, 1881-01-04
TILE PRESS.
Some Statistics of Newspapers at
Home and Abroad.
Thirty thousand Journals In Tho World, Fully
Halt Being In English.
Facts and Figures in Regard to the Press
Of tho United Kingdom.
\ Summary from Aatanta Sttel, Of "llubbarls
Newspaper and Gank lrettury Of
The Norsd."

| Inc NORTH,
| ktlU lort 7ftbrrs.
Americans. to thor crr,lit, nra very fond oi
prilstnH their own country hut mt every pnt tu
bilhllrht, however excellent It's t,,ptIyc. will
bcar nnaysls No longer net, tl1at1 last Scptcln-
her lecturer Mt Chai,taugln Lake Informed hts
htnrers tint In tho nKHrcEntc clre,t,at1on Of la
newspaper prcas tho United stntcs exceeded nil
thH other nAtIOns Of tho world c0tnlJf,us]. Thjs
wns icIcxraphetl Throughout tho ,and, nn.l
rcntcrs OF American newspapers perusch this
cheerful view OF American superiority with u
hfKh degree OF satisfaction. The 7rf1une bus M
| 1lcsiru to depreclata tho wonderful fertility
Md oxcclcnco of tho American press; hut
| ws mist bo careful lIDw VIC nssume xrent
! superiority over Great 1!rItnln md 0tIcr
| civilized countries rs nn Intelligent, rcud.
| Ing people. W. have bcc, pcru1t,tc,,
to tnsprct tho atlvanco sheets uf IN interesting
and liHUOrtNnt work M course or t,ruf,urn.
iiun by Mr. II. y. iiublnrl, Vi New IInveu,
Cnsiu.. which bears tho Eo,newhnt formidable.
titluof " 'lnhhnt''s Newspaper nu'l t,nnk n!rct-
nry Of tho Wortsl," aud FROM whicl, tho folluw.
lug facts arc atuincd.
There nru published throughout tho world
| about
Tnlirry 1IsouaASn s,.wst.ApEns,-
Including nHl!cr thas fntlc perintl'cAt Issues Of
NIL sorts, fronl tho nlmLlr ,ny 10 tho slow nnl
rnntlcrnms quartcrly and sc,n!-aun.tnt Fully
onc'l'alf Of al1 these nro prINtcd III tho English
langtlHEc. Or th!s number the United Suites
furnishes. III r'un.1 numbers. H.arl-trnct Ica,y
omc.t third u tho whole. Gr.at llr,tui at1t, ire
tniid lssl1e j, ,n frnctio!t leSs tnI, D,tr- third
r.set M irs % n m 70 ,ht 10
| krEasscd our british ,lc!uhtnrH.. Thu Empire
o. Germany comes ncxi utter tic unftc,l Htittcs,
@ oows assr'S aSSs @ Stf" @ u as :iiS; Isl o,nsis ns
isn o "sS Win aSs a Is hMr,ny ha. Of o , .!t
nGfNllt.nJ NfGaars fut Ibh 1,or n
WI MnS e., Ncw ' x9rk H. Gty: M %Ith ir'a!on Of 1:-
t H e es: % Ill., to fsM ns a M @ sfSsr M
,yI mnn,cr an9n nfe published n snhnveu.
s!s WV! i;s ! 1ess.!,s !" !'lss C t. af'fs I t!se
0,,Iw n sn,,s eos ,tts us, ,,,. eFs f asscssiiix
s sSppose;i '' ID d0I 'c % =. ".'aa sosnrwhst sa"f
Gny ~ ~ cSs'c. M1sS on h,, ,.eT,a%rs ns tho
sPs of b, sI1 cxs s',S pS"'ss's;, cnlv i
ista nH, t,.i.as .s as,. sa ..at " fnKy
ssE tho attns ~ "y S9
's isnEa III a,m,9st ns nMny dl'irrent tongues as
v o mto @ sssr u t tno, praetlc.
Aofk, and these comparlsons asu senrccly falr.
1T 1F SOMEWHAT REMARKABLE FACT
thnt tho CITY OF Mllan, ltnl, ru'tsl,cs greater
..2t,r ~, u: ~ Mnewspapcrs tt.,sii lstgn utmost
t'rsss "er1y ~ m"ny m MS iMtN 9ii iy seven
uaion Of iiu M ps 1,s ~ u,t1i % 9rrcnn ", t1 Eop- s
,rot, " 10 ~ n'"a1,i"rS,i Il, "sa, & 1'ntg!
nf r,a+G,, ons 1Te'"i "i,n,:, aers thah tnnt
Chleann less o Tim oe huI; that or '1 roonl "
rms,,s ~ tsS stnMa p,,i,.,n, .ht .t Mn,cn ttn
sijl tnpre i,,trrestnv fnct II Init = tn tt ~ i,t,
s,nr.c,y - n ~, l. ~ ,',',o mon uph q
si1tsi n,Ssnnncrs M ~
fts. ~, @ IN N" m1h ~ MssfeRato c!feill-
NJ" ,tniIas Xii VIII \, t r1"I y 5noa9 naoFs
s50 woh Is ,i"ro tha u%,.' ".' c'.Iy nr c os
Ia ri H. t f1msta.s y. n m e!! III tuo eJ! No
;,,s n"r.,iini ~ thts W. ; ~, ~. % LIT
tinns nf Nav YoIk III f.rsue. III n1
Newark. n,nouutnG to a,Ti,Nsj; combine tho H.
sites Of tho furty duly newspapers nllhlshct in
| thuse cltes, amounting 10 kU,NU cach day, and
tho ratio uf copies issued tn pop,1luttpn is
fu,,nd to 30 not hair thnt Of Xnriat ThijNdei-
ph!.., with population Of si0,isV, has twenty
Two n,y newHi,u;Hrj. with IN npvruVuto clrt.i,.
Intlot pGr Issue Ut 4i0 which Is less tl,nn ot,o
copy to two lnIl,ls,lntH lostDil shows imttnr in
iclpfa her cpht dniIv r!lpura nrJnttt,g :assIooo
cOcs ovcry uly, which, Distributed, among her
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