NEWSPAPERS. 



Fig. 14. 



ceivable degree of 

 perfection. Ex- 

 treme rapidity of 

 composition com- 

 bined with the 

 greatest attain- 

 able celerity of 

 press- work are 

 above all things 

 indispensable, 

 and how far these 

 objects have been 

 attained by the 

 modern printing- 

 machine, will be 

 understood by 

 what has been 

 stated in the 

 preceding para- 

 graphs. On the 

 other hand the 

 improvement in 

 the machinery of 

 printing, which 

 the exigencies of 

 journalism have 

 thus produced, 

 have themselves 

 reacted on jour- 

 nalism in the 

 most surprising 

 manner, so that 

 the feats of art 

 now accomplish- 

 ed in the esta- 

 blishment of the 

 London daily pa- 

 pers, j ustly excite 

 the admiration 

 and the wonder 

 of all well-in- 

 formed persons. 

 These newspapers 

 are remarkable 

 for the vast mass 



