Timeline

This timeline displays the publication history of Kidnapped when it was first serialized in Young Folks Paper, spanning two volumes (vol. XXVIII to vol. XXIX) and fourteen issues (no. 805 to no. 818) in 1886. At the time, YFP was printed and published weekly by James Henderson at Red Lion House. Illustrations are by William Boucher. The main illustration of each installment is depicted on each issue’s cover page and an image of it appears next to corresponding description on the timeline (although the illustration of the final installment, vol. XXIX, no. 818, pertains to another story called The Fer-de-Lance Guard). Facsimiles for each installment provided by the University of South Carolina University Libraries are linked to each slide of the timeline.

Although facsimiles are not included in the timeline due to inaccessibility, a later version of Kidnapped revised for Stevenson's sequel story Catriona was published in 1893 in another British magazine, Atalanta. The two stories were published together in 1895 in a collected edition as The Adventures of David Balfour.

Publication Timeline of Kidnapped

May 1, 1886 – The first installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters I-III in vol. XXVIII, no. 805 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 273-275). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

May 8, 1886 – The second installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters IV-VI in vol. XXVIII, no. 806 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 289-291). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

May 15, 1886 – The third installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters VII-IX in vol. XXVIII, no. 807 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 305-307). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

May 22, 1886 – The fourth installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters X-XI in vol. XXVIII, no. 808 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 321-323). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

May 29, 1886 – The fifth installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters XII-XIII in vol. XXVIII, no. 809 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 337-339). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

June 5, 1886 – The sixth installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters XIV-XV in vol. XXVIII, no. 810 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 353-355). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

June 12, 1886 – The seventh installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters XVI-XVII in vol. XXVIII, no. 811 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 369-371). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

June 19, 1886 – The eighth installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters XVIII-XIX in vol. XXVIII, no. 812 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 385-387). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

June 26, 1886 – The ninth installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters XX-XXI in vol. XXVIII, no. 813 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 401-403). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

July 3, 1886 – The tenth installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters XXII-XXIII in vol. XXIX, no. 814 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 1-3). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

July 10, 1886 – The eleventh installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters XXIV-XXV in vol. XXIX, no. 815 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 17-19). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

July 17, 1886 – The twelfth installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters XXVI-XXVII in vol. XXIV, no. 816 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 33-35). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

July 24, 1886 – The thirteenth installment of Kidnapped contains Chapters XXVIII-XXIX in vol. XXIX, no. 817 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 49-51). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.

July 31, 1886 – The fourteenth and final installment of Kidnapped contains Chapter XXX in vol. XXIX, no. 818 of Young Folks Paper (pp. 68). A facsimile of this issue is made available by the University of South Carolina University Libraries.