British magazine
The Quiver (1861–1956) was a weekly magazine published by Cassell's and was "designed for the defence and promotion of biblical truth and the advance of religion in the homes of the people."
History.
John Cassell (1817–1865), the English publisher and temperance advocate conceived the idea of a periodical which would supply Sunday reading for the family while touring America in 1859–1860.
The first number (in the First Series) appeared on 7 September 1861. It had twenty four pages, set in small type, had no illustrations and cost one penny.120 It was initially in broadsheet format, but had changed to octavo format by 1864. In 1864 John Cassell published a Prospectus for a new series of the Quiver,249-251 which announced a new illustrated series (the Second Series) of the magazine, again with a one-penny weekly edition and a sixpenny monthly edition, beginning on 21 September 1864. A Third Series, now with "toned paper" began in September 1865, and this series continued until closure. With series three (if not Series Two also) the cover of the weekly edition featured a three quarter page illustration with the magazine title above and the start of an article below. The monthly magazine cover had an illustration.
Nowell-Smith said that Cassell's prescription for the magazine was to have one article each:
Teignmouth Shore says that when he became editor of the magazine in 1863 "it was a penny weekly publication, and four or five of these weekly numbers were bound up into a monthly part and sold for sixpence." However, the circulation of the weekly editions was declining and the monthly edition increasing, which led Teignmouth proposing that they publish a monthly edition that was not merely bound up weekly editions.. The publishers agreed and in 1865 the monthly magazine became a separate entity rather collating the weekly edition. It was priced at sixpence an issue. However, they continued to publish a penny weekly edition until September 1879.
The magazine was still priced at sixpence in 1902, and must have had a large circulation as the advertising rate was £6 for one eight of a page.389
On occasion, "The Quiver" featured poetry. Both Janet Hamilton and Emily Chubbuck (under her pseudonym "Fanny Forester") published in the magazine.
Notable contributors.
The Quiver drew in a number of notable contributors, especially during its high period in the nineteenth century:
Editors.
The magazine had relatively few editors over its history, with the last editor holding his post for nearly 50 years. The editors were:
Example of cover illustrations for the weekly Quiver.
The following three-quarter page illustrations by George John Pinwell (26 December 1842 – 8 September 1875) for Volume II (September 1866 – September 1867) of the third series (Toned Paper Series) of the magazine are typical. Each of these illustrations appeared with the title of the magazine above, and the start of an article below. The illustration was not necessarily related to the following article, but included a page number showing what article the illustration related to. Illustrations by courtesy of the Hathi Trust.
Notes.
 ;templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" / ;
References.
 ;templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" / ;