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[Illustration: <sc>Pigmy Pugilists--from Pompeii.</sc>]
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CARICATURE AND COMIC ART.[*** Four blank lines above Book Title.]
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CHAPTER I.[*** And four blank lines above Chapter heading.]

AMONG THE ROMANS.[*** Part of Chapter heading]
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Much as the ancients differed from ourselves in other particulars, they certainly
laughed at one another just as we do, for precisely the same reasons,
and employed every art, device, and implement of
ridicule which is known to us.

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Observe this rude and childish attempt at a drawing.
Go into any boys' school to-day, and turn over the slates

Illustrations above a chapter heading

Illustration above Chapter heading. This one also is above the Book title, as was done in this example. Some, but not all, Post-Processors prefer four blank lines above an illustration that is just above a Chapter heading. (There always should be four blank lines above the heading itself.) Since this is not covered in the Guidelines, if it isn't covered in the Project Comments or Discussion, "ASK" about it.

Horizontal lines in chapter headings

The horizontal rule between the book title and the chapter title is decorative, not a thought break. No marking is needed.

Parts of chapter headings

Use one blank line between the two parts of the chapter heading ("Chapter I." and "Among the Romans"), with two blank lines afterwards to indicate the start of the main text.

Illustrations

Move the illustration in the text to a paragraph break; see the Illustrations examples for more details.

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