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    i 9 g The Publishers* Circular Mawhi.,^ ...

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    not absolutel That altogether these y make relations — ___ satisfied such __ have an with assertion in the some relations in instances the at statement present been strained existing of their , " perhaps between case , it them is owing manifest and to the faults __ _ . _ that pvrt wiyF they & ljahe \ Jk a * > F II n

    sides which , we may are be not fairl concerned y asked , is to whether deny ; but authors looked , , as at a r broadl ace , will r y , and gain without by such ^^ bias a combination , the ^^ questio on VJH iMlTIl 1

    be that gathere — which d — is from now — the being names made of . the In answering individuals this associated question with it is the obvious undertaking that very and » much ^ i * here wv L

    ^ y ^^ * «« * <¦ ^ 3 / , »____ i & VJlC 218 II it President __ ! . _ seems . „ to _ 1 _ _ open us , ' for . The ifll . the Company MM future — . _» _ _^— __ , the of - * . A ? Authors A Company — _ X L > - _ . __•* 7 ' has L * comes - ** «¦ made _ vj ^ -k j- before J j -k . a false A »¦ . I the ¦ , ¦ % . start * £ world * ** ¦ ^^ w . with Leaving I ¦ _ **^ -fc - a bod < u the . A ¦_ y of election 1 Vice * -Pregi of ^^ a . 0 dentswhose afford the onlat obtainablto the

    of the , scheme names . At the head of these y guarantee we find Mr present . It . D . Blackmore e as the popular position and and succeaRfnl prospects

    novelist only names —¦— , but likel among — y to — — his carry __ - — colleagues wei . . g f-j ht in we — the — look — literary in vain world for any being author those , of of the Mr . hi Charles ghest rank Heade the

    jroster Foster Mr — ——— . G . , , A Cardinal uarain . Sala ai , and ^ manning Manning Miss , , C Sir oir . M xienry Henrv . Yonge Parker irarxer . Added - , , Sir oir to Frederick rreaeric these ^ are : rPollock - the oiiocK j names , , Sir oir of jj F . . Professor jJ . . — uoldsmid Goldsmid »»* w ^ *«^ i ^ Michael - ^ w ^ TcUIH Sir s ; .

    Henry Thompson , the Rev . Henry White , Canon Tristram , and Mr . R . E . Egerton-Warburton be some regarded of whom as are ' an known autk fi or as ' i specialists n the commo , in n a accep literary tation sense of , but the not term one , whil of e whom others can can fairly onlj ,

    far have liavA as been T to ^ ftAti the chosen < Vh p ersonne « An on nti l the +. Vi of the lucus Iilcai . Company r a now fft . cm . lucendo l . ii , o as p / nfl at present principl nrinr » i nlft e before _ , or or else ftlafi us . tor for Turning orn ornamental amental next purposes nnrnnsoa to its aims . Thus 1 ^ we .,. find ¦ h the first i to be r- ' * the united ¦ and strenuous endeavour ¦ ¦ - » ¦ ¦ ¦ by f every possible » - ^ means ¦ ¦ to obtain , UK ^ kM

    ^^ - ^ " ^^^^ ^^ ^¦¦ ^ ^» ^^^ ^~ ^»^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ - ^^ - ^ r * w ^^ - ^ -mm ^ ^ v «^ ^»» ^^ - ^^ v ^ v ^ v ^ m ^^^^ w *^ ^ r ^^ " ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ " ^ " - ^ ^ ^^^ - ~^^ ^^ " ^ r ^^ - ^ ' ^— — » — —^ ^ f j ^ ' — — — - - ^ ^^ — ^» " ^^ ^* w ^»^ k «*^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ 11 for one ** ¦—™~ Eng "flTV will lish * sympathise writers jf m t ¦ the . <¦ and justic » which e of it copyri ¦ may B m in ght m fairness m - in m the * m be Un TT pointed h ited t i 1 States rf ~> i i ^ out < / 4 publishers h an object 1 t with as i well ^ which 1 as « authora

    everyhave ' " ^ - ^ » w for ^— ^^—^^^ - — a ^^ long ^— ' ^ - ^^ ' ^ ^ ^^ period ^ ^ - ^^ , ^ p ^^^ ^— ^ - ^ been v v ^^^^ w ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ striving , - ^ p ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ v ^^ r ^ p to ^^™ ^^ ^^ ^^ attain » ^^^^ " ^^^^ " ^ ^^^^ ^^^ w ^ . w —* The Company — — — — — , quotes — — — - — Mr - * . — — - — Charles — » - ^^ ^^^^ v * vnv Reade V ^ W ^ i ^ J ^ M » w M ' s schemeand apparently nails its colours to his mastwhile it assures us that it * will leave no

    absence absence stone unturned , 01 of international international to awaken copyright convrierht the nation / ' and and to argues ar a & sense rues . tthat of nat , the * ' if it injustice it it were were formed iormea and ini for tor quity this tins of object obiect the present alone alone .

    it would call imperatively { sic ) for the support of , all English authors . ' The Company further , proposes to prepare a bill for the registration of titles ; and to promote ' the maintenance of

    friendl suggests y relations that the absence between of author a properl and y drawn publisher agreement . * Under defining this the latter relative head ri the ghts prospectus of author and publisher is a frequent cause of subsequent disputeand it also implies that ignorance

    as to the probable sale of a work , as to the cost of printing , , binding , and advertising , and as to which the authors best way need of pro the duc assistance ing it , and the the Company right choice is of a d publisher to , ly are . On among all this the points it may on be

    type observed »* T r *^ * in *«» the ¦ ^* , that M . ^^ literary ** VV althoug 4 i «* I world »» VJ h there 4 , I and UHAU may d A thoug m / XAV be -r V &^ k , h ll and > there I / A &\ probabl ^ A , V may A ** . l » d » W y here A prepare & always X ^ A . ^^ and « W *»^ will ^ there V ^>«> be B ^^^ supp ^ # , persons be m * r ^ - * publishers fcf vn ^** K of »** the v »» # , « Verdant or ¦« - * ' . » individuals — ——»— Green — — i - ^ ^ - ^ ^ ^ n ^ ^ ^ > ^ ^ ^

    so of describing fact any respectable themselves firm , willing _ is and to always trade will on the be read young y to author give full ' s i and gnorance comp , lete yet information as a matter on all these points . But while the Company is thus prepared to lay down a proper basis

    01 of action action- , mutually mutuallv ad advfl vantageous . nt . a . orfinn » to in author aiiilinr and n / nrl publisher nii " hliR"hf vr- , it it also also pro Tvrrvnosea poses to to establish establish what wnav may so ? JV t V h 11 possibl UIU at th W 1 V e y y Jf oung VUlig be more U an 1 XVA d difficult strugg OUL Uggling lillg of attainment writer WlJlLV / 1 . may rn . ki . tMiy — AWXV look ' the for . KJM cultivation . C and 4 . CJ . 14 . \ obtain J Hfl / iW of JLJ . friendl JllljllUlJ mutual y hel gui g H . p d * between ance . t * i * V / v > an •>»»» d ¦»* authors counse — advise — , l

    from those who have already made their reputations . ' The council finally offer to submitted submitted their memb to to ers them them on all to to points examine fixaminft connected agreements nxTrrefimfinta with with -with publication publishers rmhlishftrs , to assess to to keep keftn the a a merits register register of any in in which which MSS .

    acce members pt , and may —it is enter a bold , their offer names —* to a for dvise such on a work ll questions as they arising may , between be willing autho and r and competent publisher to . The The Society Softifitv is is to to pnnsiftf consist . o f a President " PrPMaiH ^ ri f . Vin V ice ^ - - PrAai Presidents rionfa Fellows TTVxllrvwo . and nnrl Associates A ftSnP . iateS . ana find w 01

    l H onorary class , are Fell to ows pay , who an shall annual not subscri he British ption , of subj one ects guinea , all of . , whom Such , is with the the scheme exception as far , of as our the information A 3 to its chances of believe thatlthh it be based on

    likel no a sincere real y to advance obtain desire goes the can . to benefit adhesion be made authors . of As the it ' foremost g who ives success have special men , not we prominence in yet the made literary to their the , world a reputations desire oug without to maintain may , ' whose it will it fnendiy support i be

    unmany relation wishes of , s even its with objects if publishers we express are so , our eminentl the rea op ders inion y are praiseworth that not it likel is a y y somewhat that to look we with can visionary any offer jealousy proj its promoters ect upon , ; our « ^ best . .

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    emp on musical haticall history y true of published him that he if had remember 4 the pen of rightl a y read by y writer Messrs , . ' His two volumes were , reinarka of lectures

    the for their art to purity which of he , sty devoted le and his clearness , life we were of ph m rase arked , an by d his the , smaller same happy works . Longmans command on the , prac of tical art lang side u * B ¦*

    occupied Br a sc . i Hullah ence , so in exclusively possesse combination d , in in fact with teaching , t very he rare and considerable g examining ift of a thoroug literary , he would h power knowled doubtless , and ge o if f have music his time placed as had an the ^ re ^ an V ** j 1 ^ ^ g Phuxiv ^ ,. U 1 ' uiiuur 3 biiu . 1-11 . it »• rw . . 1 i . i > ¦* 1 1 : ^ cr \ a (* T . lOUo

    the Training Colleges greater in Great ooiigationa Britain . were jais report models s on of what results such documents iub annum should UO * ; yy tJe - ^ ^ qJik—— - , 'lr

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1884, page 198, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031884/page/2/