Making a Newspaper

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H. Holt, 1907 - Journalism - 325 pages
 

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Page 319 - The best small treatise dealing with the range of subjects fairly indicated by the title."— The Dial. 51. MASTER MARINERS. By John R. Spears, author of "The History of Our Navy,
Page 17 - York as a minor without a friend within two hundred miles, less than ten dollars in his pocket, and precious little besides; he has never had a dollar from a relative, and has for years labored under a load of debt (thrown on him by others' misconduct and the revulsion of 1837), which he can now just see to the end of.
Page 16 - We, on the contrary, eschew all such affectation as weak and silly ; 'we think there is a difference between notoriety and distinction ; we recognize the social obligation to act and dress according to our station in life ; and we look upon cleanliness of person as inseparable from purity of thought and benevolence of heart. In short, there is not the slightest resemblance between the editor of The Tribune and ourself, politically, morally, or socially; and it is only wheu his affectation and impudence...
Page 319 - Belloc. 57. NAPOLEON, By HAL Fisher, Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University. Author of "The Republican Tradition in Europe.
Page 49 - ... for the making of an assignment. The lawyer posts off to the County Clerk's office, and a clerk there makes the necessary entries in the official docket. Here in step the newspapers. While the clerk is writing Smith's business obituary a reporter glances over his shoulder, and a few minutes later the reporters know Smith's troubles and are as well informed concerning his business status as they would be had they kept a reporter at his door every day for over ten years. When Mr. Given says that...
Page 15 - The editor of The Tribune is an Abolitionist; we precisely the reverse. He is a philosopher; we are a Christian. He is a pupil of Graham, and would have all the world live upon bran-bread and sawdust; we are in...
Page 16 - He seeks for notoriety by pretending to great eccentricity of character and habits, and by the strangeness of his theories and practices ; we, on the contrary, are content with following in the beaten path, and accomplishing the good we can, in the old-fashioned way. He lays claim to greatness by wandering through the streets with a hat double the size of his head, a coat after the fashion of Jacob's of old, with one leg of his pantaloons inside and the other outside of his boot...
Page 319 - HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Biographies of men of all countries who have had a definite influence on thought and action in the Nineteenth Century. Edited by BASIL WILLIAMS. Octavo. With frontispiece. Each, $2.00 net. ABRAHAM LINCOLN By LORD CHARNWOOD "The most complete interpretation of Lincoln as yet produced, and presented in such artistic form that it may well become classic.
Page 320 - Rarely, if ever, has the man and his work been set forth so completely and so lucidly. To obtain a clear idea of the Spencerian philosophy is not difficult for the reader who follows Mr. Elliot. A notable contribution to the history of English philosophy.
Page 17 - ... misconduct and the revulsion of 1837,) which he can now just see to the end of. Thenceforth he may be able to make a better show, if deemed essential by his friends ; for himself, he has not much time or thought to bestow on the matter That he ever affected eccentricity is most untrue ; and certainly no costume he ever appeared in would create such a sensation in Broadway as that James Watson Webb would have worn but for the clemency of Governor Seward. Heaven grant our assailant may never hang...

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