The Contemporary Review (Bookshelf)
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The Contemporary Review was established in 1866 by Alexander Strahan and a group of intellectuals anxious to promote intelligent and independent opinion about the great issues of their day. They intended it to be the church-minded counterpart of the resolutely secular Fortnightly Review, which was founded by Anthony Trollope. The first editor-in-chief was Henry Alford (Dean of Canterbury). The magazine rapidly acquired distinction as a forum for intellectual discussion. It was one of the first periodicals to devote considerable space to the arts. More particularly, it became an arena for the theological and ecclesiastical disputes which at that time rent the Church of England. Dean Alford retired in 1870 and his successor, J. T. Knowles, greatly enhanced the already established international standing of the journal. He widened the coverage and attracted contributors of great distinction, including Cardinal Manning, Ruskin, Huxley, Spence, Stanley, Gladstone, Matthew Arnold, F. D. Maurice and J. M. Barrie.
—Excerpted from The Contemporary Review on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
Volume 36
- The Contemporary Review, September, 1879
- The Contemporary Review, October, 1879
- The Contemporary Review, November, 1879
- The Contemporary Review, December, 1879
