Account of the Ball Given in Honor of Charles Dickens in New York City
February 14, 1842, From the New York Aurora Extra (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Account of the Ball Given in Honor of Charles Dickens in New York City: February 14, 1842, From the New York Aurora Extra<br><br>Charles Dickens was the discoverer of yellow journalism. In our eager desire to find some counter-agent for the vicious influence it has become we commonly lose sight of the fact that just such newspapers have existed for three-quarters of a century and that we rage now against them more because of our clearer understanding than because of any new character they have assumed.<br><br>Dickens saw in 1842 the very things of which we are most acutely aware in 1908, and we have added to his indictment only a succinct phrase.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.