Chapter 1 I Letters—Human and not so Human; Chapter 2 II In the Beginning; Chapter 3 III The Renaissance Amateurs; Chapter 4 IV The Renaissance Professionals; Chapter 5 V Taking Root; Chapter 6 VI Prose, Print and the Profession; Chapter 7 VII The Profession Established; Chapter 8 VIII The Romantic Dilemma; Chapter 9 IX Artists and Salesmen; Chapter 10 X The Mass Market; Chapter 11 XI The Profession Today Selected References; INDEX;