In February, 1830, James Fraser published the first number of _Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country_. The magazine was not named after the publisher but after its sponsor, Hugh Fraser, a "briefless barrister" and man about town. The latter enlisted the aid of Maginn who had severed his connection with _Blackwood's_ in 1828. In general, _Fraser's_ was modelled upon _Blackwood's_; but a unique and popular feature was the publication of the "Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters" between 1830-38. This famous series of eighty-one caricature portraits chiefly by Daniel Maclise, with letter-press by Maginn, has been made accessible to present-day readers in William Bates' _Maclise Portrait Gallery_ (1883) where much illustrative material has been added to the original articles. It is evident that the literary standard of _Fraser's_ soon equalled and possibly surpassed that of _Blackwood's_. Among its writers were Carlyle (who contributed a critique to the first number, published _Sartor Resartus_ in its pages, 1833-35, and, as late as 1875, his _Early Kings of Norway_), Thackeray, Father Prout and Thomas Love Peacock. Maclise's plate of "The Fraserians" also includes Allan Cunningham, Theodore Hook, William Jerdan, Lockhart, Hogg, Coleridge, Southey and several others. It is unlikely that all of them wrote much for _Fraser's_; but the staff was undoubtedly a brilliant assemblage. James Anthony Froude became editor in 1860 and was assisted for a time by Charles Kingsley and Sir Theodore Martin. He was succeeded by his sub-editor, William Allingham, during whose administration (1874-79) the fortunes of _Fraser's_ suffered a decline. The gradual failure was due to the competition of the new shilling magazines rather than to incompetence on the part of the editor. The end came in October, 1882, when _Fraser's_ was succeeded by _Longman's Magazine_ which is still in progress.