''Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country'' was a general and literary journal published in

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from 1830 to 1882, which initially took a strong

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line in politics. It was founded by Hugh Fraser and William Maginn in 1830 and loosely directed by Maginn (and later Francis Mahony) under the name ''Oliver Yorke,'' until about 1840. It circulated until 1882, when it was renamed ''Longman's Magazine''.

Editors

In its early years, the publisher James Fraser (no relation to Hugh) played a role in soliciting contributors and preparing the magazine for the press. After James Fraser's death in 1841 the magazine was acquired by George William Nickisson, and in 1847 by John William Parker. In 1863, Thomas and William

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took over all of Parker's business. Its last notable editor was James Anthony Froude (1860–1874). In 1882, ''Fraser's Magazine'' was renamed ''Longman's Magazine'', and was popularised and reduced in cost to sixpence.

Contributors

Among the contributors were

Thomas Carlyle Thomas Carlyle (4 December 17955 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher. Known as the "Sage writing, sage of Chelsea, London, Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the V ...

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, Frances Power Cobbe, Thomas Medwin,

James Hogg James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots language, Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a ...

, William Mudford, Janet Ross and

John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 7 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism and social liberalism, he contributed widely to s ...

. The 1835 group portrait by Maclise misleads in that

David Brewster Sir David Brewster Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order, KH President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, PRSE Fellow of the Royal Society of London, FRS Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, FSA Scot Fellow of the Scottish Society of ...

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

, John Gibson Lockhart and Robert Southey, while included, were not substantial contributors. Others who were active at that period were Percival Banks, T. C. Croker, John Galt, John Abraham Heraud, E. V. Kenealy, David Macbeth Moir, Francis Mahony, Robert Willmott and Thomas Wright. Another contributor was William Jardine Smith.

References

External links

Freely available issues at Internet ArchiveAll issues at UPenn's ''Online Books Page''
*Freely available issues at Google Books
Vol.2, Aug.1830-Jan.1831Vol.8, July-December 1833
*From Vol.7, October 1832, translation of Goethe's Das Märchen (The tale), with Introduction by "O.Y." ( William Maginn)
William Maginn biography
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