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    • April 16, 1886 The Publishers' Circula...

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    DICKENSIANA.*

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    $>txe$ and & ctng.

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    - +0+ The M ^^^— ~~ Copyright "^-~ "^P- ...

    1 all sixteen volumes have appeared . The seventeent , h will 'be the * Lives of the English

    poets' ( Waller , Milton , and Cowley ) , by Dr . Johnson .

    Mr . R . R . Bowkee on Copyright . —The h on Copyright : its law and

    literamonograp ture , ' by Mr . R . R . Bowker , editor of the Publishers Viihlishars ? JVe Weekly eklu .. is is a fL valuable va . 1 nq . hlft work work" . Most IVToat ,

    , of the matter has appeared in Mr . Bowker ' s ¦ editorial i columnsand the writer is to be ¦—

    con-I ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ m -v — — ' , -y — v w ^ ™ - — - ^^ r — ' ^— — - — — — - - - ~^^ ^^ F- ^— ^~ ^^ gratulated upon its appearance in the form of a compact volume . The various headings

    under which the subject is arranged are : the nature and origin of copyriht ; the earl

    history of copyright ; development g of statutory y copyri «/ ght in England ; the — history — _ _ _ _ . of — copyri «/ — ght

    x ^^ *^ ' ^ x o iii the United States ; what can be copyrighted ; the ownership and duration of

    copyright ; the entry and protection of copyrights ; statutory copyrights in other countries ;

    international copyright in Europe ; the international copyri f »¦ g iH ht movement ¦ ¦ h h in America ¦ ; copyright

    - ^~^ r m -w — — ^^^^ - " ^^ — — - — — — — - — - ^ ^—^ m ^^^^ m ——^^ — ^^— ^^— - ^^ r " ^^^ ^ " ^^ ¦ ^« ^^^^ ^^^ ~— M ^ " ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ h i ^^^ ^^ progress—authors and publishers ; also objects of the copyright law of the United States

    d JL */ O and of Great Britain . An interesting feature of the volume is a memorial of American

    authors for International Copyright , with facsimiles of their signatures . The second part

    of the volume is not only important , but a credit to the literary skill of American librariansbeing

    , a bibliography of literary property ; that is to scay ^ ™^ I , a ^^ ^* catalogue ^^ ^> ^ ^^ v ^ . ^^ v ^^^ m ^ " ^ ^^ H ^^ h ^>^^ b ^^^ of ^^^^ ^^^ books r ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ *^^ r . " ^ . p ^^ v and ^^/^ v ^^ ^^ v ^^^^ v ^ articles ^ ^ v ^^^* ^^^ ^^* ^ h ^ ^^^ ^^^ v ^^^ r relating ^^^ b ^ . ^ r ^^^ . ^ f ^ Q ^ r ^^ B . ^^ ^^ to ^ p ^^ fc

    to literary property , embracing copyright , international copyrihtand kindred subjects .

    This portion of the g work , has been compiled by Mr . Thorvald Solberg , assistant in the

    Library of Congress , Washington .

    • April 16, 1886 The Publishers' Circula...

    • April 16 , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 379

    Dickensiana.*

    DICKENSIANA . *

    Mr . Kitton ' s ' Dickensiana is one of those books which , even from a cursory examinationshow a remarkable amount of pains and

    , all care , of on which the part is inj of ured the compiler through , inattention all , or near to ly

    uctans details ot of hnnk book - - makin n . lHn g cr which wViirVh we wa Tinvps have a right riorht . t > expect from every writer on bibliographical subjects . The chief fault we have to find

    with this volume is the absence of an index . The the omission book from almost the , department if not wholl of y , reference excludes

    volumes . Kitton The ' s reader book , for however the , purpose who takes of general up Mr .

    perusal will find it a remarkably interesting , ^ hook musing we , are and acquainted painstaking with comp reflects ilation . more No truthfullthe literary life of the great

    novelist . y Compactly massed together in a Volume » oiume ot of about about live fivft Tiiinfl hundred rorl naiorfts \ we V ( x rind finrl

    the critical opinions of panegyrists pages as well as detractors llie ; poetical effusions of regarding Dickens '

    Uie and and work " wnrk- s ; notices noti ^ fis of songs snnora and a . nfl TYinftip musical . nl author compositions ¦ ' s works founded similar on M or notices \ suggested regarding by the JL

    " » V -W M . JB . A . K ^ ; * JJL . MA . M , , A * - ** . A A ^ T % J M . ^ S V- " K- » ¦*¦ VUUIA . V ^ L J * J * *_ I > uxys , testimonies , including the published

    * Litton carles * DickenKiana . Dickens London , and : a George Bibliogrftphy his Wviwngs ltcdway of . . the Compiled Literature by l'Y relating tid . G .

    Dickensiana.*

    opinions of famous litterateurs and others respecting Charles Dickens and his writings , extracts from the periodical Notes and Queries

    with regard to matters relating to the subject , and and nnally finallir a a rich rich collection coU & o . hicm of of anecdotes ftnfi ^ ot . fis n . n - -

    pearing under the general heading Omniana ap . We had almost omitted ¦ ¦ to mention two other

    ^^^ ^^— ^^^ ^ v ^ v ^^ ^^ ^^ F" ^ r ^^^ ^^— ^^ v ^^ v ^**^ W ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ~~^ — ^^^ - h — — ^^ ^^ v ^ a ^ v ^>^ ^^^ ^^ v ^^^ ^^^ ^¦ . ^ . ^^ i ^ ^ . ^ v ^^^ ^ .. ^^ v v ^ N ^* ^^^^ ^^^ . ^ h ^^ v ^^^ r V ^ M headings ^ h ^ K ^ , namel ^^ y Antholog a . & ^^ ies a and Plag - iarism _ _ s . Young authors could not do better than

    read the early criticisms . of the works of Dickens - ™ - ¦ ¦ ^— appearing — ^ — — ~^ m- — w ^^— ' —— — - J ^^^ k when " ^ " ^ ~ ^ " ^ ™ ^ he — —™ ^^^ ^ himself ^^^™^^~ ^^ ^^ ^^ » " »^ ^«^ ^^^ ^^^ was . ^ mr ^ m I ' ^ ^ a h ^^ F

    young author . Such a perusal will point to man — — ~— - ^ ~—— ^^ y y val » ^^ ^^ « u ^ ^ able ^^^^ » ^^^ —^^ ^^» — lessons ~— ~—~ w ^^ ^^ ^— ^^^ , ^ p which » » — ^ b ^^^ ^^^ ^^ p should ^ ¦ ^ v i ^^ m ~*^ F" ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ . tf' ^^ ^ not ^^ ^^ . ^^^^ ^^ r be v ^^^ ^^^^

    thrown away . Although at the present time much diversity of thought is evident among

    the public with regard to the character of Dickens i ' writings ¦ ¦ hostile ¦¦ criticism ¦ being in

    many - ~^» - —w instances ~_~ - > -- _ a ^^^^> reflex - , — — r -- of _ op ^^^ ' inions " ^ ¦ - ^^ — — ~~ expressed ^**^ - »^ ^«*^^^« V ^ p ^ k «^ ^^ ^^ at an early period of the writer ' s literary

    career , it is obvious that an author of whom it can be said that 4239000 volumes of his

    works had been sold , twelve , years after his death must have a considerable hold upon the

    affections of his fellow-men . A result of this description defies ordinary criticism , for the

    books circulate not among special circles of intelligence o , but . ___ amidst the _ strong — ~ o »/ ly repre j : -

    sentative middle-classes , who in literature hold the same position critically as the pit does ,

    or or used nsftd to to do do . , in in the the theatre theatre .. Much interest will be found in reading the critical part of Mr . Eatton ' s work . We would

    especially like to quote some of the materials which the comp j iler has so carefull _ y collated

    but considerations — _ of space - forbid . ^ Doubtless , j , however , most of our readers will themselves

    become acquainted with Mr . Kitton ' s work , whichdespite the omission referred to at the

    beginning , of this notice , is a highly valuable

    contribution to our literary handbooks .

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    $ > txe $ and & ctng .

    The other day the St . James ' s Gazette remarked that a New York publisher was

    reporting progress ahead of the English fraternityMessrs . Worthington & — - Co . of that — ' —

    city ^* ^^ ^ b « b ^ t * ^ being * # W « , ^ " 1 »» ^^^ about ^^ r % ^ r *^ ««« . T ^^ w to issue — — — a ^ new » — — revised — - edition — ' — - ^ of * Chambers ' s Encyclopaedia ¦ / which brings

    -x ^ ^^ — - ^ ri ^ m ^^ rfih ^^« r ^^ ^* r ^^ r *^ r ^^ ~ ^ ¦ - —^ - ^ — — - — ¦— — — — - J » - — — -- — - - - - — - —¦ — — r ^ \ ' the record of that popular storehouse of facts down to February 1886 . ' This statement is ,

    to say the least of it , misleading . The edition sold by Messrs . Worthington is , in the text ,

    identi irtanfip cal . pl with with that ihat . issued issued bv by JVlessrs Messrs . . ( Chambers Jhambers in this country , the publishers sustaining their intention to keep the * Encyclopaedia '

    ^» ^™ m ^ ^ k ^ ^ ta t ^ tm . ^ Bb ^^«« ^^ ^^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ - ^* ^^ ""^ — — —^ mj M abreast of the time . Mrs . Marshall is following the fashion

    with a shilling story founded on a curious Bristol legend . On Clifton Down stands a tower , perhaps 200 years old , which has long ( rnnfi b hv the t . hfi name name * or of Uook Cooke ft ' s s ± Follv < oJJy . . The lhe

    gone tradition y is that a Bristol merchant , frightened by an astrologer , built it to protect his only son from a predicted early death , and secluding him in it brought about the very fate

    which wVn ' nli he hft sought Ronp-ht to to avert avert . . It It is is singular singular tnat that such an old-world legend should hiive grown up in recent times , for it is not found in any

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1886, page 379, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041886/page/5/