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McGraw-HiLt Book Company: ING.

Dr. Allen PAGE two DATE 10-15-37

the printer and took the precaution of giving him some
further explanation when sending the first batch of

cut dummies of exhibits. We will place the illustra-
tions on the same page, or the page facing the cor-
responding text, if it is at all possible. You know,
of course, that neither the engravings nor the type it-
self are made of rubber. Consequently we must be given
some leeway in this arrangement. |

Another installment of corrected galley proofs
is going forward to the printer today so that he can be
going ahead with the corrections while awaiting the
arrival of the cut dummies. All of the remaining cor-
rected galleys are in our hands and will be sent to the
printer as soon as they have been examined. Nothing is
being delayed, and in fact I think we are making excellent
progress. It was of course necessary for you to keep some
of the cut dummies in order to compare the illustrations
with the galley proofs.

While we are proceeding with the page makeup and
sending you page proofs, I am also giving some thought
to the jacket and to the binding. You will hear from me
in connection with these details in due course. After
we have completed the breaking up of text into page form,
we will then tackle the copy for the preliminary pages
or “front matter" as these pages are termed, also com-
municate with you in regard to the index. In other
words we treat the text proper as one unit, the front
matter as a second, and the index as a third, so please
do not think that we have overlooked the front matter
copy because you have not yet received any proofs. Proofs
of this front matter material by the way, are usually
sent in page form rather than to first submit galley
proofs.

Very,truly yours,

A.HyYan hn

oduction Department.

   

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