The Monthly Magazine on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
''The Monthly Magazine'' (1796–1843) of London began publication in February 1796.
/ref> The circulation of the magazine in early 1830s was about 600. From 1839 the magazine was for two years edited by Francis Foster Barham and John Abraham Heraud. Its content in that period has been described by a recent American analyst as "popularizations of post-Kantian philosophy, esoteric mystical commentary, literary effusions, and idealistic calls for child-centered education and communitarian socialism."
''Monthly Magazine''
or, British register. London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1796 onwards. * * *Ward and Waller, eds. ''Cambridge History of English Literature'', vol. 12. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916 {{DEFAULTSORT:Monthly Magazine 1796 establishments in Great Britain 1843 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1796 Magazines disestablished in 1843 Magazines published in London Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
''The Monthly Magazine'' (1796–1843) of London began publication in February 1796.
Contributors
Richard Phillips was the publisher and a contributor on political issues. The editor for the first ten years was a literary jack-of-all-trades, DrJohn Aikin
John Aikin (15 January 1747 – 7 December 1822) was an English medical doctor and surgeon. Later in life he devoted himself wholly to biography and writing in periodicals.
Life
He was born at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, England, son o ...
.Arthur Sherbo. From the "Monthly Magazine, and British Register": Notes on Milton, Pope, Boyce, Johnson, Sterne, Hawkesworth, and Prior. ''Studies in Bibliography'', Vol. 43 (1990). Other contributors included William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Dyer George Dyer may refer to:
* George Dyer (poet) (1755–1841), English classicist and writer
* George Dyer (politician) (1802–1878), American physician and politician
* George P. Dyer (1876–1948), American football coach
* George R. Dyer (1869â ...
, Henry Neele
Henry Neele (29 January 1798 – 7 February 1828) was an English poet and literary scholar. He was also a practising attorney in the West End of London.
Early life
Neele was the son of Samuel John Neele (1758–1824), a cartographer, engraver, ...
, Charles Lamb, and James Hogg. The magazine also published the earliest fiction by Charles Dickens, the first of what would become '' Sketches by Boz''.Christies Retrieved 9 August 2018./ref> The circulation of the magazine in early 1830s was about 600. From 1839 the magazine was for two years edited by Francis Foster Barham and John Abraham Heraud. Its content in that period has been described by a recent American analyst as "popularizations of post-Kantian philosophy, esoteric mystical commentary, literary effusions, and idealistic calls for child-centered education and communitarian socialism."
See also
*'' The New Monthly Magazine''References
Further reading
''Monthly Magazine''
or, British register. London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1796 onwards. * * *Ward and Waller, eds. ''Cambridge History of English Literature'', vol. 12. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916 {{DEFAULTSORT:Monthly Magazine 1796 establishments in Great Britain 1843 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1796 Magazines disestablished in 1843 Magazines published in London Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom