The contents of early British magazines include essays, poems, papers and other genres, which can be said to be all-encompassing, which is in line with the original meaning of the word magazine and worthy of the name.

The word "magazine" was first used as a publication. It was a gentleman's magazine published in London in 193 1 year, and later it was formally referred to as the general name of the magazine. At first, magazines and newspapers were similar in form and easily confused. Later, newspapers gradually tended to publish timely news, while magazines devoted themselves to novels, travel notes and entertaining articles, and the differences in content became more and more obvious. Formally, newspapers are getting bigger and bigger, with three or five feet, folded in half, while magazines are binding the cover and becoming books. Since then, magazines and newspapers have been clearly separated in people's minds.

France is the mother of magazines. /kloc-pamphlets published in the early 0/7th century appeared in bookstores in Europe. This pamphlet introducing French bookstores and books is a bit like a book review.

1704, the first periodical between newspapers and magazines was published in London by Danny Defoe, the author of Robinson Crusoe. This publication, called Review, is four pages long and has been published for nine years.

The earliest magazines published in America are Franklin's American Magazine and General Magazine, which are both monthly magazines imitating British magazines and published in 174 1 and 1 respectively.