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The Boys' Herald
EditorHamilton Edwards
CategoriesStory paper
FrequencyWeekly
First issue1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Final issue1913 (1913)
CompanyAmalgamated Press
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish

The Boys' Herald (subtitled: A Healthy Paper for Manly Boys) was a boy's story paper published by Amalgamated Press in England from 1903. It was a companion paper to The Boys' Friend and The Boys' Realm. It mostly ran adventure stories and sold for 1d. It ceased publication in 1913.[1]

All three of the papers were served by the same writers: Sidney Drew, Maxwell Scott, Herbert Maxwell, S. Clark Hook, T.C. Bridges, Reginald Way, Henry Johnson, Alec G. Pearson, Henry St. Jon, John Tregellis, John Hunter, William Murray Graydon, Robert Leighton and Arthur S. Hardy.[2]

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  1. ^ Turner, E.S. (2003). All Quiet on the Home Front — an Oral History of Life in Britain During the First World War. Headline.
  2. ^ van Emden, Richard and Humphries, Steve (1948). Boys Will Be Boys: The Story of Sweeney Todd, Deadwood Dick, Sexton BlakeBilly Bunter, Dick Barton et al. Faber & Faber.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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