Modern female reporters look fairly drab compared with this 1898 concept of what fair sex reporters looked like on the beat, dressed in dazzling red .
The guide to journalism , by A. E. Bennett (1867-1931), published in London and New York: John Lane,The Bodley Head, is in the latest list of Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Melbourne, for $750.
Arnold Bennett was a leading journalist and novelist of the 19th and early 20th century.
The book contains advertisements and is described as a beautiful copy.
It covers : The secret significance of journalism -- Imperfections of the existing woman- journalist -- The roads towards journalism -- The aspirant -- Style -- The outside contributor -- The search for copy -- The art of corresponding with an editor -- Notes on the leading types of papers -- "Woman's sphere" in journalism .
