A page is said to overrun if it is too long. If the space to be occupied is limited it is a good plan to adapt your copy to it by counting the words and by comparing the count with that of some printed page in the same size of type.
Return proofs to your printer or publisher as promptly as possible. As a rule printing houses cannot afford to keep type locked up and unused waiting for the return of proofs. There are many imperfections in typography, such as wrong-font and inverted letters, awkward and irregular spacing, uneven pages or columns, crooked words and lines, etc., which it is the business of the printing house to correct. No book or pamphlet, therefore, ought to go to press until it has been read and revised by an experienced reader.
Strict uniformity should always be preserved in the use of capitals, in spelling, and in punctuation.
Where authors have their manuscripts type-written and make two or three revises upon the type-written sheets before their copy is turned over to the publishing house, the labour of proof-reading and the expenses of corrections are reduced to a minimum.
The errors shown in our illustration are more numerous than are likely to appear in any proof sent out from a publishing house.
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| • favorable changed to favourable | [35 ] |
| • favor changed to favour | [49] |
| • (5) changed to 5. | [65] |
| • contantly changed to constantly | [115 ] |
| • Ierland changed to Ireland | [130] |
| • battle-ships changed to battleships | [150] |
| • BREAD-STUFFS changed to BREADSTAFFS | [152] |
| • duplicated "from" deleted | [162] |
| • bread-stuffs change to breadstuffs | [163] |
| • June, 1898 changed to June 30, 1898 | [205] |
| • proportiona t changed to proportion at | [208] |
| • duplicated "in" deleted | [223] |
| • typewritten changed to type-written | [259] |
| • everyday changed to every-day | [350] |
| • comma added after figures | [384] |
| • colored changed to coloured | [389] |
| • nessary changed to necessary | [390] |
| Illustrations that appear on pages 117, 199, 216 and 241 in the original publication do not coincide with page numbers in this eBook due to the positioning of illustrations and footnotes at beginning and/or end of paragraphs. | |