Overview According to the opening article in the first issue of this magazine, the Abbey Foregate Congregational Church Literary Society was founded in 1893. Meetings were held weekly, and it was quite a large society of predominantly young men and Read More …
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Budgett’s Budget
Overview This magazine was created by some members of staff employed by James Budgett and Son Limited. This company began as a wholesale grocer in 1857 in central London, and became a wholesale tea and coffee company in 1875. In Read More …
New Literary Club Magazine
Overview A summary of the history of theĀ New Literary Club is available on our sister website,Ā Glasgow’s Literary BondsĀ (see ‘Additional Notes’ below). The first issue of this magazine was produced in January 1893, four months after the club was founded. According Read More …
Our Magazine. L.Y.M.C.A. A Monthly Journal of Literature & Art
Overview A summary of the history of theĀ Lansdowne Young Menās Christian Association (aka L.Y.M.C.A.) is available on our sister website,Ā Glasgow’s Literary BondsĀ (see ‘Additional Notes’ below). According to the editorial in the first issue produced in November 1890, the idea to Read More …
The Literary Bond of Free Anderston Church Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society (later The Literary Magazine)
Overview A summary of the history of theĀ Free Anderston Church Young Menās Mutual Improvement Society is available on our sister website,Ā Glasgow’s Literary BondsĀ (see ‘Additional Notes’ below). This society appears to have had a dynamic group of members that contributed to Read More …
The Literary Twenty-One Club Magazine
Overview A summary of the history of theĀ New Literary Club (which later became the Literary Twenty-One Club) is available on our sister website,Ā Glasgow’s Literary BondsĀ (see ‘Additional Notes’ below). There is one (extant) issue of this club’s magazine, which clearly carries Read More …