_Dana’s Relentless Fight Against the Whisky Ring, the Crédit Mobilier, “Addition, Division, and Silence,” the Safe Burglary Conspiracy and the Boss Shepherd Scandal_ 304 CHAPTER XV “THE SUN” AND “HUMAN INTEREST” _Something About Everything, for Everybody.--A Wonderful Four-Page Paper.--A Comparison of the Styles of “Sun” Reporters in Three Periods Twenty Years Apart_ 313 CHAPTER XVI “SUN” REPORTERS AND THEIR WORK _Cummings, Ralph, W. J. Chamberlin, Brisbane, Riggs, Dieuaide, Spears, O. K. Davis, Irwin, Adams, Denison, Wood, O’Malley, Hill, Cronyn.--Spanish War Work_ 328 CHAPTER XVII SOME GENIUS IN AN OLD ROOM _Lord, Managing Editor for Thirty-Two Years.--Clarke, Magician of the Copy Desk.--Ethics, Fair Play and Democracy.--“The Evening Sun” and Those Who Make It_ 369 CHAPTER XVIII THE FINEST SIDE OF “THE SUN” _Literary Associations of an Editorial Department That Has Encouraged and Attracted Men of Imagination and Talent.--Mitchell, Hazeltine, Church, and Their Colleagues_ 402 CHAPTER XIX “THE SUN” AND YELLOW JOURNALISM _The Coming and Going of a Newspaper Disease.--Dana’s Attitude Toward President Cleveland.--Dana’s Death.--Ownerships of Paul Dana, Laffan, Reick, and Munsey_ 413 _Bibliography_ 435 _Chronology_ 437 _Index_ 439 ILLUSTRATIONS BENJAMIN H. DAY, FOUNDER OF “THE SUN” _Frontispiece_ PAGE BENJAMIN H. DAY, A BUST 22 THE FIRST ISSUE OF “THE SUN” 28 THE FIRST HOME OF “THE SUN” 34 THE SECOND HOME OF “THE SUN” 34 BARNEY WILLIAMS, THE FIRST NEWSBOY 50 RICHARD ADAMS LOCKE, AUTHOR OF THE MOON HOAX 68 THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE MOON HOAX 96 A MOON SCENE, FROM LOCKE’S GREAT DECEPTION 96 MOSES YALE BEACH, SECOND OWNER OF “THE SUN” 124 AN EXTRA OF “THE SUN” 136 THE THIRD HOME OF “THE SUN” 136 MOSES SPERRY BEACH 166 ALFRED ELY BEACH 170 CHARLES A. DANA AT THIRTY-EIGHT 204 MR. DANA AT FIFTY 224