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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