Each issue opens with a quote from the Act of Parliament "...if any person shall cruelly beat, ill-treat, over-drive, abuse, or torture, or cause or procure to be cruelly beaten, ill-treated, over-driven, abused, or tortured, an Animal, every such offender shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds." The periodical urges people to "co-operate with the Society and the Police in enforcing the above law, and... not to be deterred from interfering, when they observe acts of Cruelty, by a little personal trouble. A remonstrance from a casual passer-by will often suffice to check offenders, or if that fail, the offence may be punished, or its recurrence prevented, if reported accurately and promptly to the Society" (1870-1890).

• Athenaeum, The;
• Literary Gazette, The;
• Leigh Hunt's London Journal;
• Watts' Literary Guide
• London Magazine and Monthly Critical and Dramatic Review
• Great Thoughts from Master Minds;
• Eclectic Review, The;
• Academy, The;
• Ainsworth's Magazine;
• London Figaro, The;