The Pearl The Pearl was a monthly journal that first appeared in July 1879 in London. Catering to every erotic taste, it flourished until December 1880 when it vanished as mysteriously as it had appeared. Here are all 18 issues of The Pearl, featuring 6 serialized novels, lewd short stories, scandalous gossip of the day, letters from lusty readers and l... more »icentious limericks and naighty jokes« less