International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals
Periodical:Mercury (SFO)
Mercury (SFO): cover of an issue
Summary:
Summary by:
Pat Deveney
Title:
Mercury.
Subtitle:
A Theosophic Journal for Children and Young People / Devoted to the Study of Theosophy, Oriental Philosophy, the Occult Sciences and the Brotherhood of Man / A Theosophical Magazine / Official Organ of the American Section T. S.
Published:
1894-1899
Frequency:
Monthly
Location:
San Francisco, CA.
Language:
English.
Editor(s):
William John Walters, Edith Sears, Marie A. Walsh.
Publisher(s):
Mercury Print.
Corporate Author:
Official Organ of the American Section T.S.1/1, July 1894-August 1899. $1.00 a year, 12-42 pp.
Succession:
Succeeded by: The Theosophic Messenger
Description:

This was originally a magazine for children of Theosophists put out by Walters, who was the leader of the Lotus Circle in San Francisco, but after the sundering of the Theosophical Society it was transformed into the journal of the new American Section of the (Adyar) T.S., of which Walters was the first chairman. Noted in Miscellaneous Notes and Queries, 1896, in "List of Advance Thought Publications" in the Metaphysical Magazine, December 1899, 384. The journal is also noted in The Life, 1907, although it had long ceased to appear by that date. Walters went on to edit The Theosophic Messenger, which succeeded this journal, and another children’s journal, The Golden Chain, which was mentioned in Notes and Queries, 1900. Walsh was a Theosophist, novelist and reformer who also wrote for The World’s Advance Thought and for The Path. Paul Tyner, Alexander Fullerton, and, of course, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, contributed to the journal. In its later issues the journal carried a directory of branches adhering to the American Section, and also extensive book reviews and "Friends of Our Movement" (biographies, with photographs, of notable American Theosophists). Table of contents in austheos.org.au.

These items are, in part, a donation to IAPSOP made by the Portland, Oregon lodge of the Theosophical Society, and, im part, a donation to IAPSOP made by the Theosophical Society in America, in Wheaton, Illinois.

Other Sources:Rutgers University; ZDB: Gottingen SuUB.
Issues:Mercury V1 1894-95 Index
Mercury V1 N1 Jul 1894
Mercury V1 N2 Aug 1894
Mercury V1 N3 Sep 1894
Mercury V1 N4 Oct 1894
Mercury V1 N5 Nov 1894
Mercury V1 N6 Dec 1894
Mercury V1 N7 Jan 1895
Mercury V1 N8 Feb 1895
Mercury V1 N9 Mar 1895
Mercury V1 N10 Apr 1895
Mercury V1 N11-12 May-Jun 1895
Mercury V2 1895-96 Index
Mercury V2 N1 Aug 1895
Mercury V2 N2 Sep 1895
Mercury V2 N3 Oct 1895
Mercury V2 N4 Nov 1895
Mercury V2 N5 Dec 1895
Mercury V2 N6 Jan 1896
Mercury V2 N7 Feb 1896
Mercury V2 N8 Mar 1896
Mercury V2 N9 Apr 1896
Mercury V2 N10 May 1896
Mercury V2 N11-12 Jun-Jul 1896
Mercury V3 1896-97 Index
Mercury V3 N1 Aug 1896
Mercury V3 N2 Oct 1896
Mercury V3 N3 Nov 1896
Mercury V3 N4 Dec 1896
Mercury V3 N5 Jan 1897
Mercury V3 N6 Feb 1897
Mercury V3 N7 Mar 1897
Mercury V3 N8 Apr 1897
Mercury V3 N9 May 1897
Mercury V3 N10 Jun 1897
Mercury V3 N11 Jul 1897
Mercury V3 N12 Aug 1897
Mercury V4 1897-98 Index
Mercury V4 N1 Sep 1897
Mercury V4 N2 Oct 1897
Mercury V4 N3 Nov 1897
Mercury V4 N4 Dec 1897
Mercury V4 N5 Jan 1898
Mercury V4 N6 Feb 1898
Mercury V4 N7 Mar 1898
Mercury V4 N8 Apr 1898
Mercury V4 N9 May 1898
Mercury V4 N10 Jun 1898
Mercury V4 N11 Jul 1898
Mercury V4 N12 Aug 1898
Mercury V5 1898-99 Index
Mercury V5 N1 Sep 1898
Mercury V5 N1 Sep 1898 Alternate
Mercury V5 N2 Oct 1898
Mercury V5 N3 Nov 1898
Mercury V5 N4 Dec 1898
Mercury V5 N5 Jan 1899
Mercury V5 N6 Feb 1899
Mercury V5 N7 Mar 1899
Mercury V5 N8 Apr 1899
Mercury V5 N9 May 1899
Mercury V5 N10 Jun 1899
Mercury V5 N11 Jul 1899
Mercury V5 N12 Aug 1899