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Show THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES George P. Rowelli Co. 'a American Newspaper Directory, New York, for 1S76 has been received from the publisher?. pub-lisher?. It makes a book of more than 1,000 pages, and is handsomely priottd and bound. It contains an accurate list of all the newspaper published in the United States, the territories, the dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, and it also giveB a great deal of other information in regard to journalism in this country both useful and important. In the present edition a total of 8,G17 publications pub-lications is noted, being an increase of 269 over 1875. Although 1,366 newspapers are reported to have commenced com-menced publication during the same year, 1,097 were compelled to sus-l p;nd. The greatest sectional gain to journalism was in the western, southern south-ern and Pacific states. To bIiow the tandency of repetition in newspaper titles it is stated that there are in the country 487 Journal, 310 Times, 30'2 Heralds, 208 News, 27G Gazelles, 266 Democrats, 211 Republicans, 21ii Presses, 92 Advertisers, 122 Advocates, 93 Tribunes and 50 Arguses. Still, notwithstanding these repetitions of iavorite names the various newspaper mentioned in the directory are represented repre-sented by 7,026 titles, of almost every imaginable variety, some of which are very quaint and inappropriate. Some interesting information is given a.3 to the average circulation of journals, jour-nals, daily and weekly, which must be taken as at best but approximating approxi-mating to the facts, tho true statemtnt of newspapor circulation being generally very difficult information infor-mation to obtain. It is Btatcd that California exceeds all other slates in tho aggregate number ol publications which she italics to her population being 90 copiea per annum to each individual on her census rolls, while New York and Masaacliuictta fall bat little short of that nuoiber, with an annual iaaue of 89 ai.d 79 ropics respectively. The worst feature ol thoie newspaper news-paper directories ia tue facility they atlurd to reckless and unscrupulous publishers to orer-catimate the circulation cir-culation of their ianuea. HTrral notable instances aro to bo found hi llio work under notice; ono especially i is the ridiculous exaggeration in the statement of the circulation of a local daily sheet; but it should be remembered remem-bered that it ii just as easy for an unscrupulous person to make a good round statement of his assets as to give the exact facts, and there aro some newspaper publishers who are not to be outdone in making large figures. Such statements, however, do not materially affect intelligent advertisers, who have the means of ascertaining the comparative circulation circu-lation and value as advertising mediums of tho various newspaper 'publications from original sources of information. A public journal is ap- predated for its character aa a representative rep-resentative of the people, not from the boasts of iU publishers. |