New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
THE PHOTOGRIPHIC PRESS.
ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
HAS IT'S CAMERA PERIODICALS.

Even the keencst and most progressive amateur
photographers have little conception Of the way the
nhotorraphic prcss has spread itself over the woriu
and the size IL has attained. The average camera
enthusiast. indeed. he who Is constantly reading
mn and dcying into the art OF sensitive plates and
sunlight thinks himself fortunate II he mas access
10 four or five periodicals of this country ana
abroad Yet the current literature. weekly monthly
and annual outside of the actual books published,
is large nnd complete These periodicals number
over 200 and they issued in almost every quar-
ter of the globe even Africa being no exception.
Naturally the periodicals OF Europe take the hrst
place both in number and Importance 1t might be
thought that England would lead. owing to her
fashionable and costly Photographic establishments
and her Photographic societies. 10 the numper Oh
more than 200 many Of them bodies OF great dignity
and bower But England falls TO the second rank IN
the actual number Of her camera papers. In 'hese
she stands about par with this country each
supporting eighteen or nineteen periodicals only
while France prints twenty-five and Germany
twcnty y-ono or twenty-five.
Calculating it another way. though. the English
men are at the head OF the Photographic press
The periodicals mentioned above include week
li.s and nonthlic, by far the largest number or
them are monthlcs OF wccklies Great britain
publishcs five all papers Of influence and circula-
tion I'm this surprising any other country In the
matter Of Photographic ANIMALS. 100. she "aoS
printing five Int OF nineteen France ialis peh'hd
on these camera year books. issuing nut three
Germany and the United States stand next to Great
Hrltain here each publishing four. while Austria
uunp,rv Russia and Sweden have one each to
their credit.
In I'M. weekly and monthly field. outside Of the
four great nations spoken Of. the Photographic
press l. numerically insignificant though scien-
tincallv brilliant and valuable. Many of the epoch
making discoveries In Photographic art and science
h.v. been first noted described fully In the little
reviews of th" "a~t or Hurop'i or lts soutn"rh
,,,. ,f an and are sent at small profit, but
which nevertheless. ar. edited by powerful scien-
odicals Italy four Austria two. Hungary one ana;
remarkable though II may appear h,tIe fNiahd
Holland despite It's small size and the fact that
it, people heard OF llttle III scientinc aHairs
nosl,ss,s seven Photographic papers being the
ah nation in lhis way Denmark pd@iga and s.Irlmm dna
Afrlc, is represented 10y publication in Alsiers
That Australia IS eager In The pursuit OF the
r,pI,fed ON the island New-Zealnnd, not to be
ian behind prints three. IN Japan ~ last accounts
grophic paper that IL without doubt the most curl
ois In tn world for 1t Is printed In Chinese char
India is well represented in this regard. the Hin
doos OF tho educated classes having taken mp the
p,sfim. with much enthusiasm as the English
reslden,s There Is nnc photographing In India. too
oWlng 10 th" clear atmosphere, SlpetIa loi S'a's
bl. been a graveyard of anything progressive, yet
Photographic sheets OF gcat proms, ana intrrms' ,,n
have been started thor" from Inn" 10 tim.
whether any such are issued there now there Il
no record TO tell ,
several 81 IA. most famous PHOTOGRAPHIC Journals
,r th, world IT s worth while TO mention. On" Of
the most DISTINGUISHED mrgry tor 'he eNtremely H.iy
nu. uhoto.raVureS that II issues. L. the wiener
photogra phisch" Batter. published by IN" camera
,.i'', n, INIT city, and supposed to bc backed 10y
am. az th, EothSchild-. who T. leading member OF
,h. soc.ty The photo club dc PARIS Is another
,,,t,r 81 standing ana scientific roput" though It's
Illustrations are poor ana never n feature OF ITS
mmmhcrs I'm Enrnnd The British Journal OF
prntorraphy established In 1874. Is about the oldest
ucriodicai 81 present prominence. Here "Iiumph-
r.,'s Journal" now long since dead. was the po-