Number 25. January, 1893.

Contents of this Issue

• Shafts from an Eastern Quiver: VII. Margarita, the Bond Queen of the Wandering Dhahs, by Charles J. Mansford
• Illustrated Interviews: XIX. The Lord Bishop of Ripon
• A Little Surprise, adapted from the French of Abraham Dreyfus by Constance Beerbohm
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo: VII. Zig-Zag Cursorean, by Arthur Morrison and J. A. Shepherd
• One and Two, by Walter Besant
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives:
  • W. Clark Russell
  • Pricess Marie of Edinburgh
  • Prince Ferdinand of Roumania
  • Mr. Fred Leslie
  • Miss Dorothea Gerard
  • The Right Hon. Stuard Knill
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: XIV. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, by Conan Doyle
• Types of English Beauty
• Peculiar Playing Cards, by George Clulow
• The Courtship of Halil, by A. E. Burn
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair: I., viewed by Henry W. Lucy.
• A Child's Tear, from the French of Edouard Lemoine
• The Queer Side of Things:
  • The Dwindling Hour
  • Pal's Puzzle Page
  • Mandrake Roots
  • Cloaks and Overcoats of All Times
  • The Hunter and the Bird

About the Strand Magazine

A monthly magazine founded by George Newnes. It was published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950. Probably the most popular of the 'illustrated periodicals' popular in late Victorian and Edwardian times, the Strand Magazine had a regular circulation of over 400,000 copies a month for many years.

The typical Strand Magazine issue contains a mixture of serialised stories for adults, general interest non-fiction, and material for children. Much well-known fiction was first serialised in the Strand Magazine, most notably the short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The magazine is highly illustrated, normally containing well over 100 illustrations in every issue.

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