Progress of British Newspapers in the Nineteenth Century

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Provides 'a general view of some of the leading features of the progress of the great 'Fourth Estate' during the last century'. Includes short essays, individual profiles, etc, on newspapers and the newspaper /periodical industry with much business specific information. Sponsored by Swan Electric Engraving Co, presumably as a marketing exercise. Its contents include: 'London newspapers in the nineteenth century' by J R Fox-Bourne; 'Newspaper work when the century was young' by Edward Porritt; 'Illustrations of London newspapers, with portraits, etc'; 'Historical details of individual London newspapers'; 'English provincial newspapers'; 'Historical details of individual provincial newspapers'; 'Illustrations of provincial newspapers, with portraits, etc'; 'Irish newspapers'; 'History of Scottish journalism'; 'Illustrations of Scottish newspapers, with portraits, etc'; 'Welsh newspapers'; 'British newspapers, 1801'; 'Earliest newspapers, from 1625 to 1801, with illustrations'; 'Notable press prosecutions of the passt'Newspapers in the thirties, forties and fifties'; 'The press - what I have known of it by the late G A Sala'