The Critic

Critic, The ( 1881–1906),
weekly literary magazine and review, published by Jeannette and Joseph Gilder. It is remembered as one of the first magazines to welcome Whitman's writing, and as the first to publish the Uncle Remus stories outside of the author's native town. Other contributors included J.L. Allen, Julia Ward Howe, Stedman, R.W. Gilder, E.E. Hale, and Aldrich.