The
popular illustrated monthly, the Strand Magazine, was founded
by Sir George Newnes in 1891. It included
fiction by writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle,
H. G. Wells and P.
G. Woodhouse.
Illustrators employed by the journal included Alexander
Boyd, Sidney Sime, Henry
M. Brock, H. M. Bateman, Leonard
Raven-Hill, George Stampa, Lewis
Baumer and A. Wallis Mills. The Strand
Magazine ceased publication in 1950.