The Continental Monthly
Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862: Devoted to Literature and National Pol…
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The Continental Monthly
Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862: Devoted to Literature and National Pol…
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
No. 441: Volume 17, New Series, June 12, 1852
Graham's Magazine
Vol. XVIII, No. 2, February 1841
The Atlantic Monthly
Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and…
Punch, or the London Charivari
Volume 1, July 24, 1841
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Vol. 67, No. 416, June 1850
Notes and Queries
Vol. V, Number 127, April 3, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication fo…
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art
No.690: March 17, 1877
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Vol. 66, No 405, July 1849
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Volume 65, No. 403, May, 1849
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829
The Atlantic Monthly
Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and…
The American Missionary
Vol. XXXIV., No. 5, May 1880
Notes and Queries
Index to Seventh Volume, January-June 1853: A Medium of Inter-communi…
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843
Philosophical transactions
Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757.: Giving some account of the presen…
Published in October
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science
Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873
Notes and Queries
Number 205, October 1, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Lite…
The Catholic World
Vol. 26, October, 1877, to March, 1878
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art
No. 722: October 27, 1877
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art
No. 721: October 20, 1877
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
No. 461: Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827
The Atlantic Monthly
Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867: A Magazine of Literature, Science,…
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Volume 14, No. 392, October 3, 1829
Notes and Queries
Number 208, October 22, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Lit…
Punch, or the London Charivari
Volume 1, October 16, 1841
The Irish Penny Journal
Vol. 1 No. 15, October 10, 1840
The Irish Penny Journal
Vol. 1 No. 14, October 3, 1840
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
No. 459: Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852
Punchinello
Volume 2, No. 31, October 29, 1870
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Notes and Queries
224 issues · 1849 to 1854The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
189 issues · 1827 to 1832Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
123 issues · 1843 to 1863The Atlantic Monthly
96 issues · 1857 to 1867Graham's Magazine
84 issues · 1841 to 1852Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art
76 issues · 1877 to 1878The Irish Penny Journal
52 issues · 1840 to 1841Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
51 issues · 1849 to 1852Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science
42 issues · 1873 to 1880Punchinello
39 issues · 1870The American Missionary
36 issues · 1878 to 1880The Continental Monthly
36 issues · 1862 to 1864The Nursery
34 issues · 1873 to 1880Household words
30 issues · 1850 to 1856Punch, or the London Charivari
30 issues · 1841 to 1872Harper's New Monthly Magazine
28 issues · 1850 to 1852The Catholic World
26 issues · 1865 to 1878The southern literary messenger
26 issues · 1834 to 1836The Knickerbocker
19 issues · 1837 to 1861The International Monthly
14 issues · 1850 to 1852The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
13 issues · 1832St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls
12 issues · 1877 to 1878The Irish Ecclesiastical Record
12 issues · 1864 to 1865The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side
12 issues · 1820Scientific American
11 issues · 1846 to 1880Godey's Lady's Book
8 issues · 1851 to 1854International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science
8 issues · 1850The Cornhill Magazine
7 issues · 1860 to 1861The Galaxy
6 issues · 1877The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor
6 issues · 1810The Yale Literary Magazine
6 issues · 1836The Celtic Magazine
5 issues · 1875 to 1876Robert Merry's Museum
4 issues · 1841 to 1844The Baptist Magazine
4 issues · 1835The Contemporary Review
4 issues · 1879The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy
4 issues · 1860 to 1864The Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy
4 issues · 1849 to 1853Willis's Current Notes
4 issues · 1852The American Bee Journal
3 issues · 1870The International Magazine
3 issues · 1851The New England Historical & Genealogical Register
3 issues · 1847Harper's Young People
2 issues · 1880Monthly supplement of the penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
2 issues · 1832Philosophical transactions
2 issues · 1757 to 1758The American Quarterly Review
2 issues · 1831The Builder
2 issues · 1842 to 1843The Cholera Gazette
2 issues · 1832The Daguerreian Journal
2 issues · 1851The National Preacher
2 issues · 1827American Horological Journal
1 issue · 1869Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter
1 issue · 1829International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science
1 issue · 1850New York Journal of Pharmacy
1 issue · 1852North American Medical and Surgical Journal
1 issue · 1826North Carolina Medical Journal
1 issue · 1879Our Young Folks
1 issue · 1865Peter Parley's Annual
1 issue · 1855Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
1 issue · 1666Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
1 issue · 1867Report on the Migration of Birds in the Autumn of
1 issue · 1879Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of
1 issue · 1880The Aldine
1 issue · 1872The American Agriculturist
1 issue · 1843The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany
1 issue · 1839The Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal, Aug
1 issue · 1869The British Journal of Photography
1 issue · 1872The Canadian Entomologist
1 issue · 1880The Church of England Magazine
1 issue · 1841The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
1 issue · 1850The Florist and Horticultural Journal
1 issue · 1853The Gentleman's Magazine
1 issue · 1731The Granite Monthly
1 issue · 1879The Journal of Speculative Philosophy
1 issue · 1867The Kensington Gazette
1 issue · 1853The London Medical Gazette
1 issue · 1828The Monthly Review of Dental Surgery
1 issue · 1880The Practitioner
1 issue · 1869The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts
1 issue · 1827The Saturday Magazine
1 issue · 1833The Scottish Journal of Topography, Antiquities, Traditions, &c
1 issue · 1848The Theater
1 issue · 1720
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