CONTENTS

CHAPTER I THE FUNCTION OF A NEWSPAPER

CHAPTER II NEWSCOLLECTING AND REPORTING

CHAPTER III THE GREAT NEWSAGENCIES

CHAPTER IV THE NEWSPAPER AS AN ORGAN OF OPINION

CHAPTER V THE NEWSPAPER AS A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER VI THE MECHANICAL PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A NEWSPAPER

CHAPTER VII THE LONDON DAILY AND PERIODICAL PRESS

CHAPTER VIII NEWSPAPERS IN THE PROVINCES AND IN THE EMPIRE

CHAPTER IX CONTINENTAL AND AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS

CHAPTER X JOURNALISM AND JOURNALISTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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HISTORY

  3. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. By Hilaire Belloc, M.A. (Maps.)

  4. A SHORT HISTORY OF WAR AND PEACE. By G. H. Perris.

 13. MEDIÆVAL EUROPE. By H. W. C. Davis, M.A. (With Maps.)

 14. THE PAPACY AND MODERN TIMES (1303–1870). By William Barry, D.D.

 23. HISTORY OF OUR TIME (1885–1913). By G. P. Gooch, M.A.

 25. THE CIVILISATION OF CHINA. By H. A. Giles, LL.D., Professor of Chinese at Cambridge.

 29. THE DAWN OF HISTORY. By J. L. Myres, M.A., F.S.A.

 33. THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Prof. A. F. Pollard.

 34. CANADA. By A. G. Bradley.

 37. PEOPLES AND PROBLEMS OF INDIA. By Sir T. W. Holderness, G.C.B.

 42. ROME. By W. Warde Fowler, M.A.

 48. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. By F. L. Paxson.

 51. WARFARE IN ENGLAND. By Hilaire Belloc, M.A.

 55. MASTER MARINERS. By J. R. Spears.

 61. NAPOLEON. By the Rt. Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, M.A.

 66. THE NAVY AND SEA POWER. By David Hannay.

 71. GERMANY OF TO-DAY. By Charles Tower.

 82. PREHISTORIC BRITAIN. By Robert Munro, M.A., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E. (Illustrated.)

 97. THE ANCIENT EAST. By D. G. Hogarth, M.A. (Maps.)

 98. WARS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. By Prof. T. C. Smith, M.A.

100. HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. By Prof. R. S. Rait.

101. BELGIUM. By R. C. K. Ensor. (Maps.)

105. POLAND. By Prof. W. Alison Phillips. (With Maps.)

107. SERBIA. By L. F. Waring.

108. OUR FORERUNNERS. By M. C. Burkitt, M.A., F.S.A. (Illustrated.)

113. WALES. By W. Watkin Davies, M.A., F.R.Hist.S.

114. EGYPT. By Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, M.A., Litt.D., F.S.A.

118. THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE. By Norman H. Baynes.

125. ENGLAND UNDER THE TUDORS AND STUARTS. By Keith Feiling, M.A.

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY

 15. MOHAMMEDANISM. By Prof. D. S. Margoliouth, M.A., D.Litt.

 40. THE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY. By the Hon. Bertrand Russell, F.R.S.

 47. BUDDHISM. By Mrs Rhys Davids, M.A.

 50. NONCONFORMITY: ITS ORIGIN AND PROGRESS. By Principal W. B. Selbie, M.A.

 54. ETHICS. By G. E. Moore, M.A.

 56. THE MAKING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. By Prof. B. W. Bacon, LL.D., D.D.

 60. MISSIONS: THEIR RISE AND DEVELOPMENT. By Mrs Creighton.

 68. COMPARATIVE RELIGION. By Prof. J. Estlin Carpenter, D.Litt.

 74. A HISTORY OF FREEDOM OF THOUGHT. By J. B. Bury, Litt.D., LL.D.

 84. LITERATURE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. By Prof. George Moore, D.D., LL.D.

 90. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. By Canon E. W. Watson.

 94. RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. By Canon R. H. Charles, D.D., D.Litt.

102. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY. By Clement C. J. Webb.

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

  1. PARLIAMENT. Its History, Constitution, and Practice. By Sir Courtenay P. Ilbert, G.C.B., K.C.S.I.

  6. IRISH NATIONALITY. By Mrs J. R. Green.

 10. THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT. By J. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P.

 11. CONSERVATISM. By Lord Hugh Cecil, M.A., M.P.

 21. LIBERALISM. By L. T. Hobhouse, M.A.

 30. ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH LAW. By W. M. Geldart, M.A., B.C.L.

 38. THE SCHOOL: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF EDUCATION. By J. J. Findlay, M.A., Ph.D.

 81. PROBLEMS OF VILLAGE LIFE. By E. N. Bennett, M.A.

 83. COMMON-SENSE IN LAW. By Prof. Sir P. Vinogradoff, D.C.L.

 96. POLITICAL THOUGHT IN ENGLAND: FROM BACON TO HALIFAX. By G. P. Gooch, M.A.

104. POLITICAL THOUGHT IN ENGLAND: FROM SPENCER TO THE PRESENT DAY. By Ernest Barker, M.A.

106. POLITICAL THOUGHT IN ENGLAND: THE UTILITARIANS FROM BENTHAM TO J. S. MILL. By W. L. Davidson, M.A., LL.D.

121. POLITICAL THOUGHT IN ENGLAND: FROM LOCKE TO BENTHAM. By Harold J. Laski.

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

  5. THE STOCK EXCHANGE. By F. W. Hirst, Editor of The Economist.

 16. THE SCIENCE OF WEALTH. By J. A. Hobson, M.A.

 24. THE EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRY. By D. H. Macgregor, M.A.

 26. AGRICULTURE. By Prof. W. Somerville, F.L.S.

 59. POLITICAL ECONOMY. By Sir S. J. Chapman, K.C.B.

 69. THE NEWSPAPER. By G. Binney Dibblee, M.A. (Illustrated.) The best account extant of the organisation of the newspaper press, at home and abroad.

 80. CO-PARTNERSHIP AND PROFIT-SHARING. By Aneurin Williams.

 85. UNEMPLOYMENT. By Prof. A. C. Pigou, M.A.

109. COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY. By Marion I. Newbigin, D.Sc.

117. ADVERTISING. By Sir Charles Higham.

121. BANKING. By Walter Leaf, D.Litt.

GEOGRAPHY

  7. MODERN GEOGRAPHY. By Marion I. Newbigin, D.Sc.

  8. POLAR EXPLORATION. By Dr W. S. Bruce, F.R.S.E., Leader of the Scotia Expedition. (With Maps.)

 12. THE OPENING-UP OF AFRICA. By Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., F.Z.S. (With Maps.)

 36. CLIMATE AND WEATHER. By Prof. H. N. Dickson, D.Sc.Oxon., M.A., F.R.S.E. (With Diagrams.)

 53. THE MAKING OF THE EARTH. By Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S. (With 38 Maps and Figures.)

 88. THE GROWTH OF EUROPE. By Prof. Grenville Cole. (Illustrated.)

 91. THE ALPS. By Arnold Lunn. (Illustrated.)

 92. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. By Prof. W. R. Shepherd. (Maps.)

101. BELGIUM. By R. C. K. Ensor. (Maps.)

105. POLAND. By Prof. W. Alison Phillips. (With Maps.)

107. SERBIA. By L. F. Waring.

113. WALES. By W. Watkin Davies, M.A., F.R.Hist.S.

114. EGYPT. By Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, M.A., Litt.D., F.S.A.

118. THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE. By Norman H. Baynes.

LITERATURE

  2. SHAKESPEARE. By John Masefield.

 25. THE CIVILISATION OF CHINA. By H. A. Giles, LL.D., Professor of Chinese at Cambridge.

 27. ENGLISH LITERATURE: MODERN. By G. H. Mair, M.A.

 35. LANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE. By G. L. Strachey.

 43. ENGLISH LITERATURE: MEDIÆVAL. By Prof. W. P. Ker, M.A.

 45. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. By L. Pearsall Smith, M.A.

 52. GREAT WRITERS OF AMERICA. By Prof. J. Erskine and Prof. W. P. Trent.

 64. DR JOHNSON AND HIS CIRCLE. By John Bailey, M.A.

 65. THE LITERATURE OF GERMANY. By Prof. J. G. Robertson, M.A., Ph.D.

 70. THE VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATURE. By G. K. Chesterton.

 73. THE WRITING OF ENGLISH. By W. T. Brewster, A.M., Professor of English in Columbia University.

 76. EURIPIDES AND HIS AGE. By Gilbert Murray, D.Litt., LL.D.

 77. SHELLEY, GODWIN, AND THEIR CIRCLE. By H. N. Brailsford.

 87. CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES. By Grace E. Hadow.

 89. WILLIAM MORRIS: HIS WORK AND INFLUENCE. By A. Clutton Brock.

 95. ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE. By J. M. Robertson, M.P.

 99. AN OUTLINE OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE. By Hon. Maurice Baring.

103. MILTON. By John Bailey, M.A.

111. PATRIOTISM IN LITERATURE. By John Drinkwater, M.A.

SCIENCE

  9. THE EVOLUTION OF PLANTS. By Dr D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S. (Illustrated.)

 17. HEALTH AND DISEASE. By W. Leslie Mackenzie, M.D.

 18. INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICS. By A. N. Whitehead, Sc.D., F.R.S. (With Diagrams.)

 19. THE ANIMAL WORLD. By Prof. F. W. Gamble, F.R.S. With Introduction by Sir Oliver Lodge. (Many Illustrations.)

 20. EVOLUTION. By Prof. J. A. Thomson, M.A., and Prof. P. Geddes.

 22. CRIME AND INSANITY. By Dr C. A. Mercier.

 28. PSYCHICAL RESEARCH. By Sir W. F. Barrett, F.R.S.

 31. ASTRONOMY. By A. R. Hinks, M.A., Chief Assistant, Cambridge Observatory.

 32. INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE. By Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, M.A.

 41. ANTHROPOLOGY. By R. R. Marett, M.A.

 44. PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY. By Prof. J. G. McKendrick, M.D.

 46. MATTER AND ENERGY. By F. Soddy, M.A., F.R.S.

 49. PSYCHOLOGY, THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOUR. By Prof. W. McDougall, F.R.S., M.B.

 57. THE HUMAN BODY. By Prof. Sir A. Keith, M.D., LL.D. (Illustrated.)

 58. ELECTRICITY. By Gisbert Kapp, D.Eng. (Illustrated.)

 62. THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF LIFE. By Dr Benjamin Moore, Professor of Bio-Chemistry, University College, Liverpool.

 67. CHEMISTRY. By Raphael Meldola, F.R.S.

 72. PLANT LIFE. By Prof. J. B. Farmer, D.Sc., F.R.S. (Illustrated.)

 78. THE OCEAN. A General Account of the Science of the Sea. By Sir John Murray, K.C.B., F.R.S. (Colour Plates and other Illustrations.)

 79. NERVES. By Prof. D. Fraser Harris, M.D., D.Sc. (Illustrated.)

 86. SEX. By Prof. Patrick Geddes and Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, LL.D.

110. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF HEREDITY. By Prof. E. W. MacBride, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S. (Illustrated.)

115. BIOLOGY. By Prof. Patrick Geddes and Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., LL.D. (Illustrated.)

116. BACTERIOLOGY. By Prof. Carl H. Browning. (Illustrated.)

119. MICROSCOPY. By Robert M. Neill. (Illustrated.)

120. EUGENICS. By A. M. Carr-Saunders.

122. GAS AND GASES. By Prof. R. M. Caven. (Illustrated.)

126. TREES. By Dr Macgregor Skene.

127. MOTORS AND MOTORING. By E. T. Brown. (Illustrated.)

ART

 39. ARCHITECTURE. By Prof. W. R. Lethaby. (Illustrated.)

 63. PAINTERS AND PAINTING. By Sir Frederick Wedmore. (With 16 half-tone Illustrations.) From the Primitives to the Impressionists.

 75. ANCIENT ART AND RITUAL. By Jane E. Harrison, LL.D., D.Litt.

 93. THE RENAISSANCE. By Edith Sichel.

112. MUSIC. By Sir W. H. Hadow.

123. DRAMA. By Ashley Dukes.

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