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character suggestion a la Dickens, how 

 much of the stuff would the editor ac- 

 cept and print. Very little of it would 

 be worth putting" in type. 



Or again to change the figure of 

 speech, suppose a stenographer were 

 engaged to assist in correspondence, 

 but instead of taking notes that are 

 really needed, and writing letters that 

 are for a purpose, should record the 

 ordinary conversation of the clerks in the 

 office or of the visitors. How much of 

 such material do you think would, for the 

 purposes of business, be worth the post- 

 age, or even the paper on which it is 

 written? Try such bagging of photo- 

 graphic game by shooting in the air and 

 at thirty-two points of the compass ; try 

 to do reportorial work by that method ; 

 or try to take stenographic notes in 

 such a haphazard manner, and see how 

 many dollars and cents it will bring in, 

 or how much the results will be. 



"But who in the name of common 

 sense," exclaims the camerist, "does 

 hunting, reporting or writing in that 

 manner ! Nobody. For the simple rea- 

 son that sportsman, reporter and sten- 

 ographer are supposed to be possessed 

 of fairly good common sense of which 

 the average camerist seems to be ut- 



DIFFERING POINTS OF VIEW IN "BEFORE AND AFTER SUNSET." 

 The name of the photographer has been lost. Kindly send and credit will be given in the next number. 



