284 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.—IQI3. 
Particular Requirements of special Sulyects : 
10. Bibles, Prayer-books, and Hymn-books.—It is 
to be regretted that these books are so frequently 
printed in type which is injurious on account of its 
small size. It is desirable that the standard given in 
the table should not be lowered with respect to these 
important books, which are frequently used under 
poor conditions as regards illumination. The fact 
must be faced that the Bible contains more matter 
than can be squeezed into a volume of a size 
which can be handled by children. It is desirable 
that one or more volumes should be issued, con- 
taining those parts of the Bible which are used in 
schools. When it is considered desirable to place 
the complete Bible in the hands of older pupils, this 
should be in parts or fascicules. The public 
demand for handy Prayer-books has led to the use 
of compressed type and of thin paper which is 
liable to show the print through. Children should 
not read bijou editions of Bible, Prayer-book, or 
Hymn-book. 
10a. Poetry.—As it is occasionally impossible 
to set poetry satisfactorily in type of the size given 
for under seven years, excepton a large page, aheight 
of face not less than 3 mm., with length of alphabet 
not less than 84 mm. may be allowed in these cases. 
11. Books for Evening Work.—The unfavourable 
conditions resulting from artificial illumination and 
fatigue of the learners make it highly desirable 
that the rules ‘from age twelve’ should be main- 
tained for books to be used for home-work or for 
evening continuation classes. 
12. Exercises, Sets of Examples, and Questions. — 
These are important parts of a_ school-book, 
and the rules for the printing of them should on 
no account be less stringent than those applied to 
