The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-05-31
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,Fy'1 EvsTy saturday, AFriJ 5 ISL
Taerc arc readers who arc never happier. as rner,
readers, than VIXEN they ljgb, upon a Typographical
error 10 their iavor,c sstAor or Journal Ne beauty
in the b'cmisaed page gives cutie 50 much of GER
tain 6lud Ct SStiSiaCtioa as the b,cmsh Itself fol
that enaees TIE READER to rise for the moment sure
Nor 10 The writer. however learned. brilian, o,
SrseVial he may be, The reader seems 10 have the
ipressou ore or less vsgse, that De is himself an
exceedingly clever fellow, and straigatusy sends
0o's 10 Tie oi,or poiatia ca; the gauc error TIA,
oosar7v5 io his lssl issue Every journalist knows
this Kind % note and has dropped hundreds OF such
aissivSs bali rad into his waste pspor basket, for
q Is ouly people unfamiliar with types who think
shout an inverted letter Or misplaced comma
IypoSuPaiezi sceuyaey Is impossible even in works
slowly aud carefully pErVare; il Is unreasonable TO
demand it in newspaper the writing ard printing
q which arc necessarily doue In haste The wonder
Is that there are 50 few misiskes lie, the reader
rvcei Tor moment that every letter on this pa.e
Is QS0tacei BY Fioee Of metal 50 small that ouly
TIE o>' Skil.iol fingers can handle !, dex,erously
he slightest displacement Of OF these slender
strips % LEAD would Inevitably cause 4 bluuacr.
How easy il is to drop iyPe or misplace it, or den,
7 1t, Eveu sitcr the prooEreaGer has corrected bis
" A-lSeN ana lUUGTC1 Others
are poSsb.e In eorrcciug cue errur iu The tvpes il
Is the eonmouct accident ior the eopo>ilor 10 dis
/ arrange word in another part os the text Then
I pVooire1terS are mortal There is nothing easier
ia this Wor.d-lyiaS net execp;ed-;han not to see
ujspriu, unit, i; Is too late TO amend it. and then
the o,au1er that has escaped the kecnes eye always
has the tataIiy q becoming the most promiueui
thing on the race- An author or p5ooEreader may
7evisc ard revise and AZ the cad snd that he has
ovey,oCked some Obvious faw This is true Of books
as well As newspapers There has uevst We, been
VrotGoed vo,Gue Ot any eousidcTabIs size, free
from typographical b,enishes. Famous printers
have attempted s-sia aud again TO produce such 4
verS- Tae as@res; approaea to success vas that of
S2u1 Boe,ao. uho edited in ISL superb edition
o; ''Os Loas5aas" Of CamoeuS This amaiear as
D.srasu tells us, spared proai-aIity Of cost and
5gr, 1u1 Gathered himself that by the assistance Of
Diio', uOta sirS,s typographical error should mar
that SP,eziij volume Bat afer the work was or
the P7eSs, an err0r Was discovered iE some OF The
copies o>lsoaet BY one Of the letters in the word
lGsitz-o" hzvia got misplaced during the process
q printing.
E-raia have been the blueo of writers and printers
ever siuee the art Of printing WAS introduced OId-
ly enough, JteSe Vsry freaks Of the types which so
wing tie hearts Of printers have sometimes lent
TO t1sir b1oSS valas 5a4, they would not have had
o-kc-wi<e- Tie other 6zy in London 4 book 0as
sc,t tor ore iL-u forty ti1,s the orisu5l cost Of
the v1,--le simply because It contained ludier0us
uisF-izL
4 lis OF notable modern trraia would make IS
entertaining chapter ss any in Dls-aclIs four vol
uGls Ot -Clr5osiiies OF I5te-1iurer Two OF three
Instances @. tie Eif1,aess of iyps have just occur
rst 10 Is IN Nr- Arthur Helps Charming esssys
called Brew the zatbc- after dscu-siveIy show
i-- hoE critics ieI-ht In fixing upon tyPoEraPh hcal
srlrs, t-1 ot assi-uizt to the author what Is ire
s-sut,g tie tzus ot TIE coupcsiior, suggests that
some ot then ers sci Up in pure satire By that fare
iio-1ry- T--s Nr- Help wrote; The ant is most .
slrc4l e-slt-re. Kay Dc seen by the quantity OF
r zcd tlli il sscTetss, ULSh Is Caly latent crit
5--s--'' T1e printer adds Nr. Help, 10 note. put
zaEi- i-s,eai 1i z.-, and this he did, by "a sub
t.= * -essi1- o. VII 70 v1rT uuuotonuuS occuT4-
ii1--" Ilus ore sziLcr. noticing auoiheE's book. 4
sid tL= wri,s- Is t-iEz-Eil6ed T1u-, but the
E--tr- tEr-ei tLe compliment 10 an iEszlt oy print
il . r-iruic1s1-" ! box notice sstouis1ed s
since it be-ta with his i-5sseusbls
l-i-a.' p. i- E1s iz-1-rcry review Of post-ufice
5i-=,s1-T, l-l The words sl1-li have been This
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