Short stories and periodical fiction

• Jataka tales, 4th century B. C. E.

• The Gentleman’s Journal, or the Monthly Miscellany, 1692–94. “The first British magazine to run recognisable fiction. … The tales … are mostly satirical adventure stories, amorous histories, or tales of intrigue and gallantry. Stories were anonymous and many were probably by [Peter] Motteux himself.”

• The Tatler, 1709–11.

• The Spectator, 1711–14.

• Young Gentleman’s Magazine, 1777.

• The Christian Spectator, later The Yale Review, 1819–present

• The Saturday Evening Post, 1821–present.

• The Casket, or, Flowers of Literature, Wit & Sentiment, later Atkinson’s Casket, 1824–40.

• The Boys’ and Girls’ Penny Magazine, 1832–.

• The Knickerbocker, or New‐York Monthly Magazine, 1833–65.

• The Gentleman’s Magazine, later Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine and American Monthly Review, 1837–41.

• Graham’s Magazine, 1841–58, picking up numbering from Burton’s.

• Godey’s Lady’s Book, 1830–78.

• Portland Magazine, 1834–37.

• The Ladies’ Companion, 1830s–1859.

• Mrs Stephens’ Illustrated New Monthly, 1856–.

• Peterson’s Magazine, 1842–98.

• The Romancist and Novelist’s Library, 1841–42.

• The Union Magazine of Literature and Art, later Sartain’s Union Magazine of Literature and Art, 1847–.

• The Chicago Daily Tribune, later Chicago Tribune, 1847–present, for example, “The Solution of the Automobile Mystery,” by George W. Pratt, 28 Oct. 1906, “Who Killed Policemen Devine and Pennell,” by George W. Pratt, 4 Nov. 1906, “The Story of the Three Bullets,” by George W. Pratt, 11 Nov. 1906, “Two Innocent Men in Jail for Life,” by George W. Pratt, 18 Nov. 1906, “The Man Who Killed Miss Reese and Mrs Mize,” 25 Nov. 1906, “Thomas Benson Solves Mystery of Christmas Crime,” by Howard Pratt, 23 Dec. 1906, “Thomas Benson Goes to Jail to Solve a Mystery,” 30 Dec. 1906, “The Clew of the Stained Cigaret,” by Howard Pratt, 27 Sept. 1908.

• Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, later Harper’s Magazine, 1850–present.

• Merchants’ Ledger, later The New York Ledger, 1851–1903.

• The Boy’s Own Magazine, 1855–90.

• The Atlantic Monthly, 1857–present.

• Russell’s Magazine, 1857–60.

• Scribner’s Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People, 1870–81.

• The Cosmopolitan, 1886–present.

• Collier’s Once a Week, later Collier’s Weekly, 1888–1957.

• The Monthly Story Magazine, later The Blue Book Magazine, 1905–75.

See Les femmes célèbres de tous les pays, by Laure Junot, Duchesse d’Abrantès, for the original piece on Queen Nzinga in The Gentleman’s Magazine, July 1837.