Punch,  13 (1847), 202.

The Electric Telegraph

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Drollery

Subjects:

Telegraphy, Publishing


    Reports that 'penny-a-liners' fear being superseded by reporting via the electric telegraph. Dismisses this possibility, pointing out that the electric telegraph only furnishes 'rather wire-drawn' reports.



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