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RAISED PRINT BOOKS FOR THE BLIND. ORIGIH and HISTOHV of E|VIB0SSED PMM^- INTERESTING PACTS ABOfelT THE GIRGaLATiNG L2IBRARY OF THE School for the Blind, HALIFAX, N. S Halifax Printing Cdiiipany, 161 Holli« Street. IWtS. MW^"^ ft". U' J' RAISED PRINT BOOKS m FOR THE BLIND. Omm and HISTORY of EMBOSSED PRlJlTIJlC. INTERESTING EAGTS ABOaT THE CIReaLATlNS bIBRARY §\ OF THE vri 5chooI for the Blind, HALIFAX, N. S. t ) I Halinix Printing Company, ifil HulJlr* Sti-eet. h Origin and History of Embossed Printing. Towards the close of the last century, Valentine Hauey, a French Abbe, employed a little blind boy named Lucius to run on errands and do other light work. The Abbe, according to the custom of the time, used the sand- sprinkler to dry the ink after writing the address on a letter or parcel. Lucius, who was a bright, keen lad, soon learned to distinguish certain of the larger written characters, which, owing to the sand being held by the dry ink, were slightly raised. Hauey watched the boy with great interest, and observi ' the delicacy of his touch, he conceived the idea that letters might be so embossed upon paper as to be readily distinguished by the finger. About this time Madame Parados, a famous blind singer, of Austria, came to Paris, and the Abb^, full of his new idea, sought an interview with her. To his great delight he found that Madame Parados was accustomed to represent the music of her most difficult songs with pins placed in a large pin-cushion. Hauey was more than ever convinced that a system of embossed printing — for the blind was feasible, und he ot once began to experiment. Large letters were carved upon wooden blocks, and from these a sheet of raised letters was first produced. After a little practice young Lucius learned. the complete alphabet, and the Abbe, encouraged by his vi> success, established the first school for the blind. During the following fifty years the methods of print- ing were greatly improved in Edinburgh and in Boston, and the Bible and other books printed in embossed characters were placed within the reach of those deprived of sight. In 1830 Louis Braille, a graduate of the Paris School for the Blind, invented what is known as the Braille system of point print. This system is based upon the fact that a point or raised dot is more readily dis- tinguished than a line. It consists of an ingenious combination of dots arranged in such a way that a letter, syllable or sign may be easily written or read. The quotation— "The Lord is my Shepherd"—would be rendered thus: These point characters are more legible than the ordinary line letter, and as they can l)e written as well as read, the advantages of this system are at once apparent. Tn 1841 Dr. Moon, a blind gentlcnian. residing in Brighton, England, introduced a system of ombosseil printing admirably adai)ted to middle-aged and elderly blind persons. In this system the characters resemble the ordinary Roman letter, but are less complicated and 'A more easily distinguished by the touch. The ([notation — " (Jod is Love"—would be rendered thus :— noD 1/ Lovr Interesting Faets abotit the Circulating Library OF THE SCROOL; FOR THE BLIND, HALIFAX, N. S. Atler a careful investigation of the various systems of - ^"™P: -<1 ^-erioa, the tt bI- :. rr"'T.f Sch" "'' '"'°P*'=<' *•"> ^.V't^"' of Louis andA Dr.n ,r Braille Moon, and in 1881 the first organized effort was ."ude to establish a circulating library for the blind ^.^r^!:^:^:::^^ ""''''' -" ''- "''""" ^- ^^^ " The comparative costliness of .aised make^ print books >t most desirable that a circulating library be estabhshed for the use of our graduates, Ld o7any """""" "" ^'"'"''^^ """ '^"^ '---d to r'd'Tr'''"""' ""' •" " ''""'^ " ^»'--^^ isZut »4 >^'ter, .ni^ni. D.. xead and enjoyed by many Individ- iials and, unless it be , established, many of our graduates will frcH want of practice, lose that sensitiveness of touch whicli as i.upils they labored so hard to develop. B It sh Bible Society. This Society granted the sum of '^"^^"'^ *"' ^^'' 1m ^'''''^'^'^ "f «i'- copies of parts of the ^e^y Testament. Those have been distributed, in accordance with the wishes of the Society, to persons whose means would not allow of their purchasing^ such expensive books. "««« with which these books «n "/^^V^'^f have been sought after by old persons, as well as by our former pupils, has induced me to supply a few books at my own expense; but I feel that the public are entitled to share with me he pleasure of establishing a complete library for circu ation among the blind of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, and I therefore earnestly solicit contributions of either money or books towards this most desirable object." In 1881 the Superintendent says in his report.— CIRCULATING LIBRARY.