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      T Ately It Has Become A Recognised Custo...

      whom we pity . Fancy the horror of a sanguine writerwho has just finished a six

      , months' novel , to find that arrangements for publication are made a year in advance ! He

      or she has probably been expecting that their first chapters would be certain to appear in

      -ft . •¦• •» three weeks time at the latest . The experiences of Anthony Trollope *¦ and James Payn

      I bear witness to the anxiety of those who are impatient to enlighten or enliven tbe world

      ¦ ¦¦ without the necessary apprenticeship for the task . We would advise all literary aspirants

      to look closely at the yearly programmes of the magazines ; not to deter them from work ,

      VJP - * but to console them under disappointment ,

      and to encourage them to their best efforts . ¦¦ ¦ * » o

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      except in serial form ^ . They may be published ** by American publishers at all prices , and in

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      writer and the American ^ . publisher ^ . are by no means happy . Native literary industry suffers from the competition of English cheap labour .

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      American publishers give him no less than fifteen pounds , while others give him nothing ¦ at all ¦¦ li . - » ¦ ¦ Hi » wares ¦ 1-1 -- they vend for fc ¦ ¦ sixpence ¦ - or 4 fc a

      - » - « ^ r ¦ " ' - " - — - ™ -- m m ^ — --- - —— .. » ^^ m ¥ ^^ *** ' ** m * ^^^^ --b > - » - ^ —¦*¦ U ^^^ ^» 4 b ^ mr ^^ ^ b ^ V > W ¦ shilli * m b « -m * m b * n g , and what * m . is the ^ ^ m result <^ ? ^« Wh ivb—bb . y , this -b b » — as ¦ "E BBBBBBBBV . V M BBHB . . " saw ¦ ¦ iTBAV f in ¦ his ¦ HBB ^ travels bV — "the chief

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      asked himself " Are there . no American authors whose works the Americanpublic care to read read 1 I n ' Verilv Verily there there are are . - There There is ia Mr Mr . . E "R . .

      P . Roe , for example , who is a kind of Sunday Dumas , or domestic Ohnet . But the books of American BBBBBBBBBm ¦ BbT BBV ¦ 1 ¦ II authors ¦ ¦ W whom # 111 the VTbWOV Pk American MPBBVlM ¦ M « fe # P public

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      lish or his editions publishers 1 Was get for Long | his fellow innum much erable better Eng- II

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      says , and is asked to buy cheap editions of , his own works , out of which he does not get one cent - 1 . ¦¦ Ah ¦ what Btft a position BJBTBbW for a moral hBBff Ameri

      can p " ¦* ^ irated " - ^— ¦ ^ ^^ " ^ ^ " author - ^ mr ^ — ^ in ^ - in " bw ¦ - "" his J , " ¦ ! Eng -- » -bV * . W » .. ^ ^ * He laint mk ^ V ^^ " l - a bi « ' « v " - nd V * ¦ . * ^ even « » . - K ^ , wm ^ " - " and m ^ \ VA bb ^ j » ^ But - ** ^ comp h mn ^ B » « B doubtless ^ . ^ . ^ ^ b ^ ^ b ^ ^ b ¦« lains mm ¦ " ^ " iv ¦ " ^ # «» ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ *^ B ¦ v ^ W * ' -J of ¦ ^^ there vr ^ BW ^ ^ » b B ^ ^ ^ WbbLbLA being ^ » i 1 jm l is M - ^

      justice pMr . Roe ' s booksI ¦¦¦¦¦ " his with . " ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ countrymen ^^ ¦ ^^^ their ¦ mm -1 ^ VbMbI admirabl ««« . ^» ^ m & * ¦» to " « # ^ B * e be V ^^ moral ^ bT more Mfei ^ Bl ^^ B , ^ B should ^ delicate ^ " ^ " *¦ B « B « ^^ ^^ have ^^ ^^ ¦ < in fc &^ taught ¦ their »_ J B ^ ^ J 1 , A « % m " ^ - ^ M !¦ " ¦* V bT mm mt ^ 9 * -T *

      mi dealings ^ g ht have . After insure all d , Mr his . Roe wares ( so . E No . M " ^ . one says in ) , Englan »¦» - ¦ d seems t to irate Mr -- »«» -- ^ HowellsMr

      ^ Stockton — — ^^ - ^ -- ¦ -m , -. Mr ^ --a-r - * mr - . -- ¦¦ *— Henry -y - »* ^ - » p ^ |^ i-h James J » - * -w -V ' - ^ . . « They -- ^ " - *¦ - » - > * - *¦ * » and ^ b ^ . ^ k-IW »^ , » other _ A- » j ^ . American authors have found out a path of

      safety . They secure copyright in both countries ^ " ^ ^ mr B B BBB . ^ BTBBB . B ^ B ^(^ BBj ^ , while V ^ ^ JMm BBB aBfe > ^* b ^ ^ an b ^ " * V ^ B » ^^ Eng Bb" ^^ bB 1 BBb ^ Bb ^^^ k lishman " ^ " " ^ P ^^ « BBT ^ bT rf ^ BBBm W aBb ^ B * can ^^ BBB * B ^ " ^^ B * only ^^/ *^ B ^ L ^ L V

      secure copyright in one . Of course there are American American dodges . You friend friend may to to write insert insert a novel half half , a a may r > aera get . and ar an » r ? page

      then advertise and sell it as by Mr . Jones , ( of London ) and Mr . Brown ( of New York ) .

      Th lnen en , it if , seems seems , the the rn pirat rfl . f . e e would wrmlr ? fear fear to f , n touch fnnnh it , but then you lose exactly half ( at least ) of the bk ¦¦ credit mkte of + b b romance Bib ~~~~ - ~*~ ¦¦ tmT . Your Mbfrffch American fl

      v-.--. — --. -r-. < -av ---r- _> ..-V - ~ r ^ your W 'V- ' ^ p »»» . V ^ ~ ~ !^ W ¦ - ¦ . _ r ¦ ^ - «> T ^_ T _^ AWWiJ . accomplice is probably vow ^ ing that he invented the the plot nlrvfc- and a . nc \ that f . haf . toii onl nnlv selected aftler » t , efl the fhe mot mnt -

      toes for the , heads you of chap y ters . Or you may publish in both countries , but in each country give s ^ ive voiir book hoolr different HiflFerenf . nanles narrfes . and and in in America America

      sign your it with a pseudonym or , leave it anonymous . But only a very few dollars can be secured ¦¦) 1 bso W-N- transparent !/ a k dod % We f do k

      need —v -v -mw - " --- » --v a -V-. new m ^ - y J . F copyri _^ m ^ . m . -L < W . ght » -- » -H » -T m * T -- ¦ ¦ -. »¦ law ~ | - — - | - ^ badl ~^« - <« . y ^* ^ , mfm ^ ge ^— or - »»* r . a this TV - ^» will -- _ . >^ happen — — -V- * wv j— ~ w » - » : Americans Bifc . dBw ^ - > --- > --k ^«^ •*•• . ¦ - > ^/« w «« rw will v v dh « 4 k > onl ^^ ~ -i » y y F sell 1-- * ^^ --b- * - > iva and -. >^ -k buy r * - ' »— ^ y

      cheap pirated British books . Britons will only sell and buy cheap pirated American books . In neither country will the native

      author find a public or earn a dollar . So literature will cease to exist . ' mmmV bb bb ^ bh at . b > bb ^ mbb . ^ bb ^ ^^^^^^ A

      In a similar strain the Manchester Examiner takes up the subject , saying : ' Some interesting facts are given in the Publishers' Circular ,

      b sli y ghtl a contributor y disguise whose his personality initials * , E . respecting M . " only the ¦ BVfe 0 mi great copyriht ¦ question / K in America .

      If ——V our ^ ^^^^ . H ^ BH own ^^^ T VW " ^ V grievance ^^^ F ^ rf \\^ 7 mW mW * M g ^^^^^ ^ bWJL ^ L # against ^^—4 ^ W ^ Lh ^^ BB * 1 m ^ M ^ JL > American ^ > B ^ B»—BbIB ^ L B . BB J—MW ¦ p —^* irates ^^^ F ——^ ** ^^ ^^^^ is the greater onethere is some

      counter-Bk A ¦ m BbI t ^ M B > ^ . , Bl BA BB —BB _ _ <¦ I author part in BB has the to hardships endure i . which The the literary b transatlantic k men H B > V ' of . _ . ^ ^ —

      They America — * - **^ -r -T are * ^^ have liabl AAtW Bl MAV , e in to V \/ BBBb fact - have A & iW » , ^ -f * a their WA JkVri doubl ^^ ' . I . JL . . brains H ^ JL e fJVJLJLJbKf hardship BBI p |^^ icked . ^^ - »— — - . — _ . ^ . ^_ _ *

      for sam nothing e time lose by th ^^ to e E a n large glish ^ ^ extent public , the and Ameri at the

      cheap can ¦¦ market reprints , in consequence of Eng l lish fc tm , books WmW of the with numerous which

      ^~ ' " ^"" - — " ^ «« - " - — - " ^^ ¦ ** " ^ « b «~*« k *> r *•** ^^ «* s - ¦• . ¦»•*» * B >^* »« - »*»^ w » ^^ ^ mT «»¦>• W ^ W V ^ "W *^* - »^ > —~ they have to compete . ' Bl tt Touching A V 1 Mb UVJUUJ 4 ^^ g ^^ the UULJL > Vf other 1 / VJ d 11 VX side H 1 UU Bb of VA the UUW question u v « uuv »» M — . ^ — — ^

      c the W ert * VUMU a Examiner in . Am . I . JL » J-JU > e V ? ric 4 . JLVKWAA a continues n p Jk / ubl IAUbJIOA ishe . VA : — rs K » 'The t K » o _» p JJtMJf a practice y Eng X-l * - ^ li "" s of of h

      a auth new ors a few does pound s fo answer r the . adv ance few sli ps ies are waits sold two to or impatient three days readers longer , but and the gets publi the c

      book very try for ing half to an or a uprig quart ht publish the price er . . But This the is I

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 18, 1885, page 1570, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_18121885/page/2/