Excerpt from Scottish Notes and Queries, Vol. 3: June, 1889 to May 1890 With the advent of the Review and the Cou rier the distribution of newspaper literature be came more general, but the prices were still exorbitant. As late as 1850 members of the working classes clubbed together for the pur chase of a paper, and in the bedding shop, the more intelltgent heckler read aloud the news, while his fellow-workmen took turn about at his work, thus making up for the lost time and pay ing for their education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.