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    The International Literary

    protected , even now . In France , among other countrieswas not the principle of protection

    even without , reciprocity XXX inscribed on the law ? And — to speak x only •/ of Engoland

    what connection was there between a reg CTistration at Stationers' Hall and an oath

    of allegiance to the Queen ? Had not England always offered a Treaty to the United States

    and had the Association lost the recollection , of a project submitted for its consideration by

    the Board of Trade in 1881 , which established the principle of reciprocity between the two countries 1 Let the United States enter into

    the Convention of Berne , and they would at once acquire proof that no condition would be

    imposed upon them which would wound their sentiments of American loyalty . Leaving other arguments on one sidethe real reason

    , was the question of cost , and even here the difficulty was more apparent than real . Owing to the price at which books could be produced

    in America X . , Gordon ' s Journals , which cost 21 s . in London , could be boug C 3 ht in Chicago < — > for a

    dollar and a half . The protection of foreign authors' rights would , thereforeit wa 3 urged

    involve a formidable CJ augmentation 7 , of the price < - * , of books . It was singular O , however , that in a

    country which piqued itself upon being eminently practical X , the representatives X of the

    people in Parliament should have been so poorly armed with reliable documentary information upon the subjects with which they

    X t » f dealt , for a man at all cognisant of the state of affairs in Europe X could easily «/ have controverted

    the last argument . Leaving England out of the question , the price of books there being

    hi France gh on in account Spain of and special in Germany circumstances the price , in

    of books , had come , down to the lowest •/ , limit JL of cheapnessand yet where were the rights of

    authors m , ore respected 1 Could the Americans cite the case of a single work for which the

    author ' s rights were not paid in some form or anotherand yetwith the exception of some

    editions , de grande , luxethe price of which did not not rule rule at at about about 2 A k \ tr fr ... , 2 A marks marks , or or Ah 2 " k pesetas pesetas ? I

    Was it supposed in America , that , the rights of authors were not paid on all these volumes ?

    Did not Tauchnitz pay English authors for reproducing cheap editions ? And , as a matter

    between of fact , \ A publishers era not contracts of London dai Lei ly pzi entered gMadrid into

    etc ., and European authors , ? That , should , ¦ ¦ ¦ show ^ - » «* ^^ V' V W that ^ r ^ " » " ^ . i ^^ r ¦ the ^ t * ^^ v ^ ~»^ ¦ respect ^ »^ " ~ *~ - ^^ ~^^ ^^ ¦ ¦ — for - the — ~*~ author ~— ' s rig r j ht

    was in no way incompatible with cheap books . In - ^¦* i « ^& what r t «• ^ ^¦^ ' ^ ^^ concerned ^^ ^ r * ¦¦ ^^ ^» r ^^ ^™ ^™ - ^^~ -w ^ the * " ¦—* ^^ ^^ ¦ special i ¦ » ^^ - - ™ - ¦ * ' relations - ^ — . — - _ ,-. _ between

    the United States and England , it was to be observed that the price to be paid to authors

    would not be increased by the coat of trans-¦—¦ lationthe language being the same ¦— and it was

    ¦ ow « - ^ ^ t ^ j ing ^ ' ^ r 0 * ^^ , ^ to " ^^ ^ ^^ this ^^ ^ k ^ - ^ —¦ *— cause h ^^ k — - — ' ^ J ^^^ — that ^^ ^ ^^^^ Belg ^ B — ium - ~ - — - - - was - , able to treat with France for the reproduction of works

    on better conditions than those between England and Germany . Andfinallywas it the

    fact that the demands of authors , were , such as to ~— ~ ^ make ^ -1 _ PV f > ^_ - ^_ ' *^ ^ " ^ ^^_ " the ^ 1 * ^^ " ^ ^^ - ^ augmentation ^ - ^ —^ ^ ^^_ - ^ h ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ * i ¦ - — ^^ ^— ^ ¦— ' - —r — -- of — - price » - — - * ¦ — — appear h ^ h so

    formidable ? The rate could be fixed at 10 per centon the published price . It would be an

    parison insignificant , with increase the respect when for considere a ri ^ ht and d in for com the

    entrance by a great and admirable nation upon

    the path of probity and justice . If the United States would only accept those conditions they

    of would obtain man the who agreement could hold and a the . signature every pen

    At the conclusion of the paper the writer invited — his - audience - — — —— — to — — vote — - ^_ - ^_ - -- ^^ the —m- — _¦¦ ~^^ - following ^^ v ^__^ ^___ " - " ^__ - W * ^—_ . ^ -i ^^^ J ^^^ fc

    resolution : * That this Congress offers its most sincere thanks to the public-spirited men

    who in the United States advocate the great cause A k ft of ¦« literary - ~— k and -VV b artistic ___ - ¦ - ¦ . _ ¦_ . —^ ^ - ^ ^^ - ^^ propert m ^ ^_™ __ ' ^ W ^ ¦ -1 ^^ -r - ^ ___ y ; H __ and ^ p ^^ -B ^ pV ^_ T"W ____ , ^ B ^^ _^

    fully confident of the ultimate triumph of good sense and justicesend them their warmest

    encouragement in , inviting them to continue the struggle/—The resolution was unanimously

    passed . In the evening M . Gustave Roger read

    a paper on the rights of dramatic authors . On Wednesday M . Victor Souchon dealt with

    copyright in musical works , and M . A . Chaumatavocat of the Paris Bardiscussed

    copyright , in newspapers and periodicals , . The Convention of Berne had provided that

    newspaper articles published in any of the countries belongi ing to the Union might be — — re — _ . -

    ^^ _ produced either in the original or in ^^ a translation in the other countries of the Union unless

    the writers or publishers expressly prohibited it . It would be a sufficient prohibition if a

    notification appeared on the title-page of the ¦ journal — - ~ ^ — ~— ^ ~^ ^ ~ in ^^— i which — — ^ - ^ ^ - " i the ^ ^ --f ^ -- » ^ -- ~ article ^ - ~ ^^ ^ -- ^ ~_^ ^^ H ^^ P » ^___ ~^^ r ¦ appeared ^ B ^^^ -i ^ N ^ ^ -- ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ H . The ______ h ___ i ^_ P ^^_^

    prohibition could not apply to political articles or the reproduction X of the news of the day 4 / or

    ' occasional notes '; but as to ' articles proper ' dealing » _ with noni -political — subjects — i M . Chaumat ^^^

    was of opinion that they were ^^ as much , ^ p — ^^^ the ^^ ^^ ^»^ ^^ ^^^ pro - ^^ ¦ perty ^ m of the writers — — as ¦ published — — ' - ™ 1 " — — - "" ~~ ^ " - — - ~ work " - ¦«_» ' --- ¦ ^ -- -- s ^*_ r , v and ^_ " ^ ^ -- * - * - »~ " ^

    their reproduction ought to be at the discretion of the writer . Considerable discussion followed i in i the i

    dfc < H A A — K ___ P > - — _ ___> — — ___ — __— ___ - — ¦ _ VV ^ - - ^ _ --- »^—— -i _ . v - ^^ ^— - ^_ , ^ p ^_____ --- _ __ - _» L q ^ ^ - « ^__ - ^ in course theory ¦ of which and ¦ princi Mr ^^ . p M Adol — le the — ^^ p ^—^ he smallest ^^ Smith ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ v ^^ newspaper __ urged - ~_™ ^^ t T ^* - » » - _^ ^ that f ^ » i _^ ^ h _^ ^ - ^

    article was as much entitled to protection aa the best novel or scientific work . In practice ,

    however however , , the the authors authors or of ne nfiWRnanor wspaper articles arh ' p . ip . a duced were ver by y rival pleased journals to find . their This ¦ was articles i an agree repro - -

    able an d welco me comp — — --- liment -- , , ^^ , . To - ^ v w wv _ this -m ^ ^ m ^ - « ¦^ - " - ' there VHIh ^^ ^¦ - ' I are of course — ex — ce — pti _ i ^^ o ^ n ^ s ^^ , ^ p and ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ therefore ^^ ^¦ ^ ¦ ^_^ _¦_» ^^^ " ^ ^__» ^^^ ^^^ ^ if ^ ^ . ^ the ^ i ^ k _ is ^^^

    author to protect A _ ... _ and — certain pu bli . __ . _ s articles h er — , ___ . were , ____ ___ he — , — ____ . ag offered ____ i r ee _>^ - ^^ d -- ^ on no *^ # v ^ h ^ objection ^ some ** ' ¦ r ^_ r «| ^^ ^^ ^^ p lan v ^ _ v ^» .

    —Eventually the propositions contained in M . Chaumat ' s ^ aper were substantially agreed to .

    On Friday afternoon the members of the Association assembled in the Mansion House

    where the formal business for the conclusion , o V f ft . the UAAVJ Conference ^^ V / * . JLJL \ . J . ^ - 'AJLVrV' was If UP effected V / llV > VUVyM . » , The X 1 L \ J present I ^ JL V > O \ 3 AJl M

    Committee was re-elected , and it was decided to meet next year in Berlin on the invitation

    of Heir Schweichel ; President of the Berlin "W * 1 - ¦ t "W" ¦ ~ WTT m

    Journalistic ana JLiiterary Union .

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    w ^^ -m ——> How Literary Men Work . —According to Household WordsCarlyle was not only a man

    of i His genius habits but of wor a hard , k during and the systematic busy period worker of his .

    life in Cheyne Row were characterised by great regularity and industry . No book hack ever worked harderbegan earlieror left off later .

    A walk before , breakfast was part , of the day ' s

    duties . At ten o ' clock 111 the morning ,

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1890, page 1349, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101890/page/11/