THE YOUTH’S CABINET.

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tion to the use of these points, he had
provided a generous assortment of them,
and hoped each one would season the
book according to his liking.

As I was going on to say, when this
story of Timothy Dexter came into my
mind, it is necessary, on account of the
errors made by the compositor, as well
as on account of the author’s blunders,

  
   

almost every book or pamphlet, or news-
paper, of which a large edition is printed,
and even many of which only a small
number is needed, is printed on a ma-
chine very different from that one on
which the form is now placed. The

that a proof-sheet of the form should be
taken. So the chase, with its contents,
is lifted from the stone, and placed on a
press, temporarily, perhaps, just for the
purpose of printing this proof-sheet ; for
it is quite likely that the form will be
worked on a printing-press which goes
by steam. There are a great many dif-
ferent kinds of presses now-a-days, and

  

Canter is printed on one of these

steam- presses.
The engraving introduced above, re-

| presents a hand-press, of one of the

most approved modern patterns. I don’t

| know that I shall find a better time than