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Our 18th & 19th Century Periodicals

British Periodicals, 18th Century | British Periodicals, 19th Century
American Periodicals, 18th Century | American Periodicals, 19th Century

The first periodicals published in the Western world were newspapers, which appeared in Europe during the early 1600s. Soon afterward, the reading public (small though it was) discovered that this medium was both informative and entertaining. With the debut in 1665 of both the Journal des Scavans in France and the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions in England, a growing scientific community also discovered the periodical as a form of communication that would become indispensable over the course of the next three centuries.

A third major development in the publication of periodicals was the appearance of general magazines in the early 18th century. Interest in these publications cut across all segments of society. British subscription lists that have survived from the period indicate that readers included aristocrats, academics, clerics, and tradesmen. Magazines published in America during the period appealed to an equally diverse audience, one that grew steadily during the 19th century.

These older periodicals provide a unique view of history as it was being made, and they help us to appreciate the popular culture of the past. They may be written in a style that seems peculiar, but they also can be fun to read in a way that no textbook history can match.

The Main Library contains many 18th and 19th century periodicals, but they are not shelved like the rest of the collection.

Holdings of British magazines and newspapers are reprints in book form and have been assigned call numbers.
Holdings of 18th century American periodicals are on microfilm and shelved in the bound periodical stacks under the title American Periodicals, 18th Century. Note that the titles in this bibliography are followed by reel numbers that correspond to the film boxes. This film can be read and copied on a microfilm reader/printer.
Holdings of 19th century American periodicals are part of a set called The Library of American Civilization (LAC), which is kept in the Reference Room on the first floor. These publications have been reproduced in a form called "ultrafiche" and must be used with special readers adjacent to the file cabinets which contain the LAC collection. The ultrafiche are filed by LAC numbers, which are provided after each title listed in this bibliography. If you want to copy ultrafiche, ask a Reference or Serials Librarian for assistance.

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British Periodicals, 18th Century

Defoe's Review. London.
No.1-106, 19 February, 1704-11 June 1713
In the book stacks under the call number DA490.D381
Contained in twenty-two volumes

The Englishman. London.
No.1-38, Oct. 6, 1713-Nov. 21, 1715
Continues The Guardian 
In the book stacks under the call number PR1365.E53

The Guardian. London.
No.1-175, Mar. 12-Oct. 13, 1713
Continued by The Englishman
In the book stacks under the call number PR1369.G8 1982

The Lounger. Edinburgh.
No.1-69, Feb. 5, 1785-May 27, 1786 
Contained in two volumes

The Mirror. Edinburgh
No.1-110, Jan. 23, 1779-May 27, 1780
In the book stacks under the call number AP3.M676
Contained in two volumes

The Spectator. London.
no.1-635, Mar.1, 1711-Dec.20, 1714
In the book stacks under the call number PR1365.S74 1965
Contained in five volumes

The Tatler [selections]. London.
No.1-271, Apr. 12, 1709-Jan. 2, 1711
In the book stacks under the call number PR1365.T2 1953

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British Periodicals, 19th Century

The Yellow Book
V.1-13, Apr. 1894-Apr. 1897
In the bound periodical stacks
Contained in ten volumes

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American Periodicals, 18th Century

American Apollo. Boston.
V.1, Jan. 6-Sept. 28, 1792 (Reel 1)

American Magazine. New York.
Dec. 1787-Nov. 1788 (Reel 2)

American Magazine and Historical Chronicle. Boston.
V.1-3, Sept. 1743-Dec. 1746 (Reel 1)

American Magazine and Monthly Chronicle. Philadelphia.
V.1#1-2 and supplement, Oct. 1757-Oct. 1758 (Reel 2)

American Magazine, or a Monthly View of the Political State of British Colonies. Philadelphia.
Jan.-Mar. 1741 (Reel 2)

American Magazine or General Repository. Philadelphia.
Jan.-Sept. 1769 (Reel 2)

American Monitor or Republican Magazine. Boston.
Oct. 1785 (Reel 3)

American Monthly Review. Philadelphia.
V.1-3, Jan.-Dec. 1795 (Reel 3)

American Moral or Sentimental Magazine. n.p.
July 3, 1797-May 21, 1798 (Reel 3)

American Museum or Universal Magazine. Philadelphia.
V.1-12, Jan. 1787-Dec. 1792 (Reels 4-5)

American Musical Magazine. New Haven.
No. 1-12, May 1786-Sept. 1787 (Reel 6)

American Universal Magazine. Philadelphia.
V.1-2 [No. 1-14], Jan. 1797-Mar. 7, 1798 (Reel 6)

American Universal Magazine. Philadelphia.
June 13, 1797-Feb. 16, 1798 (Reel 7)
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the progression of the film 
in this carton is the reverse of that normally used.  The reel should 
be put on what is normally the takeup spindle of the reader and thus 
can be read without difficulty.

Arminian Magazine. Philadelphia.
Jan. 1789-Dec. 1790 (Reel 8)

Boston Magazine. Boston.
Oct. 1783-Dec. 1786 (Reel 9)

Boston Weekly Magazine. Boston.
Mar. 2, 9, 16, 1743 (Reel 8)

The Censor. Boston.  
Nov. 23, 1771-May 2, 1772 (Reel 8)

Children's Magazine. Hartford. 
Jan., Mar., Apr. 1789  (Reel 8)

Christian History, Containing Accounts of the Revival and Propagation 
of Religion in Great Britain & America. Boston.
No. 1-104, Mar. 5, 1743-Feb., 23, 1745 (Reel 10)

Christian's Monitor. Portland.
May 25, 1799 (Reel 10)

Christian's, Scholar's, and Farmer's Magazine. Elizabethtown.
Apr. 1789-Mar. 1791 (Reel 10)

The Columbia Museum.  Philadelphia.
Jan. 1793 (Reel 10)

Columbian Magazine or Monthly Miscellany. n.p.
Sept. 1786-Feb. 1790 (Reel 11)

Courier de Boston. Boston.
Apr. 23-Oct. 15, 1789 (Reel 10)

Dessert to the True American. Philadelphia.
July 14, 1798-Aug. 19, 1799 (Reel 12)
Missing Aug. 6, 1799

Experienced Christian's Magazine. New York.
May 1796-Apr. 1797 (Reel 12)

Free Universal Magazine. Baltimore.
Sept. 1793 (Reel 12)

Geistliches Magazien. Germantown.
No.1-50, 1764-69 (Reel 12)

General Magazine and Historical Chronicle. n.p.
Jan.-June 1741 (Reel 12)

General Magazine and Impartial Review. Baltimore.
June-July 1798 (Reel 12)

Gentlemen and Ladies Town and Country Magazine. Boston.
Feb. 1789-Jan. 1790 (Reel 13)

Gentlemen and Ladies Town and Country Magazine. Boston
May-Dec. 1784 (Reel 13)
Humming Bird or Herald of Taste. Newfield.
Apr. 14, June 9, 1798 (Reel 13)

Independent Reflector. New York.
Nov. 30, 1752-Nov. 22, 1753 (Reel 13)

The Instructor. New York.
Mar. 6-May 8, 1755 (Reel 13)

John Englishman. New York.
Apr. 18-July 5, 1755 (Reel 13)

The Key. Fredericktown.
Jan. 13-July 14, 1798 (Reel 13)

Lady and Gentleman's Pocket Magazine. New York.
Aug.-Nov. 1796 (Reel 14)

Lady's Magazine. Philadelphia.
June 1792-May 1793 (Reel 14)

Literary Miscellany. Philadelphia.
No.1-8, 1795 (Reel 14)

Literary Museum. West Chester.
Jan.-June 1797 (Reel 14)

Massachusetts Magazine. n.p.
Jan. 1789-Dec. 1796 (Reel 15-16)

Medical Repository. n.p.
V.1-3, 1797-1800 (Reel 14)

Methodist Magazine. n.p.
Jan. 1797-Aug. 1798 (Reel 17)

Monthly Magazine and American Review. New York.
Apr. 1799-Dec. 1800 (Reel 17)

Monthly Military Repository. New York.
V.1-2, 1796-1797 (Reel 18)

Monthly Miscellany and Vermont Magazine. Bennington.
Apr.-Sept. 1794 (Reel 18)

Musical Magazine. Cheshire, Baltimore, Philadelphia.
No.1-4, 1792 (Reel 18)

National Magazine. Richmond.
V.1-2 [No.1-8], June 1799-1800 (Reel 18)

New American Magazine. Woodbridge.
Jan. 1758-Mar. 1760 (Reel 19)

New England Magazine. Boston.
Aug.-Oct. 1758; Mar. 1759 (Reel 19)

New Hampshire and Vermont Magazine. Haverhill.
July, Oct. 1797 (Reel 20)

New Hampshire Magazine. Concord.
June-Nov. 1793 (Reel 19)

New Haven Gazette and Connecticut Magazine. n.p.
Feb. 16, 1786-Dec. 4, 1788 (Reel 20)

New Jersey Magazine and Monthly Advertiser. New Brunswick.
Dec. 1786-Feb. 1787 (Reel 21)

New Star. Hartford.
Feb. 2, 1796 (Reel 23)

New Star. Concord.
Apr. 11-Oct. 3, 1797 (Reel 23)

New York Magazine or Literary Repository. New York.
Jan. 1790-Dec. 1797 (Reel 21-22)

New York Weekly Magazine. New York.
July 1, 1795-July 5, 1797 (Reel 23)

The Nightingale. Boston.
May-July 1796 (Reel 23)

North Carolina Magazine. New Bern.
V.1-2 [No. 5-8, 20-27, 29-33], 1764-65 (Reel 23)

Occasional Reverberator. New York.
Sept. 7-Oct. 5, 1753 (Reel 24)

Pennsylvania Magazine. Philadelphia.
Jan. 1775-July 1776 (Reel 24)

Penny Post. Philadelphia.
Jan. 9-27, 1769 (Reel 24)

Philadelphia Magazine. Philadelphia.
Jan.-June 1799 (Reel 24)

Philadelphia Minerva. Philadelphia.
Feb. 21, 1795-July 7, 1798 (Reel 25)

Philadelphia Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia.
Jan.-Sept. 1798 (Reel 25)

Philadelphisches Magazin. Philadelphia.
May 1798 (Reel 25)

The Political Censor. Philadelphia.
Mar. 1796-Mar. 1797 (Reel 26)

Religious Monitor. Danbury.
1798 (Reel 26)

The Remembrancer. Exeter.
Jan. 1-Jan. 8, 1797 (Reel 26)
Republican Magazine. Fairhaven.
V.1#1-4, 1798 (Reel 26)

Royal American Magazine. Boston.
Jan. 1774-Mar. 1775 (Reel 26)

Royal Spiritual Magazine. Philadelphia.
V.1, 1771 (Reel 26)

Rural Casket. Poughkeepsie.
No.1-5, 1798 (Reel 33)

Rural Magazine or Vermont Repository. Rutland.
1795-96 (Reel 27)

Rural Magazine. Newark.
Feb. 17, 1798-Feb. 9, 1799 (Reel 27)

Sentimental and Literary Magazine. New York.
July 5-Aug. 23, 1797 (Reel 27)

South Carolina Weekly Museum. Charleston.
Jan.-July, 1797 (Reel 28)

The Tablet. Boston.
May 19, Aug. 11, 1795 (Reel 28)

The Theological Magazine. New York.
July 1795-Feb. 1799 (Reel 28)

Thespian Oracle or Monthly Mirror. Philadelphia.
Jan. 1798 (Reel 29)

Time Piece and Literary Companion. New York.
Mar. 13, 1797-Aug. 28, 1798 (Reel 29)

The U.S. Christian Magazine. New York.
V.1#1-3, 1796 (Reel 30)

United States Magazine. Philadelphia.
Jan.-Dec. 1779 (Reel 30)

United States Magazine. Newark. 
Apr.-Aug. 1794 (Reel 30)

Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine. n.p.
Sept. 1786-Dec. 1792 (Reel 30)

Vigil. Charleston.
Feb. 27-Apr. 3, 1798 (Reel 31)

Weekly Magazine. Philadelphia. 
Feb. 3-July 28, May 25, 1799 (Reel 31-32)
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the progression of 
the film on reel 32 is the reverse of that normally used.  The 
reel should be put on what is normally the take-up spindle of 
the reader and thus can be read without difficulty.

Weekly Museum. Baltimore. 
Feb. 5-12, 1797 (Reel 33)

Worcester Magazine. Worcester.
Oct. 1786-Mar. 1788 (Reel 33)

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American Periodicals, 19th Century

Several titles in this set are included in Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, and are noted with an asterisk (*) after the LAC number.

American Academy of Political and Social Science. Annals. Philadelphia.
V.1-26, July 1890-Dec. 1905 (LAC 30848-70) (*)

The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge. for...1830-61. Boston.
V.1-32, [1829]-1861. (LAC 22223-38) (*)

American Anthropologist. Lancaster.
V.1-18; Jan. 1888-Dec. 1905 (LAC 30491-503) (*)

The American Law Journal. Philadelphia; Boston.
V.1-6 (NO.1-24), 1808-17. (LAC 30889-93) 

The American Quarterly Review. Philadelphia. 
V.1-22; Mar. 1827-Dec. 1837 (LAC 30257-72) (*)
The American Review. New York.
V.1-6, Jan. 1845-Dec. 1847; V.7-10 (New Series, V.1-4) Jan. 1848-Dec. 1849 
(LAC 39738-47)

The American Whig Review. New York.
V.11-16, May 1850-Dec. 1852 (New Series, V.5-10) (LAC30749-52) (*)

The Andover Review; a Religious and Theological Monthly. Andover.
V.1-19, 1884-1903 (LAC 30509-27) (*)

Appleton's Journal of Literature, Science and Art. New York.
V.2-15, Aug. 1869-June 1876; New Series, V.1, July-Dec. 1876
(LAC 30754-68) (*)

Appleton's Popular Science Monthly. New York.
V.48-56, Nov. 1895-Apr. 1900  (LAC 31168-76) (*)

Architectural Record. New York.
V.1-12, July 1891-Dec. 1902 (LAC 30769-76) (*)

The Arena. Boston.
V.1-14, Dec. 1889-Nov. 1895 (LAC 30626-39) (*)

The Atlantic Monthly. Boston.
V.1-96, Nov. 1857-Dec. 1905 (LAC 30001-98) (*)
Accompanied by an index to V.1-62, 1857-1888 (LAC 30099)

Barnard's American Journal of Education. Hartford.
V.1-32, Aug. 1855-1882 (LAC 30894-928) 

Bibliotheca Sacra. Andover.
V.1-40, Feb. 1844-Oct. 1883 (LAC 30532-71) (*)

The Boston Quarterly Review. Boston.
V.1-5, Jan. 1838-Oct. 1842 (LAC 30528-31) (*)

The Christian Examiner. Boston; New York.
V.1-5, V.6-18 (New Series, V.1-13); V.19-35 (3rd Series, V.1-17); V.36-62 
(4th Series, V.1-27); V.63-79 (5th Series, V.1-17); V.80-87 (6th Series, 
V.1-8), Jan. 1824-Nov. 1869 (LAC 31319-66)
(*)

Collections, Historical and Miscellaneous, and Monthly Literary Journal. Concord.
V.1-3, Apr. 1822-Nov./Dec. 1824 (LAC 23223-24)

The Commercial Review of the South and West. New Orleans.
V.1-8, Jan. 1846-June 1850 (LAC 31367-71)

The Common School Journal. Boston.
V.1-10, Nov. 1838-Dec. 1848 (LAC 30504-8)
De Bow's Review and Industrial Resources, Statistics, etc. (New Orleans)
V.9-30, July 1850-June 1861 (LAC 31372-93) (*)

The Dial; a Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion. Boston; London.
V.1-4, July 1840-Apr. 1844 (LAC 30234-36) (*)

Forum. New York.
V.1-20#1, Mar. 1886-Feb. 1896 (LAC 30606-25) (*)

The Galaxy. New York.
V.1-23, May 1866-June 1877 (LAC 30689-712) (*)

Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art. Philadelphia.
V.19-33, July 1841-Dec. 1848 (LAC 31030-37)

Harper's Monthly Magazine. New York.
V.1-110, June 1850-May 1905 (LAC 30102-318) (*)
Accompanied by an index to V.1-85, June 1850-Nov. 1892 (LAC 30984)

The Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, 
History, and Biography of America. Boston.
V.1-10, Jan. 1857-Dec. 1866 [V.11-20] (2d Series, V.1-10, Jan. 1867- Aug. 1871; 
V.21-23 (3d Series, V.1-3) Jan. 1872-Apr. 1875 (LAC 31017- 28) (*)

Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review. New York.
V.23-43, July 1850-Dec. 1860 (LAC 30668-88) (*)

The Literary Digest. New York.
V.1-30, Mar. 1890-June 1905 (LAC 30817-46)

The Literary World. New York.
V.1-13, Feb. 6, 1847-Dec. 31, 1853 (LAC 30597-605) (*)

Mc Clure's Magazine. New York.
V.1-28, June 1893-Apr. 1907 (LAC 30777-816) (*)

Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Boston.
V.1-4, New Series V.1-12, 1785-1902 (LAC 23531-41)

Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia.
V.1-14, 1826-95 (LAC 21286-93)

The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review. New York.
V.1-22, July 1839-June 1850; V.44-63, Jan. 1861-Dec. 1870 
(LAC 30640- 67)

The Monthly Anthology and Boston Review. Boston.
V.1-10#5, Nov. 1803-May 1811 (LAC 30237-42)

Nile's National Register, Containing Political Historical, Geographical, 
Scientifical, Statistical, Economical, and Biographical Documents, Essays, 
and Facts: together with Notices of the Arts and Manufactures, and a 
Record of the Events of the Times. Baltimore.  
V.53-75, Sept. 2, 1837-June 27, 1849 (LAC 31263-73) (*) 

Nile's Weekly Register, Containing Political Historical, Geographical, 
Scientifical, Statistical, Economical, and Biographical Documents, Essays, 
and Facts: together with Notices of the Arts and Manufactures, and a 
Record of the Events of the Times. Baltimore.
V.7-52, Sept. 10, 1814-Aug. 26, 1836 (LAC 31236-62)
Accompanied by an index to V.1-12, Sept. 1811-Sept. 1817 (LAC 31014)

The North American Review. New York.
V.1-173, May 1815-Dec. 1901 (LAC 30283-400)
Accompanied by an index to V.1-125, 1815-1877 (LAC 30985) (*)

The Outlook. New York.
V.48-81, Jan. 1, 1893-Dec. 1905 (LAC 31394-439) (*)

The Overland Monthly, Devoted to the Development of the Country. 
San Francisco.
V.1-15, July 1868-Dec. 1875 (LAC 31198-207) (*)

The Popular Science Monthly. New York.
V.1-47, May 1872-Oct. 1895 (LAC 31121-67)
Accompanied by an index to V.1-20, 1872-1882 (LAC 30986) (*)

The Port Folio. Philadelphia.
V.1-5, 1801-05; New Series V.1-6, 1806-08; New [3d] Series V.1-8, 1809-12; 
3d [i.e. 4th] Series V.1-6, 1813-15; 4th [i.e. 5th] Series, V.1-20, 1816-25 
(LAC 31440-84) (*)

Putnam's Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science and Art. New York.
V.1-9, Jan. 1853-July 1857 (LAC 30871-79) (*)

Science of Society. New York.
Nos. 1-[2], 1852 (LAC 14778)

Scientific American. New York.
V.1-14, Aug. 28, 1845-June 25, 1859; New Series V.1-92, July 2, 1859-Dec. 30, 1905 
(LAC 31485-593)

Scribner's Monthly, an Illustrated Magazine for the People. New York.
V.1-22, Nov. 1870-Oct. 1881 (LAC 30715-37) (*)

Select Journal of Foreign Periodical Literature. Boston.
V.1-4, Jan. 1833-Oct. 1834 (LAC 20641-44) (*)

The Sewanee Review. Sewanee.
V.1-13, Nov. 1893-Oct. 1905 (LAC 30880-88) (*)

The Southern Literary Messenger; Devoted to Every Department of Literature and 
the Fine Arts.  Richmond.
V.1-36, Aug. 1834-June 1864 (LAC 31088-119) (*)

The Southern Quarterly Review. New Orleans.
V.1-16, Jan. 1842-Jan. 1850; V.17-28 (New Series V.1-12), Apr. 1850- Oct. ?, 1855; 
V.20-30 (New Series V.1-2), Apr. 1856-Feb. 1857
(LAC 30992-013) (*)

The United States Magazine, and Democratic Review. Washington, D.C.
V.1-18, Oct. 1837-June 1846 (LAC 30219-32)

The Weekly Register, Containing Political, Historical, Geographical, Scientifical, 
Astronomical, Statistical, and Biographical Documents, Essays, and Facts; 
Together with Notices of the Arts and Manufactures and a Record of Events of 
the Time. Baltimore.
V.1-6, Sept. 7, 1811-Aug. 27, 1814 (LAC 31232-35)

The Western Messenger; Devoted to Religion, Life and Literature. Louisville.
V.1-8, June 1835-Apr. 1841 (LAC 30572-76)