The Savoy was a magazine of literature, art, and criticism published in eight numbers from January to December 1896 in London. It featured work by authors such as W. B. Yeats, Max Beerbohm, Joseph Conrad, Aubrey Beardsley and William Thomas Horton. Only eight issues of the magazine were published: two quarterly (January, April) (Vol1 ) and six monthly (July-December)(Vol 2 & 3) which we have for sale here. The publisher was Leonard Smithers, a controversial friend of Oscar WildeThe Savoy was founded as a competitor to The Yellow Book and to provide work for members of the Decadent movement as it began to decline with the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde. The magazine was started by Leonard Smithers, writer Arthur Symons (The Symbolist Movement In Literature) and artist Aubrey Beardsley. It is considered a little magazine, and was described as "a manifesto in revolt against Victorian materialism".The name was inspired by the Savoy Hotel, a glamorous hotel in London which opened in 1889 and became infamous for being the location for Oscar Wilde's trysts Condition: Vol  3 very good, vol 2  has sign of damp patch to front cover (see photos) and there are ocasional areas of mild foxing in both and toning to pages, but are still a lovely find for thier age. Also Included a copy of "The Savoy. Nineties Experiment"
by Stanley Weintraub 1966, signed by the Author.