A story paper is a periodical publication similar to a literary magazine, but featuring illustrations and text stories, and aimed towards children and teenagers. Also known in Britain as "boys' weeklies", story papers were phenomenally popular before the outbreak of the Second World War.
The Boy's Own Paper, front page, 11 April 1891
The Boy's Own Paper was a British story paper aimed at young and teenage boys, published from 1879 to 1967.
Issue No. 1, 18 January 1879
The Boy's Own Paper, front page, 11 April 1891
This plate appeared in the 36th The Boy's Own Annual (1913-1914), and is based on the painting A Very Gallant Gentleman by John Charles Dollman. It depicts the last moments of Lawrence Oates.
Beeton's Boy's Own Magazine, 1855