Dublin Magazine was a leading 19th journal of literature and politics in Ireland. Professor Hall discusses the influence and scope of the magazine via selections and edited pieces. And shows how it helped to form and frame literary and political opinion. Among the suprises is the interest evinced by the Bronte family in the magazine and their contributions to it. Indeed the readership was “the respectability of Ireland” and its influence was particularly strong during the mid century battles for Catholic Emancipation and Land Reform.