ABSTRACT
Colvin was influential in Henley's appointment to the Magazine of Art. It was a position that Henley entered into with enthusiasm but it later turned sour as he constantly had to fight the rigidity of his publishers. During this period Henley increased the circulation of the magazine and introduced his readers to the art of Europe, America and Japan, together with articles on the arts in general. He published his old friend Sidney Colvin, Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge, and introduced his readers to the criticism of Stevenson's cousin Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson and the work of Rodin, who was to reward him with his bust in 1886. Tired of the constant battle for control of the art content of the magazine Henley resigned in the late summer or early autumn of 1886. The collaboration with Stevenson resulted in the first production of Deacon Brodie in Bradford in 1882 which is vividly described in a letter to Stevenson. Despite the onus of his editorial work Henley was acting as an unpaid agent for Stevenson and played a major part in the publication of Treasure Island in book form.
