28 JANUARY 1922, Page 24

Authors' and Printers' Dictionary.. By F. Howard Collins. Fifth Edition.

(H. Milford. 3s. 6d. net.)—Within seventeen years this little book, compiled by the late Mr. Howard Collins, has run into six impressions—including two of the first edition. Its usefulness to authors, editors, printers and correctors of the press, compositors and typists may thus be taken for granted. It includes many proper names and foreign phrases as well as the more troublesome English words. The new edition, though not immaculate, has been revised with much care. Prefixed to it is an article by Mr. R. W. Chapman, who reminds careless authors of the heavy cost of corrections and points out that printing bills can be reduced if authors will try to give a final revision to their writings in manuscript or typescript instead of in proof.