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 their work, and occasional discussions of general press problems. Singularly enough the newspaper press itself rarely writes of these subjects which are comparatively favorite ones with contributors to reviews. The editor who travels abroad apparently leaves his professional interests behind and writes of European scenery, art galleries, and politics, but seldom of the newspaper press of other countries.

Histories of the press are comparatively few. Those that have been written are for the most part practically chronicles rather than interpretative histories. Occasional histories of individual newspapers have been of value, but as they are usually written in commemoration of some special event they have had distinct limitations. In spite of M. Hatin's monumental works on the history of the newspaper press in France and the careful history of J. B. Williams of the Early English press, the history of the newspaper press has yet to be written.

The chief sources used in this work have been found in the Justice collection of material relating to the press. This collection has been made possible through the bequests of the late Anna Justice, Vassar College, Class of 1901, and of the late Henry Justice of Philadelphia. It now numbers approximately two thousand titles and forms a part of the Vassar College Library.