Grlica
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Grlica (Cyrillic: Грлица; English: The Turtledove) was the first serial publication published in Montenegro. It was published from 1835 to 1839 in Cetinje, and was largely edited by Dimitrije Milaković, personal secretary of Prince-Bishop Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. It served as both a calendar, as well as an almanach, and was primarily aimed at the youth.[1] Heavily influenced by Romanticism, Grlica was similar in content and purpose to Vuk Karadžić's Danica and ideas of Pan-Slavism and Yugoslavism were common themes.[2]
The first edition of Grlica came out in 1835, one year after the establishment of the Metropolitanate's printing press in 1834.[1] Prince-Bishop Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ordered the printing of a calendar to commemorate the 340th anniversary of the Crnojević printing house.[2]
The publishing of Grlica coincided with the first serialized publication in the Principality of Serbia, the Novine srbske, as well as Ljudevit Gaj's Novine horvatzke published in Zagreb. According to Georgije Nikolajević, Grlica was one of the Illyrian and Pan-Slavic publications of its time along with the Slovak Zora, the Serbian Golubica and the Dalmatian Ljubitelj prosveštenija.[2]
Each edition from 1835 to 1839 was edited by Dimitrije Milaković, personal secretary of the Prince-Bishop, except in 1837 when Milaković was staying in the Russian Empire. The 1837 edition was edited by archimandrite Petronije Lujanović.[1]