Modern Greece in the Victorian Periodical Press, 1821-1897

The REVICTO team is very pleased to present its new digital research tool, a supplement to REVICTO’s Digital Index.

“Modern Grece in the Victorian Periodical Press, 1821-1897” is a bibliographical aid to researchers of nineteenth-century Greece. It presents a selection of primary sources drawn from the Victorian periodical press that relate to Modern Greece and the Greeks. Short stories, poems, articles based on travel memoirs, book reviews, essays, and political commentaries are here available to guide the researcher into an extended –though not exhaustive– gallery of representations of the young kingdom, and follow its transformation from an Ottoman dominion to a modern state.

The focus is on publications of the Victorian period, stretching from the 1840s to the turn of the century. An exception was made for the 1820s, the decade of the Greek Revolution which culminated in the foundation of the independent Greek State in 1830. This section commences with Greece during the 1820s through the pages of a remarkable literary periodical, The New Monthly Magazine.

In terms of genre, the periodicals selected include reviews as well as magazines of a literary and /or political orientation. Therefore, one will come across texts that, in style and content, were originally intended for varied if not distinct readerships: high-brow and popular, politically-minded and literary, grave and satirical, they appear here to offer a kaleidoscopic vision of the perceptions and writings on Greece.This variety informs today’s readers about the complexities of “Greece” as an idea and its shifting nature across genre, time, and space.

Space here bears two significations. First, the one related to Greece. Second, the geographical origin of each publication: England, Scotland, and Ireland are here present, offering their views on Greece, always connected to their topical anxieties and preocuppations.

The periodicals included are The New Monthly Magazine, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, The Dublin University Magazine, Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, the National Review (the periodical edited by Bagehot & Hutton Holt, 1855-1864), The Cornhill, Macmillan’s Magazine, The Fortnightly Review, and The Contemporary Review.

For each publication we focus on a certain decade, for example, we look at The Dublin University Magazineduring the 1840s—where we come across a number of Greek themed stories—and Macmillan’s Magazineduring the 1870s, with its focus on archaeology and the Eastern Question.

Publications overlap, especially during periods of international crises that brought Greece to the fore. For example, for the 1850s and 1860s, one may look at Fraser’s Magazine, the literary Cornhill, and the more political quarterly National Review. The researcher may thus acquire a broader scope of the ideas circulating about Modern Greece that cut across genres. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, the iconic publication in its genre, is offered from the 1830s till the end of the century.

For each periodical, there is a separate page, with a bibliographical list and a link to download a scanned version of each entry in pdf format.

This bibliographical aid is greatly indebted to the pioneering multivolume work Houghton,Walter (ed.). 1988. Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 (vol. 1-4). University of Toronto and Routledge, as well as the equally important The Curran Index to Nineteenth-Century Periodicals, eds. Lars Atkin and Emily Bell. 2017-present. https://www.curranindex.org/.

For the attribution of authors, when these are not indicated in the original text, we have consulted both bibliographical indices and the author’s name appears in brackets.

Throughout we have used volumes housed in university libraries, primarily the libraries of the Pennsylvania State University, the Michigan University, the Indiana University, and the University of California. The volumes were digitized by Google and are freely available through the Hathitrust Digital Library.

The digital files offered here may be used solely for research and academic purposes and not for commercial purposes.


The 1820s


The New Monthly Magazine (1821-1833)

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. 1821. “Stanzas, Excited by Some Reflections on the Present State of Greece.” NMM 1, no. 5 (May): 523.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. 1821. “Thoughts Awakened by Contemplating a Piece of the Palm Which Grows on the Summit of the Acropolis at Athens.”NMM 2, no. 11 (Jul): 59.

“Greece.” 1821. NMM 2, no. 15 (Nov): 443-446.

Campbell, Thomas. 1822. “Song of the Greeks.” NMM 4, no. 23 (May): 451. (US edition)

  1. [pseud.] 1823. “Constantinople.” NMM 7, no. 27 (Mar): 198.

Hemans, Felicia. 1823. “The Farewell to the Dead.” NMM 7, no. 27 (Mar): 260.

  1. [pseud.] 1823. “The Prophecy of Constantine. » NMM 7, no. 28 (Apr): 326-330.

Hemans, Felicia. 1823. “Greek Song. – The Bowl of Liberty.” NMM 7, no. 28 (Apr): 337.

Hemans, Felicia. 1823. “Greek Song.– The Voice of Scio.” NMM 7, no. 28 (Apr): 352.

Hemans, Felicia. 1823. “Greek Song.– The Shade of Theseus.” NMM 7, no. 30 (Jun): 498.

“The Gods of Greece. From Schiller.” 1823. NMM 8, no. 31 (Jul): 50-52.

  1. (pseud.). 1823. “Ancient Song of a Greek Exile.” NMM 8, no. 33 (Sep): 246.

“Marco Botzari, the Achilles of the Modern Greeks.” 1823. NMM 8, no. 35 (Nov): 441-445.

Hemans, Felicia. 1823. “The Sleeper on Marathon.” NMM 8, no. 36 (Dec): 532.

“The Patriot and the Apostate’s Daughter, or the Greek Lover’s Farewell.” 1824. NMM 9, no. 38 (Feb): 194-195.

  1. [pseud.] 1824. “The Sacrifice of Iphigenia.” NMM 10, no. 41 (May): 451-452.
  2. [pseud.] 1824. “Mahomet.” NMM 11, no. 44 (Aug): 137-138.

Σ. [pseud.] 1824. “Popular Songs of the Modern Greeks.” NMM 11, no. 44 (Aug): 139-148.

S., A. 1824. “To Greece.” NMM 11, no. 46 (Oct): 351.

  1. [pseud.] 1824. “A Grecian Dream.” NMM 11, no. 47 (Nov): 461.
  2. [pseud.] 1824. “Homer on the Banks of Scamander.” NMM 11, no. 48 (Dec): 565-566.

Hemans, Felicia. 1825. “The Suliote Mother.” NMM 13, no 51 (Mar): 293.

Hemans, Felicia. 1825. “Greek Funeral Chant.” NMM 13, no. 52 (Apr): 369-370.

“The Greek Woman.” 1825. NMM 14, no. 56 (Aug): 174-175.

Pecchio, Giuseppe. 1825. “Greece in the Spring of 1825, by Giuseppe Pecchio. Part I.” NMM 14, no. 58 (Oct): 291-320.

Hemans, Felicia. 1825. “Records of Woman, No III: The Bride of the Greek Isle.” NMM 14, no. 58 (Oct): 370-374.

Pecchio, Giuseppe. 1825. “Greece in the Spring of 1825, by Giuseppe Pecchio. Part II.” NMM 14, no. 59 (Nov): 409-427.

XXX. [pseud.] 1825. “Stanzas.” NMM 14, no. 59 (Nov): 469.

  1. [pseud.] 1825. “Sonnet: To the Ruins of Ionia.” NMM 14, no. 59 (Nov): 473.
  2. [pseud.] 1826. “To Greece.” NMM 16, no. 61 (Jan): 49.

Sismondi, J. C. L. Sismondi de. 1826. “De Sismondi on the Extermination of the Greeks.” NMM 17, no. 67 (Jul): 90-95.

[Humphreys, William. H.] 1826. “Recollections of an English Officer in Greece, No. I.” NMM 17, no. 68 (Aug): 172-181.

[Humphreys, William. H.] 1826. “Recollections of an English Officer in Greece, No. II.” NMM 17, no. 69 (Sep): 201-208.

Campbell, Thomas. 1828. “Stanzas on the Battle of Navarino.” NMM 22, no. 85 (Jan): 9.

“Eleutherochori.” 1828. NMM 22, no. 86 (Feb): 164.

  1. [pseud.] 1828. “Written Near Mount Olympus.” NMM 22, no. 90 (Jun): 509.

“A Greek Wedding: Conjugé ΔΟΥΛΚΙΣΣΙΜΩ. Ancient Inscription.” 1828. NMM 23, no. 91 (Jul): 86-92.

“Observations on the Greek Question.” 1828. NMM 23, no. 92 (Aug): 113-122.

“The Dying Klepht to his Companion.” 1828. NMM 23, no. 95 (Nov): 427.

  1. [pseud.] 1829. “At Athens.” NMM 25, no. 99 (Mar): 274.
  2. [pseud.] 1829. “Near Larissa, in Thessaly.” NMM 25, no. 101 (May): 405.
  3. E. [pseud.] 1829. “Basilia: a Tale of Modern Athens.” NMM 25, no. 101 (May): 432-444.

“A Vision of Constantinople at Midnight.” 1829. NMM 26, no. 106 (Oct): 395.

“Ode to the New Sovereign of Greece.” 1830. NMM 28, no. 112 (Apr): 359-360.

“Greek Negotiation.” 1830. NMM 28, no. 115 (Apr): 483-490.

“The Sublime Porte is to Regain the Whole of Western Greece, Now in the Hands of the Greeks. Note of the Ambassadors of England, France, and Russia, to the Reis Effendi, April 8, 1830.” 1830. NMM 29, no. 115 (Jul): 15.

  1. C. [Campbell, Thomas.] 1830. “Travels in Greece and Albania.” NMM 29, no. 117 (Sep): 201-212.
  2. C. [Campbell, Thomas.] 1830. “Continuation of Remarks on Travels in Greece. By Mr. S. T. Hughes, B. D.” NMM 29, no. 118 (Oct): 316-327.
  3. M. F. [Macfarlane, Charles.] 1831. “Greek Affray at Smyrna.” NMM 32, no. 129 (Sep): 238-243.

“The Mainote Mother.” 1831. NMM 32, no. 130 (Oct): 377-378.

“Lines on a Melancholy Journey through Greece.” 1833. NMM 37, no. 146 (Apr): 230.

 


The 1830s (and beyond)


Blackwood’s Edinburng Magazine (1830-1893)

“The Greeks and their Cause.” 1822. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 12, no. 69 (Oct): 467-472.

Δ. [pseud.] 1822. “The Greek to his Sword. From the Romaic.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 12, no. 71 (Dec): 759.

“A Professional Visit to Ali Pacha in the Autumn of 1809; Shewing, among Other Pleasant Matters, How Doctors May Differ (Part I).” 1823. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 13, no. 75 (Apr): 437-443.

“A Professional Visit to Ali Pacha in the Autumn of 1809; Shewing, among Other Pleasant Matters, How Doctors May Differ (Part II).” 1823. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 13, no. 76 (May): 527-532.

“Mr. Balquiere’s Report on Greece, &c. &c.” 1823. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 14, no. 81 (Oct): 465-467.

“Deaths (George Gordon, Lord Byron).” 1824. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 15, no. 89 (Jun): 736.

  1. [pseud.]. 1824. “Farewell to Greece.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 16, no. 90 (Jul): 25.

[Lockhart, J.G.] 1825. “Lord Byron.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 17, no. 97 (Feb): 131-151.

[Lockhart, J.G.] 1825. “Parry’s Last Days of Lord Byron.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 18, no. 103 (Feb): 137-155.

[Croly, George.] 1826. “Greece I.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 20, no. 118 (Oct): 543-554.

“The Song of the Janissary.” 1826. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 20, no. 118 (Oct): 634-635.

[Croly, George.] 1826. “Greece II.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 20, no. 119 (Nov): 716-727.

[Croly, George.] 1826. “Greece III.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 20, no. 120 (Dec): 824-843.

[Wilson, John.] 1827. “The Reigning Vice.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 21, no. 126 (Jun): 894-894.

[Robinson, David.] 1827. “The Faction.” 1827. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 22, no. 131 (Oct): 403-431. (particularly 416-417).

[Robinson, David.] 1828. “The Battle of Navarino.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 23, no. 134 (Jan): 25-32.

F.F. [MacK Fraser, F.A.] 1828. “Passages on the Life of Francis Flagstaffe, Esq. Late Major in his Majesty’s Service.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 23, no. 136 (Mar): 273-291.

Hemans, Felicia. 1829. “The Sisters of Scio.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 26, no. 160 (Dec): 956.

Hogg, James. 1830. “Greek Pastoral.”Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 27, no. 166 (May): 766-771.

[Mudford, William.] 1830. “The Silent Member, No. V. Grimaldi – The Duke of Wellington – Prince Leopold – and Greece and Austria.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 28, no. 169 (Aug): 224-226.

[Coleridge, Hartley.] 1831. “Ignoramus of the Fine Arts.”  Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 29, no. 176 (Feb): particularly pages 219-220.

[De Quincey, Thomas.] 1833. “The Revolution of Greece.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 33, no. 207 (Apr): 476-502.

[Alison, Archibald.] 1833. “The Fall of Turkey.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 33, no. 209 (Jun): 931-948.

Browne, James Hamilton. 1834. “Voyage from Leghorn to Cephalonia with Lord Byron, and a Narrative of a Visit, in 1823, to the Seat of War in Greece. Part I.”  Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 35, no. 217 (Jan): 56-67.

Browne, James Hamilton. 1834. “Narrative of a Visit, in 1823, to the Seat of War in Greece.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 36, no. 226 (Sep): 392-407.

[Skene, James Henry.] 1838. “Sketches of Modern Greece. Athens in 1837.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 43, no. 270 (Apr): 469-488.

[Skene, James Henry. 1838.] “Sketches of Modern Greece. No II. A Visit to a Village of Attica.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 43, no. 271 (May): 620-630.

[Skene, James Henry. 1838.] “Sketches of Modern Greece. No III. The Phanariotes.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 43, no. 272 (Jun): 816-827.

[De Quincey, Thomas.] 1842. “Modern Greece.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 52, no. 321 (Jul): 120-138.

[Finlay, George.] 1842. “An Adventure During the Greek Revolution.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 52, no. 325 (Nov): 668-673.

Simmons, Bartholomew. 1843. “Philhellenic Drinking-Cup.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 54, no. 333 (Jul): 41-42.

[Finlay, George.] 1843. “The Bankruptcy of the Greek Kingdom.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 54, no. 335 (Sep): 345-362.

[Finlay, George.] 1844. “Michael Kalliphournas.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 55, no. 344 (Jun): 725-730.

[Finlay, George.] 1844. “The Actual Condition of the Greek State.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 55, no. 344 (Jun): 785-796.

[Finlay, George.] 1850. “Greece Again.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 67, no. 415 (May): 526-539.

“The Modern Argonauts.” 1850. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 67, no. 415 (May): 539-541.

[Blackie, John Stuart.] 1853. “Athens in 1853.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 74, no. 457 (Nov): 569-582.

[Blackie, John Stuart.] 1854. “Tricoupi and Alison in the Greek Revolution.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 77, no. 466 (Aug): 119-134.

[Finlay, George.] 1854. “King Otho and his Classic Kingdom.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 77, no. 468 (Oct): 403-421.

[Croly, George.] 1856. “The Greek Church.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 79, no. 485 (Mar): 304-313.

[Hardman, Frederick.] 1857. “Botany and Brigands in Greece.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 81, no. 498 (Apr): 449-464.

[Fraser, Alexander Charles.] 1864. “A Groan Over Corfu.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 95, no. 583 (May): 583-596.

[Lever, Charles James.] 1870. “The Greek Massacre, from Our Own Commissioner’s Report.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 108, no. 658 (Aug): 240-256.

[Lever, Charles James.] 1871. “Impressions of Greece.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 109, no. 667 (May): 572-579.

[Brackenbury, Henry, Sir.] 1877. “Crete.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 121, no. 738 (Apr): 428-455.

[Macmillan, George Augustin.] 1878. “A Ride Across the Peloponnese. I. The Approach to Greece.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 123, no. 751 (May): 550-570.

[Baker, James.] 1880. “Notes From Epirus: The Turks, the Albanians, and the Greek Question.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 127, no. 771 (Jan): 110-122.

[Macmillan, George Augustin.] 1880. “A Week in Athens.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 128, no. 779 (Sep): 329-348.

[Skene, Felicia Mary Frances.] 1892. “The Treatment of Criminals in Modern Greece.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 152, no. 921 (Jul): 54-61.

Blackie, John Stuart. 1893. “Christian Greece: Bikelas and the Marquess of Bute.” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 153, no. 927 (Jan): 126-136.

 

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