[24] We have taken this sentence as a motto which may point to the general scope of this volume.
[25] Hume's Essays.
[26] 'Curiosities of Industry.' By George Dodd.
[27] 'Everett's Working Man's Party.' Printed in the American Library of Useful Knowledge, 1831.
[28] Note in Mr. Lane's admirable translation of the 'Thousand and One Nights,' original edition, vol. ii. p. 635.
CHAPTER XXI.
Invention of printing—Effects of that art—A daily newspaper—Provincial newspapers—News-writing of former periods—Changes in the character of newspapers—Steam conveyance—Electric telegraph—Organization of a London newspaper-office—The printing-machine—The paper-machine—Bookbinding—Paper-duty.
The art of printing offers one of the readiest and most forcible illustrations of the advantages that have been bestowed upon the world by scientific discovery and by mechanical power. Although there is, happily, little occasion now to combat any wide-spread hostility to machinery, the argument for its use derived from printing may be very briefly stated.