THE QUIVER, JANUARY 1899

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1899

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Overview

January 1899 chronicle, titled The Quiver, with a June 1890 cover glued to the front.
"Sunday and general reading" booklet published in England - includes various articles.
In worn condition.

Historical information

A. Whitfield is possibly Ann Elizabeth (nee McDermott) Whitfield (1833-1924) who lived at "Knockdominie", Toodyay with her husband George Munro Whitfield, but this has yet to be confirmed.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1830

Item type

Documents

Inscriptions and markings

"A Whitfield" handwritten at top of cover.

Contextual Information

The Quiver was a British illustrated periodical magazine. Its focus was on the teaching of morality and the promotion of faith. initially it began in 1861 as a weekly publication costing one penny and continued in various forms until 1926. Its original format as a broadsheet changed in 1864 to a smaller size. At this time a monthly edition was also first produced, initially by binding together the weekly editions and costing sixpence. The following year the monthly Quiver became a separate entity rather than a collation of the weekly editions. The weekly and monthly editions continued alongside each other until 1879 when the weekly edition was discontinued. During the 1870s the publishers also began issuing half-yearly volumes printed on toned paper, with better quality printing than in the usual weekly or monthly issue; these were bound in royal blue, with an elaborate gilt mandorla on the front board.
In the UK the monthly magazine was still priced at sixpence in 1902.

Keywords

WHITFIELD, A

Year

1899

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Links to additional resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiver

Wikipedia article: The Quiver

https://victorianweb.org/periodicals/quiver/cooke.html

Victorian Web article by Simon Cooke

Shire of Toodyay