The London Chronicle: Or, Universal Evening Post was the fourth venture of the entrepreneurial bookseller Robert Dodsley (1703-64) into the potentially lucrative world of periodical publication, following on from The Public Register (1741), The Museum (1746-47) and the hugely successful The World (1753-56). The London Chronicle was a fusion of newspaper and magazine, containing political, foreign and domestic news, juxtaposed with items, such as poems and accounts of recently published books. It was eight, triple-columned, quarto pages long, appearing three times a week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. It cost two pence and was jointly owned, launched and produced by Robert Dodsley, and his brother James, operating from their shop at Tully’s Head in Pall Mall, together with the Edinburgh-born printer, William Strahan (1715-85), who published it through the printing and bookselling premises of...

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Citation: Gordon, Ian. "The London Chronicle: Or, Universal Evening Post". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 July 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5534, accessed 09 June 2026.]