The Pictorial Press: Its Origin and Progress

CHAPTER I.

The Pictorial Taste Universal--The Early 'News-books'--Development of the Newspaper Press--General use of Newspapers--Establishment of Illustrated Journals--Wandering Ballad Singers the First Newsvendors--The _English Mercurie_ of 1588--The Abolition of the Star Chamber and its Effect on the Press.

The inherent love of pictorial representation in all races...