List of 18th-century British periodicals
Appearance
This list of 18th-century British periodicals excludes daily newspapers.
- The Spectator (1711), (1711–1714) daily 1711–1712, founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, in 1714 three times a week for six months, but collected in book form it remained hugely popular for the rest of the century.
- Vetusta Monumenta (1718–1906) Illustrated antiquarian papers at intermittent intervals, published by the Society of Antiquaries of London.
- The Gentleman's Magazine (1731–1907). Monthly.
- The London Magazine (1732–1785)
- The Bee (1733–1735). Founded by Eustace Budgell.[1]
- Lloyd's List (1734–). Weekly, then semi-weekly.
- The Scots Magazine (1739–1826).
- The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (1747–1814). Monthly. Editors included James Hinton, W. Bent, and Percival Stockdale.
- The Monthly Review (1749–1845). Monthly. Founded by Ralph Griffiths and Robert Dodsley. Oliver Goldsmith was a contributor.
- The Rambler (1750–1752). Twice weekly.
- The World (1753–1756). Every Thursday. Founded by "Adam Fitz-Adam" (i.e. Edwin Moore) and published by the Dodsleys.
- The Connoisseur (1754–1756). Weekly.
- The Critical Review (1756–1817)
- The London Chronicle (1756-1823), Thrice weekly.
- The Annual Register (1758–). Annually.
- The Bee (1759–1759)
- Exeter Mercury or West Country Advertiser, later Trewman's Exeter Flying Post (1763–1917)
- The Gospel Magazine (1766–)
- Theological Repository (1769–1771, 1784, 1786, 1788)
- Town and Country Magazine (1769–)
- Lady's Magazine (1770–1837). Monthly.
- The Building Magazine (1774–1778)
- Wesleyan Methodist Magazine (1778–1969). Monthly
- The Arminian Magazine (1778–1913)
- The European Magazine, and London Review (1782–1826). Founded by James Perry; later edited by Isaac Reed.
- A New Review (1782–1786). Edited by Paul Henry Maty.
- Annals of Agriculture (1784–1815). Started by Arthur Young.
- The New Town & Country Magazine (1787–1789)
- The Analytical Review (1788–1799)
- The Botanical Magazine, subsequently Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1787–)
- The Observer (1791–). Weekly.
- The Sporting Magazine. (1792–). Monthly.
- British Critic. Quarterly (1793–1826)
- Anthologia hibernica (1793–1794). Published in Dublin.
- The Monthly Mirror (1795–1811). Founded by Thomas Bellamy.[2]
- The Tribune (1795–1796). Edited by John Thelwall
- The Aberdeen Magazine, Or, Universal Repository. (1796–1798)
- The Monthly Magazine (1796–1825). Founded by Sir Richard Phillips, edited by John Aikin
- The Watchman (1796). Founded and edited by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The Anti-Jacobin, or, Weekly Examiner (1797–1798)
- The Anti-Jacobin Review (1798–1821)
- The Philosophical Magazine (1798–)
- The Asiatic annual register (1799–1811)
- Conjuror's Magazine (1791–1794?)
See also
References
- ^ Jr, Robert B. White (1976). The English literary journal to 1900 : a guide to information sources. Detroit: Gale Research Co. ISBN 0-8103-1228-X.
- ^ Hayden, John. O (1969). The Romantic Reviewers, 1802–1824. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.