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was brought to a clofe in December 1809. It wa3 fo 
printed as to contain four diftinft and complete works : 
the Mifcellaneous Part, confiding of 13 vols. a.Hiftory of 
England, in 8 vols. a Hiftory of France, in 4 vols. and a 
Syftem of Geography, in 3 vols.—the whole embellifhed 
with more than 300 Plates. 
Nearly about the fame time appeared the Zoologic 
Magazine, which, by a fimiiar contrivance for avoiding 
the fate which old magazines generally meet with, was 
formed partly of mifcellaneous and temporary matter, and 
partly of a Syliem of Natural Hiftoty. The monthly 
publication was difcontinued in June 1810, at which time 
the Natural Hiftory was completed in 14 vols. with up¬ 
wards of 400 plates. The Mifcellaneous Part confifts of 
5 vols. only. 
The religious part of the community have fome Maga¬ 
zines devoted to particular feCts. The Methodill Maga¬ 
zine firft appeared in 1777; the Evangelical, which has an 
immenfe circulation, in 17935 the New Evangelical, in 
1815 ; the Chriflian Obferver, in 18025 the Golpel Maga¬ 
zine, in 18065 the Chriftian Guardian, in 18095 and the 
Baptift Magazine in the fame year. -We have alfo the 
Orthodox Churchman's Magazine ; and one which proba¬ 
bly contains no religion at ail, namely, the Freethinking 
Magazine, 1811. 
The attention which has of late been paid to farming 
has produced the Agricultural Magazine, begun in 1799 5 
the Farmer’s, in 1800 ; and the Britifh Farmer’s, in 1811. 
Previous to thefe, we had the Botanical Magazine, in 1786 5 
and a very pleafing and elegant publication called the 
Naturalilt’s Mifcellany, in 1789. 
For correfpondents in the profeflion of phyfic and fur- 
gery, we have the London Medical Journal, fet on foot 
in 1799; the Edinburgh Medical Journal, in 1805; the 
London Medical Review, 1808 5 the Medical Obferver, 
and the Medical Compendium, in 1809. 
The wars in which we have been fo long engaged en¬ 
couraged the publication of the Naval Chronicle, in 1799; 
the Military Chronicle, in 1810 ; and the Military Maga¬ 
zine, in 1 Si 1 . 
Of a more mifcellaneous nature are—the Sporting Ma¬ 
gazine, in 1791; the Literary Panorama, the Antiquarian 
Cabinet, the Retrofpeft, and the Monthly Repofitory, in 
18065 the Mufical Magazine, 18095 the Philanthropift, 
the Arcana, and the Reflector, 1810; the Dramatic Cenfor, 
and the General Chronicle, 1811. To thefe we may add, 
Flower’s Political Journal, 1807. The Satirift W3s fet on 
foot the fame year 5 the numbers are accompanied with 
caricature prints, in which our London artifts fo much 
excel. (See the preceding volume, p. 312.) The Scourge 
came out in 1811, exaftly upon the fame plan, but in po¬ 
litics diametrically opposite, as it caricatures and fcourges 
a very different fet of people from thofe which are fatirized 
by the Satirift. The Meteor appeared in November 1813 ; 
but remained above the horizon only feven months: like 
the preceding, it was accompanied with caricature prints 
of great merit; but the execution of the literary part did 
not correfpond ; and indeed nothing but a very extenfive 
circulation could have indemnified the proprietors, fince 
each number contained four coloured plates. In direCl 
oppofition to the politics of the Edinburgh Review (1803) 
came out the Quarterly Review in 1809. Each of thefe 
appears, as the name of the latter imports, every three 
months 5 and both are condufted with great ability. It is 
not in politics only, but in matters of tafte, and in almoft 
every thing, that the Quarterly Reviewer takes the liberty 
to differ with (for that is the fafhionable term) his prede- 
ceffor ; fo that, if you find any work of note much praifed 
in the Edinburgh, you may expert it to find no quarter 
in the enfiuing Quarterly. In like violent political enmity 
to the Monthly Magazine, eftabliftied ever fince the year 
J796, has appeared (Jan. 1814.) the New Monthly. The 
editor of this- magazine, in his Propofals and in his firft 
numbers, fets out with calling the Monthly Magazine, 
C£ Bonaparte's Magazine, the Corfican’s Journal, the Ty- 
Z I N E. 
rant’s Manual,” and fo forth. Sir Richard Phillips -is thfe 
avowed editor of his own Monthly Magazine 3 but this 
concealed editor, while offering to the public a magazine 
exaftly upon the fame plan in every thing but politics, will 
remind us of a fon'g in the farce of the Africans ; for he 
feems to fay to magazine-readers, like the tender-hearted 
prielt to Matthew Mug, “"Come out of that great black¬ 
guard’s houfe, and walk into tny own.” We wifli fuccefs 
to the New Monthly Magazine, becaufe we have feen 
fome good articles in it; and, as it has protefted againft 
Bonaparte’s tyranny, we hope it will not favour any prin¬ 
ciples of tyranny, domeftic or foreign ; but fome time muft: 
elapf'e before this magazine can expeft to rank with the 
Gentleman’s, the European, and the Monthly ; and, if it 
fliould ever attain that rank, it muft be by its own intrinfic 
merit, and not by abufing other works of eftabliflied re¬ 
putation. 
We are aware that our lift of Magazines is ftill impqr- 
fe£I ; but we muft refer the reader for a complete enume¬ 
ration to the 4th volume of Nichols’s Literary Anecdotes j 
and (hall conclude with noticing a few more particu¬ 
larly devoted to the ufe of the fair fex.—The Lady’s Ma¬ 
gazine dates from the year 1771 ; but we believe there 
was a Lady’s Magazine previous to this 5 the Lady’s Mu- 
feum, 1798 ; Ackerman’s Repofitory, and La Belle Af- 
femblee, both commenced in 1806; they contain very- 
good engravings, and have we believe an extenfive circu¬ 
lation. But upon a plan extremely different from all 
thefe has appeared, only in January laft, (1815,) the 
British Lady’s Magazine. This publication appears 
to us to fupply what has long been a defideratum in lite¬ 
rature ; viz. a magazine which may be fafely and with 
advantage read by the young ladies of any family, we 
might even fay of any boardmg-fchool. Of its fuccefs 
it is impoflible as yet to fpeak, for works of merit make 
their way but (lowly, and only four numbers have as yet 
appeared ; but the plan and the execution are thus far 
unexceptionable. From the Introductory Addrefs we (hall 
tranferibe a few paragraphs, which may be called “ an 
apology for magazines;” becaufe it will fuit our prefent 
purpofe of an apology for the length of this article, and 
will form a proper conclufion to it. 
“ Regarded liberally, and as directly reprefentative of 
the general mind of the day, no department of the prefs 
'is more eflentially connected with moral and focial im¬ 
provement, than that which forms the link between the 
literary and the enquiring; and fuch is precifely the pro¬ 
vince of periodical publications. Great contempt, in¬ 
deed, is frequently affected for the pafilng flieet and re¬ 
curring mifcellany ; but a very little attention to their 
own mode of proceeding would ferve to convince many 
of thefe fplenetic oppofers, of theabfoiute intereft of that 
which they condemn. The newfpaper is defpifed, but 
firft read ; the journal is decried, but regularly attended 
to: and an appeal may be fafely made to the feelings of 
the half-hour, when either have failed of punctuality, for 
their importance, even in the eftimation of cenfitre itfelf. 
There poftibly may be points of elevation fo commanding, 
as to difpenfe with the minor aid of journals and jour- 
nalirts altogether; but, with a perfect recollection of many 
very folemn affurances to this effeCt, we cannot help 
thinking, that whatever makes fociety better acquainted 
with itlelf is unequivocally beneficial to all. It may be 
enquired, in faCt, if to this fpecies of literary difFulion, 
in all its variety, England be not materially indebted for 
much of the good fenfe, arifing from habits of thinking, 
that conftitutes her diftinguifhing character among na¬ 
tions; and is alike the bulwark of her morality and her 
independence. The number of periodical papers and 
mifcellanies which lias been publiftrecl in the metropolis 
for the laft hundred and fifty years, is fufpeCled but by 
few, although a very flight attention will convince the 
molt prejudiced of their extenfive operation and utiiity. 
Let them continue to be made, as they always, more or 
lefs, will be made, the vehicle of partial purpofe and opi- 
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