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    - t forth to be one foundation administered under i the scheme —¦— ¦ under the nam ¦ ¦ e of the Stationers ib Bf fc PBb '

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    I assistants of the Stationers' Company , and , i iixbcr ^^ p _ r v ^^ r v alia — — — — , that — so far as — — may — —»~— - 5 not - ^—^~ ' - ^— ' ^ f' be r ^^ r ^^^ ^ inconsist ^^^^*^^ B ^ B ~ ^^ BB > vB . w ^ B ^ BVJpr w ^ ent ^ bbtmb . ^^ . ^^ F _ __ _ _ « __

    with anything contained in the Endowed ¦ Schools r ^ - * ' ^^ ¦ ™ ' — — Act — , 1869 , and — Amending ~ ™— " . !¦ ^^^^ J" ~ % ^ Acts ^^^^ ^^ _ F" ^* , » j the _* ^»^^ ^ b ^

    I school may be carried on as heretofore until j the end of the school term , if any , current

    1 at at tne the date date of 01 the tne scneme scheme , , or or until until such such other other iime as may , with the approval of the Charity Commissioners ¦ be fixed — b— the ¦ . The ¦• bb

    present _— — ' ' head -master , M and certain y m T ^^^^ ~~ governors ^ " * ^ " ^ other * ^^ ^^ ""^ * ^^ ^ masters ** w ^^ " —»>^> ^ B ^ are w — — to retain office , if willing ^ m ^ b . , ^ m ¦¦ while ™ ~ - ^—i- ^—^^ w - ^^ the - ^ v ^^^^ ^^^ - ^ inter ^ Bi ^ Bb ^ B * ^ b 1 ^¦ b' ^ " - W

    • esis of the present scholars are to be conserved —— — . The school of — the — - — — — foundation — - _• " ¦ — _—¦ _ BBBT fcBBB it B i rfB ^ s ^ BB 1 ¦¦ ' ¦• •¦¦¦ 9 *» —> ^— .. _ - ^^*^» ^*^* ^^—^> , _ . »»* _ _

    provided , is to be a school for boys , and for day ¦ scholars onlyandso soon ¦ as conveniently

    __— _ ^ m a — - ^ m , — — , j —— - _ - __ - - _^ ^»_» ¦ _ i v _ ^» - ^^ _ B- _ B > W ^ B ^ —fa—fe ^ fe ^ B ^—fc ^ B > ¦ **_» . *^ may be , the ¦ ^ governors , either > . _ b y altering __ or adding ¦ v— — f ^ to — — the — - present ¦— — — - — — school » -w - ^ ^~^ m -s ^ - ^^ ^ b buildings r ^^ ^ p- ^^^ b ~ t ~ ~ i n l ^ - » ™* or ^ - ' " ^

    ¦ otherwise , are to provide for the school proper buildings suitable for not less than 250 day

    scholars , and planned with a view to con-¦ | yenient ~ extensions — — —• . ^ For ~^~ ' this ^^ ^^^^ p ^^»^^ purpose mh ^ ^ i ^ Vfe ^^ «^^ ^^ iw ^^ ^^ they ^ i ^^ b ^ b ^>^ W

    may apply a sufficient sum of money , to be raised if needful out of the capital endowment

    of the foundation , by sale or otherwise . The liead of £ ' - 150 master and is a to cap receive itation a fixed payment yearl calculated y stipend

    I be on such fixed , a from scale tim , un e iform to time or graduate bthe d , as may y governors

    at the rate of not less than £ 1 . 10 s . nor more , than £ 3 a year for each boy in the , school .

    Subject , as provided in the scheme , all boys are — to — pay _~ - - ^ — tuition — — . fees ^_ - ¦ - «~ to - ^ ^ be w- ^ m- ^ k ^ fixed ^ k ^^ H ^ ^ h ^ ^^^ ^ fro ^ ^^ ^^^ m 4 ^^ p »^ k time ^ 1 ^ ^^ ^ b ^ b ^ H ^ fc ^

    to time by the governors , at the rate of not less than £ 5 and not more than £ 10 a year for

    any boy . —City Press . 4 Djroit d'Auteur . '—Such is the

    desination of the new official ^ — ^^ ^^^^ ^* organ * ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^* of ^^^ ^^^ n ^ the ^^ r ^^^ ^^ k ^^^^ bureau ^^^^ v ^^^^ . v ^* flt g H |^^ k of the International Copyright Unionwhose

    head-quarters is established at Berne , under the terms of the Convention of 1886 . We

    agree with the expressed opinion abroad that it would have been better to have made the paper

    trilingual , according to the example given by the organ of the Postal Union . The periodical ,

    which is printed in French , will discuss and elucidate all matters of general

    interestNconnected with the purpose of the Union , namely , the protection of literary and artistic works .

    printers The publishers , Berne , are Switzerland MM . Jent . and Reinert ,

    Review Copies . —A newspaper editor writes to the Athenseum : 'Is it not possible

    for publishers to devise a plan by means of which booksmagazinesand other publications ¦ k 14

    sent — ' for review — " ^ ^ , ^ B ^ — — shall ^^^^ — ' ^ — ' ^^ ^^ ^ not ^^ " ^ , ^^^^ ^ miscarry ^^^ ^^ " ^^ ^ i ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ - ^^ ^^ m » ? ^^^ K ^^^^ Liabilit ^^ ^^ ^ * ^^ r »^ ^ fc ^^^ ^ K ^ H y v ^^ r to to miscarri miscarriaore age has has increased innrfiasfid with -wit . h the th e * increase in ^ rftanfi

    post of carry and ing sending agencies throug ; and h London book- offices post , parcel afford

    -, no guarantee that books will reach the hands of those — ^ " ^ v ^^ ^^ to ^— ^^ whom * » ^— . ^ ^^ —~ ^^»^ th ^ v ^^^^ ey - ^^ w are ^*^ r ^^ ^ B ^ ^ addressed ^» ^ " ^^ ^^ f ^ Bi ^^ ^ fc ^ W ^& r ^& ^ B ^ ^^ . ^ Sending fV ^ ^ B ^ JM ^» ^^^ b 4 fe ^^ dB ^ A ^ h

    books to a provincial paper through its London office — I find —— — — —¦— the ¦— wors - —¦ t ^ Kr lan ¦¦ ilV for Ai thoug Jk Jb % h it

    « — » » <^ **~ - r p _ «* ' *•* ; « *» ^ . ^ «^ ^^ ^ r * ¦¦¦• " •* ^ •^ whom saves carriage . it is left to frequentl the ^ publisher removes , the clerk the covers with

    i and exercises a discretionary y power as to

    whether the books are worth sending on and paying — _ — carriage ^ — for — — — . Bearing — — this — in mind

    and ^ ^ that gp - the - ^ i London office ^^ is probably the , office of other newspapersit is easy to see that

    books are apt to get mixed , . The loss to publishers and newspaper proprietors from these

    irregularities is much greater than stpme of them imagine /

    The Decay of the American" Book Trade . —The March number of the Forum

    contains an article by Mr . Henry Holt on the the state of the American book trade which well merits attention . The writer says : ' The

    increased reading of poor novels in place of good ones is by no means the only or the most

    important ^ . damag ^ n e done ^ ta b ^» y the ^ k flood _^_ ^^ of pirated M _ MK reprints ^ . Peopj le in — general <^ i — — no longer ^^ read

    much of anything that cannot be had in these cheap editions ; in other wordsmuch of

    , history , travels , belles-lettres , or science .- A publisher now expects to place only about a

    third of the number of a new substantial book , native or foreign < 7 ^» , that — ___ he could __ twelve years ^ j

    ago , so the publishing of such books is largely abandoned . Such books could then be successfully published — largelyin virtue _____ of a habit

    among some x people of ^^ buy ing , more books than they % f could read , either in the hope i . of readingv- *

    them eventually , or for a certain satisfaction in having them . That habit was very valuable ; it not only tempted to good readingbut it was

    « S . X _ — , 7 a sort of subvention free from any , of the objections B Ml V ) to A subvention _ __ , which A made possible B _ H _ ^ ^ n ^^» ^ ^ ^

    the publication of many valuable books that could not be published without it . That habit is killed . In the face of a novel by George

    Eliot for twenty cents , people who do not count their pennies before worse expenditures count them before paying a dollar or two for a

    book by anybody else . It would be of no use to publish many such books cheaply . The

    public for most of them never could be wide enough for thatas the pirates have

    demon-_» , _ _ strated b y trying _> a few __ and th en letting ^ K . A them _ ^ B , as —^* - ^ —~^* - a h — rul I " ^—¦ ¦ ^» e " ^^ , —¦ severel — h - ^^ r ¦ w - ^^— h - ^^— ——— y alone ^^ r- ^ v - ^^ ~ m ^ ^^ B ^^™ ^^^ V . ^ ^ Not ^^^ V ^ ^^^^ ^^^ onl ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ y m is the

    publication of the more " solid" books thus restricted , but the lighter reprinted literature

    is crowded into detrimental forms . While most people are reading vastlmore novels

    than before , to the exclusion y of weightier » matter ^» ¦ i ^ " ^ " ^^^ ^» - ^^ ~^^ - - ^^ r ^^^ , ^ b oddl ^^^ ^^¦ ^^^ ™ ^^ y w enoug ^^^ ^^ " ^^^ ^^^ ~^^ - ^ m ^ BI ^ B ^ h ^^^ ^^^ , ^ B peop B 7 ^ " ^ ^^^^ ^^^ B ^*^ " ^ le ^^ ^^^ who " ™™ i ™ ~^ - habituall ' ^^ ^ - ^ y ^^

    do any serious work with books are probably reading fewer novels than beforeand probably

    not *^ b ^^^^ ^ . F ^ V ^^^^ V as ^^ V ^^^ ^^ P ^ IH many ^ k ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ as ^ ^^^ ^^ would ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ be ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ good ^^~^^ ^^ B ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ B ^ for ^^^^ , ^ B ^^^^^ " them ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ M ^^ . The _^ opposition - ^^ »^ r B ^^ ^ b ^ P ^^ ^ B > V ^ ^^ ^^ ^ *_ ¦ ^ has » B— ^ »«^ r fo ^^ ' ^^ rced ^ B » ^ B ^ ^¦ F' ^ . ^ Bfe too ^ 1 ^ ^^ T ^ a ^ " many B » W ^ Bf V ^^ T ^ R > ¦ ^~ of ' «'' ^ the ^ ~¦ r good W B

    ones into type unfit for hard-worked eyes , and , it should be noted , for young ones too . ... The golden of the American book ¦ trade

    —BM * —fc 4 B * ^^ S * ' ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ age ^ ^ **\ ^^^ ^*^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^*^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^ V ^ V ^^ _ ^^ ^^^ was the time of "trade courtesy . " Contrast the state Bi of our literature ' ^ 1 ^ ' now B with _ - what , it ¦ VT —¦ * W » ^ B ^ ¦ _ ^» ^ 1 ^ ^*^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ -i ^ » " ^ ^^ ¦ . »* ¦^» *^^ *^ ' ^ i V ^^ ^*_ ^^ ^ B ^ _^ » - » - ^— -

    was then . During that time we had something of ^^ T ^ B » Cooper ^_ ^ ^^^ ^^ ~ m *^ ^ m ^ «•* and ^ B B » « B * *^ tf —¦ Irving * . ^ to ^ B * V ^ Hl * k ^ BjBt ' and »¦ B ^ B ^ Bl ^^^ K . Poe ^ . ^ ^ k ^ ^ . ^^ , V virtual V " »^ _* ' ~ ' ^ " ' ly Jall

    Tay of Hawthorne lorPrescott , Long and ¦ fellow Motley , Bryant and ¦• , the ¦_ Bayard most

    that Jfc ^ . K B ^ BJ W _ _ b ^^ we _ b , « J have ^ B . —» . « BI ¦ ' »_ ' ^ 1 * had ^ b ^^ _> _> M , from ^^ _^ T ^ _ —• Bancroft ^^ _ B" ^ B ^ . V _ BJb ^^^ _» —^ » , « ^ ^ i _ ™ — Holmes *^ R « ^^ " ™ * k _ -. _ ... _ . and Mrs . Stowe . During that time , toocame , ( not

    to attempt to mention all worth , mentioning , ) Parkman VBff Ff B > w v m VJ B Lowell ia v r ^¦^^ ' ^ f ^ v h w Stedman r ~ ¦ bv > b Howells -v ¦ — ^ - ^ ' — b Jame VI ^ JV « ^^^^^^ ^^^ . ^ ^ . ^ ^^ . ^^^ ' ^ ^^^^ " , . ^^ ^^^ * ^^ , ^^*^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^ p ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ , ^^^^^^^ pv ^^ ™ * ^ , ^— |'

    Clemens , Cable , and Warner . Since they roaa there has been time enough to see who are

    Ar00500

    March 15 , 1888 The Publishers' Circular 291

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1888, page 291, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031888/page/5/