The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-12-22

K Another and very remarkable exhibition
Of American enterprise has come TO light
/ through the publication Of the revision of
the New Testament With infinite care
the commission Of revision kept the result
of their labor a profound secret They
knew they had American publishers 10
deal with and American daring aud energy
TO encounter. With great show of desire
for absolute fairness all round they arrans
ed il so that the proof,sheets OF their Ia
bors shonld be given out in England 81.
multaneously to both English and Amer.
can publishers, ignoring the fact that by
this arrangement, il it had been adopted
exactly according to their old-fogy notions,
the English printers would have had sew
got up and rushed for the river, and went
into il as il they we're going to drown
themselves only it vast more two feet
deep.
George-he's the driver--was beginning
TO ask, 'Is this hyer some swimmin'
match that's goin onl. when wasp hit
me on the cheek, We left that carriage
III hurry, and ! never stopped till l got
to my room and rolled myself up in the
bedclothes. All the wasps followed me,
so thot Mr.. Travers and to rest of them
were left in peace, and might have gone
to the picnic only they felt as though they
eral days start Of their American brethren.
The Appletons Of New York knew trick
or two and proceeded to put one into prac-
tice. Weeks ago they selected perfect
outfit of type and cases, likewise perfect
force of skilled compostors, Every prin.
ter could tell from the character of the
work the quality and quantity of the type
needed and the force that was required to
set up the matter in week All this
knowledge was brought to lear aud both
men and materials were shipped to Eng.
land by various steamers, so that suspicion
would not be excited. Then necessary
space on fast return steamer was engaged
without explanation as to the use it should
be put to- and the typos were shipped as
ordinary passengers. As soon as land was
lost sight of and no telegraphic communi-
cation to either end of the journey was
possible the hired space was occupied,
the cases were set up, and the familiar
call of copy" was heard issning from the
foremans lips. One can fancy the boss
calling out, 'Look here, who's got that
last take OF the Sermon on the mount"
and the reply, "Im setting up Ananias,
you old =" mntter, mutter, mutter.
When the steamer arrived in New York |
she was met by horde of representa-.
tives from other publishing houses, eoger
for their copy. The forms belonging to
the Appletons had been stereotyped on
board and the type returned to its boxes.
The plates went up to the publishing
house, and within twenty -four houn the
perfected books were being issued to the
newsdeaers by the hundred thousand at
a time. No doubt it cost heap of mon.
ey and much brains to conduct this oper-
alton, but it will pay and pay largely.
"And why" says the adroit spectators,
should not the word of God according to
the latest revision, be profitable in tenn
poral as well as spiritual sense?" II is
very possible that copies Of the American
edition will be sold in England before the
sleepy English printers get the work
bound.