"It was the writer's fortune to witness the culmination of what may be termed the Golden Age of Wood Engraving in the United States; to be present at the birth of photoengraving; to have taken an active part in the struggle for supremacy between wood engraving and photoengraving; to regretfully witness the decline of wood engraving, and to contribute somewhat to the success and popularizing of what is now included in the generic term, "Processwork.""