Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, The,

Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, The, (1881–1930), continuation of Scribner's Monthly, was independently published, and edited by R.W. Gilder (1881–1909). The early contents included a series of Civil War Papers by outstanding generals and the serialization of Nicolay and Hay's biography of Lincoln (1887–90). Among the novels serialized at this time were Howells's A Modern Instance and The Rise of Silas Lapham, James's The Bostonians, Hay's The Breadwinners, London's The Sea‐Wolf, and Mitchell's Hugh Wynne. Of its short stories, the most popular was The Lady or the Tiger?, by the associate editor Stockton, although Harris's Uncle Remus stories had a wide following. R.U. Johnson was editor (1909–13), when the magazine was known simply as The Century. It declined under later editors, and in 1929 became a quarterly. The following year it was merged with The Forum.