As with many pulp magazines of the early to mid-twentieth century, the publication history of The Scrap Book is convoluted. In the early 1900's, Frank Munsey launched three new monthly pulp magazines in consecutive years - All-Story Magazine in 1905, The Scrap Book in 1906, which split into two sections in July 1907 (of which the second was devoted primarily to fiction) and The Ocean in 1907.
The Ocean was renamed The Live Wire in February 1908) and absorbed into The Scrap Book which, at the same time, spun off its second section as a separate magazine called The Cavalier. The first section continued under the name of The Scrap Book for another four years until it was absorbed into The Cavalier, which then went weekly as Cavalier Weekly. This lasted until May 1914 when it merged with All-Story Weekly to form All-Story-Cavalier Weekly.
[Source: Galactic Central]
The Cavalier
Robert H. Davis
(editor),
1908
New York (City)
:
Frank A. Munsey Company
,
1908-1914
6699133
1908
periodical
short story
(15 issues)
Launched in 1908 as an all-fiction offshoot of the general-interest magazine, The Scrap Book (1906-1911), The Cavalier ran for just 163 issues but nevertheless played a significant part the development of the pulp magazine industry. Originally published on fine book paper with refined, 'classy' covers, the Munsey company changed its format to pulp paper in 1909, and from 1911 onwards included in-text illustrations. The magazine also traded in its sophisticated covers for more exciting, colorful images of adventure.
In January 1912, The Cavalier absorbed its predecessor, The Scrap Book, and became the first weekly pulp. It also temporarily adopted the name The Cavalier and The Scrap Book. Although the magazine effectively folded in May 1914 when Munsey's merged it with The All-Story, the new venture was known for aaabout a year as All-Story Cavalier Weekly.
[Source: The Pulp Magazine Project]
