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#incorporated into The Girls' Friend

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Becomes Bow Bells (adult).

An unnumbered one-off Tales for Little People (qv) special.

A women's magazine carrying a few short stories plus articles on needlework, beauty, fashion, etc.

A high-class paper partly based around the writings of Lewis Carroll's mythical monster from Through the Looking Glass. Covers after the first few issues were by Paul Hardy. Louis Wain had some amusing pictures of cats and articles in the centre pages. Stories were by R.S. Warren-Bell, Dr. Gordon Staples, F. Whishaw, E. Everett Green (who wrote about a Greyfriars, unconnected with the famous boys' school), 'Alice' and 'The White Rabbit'. Features included 'The Rainy Day Club', puzzle pages and letters from readers.

Incorporated into Gentlewoman.

Religious paper.

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#becomes Brave Lads and True

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#becomes Little Dots

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Issues & Index Sources:  1884

Publishers:   Farningham & Swanley Home for Boys
Frequency:   monthly

Heavily illustrated magazine aimed at the young reader and featuring short stories and poems.

Issues & Index Sources:  1881 – 1883

Frequency:   monthly

Religious paper.

Issues & Index Sources:  1878:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Lee & Shepard, 10 Milk St., Boston, MA
Formats:   6¾ x 5"
Prices:   50c
Pagecounts:   330 to 350
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

"A paper written by boys for boys." (Lofts, Old Boys Books)

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1890s:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   The Stein Co., Chicago, IL
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Fanzine with stories and poetry by the usual fanzine writers of the mid-80's - Janet Fox, John Benson, Jeff VanderMeer, Dale Sproule, etc.

"One of the rare papers published in the provinces, described as a monthly magazine for boys. Its editor was H. Major, B.A., B.S.Sc., F.R.G.S., who most certainly made use of his titles. Its contents were very dry, and this no doubt was why the paper had a short run. In its last issue they announced that "the number of readers did not come up to expectations," and they appealed to readers to distribute copies. This must have been unsuccessful as the paper never appeared again." (W.O.G. Lofts)