“In this terse, closely compact monograph no space has been devoted to fine writing. We have here a concise and clearly intelligible account of those communities in the middle ages which were the precursors of our modern commonwealths.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 626. O. 19, ’07. 230w. |
“In its field it is unsurpassed; and the general student will learn more by studying the vivid picture which it presents than he could hope to learn by attacking at the start the whole question of municipal organization, in all its uncertainties and complexities. The translators have done their work well; especially do they deserve commendation for accepting frankly the terms for which there is really no English equivalent.”
| + + | Yale R. 16: 334. N. ’07. 140w. |
Given, John La Porte. Making a newspaper. **$1.50. Holt.
7–16382.
“A detailed account of the business, editorial, reportorial, and manufacturing organization of the daily newspaper in a large city.” The author’s deductions are made from his own large newspaper experience. He shows how editors gain their information and how all classes of civilization contribute consciously or unconsciously, to the daily record of happenings. In addition to chapters covering the general workings of the newspaper, he discusses such subjects as preparing for journalism, getting a situation, prizes in journalism, with the printers, and the money-making department.
“Interesting, apparently trustworthy, journalistic in style.”