Munsey's Magazine

''Munsey's Weekly'', later known as ''Munsey's Magazine'', was a 36-page quarto American magazine founded by Frank A. Munsey in 1889 and edited by John Kendrick Bangs. Frank Munsey aimed to publish "a magazine of the people and for the people, with pictures and art and good cheer and human interest throughout". Soon after its inception, the magazine was selling 40,000 copies a week. In 1891, ''Munsey's Weekly'' adopted a monthly schedule and was renamed ''Munsey's Magazine''.

In October 1893, Munsey reduced the price of the magazine from 25 cents to 10 cents, which was greatly successful. By 1895, the magazine had a circulation of 500,000 a month. It included numerous illustrations (including many by the illustrator Charles Howard Johnson) and was attacked for its "half-dressed women and undressed statuary". Some outlets refused to stock the magazine as a result, but circulation continued to grow and by 1897 had reached 700,000 per month.

Circulation began to fall in 1906 and by the 1920s was down to 60,000. In October 1929, ''Munsey's'' was merged with '' Argosy''. It immediately thereafter demerged with ''Argosy All-Story'' to form ''All-Story'', which continued on a monthly schedule under a variety of similar titles until May 1955.

Contributors

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding's stories were published in Munsey's throughout 1920-1928.

Charles M. Relyea was among the illustrators whose work appeared in ''Munsey's''.

Tod Robbins' short story " Spurs" was published by ''Munsey's'' in 1923. It was loosely adapted into the film '' Freaks'' (1932).

Mazo de la Roche, the author of the popular Jalna series, had her first story published in 1902 in ''Munsey's Magazine''.

Robert William Service published the poem "Unforgotten" (also called "Apart and yet Together") in December 1903.

Eldred Kurtz Means's story "At the End of the Rope" contains the earliest known usage of the saying: If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all.

Editors

* John Kendrick Bangs (January–June, 1889)
* Richard H. Titherington (Jul 1889 – ?)
* Robert H. Davis (fiction editor 1904–1905)
* Isaac Frederick Marcosson (1910–1913)
* William Marcus MacMahon, Editor-in-Chief (??? - ???)
* Richard H. Titherington (1921)
* Robert H. Davis (1922–1925)
* Richard H. Titherington (1925-1926)
* William Marcus MacMahon (1927-1929)Various editorial notes in ''The Author & Journalist''.

Front-cover Title Variations

Back issues

Full-text on-line versions available via Google Books (last accessed 2012-01-02):

Vol VII:
April 1892 to September 1892

Vol VIII:
October 1892 to March 1893

Vol IX:
April 1893 to September 1893

Vol X:
October 1893 to March 1894

Vol XI:
April 1894 to September 1894

Vol XII:
October 1894 to March 1895

Vol XIII:
April 1895 to September 1895

Vol XIV:
October 1895 to March 1896

Vol XV:
April 1896 to September 1896

Vol XVI:
October 1896 to March 1897

Vol XVII:
April 1897 to September 1897

Vol XVIII:
October 1897 to March 1898

Vol XIX:
April 1898 to September 1898

Vol XX:
October 1898 to March 1899

Vol XXI:
April 1899 to September 1899

Vol XXII:
October 1899 to March 1900

Vol XXIII:
April 1900 to September 1900

Vol XXIV:
October 1900 to March 1901

Vol XXV:
April 1901 to September 1901

Vol XXVI:
October 1901 to March 1902

Vol XXVII:
April 1902 to September 1902

Vol XXVIII:
October 1902 to March 1903

Vol XXIX:
April 1903 to September 1903

Vol XXX:
October 1903 to March 1904

Vol XXXI:
April 1904 to September 1904

Vol XXXII:
October 1904 to March 1905

Vol XXXIII:
April 1905 to September 1905

Vol XXXIV:
October 1905 to March 1906

Vol XXXV:
April 1906 to September 1906

Vol XXXVI:
October 1906 to March 1907

Vol XXXVII:
April 1907 to September 1907

Vol XXXVIII:
October 1907 to March 1908

Vol XXXIX
April 1908 to September 1908

Vol XL:
October 1908 to March 1909

Vol XLI:
April 1909 to September 1909

Vol XLII:
October 1909 to March 1910

Vol XLIII:
April 1910 to September 1910
*Vol XLIV: October 1910 to March 1911 (not found)

Vol XLV:
April 1911 to September 1911

Vol XLVI:
October 1911 to March 1912

Vol XLVII:
April 1912 to September 1912
*Vol XLVIII: October 1912 to March 1913 (not found)
*Vol XLIX: April 1913 to September 1913 (not found)

Vol L:
October 1913 to January 1914

Vol LI:
February 1914 to May 1914

Vol LII:
June 1914 to September 1914

Vol LIII:
October 1914 to January 1915

Vol LVI:
February 1915 to May 1915

Vol LV:
June 1915 to September 1915

Vol LVI:
October 1915 to January 1916

Vol LVII:
February 1916 to May 1916

Vol LVIII:
June 1916 to September 1916

Vol LIX:
October 1916 to January 1917

Vol LX:
February 1917 to May 1917

Vol LXI:
June 1917 to September 1917

Vol LXII:
October 1917 to January 1918

Vol LXIII:
February 1918 to May 1918

Vol LXIV:
June 1918 to September 1918

Vol LXV:
October 1918 to January 1919

Vol LXVI:
February 1919 to May 1919

Vol LXVII:
June 1919 to September 1919

Vol LXVIII:
October 1919 to January 1920

Vol LXIX:
February 1920 to May 1920

Vol LXX:
June 1920 to September 1920

Vol LXXI:
October 1920 to January 1921

Vol LXXII:
February 1921 to May 1921

Vol LXXIII:
June 1921 to September 1921

Vol LXXIV:
October 1921 to January 1922

Vol LXXV:
February 1922 to May 1922

Vol LXXVI:
June 1922 to September 1922

See also

* '' The Bookman''
* '' Harper's Magazine''
* ''McClure's''
* '' The Outlook''
* '' The Review of Reviews''
* '' World's Work''
* '' Pulp magazine''

References

Sources

* Subtitles: Quarter of a Century Old : The Story of The Argosy, Our First Publication, and Incidentally the Story of Munsey's Magazine

Further reading

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External links

* {{Commons category-inline, Munsey's Magazine, ''Munsey's Magazine''

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Magazines established in 1889
Magazines disestablished in 1929
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