, 1876-06-12
Over Ono Hundred Boys I'n-
Ders Now III Existence.
Their Publishers Subjected to the
Same Trials aB -" Profess
sionals.n
Hardships Of an Amateurs
Editorial Life.
Amateur Associations, Literature,
and Discussions.
Tho Humorous Phases Of Amateur
journalism,


journalism.
fu,cAoo ,Ium A.-Fromt1y nnny Of the
,''.n " ~ ,rts o.tI,,, n"r" a., sr,no lima hcru
fcau'ss y, enis ast"ia !lsc ~ sp'no tn. "..''
"uI mlIturIal 'ouorr, hut fcw aru uwarc Of tho
[rsI [ai I extent Of thIs ainost exclusively Amcr
1ra,1js,l1, Anntetir journalism. Webster Eays iii
,matrur Ia a ucrsop who follows any pursuit.
frun trc,tnnttu and mt as a urufrssiup hut
~" I.t,rItnn rna 1reu M nrrycrtctl ,,s 10 ap,ly
n mia rasc almost rx,us,yrly to lmys' ,o,lrral-
lam md Il Ia Of th,s that wjs! tu he understood
=, snrnklnp,
wit,w,nni1tn, nil resrarcNca. tho name of
,,,c e,cn,,,, wto orirlnntcd A,nutcur Journalism
.an,,,. be- 1fscoycrsl. anl tie conclusion must
~ that n Ia a rcsult af education. md like
T,n,.,. Il ssrrowct,." The earliest effort Of
.,,,,, ,hor. l. ,rv rr,t,hlc ,nf,rr,tIon wa, tbe
n'"..,na ,..u,,;,. ,,a,,- ~ f,,,r ,,a.os n,,,,.
tayo'o' mes"'s p"ps. asn y, 1gu' rAseo, p"" ~,
ished at Fhia'lelpl'la III Iola' IL WAS cn'tea ny
rhutnas Cnndtc, a boy unly II years old, and,
,",a,,,,ol -, ,,astort,, ,.o, .v,tnJ ,rirctnnl1v
'''ss. I.'a, .,,o.tass nt IN INV. o,.,
% la1s anu ioe'.' 1'''.'s'e " w. ".A1 pap''
rhlrl' has been celebrated by surviving notlec,
Il. cssny IN Hnwthoruc:
~, H.. d., - Auonxt ,aan y, I ot N, sn.c.
.tnr ~, sIiiaT ~ ~ n Iiathnrnr' nnnca,cl nrns.
,cc,ns wns istuyi tho week hafvte, nrttlur. forth
hat tne |aper wonla 10 pnosnem On eoheS4aS1, e W.T.
Il II" cnd o; thr e. ysar" s'' Am5ns t,e advertise
nenta WaH the following, which may prove Inler'
tst!nB To the authoF'a admirers;
crIr.un new eIltlun Of ttis 'Mlssrca Of Authors,
tsnaiks srawu from Iis own experience"
Like most Of lts succcaAors, the Spectator was
,cry short l!ycd, only elk nuu,bcra being pub.
ishca' ..
After tho suspension Of the Spectator, there
rus period Of almost forty years tn which no
7,nor Of anv notc nnn,mrea. but in 1s5s thr
r.n, I.,r,,I 1T Iaucnstrr, N. IT,. u,tract,,1 ,,,.
tooa f!e'a". VI !''he"ste'' ~. a., ".'Ihcte" eo"-
tIdeEahle attention, and since t1at time there
have been papers published almost continually,
,ur 1 1xvrnT,oy ~ @ or rmrAr m ~ rur.r1su rnrssrs, -
,s',' VI. ,H n '.''.
fseh sass lne i'l'la' aie,"s - hln.vne jour
aa!!sin fleViouB 10 loos tl!e great alllc'ity III
NC way Of the AMATEUR publisher was the InoaG
II printing Il!e prices of tue pr9fessnnai were
loo h!Ell to atliit ol aelf-s,ppoFt by thu papers,
aud Hany curious 1nctI!otls "crc employed to
take ~ impression; W9nasn I'rsssts. !anul1c,
Of the nn.dc'lt clcesc-rrcss, were ao'ncwlat
uted, but they were to0 raue a1iu lilsat!siagtUiy
U tec1re general service. 'llt tle iong.ielt
want was supplied W Thy "Novelty." and othcr
sLeap presses, a,.! ueel.teu iaervasr y tte
THY sprang into existence ut The sunni time
through tug Nsw Engla'H@l @ a!'d Western States,
eAa az thG 9esillNihs u io'u over lllly papef,a
we're published, ranging n Size from tWo-ihrh
monthly to sixteen alld th!rty.two weeklses.
ft1H MANIA FOR EbiffSa
nad lalf!y HeizGa 1oatie Atlscritu III lS1o md
thsre wcre pfonap!y ~ papcIs ss1su VS. between
this date uil the latter part Of lsIs., when the
climax WIS rcaci!r'l, there being III December Of
slat year oVsr l'o inherent publications. y,
tronl tne iirst, THESE boys' l'aIers we're liter
a1y IN their tune, alnl 80 they have continued,
though some slight attempts nYe E1en iiihttc to
publish Strictly newspapers. But us amateur
papers nfe ostsi5lbly contributed TO by buys,
aud DEPEND uron this clasa 0f readers Tor. sup
poIt, the idcn bas not been enthusiastically re-
seiyc1; During tho t'sht I've years, or until
lot1, the contents ol atnatcnf papers usually
comprised puem, II hlEhly scf!satluna! lnAtAII
ferAl, evolved frnni the iElltr consciousness
q some imaginary youth Of dme-'oYsl pr@l'vi-