the preeminent publisher of new fiction, it continued to attract submissions from major writers until its closure in 1974. Editors included: William Makepeace Thackeray (1860-1862); George Smith , Frederick Greenwood , G.H. Lewes , and Edward Cook (1862-1871); Leslie Stephen (1871-1882); James Payn (1883-June 1896); John St Loe Strachey (July 1896-Dec 1897);