18 OCTOBER 1890, Page 26

Printing. By C. T. Jacobi. "Technological Handbooks." (George Bell and

Sons.)—This is really a guide for the practical printer, though the ignorant reader may gain considerable information as to the machinery and working of the art, if he be not too much puzzled by the technical language. We learn a great deal about types, inks, rollers, formes, and the many intricate details and niceties of printing which are required to produce the most modest of books. People are apt to forget the labour involved in turning

out the finished productions of to-day, so many of them are there, and so much alike. The scale of pay, and the remarks Mr. Jacobi makes about manuscript, will repay attention. We particularly