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    the ing / 1 from north —— Southern to Warwickshire Lancashire and and Northampton Yorkshire on

    shire IAV -. — - on the south , they would include the majority of the English towns which possessed

    free libraries . Within those limits lay the great — labouring towns of the United Kingdom /

    and ^ fit _ 7 * ^¦ ' ••^ it seemed ^^ that . ^ ¦ the _ ^ adoption ^ _ of the . mm \ _ ^ j Free - * _ rp ^« , Libraries Act was most readily assured in

    p by laces the where competition men's of wits life were . But most latterl sharpened y there had been indications of the rise of another

    centre . He ^^_*^^_~ " referred _ A 4 fc to * the _ ^ metropolis . ^_ m \ . On _*^ . another occasion he had noticed the extreme

    ^ London slugg J ^^^ P ^^^* ^ fc ^— ' ~^~ " ishness ~^ ww —— in - — this — whi ... _ respect _ ch __ , . _— _ _— had __^ __ _— , _— marked but v _ , ^* - ^ ^ v now n ^ _¦* ——i 1 V T the ^ libraries ^^ ^^^ ~~^ ^ " progress ^ ~**~^ ^~* ~^ " ~^~^ ~^~ " were w ~^~^ "" of ^ ~^~

    springing into existence in every quarter of ; the metropolis . How they would develop must i

    depend in great measure upon outside influences ; but still more upon the capacity of

    those to whom they were intrusted . What sort of material was being gathered together

    in the new libraries of the present day ? Magazines and reviews had increased _____ enormousl — y in

    number , but of those fortunately no ^ free library need make more than a selection , and

    it was for them to select the best . Perhaps the most significant / change in the literatur — —e

    of the present *_ day was that o which had shown itself in serious and educational literature .

    condensed We lived in the day info s of rmation small books which , in used which to was be

    conveyed in a much larger form . It was an age of literature in nut ——¦ —¦— —¦ " — ' —— -shells ¦ - — ' and —¦ that f i pointed —¦ —¦

    to ^ the fact that we did not ——* ——¦ ~^ mr —™ —» T ^_ live r , « —_*—v ^_> _^ —^ in —_—_ . ^_^ . a ^ —m reading v- _ p — _— ^—» ——— - —» ——^ ——age f J in the — true —— - ^ w sense ^ ~^ ¦~^ - ' "*^ ~^ of ^ - ^ ^ ¦ the ^^ ^ __ p -fc * word V V ^^ ^ ~^^ . ^ More _ . w , ^| . - ^^ r ^ - ^ peop B ^ ~ fc ^ ~_^ Bn ^ le ^ ^^

    read , but we live too fast to find time to read deep ¦ ly —/ . A 'si ~ — 'gn ^¦ % ~ - ' ~ - " , too " ^ ^^ ^ - ^ , m of ~ - ^ ^ general h & ~^ < a __ p ^^ ^ k ^^_ r ^ reading _¦_ ^_^ w - _*«¦ __> - »«» I >^ , t but ~*^ - b ^* - ^

    not of old of literature deep reading ~~~ mw which ~ l , was had - _ P ^ V ~ the crop ft of in reprints recent ¦

    " ^ " ^"" ^* ^™^~ " ~*^ - -- » «« ^ - 'W sprung P ^^ B . ^ - ¦> ^ V ^ -- * ta ^ h up ^~^ F "' ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ their years . work Some — —^ with • * - editors - ¦** ~~ - **• remarkable ¦ ^_ r _____ of «^ v < a- * such -Jfc «> W - >_ r __ . -w » reprints ability "_^» Pk ^ i * . * _• »^ V , had % and ~> V Jk _ b > - /¦_ done de ^ v > -. *_^

    -standard Berved unbounded writers of the thanks past for within bring the ing reach our of or all all ; : but but in in some somft instances inst , __ . nr » Asi he hft was wa . a . reall r ^ allv

    puzzled to know wlyr the reprint appeared y . of Free works libraries of fiction must but contain % J there a larg was e no proportion class of

    quentl book i-i to . — —"_ - which v < - * .. - lied " __ - »* - ' vav the __ « as 4 , a ep K novels 11 ^ V ithet __ V / VlUa % / JLM . ' trash M . XJ thoug \ JLJi \ J KAL US y ^ h ' was A there \ UAM _^ VJLUfUk \ J so ± \ was f Tl re V ^ -M -

    X y app * " MT X *^^ ^* «*»^» T , JLA .. S U *» J The the no class temperament ~~ jf of book »»« uin ; which vj of . the uitu more ovy societ \_» x clearl t < 1 / y v v of - »_ y the uiiu reflected day vicb v . .

    old-fashioned three-volume novel was , he of was the told present , in danger day found . The three nervous volumes impatience printed

    larg the me e proression profession too much ot of for the the endurance librarian librarian . . he he Referring > said said it it was was to

    , librarians an honourable _ - _ ... _ . of VA free . _ , v > t > and libraries iiuku an ido must muni ancient be H 7 o one allowed auu , ncu since to i > w hold i . i i _ _

    a place among the educating forces of the country that ««« t the nie . influence influence In conclusion or of the the association association , the president had had already alreadv said

    roade itself felt , and with good management was benefit destined to the to free be of libraries the highest of the permanent United

    ^ uigaom .

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    Jew fc }^ 1 \ THE - wt week conve PRINTERS in * iti <> Boston n of the F , AVOUR delegate United T IT Theodore ypothetce .

    Kk ^ ° vmne , ot JNew York , read a report on i

    * Will International Copyright Increase the Price of Books ? ' He said the discussion on

    copyright seems to move from a new point of departure . The right of the foreign author to

    some payment for his work is not so vigorously contested as it has been . The decision of the question seems to turn not on the right but

    on the ^ policy ^ m mt of the - ^ B measure . Will ___»__¦_ __» _ * __ international copyri X \ l g <_? ht make books hig her in price X ?

    Will it prevent the diffusion of knowledge 1 Will it create a monopol xv y in publishing J . o ? A

    majority in Congress answered these questions with ' yes' and voted for no copyright . It is

    unfortunate for those who advocate copyright | that they % / have now to do it -- not --- on the ground __ !— _

    of justice , but that of policy , . It will be admitted that the proposed xxmeasure can have

    no effect on the price of books by American authors already protected by domestic —

    copy-«/ J . «/ JT « | ri determined ght . The largel price y of by its many cost . a new If the work price of is

    the book is too high , it will not be bought ; if too low it will not pay the expenses of making

    and selling . It is not at all probable that any American publisher will put up the price of

    I any copyrighted book beyond the ability or the limit of the bookbuyer . The competition

    which determines our prices determines his ¦ prices ^ ¦¦ - ^_» —i ^ -1 ^ —*_ F . V The ~—~— " ^ " ^ " ~^~ ¦ ¦ . ultimate ¦ —— " —^ —— ' ——•——¦ ¦ ¦— . ' ^¦ ' —^ tendency —» — - ^ mm ^ m w v ^_ - ^*^» ^ mr m of - »^ ^ M copyri ^—_ - - _^ ^ , ^ m ^ b ^ g MK ht ^ *^ ~^ ^ ,

    domestic or international , will be to make ' ; books cheaper . It will favour the printing of : . • • i * ^ ^ ^

    ! two or more editions ^ of many popular books to meet the purse of every class of buyers . Domestic copyright has not made popular

    books dearer in Germany and France - ___ . , where good O books are as cheap X as they % / are here . If

    our laws allowed any printer to reprint any American publications X , would we , after ten ,

    years , have more work , or the public be more cheaply served ? I think not . In the

    com-X «/ munistic chaos that would follow , no class ; would — suffer . _ more than that of the printer L .

    That international copyright will prevent the \ j of diffusion books of is knowled a proposition ge by limiting entirely the untenable printing . i '

    The _ r _ r « w best -v _ books "_ L ^ i are beyond ^ 4 the . ^ operation >• of any ' copyri x « r g o ht laws . Any «/ x printer can , even after

    poetry the ^— — — proposed fiction ^ law . sci __ ence is ___ enforced -, and — p j , h . reprint ilosop _ hy all in the the jt

    % / , , _ , ^ ^ world . More than this , he can reprint any ^ American p ^ tmt ^ _^_^_^_ p ^ m ^ * m * * bw ~^ m ¦ * ^^ ^ ^ " - i ¦¦ copy ^ m * - ^^ m _ - ^ ri —« * 11 g ^ BV ^ fe ^ hted ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ¦ book ~^ ¦ ¦ ^^ ^^ ——• that ^^ ^^ ^^ ^— —^ - ^ - is - —— ¦ more ^ - ~^ than

    forty-two years old , and many that are but twenty-eight years old . It must be repeated

    that international copyright has no effect on foreign books that have been written and

    to printed be written ; it deals . The only international with those that copyri are g yet ht

    will not make a monopoly of publishing , as has been asserted . He who believes that the

    publishing fined to the trad seaboard e of the cities country or that can be a trust

    conwill ever dominate the business , , has a very contemptible —_— ^^ m ^ _^ - ^— —imr m ^ ^^^^ Mt ^ ^ m * ^™ i ¦— ^—• ^ mr op ~**^ ^^^ — inion ~* —— ' ^—¦ ^—¦ —^ — - ~ —™ of i ——< ' the —¦ - —• •—¦ ™— ' activit — — ¦ y and

    ability of American printers and publishers . Mr . H . O . Hough tonof Bostonfollowed

    with 4 We a do strong not ask plea for in a favour , copyri of ght such / , said a bill the .

    speaker , * on ideas ; they are as free as the

    wind wind ; . hut but w we « want want it ifc on on the the torm forms s which wnicn these ideas take /

    Mr . Slauson , of St . Louis , said that he , ae

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1890, page 1173, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101890/page/15/