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.