The Strand Magazine

The Strand Magazine was a monthly magazine founded by George Newnes, composed of short fiction and general interest articles. It was published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950, running to 711 issues, though the first issue was on sale well before Christmas 1890. Its immediate popularity is evidenced by an initial sale of nearly 300,000. Sales increased in the early months, before settling down to a circulation of almost 500,000 copies a month, which lasted well into the 1930s. It was edited by Herbert Greenhough Smith from 1891 to 1930. The magazine's original offices were in Burleigh Street off The Strand, London.

It was revived in 1998 and published in the U.S. as a quarterly magazine focussing on mystery and supernatural fiction.

Publications of Agatha Christie stories
In chronological order of publication.


 * Issue 493, January 1932 - The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest.
 * Issue 499, July 1932 - The Second Gong.
 * Issue 503, November 1932 - The Case of the City Clerk, under the title The £10 Adventure.
 * Issue 536, August 1935 - How Does Your Garden Grow?. The story was illustrated by R. M. Chandler.
 * Issue 539, November 1935 - Problem at Pollensa Bay. The story was illustrated by Jack M. Faulks.
 * Issue 542, February 1936 - Problem at Sea, under the title Poirot and the Crime in Cabin 66.
 * Issue 545, May 1936 - Triangle at Rhodes, under the title Poirot and the Triangle at Rhodes.
 * Issue 546, June 1936 - Poirot and the Regatta Mystery. The story was illustrated by Jack M. Faulks.
 * Issue 559, July 1937 - Yellow Iris.
 * Issue 566, February 1938 - The Dream.
 * Issue 587, November 1939 - The Nemean Lion. Illustrated by Ernest Ratcliff.
 * Issue 588, December 1939 - The Lernean Hydra. Illustrated by Ernest Ratcliff.
 * Issue 589, January 1940 - The Arcadian Deer. Illustrated by Ernest Ratcliff.
 * Issue 590, February 1940 - The Erymanthian Boar. Illustrated by Ernest Ratcliff.
 * Issue 591, March 1940 - The Augean Stables. Illustrated by Ernest Ratcliff.
 * Issue 592, April 1940 - The Stymphalean Birds. Illustrated by Ernest Ratcliff.
 * Issue 593, May 1940 - The Cretan Bull. Illustrated by Ernest Ratcliff.
 * Issue 594, June 1940 - The Horses of Diomedes. Illustrated by Ernest Ratcliff.
 * Issue 595, July 1940 - The Girdle of Hippolyta. Illustrated by Ernest Ratcliff.
 * Issue 596, August 1940 - The Flock of Geryon. Illustrated by Ernest Ratcliff.
 * Issue 597, September 1940 - The Apples of the Hesperides. Illustrated by Ernest Ratcliff.
 * Issue 603, March 1941 - Four and Twenty Blackbirds, under the title Poirot and the Regular Customer.
 * Issue 613, January 1942 - The Case of the Caretaker.
 * Issue 614, February 1942 - Tape-Measure Murder, under the title The Retired Jeweller.
 * Issue 616, April 1942 - The Case of the Perfect Maid, under the title The Perfect Maid.
 * Issue 643, July 1944 - Strange Jest, under the title The Case of the Buried Treasure. This was the final short story Christie wrote for The Strand Magazine.
 * 10th Anniversary Edition, 2009 - The Incident of the Dog's Ball (a previously unpublished short story discovered among Agatha Christie's notes)

Publication of Agatha Christie stories in Strand (1998) revival edition

 * Issue LXI, October 2020 - Christmas Adventure