It was edited by Herbert Greenhough Smith from 1891 to 1930.

The Sherlock Holmes Connection

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character's popularity grew with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; additional short-story series and two novels (published in serial form) appeared from then to 1927.

This Volume

(Volume I - January-June, 1891)

1 Jan ALLEN, Grant: A DEADLY DILEMMA (Illustrated by W. Rainey)
2 Feb COBBAN, Maclaren: THE MINISTER'S CRIME (W. S. Stacey)
MUDDOCK, J.E.: A NIGHT AT THE GRANDE CHARTREUSE (G. Lambert & H. Oakley)
3 Mar DOYLE (anonymous): THE VOICE OF SCIENCE (W. S. Stacey)
ALLEN, Grant: JERRY STOKES (A. Pearse)
4 Apr HORNUNG, S.W. (sic): THE LUCKIEST MAN IN THE COLONY (A. Pearse)
STOCKTON, Frank R. : A THING THAT GLISTENED (F. Feller)
5 May HORNUNG, E.W.: THE NOTORIOUS MISS ANSTRUTHER (W. S. Stacey)
6 June BESANT, Walter: THE RYNARD GOLD REEF COMPANY LTD (W.S. Stacey)