The asylum or Weekly miscellany.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anecdotes--England--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Anecdotes.

English poetry--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

English poetry.

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 v. )

Irregular (Collected issues)

Vol. I. [No. 1. (Wednesday, July 30, 1794.)-no. 26. <21 Jan. 1795?>]-vol. III. [no. 53. (Wednesday Oct. 14, 1795.)-no. 78. (Wednesday April 14, 1796.)].

Place of Publication:

Glasgow [Scotland] : printed by William Bell, Saltmarket, [1794-1796]

Summary:

Includes historical and biographical anecdotes, selections from published essays and fiction, some correspondence, and poetry.

Notes:

Collects weekly issues of The Asylum, with index in last issue of each volume.

Note below title reads: Containing a pleasing, amusing, and useful variety; partly original, and partly selected from the best periodical publications, and other books of approved merit.

Imprints include years of publication; v. 1 dated "1794" but includes weekly no. from Jan. 1795.

Some individual issues have colophons which read: "Glasgow: printed by Wm. Bell, Saltmarket"; a few later issues include month, day, and year of publication in colophon.

Weekly issues have caption titles, with issue no. and price below title.

Individual issues have volume numbers on direction line, from v. 2.

With continuous pagination and signatures for each volume.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Volumes lack chronological designation or date except for imprints.

Most weekly issues undated.

Issue dates, where given, indicate gaps in publishing or misnumbering between Jan. and Apr. 1795.

No issues published between 26 Aug. and 14 Oct. 1795; no gap in numbering.

Finding Aid/Index:

Subjects and poetry titles.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1374

Ward, W. S. Index of Serials, p. 170

English Short Title Catalog, P2922.

OCLC:

642234553