24 Dec 1851
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 24, 1851
Page
1
The Proguardian of the Monthly Spectator appeals readers in the metropolis to support continued publication. A committee pledges to boost circulation, retain staff, and preserve editorial tone while introducing improvements based on twelve months of experience. Communications to the secretary are invited with Prospectus and specimen numbers.
A compiled roster lists numerous contributors and names from religious and academic circles. Notable entries include Rev. Newman Hall A B A Hannay Dundee John Howard Hinton M A Daniel Katters Hackney London Rev W Lease Kennington T T Lynch London Samuel Martin Westminster Edward Miall Esa Rev J G Miall Bradford H R Reynolds Leeds Horace Roscoe St John Esq London Rev David Thomas Stockwell and London area benefactors.
A fragment lists several individuals and places including W. G. Barrett in Royston, G. B. Bubier in Cambridge, G. W. Conder in Leeds, F. A. Cox in Hackney, B. H. Cooper in West Bromwich, Joseph Fletcher in Christchurch, W. Forster in Kentish Town, and George Gilfillan in Dundee, prefixed by the address 24, Basing Lane, London.
An 1830s prospectus outlines a monthly Christian Spectator as a liberal Evangelical periodical. It pledges unfettered religious discussion, nonconformist alignment, social and political topics, travel sketches, biographies, literary reviews, youth content, and a monthly catalog of religious works with prices.
An extensive alphabetized inventory of subjects and works including religious, philosophical, literary, and educational topics. It lists items like Abstract Principles, Bards of the Bible, The Ballot, Endowment of all Religious Opinions, Gospel and the Poor, Man and the Bible, Milton, Mormonism, News and New Editions, and many more. It notes The Volume for 1861 as ready for purchase, with price seven shillings, and includes notices of poetry, essays, and theological discussions across various themes.
Opinions of the press hail a new religious magazine as vigorous, liberal, and thoroughly religious yet unsectarian. Critics highlight its originality, varied content, accessible price, and strong suitability for dissenters and general readers alike from London to Edinburgh and beyond.
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