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Saturday Review (London)

The Saturday Review of politics, literature, science, and art was a London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
weekly newspaper established by A. J. B. Beresford Hope in 1855.

The first editor was the Morning Chronicle
Morning Chronicle

'The Morning Chronicle' was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London, England, and published under various owners until 1862. It was most notable for having been the first employer of Charles Dickens, and for publishing the articles by Henry Mayhew which were collected and published in book format in 1861 as "London Labour and the London Po...
s ex-editor John Douglas Cook (1808?–1868), and many of the earlier contributors had worked on the Chronicle. The politics of the Saturday Review was Peelite
Peelite

The Peelites were a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party , and existed from 1846 to 1859. They were called "Peelites" because they were initially led by Robert Peel, who was the British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader in 1846....
liberal Conservatism. The paper, benefitting from the recent repeal of the Stamp Act
Stamp Act

A stamp act is a law enacted by a government that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. Those that pay the tax receive an official stamp on their documents....
, aimed to combat the political influence of The Times

The Times

The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International....
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The Saturday Review of politics, literature, science, and art was a London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
weekly newspaper established by A. J. B. Beresford Hope in 1855.

The first editor was the Morning Chronicle
Morning Chronicle

'The Morning Chronicle' was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London, England, and published under various owners until 1862. It was most notable for having been the first employer of Charles Dickens, and for publishing the articles by Henry Mayhew which were collected and published in book format in 1861 as "London Labour and the London Po...
s ex-editor John Douglas Cook (1808?–1868), and many of the earlier contributors had worked on the Chronicle. The politics of the Saturday Review was Peelite
Peelite

The Peelites were a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party , and existed from 1846 to 1859. They were called "Peelites" because they were initially led by Robert Peel, who was the British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader in 1846....
liberal Conservatism. The paper, benefitting from the recent repeal of the Stamp Act
Stamp Act

A stamp act is a law enacted by a government that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. Those that pay the tax receive an official stamp on their documents....
, aimed to combat the political influence of The Times
The Times

The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International....
. Frank Harris
Frank Harris

Frank Harris was a naturalised American author of British origin, Editing, journalist and publisher who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day....
was editor from 1894 to 1898. The first issue appeared on 3 November, 1855.

Contributors included Lady Emilia Dilke
Emilia Frances Dilke

Emilia Dilke , born Emily Francis Strong, was an English people author, art historian, feminist and trade unionist....
, Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English language novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on politics, social, gender issues and conflicts of hi...
., H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells , known by his pen name H. G. Wells, was an England author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction"....
, George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw, was an Irish people playwright.Although Shaw's first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, his talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays....
, Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm

Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was an English Parody and Caricature....
, Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot, pronounced BAD-jit, , was a British businessman, essayist, and journalism who wrote extensively about literature, government, and economics affairs....
, James Fitzjames Stephen
James Fitzjames Stephen

Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Baronet was an England lawyer, judge and anti-libertarian writer, created 1st Baronet Stephen by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom....
, Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley was an England university professor, historian, and novelist, particularly associated with the West Country and north-east Hampshire....
, Max Muller, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, Painting and translator....
and future Prime Minister Lord Salisbury.

The Saturday Review continued to be published until 1938.