ABSTRACT
Throughout the editorships of David Masson (1859-1867) and George Grove (1868-1883), Alexander Macmillan did more than anyone else to shape the policies and determine the contents of Macmillan’s Magazine. His grip loosened during John Morley’s brief tenure (May 1883 to October 1885), and he finally let go altogether while Mowbray Morris was in charge from November 1885. As we shall see in Chapter 5, the fact that Macmillan was withdrawing from the direction of the Magazine during the dozen years before his death in 1896 helps to account for its decline under those last two editors.
