Social Victorians/People/Working in Publishing

Publishers, Journalists, Illustrators, Newspaper Editors and Proprietors, Etc.

See also the resource page on Newspapers, which includes magazines and other periodicals and contains how to find copies.

Publishers

• George Redway, publisher of the occult

George Newnes

• London publisher
• Newnes published Arthur Conan Doyle's first collection of Holmes stories in 1892 and another edition in 1902 (Baring-Gould I 14, n. 26).
• Newnes used Sidney Paget as an illustrator — for Doyle as well as other books?

Newspaper Editors and Proprietors

See also the page on Victorian Newspapers.

• Algernon Borthwick, Lord Glenesk
• Oliver Borthwick
• Harry (Henry John) Cockayne-Cust, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette (1892–1896)

Magazine and Quarterly Editors and Publishers

• George Lock (Ward, Lock was the publisher for the British version of Lippincott's)
• James Payn, editor of the Cornhill
• Joseph Marshall Stoddart, editor at the American Lippincott's?
• Thomas Patrick Gill, editor, Catholic World, New York
• Henry Labouchere, Truth

Journalists

• George Augustus Sala
• Brinsley Richards (worked for the Times)
• Ardern Holt, wrote about fashion and fancy dress for The Queen
  • The 17 October 1896 New York Times lists a book by Holt in its "The Coming Book Season," "Edward Arnold's Announcements": "'Fancy Dresses Described,' by Ardern Holt, 1 vol., 8vo." (The Internet Archive has this book; Google Books links to Dover's copyrighted edition. The 6th edition was first published in 1896.)
  • Holt's gender cannot be determined: the 1884 Edinburgh Courant says "Mr Holt." In 1884, The Edinburgh Courant says "Mr Ardern Holt" has "an entertaining account of 'The Peers in State'" in Cassell's Family Magazine. Other people named Ardern seem to be men as listed in Ancestry for the 2nd half of the 19th century, although the name is not strongly marked as masculine (similar to Currer, Ellis or Acton Bell). No Ardern Holt appears in Ancestry from this time — and the name is almost certainly a nom de plume, and we know nothing about the actual writer.
  • Ardern Holt's published books:
    1. What to Wear at Fancy Balls. Debenham & Freebody, 1880. (First version of Fancy Dresses Described? HathiTrust has this.)
    2. Gentlemen's Fancy Dress: How to Choose It. Wyman & Sons, 1882. (Google Books has this: https://books.google.com/books/about/Gentlemen_s_Fancy_Dress.html?id=ED8CAAAAQAAJ.) Later editions: 1898 (HathiTrust)
    3. Fancy Dresses Described; Or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls. Debenham & Freebody, 1882. Illustr., Lillian Young. (HathiTrust has this.) Later editions: 4th ed — 1884; 1887 (HathiTrust); 6th ed. — 1896 (HathiTrust)
    4. How to Choose It. Wyman, 1887.
    5. The Cotillon: Details of All the Newest Figures With and Without Accessories. Hamley Bros., 1894. (HathiTrust has this.)
    6. Dress Outfits for Abroad. E. Arnold, 1904.
    7. How to Dance the Revived Ancient Dances. London, H. Cox, 1907. (LoC has, download available: https://www.loc.gov/item/09009032/.)
  • Holt continued to publish in periodicals, showing up in the 1905 Lady's Realm (https://books.google.com/books?id=LI43AQAAMAAJ, specifically https://books.google.com/books?id=LI43AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7&lpg=PP7&dq=ardern+holt&source=bl&ots=nBNHXHeMfO&sig=ACfU3U0E4Bz388zZgYcLF97nNQ7rxT5evA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiM-4Hyi7ODAxWZnokEHXXrBZ44PBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=ardern%20holt&f=false).

"Aristocratic Lady Journalists"

• Lady Violet Greville
• Frances Garnet Wolseley, Viscountess Wolseley
• Margaret Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey
• Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill
• Lady Colin Campbell
• ...

Robert Harborough Sherard

• Robert Harborough Sherard (1861-1943)
• Great grandson of William Wordsworth
• Was a journalist and writer known for his studies of urban poverty, working conditions, and child labor.
• Sherard, Robert Harborough. Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris and Oscar Wilde. Preface by Lord Alfred Douglas. 1937.

Illustrators

The Paget Brothers

• H.M. (Henry Marriott) Paget (1856–1936)
• Wal (Walter Stanley) Paget (1863–1935)
• Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 – 28 January 1908)

Sidney Paget

• Sidney Paget ( –1908)
• Sidney Paget illustrated books for the London publisher George Newnes, including illustrating Arthur Conan Doyle's first (1892) collection of Holmes stories (Baring-Gould I 14, n. 26).
• According to Baring-Gould, he died in 1908 in some "untimely" fashion (Baring-Gould II 239).
• Sherlock Holmes Illustrations:
  • "The Final Problem," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in the Strand, December 1893 Baring-Gould II 302).
  • "The Adventure of the Empty House," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in the Strand, October 1903 Baring-Gould II 331).
  • "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in the Strand, November 1903 Baring-Gould II 415).
  • "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in the Strand, December 1903 Baring-Gould II 529).
  • "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in the Strand, January 1904 Baring-Gould II 384).
  • "The Adventure of Black Peter," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in the Strand, March 1904 Baring-Gould II 399).
  • "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in the Strand, March 1904 Baring-Gould II 558, n. 1, and 559).
  • "The Adventure of the Three Students," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in the Strand, June 1904 (Baring-Gould II 370).
  • "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in the Strand, July 1904 Baring-Gould II 351).
  • "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in the Strand, August 1904 (Baring-Gould II 476).
  • "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in the Strand, September 1904 (Baring-Gould II 491).

Gilbert Holiday

• Worked as an illustrator, at least for Arthur Conan Doyle in The Strand, December 1910.
  • "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot," written by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in The Strand, December 1910 (Baring-Gould II 509).

Bibliography

• Baring-Gould
• "Sidney Paget." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Paget (accessed August 2020).