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Early dependence of press on authors		103
Change in press interests		104
Change in literary style of the press		104
Crude form does not necessarily vitiate material		104
Opposite literary tendencies seen		105
Important literary works in the newspaper		106
Disadvantages of collecting newspaper articles into book form		106
Differences between journalism and literature		107
Effect of headline on English language		108
The headline and spelling		109
Catling on the headline		109
Headlines and the historian		109
Services of the press to language		110
The newspaper and the library		110
Press records library development		110
Library interested in the material newspaper		111
W. C. Ford on preservation of newspaper files		111
Early indifference of library to newspaper files		112
Concern of historian with these questions		113
Interdependence of press and all human activities		113
Chapter V
News-Collecting and News-Distributing Organizations
Ben Jonson's "staple of newes"		115
Bureaux et pelotons		116
Edward Cave and his exchange		116
Alaric Watts and Blackwood		116
The "partly-printed newspapers" of Watts		116
Organization of the Central Press		117
The Press Association		118
Reuters		118
Importance of news collecting agencies		118
Beginnings of news collecting in America		119
The Journal of Commerce		119
Development of the Associated Press		119
Its plan of organization		120
News collecting agencies and the historian		121
Criticisms made of the Associated Press		121
Examination of these criticisms		121
Charge of "suppressing the facts" dismissed by Court		124
Infallibility not claimed by or for the Associated Press		124
Associated Press not responsible for changes made by others		125
Precautions and preparation of Associated Press		126