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      The Dorsheimee Bill.—Since Our Last Issu...

      and shall similar not by its to those laws have hereby granted granted to citizens to citizens of of the foreign United countries States privileges , nor unti , l properties such forei , gn and country ri ghts ea j SJi I have been named in a public proclamation by the President of the United Statesas provided in

      five of this Act . , secti I States uiatoo ' Sec not uut . 7 inconsistent xuuuuaisuoub . That all wi wiisii provisions th this uuio Act xxui of oiiniL shall chapter be ud applicable three , auio title to lu sixty those liauoo , of tuiwuo citizens the Revised of forei Statutes countries of the United

      be entitled to the benefit of this Act , , , and all appiv copyrights which may be granted . luioig gn u to uuuuuies citizens of ""who Who foreign ma ma countries Act — — —— _ —_ — - ^ __ . - shall — - __ be _ _ . ^ subject _^ , — _ _ _ . ^ - ^ to . _ _ - the _ —_ - _ provisions ^_ ^^ - ^ _ — , _ . _ _ __ __ of - ^ —_ said _ _ - — —¦ chapter — — — — ¦ -- - — - three _ .- _ — — , j title _ — __ sixty _ _ ^ _ , _ not __ inconsistent — _ -- _ _ v ^^ . ^^ a . a ^^ with mwm 1111 thu r mia

      . ' - - With respect a > to Clause 3 , the iVew YbrA ; Herald has the following ^~* pertinent & remarks —¦ ^—»• ¦ * : —

      'The period of protection is fixed at twenty-five years , unless the author shall sooner diein which case the copyright ends with his life . We see no good reason for this exception ; on the contrary , , there are objections to it . The copyright should run for a fixed periodwhether the author lives or not If

      . - « J V C 7 X' , - - __ v ^ uvi / i . ¦ _ ^^ . dies aI A A- Ad the A . 1— A * . ri g ht Im Mmm should A . 1 a > . ^ _ ^ aIa * I * J continue A & . A- A ^ ^ L A MA . . A A -A in A his 1 a , A Al heirs Ia . Ak « - AA . Another Jft AA ^ h ^_ 1 a , Ai AA amendment ^^ — - » . a ^ M ^ M ^ tfhAh Ak ma > ^ L which AA ^ A ¦ I « ^^ K 4 * we M M M AL suggest * + W A * A tfAK Afe «* A ^» is ~_ ^ - that A . I A the * 4 vord ^ J 1 " assigns " be inserted in the first section , so as to secure the right not only to the author or dramatist but also to his assiThis would make the saleableit should beIt is also

      gnee . property , as . desirable to add a clause expressly providing that the first publication of a book or performance of a play need not be in this ^ ountry in order to secure the privileges of the Act . '

      the The passage following of the telegraphic Dorsheimer news Copyri appears ght in Bill the now Dail pending y News of in the Congress 13 th .: — ' is The believed prospect to be of

      good . There is little open hostility shown . The , Judiciary Committee in Congress , is unani- I mously in favour . The President is known to be , and all the most prominent publishers also . I Mi ^^ H ^ W > < V . ^ - a- * >^ a ^ B ^^ M * M 4 & ^ A ^ ^ ai > . a

      The latter ^ have been ^ converted to its support by the floods of cheap pirated editions of I English books with which the American market is overstockedmaking it impossible for - I

      body longer to make money by piracy . The public also is tired , of the cheap editions which any I remain unsold in great piles on the news-stands and the booksellers' shelves . The way is I

      cleared for the new law by the opinion of the State Department , that the proposed publishers' I

      treaty which is nominally pending is really dead , because of its absolute impracticability . I

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      156 The Publishers' Circular Feh „ 'I * * 5 t loSi ~ If l

      Systematic View Of The Literary Producti...

      Systematic view of the literary productions of the German bookselling trade in 1882 and I 1883 , extracted from the Borsenblatt : — I

      1882 1883 I

      2 1 . . Divinit Collections y or Sets ... of .. Works . . — .. Literary ... History ... , .. Bibliograp . ... hy ... . . . . 1373 365 1504 381 I I 3 3 . . " . Law Law . Polit Politics ics . s Statistics tatistics . Trade Trade ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... . 1355 looo 1301 ioui iI

      4 5 6 . . Medicin Natural Philosophy , e History , Veterinary , , Chemistry ... , .. Pharm . .. acy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799 847 158 142 832 922 I I I

      7 7 b a . . Juvenile Education Books , German ... School ... -Booke ... , . Ph .. ysical ... Education ... . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . 1990 404 ¦ 1691 386 I I

      C *> r . . V t * V j \ M . M . i . t . Sj JlJ \ J \ JS % . O ... ... ... <«> ... ... ... - " - ' - *¦ 8 y 9 . . . The Modern Modern ^ . ^^^^_ _^ Classics ^^ . ^ - ^_ Language Lan ^ k e and ^ uao ^^ ' Oriental es _^ s . Did Old Ixe German ~ Languages ^^^^ . rman ..... . , Anti ^ .. . .. quities . . ^ ^ .... , . . M ^^ ^ h « ythology ^ ..... . . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. . . . 487 40 559 Aj ^ fth ^ ^ " ^ ¦ ¦! £ wl COO Mm * ; I I I I

      11 10 . History , hy Biograp and Travel hy , , Memoirs , Letters ... ... .- _ ... ... 7 370 83 ' 290 ^ I I

      13 A 12 3 . . Greograp Mathematics War War . Hippology HiDDoWv and Astronomy ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 345 190 *> 221 * 366 £ " ¦ I 1 I

      14 . Mercantile , Science , Technology ... ... ... ... ... ... 675 w * - I 15 . Engineering , Mechanics , Mining , Nautical ... ... ... ... 365 99 **| I

      16 . Sport and Forestry ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J I 17 18 . Domestic Belles-Lettres Economy Novels , Agriculture PoemsD , ram Gardening a & c ... ... ... ... 1260 388 If * H I 1 I

      19 . . Fine Arts—Painting , , Mus , ic , & , c . ; Shorthand , . 529 WJ I 20 21 . Popular Freemasonry Literature , Almanacks ... ... ... ... ... ... 634 28 <* . I I

      23 22 . . . Maps Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 355 jj ^ ' I I

      Total 1 ^ 774 14 , W I

      Pages Messrs , Telling . Passmore Of The...

      Messrs telling . Passmore of the and Alabaster of scheme send ori ua a i daintily atd b printed MrS little volume the wife , with of red the box poP . I I

      pages p to vu astor nuyjyxy sup , p ly the ministers xuiiuauvrti Metropolitan success wh wwu o cannot ciiunui Tabernacle a afford < tuum , to tu from purchase puxciiaae gn which e w books u y e juiv ¦ gather » s . for lor p that themselves mumaui urgeo n , vca has , , cv even established ^ j * at *~ - ¦ a re * fljygd ^ I

      price Mrs . , S with purgeon free was gifts able of theolog to send ical out volumes 11 , 351 . During volumes last , including year , by her the contributions husband ' s wd Ham vec ^ ^ ^ M B n ' Treasury of David / * Sermons / * Lectures to Students / and ' Illustrations / Dr . q ^

      II books Works . ; In Dr . the Hanna eight 's yeara 'Life during of Our which Lord on the E fund arth ; has ' Miss existed HavergaFs , C 2 , 121 smaller volumes worKs ^^ , "" \^ " ^ di JfL »* I

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1884, page 156, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021884/page/4/