For each chronological period, Frank Luther Mott has provided a running history which notes the occurrence of the chief general magazines and the developments in the field of class periodicals, as well as publishing conditions during that period, the development of circulations, advertising, payments to contributors, reader attitudes, changing formats, styles and processes of illustration, and the like. Then in a supplement to that running history, he offers historical sketches of the chief magazines which flourished in the period. These sketches extend far beyond the chronological limitations of the period. The second and third volumes present, altogether, separate sketches of seventy-six magazines, including The North American Review, The Youth’s Companion, The Liberator, The Independent, Harper’s Monthly, Leslie’s Weekly, Harper’s Weekly, The Atlantic Monthly, St. Nicholas, and Puck. The whole is an unusual mirror of American civilization.

Includes index. Winner of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for History.

v. 1. 1741-1850 - - v. 2. 1850-1865 - - v. 3. 1865-1885 - - v. 4. 1885-1905 - - v. 5. Sketches of 21 magazines, 1905-1930, with a cumulative index to the 5 vols.