British Library Puts 19th-Century Newspapers Online

“Bad news is never new, but anyone overwhelmed by today’s political scandals, wars, financial disasters, soaring unemployment and drunken feral children can take refuge in the 19th century – and its wars, financial disasters, political scandals, soaring unemployment and drunken feral children. Over two million pages of 19th and early 20th century newspapers go online today, part of the vast British Library collection.”