List of 18th-century British periodicals

This list of 18th-century British periodicals excludes daily newspapers.

Front page of The Gentleman's Magazine, May 1759

In order of first publication

• The Tatler (1709—1711)
• The Female Tatler (8 July 1709—31 March 1710). Thrice weekly; 115 issues
• The Spectator (1711–1714). Founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele; published daily, 1711–1712; in 1714, three times a week for six months. Collected in book form it remained hugely popular for the rest of the century.
• Vetusta Monumenta (1718–1906). Illustrated antiquarian papers published at intermittent intervals by the Society of Antiquaries of London.
• The Intelligencer (1728—1729). Launched by Jonathan Swift and Thomas Sheridan
• The Plain Dealer (1724–1725). Bi-weekly. Founded by Aaron Hill.^[1]
• The Gentleman's Magazine (1731–1907). Monthly.
• The London Magazine (1732–1785)
• The Bee (1733–1735). Founded by Eustace Budgell.^[2]
• Lloyd's List (1734–). Weekly, then semi-weekly.
• The Scots Magazine (1739–1826).
• The Female Spectator (1744—1746). Monthly; 24 issues
• The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (1747–1814). Monthly. Editors included James Hinton, W. Bent, and Percival Stockdale.
• The Monthly Review (1749–1845). Monthly. Founded by Ralph Griffiths and Robert Dodsley. Oliver Goldsmith was a contributor.
• The Rambler (1750–1752). Twice weekly.
• The Adventurer (1752–1754). Twice weekly. Founded by John Hawkesworth, Samuel Johnson, and others.
• The World (1753–1756). Every Thursday. Founded by "Adam Fitz-Adam" (i.e. Edwin Moore) and published by the Dodsleys.
• The Connoisseur (1754–1756). Weekly.
• The Critical Review (1756–1817)
• The London Chronicle (1756-1823). Thrice weekly.
• The Annual Register (1758–). Annually.
• Universal Chronicle, which published Samuel Johnson'sThe Idler (1758–1760)
• The Bee (1759–1759)
• The Lady's Museum (1760—1761): monthly
• Exeter Mercury or West Country Advertiser, later Trewman's Exeter Flying Post (1763–1917)
• The Gospel Magazine (1766–)
• Theological Repository (1769–1771, 1784, 1786, 1788)
• Town and Country Magazine (1769–)
• The Lady's Magazine (1770–1837). Monthly.
• The Building Magazine (1774–1778)
• Wesleyan Methodist Magazine (1778–1969). Monthly
• The Arminian Magazine (1778–1913)
• The European Magazine, and London Review (1782–1826). Founded by James Perry; later edited by Isaac Reed.
• A New Review (1782–1786). Edited by Paul Henry Maty.
• Annals of Agriculture (1784–1815). Started by Arthur Young.
• The New Town & Country Magazine (1787–1789)
• The Analytical Review (1788–1799)
• The Botanical Magazine, subsequently Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1787–)
• The Observer (1791–). Weekly.
• The Sporting Magazine. (1792–). Monthly.
• British Critic. Quarterly (1793–1826)
• Anthologia hibernica (1793–1794). Published in Dublin.
• The Monthly Mirror (1795–1811). Founded by Thomas Bellamy.^[3]
• The Tribune (1795–1796). Edited by John Thelwall
• The Aberdeen Magazine, Or, Universal Repository. (1796–1798)
• The Monthly Magazine (1796–1825). Founded by Sir Richard Phillips, edited by John Aikin
• The Watchman (1796). Founded and edited by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• The Anti-Jacobin, or, Weekly Examiner (1797–1798)
• The Anti-Jacobin Review (1798–1821)
• The Philosophical Magazine (1798–)
• The Asiatic annual register (1799–1811)
• Conjuror's Magazine (1791–1794?)
• The Lady's Monthly Museum (1798—1832)

In alphabetical order

• The Adventurer (1752–1754). Twice weekly. Founded by John Hawkesworth, Samuel Johnson, and others.
• The Bee (1733–1735). Founded by Eustace Budgell.^[4]
• The Bee (1759–1759)
• The Connoisseur (1754–1756). Weekly.
• The European Magazine, and London Review (1782–1826). Founded by James Perry; later edited by Isaac Reed.
• Exeter Mercury or West Country Advertiser, later Trewman's Exeter Flying Post (1763–1917)
• The Female Tatler (8 July 1709—31 March 1710). Thrice weekly; 115 issues
• The Intelligencer (1728—1729). Launched by Jonathan Swift and Thomas Sheridan
• The Monthly Review (1749–1845). Monthly. Founded by Ralph Griffiths and Robert Dodsley. Oliver Goldsmith was a contributor.
• The Plain Dealer (1724–1725). Bi-weekly. Founded by Aaron Hill.^[5]
• The Spectator (1711–1714). Founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele; published daily, 1711–1712; in 1714, three times a week for six months. Collected in book form it remained hugely popular for the rest of the century.
• The Tatler (1709—1711)
• The Tribune (1795–1796). Edited by John Thelwall
• Universal Chronicle, which published Samuel Johnson'sThe Idler (1758–1760)
• The Watchman (1796). Founded and edited by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• The World (1753–1756). Every Thursday. Founded by "Adam Fitz-Adam" (i.e. Edwin Moore) and published by the Dodsleys.
• A New Review (1782–1786). Edited by Paul Henry Maty.
• The Aberdeen Magazine, Or, Universal Repository. (1796–1798)
• The Analytical Review (1788–1799)
• Annals of Agriculture (1784–1815). Started by Arthur Young.
• The Annual Register (1758–). Annually.
• Anthologia hibernica (1793–1794). Published in Dublin.
• The Anti-Jacobin Review (1798–1821)
• The Anti-Jacobin, or, Weekly Examiner (1797–1798)
• The Arminian Magazine (1778–1913)
• The Asiatic annual register (1799–1811)
• British Critic. Quarterly (1793–1826)
• Conjuror's Magazine (1791–1794?)
• Lloyd's List (1734–). Weekly, then semi-weekly.
• The London Chronicle (1756-1823). Thrice weekly.
• The Monthly Magazine (1796–1825). Founded by Sir Richard Phillips, edited by John Aikin
• The New Town & Country Magazine (1787–1789)
• The Philosophical Magazine (1798–)
• The Botanical Magazine, subsequently Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1787–)
• The Building Magazine (1774–1778)
• The Critical Review (1756–1817)
• The Female Spectator (1744—1746). Monthly; 24 issues
• The Gentleman's Magazine (1731–1907). Monthly.
• The Gospel Magazine (1766–)
• The Lady's Magazine (1770–1837). Monthly.
• The Lady's Monthly Museum (1798—1832)
• The Lady's Museum (1760—1761): monthly
• The London Magazine (1732–1785)
• The Monthly Mirror (1795–1811). Founded by Thomas Bellamy.^[6]
• The Observer (1791–). Weekly.
• The Rambler (1750–1752). Twice weekly.
• The Scots Magazine (1739–1826).
• The Sporting Magazine. (1792–). Monthly.
• The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (1747–1814). Monthly. Editors included James Hinton, W. Bent, and Percival Stockdale.
• Theological Repository (1769–1771, 1784, 1786, 1788)
• Town and Country Magazine (1769–)
• Vetusta Monumenta (1718–1906). Illustrated antiquarian papers published at intermittent intervals by the Society of Antiquaries of London.
• Wesleyan Methodist Magazine (1778–1969). Monthly

See also

• List of 18th-century British periodicals for women
• List of eighteenth century journals
• List of nineteenth-century British periodicals

References

1. Margaret Drabble; Jenny Stringer; Daniel Hahn, eds. (2007). "Hill, Aaron". The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature, Third Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199214921.
2. White, Robert B. Jr. (1976). The English literary journal to 1900 : a guide to information sources. Detroit: Gale Research Co. ISBN 0-8103-1228-X.
3. Hayden, John. O (1969). The Romantic Reviewers, 1802–1824. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
4. White, Robert B. Jr. (1976). The English literary journal to 1900 : a guide to information sources. Detroit: Gale Research Co. ISBN 0-8103-1228-X.
5. Margaret Drabble; Jenny Stringer; Daniel Hahn, eds. (2007). "Hill, Aaron". The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature, Third Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199214921.
6. Hayden, John. O (1969). The Romantic Reviewers, 1802–1824. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.