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    W47 7O The Publishers' Circular ¦ Dec ^|...

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    A Novel Idea . —One of the most remarkable documents that ever emanated from a

    Government department is that which recently came from the Stationery Office warning publishers

    and printers that there is no difference as to copyright between the publications of the

    Governmerit A 4 / and */ of private individuals -1 . . This + * announcement has caused general surpriseperhaps

    even amusement . The question is , : Are the Blue-books compiled and , to some extent ,

    published at the expense of tax-payers public property ? The prevailing impression is

    that they are public property . ' Everyone knows that the low price i . at which these

    books are issued only covers a portion of the expense of production . It would be

    interestb ing y legal to hear process this . new For copyri the convenience ght question of tried the

    public 1 «—» many M . , eminently useful books are regularly compiled from Government

    docuthe ments accepted , and will understanding continue to be —of so comp very iled long on

    Nduration—that these ~ sources are available for the purpose . No one would be bold enough

    to say that Blue-book information is easily accessible . To get what is actually useful one

    has to wade through a mass of dead matter . Thus experienced ^_ _ _ _ _ comp (— —„ ^ ilers ___ _ — are _ emp _ „— ^ loyed — ^ — — to _

    and prepare — encyclopaedias reference — books so — that — , articles peop — le — for — may — magazines — learn — —— at — ,

    a glance facts A which , it might g take ^_ them — w — — a —™ week - to glean from Government sources . , There is

    contradiction Stationery Office , too . , While in this warning new claim publishers of the

    write and printers to the as Pro to vincial infringement Newspaper , the J . officials Society

    that l it is not the intention of the . A . Stationery Office to interfere with the privileges hitherto

    tion allowed of public to newspapers interest of extracted publishing from informa Parlia -

    ver men y ta pub JL ry papers lication or th of e 6 officia informa l gaze tion ttes . ' public A This

    or interes the t official extracted tt from es' is p all arliamen that has tary hitherto papers gaze

    b ar e now done serious by the l publishers warned . and printers who y

    The * New Amphion . '—Under this title a

    book sold a of t more a Fanc than Fair ordin in ary Edin in terest h was recen being tl . y urg c » y u

    The fair was designed for the benefit of the Edinburgh University Uniona proposed and

    much-needed club for students , . The * New Amphion * contains some notable contributions

    b Of y these Robert we Browning may mention and a * A May Sprin Song g Song ' b , y '

    Emeritus Professor Blackie , . ' These are , the chief poetical contributions . Mr . Andrew

    Lang Richard , Sir Garn Noel ett , Paton Dr . , Walter Mrs . OLi S p mith han , t , Dr .

    Mr . R . L / . Stevenson are other contributors . We have especially read with grateful pleasure

    Miss Alison Hay Dunlop ' s sketch ' From Yarrow to Edinburgh College , when the

    a Century perfect was pros © Young poem . ' in It fact and deli we ghtful hope story tha , t

    be the fore author givin 4 . will g yj more JL not allow good muoh work , time to the to — X public J— elapse " - " - —— " ~ " .

    diqtion Writing is ^ JB so always sincere welcome in tone . and so ^ usical in

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    At the BoOKSBtL usual montid BEs' PbOVIDBNT ymeeW of IlfSTlTTTT the rnv S

    D g November irec overn tors Der , held 10 18 , , at Hobt JfcO 56 Old . . JJ Farran ' arran Badfey " tu o » " B T t 2 ^ ^ CM of . 'M M

    ¦ chair £ 107 . 12 present s . U . was eleven granted directors in relief , the to ? m l £ «¦

    six members and widows of members I Foster ( subsequently Johit Wart ^ I

    WkRD o on n November N . ovem — This ber protractive 24 ^ tn th , . when whftn litigation the ffca terminated «««^ _ . ^ H

    eer befo y re Division the Lord of the Chancellor High Court , at of case the Justice Chan came " -H j Dublin ^ u . ± uli jlu It will wm be uv remembered ioiiioiu that

    u . . . uerea inat trie the c ^ l hinged designs upon on lithograp the assumed hic stones copyright used in for certain case the I printing f *¦ " »• ' ***© of v-. Mr ^ - ^ m . . . Vere » v » v j Foster .- voi /^ a ' s o p jpuujj ublications . ua « lions ^ H

    which Messrs . for Blackie some & years Sons have . On been the issued 24 th ult by . I m Mr . Jellett , Q . C ., applied , on behalf of the I

    p w-v laintiff Ini * " * ^ t tt , for v > y- *^ an * - * - »^ k order ^^ " »*> -J am for 4 > / vm the ^ L-k — . costs i of /* all ^^^ H the — — — proceedings ¦— — — — f ^ J inc — urred ^^ ^^^^ ¦¦ since ' ~ ¦ ™ ¦ ^^ ' ^^ the ^ i ^ b ^ b ^^^ date ^^^^^^ ^^ m * of ii j I ^^^^^^^ the order in

    confirm appeal ation pf the findings August , on 1882 the , and inquiry for I

    ¦ held Chancellor before , in Lord the earl Justice y part ^ Naish of the , while year . Lord Mr . JacksonQ . Cappeared for defendants — — . After I

    discussion , j , ¦** the , Court XA made ' an order to waive ^^^ H all proceedings on the inquiries directed by I

    the decree of the Court of Appeal of August I 81882 and it was directed that Messrs . I

    ¦ Mr Marcus , . John _ Ward , Ward — & _ 7 Co the __ . shoul sums . _ _ d pay of the £ 700 _ plaintiff and , I

    £ 100 respectively , awarded by the decree of ^^^ Lord Chancellor Naish in respect of inquiries I

    ¦ ¦ - It 4 v , 5 was r , » aio and further x ui 6 ujicx found ordered ux uox in favour that uxxcui / of the vxxv the defendants wvxvu plaintiffs \* i « i »™ . ^^

    ¦ ¦ necessari should pay ly incurred plaintiffs subsequent all costs to properl the y appeal and ¦ order of A ugust th 8 , 1882 ¦ oats , aforesaid , wi th the tne the

    ¦ ¦ of abortive eRxception ^ o . the ftn on late hearin that , Via Sir . t . g the Edward . consequent p costs , Sullivan incurre incurre on OtMJ the d d should by death be - ~ I

    ¦ ¦ reserve \ which JX \> Xl \ J it d was * for tiC 7 KJIX s tated th SX er * JL a VY CkHA decision conside . IO U . JJLJ ra will . ti on , be onvju and iven ^ as to in H g

    the cours ¦ e of a few days .

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    IIfixed * She ai , Messrs ^ J anuary ^ History it . Longman j . ^ 1 as , ¦ of ^ the r ¦ s Adventure a j date & Co « j of - . have o publication / by T-itt definitel H TT Kider Rider for y I

    : a . Haggard . II to From King the Solomon pen of ' M the ines same ' will author be commenced a sequel I I

    The in the ' title January is ' Allan part s of Quatermain Longman ' s : Magazine being an . I I Account of his further Adventures and

    Vjb-. coveries tt . C ; COUIlL in Ul company JUH XULLIltJl with AU , VOUtuji Sir Henry vjo Curtis , Bart Bart . rjomma Commander / nrlfir JJoh ohn n tfood ftood . Jtt R .. N i ^ .. , turn and - one

    —, , , Umslopogaas . ' DrBernard O'Reillis making progress

    with . his promised book on * Leo XIH montte - aI 1 before u H is ^* T ^ imes i t is ± c , ' published k ^ but v . McY it > ^ a may The Tii be o iro , « some r > 1887 1 # 87 is is uw tn 0

    . year fea Golden ture of Jubilee the book of His will Holiness be a series . of One sple g » ™ tll M ( J

    illustrations - - of ¦¦ scenes ¦ !¦ ™ ip - ¦ i i ¦ in i . n the i - '" ^ ^^™^ ° ^ }^ J ^ ^

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1470, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/66/