Detailed Record
Dublin Literary Gazette, The;
vol 1 no 1, 02 Jan 1830 - vol 1 no 26, 26 Jun 1830
then: Dublin Literary Gazette and National Magazine. vol 1 no 1 [2s], 05 Jul 1830 - vol 1 no 6 [2s], Dec 1830
then: National Magazine; and Dublin literary gazette. vol 2 no 1, Jan 1831 - vol 2 no 10, Apr 1831
then: National Magazine, The. May 1831? - Jun 1831?
then: National Magazine; and Dublin literary gazette. vol 2 no 1, Jan 1831 - vol 2 no 10, Apr 1831
then: National Magazine, The. May 1831? - Jun 1831?
Dublin,Dublin
Editor:
Philip Dixon Hardy (no 25-26 1831)
Edward Johnston (Rev.) 1830)
Charles Lever
Samuel Lover (no 1, 1830 - no24, 1831)
Edward Johnston (Rev.) 1830)
Charles Lever
Samuel Lover (no 1, 1830 - no24, 1831)
Proprietor:
William Carleton
William Frederick Wakeman
William Frederick Wakeman
Publisher:
Philip Dixon Hardy (1831)
Hurst Chance and Co. (London)
Literary Gazette Office
National Magazine Office (1831)
Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh)
William Frederick Wakeman (Dublin)
Hurst Chance and Co. (London)
Literary Gazette Office
National Magazine Office (1831)
Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh)
William Frederick Wakeman (Dublin)
Printer:
John S. Folds
William Frederick Wakeman (1830 - 1831)
William Frederick Wakeman (1830 - 1831)
Contributors:
William Carleton
Aubrey De Vere (Sir, poetry)
Aubrey Thomas De Vere
Mary De Vere
Ann Hall
Barbara Hofland (Mrs.)
Edward Irving (Rev.) 1830)
J.S.M. (poetry 1830)
Maria Jane Jewsbury (Miss)
Charles Lever
Charles Lover
Samuel Lover
James Mackintosh (Sir)
George Petrie
Quevedo (poetry 1830)
Aubrey De Vere (Sir, poetry)
Aubrey Thomas De Vere
Mary De Vere
Ann Hall
Barbara Hofland (Mrs.)
Edward Irving (Rev.) 1830)
J.S.M. (poetry 1830)
Maria Jane Jewsbury (Miss)
Charles Lever
Charles Lover
Samuel Lover
James Mackintosh (Sir)
George Petrie
Quevedo (poetry 1830)
Size:
26cm; 22cm; 16pp; 132pp/no (1830), 15pp
Price:
8d (no 1, Jan 1830); 9d (Apr 1830); 2s6d/a?
Circulation:
15000 (quarterly stamps issued, Apr 1830)
Frequency:
weekly (Sat, 2 Jan-26 Jun 1830); monthly (Jul 1830-)
Illustration:
b/w
Indexing:
T of C/vol; T of C/issue; index/vol
Departments:
sketches and stories, personal sketches, professional sketches, political articles, reviews, essays and letters, critical notices, notes of the month, literary and scientific varieties, literary novelties, periodical literature, list of new books, ecclesiastical intelligence, Irish bankruptcies, monthly record of military promotions, appointments, b/m/d, fiction, folk studies, ballads, reviews, poetry, scientific papers; politics, poetry, reviews, biographical sketches (1831)
Orientation:
conservative (1831); Royalist, Anglican (1831)
Sources:
Accounts and Papers: 1831-2. House of Commons: 1832. p.2.; Brown, Stephen J. Ireland in Fiction. Dublin: Maunsell, 1919.; Clyde, Irish Literary Magazines.; COPAC; The Forster Collection. London, 1888. p.146.; Hayley, Voice of Nineteenth-Century Ireland.; McKenna, Irish Literature, 1800-1875.; NLI; O'Donoghue, Poets of Ireland, 1912. pp.106, 107.; J. Power, "Irish Literary Periodicals".; Seckersen, Austin in Sullivan, British Literary Magazines, vol 2, pp.112-114.
Histories:
Kearney, "Between Politics and Literature." p.76
Comments:
The journal was "devoted to the interests of literature and the pursuits of science and the arts," also "tales, legends, antiquities, history." Note the similarity of subtitles with The Dublin Weekly Gazette, published in the same year and place, by Ponsonby. Subtitle appears in 1831; distributed by Hurst, Chance, and Company, London; Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh.
Samuel Lover was the primary editor except for the last two issues, which were edited by Philip Dixon Hardy.
The first number states: "We are Tories and Churchmen: we propose to make politics a frequent subject of discussion in our pages." On 26 Jun 1830 mention is made that this magazine will be published under the title Dublin Literary Gazette and National Magazine. Later it continued as a monthly magazine entitled The National Magazine and the title Dublin Literary Gazette and National Magazine may never have been used.
McKenna lists Charles Lover, Samuel Lover's uncle, as the primary editor (28). Lover was the main person who continued the magazine as The National Magazine (29).
The fourth issue contained the confessions of a Reformed Ribbonman (Brown 37).
The editors write that they do not want to captivate the public with a "sudden and violent assault" of information. They have a gentle and contemplative approach to writing or, as they call it, they have a "ceremonial approach" to writing. Ironically, they admit that it would be a "rather light looking periodical" if they did not write in this way, which ultimately suggests that they had little to contribute.
The first number shows that a prospectus was circulated previously, and that in this prospectus, the editors emphasized their desire to publish literature. They would engage with scientific publications, but only the "lighter and more amusing part of Science and the Arts."
The same number asserts: "We assure our readers with all sincerity, that we have embarked on this literary undertaking, believing, nay knowing, that it might and will do great and permanent good..."
"For once an Irish magazine lived up to its promise to be unsectatian and to avoid politics, although it is written from a position securely within British (and indeed Imperial) life and culture" (Clyde 88). Clyde mentions that the subsequent publication in 1830-31 was much more conservative and it was overt in its British sympathies (89). This was one of the first literary journals published in Ireland. "It was very much in the style and format of the London Literary Gazette." "Its staple was book reviews, and though its management was Protestant and conservative, it was, unlike its predecessors, unbiased in its literary criticism." The title change was said to "represent the country's new prevailing mood...the magazine will encourage an Irishness of outlook; it will also adopt a new, more leisurely, critical attitude and specialize 'in the review of works of a purely national character.'" (Hayley 34). Charles Lover's praise of Percy Bysshe Shelley incensed the readership to the point that Lover had to relinquish his management to Philip Dixon Hardy, who tended to print things aligned with conservatism rather than fulfilling his intent to stay away from party politics. The magazine ended in 1831 due to financial difficulties.
Samuel Lover was the primary editor except for the last two issues, which were edited by Philip Dixon Hardy.
The first number states: "We are Tories and Churchmen: we propose to make politics a frequent subject of discussion in our pages." On 26 Jun 1830 mention is made that this magazine will be published under the title Dublin Literary Gazette and National Magazine. Later it continued as a monthly magazine entitled The National Magazine and the title Dublin Literary Gazette and National Magazine may never have been used.
McKenna lists Charles Lover, Samuel Lover's uncle, as the primary editor (28). Lover was the main person who continued the magazine as The National Magazine (29).
The fourth issue contained the confessions of a Reformed Ribbonman (Brown 37).
The editors write that they do not want to captivate the public with a "sudden and violent assault" of information. They have a gentle and contemplative approach to writing or, as they call it, they have a "ceremonial approach" to writing. Ironically, they admit that it would be a "rather light looking periodical" if they did not write in this way, which ultimately suggests that they had little to contribute.
The first number shows that a prospectus was circulated previously, and that in this prospectus, the editors emphasized their desire to publish literature. They would engage with scientific publications, but only the "lighter and more amusing part of Science and the Arts."
The same number asserts: "We assure our readers with all sincerity, that we have embarked on this literary undertaking, believing, nay knowing, that it might and will do great and permanent good..."
"For once an Irish magazine lived up to its promise to be unsectatian and to avoid politics, although it is written from a position securely within British (and indeed Imperial) life and culture" (Clyde 88). Clyde mentions that the subsequent publication in 1830-31 was much more conservative and it was overt in its British sympathies (89). This was one of the first literary journals published in Ireland. "It was very much in the style and format of the London Literary Gazette." "Its staple was book reviews, and though its management was Protestant and conservative, it was, unlike its predecessors, unbiased in its literary criticism." The title change was said to "represent the country's new prevailing mood...the magazine will encourage an Irishness of outlook; it will also adopt a new, more leisurely, critical attitude and specialize 'in the review of works of a purely national character.'" (Hayley 34). Charles Lover's praise of Percy Bysshe Shelley incensed the readership to the point that Lover had to relinquish his management to Philip Dixon Hardy, who tended to print things aligned with conservatism rather than fulfilling his intent to stay away from party politics. The magazine ended in 1831 due to financial difficulties.
Location:
LO/N-1 A; LO/N-15 F; BL/U-2 (02 Jan 1830-26 Jun 1830); BL/S-7 no 6 (Jan-Dec 1830, Jan-Jun 1831); DB/N-1 F (02 Jan 1830-Apr 1831); DB/S-1 CO/U-1?; ZN/S71?; DB/U-2; BCL; PSPL; DB/U-1 A; AB/N-1 A vol 1:4-5; CA/U-1 A (02 Jan-26 Jun, Dec 1830, 1831); MA/U-1 A (02 Jan-26 Jun 1830, 1830-1831); OX/U-1 A (16 Feb 1833); LO/M45 (electronic: 02 Jan-26 Jun 1830); BR/U-1 A (electronic: 02 Jan-26 Jun 1830, 1831); CV/U-1 A (electronic: 02 Jan-26 Jun 1830); CR/U-1 A (electronic: 02 Jan-26 Jun 1830, 1830-1831); ED/U-1 A (electronic: 02 Jan-26 Jun 1830); GL/U-1 A (electronic: 02 Jan-26 Jun 1830, 1830-1831); NW/U-1 A (electronic: 02 Jan-26 Jun 1830, 1830-1831); LO/U-1 G (electronic: 1830-1831); N. America: NN, U Kansas, Ohio State U, Providence College, U Toronto, McGill, see Worldcat.org; full text in JSTOR, Google Books (Jan 1830-Dec 1830)
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