XVI. Periodicals Edited by Annie Besant (1878-1933)

Listed by date of founding or first involvement.

1878 The National Secular Society’s Almanack. Founded and edited by Charles Bradlaugh and Austin Holyoake in 1870. Published yearly from London. Edited by Bradlaugh and Annie Besant from 1878-89.

1881 The National Reformer. Founded in 1860 by J. Barker and Charles Bradlaugh. Published weekly from London. Edited by Bradlaugh and Annie Besant from 1881-88.

1883 Our Corner. Founded and edited by Annie Besant. Published weekly from London until 1888.

1888 The Link. Founded and co-edited by Annie Besant and W. T. Stead. Published weekly from London, February-December 1888.

1890 Lucifer. Founded in 1887 by H. P. Blavatsky. Published monthly from London. Co-edited by Blavatsky and Annie Besant from 1890-91. Edited by Besant from 1891-94. Edited by Besant and G. R. S. Mead from 1894-97. Becomes The Theosophical Review in 1897. [See Selected Articles from Lucifer (1889-97) for major contributions by Besant.]

1897 The Theosophical Review. Formerly Lucifer. Edited by Annie Besant and G. R. S. Mead. Published monthly from London. Besant resigns editorship in 1907. Edited by Mead until 1909, when it was merged into The Theosophist. [See Selected Articles from The Theosophical Review (1897-1907) for major contributions by Besant.]

1900 Central Hindu College Magazine; A Journal for Hindu Boys. Formerly Arya Bala Bodhini (Hindu Boys’ Journal), originally founded as a magazine for the boy’s clubs started throughout India by Col. H. S. Olcott and edited by Constance Wachtmeister). Central Hindu College was founded in 1898 by Annie Besant and was merged into Benares Hindu University in 1913. CHC Magazine was published until at least 1919.

1907 The Theosophist. Founded in 1897 by H. P. Blavatsky, who edited it until 1887. Published monthly from Bombay, then Adyar, Madras (now Chennai), India. Edited by H. S. Olcott from 1888 until his death in 1907. Besant took over editorship until her death in 1933. [See Selected Articles from The Theosophist (1889-1947) for major contributions by Besant.]

1908 The Adyar Bulletin. Founded and edited by Annie Besant until 1929, when it was merged with The Theosophist to create The Adyar Theosophist. Published monthly from Adyar for countries unrepresented by national or regional sections in the TS. [See Selected Articles from The Adyar Bulletin (1908-29) for major contributions by Besant.]

1908 The Link. Founded and edited by Annie Besant as the newsletter of the Esoteric School (ES, formerly the Esoteric Section or Eastern School), of which she was Outer Head (the Inner Heads being the Masters who aided in the founding of the Theosophical Society). Published quarterly from Adyar. Discontinued in 1912. [See Selected Articles from The Link (1908-12) for major contributions by Besant.]

1913 The Young Citizen. Founded and edited by Annie Besant. Published monthly for the youth movement within the TS, from Adyar. Discontinued in 1915.

1914 The Commonweal. Founded and edited by Annie Besant. Published weekly from Adyar. dedicated to the topic of Indian national reform. Discontinued in 1920.

1914 New India. Founded and edited by Annie Besant. Formerly The Madras Standard. Published daily from Madras until 1929, when it became a weekly. Discontinued in 1929.

1919 United India. Founded and edited by Annie Besant. Published weekly from London. Edited by Besant until the fall of 1919. Discontinued in 1921.

1923 The Young Citizen. Edited by Annie Besant and George S. Arundale. Revived monthly magazine for the youth movement within the TS.

1930 The Adyar Theosophist. Edited by Annie Besant. Renamed from The Theosophist. Published from Adyar. [Besant’s contributions to The Adyar Theosophist are listed in Selected Articles from The Theosophist (1889-1947).]

1930 The Hollywood Theosophist. Edited by Annie Besant and M. R. Hotchener. Split off from The Theosophist. Published from Hollywood, Calif. Discontinued after one year. [See Selected Articles from The Hollywood Theosophist (1930) for major contributions by Besant.]

1931 The Theosophist resumes. [See Selected Articles from The Theosophist (1889-1947) for major contributions by Besant, including pieces published posthumously up to the centennial of her birth in 1947.]