Published by the Medico-Psychological Association. It published ..... A Guide to Research (New York: The Modern Language Association of. America, 1973).
APPENDIX A PERIODICALS1
This appendix provides the following information on the periodicals referenced in the bibliography:
1.
Full title, with the shorter common title underlined.
2.
Founding dates (and cessation dates where available and applicable).
3.
City of publication.
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Frequency of publication, if not indicated in the title.
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Subscription price (when available).
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Descriptive information (including circulation figures if they were available).
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List of editors (when available).
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Years in which articles on dreaming appeared, with authors' names when given: *indicates article is a reprint. +indicates article is reprinted elsewhere, and number of times reprinted.
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165 The Academy and Literature. A Monthly Record of Literature, Learning, Science, and Art. 1886-
Syracuse, Boston
Monthly
1902++(F. Legge)
All the Year Round. A weekly journal conducted by Charles Dickens, with which is incorporated Household Words. 1859-
London Similar to Once A Week, AYR was illustrated and consisted
of a serial story as the main feature, supported by articles of miscellaneous interest, short stories, topical comments , and news gossip. It was part of the new development in popular periodicals necessitated by the creation of the commercial middle class and the growth of elementary education.
American (Quarterly)Church Review (and Ecclesiastical Register). 1848-1891
New Haven, New York
An organ of the Protestant-Episcopal Church, its contributors included. all the great men of its church in America, as well as prominent laymen in fields of letters, law, philosophy, science, and education. ACR was criticized for "presenting all sides" and not taking a positive position on critical issues. Eds: N. S. Richardson ('48-'68), J. M. Leavitt ('68-'71), M. H. Mallory ('72-'75), E. B. Boggs ('75-'80), H. Y. Baum ('81-'91). 1883 ®. W. Micou)
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American Journal of Insanity (became American Journal of Psychiatry) 1844-current
Baltimore
Quarterly, $5.00
Edited by the medical officers of the New York State Lunatic Asylum. 1892 (H. S. Williams), 1910 (E. Jones)
American Journal of Psychology 1887-current
Worcester
Quarterly, $5.00
Founded by G. S. Hall to publish psychological work of a scientific (experimental), distinct from a speculative, character. AJP gave the adherents of a new psychology not only a storehouse for contributions of experimental and theoretical nature, but also a sense of solidarity and independence. 1888 (J. Nelson), 1893 (M. W. Calkins), l895 (E. B. Titchener). 1896 (S. C. Weed, F. M. Hallam, & E. D. Phinney), 1900 (G. Andrews), 1905 (J. R. Jewell), 1910 (E. Jones; S. Ferenczi)
Appleton's Journal. A Magazine of General Literature. 1869-1881
New York
weekly to '76, then monthly.
Introductory Announcement: "Omitting ordinary news and avoiding partisan advocacy, both political and sectarian, the Journal will be devoted to general literature, to science, art, and education, and to the diffusion of valuable information on subjects of political importance. It is intended to make use of all resources, original and selected, domestic and foreign, which can give
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interest and variety to its pages.” Eds: E. L. Youmans ('69-'70), R. Carter ('70-'72), O. B. Bunce and C. H. Jones ('72-'81). 1880*
The Arena 1889-1909
Trenton, Boston
Monthly, $2.50
Absorbed Journal of Practical Metaphysics, The New Time, and The Temple in 1898, The Coming Age in 1900. Merged into Christian Work. Founded by B. O. Flower. 1895 (M. Holley; B. O. Flower), 1898 (F. Foster)
The Argosy. A Magazine of Tales, Travels, Essays and Poems.. 1865-1901
London
The Argosy became a vehicle for Mrs. Henry Wood, who was its editor until 1887. She supplied the diet demanded by the queasy stomachs of her public: "sensation," which included murders, mystery, and even bigamy and adultery---as long as they were treated discreetly, rewarding virtue. It was a magazine of tne popular religious and family variety. 1866 (A. Smith), 1868+ (J. Hatton), 1878 (A. King), 1889 (4 anonymous articles by the same author), 1891 (P. W. Roose), 1897 (P. W. Roose), 1898 (W. Pigott)
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Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. l857-current
Boston
$4.00
Founded by H. D. Phillipps, Emerson, Longfellow, Cabot, Holmes, Motley, and E. P. Whipple, it primarily advanced the belles lettres of the New England group. In actuality it avoided the social and political, but became a standard of literary excellence and criticism, confining itself primarily to American writers. Circulation was around 12,000 in l880. Eds: J. R. Lowell ('57-'61), J. T. Fields ('6l-'Tl), w. D. Howells ('71-'81), T. B. Aldrich ('81-'90), H. E. Scudder ('90-'98), W. H. Page ('98-'99), Bliss Perry ('99-1909), l880 (W. D. Howells; anon.), 1887
Belgravia Magazine l866-1899
London
Founded and edited by M. E. Braddon, Belgravia was similar to Tinsley's, London Society, St. Paul's and Dark Blue, sustained mainly by sound, readable and sometimes brilliant fiction. It aimed at a public midway between the high standards of Macmillan's and Cornhill and the family magazines of the Argosy pattern. l88l+ ®. A. Proctor)
Bentley's Miscellany (incorporated in Temple Bar, 1868) 1837-1868
London
Bentley's included biographical and critical articles on
169 nearly all important writers of the 19th century. Bentley's set the pattern, perpetuated by Household Words, of relying upon entertaining fiction as a main attraction, with a serial story as the central feature. Its prominence was due to the success of The Ingoldsby Legends of R. H. Barham, and a number of other successful novels; the illustrations of Cruikshank, Crowqui11, and Leech; and the humorous and satirical verse of "Father Prout." 1866+
Brain. A Journal of Neurology 1878
London Brain included original articles, a critical digest and
notices of books, clinical cases, and abstracts of British and Foreign journals. Eds: J. C. Bucknell, J. Chrichton-Browne, D. Fernier, J. Hughlings-Jackson ('78-'83), plus A. de Watteville ('83-'85), de Watteville and committee (1885-1900). 1887 (Feré)
Canadian Monthly 1872-
Toronto
1878 (E. Fitzgerald)
Catholic World. A Monthly (Eclectic) Magazine of General Literature and Science. 1865-
New York
$3.00
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CW began with selections from English and Italian periodicals, and brief departments devoted to science, art, and books. Soon it became wholly original. It featured excellent poetry, and always had high standards in literary tone and editorial enterprise. CW had a controversial spirit, and Church dignitaries were always prominent. in its pages. It was a "popular" magazine designed to support the doctrines of the Church and to express Catholic views on literature, science, art, drama, education and society. Eds: I. T. Hecker ('65-'88), A. F. Hewitt ('88-'97), A. Doyle (‘97-1904), J. J. Burke (1904-1922). 1876+, 1892 (W. Seton)
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (merged into Scribner's) 1881-
New York A vehicle of the Century Club, it contained fiction and
articles on general topics by well known writers. Its Civil War papers generated the greatest interest ever felt in the U.S.A. in a series of articles published in a magazine. The Lincoln series was discussed for 20 years. Century had a serious and intelligent regard for public affairs and problems of civil service reform. It featured many serials by famous authors, unusually successful short stories, serial biographies, and an elaborately illustrated art series. It also featured a high rate of advertising. Circulation in 1890 was about 200,000. 1888 (J. M. Buckley)
$4.00
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Chamber's (Edinburgh) Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts. 1832-1907
London, Edinburgh
Monthly
Chamber's contained fiction, articles on literature, popular science, history, novels, short stories, and poetry. 1866+, 1876*, 1879*, 1881, 1892
The Chautauquan 1898 C. Mellinand)*
The Christian Review.(merged into Bibliotheca Sacra) 1836-1863
Boston, New York, Baltimore, Rochester
The object of CR was stated as "the advancement of the Savior's empire on the earth." From a Baptist perspective, it was dedicated to the common cause of Christianity. 1857 (A. S. Patton)
Colburn's New Monthly Magazine 1821-
London
1870 C. Redding)
Contemporary Review(American edition) (Incorporating Fortnightly Review) 1866-
New York
Monthly, $4.50
CR supplemented the popular religious magazines (Good Words, Sunday Magazine, Argosy) and bridged the gulf between secular and sacred reading. Setting a tone of scholarly Christianity.
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It was designed to be the Fortnightly of the Established Church. Its spirit was ecumenical, and it gave eminent Catholic writers an opportunity to address non-Catholic fellow-country-men on some of the most momentous subjects of the day. In England, its tie was with the Liberal party. From 1888 on, the English and American editions were identical. Eds: H. Alford ('66-'70), J. T. Knowles ('70-'77), A. Strahan ('77-'82), P. W. Bunting ('82-1911). 1881 C. N. Radcliffe), 1892+ (F. Greenwood, 1910 (H. Ellis)
Cornhill Magazine 1860-
London
Monthly
Similar to Macmillan's in quality, Cornhill gave the public the contents of general review and the entertainment of firstclass fiction at the cost of a mere shilling. It was begun to exploit the work of Thackeray, and set a tone of polite entertainment coupled with information of the least disconcerting kind, brooking no serious discussion of religion, politics, or morals. It was illustrated by Millais, du Maurier, F. Walker, Leighton and Small. Its format was similar to Blackwood's, Temple Bar, and Longman's. In general, its pages provide an outline of British fiction since 1860. Circulation was down to 20,000 in the '70s, 12,000 by 1880. Its tradition of anonymity was relaxed in 1880: articles began to appear over initials, then over signatures. Eds: Thackeray, F. Greenwood, G. H. Lewes, G. M. Smith, E. D. Cook, Leslie Stephen ('71-'82), J. Payne ('83-'96), J. S.
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L. Strachey ('96-'97), R. G. Smith ('98-1916). 1874++ (J. Rutherford) 1876+++ (J. Sully)
(Dublin) University Magazine. A Literary and Philosophical Review. 1833-1882
Dublin, London
Eds: J. S. Le Fanu ('61-'70), J. F. Walker ('70-'73), Durham Dunlop ('73-?), Keningale Cook (?-'77). 1860, 1870, 1872 (J. P.), 1874
Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art. l844-1907?
New York, Philadelphia
Monthly
1861*, 1864* (A. K. H. Boyd), 1866*, 1871** (F. P. Cobbe; B. W. Richardson), 1874* (J. Rutherford), 1877* (J. sully), 1880*, 188L* R. A. Proctor), 1881* (A. Wilson), 1892* (F. Greenwood), 1893* (J. Sully), 1902** (F. Legge; A. Lang)
Eclectic Review 1905-1867
London
The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal 1802-
London, New York
Quarterly, $4.00
A special interest in politics and criticism secured its preeminence over the most entertaining of monthly miscellanies. ER introduced political economy and launched a reasoned attack on manifold problems presented by changing economic conditions, becoming an instrument of political enlightenment and social reform---
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and a symbol of the new era. 1873* (H. Holland)
Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine 1852-1879
London
Monthly?
Superseded by Illustrated Household Journal. 1816(4?)
Every Saturday. A Journal of Choice Reading Selected from Foreign Current Literature. 1866-1814
Boston
Weekly
Every Saturday reprinted primarily English periodicals. with a few French and German ones as well. The illustrated series ('70-'71) made ES a major competitor of Harper's Weekly. not only in illustrations but also in comments upon politics. social life, and the arts. ES was absorbed into Littell's Living Age, which became the only eclectic weekly in the country. 1868 (J. Hatton), 1811, 1814 (J. Rutherford), 1874.
Fortnightly Review (incorporated in Contemporary Review) 1865-1954
New York
monthly after '66, $4.50
The object of the FR was to become an organ for the unbiased expression of many and various minds on topicS of general interest in politics, literature, science, philosophy, and art. Tension developed between those who conceived of it as an organ of liberalism and progress and those who wished to maintain a true balance between
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established and new (especially 1n England). Between 1865 and 1880 its pages were crowded with classical texts of unbelief. and it became the most militant of middleclass rationalist periodicals of the Post-Darwinian period: outspoken in itn rationalism, its attack on the Church, and its support of the labor movement and Radical politics. In England, it became as important as the Nineteenth Century. During its early years all articles were signed. Circulation was about 2500 in 1872. Eds:· G. H. Lewes ('65-'66), J. Morley ('67-'82), T. H. S. Escott ('82-'86?). Frank Harris ('87?-'94), W. L. Courtney ('941928). 1878+ ( L. Stephen), 1893+ (J. Sully)
The Forum 1886-1940
New York, Austin
Quarterly to 1904, $2.00 Weekly after 1904, $1.00
A magazine of discussion, including fiction and articles on politics, science, and philosophy. 1888 (M. Clymer), 1889 (J. Sully)
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country ("Regina") 1830
London
Monthly
A literary miscellany, similar to Blackwood's ("Maga") and Macmillan's, with its main emphasis on politics, social conditions. and religion. Fraser's veered from liberal to conservative in politics and eventually became Unitarian and free-thinking. F. P.
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Cobbe and F. Newcomb, both theists, were frequent contributors. During the late '60s and early '70s it blasted Roman Catholicism, the High Church, the Evangelicals, and even the Broad Churchmen--and refused A. K. H. Boyd a defense of ritual. Cornhi11 and Macmillan's became its chief competitors. 1864+ (A. K. H. Boyd)
The Galaxy. An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading. 1866-1878
New York
Monthly, $4.00
The Galaxy was started as a competitor to the Atlantic, with which it later merged---and New England writers were conspicuously absent from its pages. It included fiction (serial novels, short stories, poetry), literary criticism, history and biography, scientific articles, and current politics. It touched contemporary life at more points and in more directions than most other important magazines. In 1878, its circulation was down to 7,000. Eds: W. C. and F. P. Church 1877 (C. B. Lewis)
Gentleman's Magazine (Entirely New Series) 1731-
London
Eds· J. H. Parker ('56-'65), E. Walford ('66-'67), Bolton Corney, J. Hatton ('67-'74), J. Knight ('87-1905). 1881+ (M. Granville), 1882 (T. F. T. Dyer), 1884+ (A Wilson), 1907
Good Words and Sunday Magazine 1860-1906
London
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Established to bridge the wide gulf between sacred and secular writing, its appeal was religious and semi-religious, and similar to Leisure Hour. Its illustrations were similar to those of Cornhill, Once A Week, Leisure Hour, and Argosy. It offered an inviting market to women writers and intellectual women on the rampage about "feminism.” 1870
The Green Bag. A Useless but Entertaining Magazine for Lawyers. 1889-1914
Boston
Monthly, $4.00
Merged into Oentral Law Journal. 1889, 1896 (P. Taylor), 1897 (G. H. Westley)
Harper's Monthly Magazine. 1850-current
New York
$4.00
Designed to present the wealth of English literature in periodical form, including many serialized novels, together with a few pages of announcements of Harper books. Harper's published 1ittle original material. It was the first example of a popular illustrated magazine, 20 years before others of the same type joined the field. It included articles on travel, exploration, science, art, social and domestic life, poetry, fiction, and general information---making it almost an encyclopedia of the living world. It clearly expressed the west-ward movement (as opposed to the New England emphasis of the Atlantic). It's pre-'70s competitors were the Atlantic, Graham's, Putnam's, and the
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Knickerbocker. Later competition came from Scribner's, especially in its art department. In general, Harper's may be taken as "an index to the literary culture and general character of toe nation. • Its circulation climbed to 200,000 by 1860. Eds: H. J. Raymond ('50-'56), A. H. Guernsey ('56-'69), H. M. Alden ('69-1919). 1861 (C. BrBnte), 1866 (J. Bonner; anon.), 1867 (J. C. Belcher), 1870 (J. McCarthy), 1895 (W. D. Howells), 1907 (F. Peterson)
Harper's Weekly Journal of Civilization. 1856-1916
New York
Provided illustrated history, combining pictures, politics, essays and fiction---it vas known as a "family newspaper." The Weekly always included a serial novel as well as short stories, essays, editorials, news, poetry, advertising, and humor. It had some importance as a literary vehicle, but was most noteworthy as a vigorous political journal of conservative tendencies. It aimed at a graphic, accurate style of reporting, and its files for the period are well-known as a vivid pictorial and authentic news source for Civil War history---its style makes it a precursor of today's weekly pictorial and news magazine. Harper’s Weekly and Leslie's were the first to demonstrate the effectiveness of the magazine as an instrument of civic and social reform, through its overthrowing of Tammany and smashing the notorious Tweed Ring. Circulation was over 100,000 during the Civil War years, 160,000
$4.00
179 in 1872, and dropped considerably during the 1884 presidential campaign. Eds: T. Sedgwick ('57-'58), J. Bonner (')8-'63), G. W. Curtis ('63-'92), C. Schurz ('92-'94), H. L. Nelson ('94-'93), J. K. Bangs ('98-1901), G. Harvey ('01-'13). 1857, l8S8, 1866*, 1873, 1879+, 1880, 1884
The Hibbert Journal 1902-
London
1904 (F. C. S. Schiller)
Hours at Home. A Popular 110nthly of Instruction and Recreation. 1865-1870
New York
Merged into Scribner's. 1870 (A. B. Garrett)
International Review 1874-1883
New York
1879 (N. S. Shaler)
Irish Quarterly Review 1851-1860
Dublin
1860
Journal of Abnormal (and Social) Psychology. 1906-current
Boston
bimonthly, $4.00
Established by Morton Prince as the ofFicia1 organ of the
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American Psychopathological Association. Contains original articles, notes, and reviews. 1910 (B. Onuf; M. Prince; G. A. Waterman)
Journal of Mental Science Published by the Medico-Psychological Association. It published articles 011 "such mental science as appertains to medical men who are engaged in the treatment of the insane." 1901 (A. Pick)
Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods. 1904-current
Lancaster, Pa.
bimonthly, $3.00
Published by the International Congress of Arts and Sciences. Standing for the unity of knowledge, its divisions were in the areas of Theoretical Knowledge (Normative, Historical, Physical, and Psychical Sciences) and Applied knowledge (Utilitarian, Regulative, and Cultural Sciences). 1902 (A. Pierce), 1905 (W. Monroe), 1906 (T. P. Bailey)
Journal of Speculative Philosophy 1867-1893
St. Louis, New York
Quarterly, $3.00
JSP grew out of the St. Louis movement, studying German idealism. It included translations from Hegel, Schelling, Schopenhauer, Leibnitz, Fichte and Rosenkranz---thus contributing the first systematic study of German philosophy 1n America. It published articles by such Americans as C. S. Pierce, William James, Josiah Royce, Dewey, W. E. Channing, J. Weiss, J. E. Cabot, G. S.
181 Hall, E. D. Mead, and A. P. Peabody---presenting the earliest philosophical writings of this country's greatest modern thinkers. The Journal afforded strong support for religion. Ed: William Torrey Harris. 1817 (E. M. Chesley; B. G. Child), 1880 (J. H. Gulliver)
Knowledge. An Illustrated Magazine of Science. Plainly Worded— Exactly Described. 1881-
London
Monthly
Founded by the renowned astronomer, Richard Anthony Proctor. 1881 (Clodd; anon.), 1886? 1884 (2)
Lakeside Monthly (previously Western Monthly) 1869-1874
Chicago
LM was seen as the most important general literary magazine of a consistently high class published in Chicago. LM included philological and miscellaneous essays by Wm. Matthews, literary criticism by M. C. Tyler, some short stories and fiction. It was uniformly well-arranged and exceptionally well printed, but had a pronounced didactic note and maintained a tone of serious conservatism. It was a sectional institution of the West. Eds: H. V. Reed, F. F. Brovn 1870 (E. M. Smalley)
The Lancet. A Journal of British and Foreign MediCine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Physiology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Public Health, and News.
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l823-current
London
1895 (J. Chrichton-Browne)
Leisure Hour 1852-1877
London
Weekly?
A magazine of the popular religious variety. 1872 (C. B. Tayler), 1873 (J. Sheppard; 4 anon. articles)
Lippincott's Magazine. A Popular Journal of General Literature, Science, and Politics. 1868-1916
Philadelphia
Monthly, $2.50
One of the best printed American magazines, Lippincott's featured conservative content of admirable quality and a notable list of contributors of national breadth. It rivaled Scribner's and offered literary criticism and book reviewing comparable to the Atlantic and the Nation. It also featured art, science, and politiCS, and was in competition with Harper's and the Century. It resembled the Atlantic and the Galaxy, in its typographical excellence and breadth of issues. Printed much fiction, poetry, and travel which is still important. It became McBride's in 1914, Bnd later merged into Scribner's. Eds: J. F. Kirk ('68-'84), J. Bird, W. S. Walsh ('85-'89), H. Stoddard ('89-'96), F. M. Bird ('96-'98), H. S. Morris ('99-1905), J. B. Esenwein (1905-1914). 1870
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Littell's Living Age (Preceded by Eclectic Museum) 1844-
Boston
Weekly
Absorbing Every Saturday, the Living Age contained reprints of articles, fiction and poetry from periodicals of international interest. 1871* (F. p. Cobbe), 1873* (H. Holland), 1876* (J. Sully), 1879*, 1898* (C. Melinand), 1902** (F. Legge; A. Lang)
London Society. A Monthly magazine of light and amusing literature for the hours of relaxation. 1862-1898
London
1876 (H. S. Clarke), 1883
Longman's Magazine (superseding Fraser's Magazine) 1881-1905
London
Monthly
A monthly miscellany devoted almost entirely to fiction, sparingly interspersed with light "literary" and critical articles. It was distinguished by the number and quality of its serials. 1900 (H. G. Hutchinson), 1902++ (A. Lang)
McClure's Magazine. Illustrated, Published Monthly. 1893-
New York
$1.50
McClure's was a "family" magazine whose name be carne synonymous with "muckraking." It became a leader in magazine exposure of criminality and corruption in American business and government. Articles on Standard Oil, the Railroads, the cities, life insurance companies became prestige and circulation building as well as
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social documents. Advertisers were drawn to it as a medium which was achieving great circulation (more than 285,000 in 1896) and attention. It began wresting the power to influence public opinion from the newspapers to the magazines. 1893 (J. H. Jessop)
Macmillan's Magazine 1859-
London Macmillan's combined political and religious articles with
travel sketches, fiction and poetry, in a format similar to Blackwood's. It was one of the first to use only signed articles, and became an important literary medium. Its political reviews were philosophical rather than partisan, and its serials were impressive. The range and quality of its articles was notable. It was less entertaining than Cornhi11, less prominent than Blackwood's, but established high literary standards. Circulation was over 10,000. Eds: D. Masson ('59-'68), G. Grove ('68-'83), J. Morley ('83-'85), M. Morris ('85-1907). 1862 (J. Cunningham), 1864 (J. Cunningham), 1871++ (F. P. Cobbe)
Mind. A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy. 1876-
London Founded by Alexander Bain, Mind was the first journal of
philosophical psychology, and remains a leading one. It reviewed new books and philosophical periodicals, and was from the first
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primarily devoted to philosophical materials. Eds: G. C. Robertson ('76-'92), G. F. Stout ('92-1920). 1877* (J. Sully), 1879 (J. Sully), 1892 (G. T. Ladd), 1894 (F. H. Bradley), 1897 (H. Ellis)
The Monist. A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Philosophy of Science. 1890
Chicago
$2.00
Edited by Paul Caruso 1901 (Vaschide and Pieron)
The Nation. A Weekly Journal devoted to Politics, Literature, Science and Art. 1865-
New York
$3.00
Started by Olmstedt to provide an American weekly which should enlist as contributors men of scholarship, brilliance, and independence. It was similar to the Saturday Review and the Spectator in literary excellence; its main rival was Harper's Weekly. Political emphasis was on reconstruction, freedman's aid, civil service reform, tariff reform, proportional representation. Its book reviews were excellent, and written by the most imposing staff ever assembled. All its articles were anonymous. Circulation ranged from 5,000 to 12,000. Eds: E. L. Godkin ('65-'81), W. R. Garrison ('81-1906), H. Lamont (1906-1909). 1886 (G. Norton)
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New Church Review. A Quarterly Journal of the Christian Thought and Life Set forth from the Scriptures by Emanuel Swedenborg. 1894-
Boston
$2.OO
1900 (H. G. Drummond)
New Dominion Monthly 1867-1879
Montreal
1878 (J. C. Murray)
The New England Magazine. An Illustrated Monthly. 1889-
Boston
$3.00
Boston
$.50
1890 (H. King)
The New Review 1886?1892 (F. Greenwood)
The Nineteenth Century 1877-
London
1903 (M. M. Currie)
North American Review 1815-
New York
Monthly, $5.00
Purposed to achieve greater national scope than previous magazines. The North American was never popular, always largely literary, critical and historical reviews, and its influence was due to the country's leading men who read and studied its poets,
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historians, and scholars used it as a vehicle for expression. Numbered among its contributors were nearly all the great American writers. Its religious series “Why I am ___" was widely acclaimed. Circulation reached 7,500 by 1880, 17,000 in 1889, and peaked at 76,000 in 1891. Eds: J. R. LoweLL ('63-'72), H. Adams ('72-'76), A. T. Rice ('77-'89), L. Bryce ('89-'96), D. A. !4unro ('96-'99), J. B. M. Harvey ('99-1926). 1877 (R. W. Emerson), l893 (L. Robinson), 1896 (E. Bisland Wetmore)
Once A Week 1859-1880
London
1862, 1863, L870(3)
The Open Court. A monthly magazine devoted to the Science of Religion, the ReLigion of Science, and the extension of tne Religious Parliament Idea. 1887-
Chicago
$1.00
Ed: P. Carus 1889 (G. M. Gould), 1890 (P. Carus; F. L. Oswald)
Pedagogical Seminary: A Journal of Child Study. An International Record of Educational Literature, Institutions, and Progress. 1891-current
Worcester
Quarterly, $5.00
The second psychological journal in America, it was founded by G. S. Hall, whose students were its chief contributors. Later it
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lost its special interest in child study, and became the Journal of Genetic Psychology. 1909 (A. Wiggam)
Poet Lore. A monthly magazine devoted to letters and to the study of Shakespeare, Browning, and the Comparative Study of Literature. 1889-
Boston
became quart. in '96
Was previously American Quarterly; later became A Quarterly of World Literature. 1893 (L. W. Smith)
Popular Science Monthly (Appleton's PSM) [1872?] l892-current
New York
$5.00
PSM aimed "to meet the broadening conception of science as analysis of mind." It became notable for its application of the scientific method to sociology, psychology, economics, and politics, as well as natural science. Begun as an eclectic monthly without entertaining features, PSM published an increasing number of original papers in the '80s and '90S. Authors increasingly represented American scientists, chiefly college and university professors. and PSM often printed addresses before learned societies or important academic occasions. PSM translated Hartmann's Philosophy of the Unconscious for Vol. 2, and published C. S. Peirce's Illustrations of the Logic of Science in 1877 and 1878. It also did much to advance evolutionary theory, publishing Herbert Spencer's Study of Sociology
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Quatrefage's Natural History of Man, as well as Darwin, Tyndale, and Huxley. Circulation hovered around 10,000. Eds: E. L. Youmans, W. J. Youmans ('72-1900), J. M. Cattell (1900-1915. l872* (E. W. Richardson), 1882* (M. Granville, 1898* C. Melinand), 1899 (H. Ellis), 1905 (J. M. Taylor), 1910 (H. Ellis) Supplement: 1879* (L. Stephen)
Popular Science Review: A Quarterly miscellany of entertaining and instructive articles on scientific subjects. 1862-
London Included sections on Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Geology
and Paleontology, Mechanical Sciences, Metallurgy, Mineralogy and Mining, Microscopy, Photography, Physics, Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. 1871++ (B. W. Richardson)
Psychological Review 1894-current
New York, Lancaster
bi-monthly
Founded by Mark Baldwin and J. M. Cattell to rival the American Journal of Psychology, PR was divided into three sections: Articles, Discussion, Literature. The literature section became independent as the Psychological Bulletin. The journal was passed to Baldwin, then to H. C. Warren, later to the American Psychological Association, under whose auspices it also published the Psychological Index and Psychological Monographs.
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1895 (H. Ellis), 1897 (R.. S. Woodworth; H. C. Warren), 1901 (R. Hessler), 1910 (E. Jones)
Putnam's Magazine: Original papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National Interests. New York 1853-1857 Putnam's Monthly Magazine; merged into Emerson's U. S. Magazine. 1868-1870 new series; merged into Scribner's (3rd series, 19061910) The new series was a chronicle of current events, notices of new books and the fine arts. Various articles on social questions were its strength. Circulation never exceeded 1500. Eds: C. F. Briggs, E. C. Stedman, P. Godwin. 1870 (F. W. Holland)
St. Paul's. A Morning Magazine edited by Anthony Trollope. 1867-1874
London
Founded for the purpose of exploiting Trollope, St. Paul's failed because the commensurately swelling commercial middle class required lighter types of reading. 1874+
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art. 185? -current
Baltimore
Weekly, $1.00
SR became one of the greetest literary weeklies, similar to Atheneum. 1879?+, 1892.
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Science. A weekly journal devoted to the advancement of science (publishing the official notices and proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science). 1883-current
New York?
$5.00
Science included sections on Mathematics, Mechanics, Astronomy, Physics, Engineering, Chemistry, Geology, Physiography, Paleontology, Zoology, Entomology, Botany, General Biology, Physiology, Hygiene, Psychology, Anthropology, Scientific Organizations. It was acquired from A. G. Bell, by J. M. Cattell, in 1895. Cattell secured the help of leading scientists in the country, and it became the AAAS organ in 1900, becoming tne leading general scientific publication in the United States. 1887, 1888 (M. Baldwin), 1896 (J. Mourly-Vold), 1899 (M. W. Calkins; G. V.-N. Dearborn; H. Stanley), 1902 (C. A. White)
Scribner's Monthly: an Illustrated Magazine for the People. 1881-
New York
$4.00
Scribner's took over Putnam's and Hours at Home, and inherited the religious subscribers of the latter. It contained stories and articles on general subjects by well known writers. Its editor, J. G. Holland, was one of America's greatest, and his "Topics of the Times" included essays on manners, morals, politics, religion, current events and popular tendencies. In 1883 Scribner's began a famed Civil War series. It advocated prohibition, attacked women's suffrage, pleaded for civil service reform, and was arrayed among the heretics on religious questlons---especlally for its
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series on Modern Skepticism. Circulation was never below 40,000. 1888 CR. L. Stevenson)
Sharpe's London Magazine. 1846-1870
London
1861T
The Spectator ?
London
Weekly
Devoted mainly to political comment and literary criticism. 1869 (2)
The Spectator: A Weekly Review of PolitiCS, Literature, Theology and Art. 1868-
New York
$4.00
1889 (W. T. Gairdner; anon.) 1892, 1898 CW. J. Stillman), 1905 (2), 1907 (2)
Temple Bar: A London magazine for town end country. 1860-1907
London
Temple Bar was a competitor to Cornhill, printing stories, articles, and some poetry. It incorporated Bentley's in i868 , serialized Whyte and Melville (as did London Society and Fraser's). It fell when it could not withstand the competition of the illustrated monthlies. Eds: G. Sala ('60-'63), E. Yates ('63-'67), G. Bentley ('68-'95). 1863, 1865, 1880 T+
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Tinsley's Magazine. 1867-1902
London
Later continued as Novel Review. 1868
Universalist Quarterly Review. 1844-
Boston
1891 (A. B. Curtis) ______________
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Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901), p. 203; W. I. Fletcher and M. Poole, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature. Vol. V. Fourth Supplement. From January 1 1897 to January 1 1902 (1902; rev. Gloucester: Peter Smith, 1963), p. 168; W. I. Fletcher and M. Poole, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature. Vol. VI. Fifth Supplement. From January 1 1902 to January 1 1907 (1907; rev. Gloucester: Peter Smith, 1963), pp. 181-182; James Mark Baldwin, ed., Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology. Vol. IV (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905), pp. 1034-1040; Helen Grant Cushing and Adah V. Morris, eds., Nineteenth Century Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 18901899, with Supplementary Indexing 1900-1922 (New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1944), p. 769; International Index to Periodicals Devoted Chiefly to the Humanities and Sciences. Vol. I. 1907-1915 (New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1916?), p. 334; C. L. Vaughan and Knight Dunlap, eds., The Psychological Index. No. 15. A Bibliography of the Literature of Psychology and Cognate Subjects for 1908 (Baltimore: The Review Publishing Company, 1909); C. L. Vaughan and Knight Dunlap, eds., The Psychological Index, No. 16, Index for the Year 1909 (Baltimore: The Review Publishing Company, 1910); Howard C. Warren, Ed., The Psychological Index, No.7 [8, 9, 10,l1], A Bibliography of the Literature of Psychology and Cognate Subjects for 1900 [1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1901 [1902, 1903, 1904, 1905]); Howard C. Warren, ed., The Psychological Index, No. 12 . . . 1905 (Baltimore: The Review Publishing
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Company, 1906); Howard C. Warren and I. Madison Bentley, eds., The Psychological Index, No. 13 [14] . . . 1906 [1907} (Baltimore: The Review Publishing Company, 1907 [1908]; Howard C. Warren, John B. Watson, James R. Angell and Arthur H. Pierce, eds., The Psychologica1 Index, No. 17 [18] . . . 1910 [1911] (Baltimore: The Review Publishing Company, 1911 [1912]); Index to Early American Periodical Literature 1728-1870. Part I. The List of Periodicals Indexed (New York: Pamphlet Distributing Company, 1941); F. W. Faxon, Cumulated Magazine Subject Index 1907-1949 (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1964); F. W. Faxon, ed., A Check-List of American and English Periodicals (Boston: Boston Book Company, 1908); Walter E. Houghton, ed., The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966), I, II, Frank Luther Mott, A History of American Magazines (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938), I, II, III, IV; George Watson, ed., The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (Cambridge: The University Press, 1969), I, II, III, IV; Sheldon E. Davis, Educational Periodicals During the Nineteenth Century (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919); Edith M. Phelps, Periodicals of International Importance: A Selection of 600 Useful in Libraries Everywhere(Nev York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1926); Henry Ormal Severance and Charles Harper Walsh, A Guide to the Current Periodicals and Serials of the United States and Canada, 2nd ed. (Ann Arbor: George Wahr, Publisher, 1908); James Playstedt Wood, Magazines in the United
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