Altick, Richard Daniel, 1915-

The English common reader : a social history of the mass reading public 1800-1900 / by Richard D. Altick - Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1957 - ix, 430 p. ; 25 cm.

Appendices (p. 379-396): A. Chronology of the mass reading public, 1774-1900.--B. Best-sellers.--C. Periodical and newspaper circulation

Bibliography: p. 399-409


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