Pearson's Weekly Explained

Pearson's Weekly
Editor:	C. Arthur Pearson
Frequency:	Weekly
Company:	C. Arthur Pearson Ltd
Publisher:	C. Arthur Pearson Ltd
Firstdate:	1890
Country:	UK
Language:	English
Finaldate:	1939

Pearson's Weekly was a British weekly periodical founded in London in 1890 by Arthur Pearson, who had previously worked on Tit-Bits for George Newnes.

The first issue was well advertised and sold a quarter of a million copies. The paper's stated aim was "To Interest, to Elevate and to Amuse".^[1]

Notable fiction published

• George Griffith, The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror (1893)
• George Griffith, The Syren of the Skies (1894)
• H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man (1897)
• M. P. Shiel, Contraband of War (1898)
• Sax Rohmer, The Mysterious Mummy (1903)
• Rupert Croft-Cooke, "The Legacy" (1932)
• William Edward Vickers, The Rubber Truncheon (1934)
• Ethel Lina White, "Honey" (1935)

See also

• Pearson's Magazine

Further reading

• Encyclopedia: 2022 . Pearson's Weekly . . 2023-12-30 . 4th . Ashley . Mike . Mike Ashley (writer) . Clute . John . John Clute . Langford . David . David Langford . Sleight . Graham . Graham Sleight . none.
• George Locke, Pearson's Weekly: A Checklist of Fiction, 1890–1939 (Ferret Fantasy, 1990)

External links

• Pearson's Weekly at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

Notes and References

1. Kevin Williams, Read All About It! A History of the British Newspaper (London: Routledge, 2009), p. 130