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viii have it made, the cost to be charged to the author’s royalty account.

Copy should be written on only one side of the paper, and the sheets should be numbered consecutively, but not fastened together. They should be sent to the publisher or the printer flat; never rolled or folded. When it is necessary to attach one piece of paper to another, good mucilage should be used, rather than pins or clips.

An author should always retain one copy of a MS., and not run the risk of absolute loss by sending away his only copy; but he should submit to the publisher the original of a typewritten MS. and not the carbon copy, as the latter is likely to be less legible and harder to handle.

When pages of magazines or papers are used for book copy, duplicates of each page should be supplied, so that compositors will not have to use both sides of the copy.

If possible, the author should make all necessary corrections in the galley proof, where changes involve the least labor and expense. Plate corrections should be made only when of the utmost importance. All queries made by the proof-reader should be definitely answered, so that there may be no doubt of the author’s intention.

Proofs should be read and returned promptly, accompanied by the copy, as it may be of importance for the proof-reader to refer to this in connection with the final reading.