Overview There are few details currently known about this society and its magazine. According to an obituary notice for Frank Hogg in The Hawick Express, it may have been the Hawick Literary Society that was referred to as the ‘young Read More …
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Hackney Literary and Scientific Institution Manuscript Magazine
Overview Name of Club, Society or Group That Produced the Magazine Hackney Literary and Scientific Institution (London) (formerly the Hackney Mutual Improvement Society) (London) Date of Existence 1848-1894? Date of Magazine Jan.-June 1857 (Vol. 2, No. VIII) (first issue possibly Read More …
The Highbury Magazine (1901-1911), later The Park Church Literary Magazine (1929-1937)
Overview This society was based atĀ Park Church, located on Grosvenor Lane, Highbury, London, which was a Scottish Presbyterian church. It had a thriving middle-class congregation, and several active clubs and societies attached to it, including this young men’s literary association. Read More …
The Holyrood Magazine
Overview A summary of the history of theĀ Holyrood Literary Society is available on our sister website,Ā Glasgow’s Literary BondsĀ (see ‘Additional Notes’ below). This magazine has a paper cover (as shown in the accompanying photograph) and has been hand-stitched with blue ribbon, Read More …