The British Victorian magazine Argosy should not be confused with the American pulp fiction magazine of the same name. It was founded in 1865 by Alexander Strahan, and purchased in 1867 by bestselling authoress Ellen ("Mrs. Henry") Wood. When she died in 1887, her son Charles (several of whose articles appear here) took over. Most of the magazine was devoted to fiction, but it also featured a number of serialized travel articles, which are included here. The magazine folded in 1901. For more information, visit The Victorian Web.

The British Isles

A Devonshire Combe (1881)

In the New Forest, by Charles Wood (1881)

Salisbury and Stonehenge: A Contrast, by Charles Wood (1881)

Shrove-Tide in Ireland, by Narissa Rosavo (1881)

On the South Coast, by Charles Wood (1881)

St. Andrews, by Alice MacDonald (1893)

Etiquette & Social Occasions

Civility, by Edward John Hardy (1893)

Nature

Monkshood, by C.E. Meetkerke (1882)

A Sea-Farer's Home [the Rock Pipit], by F.A. Fulcher (1893)

People

Ida Pfeiffer [traveler], by Alice King (1893)

Madame de Genlis, by Alice King (1893)

Madame de Stael, by Alice King (1881)

Madame de Pompadour, by Alice King (1881)

Mrs. Barbauld (Anne Letitia Aikin), by H. Barton Baker (1881)

Mrs. Henry Wood and Worcestershire (1893)

A Wreath on the Grave of the Late Anna Jameson (1881)

World Travel, Cultures & Colonies

Down a [Polish] Salt Mine, by Marie Orm (1881)

Egypt, by Charles Wood (1893)

In the Black Forest, by Charles Wood (1882)

A Peep at Melbourne in 1881 (1881)