. Review of reviews and world's work . )y indefatigablereporters at any cost, and to present in the mostmeretricious form and at any sacrifi(;e, occurrenceswhich will catch the curious eye and hold the morbid. JOHN A. COCKERILL,Editor New York Commercial Advertiser. fancy, has found its best reward unquestionably inthe accumulation of newspaper millions and theerection of costly newspaper buildings. Give the people what they want, and that, too,,the very worst of it, is the principle which, accord-ing to Colonel Cockerill, guides our jom-nalisticmanagement ; nor does he see any hope of reformm
. Review of reviews and world's work . )y indefatigablereporters at any cost, and to present in the mostmeretricious form and at any sacrifi(;e, occurrenceswhich will catch the curious eye and hold the morbid. JOHN A. COCKERILL,Editor New York Commercial Advertiser. fancy, has found its best reward unquestionably inthe accumulation of newspaper millions and theerection of costly newspaper buildings. Give the people what they want, and that, too,,the very worst of it, is the principle which, accord-ing to Colonel Cockerill, guides our jom-nalisticmanagement ; nor does he see any hope of reformmore sudden or efficacious than the gradual advanceof the human race toward perfectibility. * If ninety-five per cent, of the papers were to purify themselvesover night, the indecency and criminal charm of theother five per cent, would thereby be increased a hun-dred fold in the eyes of the reading public ; and werethat reading public to remain without a correspond-ing purification, the five per cent, of the vicious 450 THE REI/IEIV OF REI^IEIVS. would inevitably secure and keep the vast bulkof the profits which had theretofore been sharedequally among the hundred. THE LAST OF THE EDITORS. The editor is
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