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      pr Farratt , Morrison and ; their * ' Darnell's Copy-books' and ' Needlework ' Manuals o '; the Messrs ' New . London R xr ^ eade ^ a-na rs , W W ' , . . ' Geograp Isbister Tsbist er hical & < s uo Co Readers . . : ana and tnen then / ' Historical tnere there remain remain Readers to to notice notice , ' and several several * Natural sets sets History of of boot books s R on crn eade technical ta ^ hnina rs' of . 1 II 1 Messrs ;

      the and other ' Civil . special Service subjects Handbooks . Among , ' and these the we 'De may Fivas note ' French the popular Class Bo * Weal oks e ' ' of s Classical Messrs . Cros Series by / I ! Lockwood h & Co . ; Havet ' s FrenchGerman ¦ - ~ and Eng ~^ ¦ ™» lish booksand Dr . Morrison ii ri b ' s Historical i f %

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      b bv I f I y ^^ I Mr Messrs JLfi ^ W ? ^^^^ ^^ \ S . * * F ** —• — ^^ * . ——— ^ ^ . " Norgate Browne ^^^^^^^ - — ^^ w — & ; th Nolan e books , ^^ of speciall Dublin — y ; ^ B prepared the ^^ 6 Miniature — for the — — Library ^ Intermediate ¦ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ of ^^ ^^^» the ^^ ^^^ ^^^ Examinations ^ Poets ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ¦ »^^^ ' ¦ of ^«^»^ i ^ Messrs ^^^ — ^ m ^^ B —^^ r p ^ 0 v of ^^ V ^^ ^ " ^^ . ^ 1884 p W • ^ . ^^ J ~ Co _ m the i 1 c Pictorial T _ ? J 1 Records TT _ i t of _» Historical TT ' 1 1 Events TT . i * of /» - «« - TT « - « & n > si

      Ke the I ™ ^^ ^ ' t Pictorial ^^^^ & ^^^ ^^ ^^^ V ^^ lot ^ ••» ^ . ^^ ^^ ; ^» Bibles — ^ Bible * ' of — Mr . Herder Books , ^^ o nd f which Church — the Services London — — ' agents ^ ^ of ^^^^^^ ^^ Messrs ¦ — are ^^ — ¦ ^^^ . Messrs ^^^ James ^^ ^ " i" ^ — ^^^ r ~^^ - - ^ Sangste B i urns ™ ^^^^ & ^ ^^^— ~ ^ - ^^^ & ^^^^^ r ^^ Oates ^^^^ ^^^~^^ m ^^ Co ^^ ^^ the ^^ p ^ ^ " ^^^ . ; ^ ;

      G the Polyg hical Works , , Prayer Atlases , and Natural , a History Plates of Mr Messrs . A . Johnston . Bagster ; Dr . Corn Sons well ; ' s ever h eograp ¦ popular books ¦ ' ^ p' ___ . sold _ _ by Messrs — . Simpkin _ < fe —¦ Co - . ; the Art Drawing ^^ b Books tkh and * Vere i

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      the Miips Atlases '; the of Read Mr ers . T , . Atl Ruddiman ases , and " Johnston Writing Copy of Murray -books , field of Messrs Edinb . u Marcus rgh ( a new War firm d & ); Co the . ;

      ^ H ^^ ^ hemical ^ eading ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^~ ¦ ^ gk Books , M ^ p — edical ^ - ~~ ? of ^ , Messrs and ~— Sanitary . — Maclaohlan — Works & — of Stewart , Messrs — , ^^ . J . E & ^ din — A — b . , Churchill g ^ L ^^ B h ; ^ F the — * ; De ^^^ the — Rouillon ^^ ^ ' Melvin — — ^^ ^^^ ^ French ^^^^ ^ Latin ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^

      Whittakler Books' of Messrs & Co . . ; Benham and last & , b Co ~ ut ., not of C least olches , the ter ; time the -honoured handy little ' Carey Dictionaries ' s Gradus of ' Messrs of the .

      Stationeirs Company .

      Aogust 15,1883 The Publishers' Circular ...

      Aogust 15 , 1883 The Publishers' Circular 687

      B — A - — N — ^^ ¦ A * A — Merican ¦ -^—...

      An Americanwriting to the Times from Florencemakes yet - ^^ r another contribution to

      stand t h b e weariso - — — poin ^^ ¦ * A — t may m - ^— e ^» li ^ ^ n ^ -- — B be tera , - ^ m — m — tu _ a de re v —^— — - ^— ^ P of ^^^ pe H ^ K ^^ r t fec h e t A ly t e clear rnat iona procl l — co aims p y ^^ r i himself g ^^^ ^ h ^ ^ t _ , ^ J ques ^^^ ^^~^ — - " ~~ as ~^ t io _ ^ a n n ultra and ^^^ ^^^^^^ , ^^ - " ^^^ in ^ ^ > freetrader ^^ r ^^^ ^^ or ^ ^^ p ^^^ m d ^— er ^^^ r - ^^^ ^^^ ^ th ^— ^ ^ ^ _ r ^^ h a ^^^ having r t ^ t ^ F ^^^^ his ^ . ^^^ ^^ ^ . ^^^ ' ^ V ^ own ^ V n ^^ o ^^^^

      ques personal tion , but mpa as th detesting y with the with protection all his heart of , the the book only business form of , theft and n that o persona the laws l in of te , r the ests United in the

      States do not punish—that of literary property . There are , lie holds , but two solutions of the looks problem possible—the conclusion of a publishers' treaty , permitting the copyrighting of

      iln cisel ) the ine y thfr prin Times limes ted same in footing Eng ten land as , an the d t American hat imDracticable of an . aut The hors first ' treat utterlv he y , claims puttin honelesa the g the honour that English it of is having author sheer waste exposed on pre of

      time n to negotiate oover ver in ten reference years vears ago aero to as as it impracticable ; and the United ; : so so utterly States nopeless has , he . , thinks tnat it , unfortunatel is sheer waste y for of t the country , decided long ago on a , protectionist system , and under this system , among other

      fould interest industrial hings , , firs a grea t importance , the t produc American . tion fu If publication a books copyri ght of in risen Eng the , lish which int books eres , as t of it be ma publishers preven tters now ted , stan were whic d , h crea has it ted may an , immense no be t onl the y

      interest go abroad oof r to the the have Jlj T ^ nglish n o their -lisl-i author books itJini * printed to fr > require rfcemire wherever . , but . , secondly Sftnnn they rllv could , it would would get "the enable finn work . hi « American AmRrioan done cheapest authors anthnra , and to to so i P , * des pro J . troy fit , "" and entirel % * Ulii JL ruin y the the l / AAV home American U . X 11 J . VX production XVi « JlA publishers p Lt ^ jFXJLM of -AA VX that Mf . class . Either JLJ ft . \ J Jk M . V of - » JL works of V / A . these \ J AJL 1 * J KJ which \ -t V difficulties . 111 AXV offe UX LX r the iUUOV must great be W * - est rKS met * AA chance \ J V b * " * y J

      jor mposing manyr hi years gh impor control t dut leg ies isla on tion books . , The because second the , a vested purely interest auctorial in copyri book g produc ht , wo tion uld be would , he t ^ nks teac tent , not obnoxious his woul to any be class ttained of Americans , as is indicated by their policy in regard to

      ob P ^« nter taining rights rights - a copyri . , This l ght , wmilrl giving d Hft the a E ng . infirl lish b bv au y t simp simnlv hor eve ly abolishing n ry . V » olial rig h t possessed cr tiie f . lipi rfiuniaitps re ( £ by Uisite the of of Ameri nationalit nn . H can rkna . . lifv y The in in ^ do ^ - v es o not xi \ j \ believe that there five known authors in America who would not ix hail iiaii such

      ft L -- -. , , wexiuvtJ tiicit i / ii . t ; ic 3 are « iit ? juvts kuuvvii uuliiuxs in xxiutjxlUii wnu vvuuiu ^ l . auuii tth trea the ty and authors _ modifica 7 original tion of ones the law llhe . Any believ in sistence certainl on fail coup so ling long publishers as the ' United acquired States rights is

      pro lte tectionist with their country Englis ; h but confreres he feels , to certain bring that , about American enactments y , authors to abolish generall all y would distinctions gladly e the

      for ween - native and the foreign 8 authors . This is the essential , and all that can be hoped now .

      F The ? T * 1 ' ^ As Evidentl Tionand Y ...

      the * ' ^ evidently no intention of allowing Mr . Romer to ' hare the last word over

      the ^?^ S ^ question , and in another letter to the Times , she replies to his statement that oRrL t- ± [? S ° ^ ^^ b admittance mooted of in Ameri connection can reprints with of the English riht novels t in to the b English

      ^ uth ^ ° r never 'ler rernar een ^ cs The reference iven is to a copy of a g letter ques from , Mr Herbert offering Spe Cer Published oxxoia in in the - lbook of ui g 51881 copy Frothe opinions , expressed icai

      ^ e bli & Xp V Utio M u 8 * 05 k "P ^ ° ncer ^ ** « ^ aiv ** , y she P eays *^ lixo ^ it treaty will B x > iue ue be - - which L » seen uutk , that should - A tV she pril xx enable had u , , xooi amp the . . le American grounds jcixjin m MxtJ fo publisher r the jjxxxxvxxa fear to which cA sell |; she « his ; u \ 1 / 1 lUl / < % fcl / i ^ n-iwmj /

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1883, page 687, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081883/page/3/