▁was ▁published ▁from ▁ 1 8 6 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 1 4 . ▁ ▁History ▁Sub t itled ▁" A ▁Week ly ▁Show ▁of ▁Political , ▁Social ▁and ▁Liter ary ▁War es ", ▁it ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Gib son ▁Bow les , ▁who ▁aim ed ▁to ▁expose ▁the ▁contemporary ▁van ities ▁of ▁Victor ian ▁society . ▁The ▁first ▁issue ▁appeared ▁in ▁London ▁on ▁ 7 ▁November ▁ 1 8 6 8 . ▁It ▁offered ▁its ▁read ership ▁articles ▁on ▁fashion , ▁current ▁events , ▁the ▁theatre , ▁books , ▁social ▁events ▁and ▁the ▁latest ▁sc and als , ▁together ▁with ▁serial ▁fiction , ▁word ▁games ▁and ▁other ▁t riv ia . ▁ ▁Bow les ▁wrote ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁magazine ▁himself ▁under ▁various ▁pseud onym s , ▁such ▁as ▁" Je hu ▁Junior ", ▁but ▁contrib utors ▁included ▁Lewis ▁Car roll , ▁Arthur ▁Her vey , ▁Will ie ▁Wil de , ▁P . ▁G . ▁W ode house , ▁Jess ie ▁Pope ▁and ▁Ber tr am ▁F let cher ▁Robinson ▁( who ▁was ▁editor ▁from ▁June ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁to ▁October ▁ 1 9 0 6 ). ▁ ▁Thomas ▁All inson ▁bought ▁the ▁magazine ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁from ▁Frank ▁Harris , ▁by ▁which ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁failing ▁finan cially . ▁He ▁failed ▁to ▁rev ive ▁it ▁and ▁the ▁final ▁issue ▁of ▁Van ity ▁Fair ▁appeared ▁on ▁ 5 ▁February ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁after ▁which ▁it ▁was ▁merged ▁into ▁H ear th ▁and ▁Home