Enquire within upon everything by Robert Kemp Philp

It would be a great service to editors and printers if all who write for the press would observe the following rules. They are reasonable, and correspondents will regard them as such: i. write with black ink, on white paper, wide ruled. ii. Make the pages or folios small, one-fourth of a foolscap sheet is large enough. iii. Leave the second page of each leaf blank; or, in other words, write on one side of the paper only. iv. Give to the written page an ample margin _all round_; or fold down the left hand side to the extent of one-fourth the width of the entire paper so as to leave a broad margin on the left side of the paper. v. Number the pages; in the order of their succession. vi. Write in a plain, bold, legible hand, without regard to beauty of appearance. vii. Use no abbreviations which are not to appear in print. viii. Punctuate the manuscript as it should be printed. ix. For italics underscore one line; for small capitals, two; capitals, three. x. Never interline without the caret (^) to show its place. xi. Take special pains with every letter in proper names. xii. Review every word, to be sure that none is illegible. xiii. Put directions to the printer at the head of the first page. xiv. Never write a private letter to the editor on the printer's copy, but always on a separate sheet.