The Outlook (New York City)
 Cover of The Outlook, July 1, 1893 | |
| Categories | News |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founded | 1870 |
| Final issue | 1935 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
The Outlook (1870–1935) was a weekly magazine, published in New York City.
Publication history
[edit]The Christian Union (1870–1893)
[edit]The Outlook began publication January 1, 1870, as The Christian Union (1870–1893).
The Outlook (1893–1928)
[edit]The magazine was titled The Outlook from 1893 to 1928,[1]: 422 reflecting a shift of focus from religious subjects to social and political issues.[2]
In 1900, the ranking weekly magazines of news and opinion were The Independent (1870), The Nation (1865), The Outlook (1870), and, with a different emphasis, The Literary Digest (1890).[3]
The Outlook and Independent (1928–1932)
[edit]In 1928 The Independent was merged with The Outlook to form The Outlook and Independent.[4]
The New Outlook (1932–1935)
[edit]From 1932 to 1935 the magazine was published as The New Outlook. Its last issue was dated June 1935.[1]: 422
Notable contributors
[edit]- Theodore Roosevelt was an associate editor for The Outlook, after he served as president.[5][6]
- Edwin Arlington Robinson[7]
- In 1900 Booker T. Washington published autobiographical pieces in The Outlook. These pieces were collected in book form and published in 1901 as Up from Slavery. A report by Washington about the new state of Oklahoma was published in the first issue of 1908.[8]
- Alfred Emanuel Smith, Francis Rufus Bellamy, and Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer were editors.
- Oscar Cesare was an editorial cartoonist for the magazine.
- Benjamin Kidd's interview article, "Future of the United States" (September 1, 1894) made him a celebrity in the United States.[9]
- Robert Cantwell was literary editor of The New Outlook (1932–1935)
- Charles Barzillai Spahr (1860-1904), editor from 1886
Anthologies
[edit]A collection of poetry from The Outlook, Scribner's Magazine, Harper's Magazine, and The Century Magazine was published in 1913.[10]
See also
[edit]- The Nation (1865)
- The Independent (1870)
- The Literary Digest (1890)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mott, Frank Luther (1930). A History of American Magazines. Vol. 1. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. pp. 422–435. ISBN 9780674395527. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ Garcia, Hazel Dicken (1989). Journalistic Standards in Nineteenth-Century America. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 253. ISBN 9780299121747. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ Edward Wagenknecht (1982). American profile, 1900-1909. Univ of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-0-87023-351-7.
- ^ Mott, Frank Luther (1957). A History of American Magazines. Vol. 2: 1850-1867. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. pp. 367–379. ISBN 9780674395510. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ Roosevelt, Theodore (1909). Alfred Emanuel Smith (ed.). New Outlook. Outlook Publishing Company, Inc.
- ^ John Hall Wheelock, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, Judith Baughman (2002). The last romantic. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-463-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920 - Articles and Reviews of Poets and Poetry Published During 1919–1920". bartleby.com. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ Booker T. Washington""Boley: A Negro Town in the American West" 1908".
- ^ New Outlook. Outlook publishing Company, Incorporated. 1894-01-01.
- ^ William Stanley Braithwaite; Alan Frederick Pater, eds. (1913). Anthology of Magazine Verse for ... and Year Book of American Poetry. W. S. Braithwaite.
External links
[edit]
- The Outlook at the HathiTrust Digital Library
- "The Outlook". 136. Outlook Company. 1924 – via Google Books.
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