Number 26. February, 1893.

Contents of this Issue

• A Wedding Gift, by Leonard Outram
• Hands, by Beckles Willson
• Quastana, the Brigand, from the French of Alfonse Daudet
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo: VIII. Zig-Zag Phocine, by Arthur Morrison and J. A. Shepherd
• The Major's Commission, by W. Clark Russell
• Peculiar Playing Cards: II., by George Clulow
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives:
  • Lord Houghton
  • John Pettie
  • The Duchess of Teck
  • The Duke of Teck
  • Rev. H. R. Haweis
  • Frederic H. Cowen
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: XV. The Adventure of the Yellow Face, by A. Conan Doyle
• Illustrated Interviews: XX. Dr. Barnardo
• Beauties: Children
• Shafts from an Eastern Quiver: VIII. The Masked Ruler of the Black Wreckers, by Charles J. Mansford
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair: II., viewed by Henry W. Lucy.
• A Slave, by Leila-Hanoum, translated from a Turkish story
• The Queer Side of Things:
  • The Story of the King's Idea
  • Photos
  • Pal's Puzzle Page
  • On the Sagacity of the Dog

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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