The Cornhill Magazine

The Cornhill Magazine (1860–1975) was a monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal named after the street address of the founding publisher Smith, Elder & Co. at 65 Cornhill in London. In the 1860s, under the editorship of William Makepeace Thackeray, the paper's large circulation peaked around 110,000. Due to emerging competitors, circulation fell to 20,000 by 1870. The following year, Leslie Stephen took over as editor. When Stephen left in 1882, circulation had further fallen to 12,000. The Cornhill was purchased by John Murray in 1912, and continued to publish issues until 1975.

History

The Cornhill was founded by George Murray Smith in 1859, Dickens's great literary rival at the time. Subsequent editors included G. H. Lewes, Leslie Stephen, Ronald Gorell Barnes, James Payn, Peter Quennell and Leonard Huxley. The magazine was initially successful, selling more issues than expected, but within a few years circulation dropped rapidly as it failed to keep pace with changes in popular taste. It also gained a reputation for rather safe, inoffensive content in the late Victorian era. ==Notable works published==

Notable works published

Important works serialised in the magazine include the following: • Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope • Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell • The White Company and ''J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement'' by Arthur Conan Doyle • Tithonus by Alfred Tennyson • Washington Square by Henry James • Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold • Romola by George Eliot • "The Lagoon" by Joseph Conrad • Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy • Unto This Last by John Ruskin • Armadale by Wilkie Collins • Emma (Posthumous Fragment) by Charlotte Brontë • Daisy Miller by Henry James == Archives ==