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6o The Newspaper Wot Id, constant variety, and last, but by no means least, a pleasing egotism. Contributions of special correspondents would lose more than half their attractiveness if not written in the first person singular. How tamely the narrative of •* How I found Livingstone " would read if described in an impersonal fashion ! The " I " of the special corres- pondent is as necessary to him as the "we" to the editor. Anecdotes which might be thought irrelevant, acquire a new piquancy ; and facts of no great moment become important, when associated with the personality of the correspondent by the magic of the first person singular.
