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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 2

[trade dispatches]

The prize-fight epidemic in New Zealand is dying out. No thanks to the press.

Messrs Green & M'Allen, London, have sent us two beautiful specimens of color-printing, designed and executed for the apprentices' exhibition in the Peoples' Palace, East London. The first, to which a silver-medal was awarded, is by Harry Gadsby, an appentice in his fith year. The job is crown folio, and is in four colors—chocolate, green, gold, and green tint. The types and ornaments are chiefly from the Johnson foundry, but Caslon's new « Ivy » in green, and some of Sauvè's ornaments, are introduced with excellent effect. In design and harmony of color, the job is excellent, and well deserved the award. The only point to which objection might be raised, is the introduction of two short brass-rule « patches » in Mackellar's « box » ground work. This, however, is a fault inherent in the type, which, as we have already said, is incapable of being spaced to anything less than two ems pica. The other job, by E. A. Hodges, an apprentice in his third year, is a quarto page, also in four colors. It is not so elaborate or striking as Mr Gadsby's work; but exhibits excellent taste in display, and good arrangement of color. It is far ahead of most of the color-work done in this country, Work like this, by apprentices, not only exhibits high abilities on their own part, but proves that they have had excellent training.