The Boys' Herald

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The Boys' Herald
Boys Herald 233.jpg
EditorHamilton Edwards
CategoriesStory paper
FrequencyWeekly
First issue1903; 119 years ago (1903)
Final issue1913 (1913)
CompanyAmalgamated Press
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish

The Boys' Herald (subtitled: A Healthy Paper for Manly Boys) was a boy's story paper published by Amalgamated Press in England from 1903. It was a companion paper to The Boys' Friend and The Boys' Realm. It mostly ran adventure stories and sold for 1d. It ceased publication in 1913.[1]

All three of the papers were served by the same writers: Sidney Drew, Maxwell Scott, Herbert Maxwell, S. Clark Hook, , Reginald Way, Henry Johnson, Alec G. Pearson, Henry St. Jon, , John Hunter, William Murray Graydon, Robert Leighton and Arthur S. Hardy.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Turner, E.S. (2003). All Quiet on the Home Front — an Oral History of Life in Britain During the First World War. Headline.
  2. ^ van Emden, Richard and Humphries, Steve (1948). Boys Will Be Boys: The Story of Sweeney Todd, Deadwood Dick, Sexton BlakeBilly Bunter, Dick Barton et al. Faber & Faber.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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