{{Short description|British weekly periodical}} {{Italictitle}} {{Infobox magazine |title = Pearson's Weekly |image_file = |image_size = |image_caption = |editor =C. Arthur Pearson |frequency = Weekly |circulation = |category = |company = C. Arthur Pearson Ltd |publisher = C. Arthur Pearson Ltd |firstdate = 1890 |country = UK |language = English |issn = |finaldate = 1939 |finalnumber = }} '''''Pearson's Weekly''''' was a British weekly periodical founded in London in 1890 by Arthur Pearson, who had previously worked on ''Tit-Bits'' for George Newnes.
The first issue was well advertised and sold a quarter of a million copies. The paper's stated aim was "To Interest, to Elevate and to Amuse".<ref>Kevin Williams, ''Read All About It! A History of the British Newspaper'' (London: Routledge, 2009), [https://books.google.com/books?id=w2t_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA130 p. 130]</ref>
==Notable fiction published== *George Griffith, ''The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror'' (1893) *George Griffith, ''The Syren of the Skies'' (1894) *H. G. Wells, ''The Invisible Man'' (1897) *M. P. Shiel, ''Contraband of War'' (1898) *Sax Rohmer, ''The Mysterious Mummy'' (1903) *Rupert Croft-Cooke, "The Legacy" (1932) *William Edward Vickers, ''The Rubber Truncheon'' (1934) *Ethel Lina White, "Honey" (1935)
==See also== * ''Pearson's Magazine''
== References == {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{Cite encyclopedia |year=2022 |title=Pearson's Weekly |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pearsons_weekly |access-date=2023-12-30 |edition=4th |author1-last=Ashley |author1-first=Mike |author1-link=Mike Ashley (writer) |editor1-last=Clute |editor1-first=John |editor1-link=John Clute |editor2-last=Langford |editor2-first=David |editor2-link=David Langford |editor3-last=Sleight |editor3-first=Graham |editor3-link=Graham Sleight |ref=none}} *George Locke, ''Pearson's Weekly: A Checklist of Fiction, 1890–1939'' (Ferret Fantasy, 1990)
==External links== *[https://www.Britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/pearsons-weekly Pearson's Weekly] at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk Category:1890 establishments in the United Kingdom Category:1939 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Category:Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom Category:Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom Category:Fiction magazines Category:Magazines established in 1890 Category:Magazines disestablished in 1939 Category:Magazines published in London