The Little Review began in Chicago in March 1914 under the editorship of Margaret Anderson which after a brief sojourn to San Francisco, settled in Greenwich Village, New York City in 1917 for the duration of its run, the last issue being published in 1929. It soon became the most influential literary journal of the era. Anderson was inspired by magazines created by other strong female literary figures of the era, most notably Emma Goldman’s Mother Earth. In 1916 Anderson met and fell in love with the indomitable Jane Heap (left) whom she asked to co-edit the journal. In 1915, Anderson and Heap, through the assistance of European editor Ezra Pound, learned of a new work in progress by James Joyce entitled “Ulysses”. When Anderson first read the chapter entitled "Proteus," she exclaimed "This is the most beautiful thing we'll ever have. We'll print it if it's the last effort of our lives." In the Autumn of 1917, Joyce began submitting typescripts for publication in The Little Review and the first episode, "Telemachus," appeared in the March 1918 issue. The announcement printed in the previous issue was prophetic: Owing to the tenuous financial status of the editors, the paper quality of the surviving issues is quite poor, essentially of pulp quality. Surviving issues are quite scarce and extremely fragile. Complete sets are uncommon. The best reference on Joyce in magazines is A Bibliography of James Joyce By John J. Slocum and Herbert Cahoon Greenwood Press, 1971 The following is a roster of appearances and cover images:
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Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 September 1918 October 1918 January 1919 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 (part 1) Seized and burned by Post Office February/March 1919 April 1919 May 1919 Episode 8 (part 2) Episode 9 (part 1) Episode 10 (part 2) Seized and burned by Post Office June 1919 July 1919 August 1919 Episode 10 (part 1) Episode 10 (part 2) Episode 11(part 1) September 1919 November 1919 December 1919 Episode 11 (part 2) Episode 12 (part 1) Episode 12 (part 2) January 1920 March 1920 April 1920 Episode 12 (part 3) Episode 12 (part4) Episode 13 (part 1) Seized and burned by Post Office Episode 13 (part 2) Episode 13 (part 3) Episode 14 (part 1) Through the efforts of the Society for the The September 1918 issue Suppression of Vice, Anderson and Heap were contains an interesting tried and convicted for profanity and fined a testimony to freedom of the nominal but symbolic sum of $100. press from the new publisher Anderson’s article in this issue described her reaction (see next two pages)