The Critic (Victorian-era magazine)

The Critic was a magazine founded in London by John Crockford and Edward William Cox.^[1] Its full title was The Critic of Literature, Science, and the Drama, and it was edited by James Lowe^[2] during its existence from 1843 to 1863.^[3]

History and profile

It was started as a book review section of Law Times, which reviewed the world of journals.^[3] The magazine was started as a separate publication in November 1843.^[3] In turn it gave rise to The Clerical Journal, in 1853. In 1851/2 it featured a substantial series of articles by Francis Espinasse, as "Herodotus Smith", on the quarterly journals.^[4][5] The magazine ended publication at the end of 1863.^[3]

Notes

1. Matthew, H. C. G. "Crockford, John (1824/5–1865)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37324. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Lawson, Zoë. "Lowe, James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17081. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. Josef L. Altholz (Winter 1984). "Mister Serjeant Cox, John Crockford, and the Origins of "Crockford's Clerical Directory"". Victorian Periodicals Review. 17 (4): 153–158. JSTOR 20082136.
4. Henry Rosenberg and Sheila Rosenberg, Bibliography of Writings on Nineteenth-Century Periodicals, Victorian Periodicals Newsletter No. 7, [Vol. 3, No. 1] (Jan., 1970), pp. 11–13, at p. 12. Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press on behalf of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20084827
5. Charlotte C. Watkins, Edward William Cox and the Rise of "Class Journalism", Victorian Periodicals Review Vol. 15, No. 3 (Fall, 1982), pp. 87–93, at pp. 89–90. Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press on behalf of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20082036