FOOTNOTES:

[48] An English work, celebrated for its want of candour and justice.

[49] Vide Mo. Rev., for Sept. 1794, p. 21 for merits of this work.

[50] "The German poet Uz has imitated this ode. Compare also Weisse Scherz. Lieder lib iii der Soldat, Gail, Degen."

V.
LIST OF MAGAZINES EXAMINED.


The principal libraries where the work for the present study has been done are: in Philadelphia—The Philadelphia Library (including the Ridgway Branch), the Mercantile Library, the libraries of the University of Pennsylvania, of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, and of the American Philosophical Society; in Boston—the Boston Public Library, the Atheneum Library and the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society; in Cambridge—the library of Harvard University; in New York City—the New York Public Library (including the Lenox Branch), the libraries of the New York Historical Society, of the New York Society, and of Columbia University; in Baltimore—the libraries of the Peabody Institute, of the Maryland Historical Society and of Johns Hopkins University, and the Pratt Library; in Washington—the Library of Congress, and in London—the library of the British Museum. Some of the smaller libraries visited, which contain only duplicates of periodicals accessible elsewhere, have been omitted from the above list.

The American Mag., or a Monthly View of the Political State of the British Colonies.—Phila.

Nos. 1-3. Jan., Feb., Mar. 1741.

[Edited by John Webbe and printed by Andrew Bradford.]

The General Mag. and Historical Chronicle for all the British Plantations in America.—Phila.

I, Jan.-June 1741.

[Edited and printed by Benjamin Franklin.]

The Boston Weekly Mag.—Boston.

Nos. 1-3, Mar. 2, 9, 16, 1743.

Amer. Mag. and Historical Chronicle.—Boston.

I-III, Sept. 1743-Dec. 1746.

The Independent Reflector, or Weekly Essays on Sundry Important Subjects.—N. Y.

Nos. 1-52, Nov. 30, 1752-Nov. 22, 1753.

The Occasional Reverberator.—N. Y.

Nos. 1-4, Sept. 7-Oct. 5, 1753.

The Amer. Mag. and Monthly Chronicle for the British Colonies in America. By a Society of Gentlemen.—Phila.

I, Oct. 1757-Oct. 1758.

The New Amer. Mag.—Woodbridge in New Jersey.

Nos. I-XXVII, Jan. 1758-Mar. 1760.

The New England Mag.—Boston.

Nos. 1-2, Aug. 1758.

Universal Amer. Almanack, or Yearly Mag.—Phila.

I, 1764.

The Penny-post.—Phila.

Jan. 9-27, 1769.

[A literary periodical.]

The Amer. Mag.; to which are added the transactions of the American Philosophical Society.—Phila.

Jan.-Sept. 1769.

[Nine numbers only were published. Cf. Sabin, Dictionary of Books relating to America, I-142.]

The Censor.—Boston.

I, Nos. 1-17; II, Nos. 1-7; Nov. 23, 1771—May 2, 1772.

[Replies to attacks upon Tory officers by the Whigs.]

The Royal Amer. Mag.—Boston.

Jan.-Dec. 1774; Jan.-Feb. 1775.

Penna. Mag.—Phila.

I, 1775; II, Jan.-June 1776.

U. S. Mag.—Phila.

A Repository of History, Politics and Literature.

I, Jan.-July; Sept.-Oct. 1779.

The Boston Mag., containing a collection of instructive and entertaining essays.—Boston.

I-III, Oct. 1783-Dec. 1786.

The Gentleman and Lady's Town and Country Mag., or Repository of Instruction and Entertainment.—Boston.

May-Dec. 1784.

The Gentlemen and Ladies' Town and Country Mag.—Boston.

I, Feb. 1789-Jan. 1790; II, Feb., Apr.-Aug. 1790.

The Arminian Mag.—Phila.

I-II, 1789-1790.

[Chiefly religious, "consisting of extracts and original treatises on general redemption.">[

The N. J. Mag. and Monthly Advertiser.—New Brunswick. 1786.

The New Haven Gazette and Connecticut Mag.—New Haven.

I, Feb. 16, 1786-Feb. 15, 1787.

III, Nos. 1-50, Jan. 10-Dec. 18, 1788. [No. 1, imperfect.]

[II, Nos. 1-45, Feb. 22-Dec. 27, 1787
I (imperfect), Nov. 11, 1784-Apr. 7, 1785. newspaper.]

The Worcester Mag.—Worcester, Mass.

I-IV, First Week in Apr. 1786—Fourth Week in Mar. 1788.

Columbian Mag. or Monthly Miscellany.—Phila.

I-V, Sept. 1786-Dec. 1790.

Continued as

Universal Asylum and Columbian Mag.—Phila.

I-II, 1791; I-II, 1792.

Continued as

Columbian Museum or Universal Asylum.—Phila.

Part I, Jan.-June 1793.

The Amer. Museum or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces, Prose and Poetical.—Phila.

I-XII, 1787-1792; XIII, 1798.

The Amer. Mag., containing a miscellaneous collection of original and other valuable essays, in prose and verse, and calculated both for instruction and amusement.—N. Y.

Dec. 1787-Nov. 1788.

Mass. Mag. or Monthly Museum.—Boston.

I-VI, 1789-1794; VII, Nos. 4, 7, 1795; VIII, Nos. 1, 3-12, 1796.

The Christian's, Scholar's, and Farmer's Mag.—Elizabeth-Town, N. J.

I-II, Apr. 1789-Mar. 1791.

The N. Y. Mag. or Lit. Repository.—N. Y.

[II, Nos. 1-45, Feb. 22-Dec. 27, 1787.]

The Amer. Apollo.—Boston.

I, Jan. 6-Sept. 28, 1792.

[II-III, Oct. 5, 1792-Dec. 25, 1794. A newspaper.]

The Prompter; or a Commentary on Common Sayings and Subjects, which are full of Common Sense, the best Sense in the World.—Boston.

Nos. 1-28, 1792.

The Lady's Mag. and Repository of Entertaining Knowledge.—Phila.

I, June 1792-May 1793.

Curiosities of Literature consisting of anecdotes, characters and observations, literary, critical and historical.

London printed; Phila. reprinted and sold. 1793. [A miscellany.]

U. S. Mag. or General Repository of Useful Instruction and Rational Amusement.—Newark, N. J.

I, Apr.-Aug. 1794.

The Monthly Miscellany, or Vermont Mag.—Benington.

I, Apr.-Sept. 1794.

The Rural Mag. or Vermont Repository.—Rutland.

I-II, 1795-1796.

The Amer. Monthly Review, or Lit. Journal.—Phila.

I-III, 1795.

The Weekly Museum.—N. Y.

VII-IX, Jan. 3, 1795-Dec. 31, 1796.

Phila. Minerva.—Phila.

I-IV, Feb. 7, 1795-July 7, 1798.

The Tablet.—Boston.

I, Nos. 1-13, May 19-Aug. 11, 1795.

The N. Y. Weekly Mag., or Miscellaneous Repository.—N. Y.

I-II, July 1, 1795-June 28, 1797.

The Monthly Military Repository.—N. Y.

I-II, 1796-1797.

Miscellanies.—Moral and Instructive in Prose and Verse, collected from Various Authors for the Use of Schools ... Second Burlington Edition. 1796.

The Nightingale, or, A Melange de Litterature. A Periodical Publication.—Boston.

I, May-Aug. 1796.

The Lady and Gentleman's Pocket Mag. of Literary and Polite Amusement.—N. Y.

I, Aug.-Nov. 1796.

The Lit. Museum, or Monthly Mag.—West Chester.

Jan.-June 1797.

The Amer. Universal Mag.—Phila.

I-IV, Jan. 2, 1797-Mar. 7, 1798.

The Amer. Moral and Sentimental Mag.—N. Y.

I, July 3, 1797-May 21, 1798.

The Phila. Monthly Mag. or Universal Repository of Knowledge and Entertainment.—Phila.

I-II, Jan.-Sept. 1798.

Amer. Museum or Annual Register.—Phila. 1798.

The Key.—Frederick Town.

Nos. 1-27, Jan. 13-July 7, 1798.

[Sabin: "The earliest periodical issued in Maryland. Twenty-seven numbers were published. Cf. Hist. Mag., I-317.">[

The Gleaner, a miscellaneous production in three volumes. By Constantia [Mrs. Judith Sargent Murray].—Boston.

I-III, all dated Feb. 1798.

The Weekly Mag. of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence.—Phila.

I-IV, Feb. 3, 1798-May 25, 1799.

The Rural Mag.—Newark.

I, Feb. 17, 1798-Feb. 9, 1799.

The Dessert to the True American.—[Phila.]

I, July 14, 1798-July 3, 1799.

[Title of first number: The Desert.]

The Phila. Mag. or Monthly Review.—Phila.

I, Jan.-June 1799.

National Mag., or a political, historical, biographical and literary repository.

I, Nos. 1-4, 23rd year of American Independence. 1799—[Richmond.]

II, No. 5, 24th year of Amer. Independence; no place of publ.

Nos. 6-7, 25th year [sic] of Amer. Independence. 1800.

No. 6, Richmond, Va.; No. 7, District of Columbia.

No. 8, no place of publ., and no date.

The Monthly Mag. and Amer. Review.—N. Y.

I-III, Apr. 1799-Dec. 1800.

Child of Pallas. Devoted mostly to Belles Lettres.—Balto.

I, Nos. 1-8, 1800.

The Columbian Phenix and Boston Review.—Boston.

I, Jan.-July 1800.

[Title page reads: "Vol. I for 1800.">[

The Ladies' Museum.—Phila.

I, Nos. 1-14 (except Nos. 7, 11, 13), Mar. 8-June 7, 1800.

Feb. 25, 1800—Proposals for printing the Ladies' Museum.

The Baltimore Weekly Mag.—Balto.

Apr. 26, 1800-May 27, 1801.

The Phila. Repository and Weekly Register.—Phila.

I-V, Nov. 15, 1800-June 29, 1805.

The Port Folio.—Phila.

I-V, 1801-1805. I-VI, 1806-1808. I-IV, 1809-1810.

The Lady's Mag. and Musical Repository.—N. Y.

I-III, Jan. 1801-June 1802.

The Amer. Review and Lit. Journal.—N. Y.

I-II, 1801-1802.

The Repository of Knowledge, Historical, Literary, Miscellaneous, and Theological.—Phila.

I, Nos. 1-2. Apr., May [?] 1801.

Holcombe's Georgia Analytical Repository.—Savannah.

II, 1802.

The Juvenile Mag. or Miscellaneous Repository of Useful Information.—Phila.

II, 1802; III, 1803; IV, 1802 [1804?].

The Balance and Columbian Repository.—Hudson (New York).

I-VII, 1802-1808.

The New England Quarterly Mag., comprehending literature, morals, and amusement.—Boston.

Nos. 1-3, Apr.-Dec. 1802.

The Weekly Visitor, or Ladies' Miscellany.—N. Y.

I, Oct. 9, 1802-Apr. 2, 1803.

The Boston Weekly Mag. devoted to Morality, Literature, Biography, History, the Fine Arts, Agriculture, etc.—Boston.

I-III, Oct. 30, 1802-Oct. 19, 1805.

The Mirror.—Phila.

I-II, 1803.

[The Mirror, Nos. 1-110, Jan. 23, 1779-May 27, 1780, Edinburgh.]

The Connoisseur.—Phila.

I-IV, 1803.

[Reprint of Select English Classics, XXVII-XXX, London 1775, etc.]

The Mass. Missionary Mag.—Salem.

I-V, May 1803-May 1808.

The Lit. Mag. and Amer. Register.—Phila.

I-VIII, Oct. 1803-Dec. 1807.

The Monthly Anthology and Boston Review.—Boston.

I-IX, 1804-1810.

The Corrector. By Toby Tickler.—N. Y.

Nos. 1-10, Mar. 28-Apr. 26, 1804.

[Classed as a newspaper, but more like a magazine.]

The Lit. Tablet.—Hanover (N. H.).

II, Nos. 1, 6-10, 13. Sept. 19, 1804-Mar. 6, 1805.

III, Sept. 25, 1805-Aug. 13, 1806.

Weekly Monitor.—Phila.

I, Nos. 17, 21, 23. Oct. 6-Nov. 17, 1804.

The Companion Weekly Miscellany.—Balto.

I-II, Nov. 3, 1804-Oct. 25, 1806.

The Evening Fireside; or Weekly Intelligence in Civil, Natural, Moral, Literary and Religious Worlds.—Phila.

I-II, Dec. 7, 1804-Dec. 27, 1806.

[Title of Vol. II: The Evening Fireside or Literary Miscellany.]

The Lit. Miscellany, including dissertations and essays on subjects of literature, science, and morals ... with occasional reviews.—Cambridge.

I-II, 1805-1806.

The Monthly Register and Review of the U. S.—Charleston, S. C. and N. Y.

I-IV, Jan. 1805-Dec. 1807.

The Apollo, or Weekly Lit. Mag.—Wilmington, D.

I, Nos. 2-11, 17, 19, Feb. 23-June 22, 1805.

The Norfolk Repository, devoted to News, Politics, Morals and Polite Literature.—Dedham, Mass.

I-III, May 14, 1805-Nov. 29, 1808.

The Panoplist, or the Christian's Armory.—Boston.

I-III, June 1805-May 1808.

IV-VI, June 1808-May 1811. [Entitled: The Panoplist and Missionary Mag. United.]

The Miscellany.—Trenton.

I, June 24-Nov. 25, 1805 [imperfect].

The Boston Mag.—Boston.

I, Oct. 26, 1805-Apr. 26, 1806.

[A continuation of The Boston Weekly Mag.]

The Polyanthos.—Boston.

I-V, Dec. 1805-July 1807.

The Theatrical Censor. By an American.—Phila.

Nos. 1-17, Dec. 9, 1805-Mar. 3, 1806.

The Weekly Visitant.—Salem.

I, 1806.

The Thespian Mirror.—N. Y.

I, Nos. 2, 3-Jan. 4, 11, 1806.

The Emerald.—Boston.

I-II, n. s. I, May 3, 1806-Oct. 15, 1808.

The Weekly Inspector.—N. Y.

I-II (imperfect), Sept. 6, 1806-Aug. 3, 1807.

The Theatrical Censor and Critical Miscellany.—Phila.

Nos. I-XIII, Sept. 27-Dec. 13, 1806.

The Lancaster Repository.—Lancaster.

I, Nos. 15-19, Nov. 15-Dec. 13, 1806.

The Observer., and Repertory of Original and Selected Essays, in Verse and Prose, on Topics of Polite Literature, &c.—Balto.

I-II, Nov. 29, 1806-Dec. 26, 1807.

The Amer. Register or General Repository of History, Politics and Science.—Phila.

I-VII, for 1806-1810. Printed 1807-1811.

A Book. A Periodical Work.—N. Y.

[pp. 1-20], 1807.

Salmagundi.—N. Y.

I-II, Feb. 4, 1807-Jan. 25, 1808.

The Pastime.—Schenectady.

I, Nos. 1-18, Feb. 21-Aug. 1, 1807.

II, Nos. 1-2, May 14, 21, 1808.

Spectacles.—Balto.

I, Nos. 6, 7, 25, 28—June 13, 20, Oct. 31, Nov. 21, 1807.

The Thistle. An Original Work.—Boston.

I, No. 1, Aug. 4, 1807.

The Lady's Weekly Miscellany.—N. Y.

V, Nos. 44-46, 49, Aug. 29-Oct. 3, 1807.

VII-VIII (imperfect), Apr. 30, 1808-Apr. 8, 1809.

The Wonderful Mag. and Extraordinary Museum.—Carlisle, Pa.

I, 1808.

Charms of Literature, consisting of an assemblage of curious, and interesting Pieces in Prose and Verse.—Trenton.

1808.

The Washington Expositor.—Washington City.

I, 1808.

The Eye: By Obadiah Optic.—Phila.

I, Jan. 7-June 30, 1808.

The Lit. Mirror.—Portsmouth, N. H.

I (imperfect), Feb. 20, 1808-Feb. 11, 1809.

The Argus of Western America.—Frankfort (Ken.).

I, Nos. 9, 11, 13—Mar. 24, Apr. 7, 21, 1808.

The Gleaner, or Monthly Mag.—Lancaster (Penn.).

I-II, Nos. 1-3, Sept. 1808-Nov. 1809.

Boston Mirror.—Boston.

I-II, Nos. 1, 2, 4-40. Oct. 22, 1808-July 21, 1810.

The Amer. Mag. of Wonders.—N. Y.

I-II, 1809.

The Thespian Monitor and Dramatick Miscellany.—Phila.

I, No. 1, 1809.

Select Reviews and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines.—Phila.

I-IV, 1809-1810.

The Adviser or Vermont Evangelical Mag.—Middlebury.

I-II, 1809-1810.

The Ordeal.—A Critical Journal of Politics and Literature.—Boston.

I, Jan.-June 1809.

The Visitor.—Richmond.

I-II, Feb. 11, 1809-Aug. 4, 1810.

Omnium Gatherum.—Boston.

I, Nov. 1809-Oct. 1810.

Something. Ed. by Nemo Nobody, Esq.—Boston.

I, Nov. 18, 1809-May 12, 1810.

The Rambler's Mag. and N. Y. Theatrical Register for the Season

1809-1810.—N. Y.

I, Nos. 1-3; II, No. 4. [Sabin: "(1809).">[

The Quarterly Review.—London printed; N. Y. reprinted.

I-IV (Feb. 1809-Nov. 1810).—N. Y. 1810.

The Hive, or a Collection of Thoughts on Civil, Moral, Sentimental and Religious Subjects, Intended as a Repository of Sententious, Ingenious and Pertinent Sayings in Verse and Prose.—Hartford. 1810.

The Mirror of Taste and Dramatic Censor.—Phila.

I-II, 1810.

The Phila. Repertory, devoted to Literature and useful Intelligence.—Phila.

I, May 5, 1810-Apr. 27, 1811.

The Harvard Lyceum.—Cambridge.

I, July 14, 1810-Mar. 9, 1811.

INDEX.

[Reprints indicated by heavy type.]