Strand Magazine

Strand Magazine first appeared in January 1891 and lasted until March 1950. Founded by published George Newnes his aim was to circulate a magazine that had a 'picture on every page', a good mix of fiction and non-fiction at an affordable price undercutting rival publications. In the July of the opening year its popularity soared with the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes was ‘killed-off’ briefly in 1893 but the public outcry forced Arthur Conan Doyle to reincarnate Holmes. He was to continue until April 1927. Other famous authors who wrote for the magazine included H. G. Wells, Somerset Maugham, Rudyard Kipling, Jerome K. Jerome, Edgar Wallace, P. G. Wodehouse, G. K. Chesterton, John Galsworthy, Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. The paper shortages of World War II heralded the demise of Strand magazine which merged with Men Only in April 1950. Artists whose illustrations appeared in the magazine included G. C. Haité, Warwick Goble, Robin Jacques and Walter Goetz.