As photographs and drawings are not ordinarily returned when they are used with an article that is accepted, writers should not promise to return such material to the persons from whom they secure it.  Copies can almost always be made from the originals when persons furnishing writers with photographs and drawings desire to have the originals kept in good condition.

PART II

AN OUTLINE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLES

I. SOURCES OF MATERIAL

 1.  What appears to have suggested the subject to the writer?

 2.  How much of the article was based on his personal experience?

 3.  How much of it was based on his personal observations?

 4.  Was any of the material obtained from newspapers or periodicals?

 5.  What portions of the article were evidently obtained by interviews?

 6.  What reports, documents, technical periodicals, and books of
     reference were used as sources in preparing the article?

 7.  Does the article suggest to you some sources from which you might
     obtain material for your own articles?

II.  INTEREST AND APPEAL

 1.  Is there any evidence that the article was timely when it was
     published?

 2.  Is the article of general or of local interest?

 3.  Does it seem to be particularly well adapted to the readers of
     the publication in which it was printed?  Why?

 4.  What, for the average reader, is the source of interest in the
     article?

 5.  Does it have more than one appeal?

 6.  Is the subject so presented that the average reader is led to
     see its application to himself and to his own affairs?

 7.  Could an article on the same subject, or on a similar one, be
     written for a newspaper in your section of the country?

 8.  What possible subjects does the article suggest to you?

III.  PURPOSE

 1.  Did the writer aim to entertain, to inform, or to give practical
    guidance?

 2.  Does the writer seem to have had a definitely formulated
     purpose?

 3.  How would you state this apparent purpose in one sentence?

 4.  Is the purpose a worthy one?

 5.  Did the writer accomplish his purpose?

 6.  Does the article contain any material that seems unnecessary
     to the accomplishment of the purpose?

IV.  TYPE OF ARTICLE

 1.  To which type does this article conform?

 2.  Is there any other type better adapted to the subject and
     material?

 3.  How far did the character of the subject determine the
     methods of treatment?