THE MONTH. - A monthly periodical, founded in London in July 1864 to meet the desire of Catholics for their own cultural publication, by Frances Margaret Taylor, the future foundress of the "Poor Servants of the Mother of God," under the title: *The M., an illustrated Magazine of literature, science and art*. However, as early as the following July, the periodical passed into the hands of the Jesuits, under the direction of Fr. H. Coleridge, who changed its title to *The M., Magazine and Review*. This title was altered several more times subsequently, until it reached its current form: *The Month*.
It addresses historical, theological, controversial, liturgical, and philosophical topics in a scholarly manner; it includes studies in literary criticism, poetry, and fiction; reviews the most important recent works; and admits collaboration from external contributors. Indeed, from its earliest days, it counted among its writers Cardinal Wiseman (1864 and 1865) and Newman, who in 1865 published his famous *Dream of Gerontius* there; and among the Jesuits, Frs. R. F. Clark, J. Gerard, J. Rickaby, J. H. Pullen, H. Thurston, and C. C. Martindale.