The Atlas (newspaper)
''The Atlas'' was a weekly newspaper published in England from 1826 to 1869. History The newspaper was founded by Robert Stephen Rintoul in London in 1826.Brake (2009) Describing itself as "a general newspaper and journal of literature", the ''Atlas'' initially distinguished itself from its rivals both by the size of paper it used (it boasted of being printed on "the largest sheet ever issued from the press") and by its price (one shilling, almost double that of comparable journals). The price was gradually reduced (10 d in 1828, 8d in 1846, falling to 2d by 1858). In the late 1850s, publication was taken over by the United Kingdom Alliance, a Manchester-based pro-temperance organization. The title was changed to ''The Englishman'' between 1862 and 1865, before reverting to ''The Atlas''. During 1869, the final year of its operation, its name changed to ''The Atlas and Public Schools Chronicle'' and finally ''The Public Schools Chronicle'' for the remainder of that ye ...
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The Atlas Newspaper, No 1315, 26 July 1851
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant s ...
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