William Hepworth Dixon
The Athenaeum (British magazine) was edited by whom from 1868 to 1869?
The Athenaeum ( British magazine ) The Athenæum was a literary magazine published in London , England from 1828 to 1921 . Foundation . Initiated in 1828 by James Silk Buckingham , it was sold within a few weeks to Frederick Maurice and John Sterling , who failed to make it profitable . In 1829 , Charles Wentworth Dilke became part proprietor and editor ; he greatly extended the influence of the magazine . In 1846 , he resigned the editorship and assumed that of the Daily News of London , but contributed a series of notable articles to the Athenaeum . The poet and critic Thomas Kibble Hervey succeeded Dilke as editor and served from 1846 until his resignation due to ill health in 1853 . Historian and traveller William Hepworth Dixon succeeded Hervey in 1853 , and remained editor until 1869 . Contributors . George Darley was a staff critic during the early years , and Gerald Massey contributed many literary reviews – mainly on poetry – during the period 1858 to 1868 . Theodore Watts-Dunton contributed regularly as the principal critic of poetry from 1875 until 1898 . Frederic George Stephens was art editor from 1860 until 1901 , when he was replaced by Roger Fry because of his unfashionable disapproval of Impressionism ; Stephens continued to contribute book reviews and obituaries until 1904 . Arthur Symons joined the staff in 1891 . Editor from 1871 to 1900 was Norman MacColl . During the 19th century , the Athenaeum received contributions from Lord Kelvin . During the early 20th Century , its contributors included Max Beerbohm , Edmund Blunden , T . S . Eliot , Robert Graves , Thomas Hardy , Aldous Huxley , Julian Huxley , Katherine Mansfield , George Santayana , Edith Sitwell , and Virginia Woolf . From 1849 to 1880 Geraldine Jewsbury contributed more than 2300 reviews . She was one of very few women who reviewed for the Athenaeum and started submitting her reviews regularly by 1854 . She rated highly novels that showed character morality and were also entertaining . She criticized the fallen woman theme , which was common in Victorian literature . During the second half of the 1850s , Jewsbury was entrusted with editing the New Novels section . Legacy . A letter from J . S . Cotton , reportedly printed during 1905 , definitively tells of the first-ever reference to the playing of a match of cricket in India . In 1921 , with decreasing circulation , the Athenaeum was incorporated into its younger competitor : the Nation , becoming The Nation and Athenaeum . In 1931 , this successor publication merged with the New Statesman , to form the New Statesman and Nation , eliminating the name Athenaeum after 97 years . Further reading . - Demoor , Marysa , Their Fair Share : Women , Power , and Criticism in the Athenaeum , from Millicent Garrett Fawcett to Katherine Mansfield , 1870–1920 . Aldershot : Ashgate , 2000 . - Graham , Walter James , The Athenaeum , English Literary Periodicals . New York : T . Nelson , 1930 , pp . 317–21 . - Marchand , Leslie A. , The Athenaeum : A Mirror of Victorian Culture . Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press , 1941 . - Sullivan , Alvin , ed. , The Athenaeum , British Literary Magazines . Volume 3 . Westport , Connecticut : Greenwood Press , 1983- , pp . 21–24 . External links . - A selection of Gerald Masseys literary reviews for the Athenaeum - The Athenaeum Projects : Centre for Interactive Systems Research , City University , London - an index of all literary reviews from 1830-1870 - and all scientific reviews from 1828-1830 . - Athenaeum review of George Eliots The Mill on the Floss by Geraldine Jewsbury , ( April 7 , 1860 ) . The Athenaeum on-line . Almost all volumes of The Athenaeum are available on-line . Hathi Trust The years 1828-1879 and certain years between 1880 and 1921 are freely available . For Copyright reasons the other years are only partially available in certain countries . Internet Archive : The following volumes are available :