 Number 25, January 1855 (Vol. 5, No. 1) | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
|---|---|
| Founder | George Palmer Putnam |
| First issue | 1853 (1853) |
| Final issue | 1910 |
| Company | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York, New York |
| Language | English |
Putnam's Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science and Art was a monthly periodical published byG. P. Putnam's Sons featuring American literature and articles on science, art, and politics.
The magazine had three incarnations. Ten semiannual volumes of six issues were published from 1853 to 1857 (vols. 1–10) and six from 1868 to 1870 (vols. 1–6, second series). Cornell University Library numbers them consecutively, vols. 1–16.[1] The 1906–1910 version restarts numbering at Volume 1.[2]
First, it was edited byCharles Frederick Briggs from January 1853 to September 1857 (whereupon it merged withEmerson's United States Magazine); It was founded byGeorge Palmer Putnam, who intended it to be a vehicle for publishing the best of new American writing; a circular that Putnam sent to prospective authors (includingHerman Melville) announced that the magazine would be 'as essentially an organ of American thought as possible'.[3] Putnam saw an opportunity to create a magazine that would compete with the successfulHarper's New Monthly Magazine, which drew much of its content from British periodicals. As publishing only American writing would distinguishPutnam's fromHarper's and give the former unique status in the marketplace, Ezra Greenspan has argued that the magazine's literary nationalism was ‘a shrewd mixture of ideological altruism and publishing acumen’.[4]Frederick Law Olmsted and George William Curtis served as its owners and editors in its final two years.[5]
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Edited byC. F. Briggs,Edmund Clarence Stedman andParke Godwin from January 1868 to November 1870, whereupon it merged withScribner's Monthly.
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The 1853Putnam's Magazine was revived asPutnam's Monthly and merged withThe Critic, which started publication in 1881 (or 1884?), and had been issued by Putnam's since 1898. The name of the merged publication wasPutnam's Monthly and the Critic.[6]
It was edited byJeannette Gilder andJoseph Gilder from October 1906 to April 1910, known asThe Critic and Literary World, when it merged with theAtlantic Monthly.
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