Cover images of the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine showing designs in first series buff color, second series blue, and third series black and green

The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine

Open-Access Index, 1852-1879


Compiled by Julie M. Sorge Way, 2023


Notes: GB = Google Books, HT = Hathi Trust, IA = Internet Archive,
* = includes peripheral material such as covers and advertising


Open-Access Online Editions
Dates Volume Links to Open-Access Copies:
May 1852 - April 1853 Series 1, Volume 1, Numbers 1-12 IA, HT
May 1853 - April 1854 Series 1, Volume 2, Numbers 1-12 IA, HT1, HT2
May 1854 - April 1855 Series 1, Volume 3, Numbers 1-12 IA1, IA2, HT1, HT2
May 1855 - April 1856 Series 1, Volume 4, Numbers 1-12 IA, HT1, HT2
May 1856 - April 1857 Series 1, Volume 5, Numbers 1-12 IA, HT*, GB*
May 1857 - April 1858 Series 1, Volume 6, Numbers 1-12 IA, HT1*, HT2, GB*
May 1858 - April 1859 Series 1, Volume 7, Numbers 1-12 IA1, IA2, HT1, HT2*
May 1859 - April 1860 Series 1, Volume 8, Numbers 1-12 IA1, IA2, HT*
May 1860 - October 1860 Series 2, Volume 1, Numbers 1-6 IA1, IA2, GB*, HT
November 1860 - April 1861 Series 2, Volume 2, Numbers 7-12 IA, GB* (V2 begins on PDF p.316)
May 1861 - October 1861 Series 2, Volume 3, Numbers 13-18 IA, GB* (V3 begins on PDF p.670)
November 1861 - April 1862 Series 2, Volume 4, Numbers 19-24 IA1, IA2, HT1, HT2
May 1862 - October 1862 Series 2, Volume 5, Numbers 25-30 IA1*, IA2, HT
November 1862 - April 1863 Series 2, Volume 6, Numbers 31-36 IA, HT
May 1863 - October 1863 Series 2, Volume 7, Numbers 37-42 IA*
November 1863 - April 1864 Series 2, Volume 8, Numbers 43-48 IA*, HT (January 1864 supplement only)
May 1864 - December 1864 Series 2, Volume 9, Numbers 49-56 IA
1865 (January - December) Series 3, Volume 1, Numbers 1-12
(Some covers labeled Series 2, Volume 10)		 IA*, GB*
1866 (January - December) Series 3, Volume 2, Numbers 13-24 IA*, GB (includes both 1865 & 1866)
1867 (January - December) Series 3, Volume 3, Numbers 25-36 IA*
1868 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 4 & 5, Numbers 37-48 Vol. 4 IA*, Vol. 5 IA*
1869 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 6 & 7, Numbers 49-60 Vol. 6 IA*, Vol. 7 IA*
1870 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 8 & 9, Numbers 61-72 Vol. 8 IA, Vol. 9 IA
1871 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 10 & 11, Numbers 73-84 Vol. 10 IA, Vol. 11 IA
1872 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 12 & 13, Numbers 85-96 Vol. 12 IA, Vol. 13 IA
1873 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 14 & 15, Numbers 97-108 Vol. 14 IA, Vol. 15 IA
1874 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 16 & 17, Numbers 109-120 Vol. 16 IA, Vol. 17 IA
1875 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 18 & 19, Numbers 121-132 Vol. 18 IA, Vol. 19 IA
1876 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 20 & 21, Numbers 133-144 Vol. 20 IA, Vol. 21 IA
1877 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 22 & 23, Numbers 145-156 Vol. 22 IA, Vol. 23 IA
1878 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 24 & 25, Numbers 157-168 Vol. 24 IA, Vol. 25 IA
1879 (January - December) Series 3, Volumes 26 & 27, Numbers 169-180 These are individual numbers at IA,
except for 173 and 174, which are combined:
169, 170, 171, 172 (CDL access), 173 & 174,
175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180


How to Locate a Specific Month within a Volume Linked Above:



When trying to find one specific month within a full volume scan, a few specific (and somewhat eccentric!) clues can be very helpful.

  1. Pages run consecutively through volumes, so if you happen to know the page number you're looking for, that is usually quite easy to scroll through and locate.

  2. However, even without a page number, you can determine where individual monthly issues/numbers begin and end by looking carefully for markings in the bottom margin.

  3. First, determine the Volume and Number of the month you are looking for. So, for example, if you were looking for the EDM for August 1863, the index table above would show Series 2, Volume 7 includes Numbers 37-42, with August 1863 as Number 40, chronologically.

  4. Next, click the link (or multiple links, if offered) to view that volume, scrolling carefully. In the lower left corner of the first page of each month, there's usually a small printer's mark. For example, for August 1863, (which begins on p. 145 of its volume), you can see the following mark: No. 40, Vol. VII.

  5. This shows you are on the first page for August 1863. Even in volumes where covers, advertisements, and peripherals have been stripped out, this marginal note indicates where individual months begin (and by deduction, end).

Happy investigating!

Further Information:

For a more detailed, annotated version of this index, with additional notes and information, see my personal website.

Broken Links? Noticed a Problem? Please let me know: juliesorgeway at gmail

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To read more on this topic, see Marissa Sapega's 2020 article The History of Digital Accessibility and Why It Matters.

Last updated December 21, 2023.