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    THE NEW AMERICAN COPYRIGHT of the BILL.

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    Obilua^Y

    Squier , the distinguished American writer and traveller . Mr . Squier was born at Bethlehem ,

    in the State of New York , in 1821 . In conjunction with Dr . E . H . Davis he undertook an exploration of the aboriginal monuments

    in the Valley of the Mississippi , the results of which were published in 1848 in the * Smithsonian Contributions to Knowled / During

    the same year appeared his wo ge rk on ' The Aboriginal Monuments of the State of New

    York . ' In 1863 Mr . Squier was appointed United States Commissioner to Peru , and

    he remained in that country for two years , making extensive journeys to explore the remaining works of the Incas with the design of

    preparing an exhaustive treatise on the subject . This work , delayed for some time by severe illnesswas eventually published in 1876 . In

    addition to numerous contributions to periodical literature , to the proceedings of learned

    societies , translations , and scientific reports , Mr . Squier was the > author of the following important works : ' Nicaragua and its People ,

    & c ., ' 1852 ; 'The Serpent Symbol , ' 1852 ; ' Notes on Central America , ' 1854 ; ' Waikna ; 1855 or , Adventures ; ' Question Ang lo-Ame Mosquito ' ricaine' Shore Paris , '

    ,, 1857 ; ' The States of Central America / 1857 ; ' Report of the Survey of the Honduras Interoceani 1 e Railw V V ay' London - ^— 1859 ;

    'Monograph o f A — ~_ r uthors — — - who ^ g , « have ^— P writt , ^ m ^^^— ~^ - " " ^^ " » e n o ^^^ n " ^^^ V « T the ^ . * ^ . V ~| ~ Aboriginal Languages of Central America , '

    1861 ; ' Tropical Fibres , and their Economical Extraction' 1861 ; ' Is Cotton King ? Sources

    , of Cotton Supply , ' 1861 ; * Honduras , Descriptive tive , . . Hi Historical storical , and ana S sttatistical atistical . ' ' lo 187 7 U 0 : ; and and

    4 Peru : Incidents , of Travel and , Exploration in the Land of the Incas , ' 1876 .

    Harry Pryer . —Intelligence has been rej I ceived of Mr . of Harry the death Pryer in Japan C . M . , Z on S February the Yoko 17 - ,

    f hama naturalist , aged , 37 . In .., conjunction i with ¦ Cap ¦ ¦ tain F . Blakiston he wrote the

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    i publishing in English and Japanese an import-| ant ' Rhopolo work on cera the Niponica butterflies . ' Mr of . Japan Pryer , was entit not led

    1 and only a an practical assiduous investi collector gator , but and a his keen researches observer

    on the parasites of the silkworm have been of material advantage to the silk culture of Japan .

    Matthew Holbeche Bloxam . —This well-1 known writer on the subject of archaeology

    died at Rugby on the 24 th ult . in his 84 th year . His first publication , ' The Principles of Gothic Architecture , ' appeared sixty years ago . This was succeeded by the following works :

    ' A Glimpse at the Monumental Architecture and Sculpture of Great Britainfrom the earliest period to the Eihteenth , Century /

    g Bottesford 1834 ; * Sepulchral Church , Effi Boston gies a Churc nd M h onument , and Wo s i n - cester Cathedral' 1862-70 and ' Some Account

    , ; of the Rector and Rectors of Rugby , ' 1876 . Mr tecture . Bloxam has s ' Principles of Gothic

    Archi' passed through eleven editions . ¦ 0 »

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    448 The Publishers' Circular May i , 1888

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    The well-known geographical engraving and printing business of Mr . John Bartholomew Chambers StreetEdinburghwillfor the ,

    purposes of greater , extension , and , developm ¦ V ^^ ^ V e - ^^^ nt ^^^^ ^^ , ^ m ¦ ' b H e - ^^ ch - ^^ ^^ ^^ " a ^ nged rv I ^^^ K ^^^» " on July W 1 into the - ' ^ firm ^^ kri ^ B ^^ ^^^^ ^^

    of John Bartholomew & Co . The new partners will be Mr . Thomas Nelson , publisher ,

    and and Mr JMLr . . JJohn ohn Ureorge Georcre B ± 5 artholomew arth . olomew , , who who will will act as managing partner . New and extensive premises are being built alongside of Messrs .

    JSTelson ' s works at Parkside ; they are to be fitted with entirely new machinery , electric lihtingand all the latest improvementsand

    g , , will be opened early in autumn as ' The Edinburgh Geographical Institute . '

    Mr . Frank Ford , who has represented Messrs . Marcus Ward & Co ., in town , for the last 18 yearshas commenced business on his

    own account at , 61 Paternoster Row , as a Publisher ' s and Stationer ' s Agent . Mr . Ford has been appointed the London "^ Agent of the

    Ulster Stationery Co ., Belfast , and his large connection amongst Export and Retail Booksellers should secure him commissions from

    publishers not already represented in town . The bus - iness until _ lately carri _ _ ed _ on __ - under __ ^ 1 h

    — ... — ^^^^ _ ^^^ " ^ r ^—^^ - ^^^ lishers the title ' b ookbinders Messrs . , Groves at 26 Old & Hollo Street , Go , swell

    pub-Road , was dissolved on April 17 . Mr . Hollo way has now entered into partnership with Mr . Dawsand the new firmtrading under the

    name — — ~ , — , ^ p of Hollo — — — way & ~ — Daws — , j , has — — — — taken — ^—^ B ^^ — premises ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^

    at 11 Clerkenwell Road , E . C .

    The New American Copyright Of The Bill.

    THE NEW AMERICAN COPYRIGHT of the BILL .

    2 b ^ Ae Editor Publishers' Circulak . Dear Sir , —Looked at from the purely manufacturing point of viewwe do not see sufficient

    cause for the somewhat , gloomy forebodings entertained by your correspondents on the new American Copyright Bill .

    For many years past every English book that has been considered commercially worthy of it has been reproduced in the United States and

    manufactured there . No work of any important sale has been produced in this country and imported into the States . All the great sales in

    the the United United btates States have have been been of of books books set set-, up nn and a . nri printed , the paper made , and the books bound by the Americans themselves .

    It is precisely this class of book—the popular works of fiction and poetry—that copyright in then the United that these States large will -selling be soug books ht have for . always Seeing

    Eng been lish manufacture firms , how d can in the America volume and of not English by printing be seriously affected ?

    Our ordinary books , of which ordinary editions are printed , and which are not worth copyrighting in America , will still be bought by American publishers Wy ^~™ "" ^ "" ¦*— ' ¦ " ¦ - » ^ a ^ •"" * V « and a > W ^ JB 1 ^^ booksellers W ^ T f ^ f t ^ T «^ # , ^/ ^_^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ » . ' , » and % ^ W « h A »—» the */ JL . A V ^ system fcj W U ¦ t /* I * " * P ^ of ^ {

    praotically joint publication which at present exists between English and American houses will still be continued . Even the shipment of stereoplates to America of English books the sale of which is not large enough to warrant resetting in

    America will not be stopped . What the Americans say is this : * We are right quite , so willing as to stop to grant the present th ^ e English piracy author of his brain copy-

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1888, page 448, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051888/page/10/