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'''Title:''' ''The Train''

'''Editor:''' George Augustus Sala and Edmund Yates

'''Publisher:''' Groombridge and Sons

When the ''Comic Times'' went out of business in 1856, editor Edmund Yates and frequent contributor George Augustus Sala ventured to form a new magazine together.<ref>[[Works Cited|WD]].</ref> Many of the ''Comic Times’'' faithful contributors returned for the new monthly publication and it thus took Sala and Yates little time to secure a supply of short stories and poems, serialized novels, and regular columns.  They retained a good deal of the humor from the ''Comic Times'', and therefore also kept the loyalty of readers. The variety of material––including everything from riddles and trivia to a revival of Victor Hugo’s poetry and travel facts––and lightness of matter made ''The Train'' an ideal magazine for recreational reading as well as casual learning.  An issue cost a single shilling, and contributors––including a young Charles Dodgson writing for the first time under the penname Lewis Carroll (a name chosen by Yates himself)––were unpaid.  The magazine received favorable press, uncommon for “light and flippant” material of the sort, and sales were initially favorable.<ref>Yates, Edmund. ''His Recollections and Experiences''. London: Richard Bentley & Son. 1885.	Web.</ref>  However, as some of the original writers and artists dropped out, the publication’s sales and overall quality dropped, until it ceased publication altogether in 1858.

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Submitted by: [[MacDonald, Kiyomi: section 1, Fall 2008]] Submitted by: [[Crain, Timothy: section 1, Winter 2011]]

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