Chapter I: Front Matter

of illustration--Maps or plans--Scientific diagrams--Topographical
views--In fiction--Author and Illustrator--Pictorial or
artistic--Decorative--The "Two things."

CHAPTER IV.--REPRODUCTION BY HALF-TONE PROCESS.--Processes other than
photo-mechanical--The object of mechanical process--Intaglio, relief,
and separate printing process--Description of half-tone process--The
screen--Printing on the gelatine--Development--Etching--Inherent
disadvantage of the screen--Cutting out lights--Comparative results.

CHAPTER V.--PREPARATION OF ORIGINALS FOR REPRODUCTION BY
HALF-TONE.--I.--Photograms--The best kind of Photograms for
reproduction--Negative and print--Legitimate hand work--Relieving the
shadows--Helping the high light and shadows--Application of
photograms--"Stopping out"--Backgrounds not essential--Composition and
arrangement--Decorative initials, &c.

CHAPTER VI.--PREPARATION OF ORIGINALS FOR HALF-TONE. II.--Wash drawings,
oil paintings, pencil and other drawings--Character of wash drawing or
grey surface--Monochrome oil painting--Painting on a photographic
basis--Mixed drawings--Pencil drawings--Coloured sketches for
illustration--Thin reproduction.

CHAPTER VII.--LINE PROCESS.--Requirements of the process--The processes
described: Gelatine, Albumen, and Bitumen--Copying, printing,
developing, mounting--Description of the copy
negative--Reduction--Diminishing glasses--Pencil marks,
&c.--Non-photographic methods.

CHAPTER VIII.--METHODS OF LINE REPRODUCTION. I.--Pen-and-ink
drawing--Character of line drawings--"Tone" interpreted into
line--Various styles of line--Suggestion of colour, textures, &c.--The
art of leaving out--What to copy and study--Line shading--Flat
tints--Outlines--Reduction and thickening.

CHAPTER IX.--MATERIALS FOR SIMPLE LINE DRAWING.--Papers and
cardboards--Inks and fluids--Pens.

CHAPTER X.--COMPARISON OF LINE PROCESSES.--Some characteristics of each
described, and results in each compared--The roulette.

CHAPTER XI.--OTHER METHODS FOR LINE REPRODUCTION. The Materials
Required.--Mechanical tints--Their application--"Splatter" work--How
produced--Grained clay surface boards or "scrape" boards--Their use
described--Pencil and chalk drawing for line reproduction.

CHAPTER XII.--MECHANICAL AIDS TO DRAWING.--Methods of tracing from a
photogram--Drawing on a photogram--Drawing on a "blue" print--Tracing
on transfer paper--Drawing from nature--Conclusion.

Authors preface

Increased use of the =Photographic Reproduction= process and a prevailing ignorance of their nature and application, made desirable a simple practical =Handbook of Illustration Methods=

Such a book it has been my endeavour to produce

A.H.H.
London November 1894

(_Original_ 9 x 5-1/8.)]

A HANDBOOK OF ILLUSTRATION