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Artists who have assisted in founding the Pictorial Press--Sir John Gilbert, R.A., G. H. Thomas, and others--Wood-Engraving and its Connexion with the Pictorial Press--Other Methods of producing Illustrations--Wood-Engraving in England before and after Bewick's time--Its wide Diffusion owing to the kindred Art of Printing--The resources of the Art developed by Pictorial Newspapers--Conclusion. Newspapers a Necessity of Civilised Life--The _Acta Diurna_ of the Romans--Early Newspapers in Venice, Germany, and the Low Countries--List of Illustrated Newspapers published Abroad.

THE PICTORIAL PRESS: ITS ORIGIN AND PROGRESS.