The Gentleman's Magazine Library: A Classified Collection of the Chief Contents of "The Gentleman's Magazine", from 1731-1868. Topographical history of Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire

The Gentleman's Magazine Library was published in the late 19th century as a systematic effort to distill and categorize the vast, century-long repository of information contained in The Gentleman's Magazine, which had served as a primary chronicle of British life from 1731 until 1868. Sir George Laurence Gomme, a prominent folklorist and antiquarian, spearheaded this ambitious editorial project with the intention of rescuing ephemeral historical and topographical observations from the magazine's difficult-to-navigate original bound volumes.

The series was designed to provide researchers and local historians with curated, accessible volumes organized by subject matter rather than chronological publication date. By extracting articles concerning specific English counties, such as the volume covering Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, and Monmouthshire, Gomme aimed to create a coherent reference tool for regional history. The work was received as a valuable, scholarly attempt to standardize the chaotic wealth of primary source material published over the Victorian era's long engagement with antiquarianism.