This list of 18th-century British

periodicals A periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar example is a newspaper, but a magazine or a journal are also exampl ...

excludes daily newspapers. *'' The Tatler'' (1709—1711) *'' The Female Tatler'' (8 July 1709—31 March 1710). Thrice weekly; 115 issues *''

The Spectator ''The Spectator'' is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first published in July 1828, making it the oldest surviving weekly magazine in the world. It is owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owns ''Th ...

'' (1711–1714). Founded by

Joseph Addison Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richar ...

and

Richard Steele Sir Richard Steele (bap. 12 March 1672 – 1 September 1729) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine ''The Spectator''. Early life Steele was born in D ...

; published daily, 1711–1712; in 1714, three times a week for six months. Collected in book form it remained hugely popular for the rest of the century. *'' Vetusta Monumenta'' (1718–1906). Illustrated

antiquarian An antiquarian or antiquary () is an fan (person), aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artifact (archaeology), artifac ...

papers published at intermittent intervals by the

Society of Antiquaries of London A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Soci ...

. *'' The Intelligencer'' (1728—1729). Launched by

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Du ...

and Thomas Sheridan *''

The Gentleman's Magazine ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' was a monthly magazine founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. It was the first to use the term '' magazine'' (from the French ''magazine' ...

'' (1731–1907). Monthly. *''

The London Magazine ''The London Magazine'' is the title of six different publications that have appeared in succession since 1732. All six have focused on the arts, literature and miscellaneous topics. 1732–1785 ''The London Magazine, or, Gentleman's Monthly I ...

'' (1732–1785) *''The Bee'' (1733–1735). Founded by Eustace Budgell. *''

Lloyd's List ''Lloyd's List'' is one of the world's oldest continuously running journals, having provided weekly shipping news in London as early as 1734. It was published daily until 2013 (when the final print issue, number 60,850, was published), and is ...

'' (1734–). Weekly, then semi-weekly. *'' The Scots Magazine'' (1739–1826). * '' The Female Spectator'' (1744—1746). Monthly; 24 issues *'' The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure'' (1747–1814). Monthly. Editors included James Hinton, W. Bent, and Percival Stockdale. *''The

Monthly Review The ''Monthly Review'', established in 1949, is an independent socialist magazine published monthly in New York City. The publication is the longest continuously published socialist magazine in the United States. History Establishment Following ...

'' (1749–1845). Monthly. Founded by Ralph Griffiths and Robert Dodsley.

Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is best known for his novel '' The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1766), his pastoral poem '' The Deserted Village'' (1770), and his ...

was a contributor. *'' The Rambler'' (1750–1752). Twice weekly. *'' The Adventurer'' (1752–1754). Twice weekly. Founded by John Hawkesworth,

Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. The ''Oxford ...

, and others. *''

The World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

'' (1753–1756). Every Thursday. Founded by "Adam Fitz-Adam" (i.e. Edwin Moore) and published by the Dodsleys. *'' The Connoisseur'' (1754–1756). Weekly. *''

The Critical Review ''The Critical Review'' was a British publication appearing from 1756 to 1817. It was first edited by Tobias Smollett, from 1756 to 1763. Contributors included Samuel Johnson, David Hume, John Hunter, and Oliver Goldsmith. Early years The ...

'' (1756–1817) *''The London Chronicle'' (1756-1823). Thrice weekly. *''The Annual Register'' (1758–). Annually. *''Universal Chronicle'', which published Samuel Johnson's'' The Idler'' (1758–1760) *'' The Bee'' (1759–1759) * '' The Lady's Museum'' (1760—1761): monthly *''Exeter Mercury or West Country Advertiser'', later ''

Trewman's Exeter Flying Post ''Trewman's Exeter Flying Post'' was a weekly newspaper published in Exeter between 1763 and 1917. Robert Trewman (1738/39–1802) and William Andrews quarrelled with Andrew Brice, printer of the ''Exeter Journal'', and left him to establish th ...

'' (1763–1917) *''

The Gospel Magazine The ''Gospel Magazine'' is a Calvinism, Calvinist, evangelicalism, evangelical Christian magazine from the United Kingdom, and is one of the longest running of such periodicals, having been founded in 1766. Most of the editors have been Anglicani ...

'' (1766–) *''

Theological Repository The ''Theological Repository'' was a periodical founded and edited from 1769 to 1771 by the eighteenth-century British polymath Joseph Priestley. Although ostensibly committed to the open and rational inquiry of theological questions, the journ ...

'' (1769–1771, 1784, 1786, 1788) *'' Town and Country Magazine'' (1769–) *'' The Lady's Magazine'' (1770–1837). Monthly. *'' The Building Magazine'' (1774–1778) *'' Wesleyan Methodist Magazine'' (1778–1969). Monthly *''The Arminian Magazine'' (1778–1913) * '' The European Magazine, and London Review'' (1782–1826). Founded by James Perry; later edited by

Isaac Reed Isaac Reed (1 January 1742 – 5 January 1807) was an English Shakespearean editor. Biography The son of a baker, he was born in London. He was articled to a solicitor, and eventually set up as a conveyancer at Staple Inn, where he had a large ...

. *'' A New Review'' (1782–1786). Edited by

Paul Henry Maty Paul Henry Maty (1744 – 16 January 1787) was an English librarian. Maty was born in London, the son of the librarian Matthew Maty (1718–1786), and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He vacated a Trinity fellowship to marry in 1775. I ...

. *'' Annals of Agriculture'' (1784–1815). Started by Arthur Young. *''The New Town & Country Magazine'' (1787–1789) *''The

Analytical Review The ''Analytical Review'' was an English periodical that was published from 1788 to 1798, having been established in London by the publisher Joseph Johnson and the writer Thomas Christie. Part of the Republic of Letters, it was a gadfly publica ...

'' (1788–1799) *'' The Botanical Magazine'', subsequently ''Curtis's Botanical Magazine'' (1787–) *''

The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the ...

'' (1791–). Weekly. *''

The Sporting Magazine ''The Sporting Magazine'' (1793–1870) was the first English sporting periodical to devote itself to every type of sport. Its subtitle was "Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the ...

''. (1792–). Monthly. *'' British Critic''. Quarterly (1793–1826) *'' Anthologia hibernica'' (1793–1794). Published in Dublin. *'' The Monthly Mirror'' (1795–1811). Founded by

Thomas Bellamy Thomas Bellamy (June 6, 1853 – October 11, 1926) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. Bellamy was born at Canada West, which would later be the province of Ontario. The son of an English immigrant, he ...

. *'' The Tribune'' (1795–1796). Edited by John Thelwall *''The

Aberdeen Magazine Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), a ...

, Or, Universal Repository''. (1796–1798) *''The Monthly Magazine'' (1796–1825). Founded by Sir Richard Phillips, edited by

John Aikin John Aikin (15 January 1747 – 7 December 1822) was an English medical doctor and surgeon. Later in life he devoted himself wholly to biography and writing in periodicals. Life He was born at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, England, son of ...

*'' The Watchman'' (1796). Founded and edited by

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lak ...

*''The

Anti-Jacobin The ''Anti-Jacobin, or, Weekly Examiner'' was an English newspaper founded by George Canning in 1797 and devoted to opposing the radicalism of the French Revolution. It lasted only a year, but was considered highly influential, and is not to be c ...

, or, Weekly Examiner'' (1797–1798) *''The

Anti-Jacobin Review ''The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine, or, Monthly Political and Literary Censor'', was a conservative British political periodical active from 1798 to 1821. Founded founded by John Gifford (pseud. of John Richards Green) after the demise of Wi ...

'' (1798–1821) *''The

Philosophical Magazine The ''Philosophical Magazine'' is one of the oldest scientific journals published in English. It was established by Alexander Tilloch in 1798;John Burnett"Tilloch, Alexander (1759–1825)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford Univer ...

'' (1798–) *''The Asiatic annual register'' (1799–1811) *'' Conjuror's Magazine'' (1791–1794?) *''

The Lady's Monthly Museum ''The Lady's Monthly Museum; Or, Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction'' was an English monthly women's magazine published between 1798 and 1832. History ''The Lady's Magazine'', a women's magazine founded in 1770 with a "pseudo-genteel ...

'' (1798—1832)

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