Ⅰ．INTRODUCTION 1
Ⅱ．THE BEGINNINGS OF SYSTEMATIC NEWS-GATHERING 4
Ⅲ．EARLIEST NEWS COMBINATIONS 14
Ⅳ．SPEEDING NEWS OVERLAND 21
Ⅴ．NEWS BY TRANSATLANTIC STEAMER 27
Ⅵ．INVENTION OF THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH 34
Ⅶ．NEWSPAPER AND TELEGRAPH 40
Ⅷ．ALL-TELEGRAPH NEWS DISTRIBUTION 49
Ⅸ．ORIGIN OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 57
Ⅹ．FIRST ORGANIZATION AND METHODS 70
Ⅺ．THE ASCENDANCY OF CRAIG 74
Ⅻ．THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD 99
ⅩⅢ．RISE OF THE AUXILIARY ASSOCIATIONS 111
ⅩⅣ．POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION 138
ⅩⅤ．THE SUCCESSION OF RIVAL AGENCIES 147
ⅩⅥ．EXPANSION IN THE EIGHTIES 157
ⅩⅦ．THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR READJUSTMENT 190
ⅩⅧ．THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OF ILLINOIS 207
ⅩⅨ．WAR OF THE NEWS GIANTS 229
ⅩⅩ．BINDING UP THE WOUNDS OF WAR 247
ⅩⅪ．LEGAL ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 260
ⅩⅫ．THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OF NEW YROK 266
ⅩⅩⅢ．PROBLEMS OF PROTECTION 278
ⅩⅩⅣ．QUESTIONS OF MONOPOLY AND CONTROL 299
ⅩⅩⅤ．THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ADMINISTRATION 312
ⅩⅩⅥ．THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS 340
ⅩⅩⅦ．THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 356
ⅩⅩⅧ．THE SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES 362
ⅩⅩⅨ．TENDENCIES FOR THE FUTURE 378
APPENDICES 381
INDEX 417