Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-01

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of its kind ever produced. Few men would
have undertaken 80 colossal a task, and the
number is infinitely small who would have
had the courage to pursue it to successful
issue. Through the courtesy OF the pro-
prietor, the Globe correspondent has been
permitted to examine the proof sheets of this
work, and is enabled to lay before your read
ers the main results of all this labor in ad
vance of the publication of the book itself.
have no doubt the average American clings
fondly to the belief that his native land is
far in advance of any other nation in the
natter of newspaper reading. This pleasing
delusion is harshly dispelled after glance
| at Mr.. Hubbard's columns of statistics. To
be sure the disappointed dreamer may con-
graduate himself upcn the TACT that the
English-speakins people OF the earth, num-
| bering not mora than oEe-sixteenth of the en-
tire population of the globe, publish over
| one-half Of all the newspapers in existence.
The total number of publications of all kinds
we find to be "a ga; of these 1920 are dailies,
| 1857 are tri and semi-weeklies, IL $50 week
lies, 1885 monthlies, and 1872 semi-month-
! lies, quarterlies. ANIMALS, and various other
| irregular periods of publication. These are
| distributed around the hemisphere as follows:
Europe utilities 1857, North America H.
400, Asia us, South America 500, Austral-
asia 661, and Africa, the original home of
the fifteenth amendment, brings up in the
rear Win To-. L ne tOtdl ClICuidtiOu ISSUE
of these papers is found TO be l16, 1000
while the
TOTAL NUMBER OF COPIES PRINTED
annually reaches the enormous and almost
inconceivable amount of 10,5S9, 499, AS |
copies. Of this colossal mass of reading |
matter Europe consumes ,344, 956, sos in the |
same time that the inhabitants of North |
America manage to peruse and ponder over
2,7S7, 842, 262. Asia appears we'll satisfied
with 195,OI0,924, and South America with |
III, 52O, $40. Australia suspends the profit
able occupation of sheep shearing long
enough to read liz, All 1882, while the festive
cannibals in Africa pause a moment from the
palatable dish of American missionary pot
pie to scan the columns of 81 ISL ,795 period
icals. This distribution allows twenty-four
papers year to each inhabitant of Europe,
thirty six to every man, woman and child in
North America, thirty each to the people of
Australia, a little less than four each to the
South Americans, while the Asiatics and
Africans are compelled to content themselves
with one publication per year to every one
hundred inhabitants. This appears to us at
a distance to be rather severe upon the dusky
denizens of the far east, but the sadness of
the thought is lightened when we think that
there are only few editors in that land to |
be cowhided and sued for libel. But these
invasions of thought have no bearing upon
this subject of the newspapers OF the world.
Probably what editors there are in Asia and
Africa are as well abs to withstand castiga- .
lion as those in our own midst of the Euro !
pean nations.
GERMANY PUBLISHES THE GREATER GUAM r
THY 4
If papers, the publications of that country O
eaching 5529 in number, with an annual O
of LAS OOO,0 900, or about SO to o
ach inhabitant. Great Britain has less pa "
,ers in number, 1882, but the circulation is b
reater than those of Germany, reaching q
,262, O00, 10000 per annum, giving "a copies 81
ach year to each of her citizens. France a
as 1855 periodicals, with an annual circula- a
ion of 1857 900 600, or about 40 for every SC
rog-eater in the land. As patrons Of peri el
dical literature in the cities of the East, the b
eople of Lon Ion take first rank, as they re- Ell
uire 1862 papers, with an annual circula- VI
on of 1,016 600, 900, to satisfy their crav- al
,gs for knowledge. The Parisians stand re
ext and with all their gayety take time &C
nough to read 1858 presses, amounting in VI
ear to 1854, 1000 pieces. From this re
Ible before me might go on almost indef- CO
itely and rehearse statistics OF the newspa- II
ers of the old world by the yard, but will nj
range the scene now and make o hasty ex- ia
nination of the literary resources of our SO
Tn land. There are published in the land sil
Uncle Sam total of II POI periodicals of tr'
/ classes. These papers combined send hi
sh to their readers grand total of 1862 mi
o, 900 copies per year. This result is not 80 tn
nv humiliating especially as we have the | aw
putatioD, people, of having considers gr
e to occupy our time beside reading. Out | lv,
the total number of papers, $40 are printed thu
lily, IT'S at periods less frequent than daily b.
ID more frequent than weekly, 1914 are no
.eklies, 1121 are published monthly, and pl,
2 at other periods, semi-monthlies, an sto
Ials, etc. OF course expected that the Sc no
rely cultured city of Boston would take the fro
I'd as a consumer of literary products as no
ii as baked beans. nor was l wrong, for scr
ON investigation 1 found that the 161 pub rot
atoms of that city furnish to its studious big
liens las, 600, 900 copies per year, or about fig
8 to each one of the inhabitants. car
w YORK CITY HAS FIVE HUNDRED AND In
EIeHTY-sEvEN PRESSES, SUI
ich publish annually an aggregate of III Gu
]. 900 copies Chicago requires 211 ~
pers. with an annual circulation of 49, ~
),e00, to quench her thirst for informa- -.
n. ST. Louis does not thirst so extensively
her competitor, and is satisfied with r.
q of her log publications. Philadelphians the
d annually 179,0OO,O 900 periodicals, which acc
anate from the pressrooms of 139 publish ror
Many curious and interesting coinci- mo
ices are to be discovered in these enticing 1rol
umes. / find that in one little town in eye
rmany of only 1873 inhabitants there are DO
,lished two semi-weekly newspapers. In ros
rked distinction to this very studious little cou
age rises the great CITY of Pekin, China, gla
h population of at least 2,000,0 900 souls, orir
ch contains but one newspaper shop, and | ava
is under the control of the Imperial gov dar
ment, the editor of which probably dare cou
affirm that his precious pigtan was his qua
property lest his majesty the king pre-
uld order the root of that valuable and His
,1ana IN ha ipfarrod IN / sion
while the headless trunk found a rest Gull
place elsewhere. Away up in the North, ute
he island of Iceland, where the cold gets wal
in the morning and stays up nearly all neet
year, find that the hardy inhabitants ana
W their fingers and burst the wrappers of the
I've different periodicals which have an Gals
ual circulation of $1,000 copies. 1t is the
his point that the march of the printer dins
ard the north pole is arrested. Here he The
ped, discouraged perhaps, an the north said
limit of journalism is found at this point they
great reading people of the world are mir,
sed in the temperate climates, and as we lar
ney to the north or south of that zone y Il
interest in literary matters decrease. and had
single State of New York publishes more assn
spapers and periodicals than are printed Torn
II the vast territory lying south Of the the
ator. We have in our own land OF u
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" had
il is only after an examination of some and
lie noted Journals of England and France The
/ was convinced that we had equals, pret,
h less superiors, in this direction. But AZ v,
e the United States can show no daily
er with a circulation of over 125, 900 The
es per issue, I find that Paris contains II tt
daily, entitled Lie Pitt Jotps tai, which even
a daily circulation of 5S0,GfS. 1t con- thu,
all the news of the day, besides plenty at
,ssip and society news, and sells for one New
or q cent In London appears paper firm
ID LIQUIDS Weekly, twenty -eight-column steaI
{, which enjoys the wonderful circulation exte
I2 200 copies per issue. This paper is mill
for one penny, English money, or about toes.
cents in that of the United States. In Burt
WAY Australia some magnificent results dred
urnalistic enterprise are printed. The TWEEN
Isg Torn and Country, published at sgd than
Australia, is q forty-eight-page jous,al, year
price of which is u cents per copy. The both
aide Observer Is a companion weekly OF at ID
'-eight pages, and frequently presents prod
Element of twenty-four pages. These can
N have extensive circulafions. In India lux
papers are generally small in size and VIII
les but limited circulations; this latter Now
however, is sugar-coated 10 the editor, The
ne fact that he charss high prices TOR 1873
reduction little fheet covered with the +
listic hieroglyphics has perhaps age.
,,pcr,, ALTON or oSr HUNDRED oorrEs but 1
issue, but he who buys one nnst be = n,
d and live on the fat OF the land, for - er
copies cost 81 or 81 so each. Il is refre