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The Critic

The Critic was a New York-based magazine of literary criticism published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Publication History

The Critic began in 1881. In 1884 the magazine merged with Good Literature to become The Critic and Good Literature, and started a new series. The title reverted to The Critic that year, and numbering based on the old series was reintroduced in the 1890s (originally alongside new series numbering, but eventually replacing it). In 1906, the magazine was absorbed into a new incarnation of Putnam's Monthly, which was titled Putnam's Monthly and The Critic for its initial issues.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1881-1884: HathiTrust has the first series of the Critic, and the Critic and Good Literature series. (The latter may be labeled as "Volume 4".)
• 1881-1906: HathiTrust has all the volumes in the second series, and most of the first series. Numbering of the volumes in the linked listing sometimes uses new series numbering and sometimes old series numbering, so check the dates of volumes as well as the numbers.
• 1895: The Internet Archive has volume 24, new series (volume 27 by old series numbering), covering July-December 1895.
• 1906: The Internet Archive has volume 48, covering January-June 1906.

Related Resources

• We also list issues of Putnam's Monthly, including the version which absorbed this magazine.
• We also list another 19th-century serial based in Washingon, DC whose short title was The Critic.

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