# The Pacific Monthly

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Magazine published in Portland, Oregon, United States, 1898–1911

The Pacific Monthly The Pacific Monthly from November 1911. Cover illustration by Maynard Dixon. Categories Politics culture literature opinion culture Frequency Monthly First issue 1898 Final issue 1911 Country United States Language English

***The Pacific Monthly*** was a magazine of politics, culture, literature, and opinion, published in [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon), [United States](/source/United_States) from 1898 to 1911, when it was purchased by [Southern Pacific Railroad](/source/Southern_Pacific_Railroad) and merged with its magazine, *[Sunset](/source/Sunset_(magazine))*. *Sunset* still carries the subtitle "The Pacific Monthly."[1][2]

The magazine earned praise from a number of contemporaneous publications, both locally and from as far as the east coast, for the quality of its literary content, as well as details like paper quality and illustrations. In a 1905 book, it was described as the "badly needed" "great Western magazine."[3] During its years as an independent publication, *The Pacific Monthly'*s most frequent contributor was [Charles Erskine Scott Wood](/source/Charles_Erskine_Scott_Wood). From 1905 to 1911 Portland journalist [Fred Lockley](/source/Fred_Lockley) was general manager and frequent writer. Other contributors included [Leo Tolstoy](/source/Leo_Tolstoy), [George Sterling](/source/George_Sterling), [Joaquin Miller](/source/Joaquin_Miller), [Sinclair Lewis](/source/Sinclair_Lewis), and [Jack London](/source/Jack_London), whose novel *[Martin Eden](/source/Martin_Eden)* first appeared in [serialized](/source/Serial_(literature)) form in the magazine.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sunset_1-0)** ["Sunset as the Magazine of Western Living and The Pacific Monthly"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110615200203/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1216/is_n2_v184/ai_8322407). *Sunset*. February 1990. Archived from [the original](http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1216/is_n2_v184/ai_8322407) on June 15, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["2 Magazines Join"](https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1911-12-03/ed-1/seq-13/). *[The Sunday Oregonian](/source/The_Sunday_Oregonian)*. December 3, 1911. p. 13. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211222202924/https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1911-12-03/ed-1/seq-13/) from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Douthit, Mary Osborn (1905). ["Some Things About the Pacific Monthly"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/en:The_Souvenir_of_Western_Women/Some_Things_About_the_Pacific_Monthly). [*The Souvenir of Western Women*](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/en:The_Souvenir_of_Western_Women). Anderson & Duniway Company.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ochc_4-0)** ["A Working Chronology of Oregon Literature – 1838 -1950"](http://www.ochcom.org/timeline). Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070216150304/http://www.ochcom.org/timeline) from the original on February 16, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2007.

## External links

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- [Works by or about *The Pacific Monthly*](https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%28subject%3A%22Monthly%2C%20Pacific%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Pacific%20Monthly%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Monthly%2C%20Pacific%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Pacific%20Monthly%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Monthly%2C%20P%2E%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Pacific%20Monthly%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Monthly%2C%20Pacific%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Pacific%20Monthly%22%29%29%20AND%20%28-mediatype:software%29) at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)

- [The Pacific Monthly, Volume I, issue 1](https://archive.org/details/pacificmonthly13woodrich) (October 1898)

- [*The Pacific Monthly* archives](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000638804) at HathiTrust.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["A Live Number"](https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn96088159/1905-08-18/ed-1/seq-4/). *[Hillsboro Independent](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hillsboro_Independent&action=edit&redlink=1)*. August 18, 1905. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211222202925/https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn96088159/1905-08-18/ed-1/seq-4/) from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

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