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The London Aphrodite

Country: UK
Total Issues: 6

Published stories by Lindsay himself, his father Norman Lindsay and brother Philip Lindsay; also Karel Capek and Liam O'Flaherty.

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1928 – Jul-1929:	Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970	(FicMags sample issue only)
	FictionMags Index	(FicMags sample issue only)

Publishers:   The Fanfrolico Press, London
Editors:   Jack Lindsay and P.R. Stephensen
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 4

London Bells

Country: UK
Total Issues: 20

family journal

Issues & Index Sources: 9-Nov-1872 – 22-Mar-1873

Publishers: Henry Pearce
Frequency: weekly

London Calling

Country: UK

The journal of the European Service of the BBC. Usually ran a radio-related story or two per issue.

Issues & Index Sources

1932 – 1936, as Empire Programme Pamphlet

1936 – 1939, as BBC Empire Broadcasting

24-Sep-1939 – Oct-1993, as London Calling

Nov-1993 – ?, as BBC Worldwide

? – Dec-2004, as BBC on Air

Publishers

BBC, London

Editors

in 1941: T.F. Henn
in 1949: E.A. Mackenzie-Bell

Formats

small tabloid (in digest form)

Frequency

weekly

Related Sites

Wikipedia

London Evening News

Country: UK

Newspaper which, for many years, published a short story in every issue.

Issues & Index Sources: 1881 – 1980:

The Evening News Short Story Index

Frequency: daily

London Forum

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4?

Articles on art, literature, current affairs, plus one story per issue. Note: the title was also used by a one-off issue magazine of comment in Jul-1931; also The Occult Review was retitled The London Forum from Sep-1933 - Oct-1935. Neither title carried fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 1946 – Christmas 1947:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   The Falcon Press, Crown Passage, Pall Mall, London SW1
Editors:   Charlton Warwick
Prices:   2/-
Frequency:   quarterly

The London Herald

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources: 1861 – 1863

Editors: Percy B. St. John

The London Journal

Country: UK

Published melodramatic "working-class" fiction, often gothic historicals. Circulation reached 500,000. Most popular author was Pierce Egan, Jr., others include J.F. Smith, Mary Braddon, G.W.M. Reynolds ("Faust" 1845/1846). Merges with Spare Moments.

Issues & Index Sources

1-Mar-1845 – 29-Apr-1906

5-May-1906 – 8-May-1909, as New London Journal

15-May-1909 – 27-Jan-1912, as London Journal

Publishers

George Vickers

Editors

  1845 – 1846: G.W.M. Reynolds
  1846 – ?: J.W. Ross
  ?: Pierce Egan
  1858 – 1859: Mark Lemon

Formats

story paper (large tabloid)

Pagecounts

16pp

Frequency

weekly

London Library [1868]

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources:  1868 – ?

Publishers:   Penny Miscellany Office; J & R Maxwell (by #34)
Frequency:   monthly

London Library [1910]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources:  Feb-1910 – Sep-1910

Publishers:   Amalgamated Press
Frequency:   monthly

London Life

Country: UK

Magazine with occasional fiction interspersed with photographs of classic art & bathing belles, and film stills.

Issues & Index Sources: 193? – 194?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   New Picture Press
Formats:   5" x 7.2"
Related Sites:   MagForum

The London Magazine [1732]

Country: UK

Full title was The London Magazine; or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer.

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1732 – Jun-1785

Frequency:   monthly?
Mentioned in:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 1
Online Sources:   Online Books

The London Magazine [1820]

Country: UK

Later called itself 'The Journal of Facts'.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1820 – Jun-1829:

Index to Periodical Literature

Publishers:   Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, London
Editors:   John Scott, John Taylor
Formats:   standard, octavo
Frequency:   monthly?
Mentioned in:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 2

The London Magazine [1898]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 24+12+3+345+31=417

Initially 3d (half the price of The Strand). At its peak, around 1906 - 1913, probably the best of the popular fiction magazines. Published rather more adventure/mystery fiction than others. Most popular writers of the day appeared; popular fiction imitation-Strand.

Issues & Index Sources

Jul-1898 – Jul-1900, as The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine:

FictionMags Index

Aug-1900 – Jul-1901, as The Harmsworth Magazine:

FictionMags Index

Aug-1901 – Oct-1901, as The Harmsworth London Magazine:

FictionMags Index

Nov-1901 – Oct-1930, as The London Magazine:

FictionMags Index

Nov-1930 – May-1933, as The New London Magazine:

FictionMags Index

Publishers

Jul-1898 – Jul-1901: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd
Aug-1901 – Aug-1915: Amalgamated Press

Editors

  Jul-1898 – 1902: Cecil Harmsworth
  Sep-1902 – Dec-1905: Charles Sisley
  1905 – 1907: J.A. Hammerton
  1907 – 1909: Eric Clement Scott
  1909 – 1910: Comyns Beaumont
  1910 – 1931: David Whitelaw

Formats

standard

Frequency

monthly (but combined Nov/Dec-1898 and Apr/May-1906 issues)

Related Sites

Wikipedia

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers

Online Sources

Online Books



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The London Magazine [1954]

Country: UK

A literary magazine of review and criticism that also publishes much fiction. Authors include L.P. Hartley, Graham Greene, V.S. Pritchett, William Sansom, Paul Bowles, Frank Tuohy, William Trevor, A.E. Ellis, Caroline Blackwood, Ben Okri. Circulation around 4-5,000.

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1954 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Website: www.thelondonmagazine.org

Publishers

  1954 – 1956: Chatto & Windus
  1957 – 1960: Heinemann
  1961 – 1970: The Windmill Press
  1970: Shenval Press
  1971 – Spring 2001: London Magazine, 30 Thurloe Place, SW7

Editors

1954 – 1961: John Lehmann
1961 – Spring 2001: Alan Ross

Formats

digest; now pocketbook

Prices

  1954 – 1955: 2/6d
  in 1978: £1.00
  in 1992: £4.75

Pagecounts

  Feb-1954 – Jun-1958: 112pp
  Jul-1958 – 1978: 96pp
  in 1992: 160pp

Frequency

originally monthly; but bimonthly 1971 - 1978; then monthly; now bimonthly

Related Sites

Wikipedia

Mentioned in: British Literary Magazines Vol. 4



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The London Mercury

Country: UK
Total Issues: 234

A literary review with a heavy emphasis on poetry and non-fiction, it published an eclectic range of short stories. Authors include Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Walter de la Mare, Elizabeth Bowen, Max Beerbohm, D.H. Lawrence, Graham Greene, James Stephens, George Moore, Maurice Baring, John Metcalfe.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1919 – Apr-1939:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

#merges with Life and Letters

Publishers

The Field Press, London

Editors

1919 – 1934: J.C. Squire
1934 – 1939: R.A. Scott-James

Formats

standard, pulp paper, unillustrated

Frequency

monthly

Mentioned in: British Literary Magazines Vol. 4

Online Sources

Online Books

The London Miscellany

Country: UK
Total Issues: 18+39=57

A well produced, highly illustrated magazine that ran many of Errym/Rymer's serials.

Issues & Index Sources

10-Feb-1866 – 9-Jun-1866

16-Jun-1866 – 9-Mar-1867

#superseded by The Empire

Publishers

1st series, Charles Jones, London; 2nd series, William Barrett, London.

Editors

Malcolm J. Errym, later editor may be Charles Stevens

Formats

large quarto tabloid

Prices

Pagecounts

16pp

Frequency

weekly