The Morning Post, 1772-1937 - Portrait of a Newspaper

First published in 1937, The Morning Post, 1772-1937, is a history of the conservative British newspaper, The Morning Post, from its inception in 1772 to its merger with the Daily Telegraph in 1937. Its uprightness and downrightness had helped to make it possibly the best-written newspaper in England. The story of the Morning Post’s rise to eminence is a story not only of British journalism, but of British life and letters as well, with contributors such as Dr. Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Lamb and others. This book will be of interest to students of history, literature and sociology.