The Midwife; or The Old woman's magazine : ontaining all the wit, and all the humour, and all the earning, and all the judgement, that has ever been, or ever ill be inserted in all the other magazines, or the agazines of magazines, or the grand magazine of magazines, r any other book whatsoever: so that those who buy this ook will need no other. Published pursuant to several Acts f Parliament, and by the permission of their most Christian nd most Catholic Majesties, the Great Mogul and the States eneral.

Satiric social and cultural commentary; includes section on current political events: The midwife's politicks: or, Gossip's chronicle of the affairs of Europe; includes poetry selections, comments on the theatre, prologues and epilogues of plays. Includes brief excerpts from The Rambler.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Women Advising Women: Part 1: Early Women's journals, c1700-1832, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford ; reel 4:3.
Main Author: Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771 (Author)
Corporate Author: Adam Matthew Publications
Language:English
Published: London [England] : printed for Mary Midnight and sold by T[homas]. Carnan in St. Pauls Church Yard, [1750-1753]
Series:Women Advising Women: Part 1: Early Women's journals, c1700-1832, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford ; reel 4:3.
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Genre:
Physical Description:3 volumes : illustrations, engr. music ; folio
Variant Title:
Midwife: or, Old woman's magazine.
Midwife. [Caption title]
Other Uniform Title:Index to mankind: or Maxims selected from the wits of all nations.
Rambler. Selections.
Format: Journal

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Numbering Peculiarities

First issue unnumbered; numeration begins with no. 2. Issue numbering begins with no. 2 and begins again with each new volume. Individual issues lack chronological designation; portions of text include dates. Publishing frequency of original numbers apparently irregular.