Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Glasgow.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the age of the magazine, 1815-1825 -- Urban, hunt, north : personality and the principle of miscellaneity -- Fighting style in the magazine market -- Reading magazines with a Cockney's eye -- 'Distant correspondents' : readers, personalities and elegy -- 'Our own emolument' : commerce and the category of literature