The Revue politique et littéraire, commonly known as the Revue bleue, was a French centre-left political magazine published from 1871 to 1939.^[1] It was founded by Eugène Yung (1827-1887).^[2] The in-house nickname “revue bleue” was a reference to La Revue scientifique from the same publishers, a scientific magazine which was established 8 years earlier, known from its pink cover as the “revue rose”. The headquarters was in Paris.^[3][4] The magazine was published bi-monthly and then monthly.^[4]