Overview A summary of the history of the Literary Debating Society is available on our sister website, Glasgow’s Literary Bonds (see ‘Additional Notes’ below). Whilst becoming more proficient in their rhetorical skills at their meetings, the purpose of starting a society magazine Read More …
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La Bouquet
Overview The only surviving manuscript magazine from an all-female society in Dundee. The Editorial Preface pre-empts criticism by giving a very modest account of the work: “However much ladies in general, are disposed to self delusion, we can not imagine Read More …
The Lads’ Own Magazine
Overview A summary of the history of the St. Stephen’s Literary Association is available on our sister website, Glasgow’s Literary Bonds (see ‘Additional Notes’ below). Name of Club, Society or Group That Produced the Magazine St. Stephen’s Literary Association (Glasgow) Date of Existence Read More …
The Literary Bond of Free Anderston Church Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society (later The Literary Magazine)
Overview A summary of the history of the Free Anderston Church Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society is available on our sister website, Glasgow’s Literary Bonds (see ‘Additional Notes’ below). This society appears to have had a dynamic group of members that contributed to Read More …
The Literary Pic-nic and Re-reviewer
Overview Name of Club, Society or Group That Produced the Magazine S.L.I.G.O. (Aberdeen) Date of Existence 1823?-? Date of Magazine No. 1, 1823 Number of Issues 1 Manuscript/Published Magazine Manuscript Contents and Contributions Repository Aberdeen City Library, Central Library Read More …
The Literary Twenty-One Club Magazine
Overview A summary of the history of the New Literary Club (which later became the Literary Twenty-One Club) is available on our sister website, Glasgow’s Literary Bonds (see ‘Additional Notes’ below). There is one (extant) issue of this club’s magazine, which clearly carries Read More …