In order to produce the necessary transfer strips use only the best English roller composition. Cut this mass into small pieces, place them in an earthen vessel, subject them to a moderate heat until they become entirely fluid and pour the fluid mass on a piece of glass or a smooth sheet of tin. After this has cooled it should be carefully removed. To render this easier, the plate of glass or the piece of tin should be lubricated with some fine oil. Producing Marble on Gilt Edges. PRODUCING MARBLE ON GILT EDGES. If gilt, silver or aluminium edges are to be marbled, they must be thoroughly dried, burnished slightly and rubbed off with a small piece of linen, silk or leather, and any blemishes or spots from which the gold or other metal has blistered must be repaired. The dull gilt-edge is now to be moistened by means of a soft brush with a solution of powdered alum in hot water after this has formed a thin paste. The marbling of the gilt-edge is executed in the usual way, before the layer of alum is entirely dried. After the completion of the marbling the edge must be washed with water until it is entirely clean. After the edge has become dry, it is rubbed with a waxed rag and burnished over. For marbling, the common marbling colors can be used. It remains only to add that too dry edges do not take marbling colors readily. CONTENTS. Page. Preface to the first edition, 3 Preface to the second edition, 10 Historical, 13 The size, 21 Carrageen moss, 31 Gum tragacanth, 45 Salep, Flea-bane and other glutinous bodies, 53 The Ox-gall,--Its chemical analysis, 59 Effect of the gall on colors, 60 Preparation of ox-gall and its uses, 63 Substances acting similarly to gall, 71 Sprinkling water, 75 The alum water, 79 The preparation of colors for marbling, 85 The marbling of book-edges and paper, 97 The comb or nonpareil marble, 103 The peacock marble, 111 The bouquet marble, 115 The entwined comb marble, 119 The snail marble, 123 General remarks relative to drawn edges, 129 Marbled edges, 137 Hair-vein edges, 147 Rules in regard to the marbling table, 153 Precautions, 153 A new expanding medium, 154 Marbling of gilt-edges, 159 Marbling on a large scale, 159