Harold B. Lee Library

Victorian Periodical Holdings

19th-CENTURY BRITISH PERIODICAL HOLDINGS

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PERIODICAL TITLE	PLACE OF PUBLICATION	SPEC COLL HOLDINGS
All the Year Round	London	vol. 1-20 (1859-68), 43 (1888), indexes 1859/68
The Amethyst, or Christian’s annual	Edinburgh: W. Oliphant	1832
The Amulet	London: F. Westley & J. H. Davis	1832
The Anglo-Saxon Review	London: John Lane	vol. 1-3 (1899)
The Anti-Philistine	London	no. 1-4 (1897) [complete]
Art-journal	London: George Virtue	1852-60, 1862-73
Art-union	London: W. Thomas	v. 1-3 (1839-41)
Atalanta	London: Hatchards’	v. 1, 4
Belgravia	London	v.1-10 (1866-70)
Bentley’s Miscellany	London	Vol. 1-59
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine	Edinburgh: Blackwood	Periodicals: v. 1-178 [complete]; Rare: v. 61,63-64; 152:921, 153:928, 157:975-76; 161:980; 162:981, 986
Book-lore; also published as The Bibliographer	London: Elliot Stock	The Bibliographer: vols. 1-6 (1881-1884); Book-lore: nos. 2-6, 9-12, 14-25, 27-35 (1884-1887)
The Bradfordian	Bradford, W. Yorks.	1862
The British controversialist and literary magazine	London: Houlston & Stonemen	1859
British Quarterly Review	London: Hodder & Stoughton	v. 69 (1879)
Cassell’s magazine	London: Cassell & Co	v. 1-4 (1884-87)
Chambers’ Journal (also Chambers’ Edinburgh Journal)	Edinburgh, London: Chambers	Burns: 12:626 (28 Dec  1895); Victorian:  1846, 1848, 1852-53, Jan-Jun 1862, 1866, 1883
Chambers’s Papers for the People	Edinburgh: Chambers	vol. 1-7
The Christian keepsake and missionary annual	London: Fisher, Son, & Co.	1837-1839
Christian teacher	London: various	v. 1-4 (1835-38), n.s. 4-6 (1842-44)
The circulator, a magazine of literature, science & art conducted by members of the Haley Hill Literary and Scientific Society	Halifax: R. Leyland & son	1866-67 [complete]
Cleave’s penny gazette of variety and amusement	London: J. Cleave	nos. 49, 106, 119-120, 122-124, 127-129 (1839-1840), v. 2 no. 52 (1839)
Cockney Adventures and Tales of London Life	London: A. Forrester	1:2-6, 8-9, 13, 17 (1837-38)
The Comic Magazine: a funnybone	London: James Gilbert	vol. 1-2 (1832)
The Comic offering, or ladies’ melange of literary mirth	London: Smith, Elder and Co.	1832
Cooper’s journal: or, Unfettered thinker and plain speaker for truth, freedom and progress	London: J Watson	1850 [complete]
The Cornhill Magazine	London: Smith, Elder	v. 1-32 (1860-76), v. 37-38 (1878), v. 40-47 (1879-83); n.s. v. 1-26 (1883-96)
Cornish magazine	Truro: J. Pollard	v. 1-2 (1898-1899)[complete]
The Day of Rest	London: Strahan	1873
Dome	London: Unicorn Press	no. 1-2 (1897), ns 1-7 (1898-1900)
The Edinburgh Review	Edinburgh: A. and C. Black	vol. 1-83, 85, 89-90, 93-124, 126, 128, 132-33, 135-36, 141, 143, 149-68
Eliza Cook’s Journal	London: J. O. Clarke, Charles Cook	2:27-52 (1849-50), 125-126, 128-153 (1851-52); 9:209-12:291 (1853-54)
The Englishwoman’s domestic magazine	London: S. O. Beeton	1st series v. 2 (1854), V. 6 (1858); 2nd series v. 1,3 (1860, 1861)
Excelsior: Helps to progress in religion, science and literature	London: James Nisbet & Co.	v. 3, 4, 6 (1855-56)
The Family Economist	London: Groombridge	v. 1-4 (1848-51)
The Family Friend	London: Houlston & Stoneman; S.W. Partridge & Co.	Harrison: series 1, v. 1-6 (1850-52); new series, v. 1-9 (1852-54), series 3 (1855, 1859); Victorian: series 6 (1876)Note: For Harrison volumes, contact curator
The Farthing Journal	London: B.D. Cousins	1841
Figaro in London	London: W. Strange	v. 1 (1832)
Friendship’s Offering	London: L. Relfe	1826, 1827, 1840, 1844
The Germ	London: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood	#1-4 (1850) [complete]
Good Words	London: Strahan	1863, 1864-65, 1866
The Gownsman	Cambridge: WH Smith	2:2-17 (1829-1830)
The Graphic	London	v. 37-43. 45-46 (1888-93), Supp. 1882-1902
Heath’s book of beauty	London: Longman Rees	1833, 1836, 1842
Hedderwick’s miscellany of instructive and entertaining literature	Glasgow	v. 1-2 (1862-63)
Home Chat: a weekly magazine for the home	London: Alfred C. Harmsworth	6:79 (1896)
Hood’s Comic Annual	London: Fun Office	1885-93
House and Home	London	1879-80
Household narrative of current events (supplement to Household Words)	London	1850
Household Words	London: Bradbury & Evans	Vol. 1-9, 10, 11-12, 15, 17, 19 (1850-1859)
Howitt’s journal	London: Lovett	Vol. 1-4 (1847-48)[complete]
The Idler magazine	London: Chatto & Windus	Victorian: 1-7 (1892-95); Periodicals: 3-6
The Illuminated magazine	London	v.2 (1845)
Illustrated London News	London: Ill. London News	v. 6 (1845), 8-12 (1846-48), 14-15 (1849), 17-22 (1850-53), 26-33 (1854-58), 45 (1864), 56 (1870), 58-59 (1871), 60 (1872), 64-65 (1874), 68 (1876), 76-78 (1881), 80-102 (1882-93), 145-51 (1914-17)
The Keepsake	London: Bogue	1830-31, 1837-38, 1849
The Labourer; a monthly magazine of politics, literature, poetry, etc.	London: Northern Star Office	Vol. 1-4 (1847-48) [complete]
Ladies’ companion and monthly magazine	London: Bradbury & Evans	v. 1 (1850)
Leigh Hunt’s London journal and the printing machine	London: Charles Knight	v. 1-2 (1834-1835)
The Library of fiction, or, Family story-teller	London: Chapman and Hall	v. 1-2 (1836-37) [complete]
The Literary examiner	London: for HL Hunt	nos. 1-26 (1823) [complete]
The Literary magnet	unknown	Jan-July 1828
Lloyd’s penny atlas & weekly register	London: E. Lloyd	v. 3 (1845)
Lloyd’s weekly miscellany: a journal of domestic entertainment, and useful knowledge	London: Office of Lloyd’s Weekly London Newspaper	1:11-21, 33-42 (1849-50)
The London Journal	London: G. Vickers	17:420-18:467 (Mar 1853-Feb 1854), 20:498-22:577 (Sep. 1854- Mar 1856), 25:628-26:677 (Mar 1857-Feb 1858)
The London Quarterly Review (published in UK as The Quarterly Review)	American edition (NY)	v. 83-84 (1840-41), 113 (1863), 138 (1875)
London Society	London: William Clowes	1-10 (1862-66), 12 (1867), 15 (1869), Spec. Christmas issue 1862
Longman’s magazine	London: Longmans	v. 13-14 (1888-89)
Macmillan’s magazine	London: Macmillan	v. 3-4 (1861), vol. 18-44 (1868-1881), May 1884
Man in the Moon	London: Clark	v. 2-3
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction	London: Limbird	v. 21-28 (1833-36), 32 (1838)
The Month	London	#1-6 (1851) [complete]
Monthly Visitor	Edinburgh: Scottish “Monthly Visitor” Tract Society	1840
The Northern tribune; a periodical for the people	New Castle-on-Tyne, J. Barlow; London, Holyoake and Co.	vol. 1 (1854), Jan. 6-Mar. 3, 1855
Notes and queries	London: Oxford University Press	Victorian: Series 1 v. 1-12 (1850-55), s2 v. 1-10 (1856-57). Periodicals: 1850-57, 1862-66, 1868-89), 1892-1903, 1907.
Once a Week	London: Bradbury & Evans	v.1 (1859)
The Original	London: Henry Renshaw	vol. 1, #1-26 (1835)
Our corner	London: Freethought Publishing Company	vol. 12 (1888)
Oxford and Cambridge magazine for 1856	London: Bell and Daldy	v.1 [complete]
The Pageant	London: Henry & Co.	v. 1-2 (1896-97) [complete]
Pall Mall magazine	London: Routledge	v. 1-34 (1893-1904)
Pearson’s magazine	London: C.A. Pearson	3:13-15 (1897); 6:36 (1898); 8:43 (1899); 9:49 (1900) and later issues in Rare
Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge	London: Charles Knight	Victorian: 1832-40, n.s. 1841-45
Penny Post	London: JH Parker	v. 1-2, 15, 20 (1851, 1865, 1870)
The Prospective Review	London: John Chapman	v. 3-10 (1847-1854)
The Protestant advocate and literary miscellany	Northampton: Wm. Stanton	v. 1-2 (1856-58)
Punch	London: Punch	Victorian: V. 1-4 (1841-43), 6-27 (1844-54), 30-119 (1856-1900). Rare: v. 120-145 (1901-1913).
Quiver	London: Cassell & Co	v. 14 (1879), Apr-May, Jul-Aug 1895; Apr-Aug 1896-97
Reynolds’s miscellany	London: J Dicks	v. 1-3 (1846-48)
St. James’s magazine	London: W. Kent	v. 1 (Apr-Jun 1861)
Saint Pauls magazine	London: Virtue & Co	v. 1-7 (1867-71)
The Saturday Magazine	London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge	v. 2 (Jan-Jun 1833), 9:289 (1836), 12:215-224 (1835), 16-17 (1840); 25:782-86 (1844).
The Savoy	London: L. Smithers	no. 1-8 (1896)[complete]
The Shepherd, a London weekly	London: BD Cousins	V. 1-3 (1834-1838) [complete]
The Shotover Papers,  or Echoes from Oxford	Oxford: J. Vincent	1:1-13 (1874-1875) [complete]
The Snob	Cambridge: WH Smith	1:3-6, 9-10 (1829)
The Spirit Lamp	Oxford: James Thornton	1-4 (1892-1893) [complete]
Strand magazine	London: Newnes	vols. 1-18 in Victorian, 19-20 in Rare, parts of later vols. in Rare
Temple magazine	London: H. Marshall & son	v. 1 (1896-97)
Tract magazine & Christian miscellany	London: Religious Tract Soc.	1827, 1857, 1864, 1866, 1876
The Train	London: Groombridge	v.1-5 (1856-1858) [complete]
The True Briton: a weekly magazine of amusement and instruction	London: Arthur Hall, Virtue, & Co.	1:26-3:1 (1852-1854)
The Truth-seeker: or, present age: a catholic review of literature, philosophy, and religion	London	v. 1-2 (1849-50)
Utopia: a mutual improvement magazine	Shrewsbery: Shropshire Guardian newspaper	vol. 1 (1882)
Visitor, or monthly instructor	London: Religious Tract Society	1835-36, 1843
Yellow Book	London: Mathews & Lane	v. 1-13 (1894-1897) [complete]
Yorkshire Family Magazine	London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co	v. 1 (1840) [complete]

Last Updated: 14 Feb 2013