The Monthly Magazine (1796–1843) of London [1] [2] began publication in February 1796.
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, Dr John Aikin. [3] Other contributors included William Blake, [4] Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Dyer, Henry Neele, Charles Lamb, [3] and James Hogg. [5] The magazine also published the earliest fiction by Charles Dickens, the first of what would become Sketches by Boz. [6]
The circulation of the magazine in early 1830s was about 600. [6] 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." [7]
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The Monthly Magazine (1796–1843) of London [1] [2] began publication in February 1796.
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, Dr John Aikin. [3] Other contributors included William Blake, [4] Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Dyer, Henry Neele, Charles Lamb, [3] and James Hogg. [5] The magazine also published the earliest fiction by Charles Dickens, the first of what would become Sketches by Boz. [6]
The circulation of the magazine in early 1830s was about 600. [6] 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." [7]
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