...with which we are all familiar. The second-class mail matter, which was defined as material containing information -of a public character or "devoted to...literature, the sciences, arts, or some special industry," was mailed after l885 in accordance with the government's policy of diffusing knowledge, at the astonishingly...

...Originally, second-class mail was established for the transmission of periodical publications which were originated and published for the dissemination of...literature, the sciences, arts, or some special industry, and which had a legitimate list of subscribers. Second-class entry was not available to publications...

...reasoned that second class mailing privileges were intended by Congress to be provided for magazines "published for the dissemination of information of...literature, the sciences, arts or some special industry." With this thought in mind the Postmaster General suspended Esquire' s second class mailing privileges....

...In 1879, facilitating such an increase, Congress allowed second-class postal privileges to magazines e ~h W% s R : ( O b ʊ=8gR 'r l /bU ...m @ ߵ qw >_ Y;JE } / / " g$ B X ' The rest of the century saw the advent of such major periodicals as the Century (1881-1930), evolving...

...from a known office of publication * * * . To be entitled to entry in this class, such publication must be originated and published for the dissemination...character or devoted to literature, the sciences, art, or some especial industry, and must have a legitimate list of subscribers, and must not be designed...

...periodicals to the newspaper rate of 2 cents a pound. Any publication of printed material containing information "of a public character" or "devoted to...literature, the sciences, arts, or some special industry" and not bound by "board, cloth, leather, or other substantial binding such as distinguish printed books...

...books for preservation from periodical publications"; (4) "it must be originated and published for die dissemination of information of a public character,...literature, the sciences, arts, or some special industry, and having a legitimate list of subscribers" (129). It was within die power of local postmasters to...

...had to be made of printed paper without substantial bindings such as books; and fourth, they had 'to be originated and published for the dissemination...literature, the sciences, arts, or some special industry, and having a legitimate list of subscribers.' " The "legitimate" publishers pressed for registration...

...dealing with sexual themes proliferated. In 1879 Congress provided a special mailing rate for magazines "originated and published for the dissemination of...to literature, the sciences, arts, or some special industry."101 This special rate coupled with the economy new technology provided saw magazine production...