OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD. _PUBLISHED MONTHLY. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.25 PER YEAR._ DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF Bookbinding and Bookbinders. The only Journal of its class published in the United States. TRADE LISTS. Comprising Printers, Bookbinders, and Kindred Branches, from the very latest and best sources. Can Supply any Special Trade, or Special State or City.... POST PAID. Progress of the Marbling Art, Halfer, $1.25 Nicholson's Manual, Art of Bookbinding, 2.25 Zaensdorf's Art of Bookbinding, 1.85 Crane's Bookbinding, 1.10 THE AMERICAN BOOKBINDER, BUFFALO, N. Y. * * * * * Transcribers Notes: Some minor obvious typographical errors have been corrected silently. For the sake of consistency and clarity, fractions appearing hyphenated throughout the book have been changed from e.g. 1-4 to 1/4. Fractions were also changed from e.g. 1 1-2 to 1-1/2. Headings in the Table of Contents do not match headings in the main body of the book. Footnote [A] has been placed after the paragraph it refers to so as to not disrupt the flow of the text. Corrections made: Pg. 7: "are the best, is erroneous [added comma] even heavy oxides" Pg. 8: "for color, by sufficient [replaced with "insufficient"] caution in their handling" Pg. 13: "the extraordinary adaptibility [replaced with "adaptability"] of paper" Pg. 17: "those indispensible [replaced with "indispensable"] to the art" Pg. 32: "The preparation of carragreen [replaced with "carrageen"]" Pg. 37: "saw accidently [replaced with "accidentally"] that this obstacle" Pg. 38: "to the color to spread out. [replaced period with comma] I filled the trough" Pg. 44: "It forms flat ribbon like [replaced with "ribbon-like"] pieces" Pg. 53: "yellowish white, hornlike [replaced with "horn-like" in keeping with rest of text]" Pg. 60: "combination with tauro-cholic [replaced with "taurocholic" in keeping with rest of text] acid" Pg. 60: "it reacts feebly [added "with"] acid" Pg. 62: "impregnate them with alum water [added comma] allow them to dry partly" Pg. 65: "color [added "and"] why they appear pale," Pg. 81: "when the excess of acetic acid is evaporated and [deleted "and" added comma] we have the desired acetate" Pg. 81: "some [replaced with "same"] way as alum water" Pg. 132: "bluish-green as described above [added ; here] ochre; [deleted ;] yellow, 2 parts light chrome yellow" Pg. 132: "In producing pea-cock [replaced with "peacock" in keeping with text] marbles," Pg. 137: "in my many year's [replaced with "years'"] experience" Pg. 167: "a good help to an [removed "an"] the inexperienced"