Contextualizes and annotates the influential, scandalous, and entertaining texts which appeared in the "Blackwood's Magazine" between 1817 and 1825. This title features a detailed general introduction, volume introductions and endnotes, providing the reader with an understanding of the origins and early history of "Blackwood's Magazine".

Volume 1 edited by Nicholas Mason, Volume 2 Selected Prose edited by Anthony Jarrells, Volume 3, 4 edited by Mark Parker, Volume 5 edited by Tom Mole, Volume 6 edited by John Strachan, with Nicholas Mason, Tom Mole and Charles Snodgrass.