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The Cornhill Magazine
George Murray Smith
First issue1859
Final issue1975
Company
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
John Everett Millais's wife Effie Gray holding a copy of The Cornhill Magazine

The Cornhill Magazine (1860–1975) was a monthly

literary journal named after the street address of the founding publisher Smith, Elder & Co. at 65 Cornhill in London.[2][3] In the 1860s, under the editorship of William Makepeace Thackeray, the paper's large circulation peaked around 110,000. Due to emerging competitors, circulation fell to 20,000 by 1870. The following year, Leslie Stephen took over as editor. When Stephen left in 1882, circulation had further fallen to 12,000. The Cornhill was purchased by John Murray in 1912, and continued to publish issues until 1975.[1]

History

The Cornhill was founded by

.

The magazine was initially successful, selling more issues than expected, but within a few years circulation dropped rapidly as it failed to keep pace with changes in popular taste. It also gained a reputation for rather safe, inoffensive content in the late

Queen Victoria. Stories were often illustrated by pre-eminent artists of the time, including George du Maurier, Edwin Landseer, Frederic Leighton and John Everett Millais
.

From 1917 the magazine was published by John Murray of Albemarle Street, London.[1] Contributors to The Cornhill in the 1930s and 1940s included Elizabeth Bowen, Rose Macaulay, Mary Webb, D. K. Broster and Nugent Barker.[6]

Detail from issue for January 1862

Notable works published

Important works serialised in the magazine include the following:

Archives

A list of issues of the magazine available for viewing online is provided by John Mark Ockerbloom through a webserver of the University of Pennsylvania: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=cornhill

There are transcriptions of the first six issues available on Project Gutenberg.

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Cornhill Magazine—The John Murray Archive—National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ^ (p. 145).
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  4. ^ "Business Correspondence of Smith, Elder, and Co., 1850–1908: Finding Aid". Princeton University Library. 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2012. Abstract. Consists, for the most part, of business correspondence of George Smith relating to The Cornhill Magazine, which he founded in 1859, and other publishing business of Smith, Elder, and Co., the London publishing firm.
  5. ^ Eddy, Spencer L. (1970). "The Founding of The Cornhill Magazine". Ball State University. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
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Further reading

William James Linton's design of the front of The Cornhill Magazine, this copy from December 1945.

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