1878-1899: Communications: Publications

Hubert Howe Bancroft, Literary Industries: A Memoir (New York: Harper, 1891);—the autobiography of the author, published also as volume 34 of his History of the Pacific States of North America ;

Arthur Brisbane, “The Modern Newspaper in War Time,” Cosmopolitan, 25 (September 1898): 541-557—the editor of Pulitzer’s World gives his opinion on the subject in the wake of the Spanish-American War;

W. M. Cornell, Life and Public Career of Honorable Horace Greeley (Boston: Lothrop, 1882)—a popular biography of a famous journalist and political leader;

G. S. Merriam, Life and Times of Samuel Bowles (New York: Century, 1885)—a biography of the editor who made the Springfield Republican eminent among newspapers of the day; this Massachusetts newspaper was known for its accurate news coverage;

S. N. D. North, History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1884)—a detailed history of American newspapers from 1639 to 1880 with statistical tables, catalogue of periodical publications, and a listing of newspapers in the possession of the American Antiquarian Society;

Harry Thurston Peck, “A Great National Newspaper,” Cosmopolitan, 24 (December 1897): 209-220—Peck was a noted educator and author who served as the literary editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser (1897’-1901);

Katherine Abbott Sanborn, Our Early Newspaper Wits (Boston: Case, Lockwood, 8c Brainerd, 1898)—Sanborn wrote on a variety of subjects; some of her other works include Grandma’s Garden, with Many Original Poems (1883), The Wit of Women (1885), and The Vanity and Insanity of Genius (1886);

Charles Dudley Warner, The American Newspaper (Boston: Osgood, 1881)—an essay read before the Social Science Association at Saratoga Springs, New York, on 6 September 1881.