Little Magazines

The Dial (1840)

Title:
The Dial

Editors:
Margaret Fuller (1840-42)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1842-1844)
Henry David Thoreau (April issue of 1843)

Publication Dates:
July 1840 - April 1844

Frequency of Publication:
Quarterly

Circulation:
300 subscribers

Places of Publication:
Boston

Format:
As the first issue of the journal states, "each issue will contain 136 octavo pages, making one volume in a year of 544 pages, which will be furnished to subscribers at Three Dollars per annum, payable on delivery of the second Number."

Publishers:
Elizabeth P. Peabody

Libraries with Complete Original Issues:
Davidson College,
University of Southern Alabama
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Arizona State University
Trinity College (Conn.)
Georgetown University
University of Northern Iowa
Western Illinois University
DePauw University
Michigan State University
University of Minesota - Minneapolis
University of Mary Washington

 

Compiled by Lauren Yero (Class of '07)