Nineteenth Century

Item 30.
The Englishwoman's domestic magazine: an illustrated journal, combining practical information, instruction, and amusement. (London: S.O. Beeton, 1852-1879)  

Like the Ladies Monthly Museum, the Englishwoman and domestic magazine presented its readers with fiction, recipes, domestic advice and coloured fashion plates. One innovation was the quiz. This was a section entitled, "The Sybilline interpreter". The readers were encouraged to write in with their own answers to such questions as "During my absence, will my lover prove true?"

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Item 31.
Punch. (London : Punch Publications Ltd., 1841- )
Edited by: Lemon, Mark, 1809-1870.; Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887.; Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880.; Brooks, Shirley, 1815-1874.; Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir, 1836-1917.; Seaman, Owen, Sir, 1861-1936.  
Punch is the most successful of the many humorous magazines produced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It was founded by Mark Lemon and Henry Mayhew. Originally it had a strong reforming intention and specialised in cartoons and articles which as well as being political and social in their subject matter, revealed the plight of the poor of London.

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Item 32.
Judy. (London : The Proprietor, 1867-1907)  
Because of the popularity of Punch, many magazines based on its format came into existence as editors attempted to tap into the same market. Judy was one of the most bare-faced, yet one of the most successful. It was essentially a satire of contemporary politics with Gladstone and Disraeli, and their ministers featuring in the cartoons.

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Item 33.
Melbourne Punch. 
(East Melbourne : Melbourne Punch, 1855-1900)

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Item 34.
Adelaide Punch. 
(Adelaide : William Godfrey Roberts 1868-1884)  

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Item 35. 
Sydney Punch. 
(Sydney, N.S.W. : Edgar Ray, 1864-)

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Item 39.
The Strand magazine : an illustrated monthly. (London : George Newnes, 1891-1950)  

The Strand magazine is best-known for the first appearance in print of Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" stories. "A scandal in Bohemia" was the first of these, published in July 1891, with illustrations by Sidney Paget.  The issue for March 1913 on display, as well as featuring fiction by Rider Haggard, includes articles on seances, egg-shell carving, "Feeding baby by hand", and "My billiards, and the strokes that made it", by John Roberts. All are copiously illustrated.

Item 40.
Vanity fair : a weekly show of political, social & literary wares. (London : Vanity Fair, 1868-)  
Vanity fair is a magazine which specialises in detailing the deeds of the wealthy and influential. In its early period it is best known for the full page colour engraving of a prominent personality, usually a politician, clergyman, sportsman, artist, writer, judge or lawyer. "Spy" was the artist who did most of these, but the example on display, "Signor Pietro Mascagni" was by "Lib". Mascagni, although best-known as an opera composer is seen here in the act of conducting one of his works.

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Item 42.
The Yellow book : an illustrated quarterly. (London : Elkin Mathews & John Lane ; Boston : Copeland & Day , 1894-1897)

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Item 43.
The Savoy. (London : Leonard Smithers, 1896) 
The Yellow Book and The Savoy were the two most attractive literary and artistic magazines from the 1890s. With their art nouveau graphics by Aubrey Beardsley, they still epitomise for most the fin-de-siecle style.  
The Yellow Book ran from April 1894 to April 1897. It was edited by Beardsley and Henry Harland and included all of the major authors of the period, Max Beerbohm, Richard Le Gallienne, Ernest Dowson, and Lionel Johnson. But also in evidence are mainstream writers such as Henry James, Edmund Gosse and John Buchan. Even Kenneth Grahame, later to win fame as the author of The Wind in the Willows was a Yellow Book writer.

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