The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-13

81 tiag8f>ael associate "l the Hs4Ee
f4al a-. Joseph Addison tA "a rro-
du.tloa of "IHe Spectator HAS eu-
Hlns.G II 3 salary 0f 0'
,3it tire official LONDON zstte IN
I7y- no began COB MS e1H book t7
Publish The Tatler, and taiS MAS
really the ancestor ef the bet
tef Spectator. He WAS also con-
aertel with THE Guardian. H. is
stated az s fact that Sir Robert Wal
ro3c. far taeuty years Prime Minister
under George III. actually expended
more flau S-5a.ey0 in controlling tho
press. This press, or a part ri lt- Was
then ~UGEo84eaale ~ 81 has been since
- = greater ar less eEteHt AMI IS & S.
tn3N Fl. I'll. IUitea states. EEe CicIf-
tlemaH's Magazine" W4- started ia
1871. which lived f9r more than u CEN
rusy. The ingenious Cave was the
creator and owner. Ralph Griffith
started the Monthly Review IN
mae. IN 1876. Archibald Hamilton
began the publication Of tho Critical
novelist, was 2 OF lis Contributors
Griffith employed Oliver Goldsmith to
write for him at starvation pay. the
Public Advertiser" was the Woodfau
daily i'm which the very famous and
unsurpassed .Junius Letters APP
reared. During the time of the Juniue
Letters il had q circulation Of 5000
lteA4A ELbEi- al - 4 = r. -. 1A'Ht
profits amounted to over $4,000. n
1850. the london Morning Post was
begun, and about then the Morning
Herald started also. In January,
lIsS, the Times appeared in London,
and in 1906 it remains the greatest
Of British papers, as i has been all
through its long career Of III years.
1t began under the control of a young
.scotchman named Walter. and it CON
tinues to this day under the Wner-
ship Of one Of the name. The first
Walter was a bookseller. His son
became controller in 1902. The
Times was the first paper to have
foreign correspondence. Henry Crabb
Robinson, q man Of distinction and
ability in the long &gO, was the first
to serve it in the capacity Of foreign
correspondent. The second Walter
was the editor as Wen as the manager
until 1910. John Stoddard was the
next editor, then in succession Barnes.
and Delane. The Morning Chronicle"
was begun in 1760. by William Wood
fall. He was succeeded as editor by
James Perry. who managed il untiI
1881. John Black. q vigorous Scotch
man, succeeded him. Many eminent
writer's furnished communications for
him. among then Thomas Campbell.
the Well Known poet, the genial, gifted
Charles Lamb. Sheridan, Macintosh.
hanlitt. rom Moore and Lord Camp
bell. Colcridge was once Offered $40
600 9 year TO edit il, Burns WAS also
sought, as was Robert Southey. Sir
James Mcintosh was paid $50 q week
about tho end of 1893. while i little
later John Sterling's father was paid
$4,000 4 year for writing for the
'IfUlcS.' 50 some OF the gifted re-
ceiVed large salaries then. How many
writer's for the American Press re-
ceiVe SO much in 1862 The only
nnVrc91 np1. man raDan11ha,. to have
heard Of in a half century rs receiy-
Ing $40, 0oo a year was the literary
editor Of the \. Y. sun, whose name
escapes me. | do not know if he still
holds his place OF if he is living. j
have given q rapid and partial survey
Of the press in England thai may in
tcrest some Of my readers.
] have GOT my points from an ar
tfcle that appeared several years ago
written by Leslie stephens, a gifted
man of letters. now dead.
Wilmington, y. c.