List of 19th-century British periodicals
This is a list of British periodicals established in the 19th century, excluding daily newspapers.
The periodical press flourished in the 19th century: the Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals will eventually list over 100,000 titles. 19th-century periodicals have been the focus of extensive indexing efforts, such as that of the Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824–1900, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (now published electronically as part of 19th Century Masterfile), Science in the 19th-Century Periodical and Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals, 1800–1950. There are also a number of efforts to republish 19th-century periodicals online, including ProQuest's British Periodicals Collection I and Collection II, Gale's 19th Century Periodicals Online and nineteenth-century serials edition (ncse).
List by year of publication
1800s
- Weekly Dispatch (1801–1928, continued as Sunday Dispatch). Weekly.
- Christian Observer (1802–1874). [f]
- The Guardian of Education (1802–1806)
- The Edinburgh Review (1802–1900). Quarterly. [g] [f]
- The Monthly Register and encyclopedian magazine (1802–1803). [e]
- Political Register (1802–1835). Weekly. Edited by William Cobbett
- Annual Review and History of Literature (1803–1809). Founded by Arthur Aikin. [e]
- The Anti-Gallican: or Standard of British loyalty, religion and liberty (1804). [e]
- The Eclectic Review (1805–1868). Monthly
- Youth's Magazine (1805–1867). [f]
- La Belle Assemblée (1806–1832, continued as Court Magazine 1832–48). Established by John Bell. [f] [a] [e]
- The Monthly Repository (1806–1838). Monthly. [c]
- The Athenaeum: a magazine of literary and miscellaneous information (1807–1809). Edited by John Aikin. [e]
- The Director: a weekly literary journal (1807). [e]
- The Irish magazine, and monthly asylum for neglected biography (1807–1815). [e]
- The Edinburgh Annual Register (1808–1826). Founded by Walter Scott. [e]
- The Examiner (1808–1886). Weekly.
- The Tradesman; or, Commercial magazine (1808–1812). [e]
- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (1809–).
- The New Musical Magazine, Review, and Register (1809–10). Monthly. [b]
- Quarterly Review (1809–1967). Quarterly. [e]. [g]
- Ladies' Fashionable Repository (1809–1829?; continues 1829–34 as Raw's Ladies Fashionable Repository; 1837–1905 Pawsey's Ladies Fashionable Repository). Annually. [a]
- Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions, and politics (1809–1829). Established by Rudolph Ackermann.
1810s
- Hibernia Magazine, and Dublin monthly panorama (1810–1811). [e]
- Monthly Panorama (1810). [e]
- The Reflector: a quarterly magazine, on subjects of philosophy, politics, and the liberal arts (1810–1811). [e]
- Cheap Magazine (1813–1815). Monthly, 4d.
- Monthly Museum; or, Dublin literary repertory of arts, science, literature and miscellaneous information (1813–1814). [e]
- Lady's Monthly Museum; Or, Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction (1814–1830). [a]
- The New Monthly Magazine (1814–1884). Quarterly.[g]
- Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette (1816–; became the Gazette and Herald in 1956). Weekly.
- The Black Dwarf (1817–1824) [f]
- Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1980). Monthly. [g] [f]
- The Ǣgis; or, Independent weekly expositor (July–September 1818). Weekly
- The Kaleidoscope; or, Literary and Scientific Mirror. Weekly. Published at Liverpool by Egerton Smith. (1818–1831). [e]
- The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc. (1818–1836). Weekly.
- The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review (1818–1828). [b]
- Christian Remembrancer (1819–1868). Monthly 1819–44, quarterly 1844–68.
- Edinburgh Monthly Review (1819–1821). [e]
- The English Musical Gazette; or, Monthly Intelligencer (1819). Monthly. [b]
- Imperial Magazine (1819–1834). Edited by Samuel Drew. [e]
1820s
1830s
- Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1830–1882). Monthly. [g]
- Comic Annual (1830–1839, 1842) [f]
- Figaro in London (1831–1839). Weekly. [a]
- Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (1831–1880)
- The Metropolitan Magazine (1831–1850)
- The Poor Man's Guardian (1831–1835). Weekly. 1d.
- Satirist; or, the Censor of the Times (1831–1849). Weekly. [a]
- Chambers's Edinburgh Journal (1832–1956; renamed Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Arts in 1854, and Chambers's Journal in 1897)
- Dublin Journal of Medical & Chemical Science (1832–1925; renamed Dublin Journal of Medical Science, and Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science from 1846 to 1871)
- Hereford Times (1832–). Weekly. 7d.
- The Journal (1832–). Weekly
- Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance (1832–1870). Monthly. [a]
- The Penny Magazine (1832–1845). Weekly
- The Saturday Magazine (1832–1844). Weekly
- Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (1832–1855) [g]
- The Cheltenham Looker-On (1833–1920)
- The Dublin University Magazine (1833–1877) [g]
- The British and Foreign Review; or, European Quarterly Journal (1835–1844). Quarterly. [g]
- The Gospel Standard (1835–). Monthly
- The London Review (1835–1836) [g]
- The Mining Journal (1835–)
- The London and Westminster Review (1836–1840) [g]
- The Musical World (1836–1891). Weekly.[b] [1]
- The Dublin Review (1836–1900). Quarterly, then monthly. [g]
- Bentley's Miscellany (1837–1868). Monthly.[g]
- Cleave's Penny Gazette (1837–44). Weekly. [a]
- Justice of the Peace (1837–). Weekly.
- Northern Liberator (1837–1840). Weekly.
- Northern Star (1837–52). Weekly. [c]
- Penny Satirist (1837–1846; continues 1846 as Penny Satirist and London Pioneer; 1846–48 as London Pioneer; 1848 as Literary Pioneer). Weekly. [a]
- Publishers' Circular (1837–1959). [c]
- The Era (1838–1939). Weekly
- Journal of the Statistical Society of London (1838–86, continued as Journal of the Royal Statistical Society)
- The Monthly Chronicle: A National Journal of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art (1838–1841). Monthly.[g]
- The Art Union Monthly Journal, soon renamed The Art Journal (1839–1912). Monthly
1840s
1850s
- The Germ (1850–1850). Monthly
- Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1850–). Monthly. [f]
- Household Words (1850–1859). Weekly.
- The Leader (1850–60). Weekly. [c]
- Reynold's News (1850–). Weekly
- Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Younger Members of the English Church (1851–1899). Monthly. [a]
- Racing Times (1851–1868). Weekly. [a]
- The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine (1852–1874; 1877; 1880–1890). Monthly. [a] [f]
- Craven Herald (1853–). Monthly; later weekly.
- The Field (1853–)
- The London Quarterly Review (1853–1900). Quarterly. [g]
- Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science (1853–1965; from 1966 the Journal of Cell Science)
- Alnwick Mercury (1854–; renamed Alnwick and County Gazette in 1883, Northumberland and Alnwick Gazette in 1943, and Northumberland Gazette in 1947)
- Morpeth Herald (1854–). Monthly; weekly from 1858.
- The National Review (1855–1864). Quarterly. [g]
- The Orcadian (1854–). Monthly, then weekly.
- Swindon Advertiser and Monthly Record (1854–) Monthly, 1d.; from 1855 weekly; from 1898 daily.
- Illustrated Times (1855–1872). Weekly.
- Boy's Own Magazine (1855–74) [a]
- Derbyshire Times (1855–). Weekly.
- The Harrow Monthly Gazette and General Advertiser (1855–). 2d.
- Local Government Chronicle (1855–)
- Military Chronicle and Naval Spectator (1855–; later Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham News). Weekly.
- The Saturday Review of politics, literature, science, and art (1855–1938). Weekly.
- The Weekly News (1855–). Weekly.
- The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine (1856) [g]
- The Engineer (1856–)
- The Atlantic Monthly (1857–1915). Monthly.
- Friendly Companion and Illustrated Instructor (1857–). Monthly. [a]
- Journal of the Royal United Service Institution (1857–)
- The Atlantis (1858–1860, 1862–1863, 1870) [g]
- The Bookseller (1858–)
- English Women's Journal (1858–1864). Monthly. [c]
- Estates Gazette (1858–)
- Ladies' Treasury: An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Literature (1857–1895). Monthly. [a]
- All the Year Round (1859–1895). Weekly.
- Bentley's Quarterly Review (1859–1860). Quarterly. [g]
- Chemist and Druggist (1859–)
- The Eagle (1859=)
- Macmillan's Magazine (1859–1907). Monthly. [g]
- Sporting Life (1859–1998). Weekly, then daily after 1883.
- Transactions of the South Wales Institute of Engineers (1859–).
1860s
1870s
- Shield; the Anti-Contagious Diseases Acts Association's weekly circular (1870–1886; continues 1897–1916 as The Shield / Josephine Butler Society; 1916–1933 as The Shield; a review of moral and social hygiene). [a]
- The London Figaro; (1870–1898) a literary and satirical magazine. Daily for the first 9 months, then weekly.
- The Dark Blue (1871–1873) [g]
- Little Folks; the magazine for boys and girls; a magazine for the young (1871–1933). Weekly, then monthly. [a]
- Our Young Folk's Weekly Budget (1871–76, continues 1876–79 as Young Folk's Weekly Budget, 1879–84 as Young Folks, 1884–91 as Young Folks, 1891–96 as Old and Young, 1896–97 as Folks-at-Home). Weekly. [a]
- St. Nicholas; Scribner's illustrated magazine for girls and boys (1872–). Monthly. [a]
- The New Quarterly Magazine (1873–1880). Quarterly. [g]
- Journal of the Women's Education Union (1873–1881). Monthly. [a]
- Passing Events; at home and abroad (1873). Weekly. [a]
- Funny Folks (1874–); available openly and freely from the UF Digital Collections [a]
- The Women's Advocate (1874). Monthly. [a]
- Women and Work (1874–1876). Weekly. [a]
- Little Wide-Awake. A story book for little children (1874–93) [a] (Lucy Sale-Barker, editor)
- Myra's Journal of Dress and Fashion (1875–). Monthly. [a]
- The Dart (1876–1911). Weekly. [a]
- Mind (1876–)
- Women's Union Journal (1876–1890; continued 1891 as Quarterly Report and Review; 1891–1919 as Women's Trade Union Review). Monthly / quarterly. [a]
- The Nineteenth Century (1877–1900). Monthly.[g]
- The Observatory (1877–)
- The University Magazine (1878–1880) [g]
- Routledge's Every Girl's Annual (1878–1886?; continues 1887–1888 as Every Girl's Annual). Annually. [a]
- Moonshine (1879–1902). Weekly. [a]
- Boy's Own Paper (1879–1967). Weekly. [f] [a]
- Owl; a journal of wit and wisdom (1879–). Weekly. [a]
1880s
- The Modern Review: A Quarterly Magazine (1880–1884) [g]
- The Union Jack; a magazine of healthy, stirring tales of adventure by land or sea (1880–1883). Weekly. [a]
- Girl's Own Paper (1880–1956). Weekly, then monthly. [a]
- Young England magazine (1880–1937). Weekly, then monthly, then annually.
- British Chess Magazine (1881–). Monthly.
- Tit-Bits (1881–). Weekly.
- Kate Greenaway's Almanack (1882–) [a]
- Longman's Magazine (1882–1900). Monthly. [g]
- The Scottish Review (1882–1900) [g]
- Surveyor (1882–). Weekly.
- Wildfowler's Shooting Times and Kennel News, later Shooting Times (1882–)
- The National Review (London) (1883–). [g]
- British Women's Temperance Journal (1883–92; 1892 continues as Wings) [a]
- Ally Sloper's Half Holiday (1884–). Weekly. [a]
- (The) Amateur Photographer (1884–). Weekly, 2d.
- Amateur Gardening (1884–)
- The Century Guild Hobby Horse (1884–1892, continued 1893-4 as The Hobby Horse). Quarterly.
- Horse & Hound (1884–). Weekly. [a]
- Justice (1884–1925). Weekly.
- Walter's Theatrical and Sporting Directory and Book of Reference (1884–1893). Annually. [a]
- Arbeyter Fraynd (1885–1914)
- Commonweal (1885–1894). Monthly, then weekly.
- The Quarterly Musical Review (1885–88). Quarterly. [b]
- Freedom (1886–)
- Atalanta (1887–98). Monthly. [a]
- Murray's Magazine. (1887–1891). Monthly.
- Our Little Dots. Pretty pictures and stories for little girls and boys (1887–). Monthly. [a]
- Lucifer (1887–1897)
- The Dawn (1888–1896). Quarterly. [a]
- Licensed Victuallers' Mirror (1888–92, continues 1892– as Sporting Mirror). Weekly. [a]
- Pick-Me-Up (1888–1909). Weekly. [a]
- The Women's Penny Paper (1888–1890; continued 1891–1899 as The Women's Herald). Weekly. [a]
- Boys' Brigade Gazette (1889–). Quarterly.
- The Dial (1889–1897), founded by Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon
- The New Review (1889–1897) [g] at Google books
- English edition of Puck (1889–90)
1890s
Notes
- Republished in Gale's 19th Century UK Periodicals Online: Series 1 – New Readerships; selected volumes are available for free, full open access in the UF Digital Collections
- Indexed by Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals, 1800–1950
- Republished in ncse (19th-century serials edition)
- Republished by the National Library of Wales in Welsh Journals Online
- Republished in ProQuest's British Periodicals Collection I
- Indexed by SciPer
- Indexed by Wellesley
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