2012, ISBN: 9781154382358

Australia: Pan MacMillan. 2000. Good , 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Light wear to book. ., Pan MacMillan, 2000, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text… Meer...

Australia: Pan MacMillan. 2000. Good , 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Light wear to book. ., Pan MacMillan, 2000, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1878 Excerpt: ... JACQUES GIRARD'S NEWSPAPER; OR, THE TRIALS OF A FRENCH JOURNALIST. I. The owner of the Reveil du Coq of Seinebourg having died, his heirs decided to part with their property in the newspaper, and it was advertised to be sold by Master Desgots, notary. Seinebourg is a manufacturing city of 100,000 souls, and possessed at the date in question three newspapers--the Ordre, which was the organ of the Prefect and appeared daily; the Progris, which represented the opinions of the advanced Republicans, freethinkers, and revolutionists generally; and the Reveil du Coq above said, which advocated moderate views, with the customary result of being turn by turn extolled by all parties and constantly liked by none. The Reveil, however, being more often on the side of the Opposition than on that of Government, was in some sense an ally of the ProgrZs, and kept up a business partnership with it. Both papers were printed by the same firm, had a common publishing office, publisher, clerks, carriers, &c, and appeared three times a week, but on alternate days. The Progrh came out on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; the Reveil on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. As a licence from Government is needed before a political journal can be started in France, and as such licences are but charily bestowed, the ownership of a newspaper constitutes a privilege; and the demise of M. Pierre Barcol, the Reveil's founder, proprietor, and editor, stirred up many would-be purchasers. The Bishop of Seinebourg would have been glad to get the paper into his hands and transform it into an organ of Ultramontanism; several local manufacturers were desirous of securing it to advocate protection for their trade, which was shoddy; and the Bonapartist Committee in Paris, ever watchful to recruit ne... Weight:0.16 lbs, General Books LLC, 2/7/2012 0:00:00<

ISBN: 9781154382358

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