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Description: | As many as 125,000 journals and periodicals were in print in Britain by the end of the 19th century. The growth of the professional and clerical classes, combined with a general ethos of social reform and self improvement, created a market for light reading on almost every thinkable topic. The cost of manufacturing paper had come down in the mid-century and new machinery was invented that allowed inexpensive mass printing for the first time.
'Rare Bits' was a journal along the lines of the modern Reader's Digest in that it took submissions from professional and amateur writers. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | 24 Wellington Street, Strand | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Periodicals | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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