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    Tlole% and Hems

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    The American Copyright Bill.

    .. —« -, — . — men had always been , on the best terms and most TYinsf-. anxious atiTimiH to +. r » work -wrnvlr harmoniousl TinrmrmirmRlv with wif . h their t . hfiir

    American and foreign brethren , but y that this Bill was one which would strike an irreparable AA / MfA

    ¦ i m m . m m Tf tVij V ^ JL . * . ^ - * W ± . X . * . 'KJA . ± 11 V- * V * A . XA UV * Jk ^ AV W * A * x ^ | Mr ^^ A % r blow at the interests of a very large classr of English workmen . He pointed out that were

    it only a question of the manufacture of books being transplanted within the United Kingdom , efrom London to Edinburghof which it

    formed . g . the staple trade , the English , workman would would be V > ft able ahlfi to tn follow follnw the f-. h-ft work work ! but but he he

    hardly thought the English Government ; would regard it as desirable thatin order still to earn

    their living at a trade to which , they had served an an apprenticeship annrenticfishin of of seven sftvftn year vears s m in Jiingland Enerland .

    they must become citizens of the United States , of America . He felt considerable reluctance in

    joining the deputation because he understood that the Bill was promoted by the American

    Typographical Union , with which his society had always been on the best of terms ; but he

    thought this was too vital a question for the English workman to remain unrepresented at such a meeting as that .

    The representative of the compositors was was followed follnwfirl b hv Dr 7 ~ ) r . J . Tr ohn > Tin Evans THvana on r » n bp behalf . ha . lf

    of the English y paper-makers . He , said that this was a question in no way affecting that of Protection and Free Trade—the American

    manufacturer being already protected by the imposition ± llXJ » VOJ . UJ . Vil of VJi ( an JUXJL V ad */ W valorem U \ AJtl \ S I C / lfl / U dut . UUJ y of V / J . O 15 . W per ^ f V / JL

    cent , on paper , and of 25 per cent , on printed books—but an attempt , while granting a great bft benent nftfit to tn a a small smn . ll class nla . SR . to hrt inflict inflini , an n . n inp incal . nl -

    culable injury on an , almost innumerable number of English workmen . MrAusten Leih then spoke on behalf of

    the master . printers g . He stated that the present practice was for all important English books to be reproduced in America , but that

    the type was invariably set up in the first instance in England ; then a set of stereotype lates was sent < k . # to - \_^ America JfcA or if the American

    publisher p J ^ »•« ** ^ - ^ •" - * * *^ « n »™» preferred »_ r - ^^> * ^^ r - *» _ A it A . * . , ^_^ he . JL . V ^ tr ' V set , V ^ * . the , J- * - t ype V »* - * -. » - again *» A ^ -rf" ¦&¦ ^ k ^^ t ^ in AJt the United States from , early sheets provided by the English author or publisherThis would all

    . be altered by the Bill . A publisher had informed him -- ¦¦¦ . •*¦—¦¦ ¦ . ¦» that */^ .-- » -w v the ^ r « . * ¦» «*¦ probable |^ y i _ -v ^ M U ) P ^_^ JL V- * A future . L * t / V * JL V- * course V- ' V- ^ Ul * J \^ would » T V ^ «^ LJk ^^« .

    be that the MS . of an English book ( or , should the »*»— " *^ - author » -w * - » w ji ^ . -v ^ * . desire ^^ » . -vrf ^ . » a . ^ . ^_» to \ J- ^ T have JL J . LV T V _/ t an i * * opportunity V ^ |_ T » V VX t / *_* JLA . A . \ S J of ~\ S JL .

    making his corrections after seeing his work in type , a corrected type-written copy ) would be sent by an English publisher to his fli agent

    i in n America Amfirifin ,. with with instructions ins + rn ^ . finnR to f . r \ set a ^ f . the book Vior ^ lr up , and print , an edition sufficient for the American American market markpt . with with anxr 1 T 000 OOO nrvn ies i «* H

    more which he was , to forward , say , to , Eng cop land where they would be i ^ ublished simultaneously ,

    with the American edition . If the book turned English ¦ out publisher to * wAjL i be \ j would a \ i success \ then in import England set oc , the of

    —— — -fc ^ — — *•*» -. j ~ r * - *¦ *^ j ..- » VAAA v / x-iw *^ JLxxx Ljyjx v a Cv u \~* x the plates from America for future use . To illustrate ¦^ vw ^/^^ the v « kvvjullv amount ^ \ iiiv of work involved in the

    •—— ~ - —» ,. v ^ V ^ A Ill Vt *_/ J . XX . V V ^ Jl V V >*^ 4 . XXX CXXV > present arrangements with Americahe mentioned *"" ¦* - " - —¦ — ' ~— that wj »*»> ww his *»* w ii own >»^ tt in firm All had iicvvl sent , to \ s \ J tlie \ ± M . \ ogii jj

    of United no less States ^ iwp ^ than for sixteen publishers considerable stereotype works plates

    ^^ " * —— ' - ' «^ vaaujaa k > a ^ i . vvvii VVJlOlUvl OUkJ 1 U W JV . O during 1887 , which included such works V- 'X as JuecKy Lecky ' s s ' history Historv ot of Hingland England .. ' ' In Tn addition » . drlit . ion .

    he mentioned ; that advance sheets of such , books as 'Robert Elsmere / Justin McCarthy ' s

    last work , and Rider Haggard ' s * Allan Quater-¦ ¦ ¦ main' hadbeen sent out «¦«> from type set bhis

    fi m rm Mil if . , m * Av This « vk , w ^ y ^ was ^^^ » p ^ - ^^^ the t ^ «^ ^^ final w —• ^ ^^ ^ speech ^^ «/ IT ^^ ^ made " ^ ^ " ^ y mJ **** by members Ji *^ ^^^ i * i ^ P *«^ ^^^ of ^^^ the m ^ ¦> » ^^ deputation -MW - ^^ Bk ^ ^^ WM war v ^ b ^ . v ^

    The President of the Board of Trade then inquired whether any very- large number of

    to American Ameri which can book books Mr . s Routledge are are ^ now now reprinted ret > rep rmted lied in in that Enerl England and that ,. certainl r » ftpf . n . inlv was was so an . The TTia Jrresident l ^ rftRiflftnt then thfm said sairl

    that the y matter was clearly of the utmost importance , affecting as it did such large manufacturing interestsThe question of an

    . American copyright for the English author had long been looked forward tobut the

    r addition of the conditions to which the deputation t , af , ir » Ti had Via . ri drawn rl-rfi .-wn his Tiia attention a .+. fp > nf . ion certainl n . Artn . inlv

    detracted considerably from the advantages y of the concession b . He Mkl proceeded 1 i ^^ to -h ^ - point Krf-

    T-r ^ h , «^ ^ ^ *_* - ^^ v « r ^^ ^^ ^^ ****** Jb ' ^— ^^ ^ B ^^ r- ^^^ V ^^ " - ' ^^ V ^ v . « r - — - ^^^ «^ out that no alternative had been suggested as a course which the Government might adopt ;

    nor did he gather that the deputation were prepared to say that they would prefer no legislation at all to an Act containing this

    condition . Under these circumstances he could hardly state what course the Government would think it well to adoptbut he would be

    ; glad if a memorial on the subject were drawn

    i up m and n . nrl submitted snTvrhifffirl to +. n him him . , and a . nH he no would ^ ronlrl giv crive e it very full consideration . It was agreed

    that this should be done , and the deputation withdrew .

    Ar00801

    506 r Pie Publishers' Circular May * si 8 £ 8 ,

    Tlole% And Hems

    Tlole % and Hems

    Novelists ought to be very well pleased with the decision of Mr . Justice Stirling in

    the case of Warne v . Seebohm , and it should be a warning to all dramatic ' authors' who in

    future may think they have a right to appropnate nriatft the t , hp . p creations . rftfi . t . iona of of oth nf . h ers ftrs . The Thft law ln . ^ w . how how-

    -, ever , is not strong enough on this point . We referred more fully to the matter in our last .

    The following list gives the order of publication of future volumes of the * Badminton

    the th Library pt Duke Dnlc of ft of nf Sports Beaufort T ^ fta . n and fnrf , Pastimes X TC . G fJ . / and an edited ri Alfred Alfrerl by

    E . T . Watson , and published , , by Messrs . Longmans : Boating , by W . B . Woodgate ;

    with with contributions r . nntri Vmf . inns b bv y the +, Tia Hev Rpv . Edmond T ^ rimnnfil Warre , D . D ., head-master of Eton College , and RHarvey Mason tkl / with illustrations AAA « - ^^ AAt by

    Frank « - **** " * - ^ - « - »* . Dadd ^ a -J * . «^ v ^ . t ^^ and j ^ . ^ . VV from ^ V ** . ; * instantaneous TV-I-WAA . .. .. .. ^ . 4 . 1 ^ . » jV VJLV ^ hoto ^ ^ " ^ J - , p hs : will t A . ^^^ . in AAA May—Cricket by

    grap ^ k -A- * -- »»— ' a . a . ^ s ^ * appear *^«/ »/ »_ r ^_/«^«^ . ^ TJLIW W . ^— ' . 4 . JL V ^ JLA . V ^ % y ^ " ^ mJ A . G . Steel , Andrew Lang , the Hon . R . H . L Tiv ttelton ttftHnn . R R . . H H . Mitchell MifnTiftll W W . G (^ . Grace a ™ no A & . c . ;

    with y illustrations , by Lucian , Davisand , from , instantaneous » - # ¦ VJJfc hotograp *¦ «/ hs : will ft ^^^ C 4 IJU in

    ^ . *— . wwaa v «>» " ^^ "V ^ - «^« fs / p 1 ^ ^ ^ -r ^"^>^ K * " ^ ' *—'¦*** - ' * T -1 . Jfc . * appear C > W B . ^ _ Jt ^ ¦* , < J June . —Driving , by the Duke of Beaufort ; with wifch contributions nont , riniif , ir > n « b V > v Lord Lr » rrl Al Alor ^ -rn oTi St Sf . . Maur TVTniTr

    A . E . T . Watson , Colonel y H . gernon S . Bailey , Major , Dixon , the Earl of Onslow , Lord Arthur Somerset , Sir Christopher Teesdale , V . C ., and Lady Georgiana Curzon with illustrations by

    J . Sturgess and Major ; Grilesand from instantaneous Htantanftona photographs nhotno ^ ranha : will will , annAnr in in

    appear September . —Riding , by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and W . R . Weir ; Fencing , by

    *' . U . Grove , Walter JLi . ± * ollock , , and M . Pre * vost ; Tenni $ , Lawn Tennis , Racquets , i ¦¦ ' -r & t

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1888, page 506, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051888/page/8/