Borderland was a magazine founded and edited by William Thomas Stead from 1893 to 1897. The focus of the publication was on spiritualism and psychical research, mainly from a supportive point of view.
In the 1890s, Stead became increasingly interested in spiritualism.[1] In 1893 he founded Borderland as a popular spiritualist magazine giving full play to his interest in psychical research.[1] The magazine appeared quarterly, priced 1/6.[2] Stead declared that the new magazine would be for the general public, in distinction to the "select few" of the Society for Psychical Research[3] As with the Review of Reviews, Stead was both proprietor and editor.[2] He employed Ada Goodrich Freer as assistant editor: she was also a substantial contributor under the pseudonym "Miss X".[4] Stead claimed that he was in the habit of communicating with Freer by telepathy and automatic writing.[2] [5] The magazine ceased publication in October 1897.[1] [2]