A children's weekly story magazine, aimed at teenage boys, published in the United Kingdom from 1879 (first issue, January 19) to 1967. It was originally published by the Religious Tract Society, but was taken over by Lutterworth Press in 1939. In 1963 Purnell and Sons took over its publication. It was published at the end of its life in 1967 by BPC Publishing Ltd. It was published weekly following the school year (Autumn through to Summer) until November 1913, when it became a monthly. 2,511 issues of the paper were published, and each year's issues were bound together and sold as the Boy's Own Annual.