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    to natural citizens . The foreign author is protected according to thelaws as to time , which

    rule ii 1 the countries ¦ ¦ ¦ 1 _ . j ¦ where ' _ . i- ^_ ~ ' 1 his ¦ V .- works ¦» .. 1 hare been ^ introduced . The term ' literary mmand artistic

    works , ' as here used is very comprehensive in its scope . Books , pamphlets , or any other

    writings , are included ; also dramatic and musical * workg , and musical compositions

    generally , with , or without , words . In the department of art , all works of drawing ,

    v ' painting a * , sculpture , and engraving are included ; likewise lithographs , illustrations , maps ,

    sketches , and plastic works , connected with geograp i | fe hy mr , topograp db dhy , or architecture .

    \ mJ * ~~_ - ^ ' ^^ » W r Photographs of works of art in the various countries of the union are protected .

    One of the most important questions dealt with in the Convention is the right of

    translation . The decision is that the sole right to translation either by the author himself or by

    his representatives shall not exceed a period of ten years from the time of first

    publication . Translations are to be protected in tlie . same way as original works . After a lapse of

    ten years , however , if a translation has not in the meantime appeared , the author cannot

    prevent his work being translated by any one who chooses to do so . Newspaper or magazine

    articles maybe reproduced unless the authors have formally forbidden reproduction . A

    warning on the title-page of each number will be sufficient . Articles on political topics or

    news are not protected . The Convention comes into force at the

    end of the present year . It is retrospective in so far as works which have not' then lapsed

    are concerned ; these will be subject to protection . Works p ^• kaublished in contravention of

    the terms of the Convention , are liable to be seized at the frontiers of contracting ¦ 1 * States .

    The office of the International Union will be established in Switzerland , and the official

    language will be French . By the establishment of this institution all

    will see that a step in the right direction has been effected . The action of one great country ,

    conspicuous by its absence ; lessens the value of these excellent arrangements which Have

    been made on behalf of the literary and artistic world . Notwithstanding all that has been

    said and written recently in the United States on the ; subject of reform in copyrightno

    section of the citizens of that country seem , , to be in a position to act or to have influence

    sufficient to move the legislature towards this much-needed reform . Some strong t > ag C 7 itation

    is required to break down the passive but stubborn resistanoe which is offered in the

    I United States to the establishing on a firm

    footing of the just rights and privileges of

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    authors . A great step in the proper direction would have been accomplished had the United

    States become one of the signatories of the new Conventionbut their government

    ; declined to act , and the authors in that

    country remain in the same position as before . ¦ ¦ ¦

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    shilling novels , and ' new journalism / are institutions of our own time . Many may say

    that they have existed in all times ; but the present peculiar development is distinctly a

    feature of the age in which we live . Now that professions are multiplying , trades changing ,

    and the conditions of civilised life becoming more and more a subject of method and

    organisation , it seems requisite that men should band themselves together for the

    protection of their personal interests or the benefit of communities or the welfare of the

    people at large . These obj ects . are more or less ostensible at the numerous congresses and

    conferences which now annually occupy a plade in the public mind .

    Two confereaces of bodies'whose duty it is to minister-tothe intellectuaL wants of the 1 1

    people have been held during the past fortnight . Birmingham was favoured by the

    assembling there of the members of the Library Association of the United Kingdom ,

    whose meetings ' seem to have done good in strengthening the union of that bod * and also

    in forwarding its endeavour to systematise y modern modes oj : distributing knowledge .

    Librarians deserve sympathy in connection with the evident failure of at least one of the

    objects for which their association was formed . Expecting to raise the standing of their work ,

    they aimed at making its proper accomplishment a recognised profession , which would ,

    as in other professions , only admit specially trained members . The result of some recent

    appointments show that committees having charge of such do not understand aims and

    ambitions of this nature . Mr . J . Y . "W . Macalisterlibrarian of the Royal Medical and

    , Chirurgical Society , humorously drew attention to this matter at the recent conference . He

    wisely said that a generation or two ago a snug ¦ library vv rm f ^^ ^* s ^^^ p ^^ appointment "m *^^ H *^ m ^^ — — — was looked upon m as a fit

    and proper means of endowing a scholar , 01 N ., providing for an effete clergyman or

    schoolmaster , and as things went then this was a fair view of the case , because in those days a

    library was a place in which to keep books , a mere storehouseand almost any trustworthy

    , person was equal to the duties of librarian . But in this generation all that was changed ,

    and a librarian , had to be a practical many

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1887, page 1051, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101887/page/5/