Cornhill Magazine

This monthly magazine was first published in 1860 and ran for 115 years. Its name originated from the publishing company's address namely Smith, Elder & Co. at 65 Cornhill, London. Its first editor was author and illustrator William Makepeace Thackeray, (1811-1863) and its early circulation reached over 100,000. However, by early in the next decade, it had dwindled to 20,000. It was primarily a literary magazine serialising new novels and printing very diverse subjects. Its early and possibly greatest claim to fame was the publication of 'Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands' by Queen Victoria. Authors whose works were serialised included Anthony Trollope, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alfred Tennyson, Henry James, George Eliot, Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, and Wilkie Collins.

Stories were often illustrated by distinguished artists of the time including George du Maurier, Edwin Landseer, Frederic Lord Leighton and John Everett Millais. Later artist contributors included Hubert Herkomer, Frank Dadd, Mary Kessell, Luke Fildes, Frank Dicksee and George Stampa.