"The Germ" (1850) and "The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine" (1856)
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AND THE OXFORDAND CAMBRIDGE
MAGAZINE (1856)
THE GERM (1850)
Hosmon
Stahr
Robert
(English,
of
University
Coral
Miami,
FL
Gables,
33124)
I
the
Before
Raphaelite
publish
William
number
first
all
Brotherhood,
contributions
of
at
The
the
Germ
appeared,
suggestion
magazine
Woolner
and
the
to
the
of
the members
of
Thomas
Woolner,
the
voted
Pre
to
to
anonymously.
members
other
According
of
the
Brother
as
to
that
hood
"entertained
appear
writers,
publicly
feeling
on
current
as writers
of
and especially
the
ordinary
opinions
opposing
which
involved
would
fine
their
art,
position,
professional
already
damage
more
to the
edi
Stock
than
Elliot
facsmile
work
("Preface"
uphill
enough"
to improve
In an attempt
sales
tion
of The Germ
9).
p.
1901],
[London,
to list
the
the
Brotherhood
of
the magazine,
contributors,
however,
agreed
Michael
Rossetti,
a general
to the
of The
issue
and each
second
subsequent
exceptions,
G.
Frederick
Patmore
remained
anonymous;
Stephens
adopted
Coventry
and
Rossetti
Christina
and
"John
"Laura
the
Seward"
pseudonyms
Savage";
an invention
of Dante
Gabriel
Rossetti.
under
"Ellen
published
Alleyn,"
the
of The
contents
of
first
issue
the
table
of
With
these
exceptions,
contributors
the
identified.
issue
with
in
the
Germ was
February
reprinted
with
certain
Germ.
are
in
identified
magazine
and
in
William
1898)
Maine,
(Portland,
reprint
is
identified
"Preface"
mentioned
above.
Michael
Rossetti's
George
Tupper
in
Mosher's
William
as
edition.
the
author
of
"Swift's
Dunces"
(No.
3)
as
Alexander
author
of
the
identifies
Michael
however,
Tupper
Rossetti,
to
W.
E.
of
the
Fredeman
of
Professor
that
essay.
University
According
in an un
is
also
authenticated
attribution
British
Rossetti's
Columbia,
to
contributors
All
Thomas
Mosher's
of
portion
published
the
the
issues
four
of The Germ
of
PRB Journal
the
for
29. March
1850.
THE GERM: THOUGHTSTOWAEDNJ?TUREIN POETRY, LITERATURE, AND J?RT
No.
1
1850):
(January,
ETCHING.
W.
MY BEAUTIFUL
OF MY LADY
[Contributors
of
number
Holman
Hunt.cover
LADY.
Thomas
IN DEATH.
THE LOVE OF BEAUTY.
THE
SUBJECT
THE SERONS.
IN ART,
(No.
[Coventry
the
second
Germ]
Woolner.1
Thomas
[a
in
identified
The
sonnet]
1)?
Woolner.5
F.
[an
Patmore].19
Madox
essay
Brown.10
by
John
L.
Tupper]?
.
.11
The Germ 37
Ellen
DREAM LAND.
SONGS OF ONE HOUSEHOLD, (MY SISTER'S
Dante
HANDAND SOUL.
Gabriel
W. M.
HER FIRST SEASON,
Ellen
No.
2
23
of dough's
[a review
46
W. M. Rossetti.
[a sonnet]
47
[a poem by John L. Tupper].
[Christina
Alleyn
1848
Rossetti].
48
follows]
James
1850):
(February,
ETCHING,
Gabriel
34
Rossetti.
A SKETCHFROMNATURE,
AN END.
Dante
SLEEP).
Rossetti.
THE BOTHIE OF TOPER-NA-FUOSICH.
edition]
20
21
f.
Rossetti.
.......
Rossetti]
[Christina
Alleyn
poem that
[to accompany
Collinson.cover
. 49
James Collinson
THE CHILD JESUS.
A PAUSE OF THOUGHT. Ellen
THE PURPOSE AND TENDENCYOF EARLY ITALIAN ART.
Ellen
SONG.
MORNING
SONNET.
Win.
SLEEP.
Calder
the
midst
["When
.
.
.
..
the
summer-roses
[a poetic
A TESTIMONY.
Brown.
Ellen
64
65
warm
dialogue
by Coventry
ON THE MECHANISMOF A HISTORICAL PICTURE [Part
F? Madox
Seward
bees"]
68
Campbell.
STARS AND MOON,
Scott
Bell
.
....
Rossetti]
[Christina
?lleyn
John
57
58
G. Stephens].
[Frederic
...
Rossetti]
[Christina
Alleyn
.
...
Alleyn
. . 69
Patmore].
It
The Design]
70
Rossetti].
[Christina
0 WHENAND WHERE. Thomas Woolner.
75
.
.
.
.
.
.73
38
Hosmon
FANCIES AT LEISURE.
III:
"A Fall
of
.
THE SIGHT BEYOND,
[title
"The
magazine:
IV:
Rain,"
Rossetti
Michael
of
"The
within
Light
Arnold's
Michael
3
(March,
the
...
Deverell
79
. 80
Other
Poems."
of
volume
published
[review
Wm.
1849]
poem that
[to accompany
F.
follows]
Brown.cover
M.
Rossetti.97
W.
MACBETH,
[a critical
REPINING.
Ellen
SWEETDEATH.
SUBJECT
essay
Ellen
NO.
II.
and
["Antwerp
Thomas
Woolner.127
SONNET.
["Early
Aspirations"]
FROM THE CLIFFS,
Noon"
Breadth
W.
of
[I:
Noon,"
B.
the
G.
"In Spring,"
.118
...
Rossetti.
.
Scott
.
magazine:
Sea-Limits")]
IV:
.......
Tupper]
Dante
Bruges"]
("The
FANCIES AT LEISURE.
Rossetti].117
L.
[John
within
[title
.Ill
Rossetti]
[Christina
Alleyn
IN ART,
Patmore].99
by Coventry
[Christina
Alleyn
EMBLEMS.
"The
of
BEING THOUGHTSTOWARDSNATURE, CONDUCTEDPRINCIPALLY BY
CORDELIA.
Cliffs:
and
Reveller,
H.
Walter
G. Rossetti
anonymously
edition
1850):
Madox
CARILLON.
Wm.
Waste."]
facsimile
Beyond"]
CORDELIA: AN ETCHING,
THE
Place,"
Rossetti.84
ART AND POETRY:
ARTISTS
No.
Strayed
"Sheer
"A Quiet
76
THE BLESSED DAMOZEL. Dante
REVIEWS:
II:
"Noon Rest,"
[I:
Dante
II:
"Sea-Freshness,"
.
.128
"From
the
G.
.126
Rossetti..129
"In Summer,"
V:
The
III:
The Germ 39
Fire
PaAPERS OF
"THE M.
identified
Incident
[a poem
of
"Sir
III.
and
[authors
"Introduction"
to the
M.
S.?(possibly)
Germ.
The
essay
Alexander
by
Canto
1st.
F.
I.
of
. 136
Tupper]
the Life
and
Done in Verse
Bart.
. 135
.
Tupper]
George
by
Mohun,
Reginald
John Cay ley.
Tupper].131
[Some Account
Mohun.H
of Sir
Adventures
L.
a Modern
from
Seen
Troy,
John
essay
[an
Reginald
of
by
[an
Scales,
Mental
George
in his
Siege
Dunces,
Swiftfs
REVIEW:
II
I,
edition
the
in
Observatory,
III.
Nos.
Student].
An
II.
..129
Rossetti.
SOCIETY"
facsimile
1901
Medical
I.
S.
M.
by W. M? Rossetti
Stock
E.
W.
Smoulder!ng"]
1849]
Pickering.
by
W. M.
Rossetti..137
No,
4
(May, 1850):
AN ETCHING.
AND OLIVIA:
VIOLA
W.
H.
.
Deverell
on
the
ON ART.
In
I.
John
art]
the
Laura
Savage
of
House
Kalon.
[an
essay
Orchard.146
ON A WHIT-SUNDAYMORN IN THE MONTHOF MAY.
MODERN GIANTS.
follows].
..cover
Dialogue
of
values
that
[John L. Tupper].145
VIOLA AND OLIVIA.
A DIALOGUE
.
poem
accompany
[to
[an
essay
by
John Orchard
Frederic
. . 167
G.
Stephens].169
TO THE
PaAX VOBIS.
W. M.
RAMPARTS.
CASTLE
["World's
A MODERN IDYL.
Walter
Worth"]
H.
Rossetti.173
Dante
Deverell.177
G.
Rossetti
......
176
40
Hosmon
MJESUS
W.
WEPT".
M.
Rossetti.179
SONNETS FOR PICTURES.
in
Mexnmeling;
St.
the
Katherine,
at
Bruges,"
in
the
V:
by
REVIEW:
[a poem
Nymphs,
from
Mantegna;
Sea
the
VI:
Luxembourg/'
John
St.
Andrea
by
rescued
1850
and
"The
Same"]
Tupper].183
George
I.
Easter
Day."
W.
edition]
THE EVIL UNDER THE SUN.
L.
John
by
by
Eve
"Christmas
Browning's
of
hospital
of
SOCIETY":
[a poem
Rain,
the
"A Marriage
..180
PAPERS OF "THE M.S.
V.
in
Ingres;
Smoke,
of
the
"'Angelica
Rossetti.
G.
in
by Hans
II:
Bruges,"
same:
"A Dance
f
Dante
IV.
the
III:
Louvre,"
monster,
of
Academy
by
and Child,
"A Virgin
[I:
M.
F.
Tupper].186
[a
review
of
Rossetti..187
[a poem by W. M. Rossetti].192
II
All
to
contributions
anonymously*
Morris
to the
Temple
magazine.
also
inaccurate.
to the magazine
from
printed
in Walter
Neither
each
for
Scott
nor
selection
Buxton
at
Morris
Forman,
Forman1s
contributions
and
Oxford
Scott
Cambridge
in A Bibliography
the
made
first
1897)
attempt
is
Scott's
however,
list,
Vernon
compiled
Lushington
(London,
H.
The
memory;
Graham's
Lushington
in the
his
attempted
list
to
the
contributors
but
incomplete,
of the
contributors
is
list
incomplete,
only
list
Periodicals
the
identify
(London,
1930).
authors
individual
magazine.
using
Lushington's
request,
published
in The Books
to
though
Literary
published
of
the Works of William
not
a
accurate,
English
were
Magazine
of William
list
and a
a list
of
Morris
list
compiled
contributors
(London,
1897).
by
with
William
That
their
list
and the
"Ruskin
and exceptions:
1)
qualifications
to William
in
is
Morris
attributed
Forman's
list.
(No?
6)
Quarterly11
to Georgiana
and
Burne-Jones
in Memorials
Burne-Jones
According
of Edward
was
eds.
the
article
and Wedderburn,
Cook
The Works
V,
Ruskin>
of John
of
"The Druid
the
and
written
Burne-Jones.
2) The
story
by Edward
to Edward
in Forman.
is
Burne-Jones
attributed
Maiden"
3)
11)
(No.
only
as
the
author
identifies
Macdonald
Forman
(Burne-Jones)
Georgiana
is
used
here
with
Oxford
and Cambridge
of
of
"The Song
Poems
and Plays"
41
"The Sacrifice"
"Recent
(No.
(No.
5),
1),
The
of Life"
and
"The Porch
12).
(No.
12)
J.
review
is by Georgiana's
of Longfellow's
work
Henry
brother,
there
Memorials
Edward
122-123).
(cf.
Although
I,
Burne-Jones,
of
and
the
"The
Sacrifice"
is no evidence
the
of
authorship
regarding
as Mr.
review
of
the magazine,
in the
last
issue
Fredeman
has
both
selec
was
in 1856;
out
to me,
sixteen
pointed
Georgiana
only
in a
a mature
be
remarkable
tions
reflect
that
would
writing
style
child
of
Henry
written
J.
Hiawatha"
(No.
It
that
age.
Macdonald.
by
is
It
is
that
Georgiana;
only
is
poem
both
that
probable
highly
certain
that
"The
"G.B.M."
singed
were
written
of Life"
Porch
in
the magazine.
by
was
THE OXFORDAND CAMBRIDGEMAGAZINE
So.
1
(January,
1856):
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, PART I.
The Prelude.
Heeley].
[Wilfred
ALFRED TENNYSON. AN ESSAY. IN THREE PARTS. PART I.
. 7
Fulford]
THE
[William
COUSINS,
[a
tale
by
Edward
Burne-Jones].18
CHURCH,
THE STORYOF THE UNKNOWN
by William
[a tale
Morris].28
THE RIVALS.
tale
[a
by
Richard
.34
Dixon].
THE SONG OF HIAWATHA,by Henry Wadsworth
review
ESSAY
by
Henry
J.
ON THE NEWCOMES.
Edward
Macdonald].45
[an
essay
By Wilfred
1855 edition.
WINTER WEATHER.
2
(February,
THE
BARRIER
on
By
Thackeray.
Burne-Jones].50
KINGSLEY'S SERMONSFOR THE TIMES.
No.
[a
Longfellow.
[a review
of Kingsley's
Heeley].61
[a poem by William
Morris]..63
1856):
KINGDOMS.
[a political
essay
on
the
Scandinavian
. 1
42
Hosmon
countries
by Richard
..65
Dixon]
ALFRED TENNYSON. AN ESSAY. IN THREE PARTS. PART II.
Memoriam."
[William
A STORYOF THE NORTH,
"In
. 73
Fulford]
...
by Edward Burne-Jones].
[a tale
THE CHURCHESOF NORTHFRANCE,
81
by William
[an essay
Morris].99
THE TWO PARTINGS. A TALE.
SHAKESPEARE'SMINOR POEMS,
sonnets.
By
Cornell
3
(March.
on Shakespeare's
[an essay
...
.
Price]
[a poem by William
IN YOUTH I DIED,
No.
Morris].110
[William
.115
Fulford].127
1856)t
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, PART II.
The Learner.
[Wilfred
.12Q
Heeley]
ALFRED TENNYSON. AN ESSAY. IN THREE PARTS. PART III.
and Other
A DREAM,
Poeme."
[a tale
[William
by William
FOUND, YET LOST. A TALE.
MEN AND WOMEN,by Robert
from
the aooeeeion
Morris].146
Fulford].155
Browning,
[a review
1855.
By William
on Macaulay's
MR. MACAULAY. [an essay
.136
Fulford]
[William
of
edition
two-volume
"Maud,
of James
of Browning's
Morris]
A History
the Second.
.
.
of England
By Wilfred
Heeley].173
THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE,
Richard
Dixon]
[an essay
on the Crimean War by
.185
A FEWWORDSCONCERNINGPLATOAND BACON.
Fulford].189
.
[William
.162
Oxford
43
and Cambridge
[a poem by William
FEAR,
No.
4
1856);
(April,
CARLYLE, CHAPTER I.
His
"I believe."
MR. RUSKIN'S NEWVOLUME,
Vol.
Part
Ill,
[an essay
by William
[a tale
by Godfrey
. . 212
By Edward Burne-Jones].
225
Morris].
234
Lushington].
Fulford].
258
Campbell]
. 259
REMEMBRANCE, [a poem by William
5
of Modern Painters,
[a review
IV (1856).
FRANK'S SEALED LETTER,
OXFORD,
[Vernon
193
Lushington].
No.
191
Fulford].
(May, 1856):
by Lewis
PROMETHEUS, [an essay
UNHEALTHYEMPLOYMENTS, [an essay
conditions.
Corme 11
By
C.
and
Price
....
Faulkner]
265
[Henry J. Macdonald].271
THE SACRIFICE. A TALE.
SHAKESPEARE'S TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.
William
manufacturing
deploring
[an essay
by
. 280
Fulford]
CARLYLE, CHAPTER II.
"His Lamp for
the Old Years."
[Vernon Lushington].292
by William
A NIGHT IN A CATHEDRAL, [a tale
ON POPULARLECTURES.
of
National
of
a
lecture.
RIDING TOGETHER,
"Considered
Education."
By
Bernard
as an Irregular
essay
on
the
Cracroft].316
[a poem by William
THE SUITOR OF LOWDEGREE,
Fulford].321
[an
Fulford].
Morris].320
[a poem by William
...
Channel
value
310
44
No.
6
(June,
Hosmon
1856);
THACKERAYAND CURRERBELL.
The Newoomesi
The Perkins's
Our Street;
[Bernard
.
Cracroft]
CARLYLE, CHAPTER III.
Ball.
Jane
look
at
on Ruskln
(March,
1856),
.
XCVIII
Review,
...
By Edward Burne-Jones].
384-433.
History
336
to Lady Eastlake's
In The Quarterly
FROUDE'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND,
Froude's
"The Lamp for
{Vernon Lushington]
RUSKIN AND THE QUARTERLY, [a response
attack
Eyre.
323
Another
the Old Years."
Fairi
Vanity
[a review
of England
to the Death of Elizabeth
James A.
of
the Fall
from
353
of Woleey
By Wilfred
(1856).
Heeley].362
THE SINGING OF THE POET,
No.
7
(July.
[a posa
by William
...
Fulford]
1856):
ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTEROF MARSHAL ST. ARNAUD,
essay
by Robert
Campbell].389
GERTHA'S LOVERS. IN FIVE CHAPTERS,
a tale
by William
Morris]
[Chapters
I-III
. ..403
A STUDY IN SHAKESPEARE. Timon of Athene.
[William
Fulford].417
LANCASHIREAND "MARYBARTHON."
[an essay
by Cornell
Price].441
TO THE ENGLISH ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. Written
August,
1855.
[an
[
poem by William
Fulford].451
in
of
388
Oxford
and Cambridge
HANDS,
No.
8
45
[a poem
(August,
William
by
............
Morris]
.452
1856);
ON POPULAR
LECTURES.
of
National
by
Bernard
as
"Considered
Education."
in
No.
OSC,
the
Alfred
Rethel.
By William
[an essay
and
SVEND AND HIS
BRETHREN,
GERTHA*S LOVERS.
9
Rossetti's
tale
[a
by
IV-V of
William
the
[Dante Gabriel
Last
Morris].
tale
by
Rossetti].512
1856);
ROBERT HERRICK,
[an essay
LINDENBORGPOOL,
[a tale
CAVALAY, A Chapter
of a Life.
by William
ALEXANDERSMITH,
by W. Aldis
by William
Wright]
..517
Morris].530
I-V of a
[Chapters
Fulford].535
[an essay
by William
Fulford].548
THE WORKOF YOUNGMEN IN THE PRESENT AGE.
essay
"The
Brown's
Morris].499
(September,
tale
Gabriel
Lushington].479
[Chapters
THE BURDENOF NINEVEH.
No.
artist,
..477
Morris].
Madox
Vernon
By
England."
Ford
[an essay
German
19th-century
on Dante
[an essay
Dream"
William
the
of
TWO PICTURES,
of
.453
Fulford].462
woodcuts
"Dante's
essay
.
5].
"DEATHTHE AVENGER"AND "DEATHTHE FRIEND."
on
the
of
WOMAN,HER DUTIES, EDUCATIONAND POSITION,
by William
Channel
Irregular
continuation
[a
Cracroft
an
by Corme 11 Price].558
[a general
.
.
.
.488
4?
THE HOLLOWLAND. A TALE.
I and II.
[Chapters
Hosmon
By William
Morris].565
THE CHAPEL IN LYONESS. A POEM.
A YEAR AGO. A POEM.
No.
10
(October,
[William
[William
1856);
[William
essay
by
Bernard
[Part
of a Life.
by William
THE HOLLOWLAND.
[Chapter
III
of
the
......
[an essay
PRAY BUT ONE PRAYER FOR ME.
VI-IX
of a
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