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    ; &¦ ¦ =9 Oct. 15, 1890 The Publishers' ...

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    The relations between authors and publis...

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    He Congress Which Was Held In London Tla...

    Mr . Hopkins considers that an author is well paid if the pioneers of civilisation in the West

    condescend to read his books . We believe that different sentiments obtain among authors

    themselves . Mr . Payson does not trouble himself to go so much about the bush . Being

    less subtle and more bold than Mr . Hopkins , he goes bravely on the Robin Hood principle ,

    that his friends who have the power should take and that those should keep JLwho can .

    ' Other countries take an interest in us because we are a source of profit to them / he exclaims ,

    and this is held to be sufficient justification for declining to be just . The Copyright Bill , urges

    Mr . Payson , has no other object than to open to foreigners the vast market of the American

    reading public , and , moreover , without exacting any corresponding advantage in return . As

    to getting any advantage in return , the matter will be entirety in the hands of the American

    people . The Copyright Bill may be passed , but there will be no clause compelling readers

    to buy foreign books unless they like . \—* It is to be presumed that if no benefit will be derived

    from buying English books , for instance , then no English books will be bought , and there will

    be justice between man and man . Among the points brought out by M . Lermina was the one

    on which we have already more than once dwelt , viz ., that dear books need not be a

    result of International Copyright . ioi

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    ; &¦ ¦ = 9 Oct . 15 , 1890 The Publishers' Circular I 343

    The Relations Between Authors And Publis...

    The relations between authors and publishers have ever been a fruitful topic of

    interest ; nor does the interest in the subject at all diminish as time passes . During the

    past week the matter has been elaborately discussed in the columns of the Times , and

    both authors and publishers have expressed thoir views . Of course the commercial aspect

    of the question has been uppermost , for even in literature finance has a peculiar and

    irresistible fascination . We shall bo glad if the present correspondence , the bulk of which we

    reproduce , will lead to a better understanding of some of the intricate questions connected

    with the production of books . We think it will show at least this much , even to the most

    casual reader , that publishers are not altogether indifferent to the pretensions of authors . It

    would now be well if authors could arrive at a clearer comprehension of the claims of

    publishers . . •<>«——

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    Boo & £ A now novel bMr . Eraser Rue may be

    expected at an early y date .

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    A pocket volume of selections from the poetical works of Robert Browning has just ¦

    J . CT i » been published by Messrs . Smith , Elder & Co . # * * * *

    A study of ' Confucius the Great Teacher '• will be issued immediatelyby MessrsKegan

    , , Paul , Trench , Triibner & Co , # *

    Century Cardinal ? has Newman been ' translated s ' Arians of into the moder Fourt n h

    Greek , # # # #

    a cheap Messrs edition . George of Dr Routled . Samuel ge & Smiles Sons ' s announce 4 Life of

    George Moore , Merchant and Philanthropist . ' ' Our DeadWhere are They ? ' is the title of

    a volume edited , by Mr . T . H . Stockwell , which Mr . Elliot Stock will issue shortly .

    * * * ' Virginie : a Tale of One Hundred Fears

    Ago , ' by Val Prinsep , A . R . A ., will be published next month by Messrs . Longmans & Co .

    * * A new and revised edition of Dr . Smith ' s

    ' Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities ' is announced by Mr . John Murray .

    * * Leaders in the Northern Church / by the

    late Bishop Lightfoot , has just been issued by Messrs . Macmillan & Co .

    # * # A fourth and popular edition of * The

    . B Bo ondman ndman , ' bv by Mall Hall Uaine Caine , . is is announced announced hv by Mr . William Heinemann . * # #

    Mr . Edward Stanford will bring out at an early date a volume of statistical papers by

    Mr . G . B . Longstaff . The works will be illustrated with maps and diagrams . Dean Goulburn has written a biography of

    his friend the late Dr . Burgon , which o j . «/ will shortly be published JL by «/ Mr . Murray % l . It will

    be in two volumes . The 'Essays of Elia' willwo learnbe the

    next volume in Mr . Walter , Scott's Camelot , series . Mr . Ernest Rhys will furnish an introduction .

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    Four / which recently appeared in Lippincott ' s Magazineis published by Mr . Spencer

    Blackett 4 / . , / A M . ## * *

    4 Studies A work National by the late and Prof . International Lorimer entitled ' is

    announced by Messrs . Green & Sons , of Edinburgh —_ g-j - — .

    # ¦— A new ¦ book ¦ by the author -w of * Woodland

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1890, page 1343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101890/page/5/