Macmillan's Magazine was a monthly British magazine from 1859 to 1907 published by Alexander Macmillan

Alexander Macmillan (publisher)

Alexander Macmillan, , born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was a cofounder, in 1843, with his brother Daniel of Macmillan Publishers...

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The magazine was a literary periodical

Literary magazine

A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...

 that published fiction and non-fiction works from primarily British authors. Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes was an English lawyer and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's Schooldays , a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford .- Biography :Hughes was the second son of John Hughes, editor of...

 had convinced Macmillan to found the magazine. The first editor was David Masson

David Masson

David Masson , was a Scottish writer.He was born in Aberdeen, and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and at Marischal College, University of Aberdeen. Intending to enter the Church, he proceeded to Edinburgh University, where he studied theology under Dr Thomas Chalmers, with whom he remained...

; he was replaced in 1865. George Grove

George Grove

Sir George Grove, CB was an English writer on music, known as the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians....

 edited the magazine beginning in 1873.

In its first decade of existence, Frederick Denison Maurice was a prolific contributor.