Excerpt from Masters of English Journalism: A Study of Personal ForcesThere are several good histories of, or books mainly. About, newspapers. Some Of these have not ignored the name. And work of those who have written for them. The individual, however, in all cases has been sub ordinated to the enterprise. Primarily, and as far as possible ex'clusively, true at all points to its title, the present work deals with the personal agencies Of which those newspapers are the result. Even in the dim light Of the Middle Ages may be traced the individual outlines of the journalist's pioneers. Iwithout any break in the succession, these figures, in their habit as they lived, here pass before the reader's eye. From Marchmont Nedham in the seventeenth century to Mr. J. L. Garvin in the twentieth, there have, it is hoped, been few gaps in the varied and, from the chronological point Of view, orderly procession. The idea Of this book, as well as Of its treatment in detail, was suggested to me by a famous journalist Of the Victorian age, Frederick Green wood, whom a forty years' intimacy, professional and personal, made me think a good authority on a matter Of this sort. More than once during his last illness this earliest editor of mine, and lifelong friend, not only recurred to the subject, but in several letters indicated down to minute particulars the lines whereon it seemed to 'him indispensable that the work should be done. Its interest was, in his Opinion, to be personal throughout. Thus one had to Show the manner in which the men lived, suffered, or enjoyed themselves, as well as that in which they laboured. This task could not have been carried through but for the invaluable assistance given me more than generously both by my own contemporaries, as well as by many distinguished and kindly men belonging to.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.