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    i z I A SHOBT HISTORY OF TAPESTRY.* |

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    ! The Principles Of Senator Havdey's Sch...

    American printers has in this instance turned

    the scale against the judgment of the most prominent authors and publishers in the

    States . Labour in the meantime triumphs over intellect ; although it is hard to see

    why business difficulties should not be met by business measures . The prohibitive tariff

    in the United States would be an ample check upon the importation of printed books .

    ; This truth has been admitted by all who j have nave examined examined tne the subject subiect iairly fairlv . . , Au Authors thors ,

    howeverare much to blame with regard to , the conducting of negotiations . Their , war

    is a war of words , and not of deeds . Perhaps it is fitting that they should say much and

    work little ; but we think that a more active canvassing 1 *—• ' ' , coup - » led with some preaching . Mm ' » to

    the people upon the doctrines of copyright , would do more good tha . n reciprocating

    platitudes among themselves , at meetings , and in the columns of newspapers .

    On February 1 we also referred to the stamp project , which has been brought forward in

    England by an American author at present on a visit here . The Pall Mall Gazette at first took

    it up , but very soon found that it was a pretty hot potato . Now we see the Spectator trying

    the same experiment , by which , in a new form , the old royalty theory is again brought to the

    front . Should the plan be carried into effect it would be made penal to sell a book without

    a stamp , just as with a pack of cards . ' This would secure to the author a royalty of , ' say ,

    10 per cent . ' Already everything has been arranged with regard to the distribution of

    stamps ; they can either ' be supplied to the publisher by the Revenue Department , or ,

    better still , by the author himself , who would then not only get his royalty , but have that

    complete check on the publisher as to the number of copies sold for which authors have

    been sighing so long !' The stamp is intended not only to be ' a

    complete check on the publisher / but also an ornament to the volume , becoming in course

    of years the valuable hobby of an unborn generation of enthusiastic stamp collectors .

    The Spectator proceeds to say : ' With little expense it might be made quite an artistic

    addition to the book , and might conceivably in the future add as much value to it as the

    work of a well-known binder . It might bear some general device , such as in America the

    eagle or the stars and stripes , and , in addition , have the autograph , initials , or some other

    private mark of the author upon it to insure him against fraud . Indeed , as the scheme

    develops itself , we cannot help casting out a furtive hope that it might be applied in

    England as well as in America . '

    ! The Principles Of Senator Havdey's Sch...

    To pursue this * furtive hope' any further is a task that is beyond our patience . We must

    conclude , for the present , by an expression of regret at the undoubted collapse of a sensibly

    practical treatment of the question by our American friends . England is not much better

    ^> ff perhaps . But by continued effort , no matter what Government holds the reins of

    office , we hope to place our home affairs in this respect upon an understandable basis , j

    with credit to ourselves and with justice to I our neighbours .

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    I Z I A Shobt History Of Tapestry.* |

    z I A SHOBT HISTORY OF TAPESTRY . * |

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    iinenm of classic times . The art of weaving tapestry is very ancient , t

    various having been Eastern practised nations in also the b earliest the Peruvians ages by . j [ Interesting JL 11 VC 1 C > 91 / 111 ^ althoug Oil . \ JXWJ 14 . ^ h 11 the 1 / l J . Cr , subj OUk / J ect CUU y undoubtedl l * AJ . VIV / IA * J \ l \ JVA . i y V . | j

    Merveilles stud is ^ iven , the y . in history Mr Much ' . ( sur Albert of information les tapestry Tap Castel isseries ' s is regarding Bibliotheque quite ) . B a y Eng modern it lish des is ; \ ] j

    readers , however , the attractive volume by 1 M VT . Muntz TVTiinfT : wh w ^ "hir ich » Ti has Im . a " been hp . pn translated translated bv by Miss Miss

    Davis and added , to Messrs . CasselPs ' Fine Art Library' will be heartily welcomed . The

    ¦ the book f . Tifi tine firi is arts n one . rt « , which of nf various vari ' throws nna n . ocpa amp and a . nrl le countries r » li ountries ght upon m in ! j

    their infancy , prosperity , ages and decay . meaning M . Mii of ntz the ' s term introduction , tapestry exp and lains also the of

    the type and character of the art . The his-E tapestry tory tian proper s of the ancient beg Assyrians ins b times y a the descri as shown Hebrews ption b of - » y and the the j ] j

    the - ^ gyp ta— W |_ T rnore W JLI . VA M . U , a remote »^ Jk A ^^ i ^ AaK ^ K ^ peop W - ** - » -w Jt . A les fJ , m v ** of w * . ^ the * - ^» - ^ - ^ nur * m . far i ^ r w v , « East — - - . | In XLA considering VVAJLk'lXAV'jL - > -AACk the U 1 AV % art ~* JK *~ l V as * KJ practised I ^ XLVVUJMVVd by ^^ . 7 the j

    Penelope Greeks the ' s loom author : — brings Amongst up the the looms story of of |

    the that heroic of Penelope age extolled especial by the l Grecian claims our singer at- ,

    y that tention she and put off reverence from day ; it to was day by the its decision means

    sought to be forced on her by her lovers . Antinous ' Penelope J- XV J . JH »> A . V * yJ Ua , , the bethinking K _ rWJlJLAiJI son A » . A . Alg of herself XlV 4 Eupithes . UV ^ Ai . of V ^ JL a LV new J , ff narrates artifice IAJJL V * - * --- ' - - , ; :

    has undertaken to weave an immense canvas as again delicate and as again it is vast since . Young the godlike suitors Ulysses , she says is

    C «^< JVAJLA CAIIAU . C ^* -UJLJ 1 JL U 1 . JIAUV UJI * . V- » fciV _ f »_« , JL I . A »> \ J ¦* - ! JLJf UWV " T dead I have Vin , . vpi wait finished finiRhfifl , before , the ill hastening ft web -AVfiVi . that iTi , my nup , my mv tials threaus ilireauS , until

    be not lost : it is the shroud , of the hero the * End A Short of the ffistori Eighteenth / of Tapenfri Century / , . Fro By m Eugene the EarlieM Mllnfcz Times , trans to

    luted by M 188 Louisa J . Davia . London : f Ja ^ pftll < fc Co . fifo

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1886, page 146, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021886/page/4/