Page talk:War; or, What happens when one loves one's enemy, John Luther Long, 1913.djvu/8

Only image in book; should it be larger? feel free; my only thought is of mobile devices, but I do not know how such things go. Londonjackbooks (talk) 10:29, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Just transcluded front matter. The image is bigger in the Main. not sure how it all works yet. Londonjackbooks (talk) 11:38, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I add thumbnails, I expect that readers will click on anything they want to look at more closely. A shame it is the only image, what you did looks great. CYGNIS INSIGNIS 12:02, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I usually do too... Don't set width... Another version (a later one, I presume) has a frontispiece image of the boys fishing. I am assuming the one hosted here is a first edition, first printing, as I came across a for-sale version online inscribed by the author to Florence Earle Coates with the same board color, etc. The other version I came across with the fishing image, has different color boards. Londonjackbooks (talk) 12:50, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I wonder why there are two plates by Wyeth Snr., and whether they were commissioned for this work; the frontispiece in this edition seems to foreshadow an event that will take place in the text. Maybe he did a series of illustrations and you had to but multiple copies to collect them all (I'm kidding. but I know publishers did this in the late 20C). I'm liking his style, btw, I can see why he was popular. CYGNIS INSIGNIS 14:16, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks like I uploaded the "wrong" version... The other version contains four images total. This might answer your question as to whether they were commissioned for the work. I should have looked into the matter further before uploading. Seems the version I uploaded was not a first ed/print(?) Maybe to make up for it, I'll edit/upload the images and include them on the work's Talk page for information purposes. (done) The following gives some more info:


 * Wyeth's mentor was apparently Howard Pyle. Wish I hadn't assumed... Londonjackbooks (talk) 15:09, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Looking closer at the "better" version, the scan quality is not better; some captions are cut off, page nos, some text, etc. We may have the better available version. Londonjackbooks (talk) 15:32, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't change now, too fiddly, the cleanest text conversion is what I worry about (NY Library is my fave). I have sourced other copies when tipped-in pages are 'missing' and, to avoid confusion, noted that was what happened at the Index: and main page. I look forward to seeing what you can hunt out. I had to google Pyle, he made some powerful images that I remembered seeing before. There are four plates total according to this, if you hadn't confirmed that already. CYGNIS INSIGNIS 16:35, 26 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Confirmed... Pyle illustrated Stops of Various Quills. First I had heard of him was when I was transcribing that book. Mrs. Coates knew W. D. Howells (the author of Stops). She also corresponded with Long, the author of the present book, and dedicated a poem to him... As I stated earlier, Long inscribed a copy of War to her, with the words, "To Florence Earle Coates, whose songs are fair and true". I found it interesting how Pyle was a mentor to Wyeth... just how everyone was connected... It was a smaller world back then. Wikis make finding those connections easier. Londonjackbooks (talk) 17:07, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * P.S. Just came across this Wyeth exhibit... Ends tomorrow, however. Londonjackbooks (talk) 23:27, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

I thought to do that as well (make it larger), but it makes it way too large on the MS page, taking up the whole page. Londonjackbooks (talk) 10:22, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Well you can always limit the max-width (see FI's documentation). I'll add  and return to a width of 90%... see if that is more acceptable. And remember - "too large" is a relative term increasingly affected by changing technology if not simple age; the mainspace copy looked great on my 50' TV for example. -- George Orwell III (talk) 01:30, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks; I think I can live with that compromise. Too large was from my desktop perspective, and so it was. I do like how FI works (with my general understanding), relative to each device. Thanks, Londonjackbooks (talk) 09:48, 28 September 2015 (UTC)