Munsey's Magazine

Munsey's Magazine May 1911

Munsey's Weekly, later known as Munsey's Magazine, was a 36-page quarto American magazine founded by Frank A. Munsey in 1889 and edited by John Kendrick Bangs.[1] It is credited with being the first mass-market magazine. Frank Munsey aimed to publish "a magazine of the people and for the people, with pictures and art and good cheer and human interest throughout". Soon after its inception, the magazine was selling 40,000 copies a week. In 1891, Munsey's Weekly adopted a monthly schedule and was renamed Munsey's Magazine.

In October 1893, Munsey reduced the price of the magazine from 25 cents to 10 cents, which was greatly successful. By 1895, the magazine had a circulation of 500,000 a month. It included numerous illustrations (including many by the illustrator Charles Howard Johnson) and was attacked for its "half-dressed women and undressed statuary". Some outlets refused to stock the magazine as a result, but circulation continued to grow and by 1897 had reached 700,000 per month.

Circulation began to fall in 1906 and by the 1920s was down to 60,000. In October 1929, Munsey's was merged with Argosy. It immediately thereafter demerged with Argosy All-Story to form All-Story, which continued on a monthly schedule under a variety of similar titles until May 1955.[2]

Contributors

Charles M. Relyea was among the illustrators whose work appeared in Munsey's.[3]

Tod Robbins' short story "Spurs" was published by Munsey's in 1923. It was loosely adapted into the film Freaks (1932).

Mazo de la Roche, the author of the popular Jalna series, had her first story published in 1902 in Munsey's Magazine.

Robert William Service published the poem "Unforgotten" (also called "Apart and yet Together") in December 1903.[4]

Editors

Back issues

Full-text on-line versions available via Google Books (last accessed 2012-01-02):

  • Vol XXX: October 1903 to March 1904
  • Vol XXXI: April 1904 to September 1904
  • Vol XXXII: October 1904 to March 1905
  • Vol XXXIII: April 1905 to September 1905
  • Vol XXXIV: October 1905 to March 1906
  • Vol XXXV: April 1906 to September 1906
  • Vol XXXVI: October 1906 to March 1907
  • Vol XXXVII: April 1907 to September 1907
  • Vol XXXVIII: October 1907 to March 1908
  • Vol XXXIX April 1908 to September 1908
  • Vol XL: October 1908 to March 1909
  • Vol XLI: April 1909 to September 1909
  • Vol XLII: October 1909 to March 1910
  • Vol XLIII: April 1910 to September 1910
  • Vol XLIV: October 1910 to March 1911 (not found)
  • Vol XLV: April 1911 to September 1911
  • Vol XLVI: October 1911 to March 1912
  • Vol XLVII: April 1912 to September 1912
  • Vol XLVIII: October 1912 to March 1913 (not found)
  • Vol XLIX: April 1913 to September 1913 (not found)
  • Vol L: October 1913 to January 1914
  • Vol LI: February 1914 to May 1914
  • Vol LII: June 1914 to September 1914

See also

References

  1. Tassin, Algernon (December 1915). "The Magazine In America, Part X: The End Of The Century". The Bookman: an Illustrated Magazine of Literature and Life XLII (4): 396–412. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
  2. "The Argosy & related magazines". Philsp.com.
  3. Walt Reed (2001). The illustrator in America, 1860-2000 (third ed.). pp. 114–115. ISBN 9780823025237.
  4. "Biographie". Robert Service.

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