The Strand Magazine/1894

Highlights

After the end of the first run of Sherlock Holmes stories, there were a large number of imitators, writing serialised short detective stories. One of the first to appear in The Strand Magazine was the Martin Hewitt, Investigator series, by A. G. Morrison, consisting of 7 stories (many more would be written and collected in books).

The July issue sees the first contribution by J. Holt Schooling, who would write a number of articles over the next few years for The Strand on statistical topics.

The December issue sees the introduction of Brigadier Gerard in The Medal of Brigadier Gerard by A. Conan Doyle. This character would soon get a whole series of stories in The Strand. This issue also sees the first of J. A. Shepherd's Fables series - often based on the stories of Aesop, which would appear in almost every issue for several years to come.

This year sees the end of the Stories from the Diary of a Doctor serial, as well as Zig-Zags at the Zoo and the humour section The Queer Side of Things.

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No. 37. - January 1894

• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, VII. The Horror of Studley Grange, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• The Queen of Holland, by Mary Spencer-Warren.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, XIX. Zig-Zag Batrachian by Arthur Morrison.
• The Helmet, from the French of Fernand Beissier.
• The Music of Nature by A. T. Camden Pratt.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Sir Henry Loch
• Belle Cole
• Mandell Creighton
• Robert Loyd-Lindsay
• Sir Richard Temple

• A Terrible New Year's Eve, by Kathleen Huddleston.
• Personal Reminiscences of Sir Andrew Clark, by E. H. Pitcairn.
• Beauties: Children
• The Signatures of Charles Dickens, by J. Holt Schooling.
• The Mirror, from the French of George Japy.
• Handcuffs, by Maurice Moser.
• The Family Name, from the French of Henri Málin.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • Among the Freaks: A Major Microbe, by W. L. Alden.
  • Lamps of All Kinds and Times
  • Two Styles: A Tale with a Moral

No. 38. - February 1894

• Between the Acts, from the French of M. Blowitz.
• Crimes and Criminals: I. Dynamite and Dynamiters.
• Giovanni by James D. Symon.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, XX. Zig-Zag Dasypidian by Arthur Morrison.
• Actors' Make-up.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
• Augustus Legge
• Henrik Ibsen
• Isabel Burton
• Alexandre Dumas, fils

• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, VIII. Ten Years' Oblivion, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXX. Mr. Edward Lloyd, by Harry How.
• Beauties
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair by Henry W. Lucy.
• Singing Bob by Alice Maud Meadows.
• How Composers Work by Francis Arthur Jones.
• The Land of Youth.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • The Thinner-Out, by J. F. Sullivan.
  • Pal's Puzzle Page

No. 39. - March 1894

• Illustrated Interviews. No. XXXI. Mr. T. Sidney Cooper, R.A., by Harry How.
• That Stout German by F. Bayford Harrison.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, No. XXI. Zig-Zag Scansorial by Arthur Morrison.
• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, IX. An Oak Coffin, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• Beauties: Children
• Crimes and Criminals: II. Burglars and Burgling.
• Lost in a Blizzard by G. H. Lees.
• The British Embassy at Paris by Mary Spencer-Watten.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Anthony Thorold, Bishop of Winchester
• Czar Alexander III of Russia
• Henry Wellesley
• The Hon. Sir William Rann Kennedy
• Dan Godfrey

• The Birth of a Smile.
• Martin Hewitt, Investigator, I. The Lenton Croft Robberies, by A. G. Morrison.
• The Palace of Vanity by Emile de Girardin.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • The Master of Grange, by J. F. Sullivan.

No. 40. - April 1894

• An Anarchist by Eugène Moret.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXXII. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, by Mary Spencer-Warren.
• Martin Hewitt, Investigator, II. The Loss of Sammy Crockett, by A. G. Morrison.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, XXII. Zig-Zag Saurian by Arthur Morrison.
• My Diving-Dress.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair by Henry W. Lucy.
• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, X. Without Witnesses, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Sir Henry Charles Lopes
• Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
• Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Edinburgh
• John James Stewart Perowne
• The Right Hon. Henry Campbell-Bannerman

• Crimes and Criminals: III. Coiners and Coining.
• Beauties.
• How Composers Work Part 2, by Francis Arthur Jones.
• The Zealous Sentinel, from the French.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • The Unbelievers' Club, by J. F. Sullivan.
  • Pal's Puzzle Page, by Jean de Paléologue.

No. 41. - May 1894

• Antonio's Englishman by W. L. Alden.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, XXIII. Zig-Zag Simian by Arthur Morrison.
• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, XI. Trapped, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair by Henry W. Lucy.
• A Bohemian Artist's Club, by Alfred T. Story.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Canon H. Scott Holland
• Archibald Primrose
• Alfred Wills
• Sir Charles Dilke
• Lady Emilia Dilke

• The Oxford and Cambridge Union Societies
  • I. Oxford, by J. B. Harris-Burland.
  • II. Cambridge, by St. J. Basil Wynne Willson.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXXIII. Mr. Charles Wyndham, by Harry How.
• Martin Hewitt, Investigator, III. The Case of Mr. Foggatt, by A. G. Morrison.
• Beauties: Children.
• Löie Fuller: The Inventor of the Serpentine Dance by Mrs. M. Griffith.
• The Three Gold Hairs of Old Vsevede, from the Serbian.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • Mr. Hay, by J. F. Sullivan.
  • Off to the Station, by J. A. Shepherd.

No. 42. - June 1894

• Martin Hewitt, Investigator. IV. The Case of the Dixon Torpedo by A. G. Morrison.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXXIV. Sir Francis and Lady Jeune, by Harry How.
• The Queen's Yacht by Mrs. M. Griffith.
• Light: A London Idyll by E. M. Hewitt.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo. XXIV. Zig-Zag Rodoporcine, by Arthur Morrison.
• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, XII. The Ponsonby Diamonds, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Sir Charles Tupper
• G. W. Leitner
• Madame Canziani
• Andrew Ernest Stoddart
• Sir John Astley

• Crimes and Criminals. IV. Forgers and Begging-Letter Writers.
• Beauties
• Count Ferdinand de Lesseps.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair by Henry W. Lucy.
• The Iron Casket, from the German.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • The Beauty-College Company, by J. F. Sullivan.
  • Watches of All Times, by George Cruickshank.
  • Pal’s Puzzle Page, by Jean de Paléologue

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No. 43. - July 1894

• The Lord of Château Noir by A. Conan Doyle.
• Marksmanship by Gilbert Guerdon.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo.XXV. Zig-Zag Bovine, by Arthur Morrison.
• Annette's Midnight Run by Beckles Willson.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair by Henry W. Lucy.
• The Duke of Saxe-Coburg's Palaces by Mary Spencer-Warren.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Sir Isaac Pitman
• Fridtjof Nansen
• Annie Albu
• Henry H. Fowler
• Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

• Martin Hewitt, Investigator. V. The Quinton Jewel Affair by A. G. Morrison.
• The Handwriting of Mr. Gladstone by J. Holt Schooling.
• Beauties: Children
• The Khedive of Egypt by Stuart Cumberland
• The White Mouse, from the French of Hégésippe Moreau.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • The Man with a Malady, by J. F. Sullivan.
  • Women Volunteers, by Cyril R. Hallward.

No. 44. - August 1894

• The Croissey Yew from the French of Maurice Saint-Aguet.
• Wonderland in America by Mrs. Fenwick Miller.
• Favourite Books of Childhood by Frances H. Low.
• The Dynamiter's Sweetheart by Grant Allen.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo. XXVI. Zig-Zag Final, by Arthur Morrison.
• Martin Hewitt, Investigator. VI. The Stanway Cameo Mystery by A. G. Morrison.
• Engine Drivers and Their Work by Alfred T. Story.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXXV. Sir Donald Currie, by Harry How.
• Ostrich Farming in South Africa by Charles W. Carey.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Sir Donald Currie
• Marie François Sadi Carnot
• Sir Horace Davey
• Robert Abel

• Sydney Holt, B.A., by Martin Milner.
• Some Historic Cradles by Sheila E. Braine.
• Bank of England Notes by Gilbert Guerdon.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair by Henry W. Lucy.

No. 45. - September 1894

• Lost in the Air from the French of Eugène Mouton.
• The King and Queen of Denmark by Mary Spencer-Warren.
• Distinguished Women and Their Dolls by Frances H. Low.
• Giants and Dwarfs.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Rev. Edward Carr-Glyn
• Frederick VIII of Denmark
• Princess Louise Joséphine Eugenie
• Maharajah Syagi Rao Gaekwar

• Martin Hewitt, Investigator. VII. The Affair of the Tortoise by A. G. Morrison.
• Engine Drivers and Their Work, II, by Alfred T. Story.
• Most Truly One by Edward Salmon.
• An Expert in Handwriting by Harry How.
• Peculiar Furniture written and illustrated by James Scott.
• The Eagle's Crag by M. P. Shiel.
• The Likenesses of Shakespeare by Alexander Cargill.
• Reading a Play, by Mary H. Tennyson.

No. 46. - October 1894

• Portraits of Queen Victoria when a Child.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXXVI. Scindia, Maharajah of Gwalior, by Raymond Blathwayt.
• The Treasure from the French of Georges Beaume.
• The Handwriting of Thomas Carlyle by J. Holt Schooling.
• The Pigeons of London by Harry How.
• The Triumph of Love by L. A. Atherley-Jones, M.P..
• Snap-Shots on a Yacht.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Natalia Janotha
• John Manners
• Rev. Robert Claudius Billing
• Frederic Villiers

• The Dogs of Celebrities.
• Treasure Beach by R. Robertson.
• Pilots by Alfred T. Story.
• A Horrible Fright by L. T. Meade.
• Giants and Dwarfs, II.
• Fatma, from the German of Wilhelm Hauf.

No. 47. - November 1894

• The Rosemonde from the French of Julian Sermet.
• Pilots, II. by Alfred T. Story.
• The Biggest Tobacco-Box in the World, by Harry How.
• The Nona from the French of André Godard.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• George Robert Harris
• Sir Francis Knollys
• Lady Henry Somerset
• Leslie Ward

• Muzzles for Ladies.
• In Masquerade by Huan Mee.
• Thieves v. Locks and Safes.
• Girton and Newnham Colleges by E. A. Brayley Hodgetts.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXXVII. Lord and Lady Brassey, by M. Griffith.
• The Laurel Walk by Mrs. E. Newman.
• How Brass Bands Are Made by Edward Salmon.
• Extremely Agreeable from the German of E. Von Wald-Zedtwitz.
• Chicken Manufacture written and illustrated by E. C. Clifford.
• The Bird-Cage Maker, from the Spanish.

No. 48. - December 1894

• The Medal of Brigadier Gerard by A. Conan Doyle.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXXVIII. Mr. Hiram S. Maxim, by J. Bucknall Smith.
• Dr. Wardroper's Lie by Grant Allen.
• The Handwriting of Alfred Lord Tennyson by J. Holt Schooling.
• The Training of Performing Animals by E. A. Brayley Hodgetts.
• The Vision of Inverstrathy Castle by F. Startin Pilleau.
• Caricaturists and Their Work by Raymond Blathwayt.
• The Bible: How It Is Printed and Circulated by Harry How.
• The Star of the "Grasmere" by E. W. Hornung.
• An Alpine Pass on "Ski" by A. Conan Doyle.
• The Pantomime: Masks and Properties by Harry How.
• The Robbery at Foxborough by Alice Williamson.
• Brides by Edward Salmon.
• An April Shower from the French of Grenet-Dancourt.
• Penmanship by George Clulow.
• Wolf-Solange from the French of Marcel Prévost.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• M. Worth
• Prince Adolphus of Teck
• Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor
• William Boyd Carpenter
• Guy Nickalls
• General William Booth

• The Synagogue in Bevis Marks by Sir Francis Montefiore.
• Athletes of the Year.
• Secret Hiding Places written and illustrated by James Scott.
• A Miracle from the French of François Coppée.
• Paris Dressmakers by M. Griffith.
• Fables: The Fox Without a Tail by J. A. Shepherd.
• Fables: The Ox and the Frog by J. A. Shepherd.
• The Vizier and the Fly from the French of Louis de Gramont.