1901-10-30 (uncertain)

1902-10-04 (uncertain)

Daily.

Size of a sheet: unknown.
Format: Changes in detail:
4 pages
......... No. 0019 (1901-10-30) - no. 0041 (1901-11-22)
......... Details: almost square-shaped pages, mid-size, 2 pages per 1 side of a sheet
...................... vertical orientation
...................... folding: vertically
4 pages
......... No. 0055 (1901-12-07)
......... Format change occurs betw. November 22, 1901, and December 7, 1901.
......... Details: 1 large rectangular page, 1 page per 1 side of a sheet
...................... horizontal orientation
...................... folding: vertically
......... Details: 3 mid-size square-shaped pages, 3 pages per 1 side of a sheet
...................... vertical orientation
...................... folding: vertically
5 pages
......... No. 0076 (1901-12-27)
......... Format change occurs betw. December 7 and 27, 1901.
......... Details: 2 large rectangular pages
...................... horizontal orientation
...................... folding: vertically
......... Details: 3 mid-size square-shaped pages, 3 pages per 1 side of a sheet
...................... vertical orientation
...................... folding: vertically
6 pages
......... No. 0095 (1902-01-17) - no. 0342 (1902-10-04)
......... Format change occurs betw. December 27, 1901, and January 17, 1902.
......... Details: 6 mid-size square-shaped pages, 3 pages per 1 side of a sheet
...................... vertical orientation
...................... folding: vertically

Microfilm.

Issue prices changed during the course of publication. Price changes were introduced with the following issues:
Issue 0019 (1901-10-30): 每張錢四文
Issue 0055 (1901-12-06): 每張大錢六文
Issue 0116 (1902-02-12): 每張大錢七文
Issue 0135 (1902-03-10): 每張大錢八文
Issue 0282 (1902-08-05): cf. above ... 外埠酌加寄費

近代文藝小報

1904進行改良，欄名改為新社說，時事短評，梨園新論，花月調查部，新選營花小史等。 其内容以社會生活新聞和里巷趣事爲主，尤重風月場和戲曲界動態。



From: Chinese Entertainment Newspapers Database http://xiaobao.uni-hd.de (unpublished record).

Chronology of publishing details, according to information published with the paper:

Publisher:
Chinese Entertainment Newspapers Database http://xiaobao.uni-hd.de (unpublished record): 春江花月報社

Place of publisher:
Issue no. 0019 (1901-10-30): 上海四馬路中
Issue no. 0131 (1902-03-06): 上海四馬路中市九 (和? Unreadable.) 里

Layout:
Cf. above: "Format/Size".
And also: Issue no. 0296 (1902-08-19): Layout change: the title page is decorated by a drawing symbolising the title: blossoming tree branches, with the sun setting over the Changjiang in the background.

小報 (xiao bao) - XIAOBAO

Institute of Chinese Studies, Heidelberg, digitalized from microfilm collected by Shanghai tushuguan.
4257-2327 M
Issues held by ECPO:
No. 0019 (1901-10-30) - No. 0342 (1902-10-04)

Issues missing in ECPO:
No. 0001 - 0018 (1901-??-?? - 1901-10-29)
No. 0021 - 0022 (1901-11-01 - 1901-11-02)
No. 0024 - 0026 (1901-11-04 - 1901-11-06)
No. 0028 - 0030 (1901-11-08 - 1901-11-11)
No. 0033 (1901-11-13)
No. 0035 - 0038 (1901-11-16 - 1901-11-19)
No. 0040 (1901-11-21)
No. 0042 - 0054 (1901-11-23 - 1901-12-05)
No. 0056 - 0075 (1901-12-07 - 1901-12-26)
No. 0077 - 0094 (1901-12-28 - 1902-01-16)
No. 0096 (1902-01-18)
No. 0100 - 0106 (1902-01-10 - 1902-01-26)
No. 0110 - 0115 (1902-01-30 - 1902-02-11)
No. 0132 (?) - 0130 (?) (1902-02-28 - 1902-03-05) (There seems to be a mistake in printed numbers.)
No. 0141 - 0143 (1902-03-15 - 1902-03-17)
No. 0150 (1902-03-24)
No. ???? (1902-04-10)
No. 0175 - 0262 (1902-04-19 - 1902-07-15)
No. 0264 - 0273 (1902-07-17 - 1902-07-26)
No. 0275 - 0281 (1902-07-28 - 1902-08-04)
No. 0283 - 0295 (1902-08-06 - 1902-08-18)
No. 0297 - 0302 (1902-08-20 - 1902-08-25)
No. 0304 - 0316 (1902-08-27 - 1902-09-09)
No. 0318 - 0341 (1902-09-11 - 1902-10-03)


Starting with issue no. 116 (1902-02-12), most of the issues available are damaged: Articles on one or several pages have been cut-out.

It is uncertain whether there were days when no issues were printed.



This publication can also be found at:

1) Chinese Entertainment Newspapers Database http://xiaobao.uni-hd.de (unpublished record)