CONTENTS.

CHAP.PAGE
I.INTRODUCTORY—NEWSPAPERS AND NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING[1]
II.INTRODUCTORY—STREET AND GENERAL ADVERTISING[19]
III.ANCIENT FORMS OF ADVERTISING[33]
IV.MEDIÆVAL AND OTHER VARIETIES OF ADVERTISING[43]
V.NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING FORESHADOWED—ITS EARLIESTUSE—HOUGHTON’S LESSONS[61]
VI.DEVELOPMENT OF ADVERTISING[94]
VII.CONCLUSION OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY[120]
VIII.EARLY PART OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY[142]
IX.MIDDLE OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY[176]
X.THE EDUCATION COMPLETED[205]
XI.CURIOUS AND ECCENTRIC ADVERTISEMENTS[240]
XII.SWINDLES AND HOAXES[304]
XIII.THE GREAT BOTTLE-TRICK SWINDLE[365]
XIV.QUACKS AND IMPOSTORS[373]
XV.GRAHAM AND HIS CELESTIAL BED[411]
XVI.LOTTERIES AND LOTTERY INSURANCE[422]
XVII.MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS AND AGENCIES[475]
XVIII.HANDBILLS, INSCRIPTIONS, ETC.[510]
XIX.AMERICAN AND COLONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS[556]
XX.ADVERSARIA[597]