Grub Street Journal

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{{short description|Magazine}}

The Grub-Street Journal, published from 8 January 1730 to 1738,{{cite book |author=Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury |year=1908 |title=The text of Shakespeare: its history from the publication of the quartos and folios down to and including the publication of the editions of Pope and Theobald |publisher=C. Scribner's sons |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6A8MAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA383 |page=383}}{{cite book |author1=Alexander Pope |author2=John Wilson Croker |author3=Whitwell Elwin |author4=William John Courthope |year=1882 |title=The works of Alexander Pope |publisher=J. Murray |volume=4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/worksalexanderp05courgoog/page/n465 441] |url=https://archive.org/details/worksalexanderp05courgoog |via=Internet Archive}}{{cite book |author1=Alexander Pope |author2=John Dennis |year=1891 |title=The poetical works of Alexander Pope |publisher=G. Bell |volume=3 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-yzOOosI3_MC&pg=PA3}} was a satire on popular journalism and hack-writing as it was conducted in Grub Street in London.{{cite book |author=Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury |year=1908 |title=The text of Shakespeare: its history from the publication of the quartos and folios down to and including the publication of the editions of Pope and Theobald |publisher=C. Scribner's sons |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6A8MAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA390 |page=390}} It was largely edited by the nonjuror Richard Russel and the botanist John Martyn. While he disclaimed it, Alexander Pope was one of its contributors, continuing his satire which he had started with The Dunciad.

After its end, The Literary Courier of Gruber Street succeeded it for a few months.