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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Periodical: The Idler

Periodical: The Idler

History: Full title is The Idler Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly. Published monthly, priced 6d. Edited by Jerome K. Jerome and Robert Barr.

References: Ashley; DNCJ; Sutherland; William Thesing and Becky Lewis, Indexes to Fiction in The Idler (University of Queensland, 1994)

Novels and short stories serialized in The Idler:

  1. Robert Barr. "The Terrible Experience of Plodkins", March 1892.
  2. Frederick William Robinson. "Two of a Trade", 1 March 1892.
  3. Robert Barr. "The Great Pegram Mystery", May 1892.
  4. Robert Barr. "The Sixth Bench", August 1892.
  5. Robert Barr. "The Doom of London", November 1892.
  6. Arthur Conan Doyle. "The Los Amigos Fiasco", December 1892.
  7. Robert Barr. "The Type-Written Letter", December 1892.
  8. Robert Barr. "The Reclamation of Joe Hollends", April 1893.
  9. Robert Barr. "The Fear of It", May 1893.
  10. Arthur Conan Doyle. "The Case of Lady Sannox", November 1893.
  11. Robert Barr. "The Metamorphosis of Johnson", February 1894.
  12. Arthur Conan Doyle. "The Doctors of Hoyland", April 1894.
  13. Arthur Conan Doyle. "Sweethearts", June 1894.
  14. Robert Barr. "The Woman of Stone", June 1894.
  15. Walter Besant. "In Three Weeks", July 1894.
  16. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Stark Munro Letters, October 1894 to November 1895 (monthly).
  17. Richard Marsh. "Twins!", illustrated by Hal Hurst, January 1896.
  18. Richard Marsh. "A Battlefield Up-to-Date", illustrated by D. B. Waters, August 1896.
  19. H. G. Wells. "A Story of the Stone Age", May 1897 to September 1897 (monthly).
  20. Fred Whishaw. Many Ways of Love, February 1898 to January 1899 (monthly).
  21. George Slythe Street. The Trials of the Bantocks, May 1898 to April 1899 (monthly).
  22. Walter Raymond. No Soul above Money, March 1899 to August 1899 (monthly).
  23. Inglis Allen. A 'Varsity Man, August 1899 to June 1900 (monthly). (Irregular).
  24. George Brown Burgin. The Way Out, January 1900 to July 1900 (monthly).