The Galaxy (magazine)

For the 20th-century periodical, see Galaxy Science Fiction.
The Galaxy
The Galaxy Vol. 1 Issue 2, May 15, 1866, featuring an excerpt of The Claverings by Anthony Trollope
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherW.C. and F. P. Church
FounderW.C. and F. P. Church
Founded1866
First issueMay 1, 1866 (1866-May-01)
Final issue1878
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish

Galaxy Magazine, or The Galaxy, was an American monthly magazine founded by William Conant Church and his brother Francis P. Church in 1866.[1][2][3][4] In 1868, Sheldon and Company gained financial control of the magazine and it was eventually absorbed by The Atlantic Monthly in 1878.[2][5] Notable contributors to the magazine include Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Ion Hanford Perdicaris and Henry James.[2][4][6][7]

  1. ^ James Henry (January 2, 2014). Henry James: A Life in Letters. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 46–. ISBN 978-0-14-192213-3. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Walt Whitman to Francis P. Church and William C. Church, 15 November 1869". The Walt Whitman Archive. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. With his brother Francis Pharcellus (1839–1906), he established the Galaxy in 1866.
  3. ^ "Francis Pharcellus Church". Rootsweb.
  4. ^ a b "Mark Twain's Contributions To The Galaxy". Twain Quotes.
  5. ^ NYT Obit (May 24, 1917). "Col. W. C. Church, Editor, Dies at 80" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Henry James, Collected Travel Writings: Great Britain and America". The Library of America.
  7. ^ Perdicaris, Ion Hanford (1866). The Galaxy A Magazine of Entertaining Reading · Volume 2. pp. 378–380.