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Belford's Chatterbox

Stories, poems, news events of the day, educational information -- a wide ranging collection of reading for young readers.

Issues & Index Sources: 1884 – 1890

Publishers:   Belford, Clarke, & Co., Chicago
Editors:   Thomas W. Handford
Frequency:   annual

Belford's Magazine [1876]

Total Issues: 19

Authors include Susanna Moodie, J.G. Bourinet, James Payne, Walter Besant, James Rice, Charles Sangster; merged with Canadian Monthly and National Review to form Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review.

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1876 – Jun-1878

Publishers:   Belford Brothers, Toronto
Formats:   standard
Pagecounts:   160pp
Frequency:   monthly

Belford's Magazine [1888]

Total Issues: 63

Many essays and reviews; one or two stories per issue.

Issues & Index Sources

Jun-1888 – Aug-1891

Sep-1891 – Mar-1892, as Belford's Monthly and Democratic Review

Apr-1892 – Jul-1893, as Belford's Monthly

Publishers

Belford, Clarke & Co., Chicago

Editors

Donn Piatt except for approx. Jun-1889 - Jun-1891 when Alvah Milton Kerr was editor

Formats

standard

Pagecounts

60pp

Frequency

monthly

Belgravia

Total Issues: 392+14=406

Circulation peaked at 18,000 in 1868; published much of Braddon's early work, also G.A. Sala and Sheridan Le Fanu; C&W took the magazine more upmarket with fiction by Charles Reade, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, Thomas Hardy and early work by Conan Doyle; under White quality declined.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1866 – Jun-1899:

Indexes to Fiction #14: Belgravia

Publishers

  Nov-1866 – Apr-1876: John Maxwell
  May-1876 – Sep-1889: Chatto & Windus
  Oct-1889 – Mar-1897: F.V. White
  Apr-1897 – Dec-1897?: Biggs & Co.
  Jan-1898? – Oct-1898: May, Wyatt & Co.
  Nov-1898 – Jun-1899: A.F. May

Editors

Nov-1866 – Apr-1876: Mary E. Braddon
May-1876 – Sep-1889: Andrew Chatto

Formats

standard (in imitation of The Cornhill)

Prices

1/-

Frequency

monthly, plus an Annual 1876 - 1889

Sources: British Literary Magazines Vol. 3, The Age of the Storytellers

Believe It or Not

see under Story Digest Magazine

The Bell

Although this was a review of Irish art, literature, the theatre, music and other crafts its core was fiction, it even called itself "The Magazine of Creative Fiction" for a while. It published works by W.B. Yeats, Frank O'Connor, Elizabeth Bowen, Flann O'Brien, Lord Dunsany, Liam O'Flaherty.

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1940 – Dec-1954

Publishers

Cahill & Co., Dublin

Editors

Oct-1940 – Mar-1946: Sean O'Faolain
Apr-1946 – Dec-1954: Peadar O'Donnell

Frequency

monthly (no issues Apr-1948 - Nov-1950)

Sources: British Literary Magazines Vol. 4

Bella

Women's magazine that publishes some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1987 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   H. Bauer Publishing (in 2002)
Editors:   Jackie Highe (in 1998); Jayne Marsden (in 2004)
Prices:   66p (in 2002); 70p (in 2004)
Pagecounts:   58pp (in 2002)
Frequency:   weekly
Website:   www.bellamagazine.co.uk

Belles & Beaux

Total Issues: 13

Issues & Index Sources: 1874

Publishers: Beadle
Sources: Dime Novel Bibliography

The Belles of England

Total Issues: 52

Issues & Index Sources: 10-Sep-1871 – 1-Sep-1872

Publishers:   Charles Fox, London
Editors:   George Emmett
Frequency:   weekly

The Bellingham Review

Total Issues: 75 (as at Mar-2018)

A nonprofit literary arts magazine that runs poems, stories, essays, reviews, plays and photos. Circulation About 2,500. Went online after #70.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1977 – present

Publishers:   Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225 (Signpost Press; in 2002)
Editors:   Robin Hemley (in 1996); Brenda Miller (in 2002)
Formats:   review
Pagecounts:   120pp
Frequency:   quarterly to Spring 1978, then twice yearly (Winter and Summer)
Sources:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)
Website:   bhreview.org

The Bellman

Total Issues: 676

"Remarkable for the brilliance and power of its fiction" (Edward J. O'Brien)

Typically featured one short story per issue of circa 24-28 pages, with the balance filled with one or two articles and a number of regular columns featuring book and play reviews, political news, local social news, poetry, jokes, and so on.

Issues & Index Sources: 21-Jul-1906 – 28-Jun-1919:

FictionMags Index

Publishers:   The Bellman Company, Minneapolis
Editors:   William C. Edgar
Formats:   large format
Prices:   10c
Frequency:   weekly

Bellowing Ark

Runs poetry, short fiction and serialised novels. Says it features "work in the American Romantic tradition." Does not pay for contributions. Circulation about 800.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1984 – ?

Publishers:   P.O. Box 45637, Seattle, WA 98145 (in 1998 - 2002)
Editors:   Robert R. Ward (in 1998 - 2002)
Formats:   tabloid
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Sources:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Belmore Series

Total Issues: 35?

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1891 – Apr-1894:

Dime Novel Bibliography

(incomplete)

Publishers:   Lovell, Coryell & Co., 310-318 Sixth Ave., New York
Formats:   4 7/8 x 7 1/4"
Prices:   50c
Pagecounts:   300 to 400
Frequency:   Monthly
Sources:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Beloit Fiction Journal

Founded by novelist Clint McCown; student-edited, but with a national circulation.

Issues & Index Sources: 1984 – present

Publishers:   Box 11, Beloit College, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511 (in 1998 - 2002)
Editors:   Fred Burwell (in 1998)
Frequency:   twice-yearly
Sources:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)
Website:   www.beloit.edu/bfj/

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

Total Issues: 248 (to 29-Mar-2018)

Online SF magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: 9-Oct-2008 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: all after 29-Mar-2018)

Publishers:   Firkin Press, Reston, Virginia
Editors:   Scott H. Andrews
Website:   www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com



Issue Checklist

Bentley's Miscellany

Total Issues: 384

Always published fiction, its best years were its first decade -- later issues shifted to literary criticism. Strong on serials: began with "Oliver Twist" (1837 - 1839) and Ainsworth's "Jack Sheppard" (1839 - 1840), illus by Cruikshank. Also reprinted Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher" (Aug-1840).

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-1837 – Dec-1868:	The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals Volume 4
	Index to Periodical Literature

#merges with Temple Bar

Publishers

  Jan-1837 – Mar-1861: Richard Bentley
  Apr-1861 – Jun-1868: Chapman & Hall
  Jul-1868 – Dec-1868: Bentley, with other partners

Editors

  Jan-1837 – Feb-1839: Charles Dickens
  Mar-1839 – Dec-1841: William Harrison Ainsworth
  ?: Albert Smith
  ?: Shirley Brooks
  ?: George Bentley (final issues)

Frequency

monthly

Sources: British Literary Magazines Vol. 3

Bentley's Quarterly Review

Issues & Index Sources: 1859 – 1860:	The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals Volume 2
	Index to Periodical Literature