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I 4 The Xlie Publi J. Uuu-Shers Oiicio '...
The Publishers oiici' Circular uiai k 1
I , Xlie J . uuu-o vuv- Feb v . ' . . l _ f
Reading Aa Some Interest The Of Followin...
reading Aa some the of following our readers correspondence may not regularl which y has read recen The t Times ly appeared , they will there feel on an a interest subject in nf S
I aggr « s pecial ° P »* ieved » v . » interest ^^ -w »« , is « ¦ « w cer ^» w » to tainly — m ^ publishers » ^— ^ not ^ - » - ^ - 1 justified - — . — — —— Mr — — — 1 . in Hare 1 , conveying , is however ^ g-y » lica 1 to * _ much the 1 ble _ 1 _ p ^ to A ublic _ he th XT may © the relations feel !_ impre ! .: himself ssion * , to " th _ be at - —» — personally hia . rr OI sdbm 2 * QIJIaI W * ' « U . i
private grievance against one publisher app existing between all I authors and pub rebuke lishers to . On this point to we the are actual glad to refer uestion to in Mr dispute . Murray between ' s excellent letter
and as a his dignified publishers , it is Mr one . we Hare cannot , As enter into : we q are not surprised to find , from Mr the . letter Har ©
compel of for wC the 4 libel -V . s ^ ' Solicitors C them ! ^ v 1 i ^ i 4- ^ to « M to 4- ' vindica the 4-lm Estate T ? a t e -n 4- t heir / that 4-Tkn 4 r ep it if ut is ica ation deemed riaatn ' by ^ b y ' legal t 4-. heir Viait * proceedings * ' clien /» 1 i on t f-fli s ' * ' so art against defa fiafotviniA mat Mr ory ^ . ) ' as Haw __ to , j
': — AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS . 2 b £ tf // or of « Zfo ? 7 ¥ ? n ** . ^
authors Sir , — themselves The risks that to which I venture authors to illustrate are exposed one of in them dealing , which with may publishers be useful are as a so warning seldom . knovn by
Three books years as well ago as my a large publishers sum which suddenl I y had became been cajoled insolvent into , owing lending me a them very when large they sum for were royalties the on I I
very my ore of , bankruptcy by the anxiety they expressed to assist a charity to which that money was apoa applied , I and by the very large interest they professed to be enabled to pay . Since their insolvency the business of I
the their In payment firm the has case of , after of any each a of fashion tha of sums , books been due continued a to contract me , or under of was the another drawn interest up name upon by , which thoug them . h it I appeared have been that unable my publishers to obtain ] I I
were compelled to render my an account on the 1 st of every October , of all sales up to the 30 th of the I preceding these contracts June , and , and with to pay regard the to sum these due sti for pulations such sales alone befo , I permitted re the 1 st my of works the followi to be published ng month . . Always Under I I
behiad time , however , my accounts for 1880 were only obtained , after a long struggle , when 1881 vas I far advanced ; and , though it is now the 3 rd of February , the trouble and expense of endless lawyers' I letters have failed to extract the accounts of 1881 , due by contract upon the 1 st of October last . I
over To two obtai years n fulfilment , and , with of the my most publi favourable shers' contracts results my , entailing only means enormou is a Chancery s expense . suit An , liable thora , to therefore extend , I may be grateful for a warning that publishers are only morally bound by their own contracts , and that , I
whatever whatever the the eontrapts contracts may mav be hn . , they t . hfiv are n . rA practicall i > raol . ical 1 y v u unable nahlft to tn enforce finfor <* fi their their fulfilment fulfilment . II Athenaeum Club , Pall Mall : Feb . 3 . Yours faithfull AUGUSTUS y , J . C . HAKE . j I I
! To the Editor of * Thi Times : \ I ; Mr . Sir Augustu , —As s a Hare publisher ' s sweep , I ing cannot condemnation refrain fro of m publishers entering my in general earnest which protest appeared against in the The injustice Times of of I I
to punctually -day , as thoug . h none of us were in the habit of rendering our accounts regularly or paying our author * I I publisher Mr . Hare of h has ' thoug choice ht fit who to parade it beforo had the the publ misfortune ic his own pri to become vate and bankrupt peculiar grievance but his losses avstwww against — ar ? a I I
JIWVJ 1 OUU 1 VTA M'D s own UHU \^ U \ Sl \^\ , JW UU , , I « . appears Op ^ ClUD , , 11 AU tlld lUlOiUlbUUO \ AJ UOUUIUC 1 'aUtkJTU LJl ^ , L 7 UU UW , , _ j jj j l ther b under y Ms efore the own , as temptation an confession author of , , in may ' v b e large due grateful interes to his for having a / . w arni with n le g ' n the him ot to laudable money lend money which objt upon has of ' doubtful assisting not been sdcurif a re chari paid / . ty , even ' H to « I I I
j ' 1 use his own words . ery ec , I ¦ I I am , sir , your obedient servant , I 50 Albemarle Street : Feb . 6 . JOHN MURRAY . j
To the Editor of « The Times . I I I to for mention Sir the , — las The t two twelve dispute important months referred facts the to — sub bv viz ject Mr ( 1 of . ) Hare that negotiatio he in has his n letter declined between published arbitration us and b his y you and solicitors on ( 2 ) the that . He 6 he th , has however inst ¦ | . not has earned , o h mUJ » n j I
out JML a r contract . . Mare Hare ' s s made statement statement in February indeed indeed , 1881 is is . so ha , mnpli much which at nh rendered variance vRrianr » . *» all with wi further t . Vi the tha actu A accoun ^ t . nft al . 1 facts faota ts , unnecessary a nd is is so so . delamiiory defamitory , , tW tint " ^ | II »
I « j our institute clients legal , although proceedings with , grea against t reluctance , Mr . Hare , have for libel felt . compelled , in order to vindicate , their ¦ reputation , w I
? j ' 63 Gresham House , E . C .: Ftf * . 7 . Yours faithfull . _ THE ¦ y , SOLICITORS TO THE ¦ E 3 TA „ ,.- 1 « * - I
R I I Blenheim Messrs. Library Puttick ,...
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Bfarch history ARA of , the Sp anish will , sel provinces l a , portion , and , spe the cime Architectura ns of early l , Library Spanish , of typograp the late ¦ hy Mr . of . Oa ecciea > V Y » l du ° * J ^ , m I I ..., including various volumes of original measured drawings and sketches ll */!
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1882, page 140, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021882/page/4/
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