The English lyceum.

Uniform titleEnglish lyceum (Hamburg, Germany : Monthly)
FrequencyMonthly
General noteEditor: Johann Wilhelm von Archenholtz.
General noteTitle from caption.
General noteImprint from colophon of no. 3; place of publication from quarterly volume title page.
General noteYears of publication from dates of issues.
General noteDate of last number from note at end of no. 9: "present work is concluded with this volume"--apparently due to poor sales; date given: June 26, 1788; signed: v. Archenholtz.
General noteVolume numbers added to direction line of each issue.
General noteMiscellaneous essays and excerpts from previously published works: histories, fiction, plays, biographies; includes articles on natural science, anecdotes, puzzles, poetry, correspondence of well known literary and public figures (e.g. Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson). Issues include unpublished letters of "the late Mr. Sterne," no. 7-32; footnote in no. 1 reports that no. 1-6 were previously published in the British Mercury and cannot be reprinted. Each issue includes unnumbered essay: The Moralist.
General noteReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References NCBEL, II:1308
References Crane & Kaye, 1267
References English Short Title Catalog, P3030.
Special numberingLast two issues lack chronological designation.
Special numberingLast two numbers published irregularly.
Special numberingVol. number added to direction line of each monthly issue.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Title history noteCollected by quarterly issues of: The English lyceum, or, Choice of pieces in prose and verse.
Genre/formPeriodicals Germany Hamburg 18th century.
Other titleMoralist.

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