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    I TRADE CHANGES, <fec.

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    I LEGAL.

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    I CORRESPONDENCE.

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    11 Nov . is , i 8 « + Tlle Publishers' Circular *

    I Trade Changes, <Fec.

    I TRADE CHANGES , < fec .

    I I of their Messrs business . Jones to & Piggott Messrs . ( Eedin late Rivingtons & Co . ) , of Cambridge , inform us that they have disposed

    I & From 6 A to l * . 6 commenceinent d . of next year the price of the Art Journal is to be reduced from

    ¦ III I . Mess r . rs David . E , & Bogue F . N . has Spon removed are about fro to m remove 3 St . Martin from 16 ' s C Place haring to Cross 27 King to 125 William Strand , Stre W . et C , .

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    I Legal.

    I LEGAL .

    I ACTION AGAINST A PUBLISHER . Skliros "v . Churchill .

    This case was heard in Chancery on November 13 before Mr . Justice North . The ¦ I published plaintiff was by proprietor the defendants of . * The The British plaintiff Journ had al purchased of Dental , in Science Augus / t which 1880 , - one till recentl half of y was the

    ¦ ¦ I I intere this action st of a to Mr reopen . Fox , the the accounts former sole of Messrs proprietor . Churchill , and in from 1882 the 1880 other to 1882 half , , and on he the broug ground ht ¦ I 1 ! that of the they accounts had fraudulentl that they y had accounted deducted to him a charge for advertisements of 15 per cent without , for canvassing showing on for the these face

    H H books which advertisements at did the not retail ; appear that price they on to had the the received p face laintiff of a their they cash havin accounts discount g boug , fro and ht m their that them printers they at the had usual and supplied paper trade -makers various price .

    H The plaintifi ' s contention was that they , were solely agents for him ; and that their sole H remuneration for collecting adYertisements and producing the journal should be 10 per cent .

    H H on opening the nett the case receipts that for Messrs advertisements . Churchill had and been sales empowered . It appeared to do , all on that the p had laintiff been ' s done counsel by

    H direct agreement , with the former proprietor , who was fully aware of their practice , and gave it his consent . A letter from him was produced by defendant ' s counsel , upon which

    ¦ I plaintiffs counsel immediately withdrew the charge of fraud * Upon the Judge inquiring as H to what ground the plaintiff had for asking for the accounts to be reopened , he having

    H purchased a portion of the original owner ' s beneficial interest without asking for information H H ensued or making which himself ended in full the y acquainted case being dismissed with the with details costs of . the business , some conversation [

    I Correspondence.

    I CORRESPONDENCE .

    H To the Editor of The Publishers' Circular . H H H - Liverpool found Sm in , — his Custom A possession gentleman House . , arriving the confiscation lately from of two America copyrig , ht suffered works , at American the hands reprints of the of officers which of were the ? H Theieuponthe gentleman wrote to the publishers of the said worksasking to authorise

    H the Custom Hous , e to sam return e to him . the reprints us in , question . This we , of course , , declined us to do . While H H otherwise "tfe expressed than regret leased at to the hear inconvenience of this instance suffered of vi by il our corre the spondent part of , we the add Custom ed that House we could not be

    p gance on . H to whom Our he correspondent had written not had satisfied complied , wrot with e a his second request letter ; and , and , secondl urged y , , firstl that y , as that the all Custom the other House publishers would H sell the books by auctionultimatbenefit would arise to through their having been taken from him

    , no e us . H their As own to interests the first , point to the , we interests can hard of ly the believe trade that generall any y , publishers and ( may we would add ? act ) to in the a interests way so con of trary literary to

    H H * ^ commercial » d the Act morality aright , it . directs As to the the second destruction point of , our all intention such confiscated is to write reprints to the . Custom House , for , if H A Anal uulil word to to confreres conireresThis inis incident incident the tne value value of 01 tration tration of 01 ts at at the tne

    Ufltom p House woxa . Had our our these books . . not been registered proves proves , the officers would hav regi regi e ss had no pow copyngnts copyrigh ^ r to seize them , l ' H _ d ^ - commend v ^ . uvmi the VXA C registration XC ^ IOI / fCbLlvVU O at . ti the bUO Custom VUDIU 1 U House JUUUDQ « of M Oil all copyri \^ VJpJll g ^ hts UlD ..

    C'IH Your obedient servants ^ l ^ H I Wfl are A . 1 * A matkOA ea 8 e d to 4-s \ learn lanm from A » Am our / - » ii *» correspondent /\ r \ imr \ Ki +-Lf \ -nA * in 4- ' s letter In 44- < 11 * that fl-i *!* - bo mr \ much » r » n /> Vi vigilance tr-iOilon /^ ft has noa been VlAATl s annum hown by lv «

    . ^ It B h , mire t kwerpool toost : P * the officials impudence —quite contrary of a ' gentlema , we believe n * app , to ly general ing to experience publishers . to One permit hard the ly known introduct which ion of to j ^ PM ^^^^^^ B ¦ f Plated ^ ^ — reason editions , : now or ^ " ^^ the ^^ " ^ that » ^ i ^ t foll <¦• ^^ ¦ . * the ^ y » of ^^ * impor » publishers r ^ ^^™ ^^ *^ t ation ^ w ^ ^ ^ w ^ i « ^» v of who ^ w . ^^ - ^^ irated , p according ^»* W ^^ - ^^^ ^^ »^ American ^ . ^^ ^ ^ V % to ^^ ^ him ^^ editions ^¦¦•¦ ^ , V ^ have ^"" ^* " » ^ and comp ^^ ^ ' — of ^^ lied i— — the — — — with - authorised - - — -w — his — — . — ——— request * - — ^ p- - ^ Conti « v m ^^ ^^ . —•* ^ ental " ¦ Wo ¦¦

    jH WcdV ^ ons publish ^ ° * ed by ' Baron Taiuchnitz , is greatl p y on the increase . We , are quite a . ware that the n Baron ^ Btttt ¦ jj Bahr j fcners * ever i , y , * to " 8 anie preven £ that precautio t lie the could editions n ia possibly , we which know be , expected they taken print by to Messrs by do auth to . prevent ority Harper fro his , m of coming editions New York hero coming . , and Our here other , correspondent but Ameri still th can ey j I I

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1884, page 1197, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111884/page/9/