''Cosmopolis: An International Monthly Review'' was a multi-lingual

literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

published between January 1896 and November 1898. The lead edition of ''Cosmopolis'' was published in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, but local editions of the magazine were also published in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, and

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. Each edition of ''Cosmopolis'' contained non-fiction articles, literary reviews, and new fiction in

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French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

, and

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; later editions also contained material in Russian. ''Cosmopolis'' was edited by Fernand Ortmans and was published in London by

T. Fisher Unwin T. Fisher Unwin was the London publishing house founded by Thomas Fisher Unwin, husband of British Liberal politician Jane Cobden in 1882. Unwin was a co-founder of the Johnson Club, formed 13 September 1884, to mark the hundred years since the ...

. It had a circulation of approximately 20,000.

Fictional namesake

Jack Vance's ''

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'' novels have occasional reference to a magazine called ''Cosmopolis'' (no subtitle) that is bought by the lead character.

References

*Julia Reid. "The Academy and ''Cosmopolis'': Evolution and Culture in Robert Louis Stevenson's Periodical Encounters" in Louse Henson ''et al.'' (eds., 2004). ''Culture and Science in the Nineteenth-Century Media'' (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishers) pp. 263–274.

External links

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