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Original 19th-Century magazine articles from sources like "The Penny Magazine" and "Harper's New Monthly Magazine".
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1832-1845) represents a nineteenth-century union of two closely related streams of popular literature in England, namely, literature created to help the inferior ranks of society along the road to self-betterment and that which carried with it the additional function of indoctrinating them with certain economic, political, and religious views of their betters.This study begins with the development of such reading matter during the Renaissance and culminates in an intensive examination of the manner in which the philosophy responsible for its existence was manifested in the Penny Magazine, a miscellany of moral, scientific and general information, published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The group, organized in 1826 and guided for two decades by Henry Brougham, had among its members some of the most prominent philanthropists, scholars, and politicians of the day, all motivated by the belief that dissemination of information through reading would improve the thinking and manners of the masses. Because of the Society's noisy role in the nineteenth-century march of mind, the Penny Magazine entered the field of popular literature with more fanfare than did its leading competitors, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal and the Saturday Magazine, the latter sponsored by the Church-controlled Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. All three miscellanies, however, shared the task of establishing the kind of publication that brought cheap, decent periodicals within the purchasing range of the lower classes.
In 1850 Harper's launched Harper's New Monthly Magazine. This magazine has been continuously published since that time (as Harper's Magazine). Beginning with 7500 copies, the magazine reached a circulation of 50,000 within six months. Harper's Magazine made its debut in June 1850, the brainchild of the prominent New York book-publishing firm Harper & Brothers. Harper's Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America, explores the issues that drive our national conversation, through long-form narrative journalism and essays, and such celebrated features as the iconic Harper's Index. With its emphasis on fine writing and original thought Harper's provides readers with a unique perspective on politics, society, the environment, and culture.
The offerings below are from the 19th-century magazines and cover a wide variety of subjects.
(sample illustrated page above, there are 60 total pages with many, many illustrations throughout)
REF 61
Spanish Vistas
Third, Fourth and Fifth Papers
Cordovan Pilgrims, Andalusia and the Alhambra, Mediterranean Ports and Gardens
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Richly illustrated throughout, with wood cuts and steel engravings on nearly every page
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1882)
60 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$30
(sample page above, there are 8 total pages)
REF 62
Marit and I
A Norse Idyl
The Mississippi Problem
A Garden Secret
(A Flower and a Hand)
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
no illustrations, just text
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (September, 1882)
8 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$10
(sample page above, there are 26 total pages)
REF 63
William Pitt
by Lord Macaulay
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
no illustrations, just text
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (June, 1859)
26 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$10
(sample page above, there are 12 total pages)
REF 64
The Santa Fe Trail
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
many illustrations
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (June, 1880)
12 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$20
(sample page above, there are 16 total pages)
REF 65
At the Mouth of the Amazons
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
many illustrations
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1878-1879)
16 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$20
(sample page above, there are 20 total pages)
REF 66
The Battle of the Monmouth Court-house
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
many illustrations
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (June to Nov. 1878)
20 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$15
(sample page above, there are 36 total pages)
REF 67
The Shepherds of Colorado
An Irish Wake
Vacation Aspects of Colorado
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
many illustrations throughout
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (July 1880)
36 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$25
(sample page above, there are 8 total pages)
REF 68
The night-piece to Julia
The Vertical Railway [Elevator]
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
many illustrations throughout
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (June to November 1882)
8 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$15
(sample page above, there are 20 total pages)
REF 69
The Metropolis of the Prairies [Chicago]
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
many illustrations throughout
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (October 1880)
20 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$40
(sample page above, there are 8 total pages)
REF 70
Connecticut in the Middle Ages
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
illustrations throughout
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (circa 1880)
8 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$15
(sample page above, there are 36 total pages)
REF 71
Cameos of Colonial Carolina
The Singular Vote of Aut Tilbox
The Sea Islands
Bermoothes
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
illustrations throughout
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (Dec. 1882)
36 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$25
(sample page above, there are 18 total pages)
REF 72
Twelve Years of British Song
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
no illustrations
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (circa 1880s)
18 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$10
(sample page above, there are 34 total pages)
REF 73
Pottery in the United States
The Old New York Volunteer Fire Department
Decorative Pottery of Cincinnati
The Indian Girl
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
many illustrations throughout
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1881)
36 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$30
(sample page above, there are 14 total pages, plus a bonus photograph of Choate)
REF 74
Some Recollections of Rufus Choate
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches, some foxing
a couple of illustrations in text and a bonus photo of Choate is included
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (circa 1880s)
14 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$15
(sample page above, there are 26 total pages)
REF 75
The Great River of Alaska
Exploring the Upper Yukon
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
many illustrations throughout
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1887) and The Century Magazine (October 1885)
26 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$35
(sample page above, there are 4 total pages)
REF 76
Nature's Drug Store
Upbuilding the West
New Railway Projects, New Union Station at Salt Lake
Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches
some illustrations
from Sunset Magazine (date unknown, early 1900s)
4 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$15
(sample page above, there are 16 total pages, article in incomplete)
REF 77
The Constitution and the Territories
by N. P. Chipman
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
no illustrations
from Overland Monthly (date unknown, circa 1900)
16 pages total (article is not complete)
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$15
(sample page above, there are 14 total pages)
REF 78
Where Mammoths Roved
Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches
illustrations throughout
from Sunset Magazine (July 1907)
14 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$25
(sample page above, there are 4 total pages)
REF 79
The Passing of the Cowboy
by Dane Coolidge
Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches
illustrations throughout
from Sunset Magazine (circa 1905-1910)
4 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$15
(sample page above, there are 14 total pages)
REF 80
A Visit to Count Tolstoi
Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches
no illustrations
from The Century Magazine (June 1887)
14 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$15
(sample page above, there are 14 total pages)
REF 81
Animal Locomotion in the Muybridge Photographs
Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches
illustrations throughout
from The Century Magazine (1887)
14 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$40
(sample page above, there are 10 total pages)
REF 82
Winter Sports in Canada
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
many illustrations throughout
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1879)
10 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$30
(sample page above, there are 20 total pages)
REF 83
Birds and Plumage
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
many illustrations throughout
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1878)
20 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$30
(sample page above, there are 18 total pages)
REF 84
The New Washington (D.C.)
Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches
illustrations throughout, including map of Washington, D.C. in 1884
from The Century Magazine (March 1884)
18 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$40
(sample page above, there are 26 total pages)
REF 85
Finding Pharoah
Pharoah and His Daughter
Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches
profuse illustrations throughout
from The Century Magazine (May 1887)
26 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$40
(sample page above, there are 34 total pages)
REF 86
Living English Sculptors
Scupture in America
Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches
profuse illustrations throughout
from The Century Magazine (June 1883 and 1888)
34 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$35
(sample page above, there are10 total pages)
REF 87
The Sea of Silence (Crater Lake)
by Joaquin Miller
Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches
illustrations throughout
from Sunset Magazine (September 1904)
10 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$20
(sample page above, there are 22 total pages)
REF 88
The Supreme Court of the United States of America
Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches
profuse illustrations throughout
from The Century Magazine (Dec. 1882)
22 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$35
(sample page above, there are 10 total pages)
REF 89
Her Hyacinth (poem with illustrated border)
Little Stories of the West
The Course of Empire (Railroads)
Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches
illustrations throughout
from Sunset Magazine (November 1905)
10 pages total
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
$20
(sample page above, there are 118 total pages)
REF 90
Husbandry in Colonial Times by Edward Eggleston (20 pages)
Social Life in the Colonies by Edward Eggleston (22 pages)
The Aborigines and the Colonists by Edward Eggleston (20 pages)
The Oldest Club in America (8 pages)
Indian Wars in the Colonies
by Edward Eggleston (22 pages)
Ornamental Forms in Nature (2 pages)
New England in the Colonial Period
(14 pages)
The Middle Colonies Before the Revolution (10 pages)
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 9.5 inches
many illustrations throughout
from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1883-1884)
118 pages total, mostly loosely bound
Typical age-toning, edge/corner wear, trimming, foxing are possible.
![The Metropolis of the Prairies [Chicago] 1880](images/19th century articles/3/69-chicago-1880.jpg)
