Economy of the Short Story in British Periodicals of the 1890s

"Chan's book thus applies current approaches to print and commodity culture to the critically overlooked genre of the short story, with impressive results."-Madeleine A. Vala, University of Puerto Rico, (Victorian Studies journal)

• List of Figures. Introduction 1. 'The Providing of the World’s Thought and Reading': The Short Story in the Strand 2. 'An Aristocracy of Talent': The Short Story in the Yellow Book 3. 'The Connoisseur’s Comfort and the Dilettante’s Delight': The Short Story in Black and White Conclusion. Appendix A: Short Stories in the Strand 1891-1900. Appendix B: Short Stories in the Yellow Book 1894-1897. Appendix C: Short Stories in Black and White 1891-1900. Notes. Bibliography. Index