The People's Journal, first published in 1858, was a Dundee-based Scottish periodical, originally produced by John Leng & Co., a local publishing company that for a time employed the Scottish artist, political cartoonist, postcard illustrator and publisher Martin Anderson (better known by his pseudonym Cynicus) as a member of its staff. Another contributor was Camilla Dufour Crosland.The Feminist Companion to Literature in English, eds Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy (London: Batsford, 1990), p. 251. Latterly, The People's Journal was produced by the regional publisher D.C. Thomson & Co.Dundee Directory - 1882 The last edition was published on Saturday 11 January 1986.Retro Dundee - Last People's Journal It carried poetry by readers, including William McGonagall.
Editors included William Duncan Latto and Robert Paterson.
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