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The Belford Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1899: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Alexander Belford & Co., 277 Dearborn St., Chicago, IL
Prices:   25c
Frequency:   semi-monthly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Belford's Magazine [1876]

Country: Canada
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
Online Sources:   Online Books

Belford's Magazine [1888]

Country: US
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

Country: UK
Total Issues: 392+52=444

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.

In addition to the monthly issues there were 30 Christmas Annuals published from 1867 to 1896 and 22 Holiday (Summer) Annuals published from 1876 to 1897.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1866 – Jun-1899:	Indexes to Fiction #14: Belgravia	(FicMags sample issues only)
	FictionMags Index	(FicMags sample issues only)

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

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

Online Sources

  Internet Archive
  Online Books
  Online Books



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The Bell

Country: Ireland

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)

Mentioned in: British Literary Magazines Vol. 4

Bella

Country: UK

Women's magazine that publishes some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1987 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Website:   www.bellamagazine.co.uk
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

Belles and Beaux

Country: US
Total Issues: 13

Belles & Beaux was one of the very first story papers devoted exclusively to young women and marked Beadle & Adams' first attempt to reach an all female audience

Issues & Index Sources: 31-Jan-1874 – 25-Apr-1874:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street, New York
Formats:   16 x 11¼"
Prices:   10c ea., $4.00/year
Pagecounts:   16pp
Frequency:   weekly
Related Sites:   American Women's Dime Novel Project
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography



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The Belles of England

Country: UK
Total Issues: 52

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

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

The Bellingham Review

Country: US
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

Website:   bhreview.org
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)
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

The Bellman

Country: US
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
Online Sources:   Online Books

Bellowing Ark

Country: US

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
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Belmore Series

Country: US
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 7¼"
Prices:   50c
Pagecounts:   300 to 400
Frequency:   Monthly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Beloit Fiction Journal

Country: US

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

Issues & Index Sources: 1984 – present

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

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

Country: US
Total Issues: 416 (to 19-Sep-2024)

Online SF magazine.

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

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: all after 19-Sep-2024)

Website:   www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
Publishers:   Firkin Press, Reston, Virginia
Editors:   Scott H. Andrews
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Bentley's Miscellany

Country: UK
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

Related Sites

Wikipedia

Mentioned in: British Literary Magazines Vol. 3

Online Sources

Online Books

Bentley's Quarterly Review

Country: UK

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

Index to Periodical Literature