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From Pat Deveney's database:
Theosophical Review.
A Monthly Journal Devoted to Brotherhood, Religion, Occultism and the Arts [1925-1928].
1897--1928
London, England. Publisher: Theosophical Publishing Society; Theosophical Society in England. Editor: Annie Besant, G.R.S. Mead; S.L. Bensusan (1925-1927).
Succeeds: Lucifer (1888); "Theosophy in the British isles and 'The Vahan' are incorporated in this Review" (1925-1928)
1/1, September 1897-February 1909; 1925-1928. $2.75 a year. 96 pp. (varies). The journal was begun by Besant and Mead as a successor to H.P. Blavatsky's Lucifer (continuing its numbering), and it was then revived in January 1925, lasting until March 1928, with new volume numbering. An "American Edition" of the journal in its first incarnation was put out by the Theosophical Book Concern in Chicago. This is the most important journal for understanding the transformations of the Theosophical Society during the period, especially in England, under the leadership of Besant. Contributions by Besant, Mead, A.P. Sinnett, Francesca Arundale, Bertram Keightley, C.W. Leadbeater, Victor B. Neuberg, Ethel Rolt Wheeler, et al. After the revival of the journal in 1925 it featured Bensusan, George Arundale, Christmas Humphreys, C. Jinarajadasa, Mary Bligh Bond, Fritz Kunz, Clara M. Codd, and others. Indexed at austheos.org.au. The O.E. Library Critic in 1927 accused Bensusan of being "a Theosophical ostrich" for refusing to publish in the journal's pages rejoinders to his defense of the edition of The Secret Doctrine prepared by Annie Besant and G.R.S. Mead, and the same journal in July 1928 noted "the now defunct Theosophical Review." BL; University of Pennsylvania Library; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University of Pittsburgh; Deutsche Nationalbibliothek; NYPL.
There are a number of bibliographical quirks associated with this journal, particularly in its earlier years, when it appears that the Chicago (American) edition and the London edition may be offering different content in the same calendar month. Additionally, the journal usually dated its issues as of the fifteenth of the month of issuance, but occasionally the one or the other "edition" merely listed the month of publication. See, for example, Volume 23. Librarians' habits of removing wrappers before binding make it impossible in some cases for us to know whether a particular issue is that of the Chicago edition, or the London edition.
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