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- ↑ David Higgins, 'The New Monthly Magazine', The Literary Encyclopedia, 22 October 2006.
- ↑ 'Introduction', Wellesley Index to Periodical Literature
- ↑ 'Introduction', Wellesley Index to Periodical Literature; Higgins, The Literary Encyclopedia.
- ↑ New Monthly Magazine Vol 3, 1822 page 102 at Google Books
- ↑ Higgins, The Literary Encyclopedia.
- ↑ Introduction, Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of bound volumes through 1870, and some thereafter. See one catalogue record (recommended). Volume title pages name these editors:
- Theodore Hook, Esq (v. 49-62; 1837–41)
- Thomas Hood, Esq (v. 63-68; 1841–43)
- none (v. 69-72; 1843–44)
- William Harrison Ainsworth (v. 73-147; 1845–70), at least
- ↑ 'Introduction', Wellesley Index to Periodical Literature. According to the ODNB, the transcendentalist Francis Barham (1808–1871) edited the paper at around this time: "Two hundred pounds invested in the New Monthly Magazine procured him the joint editorship with John Abraham Heraud, the poet and dramatist. Anne Taylor, "Barham, Francis Foster (Alist Francis Barham) (1808–1871)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 4 January 2008. Heraud's ODNB entry has him editing the Monthly Magazine from 1839 to 1842, but does not mention the New Monthly.
- ↑ List of periodical titles , retrieved 10 June 2010 (Scroll down to see title listings for The New Monthly, listed below The New London Magazine and above The New Quarterly Magazine
- ↑ Banerji, Nilanjana. "Shoberl, Frederic". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25450.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Samuel Carter Hall". www.ricorso.net.
- ↑ 1839–1840 Francis Foster Barham edited with John Abraham Heraud, according to Thompson Cooper's DNB article on Barham; contradicted by the ODNB biography of Heraud which says it was the Monthly Magazine 1839–1842, though supported by the ODNB biography of Barham.