first known crossnumber puzzle, in 1926. In that same year, Dudeney produced an article, "The Psychology of Puzzle Crazes", reflecting and analysing the demand for such works. He edited Perplexities from 1910 until he died in 1930. G. H. Savage became the column's editor, soon to be joined by William Thomas Williams (as W. T. Williams), who in 1935 authored the best-known cross-figure puzzle of today. The puzzle goes by many names, the original being "The Little Pigley Farm". It has also been known as "Dog's Mead", "Little Pigley", "Little Piggly Farm", "Little Pigsby", "Pilgrims’ Plot", and "Dog Days". Some articles by Winston Churchill were published in the magazine. Once a sketch drawn by Queen Victoria of one of her children appeared with her permission. Cover The magazine's iconic cover, an illustration looking eastwards down London's Strand towards St Mary-le-Strand, with the title suspended on telegraph wires, was the work of Victorian artist and designer George Charles Haité. The initial cover featured a corner plaque showing the name of Burleigh Street, home to the magazine's original offices. The lettering on the plaque in Haité's design was later changed when Newnes moved to the adjacent address of Southampton Street. A variation of the same design was featured on the cover of a sister title, The Strand Musical Magazine. 1998 revival The Strand was brought back into publication in 1998 as a quarterly magazine, now based in Birmingham, Michigan, US. It has published fiction by many well-known writers including John Mortimer, Ray Bradbury, Alexander McCall Smith, Ruth Rendell, Colin Dexter, Edward Hoch, James Grippando, and Tennessee Williams. The magazine features stories from emerging crime and mystery writers in addition to stories by established writers. References Notes Sources Further reading Pound, Reginald, A Maypole in the Strand (Ernest Benn, 1948). Pound, Reginald, The Strand Magazine: 1891–1950 (Heinemann 1966). Beare, Geraldine, Index to The Strand Magazine, 1891–1950 (Greenwood Press, 1982). Ashley, Mike, The Age of the Storytellers (British Library, 2006). Pittard, Christopher, "Cheap, Healthful Literature": The Strand Magazine, Fictions of Crime, and Purified Reading Communities, Victorian Periodicals Review 40:1 (Spring 2007), pp. 1–23. External links Chris Willis, 1998 description of historic Strand Magazine Chronology of Recreational Mathematics, by David Singmaster The Little Pigley Farm crossnumber puzzle and its history by Joel Pomerantz Public domain scans of the first 384 issues of The Strand Magazine from January 1891–1922 December, at Internet Archive.org. VictorianVoices.net Excerpts from