The Nineteenth Century (periodical)


The Nineteenth Century was a British monthly literary magazine founded in 1877 by Sir James Knowles. Many of the early contributors to The Nineteenth Century were members of the Metaphysical Society. The journal was intended to publish debate by leading intellectuals.
In 1900, the first recorded reference to the 'Middle East', attributed to Thomas Edward Gordon, is published in the magazine article The Problem of the Middle East.
In 1901, the title was changed to The Nineteenth Century and After. Arthur C. Clarke reported in his memoir Astounding Days: A Science Fictional Autobiography that the magazine's editors were prevented from simply retitling it The Twentieth Century that year by a copyright thief who had registered the name in advance and demanded a ransom for the rights to use it. In October 1933, the magazine ran
a review of H. G. Wells' work by Gerald Heard. Its title was subsequently changed again to The Twentieth Century in 1951, and the magazine was published until 1972. The magazine notably asserted, shortly before the outbreak of World War I in 1914, that, "The only court in which nations' issues can and will be tried is the court of God, which is war."