'' ''Scribner's Magazine'' was the second periodical publication of the Scribner's firm, after ''
Scribner's Monthly was published from 1870 to 1881. Scribner's Monthly
was later moved to another publisher, and renamed The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Charles Scribner announced to a New York Times reporter that they would make a new monthly publication "as soon as the necessary arrangements could be perfected". It was also announced that the editor would be Edward Burlingame, the son of Anson Burlingame, who was already connected to the publishing house as literary adviser. Charles Scribner also noted that the magazine would not be a revival of the formerly published Scribner's Monthly''.
Charles Scribner's Sons spent over $500,000 in launching ''Scribner's Magazine
to compete with the already successful pictorials, The Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine''. Burlingame hired the best artists in his country for the magazine;
Howard Pyle,
Howard Chandler Christy,
Charles Marion Russell, Walter Everett,
Maxfield Parrish and
Frederic Remington. Before the first issue was released, Charles Scribner's Sons had their first annual "Scribner's Magazine" dinner at their main offices. ''Scribner's Magazine'' was launched in January 1887, the first issue of which was to be published from January to June of that year. The magazine was printed and bound by Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company. ''Scribner's Magazine'' was also the first magazine to introduce color illustrations later on. An early morning fire in 1908 at the Charles Scribner's Sons offices heavily burned the third and fourth floors, where the magazine was produced. In May 1914, the magazine's editor, Edward L. Burlingame, retired and
Robert Bridges took over as editor. During the
First World War, the magazine employed authors,
Richard Harding Davis,
Edith Wharton and
John Galsworthy, to write about the major conflict. During the time of 1917, when the United States joined the war, the magazine had four to six articles on the subject. In January 1944, Douglas MacCollum Stewart, the former co-publisher of the publication, was sentenced to 90 days in jail for contempt of court for refusing to fully explain to a grand jury where he had obtained the $36,000 he used to purchase
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