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The London Quarterly Review, 1853–1900

from Annotated Bibliography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2012

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Rooted in Methodism, the London Quarterly alternated between moral and analytic perspectives in its texts on the press.

1. “Joseph Addison.” 4 (1855): 99–122.

Review of Johnson's Lives of the English Poets, edited by Peter Cunningham, classed the Tatler as a popular penny paper with “a regard for decency.” It had a “worldly good nature” and “sparkling fluency” but not “correctness of style.” Addison “charms” readers, and Samuel Johnson awed them. Addison “threw all his energy and talent” into the Spectator. His “aim was alike to improve, not only morals, but language.” However, William Cobbett set the standard for English in newspapers.

2. [McNicoll, Thomas]. “Popular Criticism.” 4 (1855): 179–203.

Selected George Gilfillan as the exemplar of the faults of periodical literary criticism, writing as he did for “four or five of the popular serials.”

3. [Rule, William Harris]. “Jesuitism: Its Political Relations.” 5 (1855–56): 363–403.

Cited the Civiltà Cattolica as the Jesuits' tool to build their power in Naples.

4. [McNicoll, Thomas]. “Popular Authorship – Samuel Warren.” 5 (1855–56): 464–80.

Saw no need for periodical compilations while quality essays appeared regularly. Those in Blackwood's Magazine and its ilk were classics.

5. [McNicoll, Thomas]. “Memoirs of James Montgomery.” 6 (1856): 178–204.

Review of a book by John Holland and James Everett narrated that at age 21 Montgomery answered an advertisement for a printer.

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Print publication year: 2012

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