Chapter VII: Act II: , Scene ii

Abbreviations, to be made plain, 14.

Authors’ alterations, cost of, how minimized, 17;
cost of which authors may have to pay, 30;
to be made on first galley-proofs, 31;
letters to publishers about, to be avoided, 34.

Authors, those careful in their proof-reading, 3;
errors that elude, 4;
how their manuscripts should be prepared, 9-18;
how indexes should be made, 15;
how they should send manuscripts, 18;
proofs sent to, 21-25;
their galley-proofs, 29;
corrections chargeable to them, 30;
should correct on galley-proofs only, 32;
should answer queries, 33;
letters they should not write, 34;
when correcting for new editions, 35;
corrections charged to, 36;
how they should furnish material for illustrations, 39;
how they should deal with proofs of illustrations, 42-44;
aid from, to publishers in giving publicity, 45-51;
portraits of, 49;
in partnership with publishers, 51.

Books, descriptions of, 49;
type-pages for, 49;
binding of, 49;
reviews of, 50.

Capitals, how indicated, 16.

Chapters, how many a book should have, 12;
titles for, 12.

Clips, use of, 10.

Composition and type-setting, 21.

Cuts, valuable ones, how protected, 40;
in relief, how printed, 40;
half-tones, how printed, 40;
half-tones, when numerous, 41;
size and style of, 42;
proofs of, 42;
credit for, when taken from other books, 45.

Date-lines, when needed, 13.

Drawings, how to be furnished, 39.

Duplicate proofs, to be retained by authors, 29.

Electrotype plates, when made, 23.

Engraver’s copy, to be furnished separately, 39.

Engraver’s proofs, what they show, 25.

Foot-notes, how to indicate, 13.

Foreign words, to be made plain, 14.

Foul proofs, described, 22;
when sent to author, 23.

Foundry-proofs, how distinguished, 24;
“guards” shown on, 24;
reading of, 33.

Galleys, described, 21.

Galley-proofs, what they are, 21;
return of, to the printers, 22;
sent in duplicate, 29;
as the place for corrections, 31;
sometimes entirely reset, 32.

“Guards,” use of, 24.

Half-tones, how printed, 40;
when very numerous, 41;
size and style of, 42;
proofs of, 42;
how they affect the cost of alterations, 44.

Illustrations, proofs of, 25;
material for, 39;
directions for, 39;
proofs of, 42;
how to mark, 42.

Indexes, how prepared, 15.

Insets, described, 41.

Inserted matter, how indicated, 10.

Italics, how indicated, 16.

Manuscripts, how best prepared, 9-12;
should be sent complete, 14;
summaries of, 17;
final revision of, 17;
how to send, 18;
use of express for sending, 18;
return of, with proofs, 18.

Margins, liberal ones, 9.

Mucilage, use of, 10.

New editions, corrections for, 35.

Page number, when missing, 10.

Page-proofs, duplicates of, 29;
resetting of, 31;
sent to authors, 23;
authors should not correct on, 32;
return of, by authors, 33.

Pages, making type into, 22-23;
headings for, 23;
proofs of, sent to authors, 23.

Paper, kind preferred for manuscripts, 9;
for half-tone cuts, 40;
when two kinds must be used in a book, 41;
coated, 40-41.

Paragraphs, care in indicating, 11;
frequent ones desirable, 12;
how corrections may involve resetting of, 12.

Photographs, how to be furnished, 39;
wanted as portraits of authors, 49.

Pins, when not to be used, 10.

Plate corrections, always costly, 34.

Plate-proofs, described, 24.

Portraits, of authors, wanted, 49.

Preface, to be sent with manuscript, 14.

Printing, a mechanical art, 3.

Proof corrections, how they may be costly, 31;
charges for, 36.

Proof-reading, specimen page showing correct marks, _frontispiece_.

Proofs, galley, 21, 22, 29, 31, 32;
foul, 22, 23;
revised, 22;
page, 23, 29, 31, 32, 33;
foundry, 24, 33;
plate, 24, 34;
engraver’s, 25;
of illustrations, 25, 42, 44;
red ink stamped on, 29;
duplicate, 29;
charges for corrections on, 30;
corrections on, when costly, 31, 36;
queries on, 33;
letters to publishers about corrections on, 34;
return of, promptly, 35;
of half-tones, 42.

Proper names, to be made plain, 14.

Publicity, aid authors can give publishers in, 49-51.

Publishers, information asked from, 4;
most manuscripts submitted to, in typewriting, 10;
submitting manuscripts to, for publication, 17;
“readers” for, 17;
percentage of cost of corrections they pay, 30;
letters to, about corrections, 34;
injury to, by delay in proofs, 35;
material for illustrations to be furnished, 39;
notifications to, 44;
assistance to, in publicity, 49-51;
in partnership with authors, 51.

Punctuation, care in indicating, 12;
typewriter’s error in, 17.

Queries, should be answered, 33.

Quotation marks, to be indicated plainly, 13.

Red ink, when stamped on author’s proofs, 29.

Reviewer’s copies, sending them out, 50.

Revised proofs, described, 22.

Small capitals, how indicated, 16.

Tables of contents, to be supplied with manuscript, 14.

Teachers, names of, 50.

Technical books, heads and subheads for, 16;
careful reading of foundry-proofs of, 24.

Technical marks, sample page showing, _frontispiece_, 35.

Title-pages, to be supplied with manuscript, 14.

Type, when two or more kinds are used, 16.

Type-pages, when ready for casting, 23.

Type-setters, their wages, 18.

Type-setting, hand and machine, 21.

Typewriting, preferable to handwriting, 9.

Transcriber’s Notes

• Italics represented by surrounding _underscores_.

• Small caps converted to ALL CAPS.

• Obvious typographic errors silently corrected.

• Variations in hyphenation kept as in the original.

• New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the
public domain.