The Monthly Mirror

The Monthly Mirror was an English literary periodical, published from 1795 to 1811, founded by Thomas Bellamy, and later jointly owned by Thomas Hill and John Litchfield.^[1][2][3][4] It was published by Vernor & Hood from the second half of 1798.^[5]

The Mirror concentrated on theatre, in London and the provinces. The first editor for Hill was Edward Du Bois. From 1812 it was merged into the Theatrical Inquisitor.^[6]

Contributors

• Thomas Batchelor^[7]
• Sir John Carr^[8]
• Leigh Hunt^[9]
• Capel Lofft^[10]
• Eliza Kirkham Mathews^[11]
• Thomas Park^[12]
• Horatio Smith^[13]
• James Smith^[14]
• John Taylor, writing opera "memoirs and sketches"^[6]
• Henry Kirke White^[15]
• Samuel Whyte^[16]
• Tate Wilkinson^[17]

Notes

1. Dibdin, Thomas (1827). The Reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin, of the Theatres Royal, Covent-Garden, Drury-Lane, Haymarket, &c. and Author of the Cabinet, &c:. London: Henry Colburn. pp. 79–80. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
2. Kenneth Neill Cameron (1986). Shelley and His Circle, 1773-1822. New York: Harvard University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-674-80613-9.
3.  Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Bellamy, Thomas (1745-1800)". Dictionary of National Biography. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
4. The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jefferies. 1841. p. 99.
5. Jerrold, Walter (1909). "Thomas Hood; his life and times". Internet Archive. John Lane Company. p. 4. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
6. Theodore Fenner (1994). Opera in London: Views of the Press, 1785-1830. SIU Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-8093-1912-1.
7. Martin, John. "Batchelor, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39743. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. Thomas Hood: His Life and Times. Ardent Media. p. 5. GGKEY:ZTHLGH98FAK.
9. Roe, Nicholas. "Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14195. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
10. The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction. 1828. p. 300.
11. Fields, Polly Stevens. "Mathews, Eliza Kirkham". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74208. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
12. Haigh, John D. "Park, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21280. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
13. Robertson, Fiona. "Smith, Horatio". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25815. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
14. Robertson, Fiona. "Smith, James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25821. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
15. Martin, Philip W. "White, Henry Kirke". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29245. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
16. Philip Edward Baruth (1998). Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma. University of Illinois Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-252-06723-5.
17. Prince, Eric. "Wilkinson, Tate". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29430. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)