In spite of the title page annoucement, "in six parts," there are no surviving issues beyond vol. 4.

Issues lack dates or chronological designations.

Editor: W. Hilton; named in no. 3-4.

Most imprints lack dates; years of publication from reference sources.

Imprints vary; no. 2 reads in part: "printed by J. McCreery, and sold by Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard," and dated: Nov. 1, 1798; no. 3-4 are: "printed by J. Lang, sold by Vernor & Hood"; some copies of v. 3-4 read "Vernor and Hood."

Title pages for each issue include list of topics.

Following issue no. in square brackets: To be continued annually.

Price below imprint: One shilling and eightpence.

Issue numbers from title.

Folded plates are geometrical diagrams.

Includes queries, essays, puzzles, mathematical and geometric problems, poetry, and literary selections in French and English.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, II:1350

Ward, W.S. Index and finding list of serials published in the British Isles, 1789-1832, p. 155

English short title catalogue, P6320.

Students > Intellectual life > England > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.

Students' writings, English > 18th century > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.

Poetry, English > 18th century > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.

Mathematical recreations > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.