Book Of Photographs

A new way of making up a number of pictures into book form is to jjrint tiiem on paper enough larger than the pcitures to leave a wide margin, and instead of mounting them on boards, to make them up into a book, using heavy water-color paper for the covers, says Harper's Round Table. Bromide and platinotype papers are the best for this purpose, as they are of firm texture, and do not curl or crack if left unmounted. If the amateur has nevor used either of these, and wishes to make a book after the directions given, the platinotype will be found ths easier paper to manage. For 4 by 5 or 5 by 7 pictures paper 6% by 8% is a good size. Platinotype paper or bromide p%per of this size costs comparatively little. In order to have a margin all around the picture the extra paper must be covered with nonactinic paper made into what is called a mask. Take a piece of black needle-paper a little larger than the sheet of sensitiva paper, and in the center cut an opening the exact size the picture is to be when printed. It should be small enough to cover the edges of the negative and hide such portions as are not an addition to the picture. Attach this mask to the film side of the picture by adhesive strips, which may be bought ready gummed for use. In placing the sensitive paper over the negative it should be arranged so that the print will come half an ich nearer to what is to be the front edge of the book. The picture will then be in the center of the page when the leaves are bound together. Do not have tho pictures the same size and shape. If there are to be four pictures in a book, make one an oblong, another a panel, vignette another and use a half-vignette and a half-circle for the fourth. An 8 by 10 printing frame is none too large for making the prints, as it allows one to adjust the negative and paper better than a frame the exact eize of the print.