''The Pocket Magazine'' (1895–1901) was an American literary

magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...

published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company in New York. It was edited by

Irving Bacheller Addison Irving Bacheller (September 26, 1859 – February 24, 1950) was an American journalist and writer. He founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. Birth and education Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller ...

from its inception until June 1898, and by Abbot Frederic (a pseudonym for the publisher, Frederick A(bbot) Stokes) from August 1898 to the end of the run. At the end of 1901, the magazine was merged into ''

Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly ''Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly'' (1876–1904) was an American popular literary magazine established by Frank Leslie as "the cheapest magazine published in the world." The publisher was Frank Leslie Pub. House which was based in New York City. ...

''. The magazine printed work by

Stephen Crane Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism an ...

,Stanley Wertheim. ''A Stephen Crane Encyclopedia''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997
- John C. Hartsock. ''A History of American Literary Journalism: The Emergence of a Modern Narrative Form''. Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 2000.

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Hol ...

Beatrice Harraden Beatrice Harraden (24 January 1864 – 5 May 1936) was a British writer and suffragette. Life Harraden was born in Hampstead, London on 24 January 1864, to parents Samuel Harraden, a Cambridge-educated businessman who exported musical instrume ...

Max Pemberton Sir Max Pemberton (19 June 1863 – 22 February 1950) was a popular English novelist and publisher working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres.LeRoy Lad Panek, ''After Sherlock Holmes: The Evolution of British and American Detective St ...

, Edmund C. Stedman and others.

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* Hathi Trust
''The Pocket Magazine''
* Magazines established in 1895 Defunct literary magazines published in the United States {{US-lit-mag-stub