Small image of a man handing a book to a women across a counter.

At the Circulating Library

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Browse Periodicals

The following magazines and newspapers carried serialized fiction and short stories.

Aberdeen Weekly JournalAberdeen Weekly NewsAinsworth's MagazineAlexandra MagazineAll the Year RoundAnglo-Saxon ReviewAnswersArgosyArrowsmith's Christmas AnnualArt AmateurAshton ReporterAtalantaAunt Judy's MagazineBadminton MagazineBaily's Magazine of Sports and PastimesBanbury GuardianBeeton's Christmas AnnualBelgraviaBell's Life in LondonBentley's MiscellanyBirmingham Weekly PostBlack and WhiteBlackburn StandardBlackwood's Edinburgh MagazineBolton Weekly JournalBow BellsBoys' Illustrated MagazineBoy's JournalBoy's Own MagazineBoy's Own PaperThe Bristol MercuryBritanniaBritish Army and Navy ReviewBritish JournalBritish Queen and StatesmanBritish WeeklyThe BroadwayThe BurlingtonBurnley AdvertiserBurnley ExpressThe Burnley GazetteThe Cardiff TimesCassell's Family MagazineCassell's Illustrated Family PaperCassell's MagazineCassell's Saturday JournalChambers's Edinburgh JournalChapman's Magazine of FictionChapman's Weekly MagazineCheshire ObserverThe Christian Lady's MagazineChristian TreasuryChumsThe Churchman's CompanionThe Churchman's Family MagazineChurchman's Shilling MagazineThe CitizenCommonwealThe Contemporary ReviewCornhill MagazineCosmopolisThe Court and Society ReviewThe Court MagazineThe Daily Gazette for MiddlesbroughThe Daily TelegraphDark BlueDay of RestDay of RestDerby Daily TelegraphDerby MercuryDerbyshire TimesDouglas Jerrold's Shilling MagazineThe Dover ExpressDublin University MagazineDuffy's Hibernian MagazineDundee CourierDundee Weekly NewsEliza Cook's JournalThe EngineerEnglandThe English Illustrated MagazineThe Englishwoman's MagazineThe Englishwoman's Domestic MagazineThe EraThe Essex NewsmanEvening HoursThe Evening NewsEvery Boy's MagazineEvery WeekEverybody's JournalThe Exeter and Plymouth GazetteThe Falkirk HeraldThe Family HeraldFarnworth Weekly Journal and ObserverThe Fife HeraldThe Fire-Side JournalFortnightly ReviewFraser's MagazineGentlemanGentleman's AnnualGentleman's MagazineThe GentlewomanGeorge Cruikshank's OmnibusThe Girl's Own PaperGirl's RealmGlasgow Evening PostGlasgow Weekly HeraldGlasgow Weekly MailGolden HoursGood Things for the YoungGood WordsGood Words for the YoungGraphicHalfpenny JournalHalfpenny MiscellanyHampshire Telegraph & Sussex ChronicleHarmsworth Monthly Pictorial MagazineHarper's New Monthly MagazineHearth and HomeHogg's InstructorHogg's Weekly InstructorHome ChimesHome CompanionThe Home JournalHome NotesHood's MagazineHousehold WordsHousehold Words [II]Howitt's JournalHuddersfield ChronicleThe Hull Packet and East Riding TimesThe HumanitarianThe IdlerThe Illustrated London MagazineIllustrated London NewsIllustrated Sporting and Dramatic NewsThe Illustrated TimesThe Ipswich JournalThe Irish FiresideKensingtonLadies' CompanionThe Ladies' TreasuryThe Lady's MagazineThe Lady's NewspaperLady's PictorialThe Lady's RealmThe LampThe Lancashire Evening PostThe Lancaster GazetteLeeds MercuryThe Leeds TimesLeicester ChronicleLeigh Journal and TimesLeisure HourThe Lichfield MercuryLifeLightLincolnshire EchoLippincott's Monthly MagazineThe Literary WorkmanLiverpool Weekly CourierLiverpool Weekly MercuryLloyd's Companion to the Penny Sunday TimesLloyd's Penny Weekly MiscellanyLloyd's Weekly MiscellanyLloyd's Weekly NewspaperLondonLondon JournalLondon ReaderLondon ReviewLondon SocietyThe London: A First-Class MagazineLongman's MagazineThe Ludgate MonthlyMacmillan's MagazineMaids, Wives, and Widows' Penny MagazineManchester CourierManchester Weekly PostManchester Weekly TimesMaster Humphrey's ClockMetropolitan MagazineThe MinsterMirrorThe Misletoe BoughThe MonthThe Monthly MagazineMonthly PacketThe Morpeth HeraldMurray's MagazineMyra's JournalNational MagazineThe National ObserverNational ReviewNew Monthly MagazineNew Quarterly MagazineThe New ReviewThe New Sporting MagazineNewark HeraldThe Newbery House MagazineNewcastle Weekly ChronicleNewcastle Weekly CourantNorth BritonThe Northampton MercuryNorthern Daily MailThe Nottingham Evening PostNottinghamshire GuardianOnce a WeekPall Mall BudgetPall Mall GazettePall Mall MagazinePearson's MagazinePearson's WeeklyPenny Illustrated PaperPenny MiscellanyPenny Sunday TimesPeople: A Newspaper for All ClassesPeople's Journal for AberdeenPeople's FriendPeople's Periodical and Family MagazinePeople's MagazinePictorial WorldThe Primitive StandardPublic OpinionPunchQueenQueen's MagazineQuiverRed DragonReynold's MiscellanyRobin GoodfellowThe Royal MagazineSt. James's GazetteSt. James's MagazineSt. NicholasSaint Pauls MagazineSala's JournalThe SavoyThe Scots ObserverThe Scottish ChurchSharpe's London MagazineThe Sheffield Daily TelegraphSheffield IndependentThe Shields Daily GazetteShilling MagazineSixpenny MagazineThe SketchSouth London PressSouth Wales EchoThe SpeakerThe SphereStandardStrand MagazineThe SunThe Sunday at HomeSunday Magazine for Family ReadingSunday TimesSussex AdvertiserSylvia's Home JournalTait's Edinburgh MagazineTamworth HeraldThe Taunton CourierThe TeetotalerTemple BarTemple MagazineTewkesbury RegisterTimeTinsley's MagazineTit-BitsTitanTo-DayTo-DayTwice a WeekUnion JackUnited Service MagazineThe Universal Review [I]The Universal Review [II]University Magazine and Free ReviewThe Victoria MagazineThe Victorian MagazineWeekly DispatchThe Weekly Mail [Cardiff]Welcome GuestThe Wesleyan-Methodist MagazineThe Whitehall ReviewThe Whitstable TimesWindsor MagazineWoman at HomeWoman's HeraldWomen's SignalWoolwich GazetteThe Workman: or, Life and LeisureThe WorldThe Yellow BookYork HeraldYorkshire Evening PressThe Young EnglishwomanYoung FolksThe Young ManThe Young Woman