“Thehonestprojectorishewho，havingbyfairandplainprinciplesofsense，honesty，andingenuity，broughtanycontrivancetoasuitableperfection，makesoutwhathepretendsto，picksnobody’spocket，putshisprojectinexecution，andcontentshimselfwiththerealproduceastheprofitofhisinvention。“——DeFoe。
Ipublishedanarticlein’Macmillan’sMagazine’forDecember，1869，undertheabovetitle。ThematerialswereprincipallyobtainedfromWilliamandFrederickKoenig，sonsoftheinventor。
SincethenanelaboratelifehasbeenpublishedatStuttgart，underthetitleof“FriederichKoenigunddieErfindungDerSchnellpresse，EinBiographischesDenkmal。VonTheodorGoebel。“
Theauthor，insendingmeacopyofthevolume，referstothearticlepublishedin’Macmillan，’andsays，“Ihopeyouwillpleasetoacceptitasasmallacknowledgmentofthethanks，whicheveryGerman，andespeciallythesonsofKoenig，inwhosenameIsendthebookaswellasinmine，owetoyouforhavingbravelytakenupthecauseofthemuchwrongedinventor，theirfather——anactionallthemorepraiseworthy，asyouhadtowriteagainsttheprejudicesandtheinterestsofyourowncountrymen。“
IbelieveitisnowgenerallyadmittedthatKoenigwasentitledtothemeritofbeingthefirstpersonpracticallytoapplythepowerofsteamtoindefinitelymultiplyingtheproductionsoftheprinting-press；andthatnoonenowattemptstodenyhimthishonour。Itistrueothers，whofollowedhim，greatlyimproveduponhisfirstidea；butthiswasthecasewithWatt，Symington，Crompton，Maudslay，andmanymore。Thetrueinventorisnotmerelythemanwhoregistersanideaandtakesapatentforit，orwhocompilesaninventionbyborrowingtheideaofanother，improvinguponoraddingtohisarrangements，butthemanwhoconstructsamachinesuchashasneverbeforebeenmade，whichexecutessatisfactorilyallthefunctionsitwasintendedtoperform。AndthisiswhatKoenig’sinventiondid，aswillbeobservedfromthefollowingbriefsummaryofhislifeandlabours。