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''The Monthly Review'' (1749–1845) was an English periodical founded by
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1749 establishments in Great Britain Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines published in London Magazines established in 1749 Magazines disestablished in 1845 {{UK-lit-mag-stub
''The Monthly Review'' (1749–1845) was an English periodical founded by Ralph Griffiths
Ralph Griffiths (c.1720 – 28 September 1803) was an English journal editor and publisher of Welsh extraction. In 1749, he founded London's first successful literary magazine, the ''Monthly Review'' (1749–1845), and remained its editor un ...
, a Nonconformist bookseller. The first periodical in England to offer reviews
A review is an evaluation of a publication, product, service, or company or a critical take on current affairs in literature, politics or culture. In addition to a critical evaluation, the review's author may assign the work a rating to indic ...
, it featured the novelist and poet Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer. A prolific author of various literature, he is regarded among the most versatile writers of the Georgian e ...
as an early contributor. Griffiths himself, and likely his wife Isabella Griffiths, contributed review articles to the periodical. Later contributors included Dr. Charles Burney
Charles Burney (7 April 1726 – 12 April 1814) was an English music historian, composer and musician. He was the father of the writers Frances Burney and Sarah Burney, of the explorer James Burney, and of Charles Burney, a classicis ...
, John Cleland
John Cleland (24 September 1709 – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist best known for his fictional '' Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'', whose eroticism led to his arrest. James Boswell called him "a sly, old malcont ...
, Theophilus Cibber
Theophilus Cibber (25 or 26 November 1703 – October 1758) was an English actor, playwright, author, and son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber.
He began acting at an early age, and followed his father into theatrical management. In 1727, Alex ...
, James Grainger, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Elizabeth Moody, and Tobias Smollett
Tobias George Smollett (bapt. 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish writer and surgeon. He was best known for writing picaresque novels such as ''The Adventures of Roderick Random'' (1748), ''The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle'' ...
—who would go on to establish the ''Monthly''Publishing history of ''The Monthly Review''
*Volumes 1–81, May 1749 – December 1789; * v. 1–108, January 1790 – November 1825; *new ser., v. 1–15, January 1826 – December 1830; *new ser., v. 1–45, January 1831 – December 1844. (The four-month volumes in this series are numbered I, II, and III on the title page, restarting at I each January, but some libraries and indexes number the volumes continuously from 1831.) Many libraries have incorrectly cataloged the periodical as the ''London Monthly Review''.Ward, William S. Index and Finding List of Serials Published in the British Isles 1789–1832. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1953.Format
Each issue of the ''Monthly'' was divided into two sections: longer reviews of several pages were in the front section, short reviews of lesser works were featured in the back Monthly Catalogue, divided by genre headings.See also
*List of nineteenth-century British periodicals
This is a list of British periodicals established in the 19th century, excluding daily newspapers.
The periodical press flourished in the 19th century: the ''Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals'' plans to eventually list m ...
* List of eighteenth-century British periodicals
* List of eighteenth century journals
This list of 18th-century journals covers published academic journals from a variety of fields, that were current and printed between 1700 and 1799. It also includes journals that, although initially published before 1700, were current and in pr ...
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