The Critic was a magazine founded in London by John Crockford and Edward William Cox. Its full title was The Critic of Literature, Science, and the Drama, and it was edited by James Lowe during its existence from 1843 to 1863.
History and profile
It was started as a book review section of Law Times, which reviewed the world of journals. The magazine was started as a separate publication in November 1843. 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. The magazine ended publication at the end of 1863.
Notes
- 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.)
- 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.)
- ^ 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.
- Rosenberg, Henry; Rosenberg, Sheila (1970). "Bibliography of Writings on Nineteenth-Century Periodicals". Victorian Periodicals Newsletter (7): 11–13. ISSN 0049-6189. JSTOR 20084827.
- Watkins, Charlotte C. (1982). "Edward William Cox and the Rise of 'Class Journalism'". Victorian Periodicals Review. 15 (3): 87–93. ISSN 0709-4698. JSTOR 20082036.
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