PREFACE.

W

E EDITORS do far too much talking, as Everyman knoweth. In truth, it is rarely by choice of ours, but rather a cloaking of the dry bones of necessity with the seeming fair robe of virtue. The editorial function in an Annual-to my mind at least should properly be confined to the gathering of interesting material, and its presentation in readable and attractive form. Unfortunately, material ofttimes falls short and the editor has to "fill space."

Gladly, therefore, do I record the fact that this year's volume -the twenty-second issue of THE AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY-is wholly the work of photographers here and overseas. Its information comes from their experiences; its illustrations show their activities and interests. They have filled its ample pages with royal goodwill and crowded out the miscellany which bulked some of the earlier volumes. To each and every contributor my warmest appreciation and gratitude.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Contributed Articles.

The Size of the Camera. By Chester B. Duryea..

The Possibilities of Kallitype. By Eleanor W. Willard.

Intensification: the Best Method. By Rev. John Gmeiner.

Focal Plane Cameras. By H. W. Hales.

Developing in the Tropics Without Ice.

Amidol. By Henry Erle Cooper.

By R. W. Harrison.

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Test Papers in Photography. By David Gray Archibald.

Tank Development. By C. H. Claudy.

Time Development. By W. S. Davis.

Church Interiors. By Robert W. Tebbs..

The Kallitype Process. By Walter W. Lakin.

Coloring Post Cards. By Henry C. Delery.

Recording Exposures. By H. W. Gassman.

Photographing Tarpon. By Julian A. Dimock.

Vacation Photography. By J. C. Hegarty..

Photographing Footprints. By John Boyd..

Mounting Prints in Albums. By C. M. Whitney.

A Universal Developer. By Maximilan Toch, F.C.S..

Press Photography. By Catharine Weed Ward.

Photographing Blossoming Trees. By C. M. Shipman.

An Ideal Outfit for the Amateur. By Gaston M. Alves.

The Jewel of Great Price. By W. F. Oliver..

The Pinhole for Wide Angles. By J. A. Anderson..

The Garden as a Studio. By Oscar Maurer..

Photographing the Forms of Water. By Wilson A. Bentley,

The Construction and Use of a Lens Chart. By R. T. Jeffcott.

Illustrating a Story. By J. Ellsworth Gross..

Illustrated 137

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A Lens Hood and Its Attachments. By Jas. E. Callaway, D.D.S.... Illustrated 140

A Story with a Moral. By J. W. Little..

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Pyro and Its Preservation. By Henry F. Raess.

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Film Pack Development. By George Rettig..

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The Photographic Magazine and Its Readers. By Fatte J. Clote.

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Printing Gaslight Papers with Magnesium Ribbon. By W. H. Zerbe.

Notes on Red Sensitive Plates. By Malcom D. Miller, M.D...

Titles. By Russell W. Taft..

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In Quest of Snow. By Harry S. Hood,

Paramidophenol as a Tank Developer. By Milton D. Punnett.

An Undiscovered Country. By Mark W. Thompstone.

Quick Drying of Negatives. By Ernest A. Turner.

A Cement Sink. By A. B. Stebbins.

Illustrated 167

lilustrated 170

The Abuse of the Hand Camera. By F. G. P. Benson.

Illustrated 228

The New Scenic Route to Yosemite. By Edgar A. Cohen.

Illustrated 242

What Goes on in a Lens. By Gustav Dietz..

Photography at Sea. By Robt. E. M. Bain..

Two Useful Dodges. By W. H. Brackenridge.

Gum Print Possibilities. By W. H. Thompson.

Painters s. Photographers. By Otto W. Beck.

Mineral Photography. By L. P. Gratacap..

School Camera Clubs. By George D. Firmin.

Photography at Night. By H. Mortimer-Lamb.

I'hotographing in Central Park. By F. M. Ingalls.

The Versatility of Photography. By O. V. Lange

Underground Photography. By J. Wilbur

Print Circulating Societies. By C. W. Canfield.

American Photographic Societies.

United States Weights and Measures.