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    March 15,1881 - The ¦ -- ¦ - Publishers ...

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    I I 1 . interest As personal ing to note...

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    1 „ Few 11116 men of the present generat...

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    that fair and if a reasonable fair an ( * reasonable prices in accordance copyright were with established the popular , books demand would . Our be valued produced con at

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    position think that the our qu good estion of copyright , national or international materially improved , has anything , but we whatever really cannot to do with the question of undersellingwhich could and would be carried on under system

    We should _ m * hi be the 1 last Ti not to freel * , "I y admit fliT ' that the iT action »* of leading 1 i auth t m ors a quarter any of a . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ century - ¦ ^^ ¦• mw actuated ago b ^ rhA ^ m * r was * * — - — - —w undersellers inj —— ^ 1 urious — — to booksellers but that —¦ — ^^ ^ " ^ thi because ^ ' ^^ ^ ¦ ^ ¦¦ ^ is ^ ¦— ' ^ it ^ ' ^ gave ^^^^^ ^^ wei wh ^^ ^^ g ^ % ^ ht ^ ^^ the and ™ ^^^ ^ ' ^* ri authority ^^^ "fc » ^ r ^^*» ^^ ^ b » ^^ ^^ v to ^^ ^^^ the ^ v ^ K ^ k ^^^ princi B ^ ' ^ V ^ a ^^ j | p B ^ r ^ le b ^ v

    destroyed which is to be curbed or in it any must way be modified so by ; some we certainl other s means y do a reason not for if admit the y . impossible If the ghts sy royalty stem of authors of system underselling should which be

    , we or more 30 think « s preva . were ¦• our lent issue friend C than d b is y ever driving various _ 1 •_ simp .-.. publishers at _ l y were because universall at rival from _ TI publishers y 6 adopted s . to 2 s , would ., and underselling 11 books tempt I now their would published customers % ¦»» certainl -m « at y even 20 *< v ^ be % a

    more than they do now by , unusual discounts . If authors were all of one calibre and of one value to publishers and the publictlien something miht be said about one universal system

    , g of pay Whilst ing them on — this but subject are they we ? gladly take the opportunity of drawing the attention of our

    readers poinc of to view a very in Fraser clear 's and Magazine comprehensive for March article by Mr on . Charles the whole J . Longman question . fro It m a publisher possibl ' s

    f + A « t bT , K ^ . aal a may bbbiy the ™ enl i g Board hten _ the . of * Trade ¦ Saturday ^ is ri Reviewer ^ g ht . To convert in tim I e , the seeing Board * that of he Trade is ¦> at is present we fear . onl y hop * inclined eless ^ . ^_ to think _^ '

    , , I I of Trade P . S . — , We l that are all g prints lad to or learn reprints that of the books objection by British able amendm authors ent which suggested are published by the Board by or

    I I with Kingdom the and consent into of all the parts author of Her in Majest the y United ' s Dominions States / be will freel be abandoned y admitted b into y Her the Majesty United 's I Government . E . M .

    March 15,1881 - The ¦ -- ¦ - Publishers ...

    March 15 , 1881 - The ¦ -- ¦ - Publishers - ' Circular * 203 1 1 I

    I I 1 . Interest As Personal Ing To Note...

    I I 1 . interest As personal ing to note experience the view is often which one that of the most best prolific tests of of the lady working writers of Ouida a system takes , it may of the be

    I I ; qu writes estion of of the Intern her American letters ational p last Copyri irates with ght . almost the In a misman letter the same to the vigo Times u of the , d from plainness the , Eternal of , diction City which , she .

    I I I latel distinguished deliberatel y a sor y t charge of paym s America ent was year with made on stealing by American Eng agement lish firms , books for . " Here advan Roman is ced her officials sheets plaint . " ; : — and Messrs € Until she .

    I I I sent Lippincott Linninr them » ot +. and and the Co C proofs \ c \ . , of nf . JPhilade T * Tiila Now . fIftl l" even phia nTiifl . , this gave orfl . v « slender me mft alway alwavs honorarium s 3001 MOOZ . sterling saf . ftrlinor is done for fnr away each f \ i \ . o \\ work \ xmv with of r » under f which 'w'hio . the li I V I wholesale iracies of new work by Monroe and Coin cheap and villainouslprinted

    I paper copies p . Lippincotts every often informed me that they woul . d give thousands where they y gave I hundreds if there \>«/ were fl / rf a copyriht law A « W Tl Now k 1 f ff even VAX their rfAAVXJk 4 k hundreds & UliVii V- » X ^ KJ are not forthcoming Jb since

    H I Monroe works — — - ^ in m * instantl _ r Eng A * . VA land * . y p without irates ^ mA ^«^ T their i losing T « J publications g ^^ their . ri . hts V * Mean X in ^ V America while « , American A We cannot . tVX writers V ^ * . AV revers ^ V A can . V ^ %# e produce X / X the ^ . » »* >** y ^ , * MA their * AVV ^

    _ I ! ~ should It has u » v * al the vaic ways whole WHUI seemed . O XXJXLKJXXKjiXtXl American to me nation lliV the 3 ljlKJU most . profit JJ 1 . KJXX disgraceful V g bVJ y and IU 1 U wholesale amuse tklMlUOV itself XVOVIL . robbery with VV 11 / 11 that the Lilt ? ever writings Willslllga existed of % JL . process English XULJgllBlX Why .

    I I authors is a question without of those unblushing authors robbery leave . and I profit can protect in return my ? horse It is , no my T- « question rings , the of saucepans free trade my ; it H cook COOk uses I 19 AQ the + r »* l spade « Y \ n * J s ^ . * -w- » ttt gardener ^~* r » -w / M f-i-r \ nt > works -rwr / - \ ii * lr- n with "nn 4 ri . I /< nv > vm 4 t - ¦ protect *^* % ^ . 4-s \ s \ 4- that 4- * - « 4- work « r /\ mlr of / - » £ » v » w niim brain nlNlin

    I I intrinsicall which without , and me utterl could my mine never than have anything taken shap ; canno e earth or ' seen Here the li ght , and rate must my we own have be more the

    attention author ' 8 side not y on of ly the of Mr case y . Chamberlain put plainly but enoug of h the ; on and permanent we . coinmend officials , Ouida of any the ' s experience Board , of Trade to the who

    ; utterances nave , on we the are subject strongl than y inclined the member to think for , Birming had far ham more . to do with the recent Whitehall

    1 „ Few 11116 Men Of The Present Generat...

    1 „ 11116 men of the present generation have during their lifetime been the subjects of a more Slk P ° P ular demonstration than that which was accorded to Victor Hugo at Parison the

    I I I Tl m * man ' an < P , 8 ^ or f response *^ e inomeil gave * j * utteran Vive Victor ce to a Hugo glorification ! seems of to cities have as b * blessed the u p niv laces ersa , l d cry as .

    I I lab wirt ^ ^ Wo T * ^ C 8 mea ° Divine Bivine when , labour it is collective '—a phrase —and which then he he interpreted proceeded to as claim meaning for Paris € that equality human me an ( Athens of tho three cities the world has / he

    I I civi said r T ? ? ^ ^^ What ^ * years Athens h as one t did hus for mar Greek ked th greatest anti ree ci ity ties , what which Borne sum did up for the seen Roman whole . History anti effort quity of

    I wli w pJr orld w : o addresses to ~^ ay ^ or Paris Europe addresses , for America the whole , for qu world the , civilised nrbi et universe orhi . I . an It humble is the city passer of -by the ,

    I I Oanitt n Ame » « ^ ; u ^ i' ° , * my civilised * 3 s nare viii » ea in world wona y ° « , fro iro rights m m -Athens , in tnens the to nam New x > iew e of York x , all , cities irom from , London jjonaon of the , cities xo to jwlobuu Moscow of Europe w , , in xn thy , wijr of ,

    P ^^^ ^ Jn thine , Berlin , I praise , with love I hail the hallowed city , Paris . '

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1881, page 203, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031881/page/3/