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    • 188 Fleet Street : April 1, 1887.
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      UTBBARY INTELLIGENCE 326—340 BOOKS PTJBLISHaJD IN GREAT BRITAIN BOOKSELLEBS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION 327 PROM MARCH 16 TO 31 342—347 '

      THE AUTHORS ATTITUDE ' OF THE ' SOCIETY OP 328—332 BEOENT FOEEIGN WOBE 3 ..... ' . . m * »/ THE COPYRIGHT ACT 332 JS [ SW BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY .

      PUBNOTES AND NEWS ...... 332—334 - WISHED 348—359 CONTINENTAL UOJNTJJMJffiWTALi NOTES JNUXJfiB 66 334 % , S 335 3 & COPY UU . T X BOOKS JSVUJS . O 360 360 . 361

      , AMERICAN NEWS AND NOTES 335 , 336 MISCELLANEOUS 362—373 OBITUARY ui ^ 336 , 337 337 BUSINESS CARDS 368-370

      TRADE xn ^ -CHANGES u * ~ . nTTavia aava TOW OATT ? SPRING ANNOUNCEMENTS i 337 BUSINESSES ^ FOR SALE 371 6 ii REVIEWS & c 337-340 WANT SITUATIONS 372

      , INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT , BOOKS FOR SALE . 375

      BRITAIN BETWEEN MARCH 16 AND 31 .. 341 , 342 BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 373—37 a —

      188 Fleet Street : April 1, 1887.

      188 Fleet Street : April 1 , 1887 .

      Mr. Besant Has Again Spoken, And His New...

      MR . BESANT has again spoken , and his new words are the words of his old song . It

      is , as we have said before , a pity that not one of the successful authors of our time has

      thought it worth while to come forward and speak on one side or the other . Mr . Besant

      is like a Samson fighting against the Philistines . His pen , however , is mightier than the

      jawbone of an ass , and he seems confident that with the tangible support of distressed

      aspirants to fame , or rather fortune , he can overcome the enemy in the long run .

      Since we last spoke on this subject more letters have appeared in the daily newspapers .

      The most important is that of Mr . George M . Smith of Messrs . Smith , Elder & Co . This

      we publish in another page . The letter contains much that is interesting and practical ,

      so that authors and publishers will alike be ready to acknowledge its value . The pro

      forma account of a book published at 14 s . is a useful contribution towards tlie elucidation of

      the question ; but inexperienced writers must remember that no two books are alike as to

      expenditure and income , und it is an exceptionally good 14 s . book which commands a sale of

      1 , 300 copies . We understand that Mr . Smith ' s letter has already had the effect of inducing

      some authors to request that their accounts be made out in the form which he has drawn up ,

      and some publishers have agreed to accede to the request—slightly to their own advantage ,

      we understand . One object which the ' Incorporated Society

      of Authors' might work for is the abolition of various societies which have sprung up with

      the advertised purpose of aaving young authors from the absorbing avarice of publishers

      by offering to publish books in a new and , more economical manner than has hitherto

      been known . The books , heedless of merit , are produced at the expense of the authorand

      , generally in a very unattractive form . They are published and never heard of again . We

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      ~—.. . . . _ ™ ^ have before us a whole catalogue of such works , hardly one of which has ever had the

      favourable sympathy of public opinion . Operations such as these should surely come within

      , the range of the ' Society ' s' philanthropic mission . One example came under our notice

      only the other day . A well-known publisher informed us that a lady had called upon him

      with some MSS . ' Do you return the manuscript if unsuitable ?/ inquired the lady . ' Oh ,

      yes / replied the publisher , ' we invariably do so . ' c My reason for asking / said the lady , in

      explanation , ' was that I sent my manuscript to a Society and could not get it back again

      until I had paid a fee for reading , postages , and so forth' ! We commend this to the

      notice of Mr . Besant's Society . We cannot help thinking it strange that

      no other authors of repute , besides Mr . Besant , have come forward to give their opinions on

      this subject . Possibly they are contented with the result of their work ; but if so surely

      something might be said . A great publishing house in -Oermany recently celebrated its

      jubilee , and published some interesting correspondence with English authors . Anthony

      Trollope wrote thus in 1872 from New York : 'My dear BaronTauchnitz , —On . arriving here

      yesterday I find by the New York Momiwj Herald that I had compromised my long

      lawsuit with you by accepting from you an enormous sum that made my mouth water .

      It is odd that they should now , for a second time , pick me out as the object of litigation ,

      as I never had any contention with any publisher ; though , either on my own account , or

      that of others , I suppose 1 have had more

      dealings with publishers than any man living . -. .

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      V ^^> . .. — ^ edition edition Oity or of of this this London work work or of Directory relerence reference . — places nlaces The it it 1887 in in

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1887, page 326, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041887/page/4/