Which author, in 1859, founded the weekly magazine 'All The Year Round', a successor to 'Household Words'?
All the Year Round Wills. In 1859, Charles Dickens was the editor of his magazine "Household Words", published by Bradbury and Evans; a petty dispute with them led Dickens to realize that he was at the publisher's whim, and to decide that he would create a new weekly magazine that he would own and control entirely. In 1859, Dickens founded "All the Year Round", taking William Henry Wills with him from "Household Words" as part-owner and sub-editor. As with his previous magazine, the author searched for a title that could be derived from a Shakespearean quotation. He found it on 28 January 1859 (in
Once A Week (magazine) "Household Words" and founded a new magazine, "All The Year Round", which he decided would be editorially independent of any publisher. Bradbury and Evans responded by founding "Once A Week", with veteran editor and abolitionist hero Samuel Lucas at the head. The magazine was different from "Household Words" in that it was more expensive and it was illustrated. Notable illustrators included John Leech, Hablot K. Browne, Frederick Sandys, Holman Hunt, John Tenniel and George du Maurier. Notable writers included Mark Lemon, Shirley Brooks and Tom Taylor. Many of the illustrators and writers also worked for "Punch", another Bradbury and Evans