unpublished manuscripts he is indebted to Victor Hugo Palsits, of the Manuscript Department of the New York Public Library.
The sins of omission are doubtless many owing to the diffi- culty, in spite of the cooperation received, to get information desired. Suggestions and additional information will be wel- comed from any source.
The last chapter, dealing as it does with many points about which there is a difference of opinion, might very properly be considered a sort of appendix for the expression of personal views. In all other chapters a sincere attempt has been made to keep strictly to facts and to documents quoted. No history, however, would be complete without some discussion of the charges brought by critics against the newspapers of to-day. The evidence has been presented and readers may draw their own conclusions about the so-called weakness of the present press.
JAMES MELVIN LEE.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, October, 1917.
