Ohio History Journal

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LITERARY PERIODICALS OF THE OHIO VALLEY

LITERARY PERIODICALS OF THE OHIO VALLEY.

IN a course of investigations concerning Western literary

undertakings, the writer has given some attention to the his-

tory of periodical publications, particularly those devoted to

literature. There have been many such publications in the

valley of the Ohio River, some of great merit, others of little

or no value. Comparatively few of our Western magazines

have been well supported by the public, or have lived longer

than five or six years. The majority were ephemeral, run-

ning their career in a twelve-month, or less.

The subjoined list comprises between sixty and seventy

titles of periodicals devoted wholly or in part to general lit-

erature, that have appeared in the Ohio valley from the year

1819 to 1860, a period of forty-one years. Doubtless the list

is very incomplete. Readers of the QUARTERLY will confer

a favor by pointing out any errors they may discover in the

list, or by furnishing additional information on the subject to

W. H. VENABLE.

 

LIST OF LITERARY PERIODICALS.

The Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine.

Monthly. Wm. Gibbs Hunt, Lexington, Ky., August,

1819, to July, 1821.

The Literary Cadet. Weekly. Dr. Joseph Buchanan,

Cincinnati, November, 1819. Twenty-three numbers were

issued, and then the Cadet was merged in the Western Spy,

which was thereafter published as the Western Spy and Lit-

erary Gazette.

The Olio. Semi-monthly. John H. Woods and Samuel

S. Brooks, Cincinnati, 1821. Continued for one year.

The Literary Gazette. Weekly. John P. Foote, Cincin-

cinnati, January, 1824, to December, 1824. Revived by

Looker and Reynolds, who continued it for eight months in

1825.

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