The Journal of Philology

Founded in 1868 by the Cambridge scholars John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (18251910) William George Clark (182178) and William Aldis Wright (18311914) this biannual journal was a successor to The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Unlike its short-lived precursor it survived for more than half a century until 1920 spanning the period in which specialised academic journals developed from more general literary reviews. Predominantly classical in subject matter with contributions from such scholars as J. . Postgate Robinson Ellis and A. E. Housman the journal also contains articles on historical and literary themes across the 35 volumes illuminating the growth and scope of philology as a discipline during this period. Volume 17 comprising issues 33 and 34 was published in 1888.