''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'' was a 19th-century literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915, when it relocated to New York to become ''

McBride's Magazine ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'' was a 19th-century literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915, when it relocated to New York to become '' McBride's Magazine''. It merged with ''Scribner's Magazine'' in 1916. ''Lippincott's'' ...

''. It merged with '' Scribner's Magazine'' in 1916. ''Lippincott's'' published original works, general articles, and literary criticism. It is indexed in the Reader's Guide Retrospective database, and the full-text of many issues is available online from Project Gutenberg, and in various commercial databases such as the American Periodicals Series from ProQuest. ''Lippincott's'' was published by J. B. Lippincott of Philadelphia until 1914, then by McBride, Nast & Co. There were 96 semi-annual volumes. From 1881 to 1885 they were issued as vols. 1 to 10 "New Series" or "N.S." (see image) and bound such as "Old Series, Vol. XXVII – New Series, Vol. I" (January to June 1881) but the old series was resumed with January 1887 issued as volume 37, number 1.

Joseph Berg Esenwein Joseph Berg Esenwein (May 16, 1867 – November 1, 1946) was an American editor, lecturer and writer. He was noted for contributions to the ''Library of the World's Best Literature''. Biography Esenwein was born in Philadelphia to parents Augustu ...

was editor from 1905 to 1914.

Early names

* 1868–1870: ''Lippincott's Magazine of Literature, Science and Education'' * 1871–1885: ''Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science''

Notable authors

''Lippincott's'' published several notable authors of the day, including: * Gertrude Atherton: ''Doomswoman'' (1892) * Willa Cather * Florence Earle Coates, Philadelphia poet whose poetry was featured nearly five dozenBohm, Sonja N., comp. ''The Published Works of Florence Earle Coates (Magazines)''. 2009. Print. times in ''Lippincott's'' between 1885 and 1915. *

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

: '' The Sign of the Four'' (February 1890) * Paul Laurence Dunbar: ''The Sport of the Gods'' (1901) * Rudyard Kipling: '' The Light that Failed'' (January 1891) * Emma Lazarus (over 40 poems in the 1870s) * Louis Sullivan: ''The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered'' (1896) *

Anthony Trollope Anthony Trollope (; 24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the '' Chronicles of Barsetshire'', which revolves ar ...

: '' The Vicar of Bullhampton'' (serialized starting in July 1869) *

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...

: '' The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (July 1890)

Notable editors

*1886–1894: Joseph Marshall Stoddart

References

External links

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''Lippincott's'' at Project Gutenberg

UPenn Library listing of online volumes
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Early names

Notable authors

Notable editors

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