The first issue (24 pages, 80,000 copies) was published on December 27, 1908, with Silvio Spaventa Filippi as editor-in-chief. It was formally a supplement of the magazine Corriere della Sera, but it was also sold separately for 0.10 lira At its acme, the magazine sold 700,000 copies. The last issue was dated August 15, 1995.