The First Cultural Literary Magazines before the War of Independence in 1878

The cultural development of Lower Danube area was felt after 1840, when in Romania thefirst societies intended to promote the culture among the masses, to transform it into an affordablecommodity. The first attempt to popularize the literature occurred in Galati, in 1851, when it waspublished a little magazine, Muzeu literaru. The political and linguistic problems of the time made itdifficult the mission of popularizing the culture, so one may speak of cultural, literary journals afterthe merging of two Principalities in 1859. The first publication was a political literary importance,entitled Moş Ion, which was miraculously discovered, much later in a private collection in Braila.This was achieved by the well-known journalist George Baronzi. We should mention that in thatperiod the journal Omul şi natura/The man and nature has seen the light of printing in 1874 in Cahul.The few publications have emerged as an important contribution to the cultural development of thearea and of the Romanian language, having published well known national poets