English periodicals, dating back centuries, provide valuable insights into culture, politics, and literature, shaping historical and contemporary discourse.

2. Edinburgh Review(1802 – 1929)
 It was most influential magazine of nineteenth century inaugurated in 1802.
 It promoted Romanticism and Whigs politics.
 It was started by: – Francis Jeffrey, Sidney Smith , Henery Brougham and Francis Horner
 It was published by Archibald Costable.
 It was published quarterly until 1929.
 It was about political and literary review and it supported the Whigs.
 The main rival was ‘Quarterly Review’ which supported ‘The Tories’.
 The magazine attacked on Lake Poets, especially William Wordsworth

3. Quarterly Review (1809 – 1967)
• It is a political periodical founded in March 1809 by well known London publishing house
John Murray.
• It was referred to as The London Quarterly Review, as reprinted by Leonard Scott, for an
American edition.
• It’s publication was ceased in 1967

4. Blackwood Magazine(1817-1980)
 It is a British Magazine.
 It was founded by the publisher William Blackwood, and was originally called Edinburgh Monthly Magazine.
 The first number appeared in Apr 1817 under the editorship of Thomas Pringle and James Cleghorn. Under
these editors the journal failed.
 So Blackwood again relaunched it under his own editorship under Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. Later it
took it’s shorter name ‘Maga’.
 The title page bore the image of George Buchanan, a 16th century Scottish historian.