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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



fault but to call our readers' attention 

 to the many demands that come to Mr. 

 Cunningham's office on account of the 

 beautiful work that he does. 



Our magazine is printed in highly 

 finished, first quality, coated book pa- 

 per weighing one hundred pounds to 

 the ream, and because it is so pro- 

 fusely illustrated, the presswork re- 

 quires very careful handling. In this 

 particular point we think this office is 

 far above the average. The clearness 

 as well as the beauty of our illustra- 

 tions, and the sharply defined type of 

 our pages have been frequently and 



magazine in its process through the 

 mechanical department of Mr. Cun- 

 ningham's printing office. 



The manuscript first goes to the 

 linotype machines where each line is 

 set in one solid bar of metal and not 

 in a multiplicity of pieces as in the old 

 time method of setting type by hand. 

 This process is known as "composing." 



These lines of solid type are then 

 placed in what is known as a galley, 

 and after the face of the type has been 

 inked by a hand roller, a long strip of 

 paper is placed on it and an impres- 

 sion made by the pressure of another 



IN THE BINDERY— FOLDING, GATHERING, STAPLING AND TRIMMING. 



favorably commented upon. Compare 

 the cuts in almost any issue of our 

 magazine with those in much higher 

 priced journals which presumably have 

 metropolitan conveniences far above 

 those of our smaller printing office, 

 and the fact that the workmanship of 

 our pages is unexcelled and cannot be 

 surpassed will be impressed upon every 

 observer. 



The accompanying illustrations show 

 the various phases of handling the 



heavier roller. This is the "proof." 

 After the proof has been read the cor- 

 rections are made by recasting the line 

 of type. This is inserted in the galley, 

 and the galley thus corrected goes to 

 the make-up man. The slightest 

 change, even altering a punctuation 

 mark, makes as much work as would 

 a half dozen corrections because in 

 either case the whole line must be re- 

 cast. In the old method of composing 

 by hand, a single type could be 



