Leslie, Frank
publisher, was born March 29, 1821, in England. In 1848 he emigrated to the United States; and in 1854 began the publication of The Gazette of Fashion, and The New York Journal. In 1855 he published the first number of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper; and he subsequently established the following publications: The Chimney Corner; The Boys' and Girls' Weekly; The Lady's Journal; The Budget of Fun; The New World; Pleasant Hours; Popular Monthly; Sunday Magazine; The Chatter-Box; The Illustrated Almanac and the Comic Almanac. He died Jan. 10, 1880, in New York city.
After his death the business was continued by his wife, who, by legislative act, took the name of Frank Leslie. :