Download or read book The Old Printer and the Modern Press written by Charles Knight and published by London : J. Murray. This book was released on 1854 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I, "The old printer", is a revised edition of the author's "William Caxton", 1844; pt. II. "The modern press" is "a view of the progress of the press to our own day, especially in relation to ... cheap popular literature".