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English newspapers in the first quarter of the century,
however, were by no means designed to appeal to the
whole population. By modern standards they would be
considered too dull to interest more than a small minority
of serious readers. . . . Early nineteenth century
newspapers were run largely for the genteel. Their style
was stiff and formal, ranging between Addisonian
gracefulness and Johnsonian elevation. The contents
consisted of small advertisements, of local affairs and
national politics, especially of commercial news and long
transcriptions of parliamentary reports. . . . the best
current literature was noticed in the newspapers. . . . ‘In
those days’, Charles Lamb recalled, ‘every morning paper,
as an essential retainer to its establishment, kept an
author, who was bound to furnish daily a quantum of
witty paragraphs. . . .’ And since the divorce between the