ook and booklovers, 4.

Payne, Roger, binder, 100.

Peacock, Thomas Love, his novels in thick and thin paper, 94, 95.

Peel, Sir Robert, misprint concerning, 155.

Penmanship, _see_ Manuscript.

Pergamum, origin of parchment in, 83, 84.

"Periodical, The," resembles a Chinese book, 88, 90.

"Personal power, A secret of," 162-167.

"Perversities of type," 152-161.

Philadelphia Mercantile Library, size in 1875, 104.

"Philobiblon," by Richard de Bury, significance of the title, 8.

Photogravures, in connection with type, 6.

Pickering, William, a disciple of Aldus, 23;
his characteristic books, 23, 24,
compared with Little and Brown's "British Poets," 24,
their predecessors, contemporaries, and successors, 24;
his "diamond classics" on large paper, 131, 132;
method of book design, 41;
publisher, 38.

Picture writing, 80, 81.

Pictures, earliest books were, 79-81.
_See also_ Illustrations.

Pillow, General Gideon Johnson, misprints concerning, 157.

Pindar, as characterized by Mrs. Browning, 68.

Plato, as characterized by Mrs. Browning, 68;
contributor to Bible of humanity, 68;
riches of, 68.

Pocket editions, 22, 23.

Poe, Edgar Allan, quoted, 28, 152, 158;
small bulk of his poetry, 69.

Poetry, Hazlitt on, 141, 142;
print as an interpreter of its meaning, 17, 18;
type appropriate to, 137, 138.

Pope, Alexander, a ghost word referred to him, 158, 159;
Hazlitt on, 142.

Possessions, distinguished from Property, 31, 32.

"Power, A secret of personal," 162-167.

Powers of leadership developed under stress, 163.

Pre-Columbian book, _see_ Mexican.

Prehistoric background of the book, 79-81.

Press, errors of, 152-161.

Pressman, a spoiler of books, 40-42.

Presswork, requirements of, 58.

Prices, as affected by italic, 20,
by the small books of the Elzevirs, 22;
fancy, what they mean, 7;
of choice books compared with those of other art objects, 49;
of choice books not excessive, 7.

"Print as an interpreter of meaning," 14-18.
_See also_ Typography.

Printer, as affected by spelling reform, 150;
a spoiler of books, 40, 41;
what the librarian asks of him, 47, 48.

Printer's errors, 152-161.

Printing, added only speed and cheapness to book production, 14;
distinctions to the eye in, 16-18;
of Chinese books, 88;
"Printing problems for science to solve," 115-119;
would be benefited by contemporary calligraphy, 51.
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