Modern Journalism. By J. B. Mackie. (Crosby Lockwood and Co.)—This
"Handbook of Instruction and Counsel for the Young Journalist" is of a very practical, and, we should imagine, very useful kind. If you aspire to journalism, you must begin by learning shorthand (Pitman's system). The "District Cor- respondent's" work is another step on the ladder All the de- tails of the work outside and inside the printing-office are given with much care. Some are generally interesting. The Press seems to get telegrams very cheap. The public pays 6d. for twelve words ; the reporter gets thirty-seven for the same money before 6 p.m., and fifty after We cannot agree that seven years' training, even in that abode of light and sweetness, the "Com- posing-room," will teach a young man "more than he acquired either at school or college." Was it there that Mr. Mackie learnt that "in the days of Greek supremacy Athens was the " eye " of the Federated States that constituted the fatherland" ? The "Federated States" of Greece are quite a new discovery. One thing most of our readers will probably learn with surprise,— that "the outlay incurred in the purchase of paper sometimes equals, and often exceeds, the entire amount of all the other ex- penses." Mr. Mackie's book is full of good sense and useful in_ formation, nor can we blame him if he is inclined to "magnify his office."
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