816 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
The statistics compiled for this series of papers show that 70 of the 306 literary periodicals of all types started in Chicago were begun in the World's Fair decade. Of this number, 23 per cent, were illustrated ; 1 1 per cent, were devoted to the fine arts ; 9 per cent, were of the quaint and curious artist-class literary type; 19 per cent., of the unqualified literary type; 7 per cent., of the literary information variety; and 23 per cent., of the family-story grade. The percentages for those of other types were small. Twenty-nine per cent, belonged to more than one classification, especially those classed as illustrated. Those pub- lished monthly numbered 56, and the weeklies but 9, in contrast with 41 monthlies and 25 weeklies in the eighties. But many of the monthlies were in journal form, the total of weeklies and monthlies in this form being 47, while 20 appeared in regulation magazine form. Twenty-seven of the 70 lived but a year or less, and only 9 of the number begun in the nineties are still published.
