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 | vol. 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. 1-64 (1837-1868)[complete] |
| Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine | Edinburgh: Blackwood | Periodicals: v. 1-178 [complete]; Rare: v. 61,63-65; 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 | Edinburgh, London: Chambers | Burns: 12:626 (28 Dec 1895); Victorian: 1833-34, 1838-39, 1841, 1846, 1848, 1852-53, Jan-Jun 1862, 1866, 1883 |
| Chambers’s Papers for the People | Edinburgh: Chambers | vol. 1-4 (1850) |
| The Christian keepsake and missionary annual | London: Fisher, Son, & Co. | 1837-1839 |
| Christian teacher | London: various | v. 1 (1835), ns 4-6 (1842-44) |
| Christian teacher & chronicle | London: C Fox | v. 2-3 (1836-37) [complete] |
| Christian teacher & chronicle of beneficence | London: C Fox | v.4 (1838) [complete] |
| 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 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) |
| 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) |
| 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, 12-19 (1860, 1861, 1872-75) |
| 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 | 1864-65 |
| 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, 11-12, 15, 17, 19 (1850-1859) |
| Howitt’s journal | London: Lovett | Vol. 1-3 (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), 25-33 (1854-58), 1859?, 45 (1864), 56 (1870), 58 (1871), 60 (1872), 64 (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 | 1850 (v. 2 #28) |
| Leigh Hunt’s London journal and the printing machine | London: Charles Knight | 1834-1835 |
| The Literary examiner | London: for HL Hunt | nos. 1-26 (1823) [complete] |
| The Literary magnet | unknown | Jan-July 1848 |
| 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 | 1:11-42 (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), May 1868-Oct 1880, vol. 43(Nov. 1880-Apr. 1881), v.44(May-Oct. 1881), May 1884 |
| Man in the Moon | London: Clark | 1847-1849 |
| 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) |
| 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: 1832-38, 1841-45; Periodicals: 1832-35; 38-39 |
| Penny Post | London: JH Parker | v. 1, 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. 1-8 (1841-45), 15-27 (1848-54), 30-68 (1856-74), 70-94 (1876-1900). Rare: v. 95-145 (1901-1913). |
| Quiver | London: Cassell & Co | v. 14 (1879), Apr-May, Jul-Aug 1895; Apr-Aug 1896-97 |
| Reynold’s miscellany | London: J Dicks | v. 1-3 (1846-48) |
| St. James’ 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] |


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