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The Boys' Herald
The Boys' Herald ran from 1st August 1903 to 18th May 1912 (461 issues) before being replaced by Cheer Boys' Cheer.
The Boys' Herald featured Cliveden school, yet another of Hamilton's many creations.
In 1917 the Editor of the Popular was getting complaints from Rookwood fans who could remember the original tales from the 'Boys' Friend', as the saga only began in 1915. Some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to take Hamilton's Cliveden tales from the 'Boys' Herald' of 1907 and 1908 but convert them to Rookwood! It didn't really work as the characters were completely different. Also Hamilton's style changed tremendously from 1907 to 1915. It didn't help that they also drastically edited the length too. Thanks to Michael Bailey you can read scans of the Rookwood tales in issues 237 and 239 of the Popular and judge for yourself!
A few issues are available for download, click on the link from the table below to read them on line or download to your computer.
| Issue No. | Date | Title |
| 223 | 26 October 1907 | The Cliveden Combine |
| 224 | 02 November 1907 | The Fourth Form Football Club |
| 225 | 09 November 1907 | The Cliveden Hobby Club |
| 226 | 16 November 1907 | The Fight with the Fifth |
| 227 | 23 November 1907 | Christmas at Cliveden |
| 228 | 30 November 1907 | The Captain of Cliveden |
| 229 | 07 December 1907 | The Cliveden Paperchase |
| 230 | 14 December 1907 | The Fourth Form Reformers |
| 231 | 21 December 1907 | The Fourth Form Match |
| 232 | 28 December 1907 | The Cliveden Waxworks |
| 233 | 04 January 1908 | Philpot's Plot |
| 234 | 11 January 1908 | The Cliveden Diablo Match |
| 235 | 18 January 1908 | Champions on the Ice |
| 236 | 25 January 1908 | The Cliveden Toffee-Makers |
| 237 | 01 February 1908 | Poindexter's Ghost |
| 238 | 08 February 1908 | The Cliveden Sweepstakes |
| 239 | 15 February 1908 | The Cliveden Valentines |
| 240 | 22 February 1908 | Snowed Up |
| 241 | 29 February 1908 | Bravo, Cliveden |
| 242 | 07 March 1908 | The Cliveden Detectives |
| 243 | 14 March 1908 | The Cliveden Redskins |
| 244 | 21 March 1908 | The Cliveden Sports |
| 245 | 28 March 1908 | Poindexter's Peril |
| 246 | 04 April 1908 | April Fools |
| 247 | 11 April 1908 | The Cliveden Minstrels |
| 248 | 18 April 1908 | Cliveden's Little Mystery |
| 249 | 25 April 1908 | Cliveden's Opening Match |
| 250 | 02 May 1908 | The Cliveden Rag |
| 251 | 09 May 1908 | May Day at Cliveden |
| 252 | 16 May 1908 | The Cliveden Wheelers |
| 253 | 23 May 1908 | The Cliveden Gardeners |
| 254 | 30 May 1908 | Empire Day at Cliveden |
| 255 | 06 June 1908 | The Cliveden Derby |
| 256 | 13 June 1908 | Flynn the Golfist |
| 257 | 20 June 1908 | No Hamilton Content |
| 258 | 27 June 1908 | The New Boy at Cliveden |
| 259 | 04 July 1908 | Unknown |
| 260 | 11 July 1908 | Unknown |
| 261 | 18 July 1908 | The Rival Escort |
| 262 | 25 July 1908 | Unknown |
| 263 | 01 August 1908 | No Hamilton Content |
| 264 | 08 August 1908 | Price's Sister |
| 265 | 15 August 1908 | Unknown |
| 266 | 22 August 1908 | Unknown |
| 267 | 29 August 1908 | Unknown |
| 268 | 05 September 1908 | No Hamilton Content |
| 269 | 12 September 1908 | No Hamilton Content |
| 270 | 19 September 1908 | No Hamilton Content |
| 271 | 26 September 1908 | No Hamilton Content |
| 272 | 03 October 1908 | Unknown |
| 273 | 10 October 1908 | No Hamilton Content |
| 274 | 17 October 1908 | The Cliveden Footballers |
| 275 | 24 October 1908 | No Hamilton Content |
| 276 | 31 October 1908 | No Hamilton Content |
| 277 | 07 November 1908 | Unknown |
| 278 | 14 November 1908 | Unknown |
| 279 | 21 November 1908 | Unknown |
| 280 | 28 November 1908 | Unknown |
| 281 | 05 December 1908 | Unknown |
| 282 | 12 December 1908 | No Hamilton Content |
| 283 | 19 December 1908 | The Poindexter Musical Society |
| 284 | 26 December 1908 | No Hamilton Content |
| 285 | 02 January 1909 | Unknown |
| 286 | 09 January 1909 | Unknown |
| 287 | 16 January 1909 | No Hamilton Content |
| 288 | 23 January 1909 | Cliveden Caterers |