Should the criticism be made that this book is not all-inclusive, let it be remembered that there can be no really complete history of the _Sun_ except itself--the tons of files in which for eighty-five years _Sun_ men have drawn their pictures of life’s procession. In a narrative like this only the outlines of the _Sun’s_ course, margined with incidents of the men who made it great by making it as human as themselves, can find room. It is easy to begin a story of the _Sun_, because Ben Day and that uncertain morning in 1833, the very dawn of popular journalism, make a very real picture. Try to end it, and the roar of the presses in the basement is remindful of the fact that there is no end, except the arbitrary closing. This _Sun_, like _Richmond’s_-- By the bright track of his fiery car Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow. BIBLIOGRAPHY The files of the _Sun_, 1833–1918. “The Life of Charles A. Dana,” by James Harrison Wilson, LL.D., late Major General, U. S. V. Harper & Bros., 1907. “Journalism in the United States from 1690 to 1872,” by Frederic Hudson. Harper & Bros., 1873. “The Art of Newspaper Making,” by Charles A. Dana. D. Appleton & Co., 1895. “Henry J. Raymond and the New York Press for Thirty Years,” by Augustus Maverick. A. S. Hale & Co., Hartford, Conn., 1870. “First Blows of the Civil War,” by James S. Pike. American News Co., 1879. “Ordered to China; Letters of Wilbur J. Chamberlin.” Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1903. “The Making of a Journalist,” by Julian Ralph. Harper & Bros., 1903. “Mr. Dana of the _Sun_,” by Edward P. Mitchell. _McClure’s Magazine_, October, 1894. “The New York _Sun_,” by Will Irwin. _American Magazine_, January, 1909. “The Men Who Make the New York _Sun_,” by E. J. Edwards. _Munsey’s Magazine_, October, 1893. CHRONOLOGY 1833.--The _Sun_ is founded by Benjamin H. Day, September 3. 1835.--Its home is changed from 222 William street to 156 Nassau street, August 3. 1835.--The Moon Hoax appears, August 25. 1838.--Moses Yale Beach becomes proprietor, June 28. 1842.--The _Sun_ moves to the southwest corner of Fulton and Nassau streets, July. 1844.--Poe’s Balloon Hoax appears, April 3. 1845.--M. Y. Beach takes his sons, Moses S. and Alfred E., as partners, October 22. 1848.--Moses Yale Beach retires, December 4. 1852.--Alfred Ely Beach retires, April 6. 1860.--Moses S. Beach lets the _Sun_ to a religious group, August 6. 1861.--The _Sun_ returns to the management of M. S. Beach, January 1. 1864.--The price is raised to two cents, August 1. 1868.--Charles A. Dana becomes the editor and manager of the _Sun_, January 25. 1868.--The _Sun_ moves to 170 Nassau street, January 25. 1875.--Edward P. Mitchell joins the editorial staff, October 1. 1897.--Death of Charles A. Dana, October 17. 1902.--William M. Laffan’s proprietorship is announced, February 22.