''The Quiver'' (18611956) was a weekly magazine published by Cassell's and was "designed for the defence and promotion of biblical truth and the advance of religion in the homes of the people."
History
John Cassell
John Cassell (23 January 1817 – 2 April 1865) was an England, English publisher, printer, writer and editor, who founded the firm Cassell & Co, famous for its educational books and periodicals, and which pioneered the Serial (literature), seria ...
(18171865), the
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publisher and
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advocate conceived the idea of a periodical which would supply Sunday reading for the family while touring America in 18591860.
The first number (in the First Series) appeared on 7 September 1861. It had twenty four pages, set in small type, had no illustrations and cost one penny. It was initially in broadsheet format, but had changed to octavo format by 1864. In 1864 John Cassell published a Prospectus for a new series of the Quiver, which announced a new illustrated series (the Second Series) of the magazine, again with a one-penny weekly edition and a sixpenny monthly edition, beginning on 21 September 1864. A Third Series, now with "toned paper" began in September 1865, and this series continued until closure. With series three (if not Series Two also) the cover of the weekly edition featured a three quarter page illustration with the magazine title above and the start of an article below. The monthly magazine cover had an illustration.
Nowell-Smith said that Cassell's prescription for the magazine was to have one article each:
*To address the intellect
*Full of gushing feeling to address the heart
*Of a literary theme
*Of a juvenile tale.
Teignmouth Shore says that when he became editor of the magazine in 1863 "it was a penny weekly publication, and four or five of these weekly numbers were bound up into a monthly part and sold for sixpence." However, the circulation of the weekly editions was declining and the monthly edition increasing, which led Teignmouth proposing that they publish a monthly edition that was not merely bound up weekly editions.. The publishers agreed and in 1865 the monthly magazine became a separate entity rather collating the weekly edition. It was priced at sixpence an issue. However, they continued to publish a penny weekly edition until September 1879.
The magazine was still priced at sixpence in 1902, and must have had a large circulation as the advertising rate was £6 for one eight of a page.
On occasion, ''The Quiver'' featured poetry. Both
Janet Hamilton and
Emily Chubbuck
Emily Chubbuck (later, Emily Judson; pseudonym, Fanny Forester; August 23, 1817 – June 1, 1854) was an American poet.
Biography
Emily Chubbuck was born to poor parents in Eaton, New York on August 23, 1817. In 1834 she became a teacher and joi ...
(under her pseudonym "Fanny Forester") published in the magazine.
Notable contributors
The Quiver drew in a number of notable contributors, especially during its high period in the nineteenth century:
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Florence L. Barclay
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Christine Chaundler
Christine Chaundler (5 September 1887 – 15 December 1972) was a prolific English children's author, who also wrote stories for boys as Peter Martin. Some of her hundreds of short stories were broadcast by the BBC.
Life
Born in Biggleswade, B ...
*
William Boyd Carpenter
William Boyd Carpenter (26 March 1841, Liverpool – 26 October 1918, Westminster) was a Church of England cleric who became Bishop of Ripon and Royal Chaplain to Queen Victoria.
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William Boyd Carpenter was the second son of the Revd ...
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Frederic William Farrar
Frederic William Farrar (Bombay, 7 August 1831 – Canterbury, 22 March 1903) was a cleric of the Church of England ( Anglican), schoolteacher and author. He was a pallbearer at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. He was a member of the Camb ...
(under the
pseudonym
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F T L Hope)
[Ronald Bayne, 'Farrar, Frederic William,' Dictionary of National Biography, (1912 supplement),10]
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Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene
Lady Louisa Lilias (Lelias) Plunket Greene (7 November 1833 – 30 March 1891) was an Irish author of children's stories writing under the names: Louisa Lilias Greene, Louisa Lilias Plunket, Baroness Greene, R. J. Greene, Louisa Lelias Greene.
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Janet Hamilton
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Mary Howitt
Mary Howitt (12 March 1799-30 January 1888) was an English poet, the author of the famous poem '' The Spider and the Fly''. She translated several tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Some of her works were written in conjunction with her husband, ...
*
Joseph Butterworth Owen
The Reverend Joseph Butterworth Owen (22 July 1809 - 24 May 1872) was an English clergyman, social reformer and author of the nineteenth century. Known primarily for his published work, he is also notable for being the last minister of the famed ...
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Felicia Skene
Felicia Mary Frances Skene (23 May 1821 – 6 October 1899), also known by the pseudonyms Erskine Moir and Francis Scougal, was a Scottish writer, philanthropist and prison reformer of the Victorian era.
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Skene was born on 23 May 1821 in A ...
Editors
The magazine had relatively few editors over its history, with the last editor holding his post for nearly 50 years. The editors were:
*John Cassell (23 January 18172 April 1865), the founder and initial editor. Forced to give up the editorship due to increasing ill-health.
*Rev. Henry Wright
*J. E. Gore
*J. Willis Clark
*Rev. Thomas Teignmouth Shore (28 December 18413 December 1911) became editor of Quiver in 1863 and relinquished it when he became Chief Editor at Cassell's in 1865.
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Hunt, Bonavia (30 July 184727 September 1917) editor from 1865 to 1905.
*David Williamson, editor from 1905 to 1909.
*Williams, Herbert Darkin 26 April 18824 August 1972) editor from 1909.
Example of cover illustrations for the weekly Quiver
The following three-quarter page illustrations by
George John Pinwell
George John Pinwell (London 26 December 1842 – 8 September 1875 London), was a British illustrator and watercolourist.
Biography
Pinwell was born on 26 December 1842 at 12 Great Mays Buildings, London. He was baptised on 27 July 1845, a ...
(26 December 1842 – 8 September 1875) for Volume II (September 1866September 1867) of the third series (Toned Paper Series) of the magazine are typical. Each of these illustrations appeared with the title of the magazine above, and the start of an article below. The illustration was not necessarily related to the following article, but included a page number showing what article the illustration related to. Illustrations by courtesy of the
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File:Cover illustration for The Quiver 1866-11-10 by G J Pinwell.jpg, I met her by the yard gate in her simple working dress
File:Cover illustration for The Quiver 1867-01-19 by G J Pinwell.jpg, Will you go to Church, if father takes ninepence
File:Cover illustration for The Quiver 1867-02-02 by G J Pinwell.jpg, Came out to look at the strange who passed by
File:Cover illustration for The Quiver 1867-06-29 by G J Pinwell.jpg, She is gathering pears in the garden
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References
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