342
LITERATURE
saturated wich the indefinable charm of the“ wienerisch'
In hi
temperament. The son of a celebrated Austrian physician,
stalls the
Schnitzler’s most remarkable achievement in fiction so far is his
hundred
novel“ Sterben,' a unique and powerful study of the symptoms,
ridge. F
whims, and sensations of à consumptive doomed to die slowly at
would ar
the side of a healthy and high-spirited mistress who refuses to
extinct 1
desert him.
School h
by bock
Not many readers when handling a book take the trouble to
of Coleri
notice the work of the printer; yet it is not an altogether
the sales
uninteresting study to compare the work of the different presses
reached
of the country employed by the publishers for book printing.
Friend,
Until a few years ago the bookbinder used to attach to the inside
" The V
cover of each book a tiny paper label indicating his name and
always c
address, but that has fallen into disuse. The publisher now
was its
generally commissions an artist to provide a design, and then
pathetic
places it in the hands of the binderto be cut in brass. All that
publishe
the bookbinder is responsible for is in the folding of the sheets
number:
and the neatness of the cloth case. Whilst the work of the
cloth bockbinder is thus curtailed, the printer’s remains, of
Am
course, unimpaired, and he never hesitates at placing his
lowing
colophon—a relic, perhaps, of a compulsory requirement when
* Alade
the printer of a book was held equally responsible with the
tion, K
publisher for the character of the publication if it fell within the
somewh
arms #fthe law.
Wonder
Spy.“
In some instances the publisher may be the creator of a
dition,
style, but it is more often the work of the printer-artist. The
illustra
other printers employed by a publishing house are ready to fall
212; (
into the same style, so that there is frequently a continuity of
folio,
design carried out in the various books issued by a publisher.
1642-16
Often, however, the printer is hampered by the conservatism of
Westmi
the publisher and the question of price. When he has a free
(the var
hand, which does not happen too frequently, the work he is able
bound
toturn out is a pleasure to the practised eye. The best class of
Bindert
book printing is in the hands of very few houses and those who
Society
know can tell from the printed page the place of its birth.
Calend
The high scale of prices which some London printers are
49 58.
compelled to charge for their work, owing to enhanced
later 1
cost of rent, labour, coal, &c., has not been without its
* Poen
advantage to provincial houses, some of whom, especially from
* Poer.
Scotland, have within recent years obtained a good footing
* The
in London. But as the London firms do not care to see the
Son and
work passing their doors, many of them have opened works in
Queene
the conntry so as to be able to compete on a better footing
parts a
with the Scotch trade.
the on!
to the¬
Amongst the various efforts that have of late been made to
vols., 6
intrefluce new features into the bindings of books, one of the
edittong
most pleasing is an outcome of the revival of the art of enamel¬
than th
ling. The great difficulty has always been to avoid the air of
tration
heaviness which inseparably attaches to a book covered with
serve,
metal plates. So far the best results have been attained by the
luge wi
French binders. Many of them are brilliant and charming pieces
of work, especially those in which, as in the bindings of the
H
recent editton de lugc of Pierre Loti's“ Madame Chrysanthème,
fail to.
the enamels have been limited to one, or at the most two,
d’Aill.
cameos let into the leather. But it is not likely that this effort
will meet with general success, There is always a certain sense
on Ap
of incongruity attaching to large book covers with metal on them
1483 :
with C
merely for decorative purposes. A typical exampie of this
incongruity is the binding used for Mr. Quilter's recent edition of
the ex¬
His o
* The Pied Piper of Hamelin.* The metal bosses formerly put
some 7
upon folio bibles and other large and frequently used books were
for utility, not ornament. Such books always stood apart, they
margi:
histor
were never placed in rows on shelves in a library. When metal
has been used on smaller books it has also seldom been success¬
only c
coverr
ful, except when used with velvet. A good example of this latter
it was
method is the well-known Latin book of Meditations which
illustr
belonged to Queen Elizabeth. In this case the cover is of velvet,
and it has on it small, thin gold plates exquisitely enamelled,
thoug
No co
but these decorations are used only for the corners and centre of
the binding.
offere.
LITERATURE
saturated wich the indefinable charm of the“ wienerisch'
In hi
temperament. The son of a celebrated Austrian physician,
stalls the
Schnitzler’s most remarkable achievement in fiction so far is his
hundred
novel“ Sterben,' a unique and powerful study of the symptoms,
ridge. F
whims, and sensations of à consumptive doomed to die slowly at
would ar
the side of a healthy and high-spirited mistress who refuses to
extinct 1
desert him.
School h
by bock
Not many readers when handling a book take the trouble to
of Coleri
notice the work of the printer; yet it is not an altogether
the sales
uninteresting study to compare the work of the different presses
reached
of the country employed by the publishers for book printing.
Friend,
Until a few years ago the bookbinder used to attach to the inside
" The V
cover of each book a tiny paper label indicating his name and
always c
address, but that has fallen into disuse. The publisher now
was its
generally commissions an artist to provide a design, and then
pathetic
places it in the hands of the binderto be cut in brass. All that
publishe
the bookbinder is responsible for is in the folding of the sheets
number:
and the neatness of the cloth case. Whilst the work of the
cloth bockbinder is thus curtailed, the printer’s remains, of
Am
course, unimpaired, and he never hesitates at placing his
lowing
colophon—a relic, perhaps, of a compulsory requirement when
* Alade
the printer of a book was held equally responsible with the
tion, K
publisher for the character of the publication if it fell within the
somewh
arms #fthe law.
Wonder
Spy.“
In some instances the publisher may be the creator of a
dition,
style, but it is more often the work of the printer-artist. The
illustra
other printers employed by a publishing house are ready to fall
212; (
into the same style, so that there is frequently a continuity of
folio,
design carried out in the various books issued by a publisher.
1642-16
Often, however, the printer is hampered by the conservatism of
Westmi
the publisher and the question of price. When he has a free
(the var
hand, which does not happen too frequently, the work he is able
bound
toturn out is a pleasure to the practised eye. The best class of
Bindert
book printing is in the hands of very few houses and those who
Society
know can tell from the printed page the place of its birth.
Calend
The high scale of prices which some London printers are
49 58.
compelled to charge for their work, owing to enhanced
later 1
cost of rent, labour, coal, &c., has not been without its
* Poen
advantage to provincial houses, some of whom, especially from
* Poer.
Scotland, have within recent years obtained a good footing
* The
in London. But as the London firms do not care to see the
Son and
work passing their doors, many of them have opened works in
Queene
the conntry so as to be able to compete on a better footing
parts a
with the Scotch trade.
the on!
to the¬
Amongst the various efforts that have of late been made to
vols., 6
intrefluce new features into the bindings of books, one of the
edittong
most pleasing is an outcome of the revival of the art of enamel¬
than th
ling. The great difficulty has always been to avoid the air of
tration
heaviness which inseparably attaches to a book covered with
serve,
metal plates. So far the best results have been attained by the
luge wi
French binders. Many of them are brilliant and charming pieces
of work, especially those in which, as in the bindings of the
H
recent editton de lugc of Pierre Loti's“ Madame Chrysanthème,
fail to.
the enamels have been limited to one, or at the most two,
d’Aill.
cameos let into the leather. But it is not likely that this effort
will meet with general success, There is always a certain sense
on Ap
of incongruity attaching to large book covers with metal on them
1483 :
with C
merely for decorative purposes. A typical exampie of this
incongruity is the binding used for Mr. Quilter's recent edition of
the ex¬
His o
* The Pied Piper of Hamelin.* The metal bosses formerly put
some 7
upon folio bibles and other large and frequently used books were
for utility, not ornament. Such books always stood apart, they
margi:
histor
were never placed in rows on shelves in a library. When metal
has been used on smaller books it has also seldom been success¬
only c
coverr
ful, except when used with velvet. A good example of this latter
it was
method is the well-known Latin book of Meditations which
illustr
belonged to Queen Elizabeth. In this case the cover is of velvet,
and it has on it small, thin gold plates exquisitely enamelled,
thoug
No co
but these decorations are used only for the corners and centre of
the binding.
offere.