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    • St. Dunstan's House, E.G., October 15, 1890.
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      I 342 The Publishers' Circular Oct. 15, ...

      i 342 The Publishers' Circular Oct . 15 , 1890

      Co1tteitts !

      CO 1 TTEITTS !

      Literary Intelligence 1342 Authors And P...

      LITERARY INTELLIGENCE 1342 AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS i 352 BOOKS AND RUMOURS OP BOOKS 1343 ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE SEASON

      i 358 NOTES AND NEWS 1346 1346 13 M EEVIKWS ) & c 13 ( w CONTINENTAL CONTINUAL NOTES « UTJ » „_ , __ _„ „„„_

      INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GRE RBAT AT THE INTEENATIONAL LtTERARY AND ARTISTJC fi ASSOCIATION 1347 ^

      HOW LITERARY MEN WORK 1349 B n 00 /\ rv KS Trn PUBLISHED * rvi ti > tt th r ri ^ T \ IN tilt GREAT r % t _ * ni a m BRITA rir » Tm a IN t "_ , t PROM - •¦*« . ~ . STOKE NEWINGTON FREE LIBRARY 1350 SEPTEMBER 1 TO 15 1367

      THE ROCOCO STYLE 1350 NEW BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED . . 1374 TASTES IN READING . .- . ^ 1351 MISCELLANEOUS . 1382

      THACKERAY'S GRAMMAR .. 1351 BUSINESS CARDS , i 398 SIMPKIN , MARSHALL < fe CO . 'S ( LIMITED ) ANNUAL SITUATIONS WANTED 1399 DINNER 1351 ASSISTANTS WANTED ... 1399

      TRADE CHANGES .. 1351 BOOKS FOR SALE 1400 IN MEMORIAM 1352 BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 1400

      St. Dunstan's House, E.G., October 15, 1890.

      St . Dunstan ' s House , E . G ., October 15 , 1890 .

      He Congress Which Was Held In London Tla...

      HE Congress which was held in London Tlast week under the auspices of the

      International Literary and Artistic Association was a pleasant re-union of eminent literary workers ,

      and . A . , it is to be hoped , will mark an advance — in more than one question affecting the well-being

      of letters . The proceedings throughout were marked by great cordiality and good-will ;

      and no doubt our visitors have departed firm in the conviction that while it may be true

      we English take our pleasures sadly we have nevertheless a chivalrous sense of the claims of

      hospitality . The general effect might be more striking—some would perhaps say , more

      satisfactory—if the representatives of British literature had taken a more prominent part in the

      discussions , though it may be said that the foreign delegates were so thorough , so full of

      their subjects and the spirit of universal brotherhood , that little remained for

      Englishmen but to listen , admire , and applaud . The object of the Congress was , broadly

      speaking , to assist in securing to the producer of literature his or her rights in the products

      of his or her labours ; and under this comprehensive heading were discussed most of the

      important ^ questions connected with books considered as literary property . The terms of

      the Berne Convention were criticised at some length , and modifications and alterations

      suggested . M . Eugene Pouillet had much that was pertinent to say concerning

      translations , and M . Victor Souchon ably championed the cause of the musical composer . Nor were

      the artist and the dramatist forgotten . But the chief interest of the Congress centred in

      M . Jules Lermina ' s paper on ' Copyright with the United States . ' We hope American

      lawmakers will condescend to read and consider

      what M . Lermina said . The American

      opposition to the Copyright Bill , M . Lermina

      thinks , is determined by two special motives , ' irreconcilab irreconcilable le antagonism antagonism to to JUngland Enorland . w whhich \ ch

      country is specially interested in the matter , and an internal struggle between the east ,

      west of America itself . ' We do not know I that there is any irreconcilable antagonism |

      in the matter , but there can be no doubt j that America is like a house divided against i

      itself . ' The most bitter detractors of the pro- i posed law , ' said M . Lermina , with refreshing i

      directness , ' belong to regions the least blessed | with intellectual characteristics . For the con- |

      stituents of the representatives of Kansas , i Kentucky , Missouri , Ohio , and Texasthe

      rights of intellect have no real and tang , ible being . ' In New York , New Jersey , Boston j

      and Philadelphia , however , more enlightened ideas prevail , and in these places , it is needless

      to say , public opinion is entirely in favour of ' the Bill . In considering the arguments urged

      against International Copyright , M . Lermina singled out for his shafts two gentlemen from

      the great State of Illinois who have distinguished themselves by their violence of

      assert reasonableness ion and perfec . t innocence We mean of Messrs logic and . * sweet kins Hop

      and Payson . Mr . Hopkins is of opinion that an author is not entitled to protection inasmuch

      as he simply sets in circulation ideas which he steals from others . Further , Mr . Hopkins

      thinks that a writer who is worthy of the nanio would not work for money . He would work ,

      we presume , for fame , the fun of the thing , and the good of the bucolic communities who

      raise hogs and send men like Mr . Hopkins to the national legislature . It seems that tho

      inhabitants of the backwoods and immeasurable prairies have a great fondness for books that

      are given to them * without authorial expense / and Mr . Hopkins is troubled lest this nice

      taste should be disturbed or denied . Finally ______ , fig

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1890, page 1342, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101890/page/4/