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    ET^— " ^ 8 —^ : ^ April 2, 18S8 THe Publ...

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    THE NEW AMERICAN COPYRIGHT

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    I The Creed Of Sir Walter Scott.— Whethe...

    The Oldest Journalist . —The Times of March 29 contained the following ~^^ V interesting

    I W J ^ U ^ H ^^ P ^ P' ^ P » ^> P . ^^^^ ™^ ^^^ ^**^ ^^^^» ^^ ^ V- ^ v ^^ H ^^_ ^^ V ' ^^ V ^ P- ^» ^^^ ^^^^ B ^^ T ^ PB ^^ p ^^^ - ^ V V ^ ^^^ k ^ HP ^^ ^ PJP ^ K ^^ W ^^^^ P - ^ p- ~^ p ^ ^^^ ^ ' ^ ¦ H " ^^ ^^ HH letter from ^* . Mr ^^^ K M * K . T ^ H ^ H ^ K . Wemyss ^^ P <^^ V ^ Vfr Heid ^ P ^ V ^ h ~ ^ ^^ , the ^ ^ K general manager of Messrs ¦ ¦ . Cassell & Co . ( Limited ) :

    1 B a fcj ^—*^ I ^ b ^¦ pi ^'''^ h ^^ . ^ " ^ ' ^^^ ^^^ V- ^^^^ ' ^^ ^ " ^ PW ^ ^^» ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^^ P 1 V ^ pP p ^^ - ^ p ^ ^^ V ^^^ - ^ pip- ^ p ^ ^^ pr " ^^ ^ p « ^^^^^^— ^^ P ^^^^^^ ^^ " ^^^ - —~ ^ » ^ ' I observe that your Brussels correspondent speaks of M . Bourson ( whose death he an f -

    »¦ P » p ^ pjp ^^ pd ^ h p ^^ - ^^ ^^^ ^^— ' — ^^^^ ^ p ^^^^^ " ^ - ^» - - ^ pr ^ p ^^ w v ^^ p ^^^^ w ™ p w ^ pp - ^^ r p ^^ - ^^ - ^ r" ^ m - ^^ ^^—^ - ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ " — ¦ ^ ' - ^ - ™*»^» nounces ^^ ^^^ ) as " . the oldest working journalist in Europe ^^^^^ pf ^^ P ^ pBp —11 v ^ pr ^^ . pr " ^ M ^^ p— ^^¦ . p ^^^ ay ' ^ p ^ I ^^^ p suggest p ^^ ^ v ^ vpm HP * ' ^ ip' ¦ ^ ^^ that ^ pr ^^ v ^^ " ^^^^ ^^ this " ^ p ^^ ^ p ^^^ p ^ " ^ p ^ title ^» ^^ p ^ " ^ ^^ p ' ^ p ^ ' ^ rather ^~ p ii ^^ —¦ - ^^ ^^^

    belongs of right to a countryman of our own , f Sir \ S fc Edward m ^^ m w w ^ p ^^^^ I ^ Baines ^ Pfc »» - ^ p- ^ p ^^ p ^^^ ^ pp ¦ - pj "« who p w ^^^ m ^ pr ^ in p »* w a ' ^ P' ^ v few ^ i ^ » w weeks pT » ¦¦ ¦ will ^ » »»^^^™ ^^^ " ^^^^^ " , ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^™

    complete his 88 th year , and who certainly down to j a few months ago h and for anything I know

    to Pi ^^^ ^^ the p ^ ^^ " ^^^ w w contrary ^^•^^•^^ h —^ —v ^^ ^^^^ v ^^ down ^ v ^ pt ^ px ^ p ^ , ^ p ^^ p' ^ to ^^ ^^ - ^ m this ^ mm ~*^ ^ m ^ present ^ ip- ^ ^—^™ y ^^ ^ p . ^ p ^ p ^ vhps moment ^ " « " —¦ — ^^^^— ~^~ - » . , has taken an active part 1 in connection with

    p , ^ b ^^ w p ^* ^^ ^ p ^^ p ^^~^^ ^^^ ^^ p ^^^ ^^^ ^~^^ ^ »^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^» ^^^ ¦ ¦ . ' ^^¦^ p ^^» - ^^ ^^ p ^^^ pp » ^^^ ^ p ^« i ^^ ^^ ^ pj * ' ^^ p ^^^ ' ^ ^^ ' ^^ ^™ - ^^ ^ ¦• —^ — —^ - ^^ the Leeds Mercury 1 Sir Edward Baines began his r career 1 as a journalist P B some three years after

    ^ ^ k «^ ^ Pl ^^ PJ ^ ^^ ' ^ p' ^^ P ^^ P » ^^ P ^ B ^ ^ PI P ^ P ^ ^ . P' ^ P 1 - ^ P- ^ P ^^ pf ^^ P ^^ P ^^ - ^ p ^^—^^ p ^^ ^ p ^ p ^^ ^ p- ^^^^^^ ^^ P- ^ P ^^*^^— ^^^ ^ P ^ B ^ W ^^^ ^ P 1 ^ ^^^ ¦ P — -w ^^^ ^ P ^ ' ^ P' ^^ Waterloo was fought ; he was present as a reporter ^ p » *^ . > W *^ ^ PF ^^^ ^^ ^^ P' ^^ " ^ for ^^ b ^^^ the ^ ^^»^^ p ^ p ^ Leeds ^^^^^ p ' ^^ ' ^^ ^ ^ ' ^ w Mercury ^ pp ^>^^^^ ^*^ v ^^ k- ¦ ^ m at ^ m ^^ m ^^ the ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ battle ^^^ ^ ' p ' ^~ ^^^ " ^^ " ^^

    of Peterloo in 1819 , and subsequently gave evidence k » h on b p- ^* - ehalf -- wrB of » - the men PBi arrested ~^ fepr -- v - ^ P' - » in ^^ ^^ -m ^^^ ' ^^ pp ^ p ^^^ ' ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ p ^^^^^^^^^^^ p ^^^^ ^^ - ^ . ^ ^^ p ^^^ ^^ p' ^^ ^^ ^ p ^ pq * ^^^ ^^ p ¦ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^

    connection with that famous gathering which told -mr - ^^ ^^ ^^^» greatl ^^^ k ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ y # ^ in ^—^^ Pl ^^» their ^ p ^ ^^ ^« '^^ p ^^ ^^^ ^ favour ^ pr •^^ " ^ w ^^* VP ^ T ^ pi . PJT ^ For ^^^ P " ^^ ^^^ ^ f" ^ ull ^ . p ^^ ^^^^™ 70 Pp ^^ ¦ years ^^ ^»» r " ^^ ¦ ^

    he has been a journalist , and one to whom may justlbe attributed r the honour r of having

    p layed ^» ^ ¦ w ¦ m p . ¦ his * ^» ^^ y » part p ** ' ^ p' ¦ b as ^^ ^^ ^^ an ^^ p ^^ Eng pj * pj ^ p ¦^ ipp' ^^ i ^» lish ^^ ^ pjj ^ i ^ ^ h ^ press * ip ^^ - ^*^^^^ ^^ i - man ^^ . ^ m " ^ i ^ ^ p . without ^ " p ^ •¦ » » ^^^^ " ^»^ H ^ h * fear - - ^^ ' ^ " ^ fc and m *^ v ^^» ^^^ without » » < p ^ »^ ^ k ^ k ^ . ^ ^ pjj * ^ p- reproach >« p ^^ m ** r ^^ - *—r ^>^ p ^ p * . pjW ^ ta . The ^*^^ ^^ ^ ^ pj ^ condition ^ i ^ ^>^^ pj ^ . v ^ - ^^» ^^ »^^^ - ^^ - «*« p > of - ^ - » - ^^

    English journalism has been revolutionised twice ^^ * * ¦ ^^ p ^ ^^ p' over ^ b ^ f p ^^^ p sj ^^ p since ^ i ^ sv ^^^ ^^^ ^ Pjp * ^ pjv V Sir ^^^^ ^^ P ^^ .. ^ Edw p ^^ p ^^^ p ^^^ H V P ^ ard pjrW <^^ ^^^^ v Baines ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ P ^ P * 4 P 1 p ^^ k ^^^ p ^ p ^^^ began p ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ pj ^ b ^ K' ^^ ' ^^ p ^^^ his ^^^ ^^^ ^* P ^>^

    career as a reporter and the assistant of his father in editing the Leeds Mercurybut I can

    bear testimony to the fact that years , have not chilled - ^ ^^ i p ^ pp- ¦ pj" M his < pk * v- ^ p »^ eager ^ ar vw « A ^^ ^^ ^ interest fc ^ h ^ b ^ p * ^ ip ^ ^ bb ^ i ^ ^ k ^ V ^ in ^^ b ^ b every ^^ p * V ^^ p' ^^ W improvement ^ ipi ^^^ »* - * - ^ pj » ^ p ^ w ^ i ^ ^ B ^»« pjj ^ pp *^ ^» ^^

    introduced into the newspaper press , anymore than — - ~ - ^ - ^ w »^^ they w ^ pa « v ^ pj ^ w hav ^^^ a pi pji v e ^ fe ^ lessened ^^ ^^^ p ^^ p ^ p ^ ^^ i ^ p > ^^ ^^ pr ^^ p *^ p > a his ^ h ^^ ^^ p ^^ devotion ^ t ^ ^ - ^^ y ^«^ ^ r ^^ ^ pr ^ p ^^^ to ^^ ^—^ the ^ P ¦• ' ^ P » ^^ i "

    best interests of his fellow-countrymen . I think , sir , you will agree with me that even I the — — ^ ^ p- payment k * p- m * w w ^ m ^^ ^ p * ^^ w of - ^ . p- . ^ ^ a ^ v tribute v ^^^ ^ m r *^ ^ a ^ p > ^ p » ^^ of ^^^ rf ^ respect ^^ ^ i ^ p ^ p » b ^^ ^^ ^ i ^ ^ p * to ^ p - ^^^ a m » -w dis ^ p ^ ^^ r ^ i ^ -

    tinguished foreign editor should not be couched in such language as to make it appear that we ignore k " ^™^~ pjp the fact 1 that the real pj doyen ¦ of European iitarfa k pji k 4

    ^ v ^ " *^ ^^ p ^ ^ ^^ ^^ " ^ i ^ ^^ ^ tp ^ P }^ p ^ p > ^ pp * p »^ v ^ nf ^ i ^ ^^ ^ ip p ^ - ^^ ^ . ^^^ ^^ y ^^ j ^^ vr ^^ r *¦ ^^ v ^ r ^^ p * pl ^ p ^^^^ K ^^ V ^*^ p ^^ ^ pi ^ v ^^ P > journalism is an Englishman . ' Theft of a ' Burns' Second Edition . —

    At Marlborough Street , London , on the 28 th ult nit . . Albert AlV »« rf . Ball TSa . 11 30 . ^ O carpenter MrnpnfAr Ed "RVl win win Ball T ^ all

    | 28 , , carpenter , and , Elizabeth , Ball , , 50 , widow , , were charged before Mr . Mansfield with being concerned — ^ -- — — . - ** r ^* ** . A A - «^ vpj together « p- - ^^ hk ^ p * - VAA - ^^ ^_ in Jt . ^ . & stealing P _ r > w ^^^ rV ^^ pk ^ . * Vlk ¦ from *• - -- ^ - ^ *¦* . * . Lansdowne ~ ~ T T ~ JkPs ^ -N ^ V . V- ' * ¥ A . Jl ^—'

    House , Berkeley Square , two volumes of Burns ' s Poems , value . € 83 , belonging to Lord Rosebery . Mr . Arthur Newton , solicitor , appeared for the defenceThe evidence was to

    . the effect that the prisoner Albert Ball took the — — — -w books #% ^ - ¦ *¦¦ ' ^ - . ^ . ¦ ¦ r <~ r in jb . »« . question ^^ ^^» - % ^ p \^ « f - ^^ Jp . ^ . on ¦ % , # ¦ ^ JK . the pj ^ JK Ap ^^ ^ 24 MI - * - th V * A . ult «_* A . */ . to ** ^— r the ^ J A J * . W

    shop of Mr . Edwin Parsons , bookseller , Fulham 30 s . Road As the , and books offered % ak were . m . them valuable for sale being , asking the

    — — v PM i ^^ . Hp < PJA v » * ¦»¦» - »« - * - ¦^ . p' - _^ - > , •»» - v * ^^ ^^ T Wrf **^ ^ - * . «>•* Ny ^ . ^ , a Pt . jp * ^^ / A . AA K b *& A *• * A . ^—' i he second was edition requested ^ . _ of to Burns ^^^ f *^^ leave ' s them Poems ^^^— . and , dated ^ call t ^ again 1793 _ ,

    ^ " ¦ ¦ pi ^ WpS-r ^ a . ^ rf- *—¦ <«_ - vm «*• ^ p < ^^ pj >> ^ - ^ -r rfb - ^^ » iw v ^^ VA fc % „/ A M . 4 k «« A JL X « % ^/ ^ V JL JL ^> V ^^> . ^> V A , A Jla , Mr . Parsons suspecting that they had been j stolen . They were left in the hands of Mr

    . Parsons , and , upon inquiries being made , it was ^ - discovered *¦ ™ ^ " < ™ ^ ip- ^ - ^ » ' ^^ " »¦ ^ p ^ p > ipj that ^ p- ^ ^ »*» ^ p' the ^ p p" ^ ^^ volumes t ^ - ^ ^^ ^ p ^ « fc * p ** fc - ^^ rh ^ ^ had b ^^ pv been rx . ^ ^ p ^ ^ b pw ^^^ ^^

    seller seller purchased * ^ ^^^ , , ^ carry carryi & ^ b ing ng y j ^ t" Mr on on jT jk ¦ jm . business business ^ ^ Thomas jHj & j ¥ ii ^& i in in ¦¦¦ G ¦ ¦ ¦ the the 11 . Bain i ¦ Haymarket Haymarket rai , a ¦ ¦«¦¦ book ¦ !¦ - ,,

    ~ v ^ p ^ 4 » m _^ K ^ . . M- » . a . . » m . _ .. m ^ . ^_ 11 t ^ v a ^ # .

    for at a Lord sale Rosebery conducted on b March Messrs 1 . , Sotheb for £ 83 , Wilkinson , & Hodge , and y that they had been y , the duly evening forwarded of to Marc Lansdowne h 24 , the House prisoners . On Elizabeth and Edwin Ball called for the books IK . . " ., ( ;

    I The Creed Of Sir Walter Scott.— Whethe...

    that . had been left with Mr . Parsons , and , upon being questioned , the woman , who is the mother of the other te two prisonerssaid ¦ they

    belonged - — — ^^ ^ AA ^^^ fa v « p * a to »*^ her ^ ^^ , »* *• and > ^^ ^ ppv ^ that » v *»•* her w *^ ^^ . ^ " *^ husband ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ , ^^ ^^^— used — ^^^ to , f ( leal in booksThe woman and her soil were

    . then taken into custocty , and subsequently the prisoner Albert Ball was arrested .

    Dictionaby of Nationai . Biogbaphy .- — Our notice of the new volume of this important

    work is unavoidably held over . »^^ »

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    ET ^— " ^ 8 —^ : ^ April 2 , 18 S 8 THe Publishers' Circular 3 . 39

    The New American Copyright

    THE NEW AMERICAN COPYRIGHT

    BILL . To the JZditor of the Publishebs' Circulab .

    Sib , —If the reports which have yet reached lcai / iicu us u . o fai xck > i rl . i . i . y y represent icyicociii / the imi . c 7 scope o ^ ujjd of \ ja . this uxxxo

    new Bill , the result of the combined efforts of ^ American PPJP ^^^^ " ^^ P ^^ ^^ P ^ . ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ P ^ ^^^^ V ^ P * ^ PJP authors ^^^^^ ^^^ M ^^» ^^ B ^^ »^ p ^ ^^» P ^^ , ^ P publishers IP ^^ P ^ ^ "P ^^ P ^^ P ^ ^ B ^ V P *^ ^^ P ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ V ^^^ , ^ J printers IP ^™^ ^^^ ^ P ^ P ^ P ^ P ^ P *^^ ~^^ p ^ B ^ P P ^^ P , ^ M and ^ pl *^^ ^^ ^^ V ^^ P ^^ B

    paper-makers , and about which they are so jubilant and so sanguine , the net product will , I think bta be P found PJ rather PPJk disappointing P ¦ P pjk .

    ^^^^^ ^ P ^ ^^ P ^^ The P ^^ P ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ , ^ P | conditions ^^ p * ^ Pj ^ " ^ ^» ' ^^^^^ . ^^ P ^ P ^ ^ PJ »^ PJJ on ^* ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ which ^» ^^^ ^^ " ^^^^ V ^^ P ^^^ ^^^ P an ^ P PT ^^* Eng ° " ^ " ~ ^™— ™ ^^ " ^^ lish " ^^™ V ^ P ^^^ ^* author is to get his copyright in America may be thus

    summarised : — I . He must first write his book .

    II . He must then correspond with one or perhaps half a dozen American

    publishers in order to settle the value of his copyright .

    III . He must then make a duplicate copy of his MS ., or send out duplicate proofsheets to his American publisher .

    IV . The type for his work must be set in ^ America ^^ ^^^ ^ " ^™ ^™ ^» r ^^^ ^^ P " ^» r ^^ - ^ P . ^ Stereotype - ^^ - ^ T - ^^ ^^ P ^^ V ~*^ " ^ P m ^ Pt ^ H ¦ p ™ lates - ™ — " ^ ¦ - ^ r I H are ^* - ^ <^^ - ^^ not ^^ p ^ pj ) — !— ^^^

    allowed to be imported there . V . He must be ii careful pjr not h pj ^ to 1 ¦ publish ¦ u here 1

    v w ^^^_^ p ^« ^ h ^ *• *>*^» ^^^ w ^ " ^ p- « . " ^^ ^^^^ p ^^ v " ^^ ^^ - ^—^^^ ^^ ^ ^ v - ^^ - ^ p ~ ^* - ^— v- ^^ ^^ ^™ ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ppr ^ pj ^ ^^^ p a day before his American publisher is prepared to issuehowever

    inconvenient the delay may , be to him ; the publication must be simultaneous .

    I do not suppose that in the whole circle of Eng ^ H ^^ ta ^^ V ^^ ^^ f ^ h lish ^^^ ^^ ^^*^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ literatu ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ k ^^^ ^ 1 ^ ^ bril ^ H re ^ M ^^^^ there ^^^ ^ 4 ^ B > ^ P ^ P ^ ^^^ ^^^^ are ^ ^^ V « P # ^^^^ ^ a M' ^ P ^ score ' ^~ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ of ' ¦ t ^ ^^^ authors ^ br ^ B ^ ^ V ^^ ^^ ^ Bk ~ ||~ ^ PJ ^ p ^^^ T

    who will be able to fulfil all these require-^ ments » ^^ a * ^ B ^ ¦» ¦¦ ^ "h ^^ > " % p > r , certainl " ^ i « r ^ pr S .. B ^ "fci "p ^^ «* ^ i ^ ^* y « ^ not ^ *^ ^^^^ ^^ without v V ^~ ^ P ^ ^* ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^ P' extreme ^ . P ^ ^^^^ ^ " ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^* ^ . ^ * incon P ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^« i ^^

    -venience , and yet if they fail in any one of them their American copyriht is lost ¦ h .

    ^^ - ^ m ^» v To ' ^ ^™ ^^ " ^» ^^ ^^ old ^^ ^^ ^^ ™"" ^ " ^^ and ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ B ^ Pto ^«^ experienced VPV ^ P » ^ p * ^^ ^^ 1 ^ W W ^^™ ^^ g ^*^ fc ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ authors ^ ^ " ^» " - ^» ^ these obstacles r p ^^ p are formidable enoug pb p ^ b hwhilst to the ppi

    young H I * - i ~ T ^^^ r ^^ ^ b ^^ pI ^^ p ^ , ^^ ^ p or r ^^ w ^^^ comparativel ^ NP ~ *<^ . ^ B ^^ ^^^ ^^ . ^^ ^ P . ^^^ ^^ fk ^^^^ V ^^^ pr ^^^ ^^^^ y ^ unknown ^^^^ ^^*^^ B ^ p ^ k ^^ m ^^ m , ^ P w v ^^^ , ^ ' ^ ^^^ ^^ V th ¦ H ^^ ey ^( p ^ ^^^^ are ^^ p « ^^^ ^^^^ v quite prohibitive .

    The condition on which this magnificent crumb is to be given to English authors is ' reciprocit' which means the fulfilment ¦¦« of

    like ^^ ~^ ' ~^^ P ^ l | conditions ¦ ' ^^ ^>^ ^^ ^ P * ^ Pr y W , W P W V b ^^ ^ P > ^ ^ B ^^ American ^^ ^ P «^ ^ B ^ ^^^ P B ^ rfPb ¦ I f ^ bp > ^^ B authors . ^ ~| ~ P . P > -W ^^ ^^ ^ k- ^ B * ^^ >^ ^«> in ^ b ^ T ^^ PPp ^ this b * ^^ P' ^^ p country " ^¦ - ~ - " » ^ ^— ~ ^ ' ^~ - m , "i . •¦¦ in ¦¦¦ - ¦•^ . ¦ p order ^ fc ^ ' ^ p- » ^^ y to ^* ' ^^ secure p ' bp' ^ ip' ^«» ^ - *^ *¦*» ^ ip * their ^ p ^ ' ¦ ^ ¦ " * ^ ¦ ¦ ' ^ ^™ p" copyri ^ " » ^ w w ~ w *¦* ^"" g lip ** ht ^ m ^* ^**

    here . Every American author already possesses copyright in this country on cer Ti

    tain tain very vfirv simple Fmrmlft conditions or ^ Tir . it , inna , from from which wl ~ ni > li he pi will be partially debarred by this rule of reciprocity .

    Thus it seems to me that a very small percentage of English and American authors

    may be made happy by this Bill if it becomes law ; all others will be as they were , except that American authors here will be worse off I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 2, 1888, page 339, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02041888/page/5/