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''The European Magazine'' (sometimes referred to as ''European Magazine'') was a monthly 
''The European Magazine, and London Review'', vols. 1–86
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magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...
published in London. Eighty-nine semi-annual volumes were published from 1782 until 1826. It was launched as the ''European Magazine, and London Review'' in January 1782, promising to offer "the Literature, History, Politics, Arts, Manners, and Amusements of the Age." It was in direct competition with '' The Gentleman's Magazine'', and in 1826 was absorbed into the '' Monthly Magazine''.
Soon after launching the ''European Magazine'', its founding editor, James Perry, passed proprietorship to the Shakespearean scholar Isaac Reed
Isaac Reed (1 January 1742 – 5 January 1807) was an English Shakespearean editor.
Biography
The son of a baker, he was born in London. He was articled to a solicitor, and eventually set up as a conveyancer at Staple Inn, where he had a large p ...
and his partners John Sewell and Daniel Braithwaite
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
, who guided the magazine during its first two decades.
The articles and other contributions in the magazine appeared over initials or pseudonyms and have largely remained anonymous. Scholars believe that the contributions include the first published poem by William Wordsworth (1787) and the earliest known printing of " O Sanctissima", the popular Sicilian Mariners Hymn (1792).
References
Further reading
*Helene E. Roberts's short overview of the ''European Magazine'' in Alvin Sullivan, ed., ''British Literary Magazines: The Augustan Age and the Age of Johnson, 1698–1788'' (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1983), pp. 106–112.External links
''The European Magazine, and London Review'', vols. 1–86
hathitrust.org {{DEFAULTSORT:European Magazine Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1782 Magazines disestablished in 1826 Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Cultural magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines published in London 1782 establishments in England