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I started collecting this on a user-page and now just want to offload it, in case anyone wants to follow through and use it. Most but not all of the info is from [1]. Softlavender (talk) 06:54, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Boy's Own Magazine. An illustrated journal of Fact, Fiction, History and Adventure (1855 – 1866: Clarke & Beeton; 1866 – 1890: Ward & Lock)

The first of the genuine boys' magazines and forerunner of The Boy's Own Paper. Aimed at an audience above the "penny dreadful" and tried to be intelligent. Ran many typical exciting articles and stories, mostly historical fiction. Absorbed Boy's Own Journal from 27-Jan-1857. Authors include J.G. Edgar, W.H.G. Kingston, James Greenwood

Beeton's business was taken over by Ward, Lock & Tyler in 1866; Beeton himself left the company in December 1874 (cf. Adventure in Publishing, p46).

Incorporates: Boys' Own Journal from 27-Jan-1857

Issues & Index Sources

1-Jan-1855 – 1863: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)

1863 – 1870, as Boys' Own Volume

1870 – 1874, as Boy's Own Magazine

1888 – 1890, as Beeton's Boy's Own Magazine

Boy's Own Journal and Youth's Miscellany (Clark & Beeton)-- 14-Jun-1856 – 20-Jan-1857 UK (merge)

Boy's Own Library (Beeton) -- 1-May-1861 – 1-May-1866

The Boy's Own (Richards) -- 11-Oct-1873 – Mar-1876 Boston

Boy's Own Journal (St. George's) -- 17-May-1883 – 4-Aug-1883 UK

Guy Raynor's Boy's Own Journal (Popular) -- 20-Jun-1889 – 22-May-1890 UK

Boy's Own Library (Aldine) -- Oct-1907 – Aug-1914 US?

Boy's Own Library (2nd) (Aldine) -- 1920 – Aug-1922 (becomes ...)

Boy's Own Paper (?)

I see references to "Boy's Own Journal" in the 1900s