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    The Incorporated Society of Authors. — L...

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    Tettsom's 'Hints Designed To Promote

    in the action of Mr . Williams , Dr . Dale , and ; six other gentlemen who met together for the

    purpose of considering what means might be adopted towards ameliorating the condition

    of deserving authors who were in distress . David Williams is therefore justly held in

    estimable remembrance as the founder of this beneficent fund . At first the progress of the

    promoters was far from being encouraging . Only eight guineas were subscribed ; a sum

    which went but a little way in the direction of bringing the proposal before the public . But

    the work thus quietly commenced was destined to flourish . For ninety-six years it has held

    a foremost place among the noblest of our charities . Practically the fund is intended to

    relieve distressed men of letters , not only of Britain , but of all nations , thus giving a

    remarkable example of the cosmopolitan character of British eleemosynary institutions .

    It is not our intention here to speak in general terms of the admirable character of the work

    performed through the existence of the Royal Literary Fund . Well-merited panegyrics have

    been bestowed upon the institution by many of the most eminent men of the nineteenth

    century , and we have no doubt that the praise will continue to be deserved . Examining the

    detailed account of the work of the committee in 1884 , we find that forty-one applicants have

    been relieved by grants amounting in the aggregate to £ 1 , 780 . The following table

    shows how this sum was distributed : — ¦ 17 aaa > a Relieved * aa > aw ^^ IV at ** v b for B r the * J k 1 st * ' ^ r time ^* m afc ^ fc ^ ai ^ a' w . V . ^ £ *^ aar 995 ^ a » ^^ r ^** ^*^*^* * ^^ ^* *' ^^

    2 9 ; ,, , „ , 2 3 nd rd „ „ . . . . 310 60 2 4 th .. 95

    — „ „ —71 „ . . " " 3 ' „ „ 6 th „ 80 3 „ „ 7 th ,, . . 100 2 2 ... . .. « Kt tli . li -. . 55 RH -

    1 „ ,, 9 th „ . . 30 1 „ „ 10 th „ . . 40 1 „ , , 11 th , „ , . . 15

    41 £ 1 , 780 _____ 2 Grants of £ 15 ... £ . 30

    4 20 .... 80 8 5 „ 25 30 . . . . . . . . 240 125 ; „

    6 1 , „ , 40 35 . .. . . . . . 240 35 7 V , y j , 50 *^ n- . m * . . # . w 350 ^* *^ ^^

    -5 3 „ 100 00 . .. . . . 50 180 0 „ 41 £ 1 , 780

    . 27 14 14 Males Females IWnales— —viz viz , ... . . £ 1 , 085

    7 Aiithora , . £ 280 6 Widows f . 315

    ¦ ^ ar > V ^^ H ^ a ^ * ^ w * w ap ^ a ^ v ~« ^ i ^ r ' 1 Orphan . 100 1 695

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    :- ^ ; 1 ;¦ " ^' It is cordially hoped that the dinner wftfchi is totake lace the 6 th inst

    presi - dency p Lor on d * John Manners ., will under be the in

    of every _ -ak- ^^^^^ . the ^ Bk . ^ . l ^ k ^^ A ^^ way ^^ same ^^^^^^ ^^^ A ^ B ^ b as ~^ m ~ kind ^ hA success . ^ hd ^ ^ k ^^^ ; . ^** . and ^ T ^ ^^^ dfe * ful ^^ H ^ h that d ^ ¦ H as ^^ K ^ m ~~ its former _ ^ _ results . , asse will mbl fully ies

    sustain the fame of a charity which the late Prince Consort spoke of as standing ' unrivalled

    pat in any hies country in providing , to comman for the d exi our genc warmest ies of t sym hose

    who , feeling only the promptings of genius and ana iorgeitmg forgetting every every other otner consideration consideration

    pursue the grand career of the cultivation of the human mind , and the promotion of the

    arts and sciences .

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    The Incorporated Society of Authors

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    Pollock the ¦ society in the numbers chair . 302 According members , to . the The report com-

    wor mittee — v * ^— m . k — - ^ - ^ .- during — ¦ propose — - g — - — t -- he current to — und year erta ft — — k : — — - ^— - ^~ 1 ^— A ^~ h . ^ e To ^ " ^ ^ K ^ w continue ^^^ r ll ^ g ^ « B ^^ f owing ^^^ r ^^^ _ ^^^^ L ^ L

    t question o agitat . , and 2 . , When if possi the ble , copyri settle the ght copyri quest ght ion

    has istration been settled of t , it to les . promote 3 . To a Bill exten for d th the reg

    4 . T rations o of the dra Societ ft y in . n v ery of direction various . prepare agreeme

    kinds compile , for and the convenience to publish of full authors and . accurate 5 . To information on the various methods of pub *

    lishing The , and report their also respective says that merits the . committee have received a great number of letters

    referring and ^ . *^ . p ^^ v .. ¦ v # k publishing Ba ^^ r to ^ . nv v ^ . ^ ^^^ matters ^^^ v ^ ar ^*^^ ^^ . ^^^ ^ i ^ b ^^^ ^ aah houses v ^ B ^^^ ^^ in ^ ^^ ^^ v ^^ ^^^ di w ^^~^ . ^ w spu They ^^¦^¦^^^ ¦ t e «^^ ^ aa ^ b h ^ etw ^ . ^^^ a' ^ ave a' aj e en cons ^ a . * ^ . ^^ ^^^ ^¦ > a u id ~ *~ t ere h ^— ors ~ — d ~

    them each ^ a » t « ^^ « a ri ^| K of they ^¦ ar alfcaaai V these hav aa » aa a ( i ai v cases e V taken ^ r- »¦ ™ ¦ ' — ^ separatel ^ -- I active m ¦ ^^ - ^ a- B . B aj ^^ aa- y ; steps pair ^^ ^^ in H . ai r 1 * .- some - for ^ — — - the of

    app auth licants or , in as others to the course they , they have should advised follow the .

    a A A re few -few enumerated of of these these cases cases as follows na have ve . been been JSTot selected selected one of , thes , and ana ^ cases had to do with what are recognised as

    high-class publisliiiig houses : —( a ) A . B . published AJ . KJAJLVVL a W book f ^ - ^ V ^ V ^* JW with ff AWA & C ^* -r - . I ) * - * J ¦ on 'VAJI , these WA « . \^ W % / . terms w *«>»« i > . " He h

    was to receive a certain sum of money for te was copyri paid ght in down full , of and whicJi he a was certain to receive proportion the

    remainder ™ mm * ' when M , the . la . sal e of the . * m * firs ^ "fc t edition ^ 1 * 7 had been completed . C . D ., the publisher ,

    not made hing A ^ . himself B . sign an an d agreeme endeavoured adA nt aa i , but to signed evade ~ _ . . ^ , number ^ of ^

    his ^ obligations ^^ by doubling . the f first copies edition commonly . ( 6 ) A understood . B . publishe to d a compose novel with a

    C . D . on the ' half-profit' system , A . B . paying a The JU'JUHJ large * novel JIV sum T VA proved L down / J . V / V VU m successful » advance tAVVWWV < UA towards . » , . 0 Vl . »— D - expenses . - — sent in .

    the demands accounts advanced , and of actuall the by y the bopk placed ; author after the repeated sum towards of money e xpenses -npmsen on on the the wrong wronsr side side 01 of tne the account accouuf ..

    guarantee ( c ) A . B . published to the publisher a book the , undertaking sale of so many to copies .. The accounts of the ^ pofc , when sen *

    for ill Zm ~ L , showed alleged nl > A <» A < ] press a *« large 1 n ^«< , correjetions » i < -v sum <«* WVm charged ^ k li n . but >^ k ^ - | to 4 the * . /*^ # . puplis ie *|? AUD ^ £ er r ^ * : ¦ ¦ • ^ BWi * ' ** ''• 7 . " ^ ^ T

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1885, page 386, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051885/page/2/