Show FRENCH JOURNALS shares of several bought and sold dally on the exchange most of the french journals davff ballo de chero bulletins are displayed and a museum of relics of the paper is kept french journalism is much more personal in regard to its literary composition than that of england or america A large proportion of the articles are signed with the names of tho writers even when the work is more or less of a routine nature such as the sporting or law departments of the paper on tho other hand the ownership of newspapers is less frequently lodged in single hands than is the case in america very many of the french papers are owned by companies or associations ciati ons while the stock of several of the best known such as the figaro and petit journal is bought and sold daily on the stock exchange tho quotations appearing as regularly as those of railway shares or government bonds the circulation of all but a very few of tho paris papers varies enormously according to the contents if a paper contains a striking article well advertised previously or if its feuille ton continued story or memoirs which most of the french journals consider an essential part of their daily issue is by some well known author thu circulation will run up or in a week and drop again as soon as the special feature is discontinued when le jour began publishing M hanri memoirs its circulation went up fivefold although the price of the paper had been doubled in order to make hay whilo the sun shone the french press is much more concentrated cent rated in the capital than that of other european countries in germany for instance it is not tho press of berlin that has the largest circulation or the greatest influence in this as in many other matters however the french press only bears out the saying that paris is france |