No. I. vol. I. (January, 1786)-

Ceased in Dec. 1792.

Caption title is engraved.

Title and date of issue repeated as running title.

Imprint from colophon; imprint lacks date.

Years of publication from dates of issues.

Note below title: To be continued monthly. Price three-pence.

Printed in three columns; text begins with factotum initial; issue format changes after 1788.

General news and commentary on the state of Britain, Ireland and the East India Company, with naval analysis of the Dutch War, reports on the seige of Gibralter and commentary on other military activities; includes anecdotes, correspondence, poetry selections--with several contributions from William Cowper. Also includes essays entitled: Academician and Moralist.

Reproduction of original from the Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements

Collected annually (1786-1792), by The county magazine, and, The western county magazine, with added prefatory material and indexes.

Moralist.

Academician.

New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, II:1352

Times (London, England). Tercentenary handlist of English & Welsh newspapers, magazines & reviews, p. 220

Ward, W.S. Index and finding list of serials published in the British Isles, 1789-1832, p. 171

English short title catalogue, ESTCP3017.

Crane, R.S. Census of British newspapers and periodicals, 1620-1800, 139

English Company Trading to the East-Indies > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.

Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1784 > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.

English poetry > 18th century > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.

Great Britain > History > George III, 1760-1820 > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.

Ireland > History > 18th century > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.

Gibraltar > History > Siege, 1779-1783 > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.

Great Britain England Salisbury.