| Show FRENCH journalism the fifty da dally uy newspapers of parla paris and their readers the paris press comprises nearly 50 daily newspapers the aggregate not having varied greatly during the last ten years most of these are sold for one so sou u an extremely limited number Is is sold for two sous sons and two or three only for three sous or a little less than three halfpence half pence it is hardly necessary to say by way of preliminary comment that a dozen really able journals would be better supported and better berve the interests of the public the french people taken R rg as g a mass have little money says the national review to pay for the gratification of the small amount of literary taste they possess the novelist zola declared in an interview a few months ago that reviews and magazines like those of england and Affie america rica would not find in france a sufficient number of readers to justify their publication the revue des deux beux Is supported by the professional literati the learned professions and an aristocracy oi 01 birth and money it is rarely seen outside these circles even the handsome and rea readable dable illustrated newspapers such as an the illustration anti and monde have only a small circulation confined principally to the cafes though the literary matter they contain is generally of an elevated character and especially adapted for family |
