2. THE COUNTRY WEEKLY. Phil C. Bing; Appleton, New York, 1917; 347 pp.

"The Country Weekly" is a manual for the rural journalist and for students of the country field. The contents include the country weekly and its problem, local news, county correspondence, agricultural news, the editor, the editorial page, make-up, copy reading and headline writing, circulation, advertising and cost-finding for the country weekly. The latter subject is discussed at length and the author advocates the cost system as the most reliable system in the country office and shows the comparative simplicity of such a method.

3. THE PROFESSION OF JOURNALISM. Charles Moreau Harger. (Chapter on "The Country Editor of Today.")

4. MAKING A COUNTRY NEWSPAPER. A. J. Munson; The Dominion Co., Chicago, 1899; 92 pp.

Making a country newspaper is not as easy as one might think; therefore certain things are essential to its success. Mr. Munson in this book has written a series of essays on the man behind the paper, the field in which it should be located, the plant where the paper is published, the paper itself, and the news which it should contain, in which he describes the essentials necessary for the success of any country newspaper.

5. REMINISCENCES OF A COUNTRY JOURNALIST. Thomas Frost; Ward, London, 1886; 331 pp.

6. How COUNTRY EDITORS CAN GET NATIONAL ADVERTISING. G. H. Perry; News Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 4; The University, Lawrence, Kan., 1914.

7. GETTING SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER. J. B. Powell; Oswald, New York, 1915; 28 pp., illus.

In this pamphlet, the author gives plans for securing subscribers for a country newspaper, holding them after they have subscribed and keeping account of their payments. The illustrations are diagrams of sample cards for filing information.

8. NEWSPAPER EFFICIENCY IN THE SMALL TOWN. J. B. Powell; the University, Columbia, Mo., 1915; 41 pp., illus. (Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 11; journalism series.)

This bulletin deals largely with the business side of a small town

newspaper and suggests means by which the publisher of a daily of small circulation may build his advertising and circulation in order to put the business on a paying basis.

9. NEWS IN THE COUNTY PAPER. Charles G. Ross; the University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., 1913; 44 pp., illus. (Bulletin, journalism series, No. 4.)

JOURNALISM FOR WOMEN

Chapter 7.

As a rule, most books on journalism for women go no farther than telling them how to write feature stories. Perhaps at one time they could do nothing more than write quiet little feature stories for Sunday newspapers.

But the woman in journalism today is as alive as any of her male contemporaries. She can take an assignment like a man, and cover it, perhaps, even better. As in all business, as soon as women have proved themselves capable, new fields have been open for them. Now we hear of women city editors, head copy readers, business managers, advertising managers and reporters. But the books that have been written about women in this profession have not kept pace with their activities. The following books give only the feature-writing side of womankind. For those who are forced to stay at home, to make reporting only an avocation, these books may be helpful, as well as interesting.

1. JOURNALISM FOR WOMEN. E. Arnold Bennett; Lane, New York, 1898; 100 pp.

Although designated as a "practical guide" for women in journalism, this little book has become antiquated, and the "dos and dont's" suggested are scarcely appropriate when addressed to the young woman of the twentieth century. Nevertheless the book is interesting to read and contains many clever touches of humor.

2. PRESS WORK FOR WOMEN. Frances H. Low; Scribner's, New York, 1904; 100 pp., illus.

The most valuable part of this book is the list of newspapers and magazines in England and America which accept feature stories for publication, and the accompanying list of prices paid by the respective journals. The only press work outlined is feature writing, which is of value chiefly to the woman who cannot give her entire time to one newspaper or journal.

3. WOMEN IN JOURNALISM. Harvey R. Young, Mrs. L. M. Spencer; the University, Columbus, Ohio; 12 pp. (Bulletin, Vol. 18, No.

10; journalism series, Vol. 1, No. 2.)

"Women in Business" is the topic of the address of Mr. Young, who is advertising manager of the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, and “Serving City Papers From a Small Town" is the subject of that of Mrs. Spencer of the Milford (Ohio) Enterprise. She gives very helpful advice on news gathering and how to know the value of local news to city papers. This lecture is particularly valuable to the woman who has been trained as a reporter, but who is unable to do constant and active work.

COLLEGE JOURNALISM

Chapter 8.

College journalism is a comparatively new thing in the profession. Many city editors still frown when the cub reporter declares he received his training in one of the schools of journalism. But gradually this feeling is undergoing a change. In the future, perhaps, one of the prerequisites of the profession will be a thoroughgoing education in college journalism.

Training in college for the profession has one definite value, if no other; that is, it lends dignity to newspaper work. When young men and women study from four to six years to become lawyers, or doctors or school-teachers, journalism is belittled if men and women consider it time and money wasted to spend any time studying to become newspaper workers.

1. COLLEGE JOURNALISM. James Bruce and J. Vincent Forrestal; the University Press. Princeton, N. J., 1914; 160 pp.

This is a collection of editorials from college papers, with some notes on the writing and editing of news.

2. JOURNALISM AS A VOCATION. Federal Board for Vocational Rehabilitation; series No. 18, Government Printing Office, 1919.

Here is a small pamphlet intended to lead a disinterested person to see the value of a career as a journalist. Answers are given to the following questions:

What is the nature of the work? What physical and personal characteristics are necessary for success in journalism? What training is necessary for success? How much income may one reasonably look forward to if successful? What are the other rewards to a journalist? How many years will it take me to establish myself in journalistic work? How great is the demand for newspaper work? Although comprehensive, the answers are a little unfair, as the hard, rather than the interesting, side of the profession is stressed.

3. NEWSPAPER WRITING IN HIGH SCHOOLS. Leon Nelson Flint; the University, Lawrence, Kan., 1917; 70 pp.

An outline for the use of teachers of journalism in high schools is added to this dissertation on newspaper writing in secondary schools.