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''The Lady's Realm'' was a British women's magazine published from 1896 until 1914, possibly until 1915. It primarily targeted upper-class readers as well as an aspirational middle-class audience, featuring photographs, poems, fiction, and columns by popular authors such as Marie Corelli, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jack London, and H.G. Wells. The London Season was regularly covered, with visuals of significant society figures and débutantes appearing. Fashion trends in Paris and London were frequently discussed as well, particularly by its fashion editor Marian Pritchard. The publication's targeted reader was the "New Woman", with enlightened ideas on education, health, independence, and employment. More successful than many of its contemporary publications, the magazine sold reasonably well in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. It was a staple of women's reading rooms in public libraries, which were widespread across the UK. Relatively little is known of ''The Lady's Realm''s publishing history, as many records were destroyed during the London Blitz. Its end may have been due to the First World War. ==History== Relatively little is known of ''The Lady's Realm''s publishing history, as many records of its publisher, Hutchinson, were destroyed during the London Blitz. The first issue was published in November 1896. Its first editor was William Henry Wilkins, a mildly successful novelist who oversaw the publication's editing from 1896 to 1902. Though inexperienced, Wilkins was acquainted with society, being a friend of such figures as the explorer Richard Francis Burton and his wife Isabel Burton. After Wilkins' death in 1905, ''The Lady's Realm'' wrote of how "the general public are little aware how much of (magazine's ) early success" was due to him, and that "not a few (who ) have since made their names in the world of letters have to thank him for placing their foot on the first rung of the ladder". Wilkins' successor as editor is unknown, though Margaret Versteeg and colleagues, who produced an index of the fiction published in ''The Lady's Realm'', detect no changes in editorial judgement in the magazine's tenure after 1902. While the publication mainly featured women writers and feminine topics, all of its editors, most likely, were men. When it debuted, there were more than twenty-nine publications catering to women. Upon the publication of its first issue in 1896, ''Review of Reviews'' called it "one of the most popular of the magazines that have been started this year". The illustrated magazine was produced monthly and cost sixpence (cheap enough for middle-class readers). A typical issue contained 120 pages on quality glossy paper. It sold reasonably well in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. The magazine was available in women's reading rooms in public libraries, locations that were well distributed across the United Kingdom. The magazine was produced by the English printers Hazell, Watson and Viney. One of its owners, Walter Hazell, was a social reformer and supporter of women's suffrage. A successful firm, Hazell, Watson and Viney also produced the ''Woman's Signal'' and the ''Woman's Gazette'', which featured female political and economic topics. The success of ''The Lady's Realm'' allowed it to remain published for eighteen years, from 1896 to 1915, much longer than many other contemporary women's periodicals. Thirty-six volumes were produced, from November 1896 to October 1914 (a final volume may have been released in 1915). It is not known why it ended, though Versteeg and her colleagues speculate that World War I may have been a cause, as was the case for other contemporary publications like ''Young Woman'' (1891–1914) and ''The Girl’s Realm'' (1892–1915). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Lady's Realm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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