Bulletin of Recent Publications of 
The University of Chicago Press 
The American Newspaper. By James Edward Rogers. 
228 pages, 16mo, cloth; net $1.00, postpaid $1, 10 
Histories of journalism are few, and most of those that we 
have are out of date, for the modern newspaper changes rapidly. 
The newspaper of today is vastly different from that published 
twenty years ago. ‘There are few books dealing with the history 
of journalism in the different countries of Europe, and until 
recently there was none that described the modern growth of 
the press. ‘The story of the modern American newspaper is yet 
to be told; practically nothing has been written of the recent 
wonderful development of the modern press, especially along 
financial and mechanical lines. This is the field of Mr. Rogers’ - 
original and illuminating book. 
Philadelphia Ledger. While the work in its lusions is a cold, dispassionate 
survey of the subject, it contains chapters that are aglow with the romance 
of journalism. ; : 
San Francisco Chronicle. A good book. Its first sentence rivets the inter- 
est, which never slackens until the last page is turned. 
A Modern City: Providence, Rhode Island, and Its Activities. 
Edited by William Kirk, Assistant Professor of Political 
Economy in Brown University. 
Illustrated, 374 pages, 8vo, cloth; net $2.50, postpaid $2.70 
A Modern City is a large and handsome volume describing 
Providence from various points of view. Each chapter is the 
work of an expert who is also a citizen of the place. For the 
sociological study which has received so strong an impetus in our 
day, nothing more apt can be imagined than this thoughtful, 
illuminating book. And for those who are not sociologists, but 
who take an intelligent interest in the welfare of our cities, the 
volume will have a value and a charm quite unique. 
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