The Arena (magazine)

For the British magazine, see Arena (magazine).

Pictorial cover of a later issue of The Arena.

The Arena was a liberal literary and political magazine published by Arena Publishing Co. in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded by Benjamin Orange Flower in 1889[1] and existed for twenty years. Though it had a circulation of more than 30,000 at one point, it was rarely profitable. The final issue was published in August 1909.[2]

  1. ^ Smith, Susan Harris and Dawson, Melanie, Editors. The American 1890s: A Cultural Reader Duke University Press (2000), p. 273. Retrieved July 29, 2013
  2. ^ The Arena Archived 2013-08-03 at the Wayback Machine Spartacus Educational. Retrieved July 29, 2013