The London Magazine (1820-29) was the premier literary miscellany of the early 1820s, and first published some of the major prose works of the Romantic period: Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium Eater, William Hazlitt’s Table Talk essays, and Charles Lamb’s Elia essays. The overall standard of writing during its early years was high: other contributors included John Clare, Allan Cunningham, Thomas Hood, Peter George Patmore, Bryan Waller Proctor (“Barry Cornwall”), John Hamilton Reynolds, John Scott, Horace Smith, and Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (“Janus Weathercock”). Its early numbers, published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, were edited by the talented Scott (previously editor of The Champion newspaper), who was fatally wounded in a duel in February 1821. Subsequently, the magazine was sold to Taylor and Hessey (publishers of Clare and John Keats), and John Taylor...
1160 words
Citation: Higgins, David. "The London Magazine". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 April 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1726, accessed 09 June 2026.]
