Staunton was the owner and editor of the magazine until the early 1850s, when he sold it to R.B. Brien. Brien became editor of the magazine, but was unable to continue its success and discontinued it in 1856 because of financial losses and his own illness. It reappeared in 1859 under the editorship of Ignatz Kolisch, Adolf Zytogorski, and Josef Kling, but survived only until July 1862.

Thereafter, a number of magazines