+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |WHEN GIVEN OUT TO WET. | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | |NAMES OF WORKS. | | | +-------------------------------+ | | | NO. | | | | +------------------------+ | | | |SIGNATURES. | | | | | +-------------------+ | | | | |DATE WHEN LAID ON. | | | | | | +----------+ | | | | | |NAMES OF | | | | | | |PRESSMEN. | +--------+-----------------------------+------+----+--------+----------+ | 1878. | | | | 1878. | | | May 8 |Specific Heat Tables | 1000 | 11 | May 10 |Graham. | | ” 10 |The Great Exhibition | 5000 | 18 | ” 12 |Landsdown.| | ” 12 |The American Printer | 1000 | 20 | ” 13 |Windisch. | | ” 15 |Masterpieces of European Art | 3000 | 2 | ” 17 |Smith. | +--------+-----------------------------+------+----+--------+----------+ If not done by the proof-reader, the foreman should examine the press revise; in doing which, he will be careful not only to ascertain whether all the corrections marked in the proof are made, but also to look carefully over the sides, head, and bottom of each page. It frequently happens that the folios drop out of the form in lifting it off the imposing-stone; and in leaded matter, letters at the beginning and ends of lines sometimes fall out of place. Before the revise is given to the compositor, the name of the pressman who is to work off the form should be entered in the Press-Book. With foul compositors, he should require a second revise, in order to ascertain if all the corrections have been made which were marked in the first. He should (where there is not a pressman engaged expressly for the purpose, as is the case in houses employing numerous machine-presses) go frequently to the different presses, and examine the work, point out defects, if any, and glance again over the heads, sides, and bottoms of the pages, to see if any thing has been drawn out by the rollers, which may occur from bad justification of the lines, and careless and improper locking up of the form. An active and conscientious foreman will not be content with merely managing the concerns of the composing room: he will also see that the business of the warehouse is attended to with regularity and accuracy, and that the warehouseman, errand-boys, and apprentices do their duty. CASTING OFF COPY.