Detailed Record
Catholic Fireside, The;
vol 1 no 1, 31 Jan 1879 - no 4514, 29 Sep 1978//
Dublin,Dublin
Liverpool,Lancashire (31 Jan 1879 - Dec 1883)
London,Middlesex (1883+)
Publisher:
J. Francis Andrews (1878)
Catholic Publishing Co Ltd (1895-1899)
Catholic Publishing Depot (1879)
T.J. Cullin
John J. Lawkins (1883)
Catholic Publishing Co Ltd (1895-1899)
Catholic Publishing Depot (1879)
T.J. Cullin
John J. Lawkins (1883)
Printer:
J. Francis Andrews (1878)
Catholic Publishing Co Ltd (1895-1899)
John J. Lawkins (1883)
Catholic Publishing Co Ltd (1895-1899)
John J. Lawkins (1883)
Size:
40cm, 16pp (Jan 1878, Jan 1884); 28pp (Dec 1878); 32cm, 16pp (Jan 1883); 32pp (Dec 1883, Dec 1884); 35cm, 19pp (1895)
Price:
1d (1878, 1884-1895, 1912); 2d (1883)
Circulation:
40,000 (1881, 1901)
Frequency:
monthly (1878); weekly (1899, Sat 1912)
Illustration:
sketches
Indexing:
index/vol
Departments:
poetry, stones, fireside sparks, chips for the fire, household science, notes, queries, queries answered corner for the curious, counsels of grains of gold, puzzle corner, advertisements, portraits (1878); editorial talk, perusable paragraphs, woman's chatbox, our boys corner; here, there, and everywhere; calendar of the week
Orientation:
Catholic
Sources:
The Irish Catholic Directory and Almanac ad p.120; Layton, Handy Newspaper List; Hubbard, Newspaper and Bank Directory. New Haven: Hubbard, 1882. p.1669; Successful Advertising, 1902. p.513.
Comments:
"Biographical" information. (Layton)
"That journal [The Catholic Times] is not only a messenger of Catholic news, but a large portion of its space is devoted to the light and instructive literature which is the leading feature of THE CATHOLIC FIRESIDE. Every week it [The Catholic Times] gives three or four columns of a serial tale from the pen of an able writer, and, besides this, its Naturalist's column, its Family reading, and its 'Sparks', features never, under any circumstances, emitted from its pages, are ample to fill up the time between one monthly visit of THE FIRESIDE and another. The latter is, indeed, a monthly supplement to the former, and we hope our readers will regard them as inseparable companions" (1:2, p.18).
The subtitle "a family journal" was added vol 5 no 1 and dropped by vol 6.
"To the clergy and teachers, and all who are desirous of promoting the circulation of Popular Catholic Literature among our people, we especially appeal for help in our efforts to supersede the cheap, sensational thrash which is poisoning the minds and perverting the hearts of our youth. Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses can aid us in this good work by encouraging and recommending their scholars to purchase the CATHOLIC FIRESIDE" (To Our Readers, 6:1 ns p.14).
This periodical is a monthly supplement to The Catholic Times.
Advertised in Successful Advertising in 1902 as the "most widely circulated Catholic weekly in the world" (513).
"That journal [The Catholic Times] is not only a messenger of Catholic news, but a large portion of its space is devoted to the light and instructive literature which is the leading feature of THE CATHOLIC FIRESIDE. Every week it [The Catholic Times] gives three or four columns of a serial tale from the pen of an able writer, and, besides this, its Naturalist's column, its Family reading, and its 'Sparks', features never, under any circumstances, emitted from its pages, are ample to fill up the time between one monthly visit of THE FIRESIDE and another. The latter is, indeed, a monthly supplement to the former, and we hope our readers will regard them as inseparable companions" (1:2, p.18).
The subtitle "a family journal" was added vol 5 no 1 and dropped by vol 6.
"To the clergy and teachers, and all who are desirous of promoting the circulation of Popular Catholic Literature among our people, we especially appeal for help in our efforts to supersede the cheap, sensational thrash which is poisoning the minds and perverting the hearts of our youth. Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses can aid us in this good work by encouraging and recommending their scholars to purchase the CATHOLIC FIRESIDE" (To Our Readers, 6:1 ns p.14).
This periodical is a monthly supplement to The Catholic Times.
Advertised in Successful Advertising in 1902 as the "most widely circulated Catholic weekly in the world" (513).
Location:
complete runs: LO/N38 A; partial runs: OX/U-1 A; DB/N-1 (Sep 1880)
Reproduced by permission, British Newspaper Library
Successful Advertising (1902)