Victorian Women's Magazines; An Anthology

by Margaret Beetham and Kay Boardman

• ISBN13: 9780719058783
• ISBN10: 0719058783
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-08-11
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

This unique collection is an introduction to the rich variety of Victorian magazines for women. The extracts range from fashion magazines to feminist journals, from serious works for Christian mothers to tales of romance and passion for "sweethearts". Focusing on the development of the British magazine, this extensively illustrated work gives access to texts few readers ever see.

Author Biography

Margaret Beetham is Reader in English and Women's Studies at the Manchester Metropolitan University.

Kay Boardman is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Central Lancashire.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	x
Introduction	1	(9)
PART I
The fashion magazine	10	(11)
`To the Readers of the World of Fashion', The World of Fashion, vol. 17, 1840, p. 1	10	(2)
Fashion plate from The World of Fashion, vol. 40, 1864	12	(1)
`A Word to Young Maids on Old Maids', by Ella, Le Follet, vol. 19, 1865, pp. 77-78	13	(1)
Cover, Myra's Journal of Dress and Fashion, vol. 1, 1875	14	(1)
`Spinnings in Town', by Silkworm, Myra's Journal of Dress and Fashion, vol. 1, 1876, pp. 261-66	15	(2)
`Editorial Note', The Rational Dress Society's Gazette, vol. 1, 1888, pp. 1-2	17	(1)
`Society is Now One Polished Horde', The World of Dress, vol. 2, 1899, p. 133	18	(3)
The drawing-room journal	21	(11)
Contents page of the `United Series' of The Court and Lady's Magazine and Museum, vol. 12, 1843	21	(2)
Front page of Mrs. Ellis's Morning Call, vol. 1, 1850	23	(1)
`Elizabeth and Victoria. From a Woman's Point of View', The Victoria Magazine, vol. 3, 1864, pp. 97-103	23	(5)
`The Higher Education of Women', The Ladies' Cabinet, vol. 34, 1869, pp. 221-22	28	(1)
`Debates of the Ladies' Edinburgh Literary Society', by Ex Cathedra, The Ladies' Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 4, 1878, pp. 44-45	29	(3)
The general illustrated magazine	32	(13)
`The Sorrows of Gentility. Chapter XII', by Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury, The Ladies' Companion, vol. 2, 1850, pp. 305-07	32	(4)
Frontispiece, The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, vol. 2, 1853, unnumbered page	36	(1)
`Cupid's Letter-Bag', The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, vol. 2, 1853, p. 96	37	(1)
`Social Employments of Women', The Ladies' Treasury, vol. 1, 1858, pp. 21-23	38	(2)
`Pastimes for Ladies. On Three Wheels', Woman's World, vol. 6, 1887, pp. 243-44	40	(4)
Fashion plate, Hearth and Home, vol. 1, 1891, p. 676	44	(1)
Cover, The Englishwoman, vol. 1, 1895	44	(1)
The religious magazine	45	(8)
`Our First Word to Mothers', The Mother's Friend, vol. 1, 1848, pp. 1-2	45	(1)
`A Word Upon Dress. By The Author of ``Not at Home'' and ``The First Dissenter''', The Christian Lady's Magazine, vol. 10, new series, 1855, pp. 337-41	46	(2)
`Trials of a Complaining Wife. (A Conversation between Mrs. Fretwell and Mrs. Candid.) By the Author of ``Good Servants, Good Wives, and Happy Homes,'' &c., &c.', The British Workwoman, vol. 1, 1864, p. 47	48	(3)
Covers, The British Workwoman, vol. 3, nos 37 and 38, 1866	51	(1)
`Plain Questions Worth Asking One's-Self Daily', The Servant's Magazine, vol. 1, new series, 1867, p. 21	52	(1)
The ladies' paper	53	(8)
`Mrs. Perryan and Mr. Hardwicke' and `The Protection of Women', The Lady's Newspaper, vol. 1, 1847, p. 361	53	(1)
`Un-mental Women', by Fanny Fern, The Lady's Own Paper, vol. 5, 1871, p. 289	54	(4)
The Queen, vol. 77, 1885, p. 331 and an unnumbered advertising page	58	(1)
`A Woman's Work at the Docks', The Queen, vol. 87, 1890, p. 414	58	(1)
`Gentlewomen ``At Home''. No. XXVI. The Countess of Cottenham at Queen's Gate.', The Gentlewoman, vol. 1. no. 26, 1890, pp. 1-2	59	(2)
The feminist journal	61	(10)
Contents list for The Englishwoman's Journal, vol. 1, 1858	61	(2)
`Are Men Naturally Cleverer than Women?', The Englishwoman's Journal, vol. 2, 1859, pp. 333-36	63	(1)
`Types of Character', by Bessie Parkes, The Englishwoman's Review, vol. 1, 1866, pp. 5-12	64	(3)
`Correspondence', The Englishwoman's Review, vol. 19, 1888, pp. 494-96	67	(2)
`Journalism as a Profession for Women', by Frances Power Cobbe, Women's Penny Paper, vol. 1, 1888, p. 5	69	(2)
The Magazine for young women and girls	71	(16)
Cover, The Young Ladies' Journal, Sept., 1869	71	(2)
`Only A Flirtation', by A. C., The Young Ladies' Reader, vol. 1, 1881, p. 7	73	(2)
`On Housekeeping', by Eleanor Bairdsmith, Atalanta, vol. 4, 1890, pp. 346-48	75	(2)
`Life Behind the Counter', by C. J. Hamilton, The Young Woman, vol. 1, 1892, pp. 128-30	77	(2)
`The New Woman', The Monthly Packet, vol. 89, 1895, pp. 128-30	79	(1)
`Our Girls A-Wheel', Girls' Own Paper, vol. 18, 1897, pp. 220-21	80	(2)
`Helpful Advice. Freely given by your Editor', Sweethearts, vol. 1, no. 17, 1898, p. 11	82	(2)
`A Chat with the Girl of the Period', by The Editor, Girls' Realm, vol. 1, 1899, p. 216	84	(3)
The cheap domestic magazine	87	(11)
Cover, Woman, no. 224, 1894	87	(1)
`Fireside Talks', Home Notes, vol. 2, 1895, pp. 193-94	87	(3)
`Toilet Queries', Home Chat, vol. 5, 1901, pp. 510-11; Home Chat: facing advertising and children's pages, vol. 4, 1900, pp. 118-19	90	(3)
Cover, Woman's Life, vol. 1, 1895	93	(1)
`Madge Smith's Revenge', Woman's Life, vol. 1, 1895, pp. 76-78	94	(4)
PART II
Mastheads and covers	98	(4)
Masthead, The Lady's Own Paper, vol. 2, 1866	98	(1)
Masthead, The Queen, vol. 87, 1890	98	(1)
Cover, The Servant's Magazine, vol. 1, new series, no. 4, 1867	99	(1)
Cover, The Barmaid, vol. 1, no. 1, 1891	99	(1)
Cover, Home Notes, vol. 2, no. 26, 1894	99	(1)
Cover, Shafts, vol. 5, no. 4, 1897	99	(1)
Cover, Sweethearts, vol. 1, no. 2, 1898	99	(3)
Discursive prose: the article	102	(15)
`Hints to Young Ladies. No. IX. Habits of Conversation', The Mothers' Magazine, vol. 4, 1838, pp. 158-63	102	(2)
`The Women of England in Olden Times. The Anglo-Saxon Ladies', Mrs. Ellis' Morning Call, vol. 1, 1852, pp. 27-33	104	(2)
`The Adventures of Isable Fitzbloomer. Narrated by Herself. In a Confidential Communication to Mrs. Kate Norton', The World of Fashion, vol. 27, 1850, p. 125	106	(1)
`Persia and the Persians', The Ladies' Treasury, vol. 5, 1859, pp. 135-38	107	(2)
`The Use of a Special Periodical', The Alexandra Magazine, vol. 1, 1865, pp. 257-63	109	(2)
`Our Domestic Woes. The Servantgalism of the Period or The Alphabet of Woes', The Lady's Own Paper, vol. 5, 1870, p. 335	111	(3)
`Young Women and Journalism', by W. T. Stead, The Young Woman, vol. 1, 1892, pp. 12-14	114	(3)
Discursive prose: the short paragraph or `tit-bit'	117	(5)
`Flighty Girls and Good Wives' and `Frivolity', Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes, no. 142, 1864, unnumbered page	117	(1)
`Crossing a River in South America' and `Ladies' Thin Shoes', The Ladies' Gazette of Fashion, Oct., 1866, p. 77	117	(2)
`People, Places and Things', Hearth and Home, vol. 2, 1891, p. 136	119	(1)
`Little Bits that Girls Like', Sweethearts, vol. 1, 1898, p. 7	120	(2)
Prose fiction	122	(18)
`Wayfe Summers. Chapter 1. My Guardians', The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, vol. 3, new series, 1861, p. 1	122	(1)
`Poor Meggy; or, The Wages of Sin', The British Workwoman, vol. 3, 1866, p. 275	123	(3)
`Margaret; or The Word ``Obey''', Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes, Dec. 1865, pp. 5-7	126	(3)
`How She Repented', The Queen, vol. 78, 1885, p. 313	129	(2)
`His Brown-Eyed Maiden', by Sarah Capp, Home Notes, vol. 1, 1895, p. 187	131	(2)
`A Lover of High Degree: or, how Norah Flynn Became a Duchess. A romantic story of Unswerving Affection and mad Passion. By Lorna O'Reilley. Author of ``A Splendid Crime,'' ``One Summer's Flirtation,'' ``Jilted,'' ``A Strange Wooing,'' ``Her Heart's Lord,'' etc., etc., etc.', Sweethearts, vol. 1, no. 2, 1898, pp. 1-6	133	(7)
The fashion plate and the fashion feature	140	(5)
Fashion plate, The Ladies' Treasury, vol. 6, 1858	141	(1)
Fashion plate, The World of Fashion, vol. 40, 1864	141	(2)
Fashion page, The Queen, vol. 77, 1885, p. 327	143	(1)
`Home Dressmaking', Home Notes, vol. 1, 1895, pp. 212-13	143	(1)
`Lady Falmouth and Lady Helen Vincent Skating at New Niagara', The World of Dress, vol. 2, 1899, p. 41	144	(1)
Poetry	145	(5)
`Lines Suggested by Hearing the Blackbird Sing in Early Spring', by E. M., The Christian Lady's Magazine, vol. 10, 1855, p. 301	145	(1)
`To My Sister', Blackwood's Lady's Magazine, vol. 40, 1855, pp. 149-50	145	(1)
`Italian Patriotic Song', by E. H., The Englishwoman's Journal, vol. 4, 1860, p. 170	146	(1)
`The Fast Smoking Girl of the Period. Described by Herself', The Girl of the Period Miscellany, vol. 1, 1869, p. 137	146	(1)
`To the Slaves of Fashion', by Chestnut, The Young Englishwoman, vol. 3, 1869, p. 110	147	(1)
`The Rights of Women', The Mother's Friend, vol. 6, 1888, p. 100	148	(1)
`Defeat', by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Home Chat, vol. 6, 1900, p. 100	149	(1)
Political journalism	150	(7)
`The Laws of Property as they Affect Married Women', by Bessie Raynor Parkes, The Ladies' Cabinet, vol. 8, 1856, pp. 295-96	150	(2)
`Should Women be Permitted to Vote? By a Woman', The Ladies' Treasury, vol. 4, 1868, pp. 171-74	152	(1)
`Women and Politics', The Englishwoman's Journal, vol. 12, 1863, pp. 1-6	153	(1)
`The Petticoat in the Politics of England. By Justin McCarthy. Author of ``My Enemy's Daughter,'' ``The Waterdale Neighbours,'' &c.', The Lady's Own Paper, vol. 5, 1870, p. 20	154	(3)
Advertising	157	(9)
Advertisements, The Lady's Newspaper, vol. 1, 1847, p. 378	157	(1)
Advertisements, The Alexandra Magazine, vol. 1, 1865, p. 257	157	(2)
Advertisements, The Queen, vol. 20, 1867, p. 13	159	(2)
Advertisements, The Lady's Own Paper, vol. 9, 1872, p. 541	161	(1)
Advertisements, The Queen, vol. 77, 1885, unnumbered page	161	(1)
Advertisements, The Young Ladies' Journal, vol. 7, 1885, unnumbered page	162	(2)
Advertisements, Woman, 5th Feb., 1891, p. 21; Home Chat, vol. 6, 1901, p. 317	164	(2)
Advice columns and readers' letters	166	(14)
`The Englishwoman's Conversazione', The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, vol. 3, 1854, p. 168	166	(2)
`Open Council', The Alexandra Magazine, vol. 1, 1864, pp. 382-83	168	(2)
`Correspondence', The Lady's Own Paper: `Plea for Boys', vol. 5, 1870, p. 369; `Letter basket', vol. 7, 1872, p. 332	170	(1)
`Answers to Correspondents', Woman, 5th Feb., 1891, p. 21	171	(2)
`Confidential Chat', Forget-Me-Not, vol. 1, no. 3, 1891, p. 16	173	(3)
`The Home of a London Bachelor Girl', Home Notes, vol. 2, 1894, p. 126	176	(1)
`Over the Teacups', by Annie S. Swan, Woman at Home, vol. 5, 1896, pp. 709-10	177	(3)
Reviews	180	(10)
`Notices of Books', The Englishwoman's Journal, vol. 1, 1858, pp. 196-97	180	(1)
`The Book of the Month', The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, vol. 1, new series, 1860, pp. 44-45	181	(3)
`The Lady's Literary Circular', The Rose, the Shamrock and the Thistle, vol. 3, 1863, pp. 669-70	184	(1)
`London Labour and the London Poor', The British Workwoman, vol. 1, 1863, pp. 37-38	185	(1)
`Literary Notices', The Ladies' Treasury, vol. 13, new series, 1876, p. 740	186	(1)
`Exhibition of the Society of Female Artists, 9 Conduit Street', The Englishwoman's Review, vol. 1, 1867, pp. 136-38	187	(2)
`The Theatres', The London and Paris Ladies' Magazine, vol. 46, 1873, p. 8	189	(1)
Competitions	190	(12)
`Notice', The Englishwoma's Domestic Magazine, vol. 3, new series, 1862, p. 144	190	(1)
`Scholarship Competition Page,' Atalanta, vol. 4, 1890, unnumbered page	190	(2)
`The Literary Guild', Hearth and Home, vol. 1, 1891, pp. 76-77	192	(3)
`Why I am an Abstainer. Our Prize Competition', The Woman's Signal, vol. 8, 1894, p. 105	195	(2)
`The Best Hundred Books for a Girl to Read', Home Chat, vol. 2, 1896, p. 431	197	(1)
`Our Prize Story. So Sorry for Her!', by E. S. Curry, Ladies' Fashions, vol. 1, 1897, p. 59	198	(4)
Illustrated biography	202	(10)
`Mrs. Jameson', The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, vol. 2, new series, 1861, pp. 36-37	202	(2)
`Dr. Mary Walker', The Lady's Own Paper, vol. 1, 1866, p. 1	204	(2)
`Out and at Home. Twice Royal or a Royal British Workwoman', by Grace, The British Workwoman, vol. 12, 1879, pp. 36-37	206	(2)
`Miss Ellen Terry', by A. H. Doubleyew, The Ladies' Pictorial, vol. 1, 1880, pp. 1-2	208	(2)
`Some Famous Authors as Girls', by Mrs. Tooley, Girls' Realm, vol. 1, 1899, pp. 447-48	210	(2)
The personal interview	212	(7)
`Interview. Mrs. Florence Fenwick Miller', Women's Penny Paper, vol. 1, no. 18, 1889, p. 1	212	(2)
`How I write my Books. An interview with L. T. Meade', The Young Woman, vol. 6, 1892, pp. 122-23	214	(2)
`A Chat with Mme. Sarah Grand', by Jim's Wife's Husband, Woman, 21st May, 1894, Literary Supplement, pp. i-ii	216	(3)
Bibliography of Titles	219	(10)
Selected Further Reading	229