The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-02-02
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Making 4 Book
THE ORDINARY NOVELETTE, Sc!rVrIrr
BOOK, MANUSCRIPT, ELEcrRO-
TYrING. ETC.

! How is II book made Wei. il
depends npon what kind nfa book It
il. An ordinary, every day novel il
made III this WAY: First the manls..gi,t
received at the literary de,artm.nt
# the publishing ho;,s.. to which if ia
ut. and is quickly consig' ell 70 the
4nercles. tender or other wise. of y
corps of readers. numbering in y '.,r.te
ouplishing houso say. half dozen.
a favorable opinion of majority Of
the readers will ia most cases deter
mine the value of Il manuscript. and
IT it received that then negotiations
are entered into with the :nthor.
Often 4 royalty il paid, and a. oi.en.
perhaps, the manuscript is h,iyht
outright. OF course this Il oe1ls
largely upon the authors II. ,,t;tt',l.
II he has any, and upon the kind ot
books he has written. For instance.
more risks could b. ley.tiin,el tn en-
by the publisher on an a.tlo- 40
has previously written books wijch
had sold well than upon Il novice.
AZ naturally, also, there is a larger
sale f' book on IA popnl,r sua;ert
than for one on i scientific or anstruSe
subject.
Sometimes the author p.,s f., .:,e
electrottpe plate. from w}ic;. tae
book is printed, but this i. not ,,..,,
very often, for authors AZ. not - !.
a class The manuscript Il se.. ..p..n
accepted and carefully pl Ell a,,l
negotiations for its lse having heen
successfully c"ncluied. it Is >. to
the c"'np"sin room ..nd tl":: led
mt" take. rs the, a.. II Il.
among the compo~itorS. \ Z y
set up proofs q Strtck o ~ =. ) t to
the author for r.vson o. ,.s
re gets ttr e sets Of pro Il, !. .~e
everything il all right. =. te
gal:evS Of type "ip,.;roy,t
from which the book i t. l.. . +.l.
are made and these are .it,,,s:. !.
presses aud the printing t..",n. liza
large first edition is wanted larye
nd,nbero of presses are set to work.
and vIrr verSn if Il small edition.
AZ the book Comes from the pres ,ss
L. sent III certain quantities to the
irving room, ":rrn tbs. paper and
ink are thoroughly dried. From tho
drying room it ;,oa.x to the oin,le.y
aud is bound. The biggest expense
connected with the making of a book
Is probably the cs,s; Of elcctror DO
plates. Few publishing houses Issue
hnt one book at Il time, for b, pub
hsn'ng several together exp ossase
and Other incidental items of expenses
ae sa:cd. Many publishe,., cou..t the
7fcon editions of a book nearly clear
prnnt. All the expenses having been
=. med rs c"min.on the first eli;;pa.
Lac Illustrations on the covers Of
books are mostly made ny artists
whose sole business it is to do that
kind OF artistic work. Toa publishing
llonsr like Harpcr's. for instance, i
special cop> nf these artists is at
iached, and they are paid goo.i sal
aries. lfa scientific book is to b pub
! iished, Instead of sending tie IN .nu-
script to the ordinary corps of readers
: is sent to Il scientific man whose
y reputation as an expert i'll the parti-
cular science in question is high
New York Press.
1t is said that when darkness settles
: over the Adriatic sea, and fishermen
: ire far from land, their wives and
= daughters, just before putting out
. heir lights in their humble cottages,
u go down by the sIor, and in their
II clear, sweet voices sing the first lines
! Of the Ave Maria. Then they listen
!, i eagerly. and across the sea are borne
(, chem the deep tones Of those they
A love, singing the strains that follow,
II md thus each knows that all is well.
y often think that from home life OF
! ,he nation, from its mothers, and sis
{ .eIs, daughters and swee.hearts. theiI
Il sound through the da kncss of tli.
transition age tie tender notes Of /;
4 learer song, whose burden is being
{! taken up and echoed back 10 us from
I t,osc far out amid the biIiows o
temptation and its sacred words art
CLONE. sweet home" God grant tha
Z deeper and more strong may grow
Il hat heavenly chorus from mems and
. womcns lives .-Erances E. Willard
William Watson, all old settle.
living eight miles northwest of Wind
sol, H., died at his residence, at til,
II age of seventy-six years, and wa
:. | ,u,:.I =, - cnf{in that hA r,,oIo S;x4on,