The printed matter is cast in a solid stereotype plate, from which, bent into cylinder shape, the paper is printed. The perfecting of the stereotyping process gave a great impetus to the development of the newspaper as we know it to-day. Effective as they were, their supremacy was short-lived, and they are now only a memory. In 1863, the first web perfecting press was erected by Bullock, and the printing industry experienced another great revolution, whose ultimate results are the marvellous machines now in use, capable of turning out from 50,000 to 100,000 papers, perfected and folded, in an hour. The Hope octuple press of the present day is indeed one of the modern mechanical wonders of the world.
Colored supplements are a recent feature.
These new devices have given an equal impetus to the book trade. Publishing developed to an amazing extent in the closing decade of the nineteenth century. This development has been distinctly along two lines, and represents two extremes. In the first place, there was never a time when so many fine books were made. There is absolutely no limit to the sumptuousness of the editions de luxe.