24/07/2026
We’re happy to announce that we have a new primary source collection coming soon—The Strand Magazine, 1891–1930.
Founded by George Newnes, the first issue appeared in January 1891, selling over 300,000 copies. The magazine soon attracted nearly half a million readers per month.
The Strand developed into something of a British cultural institution, blending literary sophistication with broad, popular appeal. Its pages are associated, famously, with Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, and the character’s faithful sidekick and biographer, Dr John H. Watson. Conan Doyle's ingenious plots, combined with Sidney Paget’s iconic illustrations, transformed Holmes into an international literary phenomenon and helped to establish the enduring reputation of The Strand. The magazine published work by many leading writers of the period, including Agatha Christie, Graham Greene, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Nesbit, Dorothy L. Sayers, W. Somerset Maugham, Leo Tolstoy, H. G. Wells, and P. G. Wodehouse.
Comprising editions of The Strand that were published monthly between 1891 and 1930, this collection will be an invaluable resource for those exploring the history of British illustrated publishing, as well as associated trends and themes, such as the cultural and social history of the late-Victorian and Edwardian eras.
You can learn more about this forthcoming resource and register your interest by visiting the collection landing page at https://hubs.li/Q04qDxw30.
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The Strand Magazine was one of the most influential and popular illustrated monthly periodicals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Founded by George Newnes in 1890, the first issue appeared in January 1891, selling over 300,000 copies...
