The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée was first published as La Belle Assemblée from 1806-1832. It took on the current name from 1832-1837, then became The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic in 1837. It ceased publication in 1848. The magazine covered fashion, music, fine arts, various nonfiction topics, society news and gossip, and fiction. For more information, see Wikipedia. Some volumes of the magazine are available on Archive.org and GoogleBooks.

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The British Isles

Alnwick Castle: The Palace of the Duke of Northumberland

Beaumont Lodge: The Seat of Viscount Ashbrook

Bishop's Auckland Palace [Durham]

Etiquette & Social Occasions

Getting Into Society

Fashion

Fashions - January-June 1834

Health

The Hydromania, by Mrs. Busk

History & Folklore

Register of Events at Home and Abroad (1834)

People

A Morning Visit to Sir Walter Scott, by Miss Costello

The Death of Matthew George [Monk] Lewis [English novelist & dramatist]

Sir James Mackintosh's Posthumous Work

Royalty

On the Character of Francis I [of France]

World Travel, Cultures & Colonies

The Domestic Manners of the Brazilians

[Hindu] Laws for the Ladies

A Recollection of Bermuda, by Dudley Costello, Esq.