THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, July, 1732  The issue begins with 33 pages of "A View of the Weekly Disputes & Essays in this Month". This section has various reports from the many newspapers in England including the Daily Courant, Universal Spectator, Applebee's Journal, Weekly Register, London Journal, Fog's Journal, The Craftsman, The Free Briton, and more. These newspapers report on a wide range of topics including: "Humorous Essay on Beds" "On True Greatness" "The Slaves of Asia as Happy as Discontented Britons" "The Quaker's Religion compar'd" "Improvement of Ireland" and more.
Near the back is the "Monthly Intelligencer" which has the latest news reports of the day.
Complete in 56 pages, 5 by 8 inches with a full title/contents page featuring an engraving of St. John's Gate. There were no plates or maps in issues of this early date.

A very nice magazine from the "mother country" from near the beginning of its existence, containing a wide range of varied content. This was the first periodical to use the word "magazine" in its title, having begun just the year before in 1731 and lasting until 1907