''Black and White: A Weekly Illustrated Record and Review'' was a British

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illustrated weekly periodical founded in 1891 by

Charles Norris Williamson Charles Norris (C N) Williamson (1859–1920) was a British writer, motoring journalist and founder of the ''Black and White (magazine), Black and White'' who was perhaps best known for his collaboration with his wife, Alice Muriel Williamson, ...

. In 1912, it was incorporated with '' The Sphere''.

History and contributors

Black & White magazine published fiction by

Henry James Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the ...

, Bram Stoker,

H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells"Wells, H. G."
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Robert Barr, A. E. W. Mason,

Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue ''Three Men in a Boat'' (1889). Other works include the essay collections '' Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow'' (1886) an ...

and

E. Nesbit Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published her books for children as E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books. She was also a political activist a ...

. Others who wrote for ''Black and White'' included Samuel Bensusan, J. Keighley Snowden,

Philip Howard Colomb Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb, RN (29 May 1831 – 13 October 1899). Born in Knockbrex, near Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, he was a Royal Navy officer, historian, critic and inventor. He was the son of General ...

, Nora Hopper,

Henry Dawson Lowry Henry Dawson Lowry (22 February 1869 – 21 October 1906) was an English journalist, short story writer, novelist and poet. Early life Lowry was born at Truro, as the eldest son of Thomas Shaw Lowry, bank clerk at Truro, afterwards bank manager ...

, Robert Wilson Lynd, Theodore Bent, and

Barry Pain Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 September 18645 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. Biography Born in Cambridge, Barry Pain was educated at Sedbergh School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He became a prominent contri ...

. In its first year, ''Black and White'' published "A Straggler of '15", a short story by Conan Doyle, and began serializing "The South Seas", a series of letters by

Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...

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May Sinclair published her first short story, "A Study From Life", in the magazine in November 1895. The periodical carried art by

Harry Furniss Harry Furniss (26 March 185414 January 1925) was a British illustrator. He established his career on the ''Illustrated London News'' before moving to ''Punch''. He also illustrated Lewis Carroll's novel ''Sylvie and Bruno''. Biography Although F ...

, Mortimer Menpes, and

Richard Caton Woodville Richard Caton Woodville (30 April 1825 – 13 August 1855) was an American artist from Baltimore who spent his professional career in Europe, after studying in Düsseldorf under the direction of Karl Ferdinand Sohn. He died of an overdose of mor ...

; and photography by Horace Nicholls.

Other iterations

The first issue of ''Black & White Budget'' appeared on 14 October 1899. Thereafter, it continued under that name until 30 May 1903, after which it appeared as ''Black & White Illustrated Budget'' until 17 June 1905. There was one more issue on 24 June 1905 under the name ''Illustrated Budget'', at which point it was discontinued. The weekly provided English readers with coverage of the

Anglo-Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the South ...

Staff

Oswald Crawfurd was a director of ''Black and White'' upon its establishment. Eden Phillpotts worked as part-time assistant editor in the 1890s, and

Arthur Mee Arthur Henry Mee (21 July 187527 May 1943) was an English writer, journalist and educator. He is best known for ''The Harmsworth Self-Educator'', '' The Children's Encyclopædia'', ''The Children's Newspaper'', and ''The King's England''. The ...

worked as an editor in the late 1890s. The

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has a complete run of ''Black and White''.Select List of Victorian Illustrated Newspapers and Journals in British Library Newspapers
/ref> ''Black & White Budget'' was printed and published by W.J.P. Monckton in

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Gallery

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References

External links

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The British Library collections
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