The Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure: for ...

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Author/Creator:

Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774 6622, Author.

Contributor:

Hinton, John, -1781, publisher.

Stockdale, Percival, 1736-1811, ed.

England. London, England.

Standardized Title:

Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure (London, England : Monthly)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

England--Intellectual life--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

England--Civilization--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Local Subjects:

Great Britain--History--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

England--Intellectual life--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

England--Civilization--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Essays -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

v., plates (some fold.) : ill., maps, ports., tables, music, plans ; 8⁰ (21 cm.).

Monthly

June, 1747.-July, 1803.

Other Title:

Universal magazine

Continued By:

Universal magazine

Place of Publication:

[London, England] : Printed by and for M. Brown, in Windmill court, near West-Smithfield; and for W. Bent, at the Kings Arms, Pater-noster Row, [1747]-

Notes:

Originally published by John Hinton; edited in 1771 by Percival Stockdale, the magazine in its long life had numerous contributors including Oliver Goldsmith.

Title from caption at head of first page of text.

Designation below caption title.

Imprint from wrapper of no.571 (Mar. 1788); imprint lacks year of publication.

Contents listed inside back wrapper.

Volume and issue no. appear on direction line of first page of text in each issue.

Printed in two columns.

Pagination and register are continuous within each volume.

Includes poetry, literary biography, science, cookery, sport, essays on local history. Regular essay features include "The Gentleman", "The Contemplative philosopher", "The Guardian angel", and "The Gleaner", and a regular section entitled "Occasional letters". Current events, marriages, deaths and preferments are included in each issue.

Issues in 1747 have chronological designation only; later issues include volume number below date.

Semiannual volumes have supplements numbered consecutively with the monthly issues.

Cumulated semiannually.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Finding Aid/Index:

Cumulated indexes in each semiannual volume; cumulative index to v. 1-3 published in 1748; cumulated index to v. 1-111 published in 1802; biographical indexes in v. 75, 87, and 107.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1299

Times handlist, p. 41

Crane & Kaye, 905

Contains:

Gentleman, No. 1-6.

Contemplative philosopher, No. 1-78.

Guardian angel, No. 1-15.

Gleaner, No. 1-46.