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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 16th May 1887, Edition 1 of 1, Page 490

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    • 188 Fxeet Street : May 16, 1887.
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      F LITBBABY INTELXIGENCB 490—505 INDEX TO BOOKS PTJBIilSHBD IN GKEEA . T T YACHTS ACHTS , , BOATS BOATS , , AXD AJS JJ CJAiN CATSTQE yJiS 3 4 492 » Z , . JBRITAIN 5 K 1 XAAJN BETWEEN JJJfiXWJSiliJN MJ MAY & X 1 1 AND JUSU 14 14 506 506 , , 507 507

      NOTES AND NEWS 492—496 BOiOKS PUBIilSHED IN aREAT BRITAIN ST . DUKSTAN'S HOUSE 493 F ^ OM MAT 1 TO 14 508—512

      CONTINENTAL NOTES 496 , 497 AMERICAN NEW BOOKS ^ . 512513 , A PLEA FROM THE PROVINCES 497 NEW BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY PUB- I

      SALE JOTTINGS 497 , 498 LISHED 514—581 THE CRAWFORD LIBRARY 498 MISCELLANEOUS 582—599

      OLD BOOKS FOR SALE 498 , 499 COPYBOOKS 586 , 587 SHILLING STORIES 49 . 9—501 BUSINESS CARDS 594—598

      TRADE CHANGES & 01 , 502 WANT SITUATIONS 599 I OBITUARY 502 BOOKS FOR SALE 6 U 0 , 601 I

      I REVIEWS , & n . 502—505 BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 601—607 I

      188 Fxeet Street : May 16, 1887.

      188 Fxeet Street : May 16 , 1887 .

      Ot Jh Colonial Present Friends Number , ...

      OT JH colonial present friends number , who will will reach acknowledge many

      that in the great British Empire the truest factor of federation is Trade . ^ Politically and

      economically everything else must sink to insignificance beside Trade . No effort should

      be spared to connect , in the strongest way , the mercantile attachment existing between

      the old country , the colonies , and India . The book trade , although small in

      Comparison with other great branches of commerce which aim at removing »¦ - * the peremp -ft . a . tory m * wants

      of life , is still the trade which most thoroughly keeps the English-speaking people throughout

      all parts of the world in complete sympathy . The coloniesas yetcould not be expected to

      , , possess a literature of their own , therefore the greater works of old-world kindred must

      prevail , possibly until Macaulay ' s ISTewZealander sits ori the broken arch of London Bridge .

      The influence of such works , let us hope , will be of even longer duration .

      Although the population of the United States is more varied in distinct nationalities

      than any other country of the world , the representative literature is still most distinctly

      English , not only in language , but in tone . The greater *—* writers , whoso works shed a lustre

      over the learning of the United States , naturally take their places among the best of the

      English ' classics . ' Blood is thicker than water even where a family is disunited . 1

      What must be looked to now is the preservation of a sound understanding between

      colonial book traders . They are in a peculiar position . Their wares are not like other warea .

      We would suggest a federation of the colonial book trade to act strictly under the letter of

      the law . Thus illegal importations might be checked to the advantage of all concerned

      except the smugglers . The literature of Aus- , tralia is rapidlgaining viand importance

      i « y ' t ^ *^ gour ^^ JL , .

      The same may be said of Canada ; a && it is

      frqm that dominion that British authors and publishers " *• should look for ~* special Jtm support JL ^

      against aggression , a policy , which would stimulate the pulse of native talent and strengthen

      the ring of family friendship .

      Some Years Have Elapsed Since The Pamp •...

      Some years have elapsed since the pamphlet ' Copyri b wr ght : National and International /

      b y ' A Publisher ^* mm * / first appeared . Then , as now , the cause which -it advocated called for

      urgent attention . The interval , judging from the new edition of the pamphlet now before us

      , has been filled by talk and talk only . We do not disparage the laborious efforts of the

      Copyright Association , but no one can he ] p thinking that a good Copyright Billeven in such

      hands , may be compared "to , the otone of Sisyphus : a permanent lodgment cannot be

      secured . AU this is due to the halfheartedness of our legislators in dealing with questions

      of this description . If even a small section of the plebs had such , grievances to complain oftheir

      clamours would soon reach the ears of , the law-makers , and an adjustment of matters

      would assuredly follow . But the classes interested in this matter are not agitators .

      Their voting power is slight , and they are , perhaps , not sufficiently cohesive for

      agitation ; it cannot he that they are not sufficiently interested in a question which affects them so

      much . 4 A Publisher' in this ~~ now edition of his « ' , m — — — - - ~ ¦ ^^ - — — » ^^^ w ~^ m ^ ^ WW ^^ ^^^ ^^^ MMm ^^^ F 9 *^ V ^ K ^^^ " *^* ^^^

      pamphlet , ' presents with clearness and precision the present condition of affairswhich

      may be roughly described as higgledy-pi , ggledy . An old Scottish judge whan asked wtiy so

      many laws exisfceti in connection with fisheries , rep lied , * to save fash f , ' a word that ~ -is rather

      inadequately interpreted by its ^ mi-equivalents ' . trouble * and bother . ' There should

      legall .. ¦ ¦ y be little ' ¦ ¦ fash " in connection * ' , ^ I'liV with copy ¦ ^ = - J .. , gW

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 16, 1887, page 490, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16051887/page/4/