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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE  LAYOUT  Everything the modern man should know (all in one place)

 Editor Edward Cave's Gentleman's Magazine was extremely successful for many reasons, one of them being he pulled information from various publications and packaged it in a well organized easy to read magazine. The Magazine featured ideas and articles from The London Gazette, The Daily Advertiser, The Public Ledger Gazetteer, The London Chronicle, St. James’ Chronicle, and many other journals and papers as well as important information from Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham, Bath, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, and Nottingham. Cave was not the first editor to practice this compilation technique, in fact it was a very popular at the time. What Cave was able to do as pick out what he thought reader's would be most interested in. This fine editing skill pushed The Gentleman's Magazine into it's hugely successful run.

As the Magazine developed the featured subjects changed to reflect the interest of the readers. In the 1776 volume each month is broken down into:

Summary of Proceedings in Parliament Historical Chronical Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Bankrupts Book Review Proceedings of the American Colonies

Cave proudly claimed that his magazine would include, “Publick Affairs, Foreign and Domestick, Births, Marriages, and Deaths of Eminent Persons, Preferments, Ecclesiastical and Civil. Prices of Goods, Grain and Stocks. Bankrupts declar’d and Books Published. Pieces of Humour and Poetry. Disputes in Politicks and Learning. Remarkable Advertisements and Occurrences. Lists of the Civil and Military Establishment. And whatever is worth quoting from the Numerous Papers of News and Entertainment, British and Foreign; or shall be Communicated proper for Publication. With instructions in gardening, and the Fairs for February.”