Pearson's Weekly
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| Editor | C. Arthur Pearson |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | C. Arthur Pearson Ltd |
| First issue | 1890 |
| Final issue | 1939 |
| Company | C. Arthur Pearson Ltd |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
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]
- 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)