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    AN AMERICAN Vlfew OF INTERNATIONAL COPYR...

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    Messrs. Longmans' Dinner To Their Staff.

    flattered to them with he had the felt offer when he Mr had . Rivington to make ~— came and

    8 pok — - ^ V ~^ V ^ e ^^ P ^^ in ^^^^^ the V » ^^ ^ P ^ H ^^ very ^^^ W ^ V ^^^ hi ^»» g ^^^^™ hest ^^ T ^^ " ^ " ^^ terms ^^^ ^^^^ ' ^^ ™ - ^ r of the ^__—_ — extreme — , - — willingness with which MrRivington had

    , hel ^ m ^ k ped and was still — . ^^ hel ^* ^ ping a him ^ k A in As the ^ k arrangement of the multifarious details which

    are incident to a transaction of this character and magnitude . Mr . Longman also

    acknowledged the assistance that the house had received from those members of Messrs . Riving tons' staff who had been transferred

    to welcome Paternoster on behalf Row of , and the firm gave . them He concluded a warm by proposing the health of Mr . Francis

    Rivington tf j ; Jt , which O was received with great heartiness .

    and — Mr the — . Riving company _ —c— ton ^ 7 , , referred _ after — thanking - to som Mr e experiences . Longman x

    of his early career in the Row . They ^^ began 39 years »/ - ago C 3 , when he was a lad fresh from

    school . The two great articles of faith instilled into his mind were that the trade was going to the dogs - and — that — Longmans were at the

    head of o the trade . After giving two very amusing instances of his misadventures first as a subscriber and then as a collector of accounts

    in connection with his own house and that of Longmans & Co ., he spoke of the great pleasure it had given him at the end of his career to

    come into the Row again as a subscriber of books and collector of accounts and to have succeeded in carrying out a much larger

    transaction to the complete satisfaction of all parties concerned . Mr . Rivington concluded a very pleasant speech by expressing his hope that the

    firm , in taking over the business which had flourished so long under the sign of the Bible and Crownwould continue to carry it on in

    complete loyalty , to both , and wished all success to the Ship with its new cargo .

    Mr . C . J . Longman then O proposed the toast toast or of * * Th The e Starr Staff / ' and and . ssoeakinsr peaking or of labour labour

    disputes , mentioned that , althoug , h no difference had ever arisen between his firm and their

    staff , he thought that if at any time such an unfortunate thing did occur it would be

    because when difficulties Cj arose , they were not immediately faced and settled . He felt that

    there were few differences of opinion between master and servant which might not be satisfactorily arranged -- ij - -- if each _ _ _ had the courage - jto

    state man aga his i case n acknow fairly le from dged the the first ready . hel Mr p . Long given - by all during the transfer of Messrs . Rivingtons *

    arrangement stock , and expressed made by vthe the firm hope in connection that the

    with the necessary increase of work was considered satisfactory by all . ( This evidently

    received the hearty assent of all present . ) Mr . the Longman toast , before of * The sitting Staff down ' the , conjoined name of with Mr .

    J . W . Allen , the principal educational representative of the housewho is starting very

    shortly on a tour round , the world in the interests 1 of the firmand tm those of ¦ ¦ Messrs .

    Moncrieff — — - * - — — —* and - —¦ - ^ ^ n ¦ ^ k Hibburd - ^» ^ m- ^^ ^^ ^ m »^ ¦ * , h - , vr ^ ^ " formerl ^^ - ™ ^^ ^^ ^*^ " ^ y chief — — clerks - ~ ~ - - _ at - Messrs - — **— - ~— - ^ —m - — ^ . Rivingtons ^^ - ^« - ^^ -m V p ^ ^^ ^ B ^ H ^ k ^^ ^^^ ^^ *™ ^^^ . Mr . ^^ " *""^ r ** . ^ f im Allen *^ ^^^^ w- ' — — —^^ r — — - and - ^— — ¦_____ Mr . __

    ¦ ^ up Mohcrlet ¦ " ¦ I after ¦ — ! spending ^ - hay M ¦ ^~ - ^ —^ ing " ^^^^ ^ V ^ I ^^ V rep a ' ¦^ ¦ ' - ^ lied ^ most ¦ ^^^^^ - »^ . 1 , ^^ the enjoyable ^^ ^^ W ~* " ^ company ^ W ~ ' ~~ evening — brok - - r - _ _ e , _

    acknowledging their sense of the liberality and B hospitality of tlie firm by three hearty cheers .

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    ¦ , . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' -Sj 9 i 6 The Publishers' Circular August 1 , 18 90

    An American Vlfew Of International Copyr...

    AN AMERICAN Vlfew OF INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT .

    The opponent declares that international copyri will . X !! */ make g ? ht 11 oug literature J ^ 2 ht not dear to be and permitted X 111 thus ^^ because ^^*^ F ^«| kJX / it ^ |^

    American and this is peop all he le at says a most although , important he injure point it the at ;

    great length and with , many rhetorical says decoraas tions it . is The made attack . The can statement - be answered _ __ ___ that ___ -- as interna briefly

    tional — - copyrig ht -- woul d make ___ — literature __ -wV ^^ dear ^ ^ r ^^ ^ ^ A % is — a mere assertionwith no fact -- -r to warrant -r it

    Whether in — -- — — expensive — __ — — books - editions _ shall , _ — be depends - — — published _ — — — — — _ entirel _ __ — __ — ___ — — in __^ _ y cheap ^ j ^ ^^ m on - m ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ the ^^ ^ or ^^_ ^ ^ . ^

    character of the book and the conditions of the market — - — _____ . The _ United ___ States — _________ with __ ____ __ — its --- __ , ---. vast __ vvlt |

    reading _ population , demands , cheap book __ , __ s of the ^ popular kind ; 7 and the people of the

    -j XX — ^^ United ^__»^_» A . A ^ States ^^ A .. , according « MV ly , will A ^^ hav ^ e cheap ^ . bookswhether there is international

    right or , not , for an inexorable law obliges copy the seller of anything to meet the demands of his

    were market — p ass . ed If , an the international cheap x - _ - - libraries ~ - — copyri - - _ - would - — _ - ^_ - g - _ - - ^ ht _ - ^^ - g mr- o law ^^ on — ^^ ^ H ^ - ^^

    because the market requires them , and literature would be no dearer , althougO h the profits A—

    of ttie publisher might be less . But instead of reprinting all the trash that comes from the presses of London and Paris - the __ publishers

    having j . to pay copyright to every __ , writer l -- , wou — ld , , print 1 only the best books , because — they % / would

    desire to have , so far as possible , something intrinsically valuable for their money ; and at the same time they would take the work of the

    American writer more quickly than that of the foreigner . In other wordsunder international

    copyright we should have , just as much cheap literature as at present , but there would no

    the longer American be a temptation author and to against discriminate decent against literature generally , in order to reprint anything

    forei the mere gn second ly , because no part matter it cost of how that nothing which bad . or . the how . Now foes poor for of ,

    international copyright call their argument , jud but ice which It is is said in realit bthem y a mere that the appeal measure to pre is

    in the . interests of the y publishers , so that they may form a trust , and raise the price of

    literatu fnrfi the re benefit for fnr their t . Vjpir of a own own few benefit Viemftfi American f , and nnH authors inciden inr . irlfmtallv tally and tor of foreiauthors \ A JL generallLike most JLUfcX ^ appeals

    AVi Vl ^ gn lA I * UAJLVSO LVAlv / AMtUJ y . JLJAAW f ^*/ J X , to true prejudice . The onl , this y trust allegation in books is absolutel that has y come

    unposed to light in thus fore i £ far £ re is one ts which and that has 11 which been ««»^ -- pro pro- *

    the mo | JV / OV tes American > Vl JLJL a trust y ^ JX . » gn author is . » » . lULftlUUOi the p present It , CAiJlJLV is not * restriction VJLU profitable I uui " / upon y to

    print how how U 1 U 3 XVUlCL popular nonular an American MJUill . ttUtllUI in in a a author . . chea cheaD . Xli p ' s rorm form wor UUl , ks because because , no matter . « u it i 38 * ,, ,

    necessary works works of of the thft to , pay foreign foreicrn him writer writer copyri can can ght , , be w obtained oDtain hile the « u »

    for deprived nothing of . his Thus right the to American copyright writer in of other hi is

    own coun market tries , is is shut sometimes out from shut the out best from part his own * criminated market entirely against , , and , while is the alway great s severely body of dis the - American r >« onle are driven to read the worKs

    of foreign writers , and are not permitted , on

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1890, page 916, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081890/page/14/