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| Publisher | Religious Tract Society |
|---|---|
| First issue | May 1854[2] |
| Final issue | 1940[2] |
Sunday at Home was a weekly magazine published in London by the
The Family Herald.[3]
It was initially edited by
Sabbatarian viewpoint.[4] Like The Leisure Hour, a typical issue of Sunday at Home led with a serialized piece of religious fiction, and included at least one large illustration.[4]
In addition to the penny weekly format, the magazine was issued in monthly parts at a price of five pence[4] (raised to 6p in 1863), and annual volumes ranging in price from around 5 to 10 shillings.[3]
John 11:25
is illuminated with lilies and other decoration.In 1862, the magazine began including colour illustrations, apparently the first penny weekly to do so.[3]
In 1865, the magazine had an annual circulation of 130,000 copies, which increased steadily up to 1875.[2]
Citations
- ^ Fyfe, Aileen (2006). "A short history of the Religious Tract Society" (PDF). From the Dairyman's Daughter to Worrals of the WAAF: the Religious Tract Society, Lutterworth Press and Children's Literature. Cambridge: Lutterworth Press.
- ^ a b c Scott, Rosemary (1992). Poetry and piety: the role of verse in mid-Victorian Sunday reading (PDF) (PhD). The Open University.
- ^ a b c Scott, Rosemary (1992). "The Sunday Periodical: "Sunday at Home"". Victorian Periodicals Review. 25 (4).
- ^ ISBN 9781472511416.
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