Odds and Ends

Overview Name of Club, Society or Group That Produced the Magazine St. Paul’s Mutual Improvement Society (Bennett Street Sunday School, Manchester) (by 1875, became the Literary and Educational Society) Date of Existence Oct. 1843-1962 Date of Magazine 1855-1962 (issued annually) Read More …

Our Literary Album

Overview The one (extant?) issue of this magazine currently housed in Argyll and Bute Archives is a photocopy of the original manuscript. The ‘Order of Circulation’ at the front of the issue lists 36 male members. From the ‘Introductory remarks Read More …

Our Magazine. L.Y.M.C.A. A Monthly Journal of Literature & Art

Overview A summary of the history of theĀ Lansdowne Young Men’s Christian Association (aka L.Y.M.C.A.) is available on our sister website,Ā Glasgow’s Literary BondsĀ (see ‘Additional Notes’ below). According to the editorial in the first issue produced in November 1890, the idea to Read More …

The Overnewton Whisper

Overview A summary of the history of theĀ Overnewton Literary Club is available on our sister website,Ā Glasgow’s Literary BondsĀ (see ‘Additional Notes’ below). This society’s magazine (as it was called by its contributors) is unusually presented on single sheets, with articles on Read More …