This book offers a new interpretation of the place of periodicals in nineteenth-century Ireland. Case studies of representative titles as well as maps and visual material (lithographs, wood engravings, title-pages) illustrate a thriving industry, encouraged, rather than defeated by the political and social upheaval of the century.
Titles examined include:The Irish Magazine, and Monthly Asylum for Neglected BiographyandThe Irish Farmers' Journal, and Weekly Intelligencer;The Dublin University Magazine; Royal Irish AcademyTransactionsandProceedingsandThe Dublin Penny Journal;The Irish Builder(1859-1979); domestic titles from the publishing firm of James Duffy;PatandTo-Day's Woman.
The Appendix consists of excerpts from a series entitled 'The Rise and Progress of Printing and Publishing in Ireland' that appeared inThe Irish Builderfrom July of 1877 to June of 1878. Written in a highly entertaining, anecdotal style, the series provides contemporary information about the Irish publishing industry.
