''Arthur's Home Magazine'' (1852 – ''c.'' 1898) or ''Ladies' Home Magazine'' was an American periodical published in
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
by
Timothy Shay Arthur
Timothy Shay Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) — known as T. S. Arthur — was a popular 19th-century American author. He is famously known for his temperance novel ''Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There'' (1854), which helped d ...
. Editors Arthur and Virginia Francis Townsend selected writing and illustrations intended to appeal to female readers. Among the contributors were
Mary Tyler Peabody Mann
Mary Tyler Mann ( Peabody; November 16, 1806 in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts – February 11, 1887 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) was a teacher, author, and mother. She was the wife of Horace Mann, American education reformer and politician.
E ...
,
Rosella Rice
Rosella Rice (11 August 1827 – 6 June 1888) was an American author, poet, and lecturer born in Perrysville, Ohio. She was known for her direct and energetic comedy writing, her nature poems, and her vivid descriptions of folklore figure John " ...
, and Kate Sutherland.
In its early years, the monthly contained a selection of articles originally published in Arthur's weekly ''Home Gazette.''
Its nonfiction stories contained occasional factual inaccuracies for the sake of a good read. A contemporary review judged it "gotten up in good taste and well; and is in nothing overdone. Even its
fashion plate
A fashion plate is an illustration (a plate) demonstrating the highlights of fashionable styles of clothing. Traditionally they are rendered through etching, line engraving, or lithograph and then colored by hand. To quote historian James Laver ...
s are not quite such extravagant caricatures of rag-baby work as are usually met with in some of the more fancy magazines." Readers included patrons of the
Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco.
Author
Rosella Rice
Rosella Rice (11 August 1827 – 6 June 1888) was an American author, poet, and lecturer born in Perrysville, Ohio. She was known for her direct and energetic comedy writing, her nature poems, and her vivid descriptions of folklore figure John " ...
, best known for her writings about
Johnny Appleseed
John Chapman (September 26, 1774March 18, 1845), better known as Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Ontario, as well as the northern coun ...
, contributed countless stories, humorous essays, tutorials, and poems to the magazine. Writing from the perspective of various comedic characters, she adopted pseudonyms including Pipsissiway Potts (responsible homemaker), Aunt Chatty Brooks (eccentric hotelier), and Mrs. Sam Starkey (elderly busybody).
The characters, likely created for ''Arthur's'', "inhabited her magazine's stories, and became 'real' to hundreds of readers."
Alternate titles
* Arthur's Home Magazine
* Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine
* Arthur's Lady's Home Magazine
* The Home Magazine
* Ladies' Home Magazine
[Advertisement for "Arthur's Home Magazine for 1861. The Ladies' Home Magazine. Volumes XVII and XVIII. Edited by T.S. Arthur and Virginia F. Townsend. Devoted to social literature, art, morals, health, and domestic happiness." (In: )]
* Lady's Home Magazine
References
Further reading
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v.1 1852-1853
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v.15 1860
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v.48 1880
External links
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* Hathi Trust
Lady's Home Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion* Hathi Trust
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Images
Image:1855 Arthurs Home Magazine v5 no5.png, ''Arthur's Home Magazine'', 1855
Image:1858 Ladys Home Magazine v11 no5 Philadelphia.png, ''Lady's Home Magazine'', 1858
Image:1880 Arthurs Illustrated Home Magazine v48 no4.jpg, ''Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine'', 1880
Image:1891 Arthurs Home Magazine October.png, ''Arthur's Home Magazine'', 1891
Image:1895 Arthurs Home Magazine New York March.png, ''Arthur's Home Magazine'', 1895
1852 establishments in Pennsylvania
1898 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Defunct women's magazines published in the United States
History of women in Pennsylvania
Magazines established in 1852
Magazines disestablished in 1898
Magazines published in Philadelphia