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HERBERT THRING, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W. La Société des Gemsde Lettres. U.S.A., York, Street, 30, GODKIN, Counsel in the United States. New Pine LAWRENCE OFFICES. 39, OLD QUEEN STREET, S, or EY's GATE, S.W. �C be BY SIR WALTER BESANT. APRIL 7. WICTORIA. : e LONDON. º-e LIST OF MEMBERS. NOTICES. HE be be of of at at of as in to of of of to of of of is is the list printed below. report that owing The Trustees are glad the generous answer the circular sent round 1908, they have been able the end invest more than £100 over the amount invested last at to to added to * () 0 Consols 24%.............................. #1,000 500 Local Loans .............................. Victorian Government 3%. Consoli291. 19 dated Inscribed Stock ............... 201 War Loan ................. () () year. 3 250 (0 London and North-Western 3% Deben ture Stock .............................. 11. 9 * -- ROM time to time members of the Society desire to make donations to its funds in recognition of work that has been done for them. The committee, acting on the suggestion of one of these members, have decided to place this permanent paragraph in The Author in order that members may be cognisant of those funds to which these contributions may be paid. The funds suitable for this purpose are : (1) The Capital Fund. This fund is kept in reserve in case it is necessary for the Society to incur heavy expenditure, either in fighting a question of prin ciple, or in assisting to obtain copyright reform, Vol. XIX. to º-º-o º-e 1909, the Trustees the 5th the Pension Fund the Society, after the secretary had placed before them the financial position the Fund, decided invest Corporation 3350 the purchase London per cent. Stock (1927 57). The amount purchased £438 2s. 4d., and in THE SOCIETY'S FUNDS. e February, to º---a FUND, of * º-e PENSION ()N cases that have come before the notice or to the knowledge of the Secretary of the Society, and that those members of the Society who desire to have the names of the publishers concerned can obtain them on application. e 24 THE Editor begs to inform members of the Authors Society and other readers of The Author that the cases which are quoted in The Author are 0 stated to unless such is especially List Members the Society Authors published October, 1907, can now obtained the offices the Society the price July, 6d., post free 7#d. includes elections 1907, and will sold members and associates the Society only. dozen blank pages have been added the end of the list for the convenience of those who they are chronicled desire add future elections from month month these pages. A OR the opinions expressed in papers that are signed or initialled the authors alone are responsible. None of the papers or para graphs must be taken as expressing the opinion + of the Committee to be the case. 6 e to AUTORIDAD, at TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS e or in dealing with any other matter closely connected with the work of the Society. (2) The Pension Fund. This fund is slowly increasing, and it is hoped will, in time, cover the needs of the members the Society. : 374 [PRICE SIXPENCE. of NUMBER 1ST, 1909. It of TELEPHONE No. Monthly.) of XIX. of Authors. all WOL. Society of FOUNDED the Incorporated to (The Organ of bor. El u t �A UITSIOR, I Jackson, March Young, Col. George March C.B. March 10, Sullivan, Herbert March 11, Merritt, Mrs. Anna Lea tº March 22, Dale, Jan. Jan. Jan. F. H. F. : e E. A. . ſº º - E. C. C. E. © º . L. . G. . P. A. J. . I J. White, Percy Vance, Louis Guthrie, Anstey Robarts, Miss Edith J. Coke, Desmond Mackenzie, Miss Lathbury, Miss Eva Egbert, Henry Francis Falmouth, The Wiscountess Carrel, Frederick Laws, Abercrombie, Lascelles Bradgate, Mrs. 1. © Stopford, . Zangwill, Israel Hamilton, John e Jan. Jan. Jan. © . 14, Oppenheim, 16, Blake, 17, Medlicott, Cecil e 18, Tansley, 19, Thurston, Mrs. Katherine Cecil 19, Todd, John e A. Jan. S. Lefroy, Mrs. Bourdillon, Miss Rose White, Mrs. Woollaston 10, Gilliatt, The Rev. 13, Evans, Miss M. 14, Pennell, Mrs. Elizabeth Robins Dec. 21, Dec. 23, Dec. 28, Dec. 29, Dec. 30, Dec. 30, Dec. 30, Dec. 31, 1909. Jan. F. Y. C. 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 () 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 0 1 5 7 1 5 0 O 0 () 0 O O 1 0 0 O 0 1 1 1 10 1 1 A. . . º Jan. 12, Durand, Ralph Jan. 12, Laing, Mrs. Jan. 14, Banks, Mrs. M. M. Jan. 14, Steel, Richard Jan. 16, Garnett, Edward Jan. 16, Fenn, Frederick Jan. 18, Hering, Henry 0 . º . A. S. Sharwood, T. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. A. Jan. Twycross, Miss M. Macquarie, Arthur Sproston, Mrs. Stanley Phipson, Miss Emma Middlemass, Miss Jean Pott, Miller, Mrs. Marchmont, W. J. Jan. Jan. 7, 7, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 1, Jan. Jan. Shepherd, George Maartens, Maarten. T. : . -II © . Hills, Mrs. Martha Hands, Mrs. Morris Geddes, Mrs. Miles, Bertram Mackenzie, Miss Helen 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, e º . . F. Weyman, Stanley Macpherson, John I Dec. Dec. 14, Dec. 17, Dec. 17, Dec. 18, Dec. 18, Dec. 22, Dec. 23, 909. F. T. g © . º T. º L. E. º . W. M. Miller, Miss Esther 11, Woodward, Miss Ida 12, Mann, Mrs. Mary 12, Lack, H. Lambert 14, Winchilsea and Nottingham, The Countess of 14, Sinclair, Miss May Hood, e Francis Maunsell, Lloyd Carolin, Mrs. Drake, Lady Eliott Parker, Mrs. Nella. Montrésor, Miss 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, E. E. T. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. g Dec. Rosetti, © T}ec. 1908. Dec. E. Dec. I)ec. Felkin, . IDec. Donations. Askew, Claude L. Dec. Dec. Dec. f)ec. Dec. I)ec. e Truman, Miss Olivia Yolland, Miss * Bagnall, Miss Humphreys, Mrs. Desmond (Rita) Anon. Westrup, Miss Margaret Lynch, B., M.P. Caillard, Miss M. .. 1)ec. J)ec. Dec. Dec. T. H. Dec. Sachs, A. Tec. 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 7, 7, 4, 4, 4, 3, 1, 1, . 1908. Feb. 20, Andrews, Speed, Lancelot March Calderon, George March 1 4 0 Subscriptions. Feb. l 2 . .. . . . . . . . Total ............... £3,815 1 of = 438 . * 0 6 ... 34%. Stock. . . . . . . . Irish Land Act 23% Guaranteed Stock Corporation Ilondon 24% Stock, 1927 57 .................... New Zealand Feb. Feb. Feb. F., 0 S. 0 . 228 247 258 E. 0 C. 0 Fox, Archibald D. te Anon. . Kelly, W. P. Cotesworth, Miss . 1, Phillipps-Wolley, Clive Dawson, Warrington Willard, Mrs. 19, Paget, Mrs. Gerald 18, 31, Jan. 31, Jan. 31, C. 200 Stock .................................... Glasgow and South-Western Railway 4% Preference Stock.................. Jan. Jan. C. 0 S. 0 4, 1, Egyptian Irrigation Government Trust 4%. Certificates ............... £200 Cape of Good Hope 33% Inscribed 0 9 TISIES 9, 8, 8, 5, 166 �TRIE AUTHOR, º Sir g . Tanner, James T. . Tighe, Henry 12, Aitken, Robert 12, Bolton, Miss Anna 14, Williamson, W. H. 16, Furze, Miss Bessie 16, Shirley, Arthur 9, a ſl. 12, 1 Pettigrew, W. F. Feb. 8, Russell, G. H. º Feb. 8, Walker, Capt. J. H. Feb. 8, Dutton, Miss Annie Feb. 8, Baldwin, Mrs. Alfred Feb. 11, Ainslie, Miss Feb. 11, Steward, Miss E. M. . Feb. 11, Rumble, Mrs. Feb. 15, Beveridge, A. S. . Feb. 16, Toplis, Miss Grace Feb. 19, Wilkinson, D. tº º º Feb. 24, Landa, Mrs. & tº Feb. 26, Fitz Gerald, Mrs. . March 2, Tadema, Miss Laurence Alma March 2, Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie. March 4, Henry, Miss Alice March 4, Wilson, Edwin March 5, Hardy, Harold March 9, Crozier, Dr. Beattie March 9, Ross, Miss Janet March 15, Gregory, Lady . l is to be of in to of of in of in It in of to on J. E. of of to in of to to of be to of of in to a The names of those subscribers and donors which to : of l are not included in the lists printed above are unavoidably held over to the May issue. The total amount of annual subscriptions received and promised since the issue of the circular in November amounts to about £75, the . total amount of donations to £126. We regret that we omitted Mrs. Miller's annual subscription of 5s. from the list of new subscribers during the month of January. of is to John 6, be Feb. 6, Todhunter, Feb. its Feb. Feb. Feb, to Feb. of of Jan. tion to resign ; but they desire to impress upon members that where the society s aid called for, prior consideration will given the claims those who are constant and steady supporters the Society. The larger the society grows the greater the obligation which the counmittee protect the interests feel those who have supported the society continuously without waiting help was essential respect until them the maintenance their copyright property. will be remembered that the sub-committee appointed consider the question the sale cheap books postponed sending their report until the March meeting. The report was laid before the committee and discussed. was printed, ordered and appears full another column the present issue. The sub-committee which had been formed, consisting delegates from the various bodies copyright property, held its first interested meeting the society's office the 23rd day February. Sir Alfred Bateman and Mr. Macgillivray represented the Society Authors. Sir Alfred Bateman was elected chairman. After some discussion of the contents of the Blue Book dealing with the Berlin Conference which had just been issued, was decided that the committee should adjourn till the 31st March order give the delegates time study the contents the Blue Book and receive instructions from the managing committees the various bodies they represented. Sir Alfred Bateman reported the management what had taken place. He committee stated that there appeared three most important points regard the Berlin Conference. The copyright, the second, the first was the duration copyright inclusion mechanical reproductions property, and the third, which referred particularly the position Great Britain, the possibility obtaining Colomial support Uniform Copyright It Jan. all 18, & Austin Clare . 22, Williamson, Mrs. C. N. 22, Williamson, C. N. & 23, Brown, R. Grant , g & 28, Raphael, Mrs. M. . 4, Wilson, Miss Theodore Wilson g 4, Cousland, W. M. 4, Hardy, Thomas 5, Bremner, Robert I, it Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. in of - º-º-º T the meeting of the committee of the society held on March 1, nineteen members and A three associates were elected, bringing the total elections for the current year up to sixty-six. Seventeen members resigned, bringing the resigna tions for the current year to forty-five. This total, though large, is not unusual in the first quarter of the year, when the applications for subscriptions are sent out. We would remind our readers that in the February issue of The Aufhor the committee made a statement with regard to the re-election of members, and pointed out the practice which they feel bound to adopt in these cases. At , this meeting they settled the form of a circular to be sent to those members who intimate their inten at º of & of g e Cullen, H. N. 6, Lyall, The Right Hon. Alfred, P.C., etc. Jan. 7, Underdown, Miss Emily I in 8, Omond, T. S. 8, Paternoster, G. Sidney 9, Stockley, Mrs. Henry of Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 6, Leach, to 6, J comMITTEE NOTEs. S. Jan. Jan. Jan. 167 �TISIE AUTISIOR. to in to in to on to of of of in he to to at of of of to on be to I. of at of I, on of at in of a of 2% of a of to to a of of J. at of C. of a to of COMMITTEE. At the meeting the pension fund committee, Monday, March held the society's offices the secretary reported the action the trustees had taken the beginning the year after considering the financial position the fund. He stated that sum £350 had been invested the Corporation per Cent. Stock 1927 1957, London and that there was further sum £100 per annum the disposal the pension fund committee should any suitable application come before them. The committee then proceeded consider the application Dr. Beattie Crozier, and allotted pension year, commencing from him £50 the March quarter. He mentioned also the satis factory response which had been received the circular which was sent out the end of 1908. at to at a in of of to as it in on it to in to of to Fu ND PENSION E. A. as - had was decided obtain counsel's opinion the drafting certain clauses which would protect the composer under the present conditions of the trade. The chairman stated that he had correspondence been with Sir Stanford and Mr. MacEwen, the secretary the Society on in be of to to of in be A on as they During the month the secretary had drafted formal agreement for musical composers, and had discussed the same with Sir Charles Williers Stanford. Sir Charles had expressed certain composers Views the position the present time publication. the matter These views the secretary laid before the committee, and on g by in a he he At º-º-º of soon to on a an of as to to In of advice, and abandon the matter for the present. infringement The next was curious case member's rights Denmark. The opinion the Danish lawyer, unfavourable the member's claim, was laid before the committee, but March, stated that would London When would discuss the legal position further Accordingly, With the Society s representative. the committee instructed the secretary meet the lawyer, and report them their next meeting. Wemyss certain the request the Earl resolutions for the better representation the public bodies interests the House Lords proposed place before that House were that management. laid before the committee The secretary was instructed convey his Lordship the committee's approval his proposals. spent further sum was sanctioned office furniture. of of the second case, counsel's opinion was read the committee, advising that was impossible the present circumstances take action behalf the member whose books were involved. The committee decided, therefore, act counsel s to the questions forward him been drafted. state, had been withdrawn the member concerned, owing the fact that the publishers were pro. ceeding carry out the contract which they had entered into. The member thanked the society for the pressure which had been brought bear the matter. to in to on as in dramatic copyright mentioned the last issue The Author was then laid before the committee, and this opinion was favourable the committee support the appeal decided behalf the member concerned. The next point before the committee was the form which certain questions relating authors put property and income tax should the House Commons. The secretary was instructed draft the questions for the committee's considera tion. letter the subject from Mr. W. Mason, M.P., was read. The committee decided Various cases came before the committee. The first case, the secretary was pleased he of of on to of by by at to In of to fit members of the joint sub-committee and will proceed to take what action the sub-committee may think towards copyright legislation. The Secretary next reported the action taken with regard the reconstitution the dramatic regard sub-committee. the nominees for the dramatic sub-committee the candidates chosen the last meeting had been approved the com mittee presided over Mr. Pinero. These names management were submitted the committee and were approved. Counsel's opinion the important case British Composers, with view the stronger representation musical composers the musical sub-committee, arrangement and the same lines that concluded with the dramatists was under discussion. a He explained that a Departmental Com mittee had been called by the Government to consider the Berlin Convention and the Blue Book ; that it would be necessary for the Society of Authors and the joint sub-committee to collect and put before the Departmental Committee evi dence on the main points that might arise, and he desired especially to have the support of the committee of management on the three points he mentioned. The committee agreed that uni formity in copyright law was of the greatest importance if it were to be of international value, and approved the term of life and fifty years; they approved the proposal to bring mechanical reproductions under the copyright law ; and trusted the sub-committee would use its best endeavours to obtain the support of the Colonies towards uniform legislation. With these instruc tions the delegates will again meet the other Law. A 168 �A DITISIORs TISIES property was involved, owing recent decision the United States Courts. An article on this printed decision will The Author. proposal one the members for the registration plays was also considered. The Committee expressed their thanks the member for bringing the matter their notice, but con sidered that his proposal was covered the existing arrangements for the registration scenarios. of in be of a on by at by to of of to a an as to of a a at to a in to of a of as on it at it of of is at to be in a sold 6s. considerable decrease. the course the discussion which ensued, was agreed the publishers present that flimsy sixpenny editions paper covers not injure the sale 6s. books. Later on we shall see that this it of do in to no be at of It of to books was the 7d. that of of of an opportunity informing took the position from the point view we Later ourselves But 1s. by by of is view not shared the booksellers. objection was made the publishers any the intermediate prices. good appearance clothbound book was alleged mischievous. of on all in be at of in of in be of of to on of 1. is 2. an at ; 3. suffering or of or of on That any author allowing novel will find the sales of his next book by it. in at case would now terminated behalf the member whose case 7d. a on be an on important on probability, the satisfactorily by be be to to a go to reported manage which had been causing the committee ment and the dramatic sub-committee no small anxiety during the past three four months, and which two opinions had been taken from pro minent American lawyers. He stated that, - proved That the soundness these views the fact that during the past year booksellers disposing have found great difficulty 6s. novels; 4. to of at a in in of to to in be The secretary : risk to S. J. to of to be he it to to be to to by It - detail. Edinburgh the issue the firm Nelson copyright novels bound cloth 7d. net, and urged us, the following grounds, use our influence dissuade authors from adopting this publication form That the present customary price 6s. could competition not maintained with new customary price 7d., bookbuyers would not only prefer wait for the sevenpenny edition, but would receive impression that 6s. excessive price for novel profit That novels 7d. could make only attaining very large circula condition tion, the substitution that price for 6s. would impossible publish many novels which make present readily find publisher, and particular would make much more difficult for novices get their first books brought out the publisher's at in of it be be in order that the interests dramatists satisfactorily represented, that the sub should committee should consider the Blue Book, and should, possible, come some unanimous decision the points which was desirable lay before the Departmental Committee; further appointed put stated that delegates should forward the committee's wiews. After some dis cussion, the members the committee decided ask Sir W. Gilbert and Mr. W. Comyns Carr undertake the duty. The secretary was instructed the meantime forward copies the Blue Book all the members the dramatic sub-committee for consideration, order that they might position, their next meeting, emphasised discuss the points which should in the interests of dramatic authors. The dramatic pamphlet which had been settled the former sub-committee was laid the table, and the secretary explained what work had already been done, and what remained done upon supplied was decided that the members should with copies with view enable them, the through the publication next meeting, as if º-º-º ON December 21, 1908, we attended meet ing 39, Paternoster Row, the invitation Mr. Longman, and were met there Mr. Longman, Mr. Macmillan, Mr. Reginald Smith, Mr. Methuen and Mr. Hutchinson. These gentlemen called our attention the effect In by of a a to to that evidence would taken that committee from the various bodies and individuals interested copyright property. He added that would necessary, REPORT ON THE SEVENPENNY CLOTH BOUND COPYRIGHT NOVEL. of four o'clock. was adjourn the election decided the chairman for the current year until the next meeting. The first matter for consideration was the Berlin Convention and the Government Blue Book relating Depart thereto. The secretary explained that mental Committee had been formed in order to consider the details of the Convention with view the alteration the present copyright law, and 4----tº- ; at at its dramatic sub-committee the offices the society, Storey's Gate, S.W., on It newly formed held first meeting 39, Old Queen Street, Thursday, March 11, THE e. SUB-COMMITTEE. of DRAMATIC of by to to of The committee met on March 19 to consider an application received since their last meeting from Mr. Richard Whiteing, and allotted him a pension of £50 per annum, commencing from the March quarter. A again in to a II. 169 �A UITISIOR. of of of of of in us 68. up ; as do & as as do a to it of is to to on to of in no in at of to all of as as a a of no is a as in of as a of a in by of on of by at by of as by ; or as on of 6s. in of of of a of we is no a of to ; it in at be at be at a to it as a be us be to be be distributing books still the typical means the kingdom, recommend the establishment time limit on which the booksellers and the public can rely fixing the period within which impossible cheap edition will obtain new book published 6s. We suggest that this limit should least two years. This period may wisely extended the author's discretion cases where the 68. edition still enjoying substantial sale indeed, must be understood that the bookseller's assurance the purchaser that there will cheap edition for two years does not imply that there will necessarily this a to by a is it a of is a of of in is an us B. a the firms Smith and Wyman, we are convinced that the standard price has been shaken the sevenpenny novel the case booksellers keeping single shop and depending the custom people moderate slender incomes and 2. be or to in as is fo on of us a be to a to 1. a be or to it of it of the 6s. edition. next step was conference with representa tives of The Associated Booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland. The president, Mr. Henry W. Keay, with Mr. Hanson and Mr. H. Blackwell, were good enough meet and place before twenty-six communications from booksellers throughout the kingdom, besides discussing the This to as as by a be is of at as to us during the lifetime Making all allowances for such concurrent causes the slump 6s. books reckless over production publishers certain seasons, and expenditure purchasers owing retrenchment bad trade, and for doubts cast the reality large way the slump one London bookseller business who reports revival demand for 68. books, well for the opinion quoted above of to to at is is It in of is to if in as the revival dead book, accompanied royalties, will substantial advance account damage him financially. But the issue cheap quite edition whilst the 6s. edition still alive another matter. The next step our investigation attempt suppress convinced that though cheap editions altogether would neither successful nor commendable, they should certainly withheld They declare that each fered with the 6s. novel. appeals different public. The booksellers not distinguish the sixpenny paper reprint from the sevenpenny cloth-bound one confidently the publishers. They are generally opinion that cheap reprints make more difficult sell 4s. 6d., and they applaud the practice abstaining alto Miss Marie Corelli They also differ from gether from cheap editions. having hope stopping the the publishers sevenpenny reprint. Too many their members have already ceased stock 6s. books and thus become dependent the lower prices make any such step acceptable them. What they desire time limit within which they can assure their possibility cheap customers that there edition appearing. Without any prompting from they suggested two years suitable period. Our conclusions are as follows: of a to to be to in of 2 Is a so They far choose the former alternative. only under the pressure would choose con clusive proof serious pecuniary loss; and practically impossible convince any author that matter with the light their own experience. In the main the evidence the booksellers bears out the argument the publishers. The sevenpenny cloth-bound novel has the effect making the public complain the 4s. 6d. (6s.) novel too dear. Customers wait for the cheap edition and Several provincial booksellers have stocking given books altogether. Practically the only dissentients are the large firms with many bookstalls and shops throughout the country, such Messrs. Smith Son and Messrs. Wyman. They not find that the sevenpenny has inter ofin so is be is in of to as no is, the advocates of the sevenpenny books. We were informed that the manufacture of these books has been organised on the most elaborate modern methods by costly machinery which dispenses with hand labour, and which involves at the outset a command of capital on a scale which places it beyond the competition of ordinary book-manu facturing businesses. therefore, There likelihood the system being discontinued, the machinery already existence too costly abandoned, and its output large that the lowest possible prices are necessary enable keep the plant sufficient quantity sold fully employed. Besides, there are already many copyright novels 7d., under con the market tracts with the publisher which presumably secure him against the author's withdrawal. All that can be done, therefore, for authors refuse enter into such contracts future. this advisable admitted that the majority novels published are dead, for business purposes, before the end two years, far the They can, how ordinary 6s. edition concerned. ever, they are good stories, cheap revived edition, and yield the author further harvest and valuable advertisement. So far both the 6s. publishers and the sevenpenny ones are agreed. The opinion difference that the 6s. publishers con sixpenny one, tend that the cheap reprint must paper and unfit for the library shelf, bound whereas the sevenpenny publishers believe the cloth-bound, permanent, and presentable volume retailed 7d. Thus the dispute not cheap reprints not, whether there should but only whether the reprints should cheap and nasty cheap and nice. Obviously would need very strong evidence persuade authors sacrifice their artistic instincts is TISIES 170 �A CITISIOR, for of in he as as is or so all a at we no to to of to to as of an be to is to is a so in by it of or it is is at in in of at as no of or 68. of ; a is, at is at by by a is of of of of of in it as of of a in to as ; to ; HoPE HAWKINS. MAURICE FIEWLETT. ANTHONY SHAW. if G. BERNARD 6 a of Cases. The Author thirteen cases these Four have come before the secretary. money. two the the recovery related secretary has been successful the cheques have In the members. been obtained and forwarded cases the secretary the two remaining one answer, and negotiations for has received The other dispute are pending. settlement to ; to of In of SINCE the last issue is a an of of Q-e of is be 6s, all 6s, at be at of ; at in A by it, 6s. in form and obtained for 7d. new book can binding actually more convenient and attractive form, and not less permanent, many than the library subscribers will buy and thus reduce the point may quantity ordered the libraries. edition which the this process reached and this means that many not worth producing the books which are now only produced because profit high rate the and the demand libraries, would not produced unless the publisher were guaranteed against the appearance a 68. at of a of an of 6s, on be be it its to up (Signed) of to its at it of a by to to as to to is a 80 of at to on is is to to as in a is to in by of by to of 20 to or a as is to be be of of A 6s, in at all It ; to as of of 3. to so to to of as a to be of ; be byin their own shelves. the evidence the taken We suggest that steps should Management Authors the Society Committee ascertain how far the members are prepared pledge themselves observe the suggested time the Publishers similar inquiry limit. Association would complete the evidence establishing the firm usage the possibility book market. We add the following general comments for the information of authors. circulating very largely edition The library edition. the sevenpenny The advocates per cent. the book estimate the proportion per cent. the public. Among the libraries and publishers hostile the sevenpenny book, one went put the pro far the opposite direction portion half and half. These are probably the limits. Obviously the proportion varies from book the public the impatience book according keep when read. its desire read the book the estimates left the average 6s. book But practically dependent the circulating library for As the commercial enterprise. its feasibility library subscriber does not care what book costs, wait for the and has therefore no inducement cheap edition, novelty much more important To the bookseller the libraries than cheapness. Many cheapness more important than novelty. stocking booksellers report that they have given stock them. 68. books; but all libraries have may book said that the average Therefore depends for Now the libraries. existence pay 7d., able and willing The public which good novel, said but not more, for increasing and intelligent public, discriminating keenly between books, but comparatively indifferent the authors. the names and reputations the sevenpenny publishers not contended writing present that authors could get living far, Sevenpenny books. The sevenpenny book, reprint always assumed that the author and part, has already been remunerated, wholly writing the first the sale for the work some such comparatively high edition price. question therefore, publish yet There ing 7d. the first instance present such the way The difficulty publication the that the improvement production machinery has not been accom development any corresponding panied the book means of distribution. The business Selling remains much was when the mass the population could not read. There are millions potential readers the country who cannot get bookshops. The readers are books for want supplying the there, and the machinery capable bringing the two but the means there books together still seek and for this reason, what reprints, they ever policy authors may adopt must maintain the 6s. standard for first editions, great development least two years, until for the business of book distribution creates circulations present out magnitude the question. at In a 6s. an of it ofas to by a is is in not their case certain authors fixing minimum. therefore The two years the evidence that term we have been guided We have average book. the lifetime being, roughly, about eighteen months. taken authors for seven the terms offered In view longer time penny reprints, we doubt whether faithfully observed limit than two years would and without such observance the usage could not booksellers for the assurances created cheap editions being obtainable the impossibility contradicted less than two years would soon 171 long cheap edition has any expecta selling the case Such expectation negligible after the lapse average book eighteen months so. sevenpenny novels arean increasing The buyers read, and public, who buy keep, and read again. We have evidence before us, which have doubt, that 7d. keeps novel re-issued reason events, not place, and does not die at its 6s. forerunner. SOon tion a the policy books sound one. of is not clear that 6s. price for by it all be one even then, as of maintaining a standard a TISIES �THE AUTHOR. S. . º e 8, Fountain, Paul Wallace) Hamel, Herbert 6, Gell, Miss Edith M. (Edna A. de it Frank Royal, Paris, . S. o Raleigh, Cecil Sullivan, Herbert Thompson, . T. lingsea. View, Forest Road, Upper Harold Stuart. Wilson, Edwin (Paul derwell) Young, Colonel Wey Broomfield, bridge. Ivyleigh, Hin (Two members addresses published.) Batley. 51, Via de' Serragli, Florence. F., C.B. do in Wale Park Stone. Wigram, Miss Eirene G. of a - Brunswick Place, Regent's Park. Manor House, Bright of to of to Square, E.C. e e Finsbury 3, J., 2, C. e e Pool, The Rev. John e F.R.G.S. e not desire OP-e sº their names to to in is it it to of by is of of in It In by of to to in as as as 775 pp. in permission, Notes collected from the JoHN RUSKIN. Compiled by COOK. Foreign Schools. Seventh Edition. Macmillan. 108. 5. T. Works Vol. special E. cluding, To THE NATIONAL GALLERY, × W. Gate, ART PopUIAR HANDBOOK 73 Joseph, D.L., M.P. 100, Lancaster aCCurate. n. Rickett, Sir N.W. Lodge, The Red Park, Springfield Acton. by . . C. e . Compton - Carton, R. Avenue, of Royston, F. Albert I. N.W. Calvert, Lodge, Heath, n Hampstead E to Heathland . George keep WHILE every effort made the compilers, possible, they have this list accurate and exhaustive the fact attaining this object owing some difficulty the Office that many the books mentioned are not sent rely consequence, necessary the members. literary and largely upon lists books which appear hoped, however, that members will other papers. co-operate sending the compiling this list and, substantially make particulars works, help their A March Elections. Calderon, by in º-º-º is of to BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. t-Q-0 be to by It a (Dorothea Gerard) to fit or as to is of he it as Woolwich. Lon Madame º in is he to no to he is is Longgarde, gard 25, Nightingale Place, e . It as in to is of in Jackson, de of in an is France. or go it in sf as to to a an to a Hedgeock, n Torring to Malden, Surrey. 37, Square, W.C. Stephen's St. Square, Bayswater. 43, Argyll Road, Ken sington, W. 44, Boulevard Port Gallatly, James M. de e of a Deery, Hugh Dewhurst, Ches hunt, Herts. Ballintra, co.Donegal, Ireland. Raby Road, New as of Of in in of to ; to of, been forwarded to the members. The remaining one has only just come into the office. Out of four claims for accounts two have been disposed the other two have only recently come hand but one these the publisher has promised forward the accounts the course few days. copyright, one two claims for infringement has only just come into the office; but, relates France, matter will take some little time negotiate, through the the papers must hands the society s French lawyer. The other England sold curious case. An agent article high standing, without American magazine the sanction the author, and has received money payment from the magazine. possible that some question may arise whether the author had copyright the article the United States. Even assuming that such copy right did not exist, although the agent within his legal rights, the course has thought adopt hardly fair either the author the magazine which sold the article, the magazine had knowledge the peculiar situa tion. At present the agent the only one who has benefited, which has done the extent ten dollars. The only cases left open from the former month are two in the United States. In one of these very little prospect satisfactory con there clusion, has come the knowledge the secretary, through correspondent New York, that the delinquent an author's agent has left his address, and cannot be found. The other case deals with the return of MSS. The chairman has sanctioned one case in the county court. had been impossible for the secretary application obtain the money due the editor the magazine. The matter will carried through due course. Cooper, Charles . against a New Zealand paper, and must necessarily take some time. 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Alfred Sidgwick's new novel, The will appear serially in the weekly edition of The Times, and will be published in volume form in the autumn by Messrs. Methuen & Co. Mrs. Sidgwick has also written a little account of German Life, which will be included in Messrs. A. and C. Black's Series, Peeps at Many Lands. Another book for children, written in collabora tion with Mrs. Paynter, will not be out until the Mrs. Severins, autumn. Mrs. Sidgwick's novel, Cynthia's Way, which reached a fifth impression, is just about to appear in Nelson's Sevenpenny Reprints. A later novel, The Professor's Legacy, has been bought by the Amalgamated Press, and will appear in a cheap form during the year. Crosby, Messrs. Lockwood & Son have just published a handbook for engineers on Com and Diving, by Mr. G. W. M. The work comprises deep-water diving and the use of compressed air for sinking caissons and cylinders, and for driving subaqueous tunnels. pressed Boycott. Air Work Perspective drawings and photographs, diagrams, working drawings, and tables illustrate the volume, which is published at 10s. 6d. net. Mr. Carlton Dawe's new novel is published in England by Messrs. Stanley Paul & Co., under the title of The New Andromeda "; and in America by the Stuvesant Press, with the title of The Woman, the Nun, and the Monastery. Mr. G. S. Layard's new novel, Wax, will be published this month by George Allen & Sons. The adventures of the heroine include a night spent in the weird surroundings of Madame Tussaud's famous exhibition. Hence the title. Mr. Werner Laurie is about to issue a shilling by W. M. edition of The Complete Fisherman, Gallich in. A new book, by Mr. William Toynbee, entitled Glimpses of the Twenties, was published last month by Messrs. Archibald Constable & Co. The volume, which is kindred in character to the author's Wignettes of the Regency, deals with the principal 175 personages and events of the decade preceding the reform period, and comprises studies of George IV., his courtiers and principal ministers particular prominence being given to Castlereagh and -Canning. The Stairway of Honour" is the title of a Volume of short stories by Mrs. Stepney Rawson, which Messrs. Mills & Boon are publishing imme diately. A long novel from the same writer will be published in the summer by Messrs. Methuen. by Colonel C. The Story of the Submarine, Field, is a history of submarine navigation from the Middle Ages to the present year. The actual construction and work of submarines is explained, With over one hundred sketches and diagrams, which, however, are in no way technical. Messrs. Schott & Co. are the publishers of Mr. Theodore Holland's composition, Chanson d'Amour, for violin and pianoforte. The annual general meeting of the Royal Literary Fund was held at Denison House, Vaux hall Bridge Road, on March 10. In the absence of Lord Tennyson, the president of the fund, the chair was taken by Sir Alfred Bateman. In moving the adoption of the report, which disclosed an actual expenditure in grants of £2,880, or £800 more than in the previous year, the chair man stated that the demands made upon the fund showed no signs of falling off, but pointed out that whereas they used to give smaller grants to a larger number of people, they now distributed larger grants to a smaller number of people. Their aim, he stated, was to relieve only those of real literary merit, and they were now more particular with regard to those to whom grants were made. The report was adopted, and Lord Tennyson re-elected president, the proceedings being brought to a conclusion with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Following her recent lecture on Kryloff at the Lyceum Club, Miss A. E. Keeton gave a few more of her translations of his fables at the musical meet ing of the Slavonic Circle, Thursday, March 11, at 4.30. The readings included The Ant, The Lonely Man and the Bear, and Trishka's Coat. Madame Anna Kipman also sang several of Rubinstein's settings of Kryloff for soprano voice and pianoforte, and other Russian songs. sang bass arias from Mr. Wladémir Féocritov Russian operas. Mr. Henry Holman has written, and Messrs. have published, a volume on Pestalozzi, The author's aim has been to provide students with an easy introduction to the study of educational biography by means of appeals to original sources. To this end full and frequent quotations are given Longmans from Pestalozzi's own writings and from the writings �a of as a of as is is of in of in as to he in a to of of in & a is, D. by by in of no as is of of by by a is of of by by temperament. unsuspicious private hate He has also kidnaps the son the this end of he he to gratify, and a remorselessly. to he of of its G. by is its an of is to in be in in is a Cullen Gouldsbury has for some time past been long novel for Mr. Eveleigh Nash, engaged upon dealing with the colour question. The scene Europe and Central Africa, and the laid published the autumn. book will probably the World s Classics The latest addition George Eliot s The Clerical Life. Scenes introduction by Miss Annie volume contains published predecessors, Matheson, and, like the Oxford University Press. Sidney Paternoster's new novel, The Mr. central figure one the Spoiler, has for Hand Lynton Hora, who, because some fancied wrong, plunders declares war upon society, which by C. E. is by a & to a as his enemy, and educates views man whom criminal philosophy, which com him according bines Nietzschean theories with Fagan practices. Stoughton are the publishers. Messrs. Hodder publication called Broad We have received Yeats, published monthly side, which the Cuala Press, Churchtown, Dundrum, County F. by R. advanced consists French and English, is & Co.), languages. It class book for the study three parts selection Parallels, of French and English Fursdon (Messrs. Methuen an to a is a B. Dublin, and illustrated Yeats. The Jack street ballad called issue under notice contains year, and 128. The subscription World. 300 copies. limited the monthly issue of by by of of the Rev. the Bishop, Miss Victoria the title So Very Human the Century Maitland's new story, published Press, publishers the same writer s Hub girl admir that The present story Life. Nature, but weighed down ably gifted birth an and environment, and heavily handicapped is of of it of by edited and supplemented book preface Wallace Duthie, and has and several illustrations. in to in of is to Mr. Sharp. This Property. A Bishop the Rough, which Messrs. Smith, the record Co. will shortly publish, Elder eight adventurous years Dr. the early life Bishop Sheepshanks, the present Norwich. British Columbia, missioner Pioneer priest gold-miners and aboriginal Indians, was also notable traveller, crossing two continents with such Brigham Young preaching unusual experiences Salt Lake City, and witnessing, and his people other Englishman has done, the adoration Mongolia. The the heart the Grand Lama at to to of of In in to to to an '' it at as of a as they were created time communal effort when society was homogeneous and not individual the song He traced the development now. accompany was used which from the stage songs the acted the dance, through the occupation, accompany songs used and through the cumulative song its restricted form the narrative song. ballad situation the treating the songs the the antiquity some cases the lecturer pointed out that though process their being banded down from mouth mouth may suggest certain comparatively modern qualities, yet for the most part the basis the clear, no less than the remoteness the tune belongs. period which Interpretations the songs were rendered St. Mary, children from the Elementary School folk-song Paddington, while single examples accompanied Kay, given Mattie Miss were new novel, Fraternity. entitled study modern men and described book Women, with the same character-drawing dis tinguished The Country House and A Man a at a to of of of on J. 25 on of an in & by its Sangimiguano, by Jean Carlyle Graham and Elizabeth M. Derbishire, is to be published at once by Ermauno Loescher & Co., Rome, the firm which published Mrs. Jean Carlyle Graham's former work, The Problem of illustrated art-history Fiorenzo di Lorenzo of Perugia, in 1903. A People's Edition of Mr. Ferrar Fenton's Complete Bible in Modern English has been by Messrs. S. W. Partridge & Co., at published the price of 10s. net. The same writer s New is also obtainable Testament in Modern English from the same firm, the price being 18. net. The latest additions to Messrs. J. M. Dent & Co.'s Everyman's Library are the selection of Cicero's Letters and Essays, prefaced by the sketch written by De Quincey ; and a selection of the series of literary portraits by George Gilfillan typifying the school of criticism of which he was almost the last This selection has been edited and con leader. tains an introduction by Dr. Robertson Nicoll. Mr. Lewis Melville's new book, Brighton : its History, its Follies and Fashions" has recently Hall. The Messrs. Chapman been published conjunction with his wife, has com same writer, prose and verse passages anthology piled bearing London. Messrs. Bell are the publishers of the latter volume which bears the title of London s Lure. Sharp delivered Mr. Cecil On February the subject three concert-lectures the first English folk-songs. At this lecture Mr. folk-songs, and Sharp touched upon the origin pointed out that they belonged the people, that has published Mr. Heinemann John Galsworthy, of of those who knew him and worked with him. Analyses of his theories and methods are also given Combined with the above is a on the same lines. connected account of his life, and an appreciation and criticism of the man and his work. by A [ſº]HOR, TISIES 176 �A CITISIOR. on of is byof on all an an of 8, at as as the Jew, The cast includes Mr. Louis Calvert Prince Saratoff, Mr. Mr. William Haviland Sebastian Smith, and Miss Lucie Caine. Mrs. Mabel Dearmer's play, Nan Pilgrim, produced by the Dramatic Production Club, March the Court Theatre, on the afternoon to as a an to in to of estrangement between overworked relates parish priest and his wife, due the the action purchase the necessities for order latter who, artist model for her husband's cure, poses her husband. friend without disclosing the fact the Rev. John Mr. Arthur Holmes-Gore, as in to a as which he attained success. April strike, which consequent the play deals prolonged the the chairman the obstimacy company the one hand, and the over-zealous altruism of one of the workmen on the other. end, brought When, eventually, the strike the terms of settlement are identical with those on of is to an of a is on by is of on 9. at in in A. in a at a of C. H. a of by in of of de by of of byon bea of at of of a is is be In of C. to an its of of a to to 1. in a he J. R. by E. in as by to of of an is at a is in 27 as , of to to is in ' a on as as it its at A. E. of at by by C. at In emancipation which imminent. offers thousand order attain his object roubles for one word with the prince, and the the cast are Miss Lillah Macarthy, Included Mr. Dennis Eadie, Mr. Norman McKinnel, and Fisher White. Mr. Liberty, romantic drama The Song Mary Saints Rowsell and three acts, preparation for bury, trial per course West End theatre. formance during April translation were acquired this piece The rights The some time since for the Swedish stage. based on Lamartine's account of the drama Rouget composition the Marseillaise l'Isle, and the recurrent choruses throughout the romantic The Song enhance the effect and stirring details which take place during the height These choruses, and the Terror. the same theme, will probably violin solo The Edward Mason Choir. undertaken Mr. W. Mason's new play, Colonel Smith, Mr. George Alexander's next production will the play The action the St. James's Theatre. background the excitement Parlia has for only mentary election, but the political element secondary thread the cast, with the story. Miss Irene Wambrugh. Mr. Geo. Alexander, will being Carton's new play, which Mr. be a at on of & as 8, A interview with secure heart) Music, order influential High Chancellor conference upon Jewish enlist his sympathy race which might have been accepted before the fighting * had begun. a in is in of of of 1905. February, two one-act plays, On the last day adapted Ella Erskine from the German, were produced the Rehearsal Theatre, Maiden Lane. The Fifi and the other One was entitled the former play was The name-part Friends. the cast Included the adapter. taken Leveson Lane, while Miss Victoria was Mr. Addison acted in The Friends. M. one-act play The Spare Room, February Bryant, was produced front Kesiah A Real Woman. Miss Alice Beet Crawford, Miss Amy Lamborn Jane Crawford, Henry (her brother), and Miss Mr. Lytton Grey Dulcie, formed the cast. Gwendolen Wren Major one-act play called Ezra Solomon, Arthur Layard and Leopold Pam, was first per The the Palace Theatre on March formed necessary owing piece, which was found cut the music-hall stage, the exigencies length, deals with the efforts nearly half his persecuted. rich old Jew (who has the welfare in Pilgrim, and Miss Lilian Braithwaite were respon sible for the two leading parts; while others the cast were Mr. Ben Webster, Miss included Evelyn Weeden, and Mr. William Haviland. Mr. John Galsworthy's drama, Strife, was pro the York's Theatre, the Duke duced The strife with which afternoon of March an to of is of is be ; of of of so to is an is to of an all Mr. Werner Laurie is just publishing an illus trated volume, Stories from the Greek Legends, by C. Gasquoine Hartley. In this book a selec tion of the Greek Legends that have been world favourites are told simply as stories to interest young people, and difficult names undue use the These Legends appeal strongly avoided. inseparable They have become young mind. every nation part and the literature and art the utmost importance that they should while their imagination children known young, that for them the old myths may live. fairy stories, but At first they will recall them afterwards the delight gained will lead them the the purest and finest literature love world. erroneous statement We regret that we made the Britain's Great Authors the price our last this work which appeared notice one guinea, and not half The price issue. guinea, we stated, and we tender our apologies the Fine Art Publishing Company for the slip. Sons have published Messrs. George Bell plays, Morley Steynor's historical two Mr. Lancelot and and and Elaine, Lancelot Guenevere, which were performed for both copyright purposes the Bijou Theatre, it cold-blooded and cruel, insists who interpreting the phrase quite literally. The rest the concerned with the dilemma the play behalf his eloquence concentrate Jew his people into one word, and shows the means latter, a consecutive chain of maxims and proverbs expressing the varied circumstances of life. 177 to idiomatical phrases, idioms, and metaphors, and to TFIES �TISIE AUTHOR, a of a in is to a in is A In of of la a of by be de on of an as of on a is M. of an of of of of de an of to is in be is to on as an of of is of on in by of on at of of by last year is hear the CauSerie given of a of is '' its on of an by to he by of It of to is XVIII* by of One the collection is a is It is, it appeared. the most curious the letters from Barbey d Aurevilly himself Trebutien, his publisher Many Caen. The letters are charming. them style and originality. are masterpieces seems almost incredible that, besides the enormous amount literary work done Barbey d Aurevilly, should have found time write volumes of such letters. Wingt jours parmi les Sinistrés, Dr. Bouloumié, account the experiences the French Croix-Rouge recent expedition Naples, Calabria, and Sicily. Cent Pastels du siècle the title of volume containing hundred reproductions Boucher, some the most famous pastels Chardin, Perroneau, Rosalba Carriera, Greuze, and other celebrated artists. The preface Albert Besnard, and all those who had the good fortune also former of Barrès of Maurice to M. gives us a simple story of a young girl of Metz. It is very much the same theme as his other book, Au Service de l Allemagne. Frédéric Asmus, a German professor, is in love with Colette, and wishes to marry her. After some hesitation, the young girl refuses, feeling that she must remain faithful to her country. The story is simple, but exquisitely pathetic, for this young girl represents Lorraine, and the professor the ever encroaching Germany. La Vie Intérieure, by Mme. René Waltz, is a remarkable psychological study, in the form of a novel, of a certain type of Frenchwoman of to-day. The author has studied her subject carefully, and given us a true picture of life as it is in many hundreds of French families. very simple story, with very little plot and no stirring episodes. The events are described just as they might happen in so many French homes. Each character is carefully drawn, and has a strong individuality. It is distinctly a roman à thèt, but unlike so many of such novels, the personages are not treated as merely to prove the truth of the marionettes author's theory. M. Claude Farrère, to whom the Goncourt Academy prize was awarded for a former book, gives us a remarkable novel, entitled La Bataille. He shows us Japan as it really with its passionate love for its old traditions, and its dislike European civilisation, which nevertheless adopts. La volume, entitled another Folle Histoire Fridoline. amusing Secrets d'Etat the title book Tristan Bernard. The State about which we learn the Secrets said be situated in Central Europe, and called Schoenburg. Rarely has such sustained interest been felt connection with author's centenary that which was evident throughout France the Barbey d'Aurevilly's hundredth anni occasion long versary. His portrait, accompanied articles, was all the papers. Lectures were given him and his work, and this series lectures still continues. Paul Bourget's awaited with great interest. Books and pamphlets have a IN I by º-º-º Baudoche Normandy, Brittany, and Newfoundland. folk epitaph those words He has taken Michelet: long time have lived the sea-coast, and heroic deeds, which would be remarked inland every-day life near rare events, are episodes among the Sea. Léon Berthaut's name promotions this year. those the list He has Knight received the Order the Legion Honour. Guy Chantepleure, the author Fiancée d'Avril, Academy prize, novel which won has now published PARIS NOTES. Colette volume a a w Sea short ones, entitled Le Peuple Mer. To all who have read Le L Absente, Pilote No. 10, and this new very welcome. addition will The author gives seafaring Some very thrilling stories heroism Stories with to * ~~ v-v- different note the same volume. M. Léon Berthaut continues his series of ºthe Noble Spaniard, adapted from the French by Mr. W. Somerset Maugham, was produced at the Royalty on March 20. Mr. Charles Hawtrey in the title rôle, and Miss Kate Cutler and Miss Fanny Brough helped to form a cast, which included also Miss Annie Cleaver and Mr. Athol . Stewart. A dramatised version of Mr. Stanley Weyman's novel, Count Hannibal, the joint work of Mr. Norreys Connell and Mr. Oscar Asche, was produced by the latter at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Bristol, towards the end of March. The play closely follows the book, and opens, as in the book, with a scene in the ante-chamber in the Louvre ; and one of the chief scenes is in the act in which Miss Brayton figures with the mob and Hannibal, concluding with the escape of her lover, Tignonville. Georges Ohnet s Un Mariage américain (Ollendorff) the love story most romantic. millionaire, young girl, does not love with hesitate ruin her father, thus constituting himself very her benefactor. There second story on rehearsed for production at the Criterion, will be interpreted by a cast which will include Miss Compton, Mr. Weedon Grossmith, and Mr. Lytton Grey. as 178 the great �A UTISIOR, in of in It of ; in a to as of a to to to in of of as a in in abroad than their own country; yet pass without was not suffered Nothing upon recognition, even there. national Scale was attempted but local celebrations were duly held Richmond, Providence, New York, and Baltimore. There was also memorial dinner Boston, under the auspices John W. Luce and H. H. Schaff. bronze statue was dedicated Poe Park, and memorial has been proposed West Point. Professor Trent gave address January 28, before the Authors Club. honour of a in at ; a to 19 January A A an a Centenary Life, issued later, came from the pen Woodberry. Mr. George The Lincoln Centenary, February 12, made wider appeal, and the great President's memory received honour from Mr. Bryce and M. Jusserand, a E. to as It bya be do of from the tributes his own countrymen. celebrations not especially concern our readers, but word may said here the books evoked the occasion. has amounted veritable flood. well The public Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin and Co. print a Un Mariage Américian " (Ollendorff). La Folle Historie de Fridoline " (Calmann Lévy). as America, Europe, seems likely 1909 Edgar year remembered centenaries. Allan Poe was, perhaps one those who have more as Fiancée d'Avril (Calmann Lévy). Secrets d'Etat (Monde Illustré). Vingt jours parmi les Sinistrés (Calmann Lévy). Cent Pastels du XVIII'me siècle (Société Georges Petit). La Pensée de Ruskin " (Hachette). of to of or to America, had mourn the loss last year Charles Eliot Norton, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Joel Chandler Harris, not mention Ik Marvel, Howard, Mrs. Moulton, and many Bronson lesser name. as La Vie Intérieure" (Perrin). Le Peuple de la Mer (Flammarion). of A no A siderable accretion works devoted mental healing, psycho-therapeutics, the initiated love call their craze. a ALYS HALLARD. of in a The thematic novel was largely the ascendant during 1908, and there was much novelising plays. good level merit was maintained, but startling originality. there was indication good year for readers history, more especially was the purely American field and there were political and social science. notable contributions Education and physical science were also well slight recovery represented; and there was poetry. less gratifying symptom was the con to I\OTlſl OUIS SllCCéSS. by all a as to show slight increases over the preceding year, the most notable decrease being fine art and illustrated works. of In the recent numbers of the Revue de Paris Anatole France continues the publication of La Chemise, and Mathilde Serao of Wive la Vie. There is also an article by Henri van Dyke on Edgar Allan Poe, and another by Victor Bérard on La Serbie et l'Europe. In the last numbers of La Revue hebdomadaire there is an article on Mme. Récamier, by Jules Lemaitre, and one by René Doumie on George Sand. Mme. Juliette Adam publishes a short story L Esquiros, entitled and Edouard Rod an article on Benjamin Constant. Madame Dumont-Lindemann, the well-known directress of the Düsseldorf theatre, has been giving a series of plays at the Théâtre Marigny. With her husband as stage manager, taking also one of the chief rôles in the various pieces, she has been able to give an excellent idea of her theories with regard to the interpretation of modern dramatic art. It is her intention to return to Paris and to give a series of representations of Goethe's Faust. Les Grands, a play in four acts by MM. Pierre Weber and Serge Basset, has been given with success at the Odéon. Beethoven is now being pro duced. At the Renaissance L Oiseau blessé, a play in four acts by M. Alfred Capus, has been running for some time, and at the Vaudeville Le Lys, by MM. Pierre Wolff and Gaston Leroux. The Grand Guignol has just produced another play by Charles Foley, the author of Heard at the Telephone. The new piece is entitled Un Concert chez les Fous. It is a remarkable mixture of tragedy and comedy, and is having not very far behind the year, 1907, in the quantity of books produced. In the department of fiction there was, indeed, an appreciable increase in 1908; and in books of kinds American authors, distinguished from importations and reprints, perceptible surplus. there was also Theology retains the second place bulk slight falling off. Political Output, showing but and social Science and history alone are able was a thoughtfully. year record" in England. The author writes with his usual clear ness and charm, and it is very evident that the subject is one which he has studied carefully and L* be a judge. M. Georges Duval has just brought out his eighth and last volume of the translation of Shake speare's dramatic works. La Pensée de Ruskin, by André Chevrillon, is a study of the development of the principal ideas of Ruskin and the influence these have had in UNITED STATES NOTES. at French artist in the Georges Petit Gallery on this subject, will be glad of an opportunity of reading this study of Pastels from the pen of so competent 179 on at in TISIES special �A DITISIOR. to be to is A of B. is F. A of of F. by to of of of w if of by an byof to of A of an is to in to is of of he is it of of as an in of a a & in of P. E. of of be a on to of in of in to by Théophile Gautier Lafcadio Hearn's version has been reprinted Dutton Co. their series The World's Story-Tellers. There are likely further remains Carl Schurz, probably correspondence. the form leading English literary Certain comments weekly connection with the Shelburne Essays Paul Elmer More, have given much umbrage the critics this side. The Dial, for instance, remarks that there are traits of readers that if of is of to or date back 1820 thereabouts (this was the dictum the offending British journal), there book-reviewing also certain manner that can claim like antiquity Two useful compilations that have recently appeared are Burton Stevenson s Poems American History, and Modern Constitutions, Walter Farleigh Dodd. great loss the United States, and particularly New York city, has been suffered the death Russell Sturgis, the architect and art critic, History February 11. His great Architec ture had been completed, but one volume still proof his death. manuscript, and another was of l a on of in is of of as at in Will Lillibridge, Ben Blair, died at best known the author suddenly Sioux Falls, Dakota, quite recently and there passed away Valen Boston, tine's day, his ninety-first year, the veteran author and educator, William Matthews. on has its obvious advantages; but there another side the question. spring book, which will looked forward lication the author valuable assistance. in a of by K. of of in of We hear that Messrs. Duffield are making the experiment issuing paper books the French manner, and beginning appropriately with volume picturesque" Paris, stories Mrs. pub Mackay. Archibald This method thing like Wade-mecum the drama America century. for half Mr. Quincy Kilby has given to of of as Harvard. and educationalist. Mr. Eugene Tompkins's History the Boston Theatre, contains annual history some fifty Seasons, and has been deservedly described some ; lecturer Lowell, author England, succeeds President He has won great success Lawrence Constitutional important the United States special feature contribution the subject. his defence the Senate. On the other hand, concedes critics the judicial system the serious charges made them against our simplicity and directness, and courts, want expensiveness which almost prohibitive suitors not of the richer classes. at to at Professor Abbott Government The Eliot Wilson s Woodrow a of in it of The Boston Bibliophile Society has recently come into possession the manuscript Thoreau s Walden, and will publish ere long This find reveals the fact that Thoreau's publishers cut out the printed book matter amounting some twelve thousand words. President Government by is an A by be by a at of of become centenary-sick that time. Some eight thousand letters Millard Fillmore, while Vice-President and President the United States, have been discovered Buffalo, and published shortly Selection will the Buffalo request Historical Society. Mr. Pierpont Morgan for autograph (anno 1851) among the collection. hitherto undiscovered material has been utilised the writer this interesting, somewhat voluminous, book. A by if is, J. with some interest, Sauborn s Recollec Seventy Years. tions The two volumes the philosopher's work are devoted the Concord political and literary life respectively. Among the spring novels are books Robert W. Chambers, Marion Crawford, Mrs. Atherton, and Alice Brown. Among the earliest important books the New Year was Miss Agnes Laut's The Conquest the Great North-West, which tells the story Bay Company. good deal the Hudson to edition of the standard biography by the late Carl Schurz and Truman H. Bartlett, and an anniversary edition of Alonzo Rothschild s work and the two volume study by John T. Morse, jun., besides reprints of the Gettysburg Speech, and the Emancipation Proclamation ; whilst among new works they issue one by J. Henry Lea and R. Hutchinson, specially devoted to Lincoln's ancestry his English descent is claimed to have been traced four generations further back than it has been before and a Life of Lincoln for Boys and Girls, by Charles W. Moores. From the Macmillan Company comes James Morgan s Abraham Lincoln : the Boy and the Man, as well as David Millet De Witt's The Assassination and its Expiation, and a Centenary Ode, by Percy |MacKaye; whilst from the Crowell Company we Tributes, get Dr. W. Hayes Ward's Lincoln Mr. Choate's Address, and another Life for Boys. Messrs. McClurg issue a Lincoln Year Book, and several publications by Charles E. Carr, as well as The Children's Life, by Louise Putnam ; and Francis Grierson s The Valley of the Shadow, containing descriptions of the Lincoln country from a former resident, and impressions of the Civil War should not pass unnoticed. Some unpublished appeared in the Lincoln letters February Century. Oliver Wendell Holmes was born on August 29, 1809. One hopes that his genial and essentially healthy personality will be recalled with due honour When the time comes that we have not all in TISIE 180 �TISIE A DITFIOR. BRITISH AUTHORS AND AMERICAN of on a to be of to 2 in or of of be of on an is by is a for it LOUIS TRACY. is by it is t of of a in ; is of is It of of to as a is to it of to all of be to to be of is be in of of Laws. a by of Patents but there little add for the interest the members beyond the Revised Convention itself supplement which was printed the January number The Author. possible for Great Britain and her What accept, what points Colonies the present law bring about the necessary must altered changes, and how those changes are going effected matter for the Government consider. the duty those bodies who represent copyright property the holders active and on the alert. is of I is or to all the correspondence respecting the Revised Convention Berne has now been published the form of Blue Book. interesting reading for those whose full object copyright evolution the technical study is a of be a of of in provisions º-e HE It in to It in of be or to a to as or by a a public will take any given book my hypothe tical unknown. Well, then, how conquer this dragon expense? Apply books and literary products both the CONFERENCE. in a is to It or a as if RIGHT COPY to it in be a BERLIN INTERNATIONAL THE to by is is a probable that his work has been refused many publishers; when accepted, the long run, will speculative matter for the publisher, and, serial, leap sold the dark for the magazine newspaper. simply out the question for pay for simultaneous publication, and the author prohibitive almost secure user the States who will can conform British dates. The British user, whether publisher editor periodical, cannot asked reason undertake protection. the expense could not made commercial success. Out of hundred serials big house annually, perhaps one might used sell the States, and even then fall far short protecting the other ninety-nine. the cost assume, course, that the man not living who can tell beforehand whether not the whimsical to or of of a I good deal more could say this topic, but leave the moment with the explanation that altruistic, since every my plea for fair dealing fully protected enterprising line write publisher the United States. I to be proviso that there shall simultaneous publica tion. nine hundred and ninety-nine cases out thousand (where good work unknown authors concerned) that stipulation fatal. The unknown genius almost certainly poor; In in a all It of in in to a is of is all a to be in of is be of is at of It as in it of ; injured shall not foreign books. the free importation seems fully justified insisting me that Congress growling on these essential conditions. Instead them and doing nothing, why should we not accept them and give real impetus the exchange good and noteworthy that the literary products Britain and America There but one real obstacle surmount the to by printing and allied industries is of I of I regard any such legal protection impracticable, and, possibly, exceedingly unfair. Let be borne mind that the authorities the United States have laid down two principles: Firstly, that the people shall not be debarred from the use of all that best the secondly, that the interests literature of a practice serial, the copyright really valuable, which does which not create sufficient stir within six months justify publication protecting fee 4s., must rare, indeed, may exist. these days. Another Fitzgerald may translate another Omar, Well, this good many years for fame. and wait fine fish would escape my net, and swim into im But, for mortality lightened certain royalties. practical purposes, the needs honest pub met, lishers and hard-working authors would disability removed from those grievous and upon whom, though most worthy, fortune has failed to smile. in to an Candidly, in How would this proposal operate Admirably, believe. The book at of a in it to minds which have endeavoured perfect solve the past have aimed scheme which shall apply all classes writers indefinitely prolonged period and cover time. countries or to be is, I legal-cum-literary Quite of of of and Congresses come and go, but the American copyright question we have with us for ever. I admit that it bristles think, because the with difficulties, but that I ARLIAMENTS a of SUGGESTION. 48, of gratis, for six months Give absolute protection, publication, period after date and give payment twelve months' additional protection Keep the local com fee dollar. intact, and position, binding, etc., stipulations exact, throw open the people (to the unpaid-for copy) the right use, free Stealers penalty, after the lapse one both these periods. The eighteen months fee, obviously, payable Would the country where protection was sought. COPYRIGHT. A 181 �A UITISIOR, ; if of a is be to ofof + to to its to a in is in is of 1. a of to of at us life and forty would do or thirty publication very technical, of the point be in is most other countries performing rights. as English law and the law of is 3. so is It a 2. to would show a it more than show crass stupidity. protected Translation rights; these are Surely for term commensurate with copyright. this common sense. curious that this long coming. decision should have been Then there the difference under the weakness, The to no is of in at as if in of an of it is explain there need the issues. But here again would simplify the establishment author's and dramatist's rights. and strengthen him the possession his own property we could legislate for uniformity with present the Convention and with the law existing other civilised countries. Then comes the question mechanical reproduction. Musical composers and dramatists, are suffering severely, and will suffer still more unless mechanical reproductions obtain copyright foolish, and indeed protection. would foolish, for the law say you have right the your own brain, and then property say you, only have the right when the copies are made just say certain way. would sensible that the dramatist has only performing rights certain theatre, author protection when his books are sold certain price. many that We have quoted four points out they are perhaps the most important, but arise carry only one aim, and that there should through law which will bring the law Great. in is be to It to of an at a or at a as It be in a to of is, of to be Britain into international uniformity. House of Lords. possible that common sense will prevail G. H. T. of of in in This has unfortunately not been achieved the Act just passed spite the United States, the efforts the wise. FD. * In the oft quoted phrase there are three things to be aimed at : the first is Uniformity, the second By is Uniformity, and the third is Uniformity. this we mean that certain clauses passed by the conference at Berlin must be adopted wholesale ald not in bits. If our law at pres(nt gives us let let fifty years. satisfactory the present Government, that the United States will struggle for this limit any new Copyright legis lation, and that the German Empire willing bring present small amending Act extending term, life and thirty, life and fifty years. Let endeavour then, with all the forces our dis posal, carry the thing through for the sake uniformity; Wretched compromise life and by . South Africa, or Canada. But there is a greater danger ahead than even the disruption of the Colonies, and that is the lack of uniformity which may arise when any Bill is massing throngh the House of Commons and the Life and a cut themselves adrift from International Copyright is to kill the native industry and to destroy the growth of that literature which even now is a cherished growth. It is needless to mention the names of the authors of Australia, New Zealand, The length the term We understand that the term ; The Convention has now been settled as altered by the conference, and, we understand, has assumed a shape which is considered satisfactory. It is now that the critical danger begins. The Berne Convention was originally accepted in order to obtain some order out of the chaos of multiplied treaties existing between the many European countries. The terms of these treaties, in many cases dissimilar and divergent, made it impossible to obtain any certainty as to the rights Uncertainty brings weakness. of those concerned. In the end it was almost impossible to say what was the law or how it was to be enforced. The Berne Convention did its work admirably as far as it went, but it was the first attempt at Inter national Copyright Legislation and did not go far enough. Then followed the Act of Paris going a little further, but creating a divergence, for some of the nations that sent in their adhesion to the Berne Convention could not subscribe to the Act of Paris. Now lastly comes the Berlin Convention, a great step in advance in many ways ; but again there is bound to follow a falling off, only some nations agreeing to the terms. So that it would appear that International Copyright Protection will be almost as complicated and confused in 1910, the date when the acceptance of the terms may be notified, as it was when each country had its varying treaties. We state, therefore, with some assurance that the real danger begins now. It is to be hoped there will be little difficulty in getting the self-governing Colonies to fall into line. They will easily grasp the fact that no native litera ture can exist if you curtail its market, and that to the new Act bring uniformity. few points the many which want. bring our law into uniformity with the altering hoped will law the Convention what the law all civilised countries. Here are it subject. greater rights than those conveyed in the Berlin Convention, keep them lesser rights, then to Sir Edward Grey stated to the British delegates that if the results of this conference should assume a shape which is considered to be satisfac tory for Great Britain, His Majesty's Government will not delay to make a serious effort to come to an understanding with the British Colonies on the 4. TISIES Is 182 �ACTFIOR, of by of by or is to a or up to It to is to to in of a a proper price can be to the four is a in of if by or be of transfer copyright. Aſ a a (3) Always avoid --dº-w A ~w AUTHORS, TO DRAMATIC WARNINGS 0-0-0 of dramatic to or a There are three forms in three or more acts: (a.) Sale outright an of in of to is contract for plays of the performing right. This An author who enters into the contract contract should stipulate such certain date the piece for production a by a in unsatisfactory. play-bills. of and for proper publication his name on It 2. it of an the agreement without submitting sign some com Authors Secretary the Society petent legal authority. negotiating for extremely careful well established play with anyone except the production mallage.T. of if of of to of agreement are combinations the author. Such combinations are generally disastrous Never sign any agreement without Competent advice fromthe Society. the Secretary Stamp all agreements with the Inland Revenue stamp. possible. letter Avoid agreements The main points which the Society has always demanded from the outset are : (1.) That both sides shall know what an agreement II].68, IlS. those account books which belong (2.) The inspection right, the We are advised that this the author. denied common- law right, which cannot nature withheld. is are a few standing rules to be observed in an dealing agreement. There are four methods of ERE of of Be All other forms above mentioned. 3. º-º-º is It to Commission Agreement. The main points are : production. fair cost obtain careful (1) the advertisements. (2) Keep control the book. the sale price (3) Keep control General. EVER TO THE PRODUCERS OF BOOKS. or to or up to to to is A IV. be literary 6. No contract should be entered into with a agent without the advice of the Secretary of the Society. accept without careful Members are strongly advised not to publishers submitted to consideration the contracts with submit them by literary agents, and are recommended to and explanation to the Secretary them for interpretation of the Society. This agreements. 7. Many agents neglect to stamp The must be done within fourteen days of first execution. Secretary will undertake it on behalf of members. prevent authors from 8. Some agents endeavour to referring matters to the Secretary of the Society; so Members can make their own do some publishers. deductions and act accordingly. Society is £1 1s. per 9. The subscription to the annum, or £10 10s. for life membership. The Royalty System. the best form perhaps, with certain limitations, agreement. above all things necessary know now both sides. What the proposed royalty means ascertain possible for an author approximately the time very important figures connected From time truth. The Author. with royalties are published This of Prospectus. III. of a reception of 5. The Committee have arranged for the preservation in a fire members' agreements and their proof safe. The agreements will, of course, be regarded as by only the Secretary, confidential documents to be read Society now offers: who will keep the key of the safe. The possible action (1) To stamp agreements in readiness for a (3) To enforce upon them. (2) To keep agreements. Fuller particu payments due according to agreements. in the Hars of the Society's work can be obtained This is sometimes satisfactory, of in to a to to in . º the with literary property: I. Selling it Outright. be attended pro which the cost sign any agreement part without the strictest investigation. duction forms putting the (2) Not give the publisher the power charging for advertisements profits into his own pocket exchange charging advertise his own organs, the advertisements. Therefore keep control ments. expenses, charge special office for allow (3.) Not the author. made unless the same allowance Colonial, Continental American, give Not Tights. give translation rights. serial @.) Not any publisher. bind yourself for future work (6.) Not any one'sólicitor bind yourself for the future OCUOI p whatever, send 3. Before signing any agreement the document to the Society for examination. belonging to the Society 4. Remember always that in you you are fighting the battles of other writers, even if yourself, and that you are are reaping no direct benefit to advancing the best interests of your calling in promoting independence of the writer, the dramatist, the composer. WARNINGS form bad to : In II. A this case the following rules should (1) Not º copyright 2. Remember that questions connected with experi and publishers' agreements do not fall within the Therefore, do not- scruple to use ence of ordinary solicitors. the Society. Agreement Profit-Sharing agreement). of pub advice upon his agreements, his choice of a lisher, or any dispute arising in the conduct of his The of his property. business or the administration any Secretary of the Society is a solicitor; but if there is special reason the Secretary will refer the case to the Further, the Committee, if they Solicitors of the Society. opinion without deem it desirable, will obtain counsel's Moreover, where counsel's any cost to the member. opinion is favourable, and the sanction of the Committee aggrieved is obtained, action will be taken on behalf of the \member, and all costs borne by the Society. (a º-º-º WERY member has a right to ask for and to receive of But the transaction should be managed by a obtained. Competent agent, or with the advice of the Secretary of the Society. HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY. 1. 183 to TRIES the �TISIES 184 A UITISIOR. (b.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of percentages on vary between 5 Percentages gross receipts. An author should obtain a and 15 per cent. percentage on the sliding scale of gross receipts Should in preference to the American system. A fixed obtain a sum in advance of percentages. date on or before which the play should be performed. (c.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of royalties (i.e., fixed nightly fees). This method should be always avoided except in cases where the fees are The likely to be small or difficult to collect. apply other safeguards set out under heading (b.) also in this case, outright, but it is 4. Plays in one act are often sold better to obtain a small nightly fee if possible, and a sum It is extremely paid in advance of such fees in any event. important that the amateur rights of one-act plays should be reserved. performing rights can 5. Authors should remember that town, country, and be limited, and are usually limited, by This is most important. time. rights, but 6. Authors should not assign performing grant a licence to perform. The legal distinction WARNINGS can be added to the warnings given for the of books and dramatic assistance of producers that, as authors. . It must, however, be pointed out a rule, the musical publisher demands from the musical composer a transfer of fuller rights and less liberal finan. cial terms than those obtained for literary and dramatic property. . The musical composer has very often the two He rights to deal with performing right and copyright. entering into should be especially careful therefore when particular consideration an agreement, and should take into the warnings stated above. STAMPING consideration. be carefully should for collaboration 9. Agreements drawn and executed before collaboration is commenced. play 10. An author should remember that production of a very great risk of is highly speculative : that he runs a delay and a breakdown in the fulfilment of his contract. carefully in He should therefore guard himself all the more the beginning. 11. An author must remember that the dramatic market object is exceedingly limited, and that for a novice the first is to obtain adequate publication. As these warnings must necessarily be incomplete, on account of the wide range of the subject of dramatic con tracts, those authors desirous of further information are referred to the Secretary of the Society. 4 © REGISTRATION OF SCENARIOS. º-º-º foolscap paper N CENARIOS, typewritten in duplicate on together with forwarded to the offices of the Society, sixpence, will a registration fee of two shillings and qualified assis be carefully compared by the Secretary or a One copy will be stamped and returned to the author tant. Copies Society. and the other filed in the register of the any time by of the scenario thus filed may be obtained at typing. the author only at a small charge to cover cost of MUSIC. The Society undertakes to stamp copies of music on per 100 or part behalf of its members for the fee of 6d. The members stamps are kept in the Society's of 100. Safe. The musical publishers communicate direct with the to the Secretary, and the voucher is then forwarded members, who are thus saved much unnecessary trouble. s e-e is of great importance. rights may be exceed 8. Never forget that United States They should never be included in English ingly valuable. a substantial agreements without the author obtaining -º-º-º ITTLE should performing rights in a 7. Authors should remember that A manager play are distinct from literary copyright. holding the performing right or licence to perform cannot print the book of the words. TO MUSICAL COMPOSERS. THE READING BRANCH, º-º-º greatly assist the Society in this branch of its work by informing young writers Their MSS. can be read and of its existence. The term treated as a composition is treated by a coach. poetry MSS. includes not only Works of fiction, but and dramatic works, and when it is possible, under The Special arrangement, technical and scientific works. experience. The Readers are writers of competence and fee is one guinea. º- a * ~~ w EMBERS will THE AUTHOR, º-º-º Tº: Editor of The Author begs to remind members of the Society that, although the paper is sent to them free of charge, the cost of producing it would be a very heavy charge on the resources of the Society if a great many members did not forward to the Secretary the modest 5s. 6d. Subscription for the year. Communications for The Author should be addressed Street, Storey's to the Offices of the Society, 39, Old Queen Gate, S.W., and should reach the Editor not later than the 21st of each month. by the Communications and letters are invited on all literary matters treated from the stand point of art or business, but on no other subjects whatever. Every effort will be made to return articles which cannot Editor be accepted. a * -º-º- w REMITTANCES. º-Q-4 The Secretary of the Society begs to give notice post. that all remittances are acknowledged by return of All remittances should be crossed Union of London and Smith's Bank, letter only. Chancery Lane, or be sent by registered �THE AUTHOR. of the Society will be annual dinner on Thursday, at the Criterion Restaurant, April 29, at 7 o'clock for 7.30. The usual notice will be circularised to all members and The price of the ticket will be 7s.6d., associates. Those ladies who desire to exclusive of wine. his health as by DINNER. by THE ANNUAL illness, which has permanently impaired and his powers. Such pensions are given the society appreciation ings fellow members. of º-º-º | GENERAL NOTES. 185 offer THE held of of J. C. H. L. to a committee various the examine which the revised International Copy right Convention, signed the 13th Berlin November, 1908, accordance with the not consider. the United Kingdom, and law enable whether the law should be altered give effect the His Majesty's Government has also. The President revised Convention. secretary appointed Mr. W. Phillips the committee. be to to. to to so to on as to in at is T. Grammar School and Toronto University. All those who are interested in modern philosophi cal works and writings will know Dr. Crozier as the author of The Religion of the Future, which was published in 1880; Civilisation and Progress, published in 1885; and The History of Intel part of a series of important lectual Development, works from his pen, much read and appreciated in be points in ON the first day of March the Pension Fund Committee awarded a pension of £50 a year to Dr. J. Beattie Crozier, the eminent philosopher Dr. Crozier has been a member of and historian. years, having joined in 1899. society for ten the He was born in Canada, and was educated at Galt K.C., Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins, Cutler, Mr. William Joynson Hicks, M.P., Mr. William Law, C.B., Mr. Frederick Macmillan, Algernon Mr. Thomas Power O Connor, M.P., Professor. Walter Raleigh, Mr. Thomas Edward Scrutton, Williams, K.C., and Mr. Edmund Trevor of FUND. to PENSION COMMITTEE. the WE are informed that the President Trade has appointed the Right Hon. Board Alma Sir Lawrence Lord Gorell (chairman), Tadema, O.M., Mr. George Ranken Askwith, K.C., Granville Barker, Mr. William Boosey, Mr. Mr. Charles W. Bowerman, M.P., Mr. Henry Cust, Mr. Edward Clayton, Mr. Henry R. attend may bring one guest, for whom an addi tional ticket will be required. BERLIN CONVENTION DEPARTMENTAL Germany. at of of of 1. on to a the front rank. in ; as to. to on Poe's place was surely he of - to to in ; in ; All in and to Ring in the New, The Yellow Van, Moonshine. About ten years ago Mr. Whiteing had a serious including DINNER. Edgar Allan Pee. the birth THE centenary the White was celebrated by the Authors' Club, Nearly three hundred sat March hall Rooms, Many members the American dinner. down colony his Excellency London were present Ambassador, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the American being the chief guest. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was chairman, and feeling speech. after the usual Royal toasts, the great author's drink asked those present memory. the He spoke with full sympathy, both sorrows Poe had gone through during his life, dwelt overcome them and his struggles He spoke his work. with appreciative criticism strange and haunting, musical his powers degree, original and masterful. He confessed feeling their limitations. response The American Ambassador spoke his speech was eloquent, but judicial; sympathetic, Yet he stated with all abatements. but critical. of the Manchester Guardian, The World (London), On his return to and The World (New York). London he joined the staff of the Daily News, where he worked for a period of fourteen years, resigning his position in 1899. In that year he published his successful work, No. 5 John Street. Since then he has published a series of novels, THE POE CENTENARY a In addition to these publications he has written many articles other works and has contributed to the reviews, more especially the Fortnightly, dealing with political, economic, and philosophical subjects. On the 19th of March the Pension Fund Com mittee met again, and awarded a pension of £50 a year to Mr. Richard Whiteing, the journalist and Mr. Richard Whiteing is now in his novelist. sixty-ninth year, having been born in 1840. He made his first essay in journalism with a series of satirical papers, political and social, in the Evening to many different He then contributed Star. papers, and finally became Paris correspondent of �A UTFIOR The the one From a issues of The Author. cursory glance it would appear that the American legislators have advanced but little towards the level of other civilised nations in connection They have given matters. etc., reproductions, mechanical with copyright to pro but : we do is it of to in of in to to in in of is he on of by to be to to is a ELECTIONS. following in is the the signed statement the recording votes the management the committee the following order: Squire Sprigge Sidney Webb ... Arthur Rackham 235 227 ... 221 Felkin ... 202 e - to of Scrutineers election for 1909. Mackenzie of º-º-º HE 134 Bell Signed, Henry Cresswell. Francis Gribble. Philip W. Sergeant. E. H. Lacon Watson. the society may remember that The members be elected one-third of the committee have list, above the every year. The first four therefore, are those who will rejoin the committee. to has of the coming tection in in Copyright Bill NEW United States Suddenly been passed through both Houses. text came to hand too late for insertion in print it in current number, but we hope to a vºy 1909. The Hon. Mrs. A. L. COPYRIGHT. A COMMITTEE ~º- in AMERICAN - A w of ** little longer, that American opinion would Waited have altered considerably. S. of the members of provin the theatrical profession, which, in the case of gratuitously given in artistes, be first at should 'cial return for their introduction by this means to London managers. It was decided to appoint two committees. (1.) A Committee of management to manage the affairs of plays the society ; and (2.) A committee to read and judge which should be submitted to the Society s critic. It was agreed also that the acceptance of two plays through the agency of the society should qualify the dramatist for honorary membership, in which capacity he should undertake to do what he could to promote the efforts of the society from the outside. it be as to public. (d.) To seek the co-operation In admitted on presentation of their cards. (c.) To arrange for such productions If the society's members, after such plays had been passed by the committee of the society as good. (b.) To approach managers for the use of their of members' plays, to theatres for the production which well-known actors and actresses should be to THE first meeting of the recently formed Society of Unacted Authors was held on March 3, at 217, Piccadilly, and was largely attended. Mr. N. Thorpe Mayne, the originator of the movement, after indicating the circumstances which seemed to him to call for such an organiza tion, proceeded to lay before the meeting certain Working proposals. The most important of these proposals were as follows: (a.) The appointment of some competent reader to read and give a candid criticism of the plays of as month all AUTHORS. is UNAOTED to OF ; SOCIETY in English author THE in a anin publication from the date file his book produced which then allowed England that another month obtain United States copyright order him This means that clause. under the type-setting the English author has two months after the date England obtain copy. which publication being bound, right the States, instead The Pub publish simultaneously. hitherto, Mr. Hunemann Cºrcular congratulates lishers' alleged the concessions which the value This, again, cannot has obtained compromise, and another weak and unpractical Compromise has already ruined the American law. 1891 England and the other nations had whatever, any compromise accept refused America would have been bound, rather than their returns, robbed allow their authors civilised adopt the principle adopted copyright property. respect nations We regret that this law should have been passed, possible, had the American legislators of Garvice, chairman of the club, occupied proposed the health of the vice-chair, and the Many well-known authors were present. wisitors. Mr. way; they have allowed only in a half-hearted anyone to reproduce music mechanically, subject copyright to the payment of a fixed royalty to the Again, they ignore the rights of the owner. owner of the property. This method of protec weak compromise, and wrong but tion appears also that they allow principle. so. Trench, author Deidre of an original poem in honour of It a Herbert Mr. Wedded, recited the occasion. is, TISIES § 86 �THE AUTHOR. to It or of a to it, delegates had urged the prolongation of the period. of copyright from its present term to life and fifty Many would regret that the British, years. delegates had not been authorised to support that proposal. In the trade of authorship, as every deceased author Mr. Rudyard Kipling put blackleg posterity, and before long became shilling editions sixpenny each new series made him more formidable blackleg. was hoped that Labour members would not forget that authors were also labouring men, and that grudge them was inconsistent, was unjust very pre the chance reasonable reward employment. carious form The whole ques copyright by tion was under consideration Departmental appointed Committee the joint lay evidence before which Government committee the Authors Society and other representatives copyright property had been delegates from the Colonies formed. The visit during this year should give opportunity for ascertaining their views the subject, and endeavouring bring them into line with those the producers literature this country. the past divergences detail between the Colonies and Great Britain had put Serious obstacles for the a it a to in it as a of by of a on of of in in In to of the committee were a reward of merit for literary eminence. The council was their honorary body, the committee essentially a working body, whose duties were often difficult and very technical, per haps two-thirds of them legal. It had, therefore, been the practice to nominate to the committee those who had the technical knowledge, business experience, ability, and leisure called for in such a task. He made, for what it was worth, a suggestion for their consideration with regard to the working of the new constitution. He proposed nothing to modify the power now vested in the whole society to elect its committee, a power which was very valuable ; but it did not follow that because a power existed it need always be exercised, involving as it did some cost and trouble. He recommended therefore that members anxious to nominate one or two candidates should send the suggested name or names to the secretary some time beforehand, and so give the committee a chance of including in their own list such names, and thus avoiding a Going on to another topic in contested election. the report, that of resignations from the Society, he protested against the treatment of the Society by certain people as if it were a sort of warren which Of more general matters, the most important within the last twelve months had been in connec tion with copyright. M. Lecompte, president of the French Société des Gens de Lettres, had visited London, and had been placed by Sir Henry Bergne and himself in communication with Mr. Winston, Churchill. At the Berlin Conference the French of The result of the recent poll for places on the committee of management for 1909 having been read out, the chairman then passed to the accounts and report of the society. He began with a feeling reference to the loss sustained by the society in the death of one of his recent predecessors in the chair, Sir Henry Bergne. Sir Henry had died in harness, while attending the International Con ference on copyright, a victim to the brutal climate of Berlin. After apologising for his own re appearance in the chair, which was the fault of the Society, he said, in putting him second on the poll to Sir Henry Bergne last spring, Mr. Freshfield condemned the pernicious notion that places on to The meeting was invited to appoint, if it wished, scrutineers in case of a contested election for the committee next year under the new constitution, but preferred to leave the appointment to the committee. of General Meeting of the Incorporated Society of Authors was held at 20, Hanover Square, on March 22, Mr. Douglas Fresh field, chairman of the Committee of Management, presiding over a rather scanty gathering. The chairman announced that Mr. Morley Roberts had resigned from the Pension Fund Com mittee, in accordance with the regulations, but offered himself for re-election. There being no other candidates, Mr. Roberts was declared re elected. of HE Annual be º-º-º they could run in and out of like rabbits, at their Convenience. It was obvious that the author who Only joined the Society when he had a dispute on hand and left it when the danger was over was at Once injuring the society's stability and inflicting a hardship on the steady subscribers, which could Only be met by firm action on the part of the com mittee in postponing the claims of these casuals to those of more loyal members. Not long ago the question of the censorship, caused no small stir in the dramatic world, and led to the suggestion of an independent Dramatic. Authors Society. The negotiations which ensued were fully set out in the report, which showed how the dramatists (many of them already members of the Society of Authors) had seen that they would do better by reinforcing the already existing Dramatic Sub-Committee of the society, which had now been reconstructed to meet the requirements. of the situation, and had already some important work in hand. Overtures had also recently been made on behalf of the Society of British Composers, with a view to strengthening the musical element in the Society of Authors, but so far without definite result. a GENERAL MEETING. of THE ANNUAL 187. �THE AUTHOR. a we in he we on to A on a in of of a or of we 2 on in of by of a of he a to of a to in It In a in of a 30 in of by to to as as to do to to all in as an a so in to to on ? to a be had been taken another writer. Could not thing stopped speak such He went the society s debt the committee, and Mr. Thring particular, for the way which they kept hand, difficult team the authors appeal and concluded with members literary support the society The Author contributions, something toward providing gain headquarters, and more beautiful offices many recruits possible for their ranks. The chairman, replying Mr. MacIlwaine, on to to it by of by ; in so if to be It of to be be a touching to he feared that his jesting allusion current politics" had been taken too seriously. He had merely hinted that there might Free Traders present whom Retaliation might word fear. would shortly their duty consider whether Retaliation was the best policy, and what form and also remember that they were tied the Berne Con copyright was vention. The whole question coming up this year before the Departmental Com Experts who mittee appointed Government. had been consulted warned them that would be unwise take too sudden steps with regard America, and that they were precipitate they Said that if a of might not find authors unanimous behind them. As for Mr. Swan's remarks on the crime con fellow-writer, the difficulty veying material from very strong case course was that one required punish the evil-doer, and order able bring the charge home only encouraged failure him and like criminals. With reference the improvement the society's offices, must finance, and remembered that this was matter spent for the benefit that their money must the society's members. The lawyers' bills must paid. After that they might improve their offices. a a to be to it be of of a be of of of a this the only reply which the Authors' Society could make, that must leave the topic alone for touching fear current politics Mr. Howard Swan supported the last speaker. travelling round the world, that He had found, reputation for taking British authors had gained things very easy. America, Japan, and China, British copyrights were being stolen. was put whole necessary take action order Some fear into the wrong-doers. There was, literary code indeed, necessity for ethics general, for had experienced case where per cent. the material one his books of a by a of on C. on the Americans equal laws great firm publishers had said member him personally, We lost one-third our work when that Act was passed America. Was be to in of to in be H. writer who had himself had America under the iniquitous demanded that should fight this point. Either we must have imports. must put tariff to to be in a it to on a to breakfast-table without letter from Mr. Thring unrecognisable. Discussion the subject the report and accounts having been invited, Mr. MacIlwaine expressed his disappoint ment that the chairman had not spoken more strongly the subject American copyright, and was sure that many his fellow-authors looked for more than mere allusion such as had would As Industrial Act, to It of as of in at no a at two years. It appeared to have been agreed on present hope for hands that authors could not living from the sale book first published pub 7d., and that there was question yet lishing that price the first instance. was further suggested that steps should taken ascertain how far the society's members were pre pared maintain the proposed time limit by insisting clause Securing their agree ments with publishers. In conclusion, he tendered his thanks his colleagues for the help which they had given him, and particularly Mr. Bernard Shaw, who had leading part taken the reconstitution the Dramatic Committee. He must also pay tribute secretary, their indefatigable Mr. Thring, whose enthusiasm was only equalled his assiduity the work the society. His own stolen to at a all civilised nations retaliation might be fully justified. That, however, was a complicated question, and touched too nearly on current politics for him to do more than allude to it. Another important matter was the effect of the sevenpenny novel on the six-shilling (or four-and six net) novel. A Committee of Investigation had been formed at the invitation of several leading Hope Hawkins, publishers, on which Messrs. Bernard Shaw, and Maurice Hewlett represented the society. The conclusions arrived at would be published in full in The Author, and he need only say that, while they were of opinion that any wholesale attempt to suppress sevenpenny editions would be undesirable, they were convinced that in order to protect the six-shilling novel it was essential that a time limit on which both publisher and public could rely should be fixed, before which it should be impossible to get a cheap edition of a six-shilling book. The minimum limit should be made. of law, which required that for a book to secure copy right in the United States it must be printed there. Taht was a requirement which inflicted great hard ship on English printers, and which was not excused by any similar law in this country or elsewhere. Should reasonable argument fail to induce the United States to assimilate their law to that of other been work as way of the Imperial Government with regard to international legislation. There was, he feared, no sign in the recent legislation at Washington of any substantial or satisfactory alteration of the American in of 188 �THE AUTHOR, Mr. Rider Haggard moved a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman for his continuous, arduous, and disinterested labours. As a very old member of the society, who had himself been chairman twice, he knew how onerous the post was, even in his time. In Mr. Freshfield's it was far harder, and it had been to the very great benefit of the society that Mr. Freshfield had consented to act. The desert It the banquet-light, The cowards are confronted at And last the song confuted Of this vagabond sweet-luted, Celestial, persecuted, Poor mystagogue Or drunken rogue, by the world saluted. Is of in as he as in a a () or by by i ON vaporous Rhineland Down the mid-flood bears through pool and vineland Borne his plume shallop (Strange and phantasmal country towers enchanted by demons haunted. Ablaze With his enemies' souls droop longer keep Broideries from casement Ruins honeycombed with horror, and foul abasement. Rats Swim off he water dead shoulders welter Cold on the bulwark, dead hand craves shelter. No, must hasten past, this poet unfriended, shelterless, cold, till this voyage He too ended. Melodies dark be he is it he lo HEN Death's embrace uncloaketh yoketh, The false and true When slow libation smoketh And all the host That wronged him most The singer's urn convoketh, a I. in º-º-º or no FRAGMENTS OF CENTENARY ODE EDGAR ALLAN POE. sings, low-toned, melancholy, O high houses crumbling down to of in He too has wrestled with Gods his radiant folly, He, too, has felt the breath passion too near him, Still the lost ecstasy clings, and lost arms ensphere him. How utterly remouldeth The flame that all enfoldeth No more the scolder scoldeth, the water, he Valleys and forests and cities that Time enchanteth, panteth Have they not marked her passing for whom None hath gone by, Genius Serene and sombre Whom dost thou still pursue, through waking and slumber seek one face alone on my Soul s arrival At Hades' glimmering wharves, one divine survival Lo she thy lost one is, who airs above thee Urges thy faery sail with the lips that love thee She took thy Sore heart hence, and shall heal its bruises Far the deathless country, the land Muses. . . . of the in published in of * The complete text this poem Saturday Review for March 13, 1909. is I in it " I 2" O O sternest Deific priest, thou burnest On altars deeply furnaced, Aloft the peak All climbers seek Thou winnowest, thou discernest 2 ! or : ? He seeks one lost and gone, the heaven's wise daughter Named under many names, although none recals her Ligeia Berenice, all what befalls her One would have said Some God were dead He worships who beholdeth. For all men's fames, we he º-e in e the ivory boat hath carven for pleasure, On, down faery gorge, measure, one treads Bound for the paladise still where his heart hath treasure. Deep-Wombed valleys delight him, ambrosial, clouded Clear streams wan with lilies and forest-shrouded, Walled autumnal mountains, all sunset-lustred, Streams that mirror the cypress, dark, cedar-clustered. He floats as he at he tested that could have done nothing without the aid which he had received from the committee and secretary. The meeting then closed. III. Therefore hail him, winged poet undated, Backward-gazer, seer Chaldean belated, Hymning Terror and Chaos, Earth her vagrance space wild tresses fragrance, Leaves long behind her Hymning all wonder, momently grey Earth breaketh Still into spaces new, and mew-eyed awaketh a in of by of in pro the vote, ! it by In Now the brain they blunted, Now by the heart they hunted, Now by the soul they stunted, Even here to-night, by ºf. he acknowledging ; it The beauty dethroneth shrines the pen The mantle then, The man himself stoneth suggested, insist on there being no premature publication of their works as sevenpennies which, unlike the sixpenny paper-covered editions, were bought by people to be put on their shelves and The chairman, their gurges. How soon the crowd bemoaneth As though such grief atoneth as it had never been before, and it was a pleasure to him to think how his dear old friend, Sir Walter Besant, would They have been delighted at the progress made. numbered now mearly two thousand members, and had every reason for congratulating themselves. Turning to the subject of sevenpenny books, he said that he had talked with many publishers about them, and he believed that if the seven penny did not cease the six-shilling novel would be killed. Authors should, as Mr. Freshfield thanks, which Swan seconded the vote said; was thoroughly deserved Mr. Freshfield, for had made great sacrifices for the society, and was the type man whom they wanted their head. in no Night sinks unto the verges, longer urges, Fierce hate Foe beside foe emerges The wild beasts slake At one fell lake The society was now prosperous kept. 189 �A UTEIOR, to of or of of of he of by in he in is a of results. in a a in it to is to of an in of be I to of to he at or if a of to of to in so it in on is 2 at of to all I of in he a to to a of of of await The visit of the American fleet to Australia during 1908 has had distinctly favourable effect things American that country. Scores unknown transatlantic authors have been pushed the front; the booming they received several prominent Australian newspapers was only equalled the thunder Uncle Sam's guns when his fleet a of of in is and patiently It to is customers are supplying the trade with the science that goes with the selling in to by a I 2 Another factor the American's present success the tremendous amount business sympathy spare. consign has not enough dead weight books, per steamer, far distant group in he a a In an to I an Wares the Americans proper amount of each book. of is Jonathan's methods gives him decided pull over British competitors. Melbourne book store agent assisting the once observed American Passing the shop shopman dress the window. hour later was not surprised see that the whole front was occupied small regiment American books. Now, how many British commer cial men would have ventured to advise that store proprietor regarding the disposition his own business of distinctly American. This fact added to at in is a of to of a on a to is he painful slack and easy going fact which has long since dawned the publishers astute American the detriment English authors and book exporters. large class buyers and To begin with, there readers the Antipodes whose trend fiction degree, compelled an to to ; a is I of as I is in all of an I ask whether would pay and British writers unite and dispense with the services the London book exporters. From extensive experience gathered down under, am positive that very few sufficiently enter Australian publishers would prising take anything the way risks except from few well-tried names. On the other hand, the books were published the author's expense, the expense his England, and exported Australia, Society would still have face the unenthusiastic Mel bourne agent and the American man business. Assuming also that the British author permitted produce his books the Melbourne publishers locally, can assure him that the increased cost production would swamp profits likely accrue 2,000 copies from edition least. And how many British authors are there whose sales exceed that number At present the situation one that almost defies the literary skill and labour thrown away many Colonial editions. Even the good English novel does not sell itself readily Australia. requires Like merchandise and other goods, Scientific handling and distribution. And to-day One Colonial publishers all business of selling and distributing English books in Australia demands a certain amount of foresight and energy. Immense distances have to be bridged, postal delays which often count for success or failure, where fashions in novels are concerned, have to be reckoned with. As a market for English books Australia offers a splendid field, once that elusive quality known as the personal finally overcome. equation has been There are other minor difficulties which shall refer to later on. Now, it is English author very well for spend his life the making books only dis dropped being systematically cover that his work under the counter. Of course am speaking strictly the Australian book depôts have known them for the last ten years. The Australian publisher not hustler on the HE contrary of of SALESMEN. at AMERICAN on v. to AUTHORS by BRITISH is or SALES. º-º-º § in of à -* w A w-- COLONIAL a a HERBERT TRENCH. reviews. The American knows this and promptly sends along cultured business man the world, man interested his customer's affairs, his losses, his prospects for the coming year. This highly trained representative capable advising even the experienced bookseller certain matters may connected with the trade. Here and there meet with cool reception, but the majority degrees cases his visits are welcomed until assumes the position business adviser, and dressing the window. Sooner later assists These are the initial tactics the American man business; the ice reserve and indifference are applies the knife. Cut every time This keen edged competition leaves the English author bad Second field where there are untried chances his favour. a 3ack must the eyes revert, and the lips be yearning. l'anting we pause, for a sibylline whisper reigneth ; By its perfection only the song enchaineth. Here at the tempest's core is that windless zone Of poise, . . . Here the wave of Beauty, spreading its tone Bell-like, the light Uranian, ringing unknown Wider than the wave aethereal, murmurs alone. more needed lift that dead weigh books into the front window, something more than mere stereotyped letter advice batch laudatory Press notices culled from the British Something of IV. Glory unto thee, high Beauty, light in the drearness, Poised fragility, pure w th the spirit's clearness Strengths umgauged, unguessed, in thy petals shining Blown from the deeps of God through the heart divining. Again and again for ever to Beauty returning a TISIES 190 entered Sydney harbour. �A UITISIOR, DORRINGTON. is in an to of of us of is to a to to he he is in he so is in it an is in on f of 2 of of in as of of it to be he is is to if to is or it is bya in at A of to as to is as is as of I is it is to If at to of to in be to I by be to a an is of in is is is is it ; is of an to of of of to is of schools of a of to of In of to a of or follows from this, that the founding to on an an an be he to as is at to to is It us a is bilities material and workmanship; but we know fails, when decoration how architecture con structed, instead construction decorated and music writter, show off the capacity instru hardly ment vocalist the highest. to as of 2 in of of is of of of no if a Let consider the right relation author precisely that composer musician, actor. every case, ignorance architect builder. manipulation may lead impossible design: the designer must have fair knowledge the capa all to the actor's; as has been hinted, rather than expressed, in recent controversy. The dramatist who knows nothing of stage-craft has often been held up to us as a terrible warning. Such a man may exist, but is he a dramatist at Many dramatists have graduated actors, watching plays and the knowledge which comes front, and noting what effects really tell an audience, open least author's attain ment as to an actor's. The actor's assumption that knows how play ought written, and that author does not, symptom and aggravation both the disease of decadence. If tive ability. This, in the particular domain of drama, resolves itself into the subjection of the dramatist's aim is I It about to make a demand for an endowment, not for a play-house, not for the player, but for the playwright. think it is fully con ceded, outside of certain high professional quarters where there is an interest in asserting the contrary, that Drama in England has fallen into a decadence. It, therefore, may be worth while to analyse exactly what constitutes decadence; for decadence is not a vague, uncertain disease ; it can be accurately diagnosed. Decadence in art consists of an enslaving of design to handicraft, of creative thought to execu of AM a in AN OPTIMIST'S VIEW OF OUR DECADENT DRAMA. It be It 2 º-e to e of ALBERT ; throughout the Australian book world. for actors, however useful other ways, not the medicine for drama. may give useful illustration from the history opera what meant. The leading sup Wagner. case the point that Let pose that King Ludwig, instead standing patron Wagner, had endowed opera houses. number No doubt certain German towns would have heard good music but would that have led this revolution musical thought, and this vital move ment which has resulted from the composer's Wagner's work was heresy unfettered utterance the canons, and was not adapted the require ments the human voice. Perhaps even Wagner had better have been more open than was advice from the stage, but the point that had ideas which could articulate his own way and other, and which, articulated, have theory and practice, healthy meant movement only because movement, not stationary perfection old models. point Another case also from the Tyric stage, this instance unendowed financial venture under our own London conditions. What could have been more perfect, from their own artistic standpoint, than the series Gilbert and Sullivan operas And what was the secret this well known that the authority the author against even the leading was resolutely upheld piece actor. business might bring down the house every night, but was stopped the instance any way clashed with his the author idea the part, with the general intention very different thing from the play. This parrot-like drill the actor-manager. The province say what business author's pertinent, not done; know how can not teach the actor acting, but decide how proficiency acting shall used. am not alluding here the oft-repeated charge that the actor-manager will selfishly use his power, fatten his own part the expense other actor's parts. this ever done most tolerable and not be endured. But am speaking the question between actor and regard author. The actor's right standpoint play opportunity for the actor. The author's right standpoint regard the actors Soldier's carry out his general idea. And now let us see how all this works out play produced. toward author who has entirely fresh and original hand the play ling plays theatrical opportunities as men worth anything usually are it probably contra structure, etc. The dicts the established canons lawless; and actor concludes artist enough know that lawlessness not art. But this the very mistake with which every departure art on Still, one is not inclined to pessimism in litera ture even where a little gun-firing is concerned. The Australian people are keen judges of book values, and are not likely to be permanently led astray by the astute methods of a few American Matters, salesmen. I feel sure, would be more than equalised if the English authors or publishers would unite in claiming efficient representation 191 to TISIES �A CITISIOR. of or to I I a of in a it of of be up be in at is so to in be to of ; as A is if a as it. of ; be be to to a of a of to in be a to to or a to or to at or he or of to is of as a to it be be to be so of as a be It be if in it, it, of to we If a let us of a set bound the usefulness the various free theatre societies which have so far existed. To sum up, have foundation granting xhibitions the playwright. are regenerate our drama, someone must finance author, not player. ARTHUR DILLON. to of at 2 it to is is byhe a of of of be a is the service or it is a or in by he be put us of be in in an as of be at, the best training for him. pay for Experienced actors must limitations which have done much to of in is byit in ; is is of in be in it of a on ; of I is to decry need hardly say this nowise written the value the actor's art the ultimate success play must depend the quality the acting. Neither does mean that the author, unless he person, should direct his rehearsals fuss" about on these occasions. What the author has to say would better discussed conference with the director the performances, before and after rehearsal. No doubt, this usual already, when the play once chosen but the choice plays the first instance, whoever finds the necessary funds, that the actor should not con sidered more than assessor the department his own craft, while the mounting, casting, and blue-pencilling, the author, once chosen, should paramount. play tried, whether No one can tell, until will prove good bad the author the only aiming person who knows advance what presenting and can only express his aim the play for the meaning work art can only expressed that work art itself. To choose play with stuff some sort and then let the author blunder through with But who to to do it do an of it of in in it, be to be an of ; to of The cast should filled after the choice the play, and the actors should receive fees out the endowment, the author unfettered casting the parts. theatre also would need hired borrowed better the former, much depends the size the theatre suiting the Scale the play, and the proverb that beggars cannot choosers holds good this likewise. given, Several performances should solitary and, matinée seldom runs smoothly besides, the result should repay the labour put into rehearsal heart and spirit are exceedingly say how would difficult large required for such sum would founda mounting plays varies tion, the cost much. say that the sort One would inclined plays which would selected might not require extravagant mounting; but great would advance, mistake tie dramatist down, mounting; any fixed maximum the purpose the scheme leave him unfettered develop prize-winner might ment. But perhaps allowed the choice one expensive, several inexpensive, experiments. By the time the prize-man had spent this money, would presumably have arrived, least learnt how arrive. But this would provide prose Verse, with theatre not pledged scenery non-scenery, idealism, realism on or do to in by by right. is to of of to if experience shows that, when actors cut the Gordian knot, and something unconventional, they not know the least which way look hence they produce mere eccentricity, because they lack knowledge dramaturgy, more which can writing one play with learned idea than acting hundreds, however fine. Thus, managerial experiments are much more likely wrong than up Furthermore, their mind * of I to he in is of to a a of for anything but the conventional an he of If, at is, masterpiece, and bide his time. He can print and publish his play, but a printed play is not a best, but the score fininshed work of art; it make produce to of ; on be wholly from the practice of the past or present, and never will admit those re-statements of law which should constantly modify accepted canons. This is true of all art movements. But the cannot, as the P.R.B. did, finish his dramatist piece music not yet played. before hearing for the finished work, can get must wait convince the players, wedded their experience--who, course, have never seen the question performed what work chance there the untried author the borrowing novices from acting has the disadvantage the conservatoires justice, requires tried that new play, exponents, while new actors try them better acknowledged models. selves now come began and the suggestion with which which this leads: why should not scholarships exhibi likely authors for the presenting granted tions course, their plays This would involve, reading committee, and endowment. Something the sort was tried when the Play goers' Club chose one out certain plays submitted, while certain our leading actors pledged them produce and appear selves the play selected. And this process had been repeated often enough, have little doubt would have proved real school drama. But had the disadvantage that every actor every play, while not his best graciously made could only accepted. offer a is met. The laws of art are eternal ; the canons of criticism are only working hypotheses approxi mating to those laws. The eternal laws of art are deducible from the practice of the masters, but can never be exhaus tively deduced from the practice of the past only ; whereas the canons of criticism are deduced almost be TISIES be of I92 �A CITISIOR. MERCHANTS. of of a So is an to to or a of of at . . . . to of P a a of 2 in is be it to do be if it to to to ? or it to ? a as 2 to a a 2 Is a of of 2 at as it be is a to as to at a be to a . . . . to to of a at of ? in by a us to let so ; is a in of is it of in be to A at of to of divorce, infidelity, fast life, loose women debars tales clean, healthy tone, and throughout and Tequires strong domestic interest. a of of a is . . . . Then we come the fiction department, and here we find that the requirements the various editors fluctuate considerably. One editor, for instance, draws the line all with any matter erotic tendency' and of of a of be in a of to accidents medium for all interested in self descriptions traffic. Roadside experiences, and mishaps, especially when humorous as a as at by in of all of The propelled the journal called Our Animal Brothers ought not this Our Brother Animals 2 requires photos from life captivity animals not head-pieces, tail-pieces, etc. easy for the editor Of course write like that the security his den, with half-a-dozen sinewy compositors and couple foundrymen probably within hail but who going bell the cat, speak, photographing the head-piece say, captivity Tasmanian devil not snap-shot One might risk the tail-piece some docile creature a giraffe, for instance not captivity, but the writer considers that that should be about the limit. of, of in of The World Gas over and over again. journals quite We come next different class those that deal mainly with automobilism and that thereunto appertains. Here are some the requirements one them : from that in a to do it to of in to in a is of of Judging World Gas. the utterances proportion the gentlemen who figure the lime light publicity these days there should filling the columns little enough difficulty the driver, Somebody said once that the difference between the quick and the dead from chauffeur's stand point is that the quick are the people who get Out the way, the dead are those who don't. But surely motor accident sufficiently humorous make the victim laugh before being slaughtered paid for higher rate than one that should grin causes only the chauffeur Then motor jokes. What motor joke, precisely Would Why did the cotter pin Because saw the sparking plug, called half-a-sovereign motor joke and such valued Again, who fixes the degree merit" motor joke board meeting held once week the pronounce judgment and editorial chamber divide the motor jokes into half-crown, five-shilling, Seven-and-sixpenny and ten-shilling jokes And undoubtedly comic motor anecdote then that guinea' paid, who for which as much delivers sentence about that Must the motor anecdote cause the faces of the entire board of expand before directors can declared undoubtedly comic, crumples will up the rédacteur-en-chef One would like know these things before setting compete. work to is, at any rate, refreshing journal find with the courage admit that deals with topics in an unintellectual manner. Of course we all journals know that plenty deal with quite serious topics that way especially where their views differ from one's own but the majority are too modest advertise the fact. Then, newspapers soliciting con list tributions one with the pleasing title, The the standpoint Victim . The . . . . is emphatically a review of literature and science. . . . The articles are not popular Science, but they discuss scientific topics as far as possible in an unintellectual manner. With regard motor accidents humorous nature, the question once arises, Must such accidents have been humorous from a years ago the late Sir Walter Besant remarked that only two sorts of men ever They were the make a name in literature. men who make their readers cry, and the men who make them laugh. He said nothing about those authors who in endeavouring to make their readers weep succeed only in awakening their sense of the ridiculous; or of those others who, in striving to make their readers laugh, stir up animosity instead. That humour of the sort known as unconscious. should go unrewarded is regrettable, for it is the truest kind of humour that we have. Some books of reference that have lately come into the writer's hands contain well-nourished specimens of uncon scious humour. These manuals of practical hints are for the guidance of littérateurs properly so called, as well as of free-lance journalists. They give lists of all the periodical publications newspapers, magazines and reviews that are issued in this country and in some other countries; the kinds of stories, articles, news paragraphs, miscellaneous contributions, and illustrations that publication requires ; the lengths such each contributions should be ; the respective rates of payment ; and the political views and the general atmosphere of every journal named. Open one of these books at haphazard, and you will come upon the following : It 2s. ... OME to promote controversy also points likely are wanted. are good motor jokes, which are paid for from 6d. 10s. apiece, according their merit, while guinea paid for undoubtedly much Comic motor anecdote. nature º-º-º do THE LETTERPRESS 193 . . . all . TFIES �A UITISIOIR, CORRESPONDENCE, Run on somewhat similar lines is the journal in need of -º-º-º good, healthy, of of of I is to by to in to to I is an to as to it to of to if It of a to be to by of be A of to of it as of an is to on if to become fatally involved meditated bankruptcy. in let us of to be is in a to the struggling but promising agent regularly reiterated warning against acquiescence the agency clause when dealing with unsubstantial men. The honest small agent who quite willing waive the not capitalist should collecting money that may dangerous delight will get say his unpre Very sincerely yours, H. G. WELLS. P.S. It seems of of it of to would addenormously me that could Authors the Society the usefulness collecting monies undertake the whole business authors if, for instance, one could file one's due agreements with and have the society receive and small per Quite transmit accounts and cash. centage upon the amounts handled should make this profitable valuable branch, and we well should then incidentally solve the little difficulty between the agent who manifestly does not trust, a it, as of to the Helenic Herald and the Homiletic Review down The Hockey Field and Golf Green and the Halfpenny Surprise. The Zoophilist and Animals The wants even Defender are duly catalogued. BASIL TOZER. author resort as a of of its reputa One journal earnestly assures us that tion of author is no catch towards acceptance of MSS. . . . but good U.S. setting much desired ; Magazine, another, that its contents Mothers' appeal exclusively to mothers and would-be ; a third, Modern mothers, not necessarily U.S.A. Priscilla, that stories are more acceptable when embroidery and fancy work is worked into the 3. fiction. Indeed, nearly every imaginable kind of journal requirements here set forth the require has blush from them almost bring some ments would then have only them agent's they suffer through And, the other hand, the struggling most disposed for many reasons who members blame to appealing to the masses . . . . also love stories when they are not inane or too frothy . . . . stories not fantastic . . . . but not the cheap, trite tales written in near Bowery dialect. and its selves default. a with the beauty, wants . . . . novels . . . . inspired sweetness, and truth of life . . . . of a healthy tone, and to Next we have an American monthly, Maſſazine, which ruption. People's a It is a pity the editors who want clean, whole some fiction, and the editors in need of stories mainly erotic, should be mixed uphiggledy-piggledy, The as they are in the pages of these manuals. editors of these otherwise excellent books of refer ence should have remembered the aphorism to do with evil communications, good manners, and cor a of in a in is dramas. of Clearly an Ideal Editor, beautiful in a world where not even man is Vile. How different the requirements of an American editor on the next page, who clamours for Love, passion, humour, Frenchy' or suggestive tales inside the line of decency . . . . also fantastic fiction Amy Setting ; any nationality ; and sometimes taken. short, praiseworthy translations of French authors. And of this one, who Solicits bright, risqué, spicy stories, likewise salacious is It a a appeals to the higher I human existence, and verse which and more noble sentiments. to purposeful of and if brightness, truths presented in growth of plot, not in Sermonizing. Also uses feature articles for the home and betterment of to : earnestness, SIR,-With the development the business arising considerable the literary agent there money from pub difficulty about the collection becoming customary for the agents lishers. any agreement drawn up, declar clause insert good and valid receipt for ing their signatures money due authors a very dangerous and undesir the financial standing view able custom, many and necessary middle these enterprising them are quite unsubstantial men, few men. Not they refuse hand over monies received, and may surprise many authors learn that they can ordinary only recover the sum due them only am told there On the other hand, debt. too much justification for the agent's desire transit from publisher handle the money you that the suggest would like author. becoming our society this question treatment urgently necessary. am not For my own part, the agent's solvency the agency clause averse properly guaranteed. me that the seems register make for the Society best plan might standing and English and American agents repute, and oblige them, could very easily do, sums that find sureties for the prompt payment may become due our members under the agency unguaranteed respect mere register clause. course, worse than useless. abilities would, month, The society could publish the list month to short, sparkling stories of achievement in the world ; of home life : of childhood and old age ; of delicate senti Stories with a of the beautiful. ment and appreciation purpose, conveying wholesome truths influencing life and wickedness, tragedy, conduct, are desired. or scandal. No Characteristics AGENTs. is Another gentleman asks for LITERARY of interest, but moral stories of human nothing namby-pamby or goody-goody. Yet the narratives must be full of human sweetness and incident, and . . . . a strong love element should pervade each. if it TISIES 194 �A UTFIOR. is a of I of in a a . . . us, of all us of to in of a in to to is of in no at or of to of is ? is to by is It by he of by ; to of to it is if in is ; in It be at a or of as it, of in to as of in a to to If I to I a of by an in of of is is I a monthly some time have edited becoming which once had prospects property some pecuniary value. Each month its chances success decrease, because all that novel, distinctive and attractive its contents During appropriated imitative publication. the last fifteen months this rival has adopted periodical on LITERARY PICKEERER. or, B. L. - THE do in no It ? of ? all I ; I as answers to his questions. His experiences are practically identical with my own, and feel sure that they must be similar to those of a very large number of novelists. I should like to inquire from him if he submitted his second novel to the publisher who accepted his first novel, and if not, why not ? The answer to his two last questions as to reviewing and advertising, feel sure must be No. The average author cannot manage either advan tageously for himself. At the same time, is there nothing else for it but to adopt the miserable present-day standard of nothing but what pays way in literature as in else there which the novel which involves the heart and, Soul the author who cares for his work" can Teach the reader Yours, etc., M. e-Q-e In letter of C. A. M. in The Aufhor for March is so full of interest to many novel-writers that it is to be hoped we shall see some authoritative SIR,-For or in 2 SIR,--The is OURSELVES - in Yours truly, MAY CROMMELIN. 0 º-0 is I wish to express my hearty agreement with all he says, especially on behalf of the semi My own experiences might interest successful. some comrades, but I fear to take up space with personal grievances. authors, it read with great interest Mr. McIlwaine's article in the February number of The Author on copyright in America for British FOR is to COPYRIGHT. SIR,-Having SHALL WE PUBLISH to is sº-0 introduce, one more the local papers are sure imitate, but studiously avoid giving credit for what they crib. my trouble, and the trouble His trouble originate novel British editors who endeavour features, treat old subjects new ways, present facts more attractive manner, and strive Apparently progress expression. the art copyright protects phrases, lines, pictures, and these, but does not protect ideas, Combinations that which vital and essential the property supposed protect. What the remedy importance The matter authors because, them, the first place they, least some are originators; the second place, because periodical can afford pay them for ideas which competing publications obtain gratis copying only the essentials. not the editor alone who my publisher complains that his blame Schemes are exploited the publisher the imitating competitor, and the advertisement manager reports that the novel methods initiates attract business are used his competitor. Some may suppose that the public reward the originator support the imitator. and decline The public takes the cheapest thing offered. The paper which borrows ideas, instead paying for them, produced more cheaply; can cut rates for advertising space; advertisers and readers sup port regarding any plaints we utter only the jealousy envy we have for successful Outcome competitor. may urged that least the originator finds pleasure being first but the mind the imitator so constituted that he experiences equal, not greater, satisfaction copying successfully. originat my experience, enterprise shown ing schemes does not pay. The literary pioneer clears the ground, ploughs the soil, sows the seed, weeds the fields, destroys the locusts, and then the literary pickeerer reaps the harvest and fattens his manubial cattle the crop. protect the originator. not know how justice remedy, authors cannot help me the proprietors must adopt the policy the pickeerer what amounts the same thing far authors are concerned, resign, and allow someone who will follow and not lead, the privilege to e AMERICAN Hongkong, who writes: the here are doing their utmost kill while copying ideas from us wholesale. No matter what new features we or I eighteen features introduced into my magazine, copy and now never open this competing periodical without realising that imitation the flattery. meanest form The practice common and widespread. This journalist Week's mail brings me letter from I the author, and the author who is only too ready to trust any agent. P.P.S. Since writing the above have dis covered the following beautiful development of the agency clause : And any sums due to the Author shall be paid to the Author's representative, Mr. Allworthy, whose receipt alone shall be a full and sufficient discharge of the obligation and this authority shall not be revocable by the Author without the previous 20ritten consent of the said representalive. 195 to TISIES �A CITISIOR v. of in I on of of an a of no of by in ; as of of of of is all in or is It I in of to In to of of to is it If is to v. in is to as of as by a to he an he do a to of to by in a or all of 20 or in to of he v. gº I is if of publication not With regard the question bring play under the copyright being necessary statute, would your contributor kindly inform us, that event, from what date the period what calls copyright would begin run Yours faithfully, EDWARD ? to " of a to to to in do in its I to be to I of by in be of in it, of of a on to a it in so by of in is it to or I publication made, and that statement should will clear away any misconception that may have arisen the minds the Academy readers. Yours faithfully, CURTIS BROWN AND MASSIE. is, On the second point, well known that the Literary Amend the Laws relating Property" (1833) does not contain the word copyright, preamble, text, marginal notes, and that sect. the Copyright Act, 1842, which adopts and strengthens 1833, the provisions through, between the pointedly distinguishes, liberty representing performing dramatic piece, and the copyright books, merely men tioning the latter your way contrast. apply contributor chooses the acting right term which the Acts carefully refrain from giving can, course, ought so. But adopting unusual, warn his readers that submit, misleading course. and, venture Apart from language, the plaintiff Scholz proving piracy. Amasis, Ltd., could only succeed that, the defendant had Without proof much right present his play present the plaintiff nothing inconsistent with Certainly there his. Sapfe, rather the other that view Reichardt And, way. secret piracy not fraud, have yet to learn what is. Act as he If on be do it as be to to the painstaking far, we do not twenty believe that one them would help place the play with any manager, except the only legitimate way, and the only way Mr. Archer view, viz., helping the ourselves ever had improve that play. author think due to The Author that this frank copyright" endorse the writ infringement course, quite immaterial, regard being had the framing the pleadings. to to of to is be by its is us to of by if to to have sent him. Judging criticisms received from him is of an of of an If of to as to of on in is founding makes comments the supposi tion that this the way we business. As the use of Mr. Archer's criticisms with managers, say about any play Mr. Archer were thoroughly good sent him that was play, Worthy acceptance stood, we should undoubtedly wish quote that comment any it; but manager likely interested not any play we think Mr. Archer has ever said this statement that the plaintiff s claim was for infringe copyright, ment cannot discover. true that, his judgment, Mr. Justice Jelf once copyright ; but twice casually uses the term generally with explanatory words, which show that not employing the term its technical any case, my statement was correct. sense. The fact that the plaintiff s solicitors happened he its to to of at in of be of : SIR,-As certain comments in the Academy regarding our advertisement in The Author of our arrangement with Mr. Archer for reading and criticism of plays are made to reflect upon The Author, through a misunderstanding on the part of the editor of the Academy, may we observe that Mr. Archer's arrangement with us is exactly that which the Academy desires. His services to the literary aspirant are limited to instruction, and have no connection with the work of placing the plays with managers except that if Mr. Archer's suggestions help to improve a play they improve chances being placed. Only As the Academy rightly points out infinitesimal percentage the plays written by things produced amateurs can the nature theatres. We are obliged decline the offering managers nine out honour ten agent gains the the plays submitted us. submitting reputation with managers them only such plays are worthy their immediate attention, that agent say that entitled has some influence" with managers. bundles plays, good, bad, and indifferent, were sent around indiscriminately managers payment some preliminary agency fee from the author, kind swindle, for the business would little less than likely no experienced manager would waste his time these heterogeneous bundles, and the agency fees paid the author would worse than wasted. The mistake that the Academy I ; ACADEMY. of AND THE the paragraph joins issue two points. He says am wrong (a) my reading the documents the my view case (b) the law. On the first point, have now, through the oppor courtesy the Authors' Society, had tunity seeing the documents and, literally bear out fact, the pleadings matter copy my letter that the statement claim right was made the plaintiff. 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Apply to the Secretary, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W.]  ## p. 164 (#216) ############################################ AD VERTISEMENTS. (Ilje Šariety of Autburg (ſmrurpurated). SIDNEY LEE. MBS. MAXWELL (M. E. BRADDON). JUSTIN MCCARTHY. - THE REV. C. H. MIDDLETON-WAKE. SIR HENRY Norm AN, M.P. SIR GILBERT PARKER, M.P. A. W. PINERO. THE RIGHT HON. SIR HORACE PLUNKETT, K.P. ARTHUR RACKHAM. OWEN SEAMAN. G. BERNARD SHAW. G. R. SIMS. S. SQUIRE SPRIGGE, FRANCIS STORR. SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD, Mus. Doc. WILLIAM MOY THOMAS. MRS. HUMPHRY WARD. PERCY WHITE. FIELD-MARSHAL THE RIGHT HON. THE WISCOUNT WolsFLEY, K.P., P.C., &c." SIDNEY WEBB. S. SQUIRE SPRIGGE. FRANCIS STORR. SIDNEY WEBB. JEROME K. JEROME. HENRY ARTHUR JONES. W. J. LOCKE. CAPT. ROBERT MARSHALL. MRS. ALEC TWEEDIE. MRS, HUMPHRY WARD. SIR CHARLES WILLIERS STANFORD, Mus. Doc. J. H. YOXALL, M.P. ARTHUR RACKHAM. M. H. SPIELMANN. Secretary—G. HERBERT THRING, Solicitor in England to La Société des Gems de Lettres. 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War Loan ................. • * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 201 9 3 London and North-Western 3% Deben- ture Stock .............................. 250 0 (0  ## p. 166 (#218) ############################################ 166 TISIES A UITSIOR, Egyptian Government Irrigation Trust 4%. Certificates ............... £200 0 0 Jan. 18, Fox, Archibald D. Cape of Good Hope 33% Inscribed Jan. 31, Anon. . - te Stock .................................... 200 0 0 Jan. 31, Kelly, W. P. Glasgow and South-Western Railway Jan. 31, Cotesworth, Miss . - 4% Preference Stock.................. 228 0 0 Feb. 1, Phillipps-Wolley, Clive . New Zealand 34%. Stock. . . . . . . . ... 247 9 6 Feb. 1, Dawson, Warrington Irish Land Act 23% Guaranteed Stock 258 0 0 Feb. 4, Willard, Mrs. E. S. Corporation of Ilondon 24% Stock, Feb. 19, Paget, Mrs. Gerald 1927–57 .................... . . . . . . . . . . 438 2 4 Feb. 20, Andrews, C. C. — March 5, Speed, Lancelot Total ............... £3,815 1 0 March 8, Calderon, George = March 8, Jackson, C. S. . • * March 9, Young, Col. George F., C.B. March 10, Sullivan, Herbert . March 11, Merritt, Mrs. Anna Lea March 22, Dale, T. F. tº • Subscriptions. 1908. Tec. 1, Sachs, E. T. e Dec. 1, Truman, Miss Olivia 1)ec. 3, Yolland, Miss E. © g J)ec. 4, Bagnall, Miss L. T. . º * Dec. 4, Humphreys, Mrs. Desmond (Rita) Dec. 4, Anon. . . º º e Dec. 7, Westrup, Miss Margaret Dec. 7, Lynch, H. T. B., M.P. Dec. 8, Caillard, Miss E. M. f)ec. 8, Askew, Claude Dec. 8, Felkin, A. L. . I)ec. 9, Rosetti, W. M. º IDec. 9, Miller, Miss Esther . Dec. 11, Woodward, Miss Ida © I)ec. 12, Mann, Mrs. Mary E. Dec. 9, Lefroy, Mrs. . ſº T}ec. 12, Lack, H. Lambert . © Dec. 9, Bourdillon, Miss Rose Dec. 14, Winchilsea and Nottingham, Dec. 9, White, Mrs. Woollaston The Countess of g Dec. 10, Gilliatt, The Rev. E. Dec. 14, Sinclair, Miss May Dec. 13, Evans, Miss C. M. º - Dec. 14, Weyman, Stanley . Dec. 14, Pennell, Mrs. Elizabeth Robins Dec. 17, Macpherson, John F. Dec. 14, Oppenheim, E. C. Dec. 17, Hills, Mrs. Martha Dec. 16, Blake, J. P. . Dec. 18, Hands, Mrs. Morris Dec. 17, Medlicott, Cecil Dec. 18, Geddes, Mrs. . Dec. 18, Tansley, A. G. . º e Dec. 22, Miles, Bertram © Dec. 19, Thurston, Mrs. Katherine Cecil Dec. 23, Mackenzie, Miss Helen . Dec. 19, Todd, John L. . e © I 909. Dec. 21, White, Percy Donations. 1908. Dec. 7, Hood, Francis e Dec. 7, Maunsell, A. E. Lloyd Dec. 7, Carolin, Mrs. . e Dec. 7, Drake, Lady Eliott Dec. 7, Parker, Mrs. Nella. Dec. 7, Montrésor, Miss F. F. Dec. 7, Shepherd, George H. Dec. 9, Maartens, Maarten. Dec. 9, Y. F. S. :- -II Jan. 1, Twycross, Miss M. 0 5 0 Dec. 23, Vance, Louis J. Jan. 2, Macquarie, Arthur . 0 10 6 Dec. 28, Guthrie, Anstey . Jan. 4, Sproston, Mrs. Stanley O 5 0 Dec. 29, Robarts, Miss Edith Jan. 4, Phipson, Miss Emma 0 5 0 Dec. 30, Coke, Desmond Jan. 4, Middlemass, Miss Jean () 5 0 Dec. 30, Mackenzie, Miss J. Jan. 4, Pott, J. A. 1 0 0 Dec. 30, Lathbury, Miss Eva Jan. 4, Miller, Mrs. º O 5 0 Dec. 31, Egbert, Henry Jan. 7, Marchmont, A. W. . O 5 () 1909. Jan. 7, Sharwood, T. S. 0 5 0 Jan. 1, Zangwill, Israel Jan. 12, Durand, Ralph 0 1 0 Jan. 1, Hamilton, John A. . Jan. 12, Laing, Mrs. . º 1 1 0 Jan. 4, Stopford, Francis © Jan. 14, Banks, Mrs. M. M. 0 7 6 Jan. 4, Falmouth, The Wiscountess Jan. 14, Steel, Richard O 5 0 Jan. 4, Carrel, Frederick Jan. 16, Garnett, Edward . 1 1 0 Jan. 4, Laws, T. C. e Jan. 16, Fenn, Frederick 1 1 0 Jan. 4, Abercrombie, Lascelles Jan. 18, Hering, Henry A. 0 10 6 Jan. 5, Bradgate, Mrs. I 1 l : I 1.  ## p. 167 (#219) ############################################ TRIE AUTHOR, 167 S. Jan. Jan. Jan. 6, Leach, Henry 6, Cullen, H. N. e g & 6, Lyall, The Right Hon. Sir Alfred, P.C., etc. 7, Underdown, Miss Emily 8, Omond, T. S. g 8, Paternoster, G. Sidney . 9, Stockley, Mrs. - 9, Tanner, James T. . 12, Tighe, Henry 12, Aitken, Robert 12, Bolton, Miss Anna 14, Williamson, W. H. 16, Furze, Miss Bessie 16, Shirley, Arthur 18, “Austin Clare’” . & 22, Williamson, Mrs. C. N. 22, Williamson, C. N. 23, Brown, R. Grant , & 28, Raphael, Mrs. M. . & g 4, Wilson, Miss Theodore Wilson 4, Cousland, W. M. g 4, Hardy, Thomas 5, Bremner, Robert I, 6, Todhunter, John 6, Pettigrew, W. F. 8, Russell, G. H. º 8, Walker, Capt. J. H. 8, Dutton, Miss Annie 8, Baldwin, Mrs. Alfred 11, Ainslie, Miss 11, Steward, Miss E. M. 11, Rumble, Mrs. . 15, Beveridge, A. S. . 16, Toplis, Miss Grace 19, Wilkinson, D. Feb. 24, Landa, Mrs. tº º º Feb. 26, Fitz Gerald, Mrs. . tº & March 2, Tadema, Miss Laurence Alma March 2, Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie. March 4, Henry, Miss Alice March 4, Wilson, Edwin March 5, Hardy, Harold March 9, Crozier, Dr. Beattie March 9, Ross, Miss Janet March 15, Gregory, Lady . º I º Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. J a ſl. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb, Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 1 l l : The names of those subscribers and donors which are not included in the lists printed above are unavoidably held over to the May issue. The total amount of annual subscriptions received and promised since the issue of the circular in November amounts to about £75, the total amount of donations to £126. . We regret that we omitted Mrs. Miller's annual subscription of 5s. from the list of new subscribers during the month of January. comMITTEE NOTEs. —º-º-º- A T the meeting of the committee of the society held on March 1, nineteen members and three associates were elected, bringing the total elections for the current year up to sixty-six. Seventeen members resigned, bringing the resigna- tions for the current year to forty-five. This total, though large, is not unusual in the first quarter of the year, when the applications for subscriptions are sent out. We would remind our readers that in the February issue of The Aufhor the committee made a statement with regard to the re-election of members, and pointed out the practice which they feel bound to adopt in these cases. At , this meeting they settled the form of a circular to be sent to those members who intimate their inten- tion to resign ; but they desire to impress upon all members that where the society’s aid is called for, prior consideration will be given to the claims of those who are constant and steady supporters of the Society. The larger the society grows the greater is the obligation which the counmittee feel to protect the interests of those who have supported the society continuously without waiting until its help was essential to them in respect of the maintenance of their copyright property. It will be remembered that the sub-committee appointed to consider the question of the sale of cheap books postponed sending in their report until the March meeting. The report was laid before the committee and discussed. It was ordered to be printed, and appears in full in another column of the present issue. The sub-committee which had been formed, consisting of delegates from the various bodies interested in copyright property, held its first meeting at the society's office on the 23rd day of February. Sir Alfred Bateman and Mr. E. J. Macgillivray represented the Society of Authors. Sir Alfred Bateman was elected chairman. After some discussion of the contents of the Blue Book dealing with the Berlin Conference which had just been issued, it was decided that the committee should adjourn till the 31st of March in order to give the delegates time to study the contents of the Blue Book and receive instructions from the managing committees of the various bodies they represented. Sir Alfred Bateman reported to the committee of management what had taken place. He stated that there appeared to be three most important points in regard to the Berlin Conference. The first was the duration of copyright, the second, the inclusion of mechanical reproductions in copyright property, and the third, which referred particularly to the position of Great Britain, the possibility of obtaining Colomial support to a Uniform Copyright  ## p. 168 (#220) ############################################ 168 TISIE AUTISIOR. Law. He explained that a Departmental Com- mittee had been called by the Government to consider the Berlin Convention and the Blue Book ; that it would be necessary for the Society of Authors and the joint sub-committee to collect and put before the Departmental Committee evi- dence on the main points that might arise, and he desired especially to have the support of the committee of management on the three points he mentioned. The committee agreed that uni- formity in copyright law was of the greatest importance if it were to be of international value, and approved the term of life and fifty years; they approved the proposal to bring mechanical reproductions under the copyright law ; and trusted the sub-committee would use its best endeavours to obtain the support of the Colonies towards uniform legislation. With these instruc- tions the delegates will again meet the other members of the joint sub-committee and will proceed to take what action the sub-committee may think fit towards copyright legislation. The Secretary next reported the action taken with regard to the reconstitution of the dramatic sub-committee. In regard to the nominees for the dramatic sub-committee the candidates chosen at the last meeting had been approved by the com- mittee presided over by Mr. Pinero. These names were submitted to the committee of management and were approved. Counsel's opinion on the important case of dramatic copyright mentioned in the last issue of The Author was then laid before the committee, and as this opinion was favourable the committee decided to support the appeal on behalf of the member concerned. The next point before the committee was the form in which certain questions relating to authors’ property and income tax should be put in the House of Commons. The secretary was instructed to draft the questions for the committee's considera- tion. A letter on the subject from Mr. A. E. W. Mason, M.P., was read. The committee decided to forward him the questions as soon as they had been drafted. - During the month the secretary had drafted a formal agreement for musical composers, and had discussed the same with Sir Charles Williers Stanford. Sir Charles had expressed certain Views as to the position of composers at the present time in the matter of publication. These views the secretary laid before the committee, and it was decided to obtain counsel's opinion on the drafting of certain clauses which would protect the composer under the present conditions of the trade. The chairman stated that he had been in correspondence with Sir C. Stanford and Mr. MacEwen, the secretary of the Society of British Composers, with a view to the stronger representation of musical composers on the musical sub-committee, and an arrangement on the same lines as that concluded with the dramatists was under discussion. g Various cases came before the committee. The first case, the secretary was pleased to state, had been withdrawn by the member concerned, owing to the fact that the publishers were pro. ceeding to carry out the contract which they had entered into. The member thanked the society for the pressure which had been brought to bear in the matter. In the second case, counsel's opinion was read to the committee, advising that it was impossible in the present circumstances to take action on behalf of the member whose books were involved. The committee decided, therefore, to act on counsel’s advice, and abandon the matter for the present. The next was a curious case of infringement of a member's rights in Denmark. The opinion of the Danish lawyer, unfavourable to the member's claim, was laid before the committee, but he stated that he would be in London in March, When he would discuss the legal position further With the Society’s representative. Accordingly, the committee instructed the secretary to meet the lawyer, and to report to them at their next meeting. At the request of the Earl of Wemyss certain resolutions for the better representation of the interests of public bodies in the House of Lords that he proposed to place before that House were laid before the committee of management. The secretary was instructed to convey to his Lordship the committee's approval of his proposals. A further sum was sanctioned to be spent on office furniture. —º-º-º- PENSION Fu ND COMMITTEE. I. At the meeting of the pension fund committee, held at the society's offices on Monday, March I, the secretary reported the action the trustees had taken at the beginning of the year after considering the financial position of the fund. He stated that a sum of £350 had been invested in the Corporation of London 2% per Cent. Stock 1927—1957, and that there was a further sum of £100 per annum at the disposal of the pension fund committee should any suitable application come before them. The committee then proceeded to consider the application of Dr. J. Beattie Crozier, and allotted him a pension of £50 a year, commencing from the March quarter. He mentioned also the satis- factory response which had been received to the circular which was sent out at the end of 1908.  ## p. 169 (#221) ############################################ TISIES A DITISIORs 169 II. The committee met again on March 19 to consider an application received since their last meeting from Mr. Richard Whiteing, and allotted him a pension of £50 per annum, commencing from the March quarter. –––– DRAMATIC SUB-COMMITTEE. THE newly formed dramatic sub-committee held its first meeting at the offices of the society, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W., on Thursday, March 11, at four o'clock. It was decided to adjourn the election of the chairman for the current year until the next meeting. The first matter for consideration was the Berlin Convention and the Government Blue Book relating thereto. The secretary explained that a Depart- mental Committee had been formed in order to consider the details of the Convention with a view to the alteration of the present copyright law, and that evidence would be taken by that committee from the various bodies and individuals interested in copyright property. He added that it would be necessary, in order that the interests of dramatists should be satisfactorily represented, that the sub- committee should consider the Blue Book, and should, if possible, come to some unanimous decision as to the points which it was desirable to lay before the Departmental Committee; he further stated that delegates should be appointed to put forward the committee's wiews. After some dis- cussion, the members of the committee decided to ask Sir W. S. Gilbert and Mr. J. W. Comyns Carr to undertake the duty. The secretary was instructed in the meantime to forward copies of the Blue Book to all the members of the dramatic sub-committee for consideration, in order that they might be in a position, at their next meeting, to discuss the points which should be emphasised in the interests of dramatic authors. The dramatic pamphlet which had been settled by the former sub-committee was laid on the table, and the secretary explained what work had already been done, and what remained to be done upon it. It was decided that the members should be supplied with copies with a view to enable them, at the next meeting, to go through the publication in detail. - The secretary reported on an important case which had been causing the committee of manage- ment and the dramatic sub-committee no small anxiety during the past three or four months, and on which two opinions had been taken from pro- minent American lawyers. He stated that, in all probability, the case would now be terminated satisfactorily on behalf of the member whose property was involved, owing to a recent decision in the United States Courts. An article on this decision will be printed in The Author. A proposal of one of the members for the registration of plays was also considered. The Committee expressed their thanks to the member for bringing the matter to their notice, but con- sidered that his proposal was covered by the existing arrangements for the registration of scenarios. — — —4----tº- e. REPORT ON THE SEVENPENNY CLOTH- BOUND COPYRIGHT NOVEL. —º-º-º- ON December 21, 1908, we attended a meet- ing at 39, Paternoster Row, on the invitation of Mr. Longman, and were met there by Mr. Longman, Mr. Macmillan, Mr. Reginald Smith, Mr. Methuen and Mr. Hutchinson. These gentlemen called our attention to the effect of the issue by the firm of Nelson of Edinburgh of copyright novels bound in cloth at 7d. net, and urged us, on the following grounds, to use our influence to dissuade authors from adopting this form of publication :- 1. That the present customary price of 6s. could not be maintained in competition with a new customary price of 7d., as bookbuyers would not only prefer to wait for the sevenpenny edition, but would receive an impression that 6s. is an excessive price for a novel ; 2. That as novels at 7d. could make a profit only on condition of attaining a very large circula- tion, the substitution of that price for 6s. would make it impossible to publish many novels which at present readily find a publisher, and in particular would make it much more difficult for novices to get their first books brought out at the publisher's risk ; - 3. That the soundness of these views is proved by the fact that during the past year booksellers have found great difficulty in disposing of 6s. novels; 4. That any author allowing a novel to be sold at 7d. will find the sales of his next book at 6s. suffering a considerable decrease. In the course of the discussion which ensued, it was agreed by the publishers present that flimsy sixpenny editions in paper covers do not injure the sale of 6s. books. Later on we shall see that this view is not shared by the booksellers. But no objection was made by the publishers to 1s. books or to any of the intermediate prices. It was the clothbound book of good appearance at 7d. that was alleged to be mischievous. Later on we took an opportunity of informing ourselves of the position from the point of view of  ## p. 170 (#222) ############################################ 170 TISIES A UITISIOR. the advocates of the sevenpenny books. We were informed that the manufacture of these books has been organised on the most elaborate modern methods by costly machinery which dispenses with hand labour, and which involves at the outset a command of capital on a scale which places it beyond the competition of ordinary book-manu- facturing businesses. There is, therefore, no likelihood of the system being discontinued, as the machinery already in existence is too costly to be abandoned, and its output is so large that the lowest possible prices are necessary to enable a sufficient quantity to be sold to keep the plant fully employed. Besides, there are already many copyright novels in the market at 7d., under con- tracts with the publisher which presumably secure him against the author's withdrawal. All that can be done, therefore, is for authors to refuse to enter into such contracts in future. Is this advisable 2 It is admitted that the majority of novels published are dead, for business purposes, before the end of two years, as far as the ordinary 6s. edition is concerned. They can, how- ever, if they are good stories, be revived by a cheap edition, and yield to the author a further harvest and a valuable advertisement. So far both the 6s. publishers and the sevenpenny ones are agreed. The difference of opinion is that the 6s. publishers con- tend that the cheap reprint must be a sixpenny one, bound in paper and unfit for the library shelf, whereas the sevenpenny publishers believe in the cloth-bound, permanent, and presentable volume retailed at 7d. Thus the dispute is not as to whether there should be cheap reprints or not, but only as to whether the reprints should be “cheap and nasty” or cheap and nice. Obviously it would need very strong evidence to persuade authors to sacrifice their artistic instincts so far as to choose the former alternative. They would choose it only under the pressure of a con- clusive proof of serious pecuniary loss; and it is practically impossible fo convince any author that the revival of a dead book, accompanied by a substantial advance on account of royalties, will damage him financially. But the issue of a cheap edition whilst the 6s. edition is still alive is quite another matter. The next step in our investigation convinced us that though an attempt to suppress cheap editions altogether would be neither successful nor commendable, they should certainly be withheld during the lifetime of the 6s. edition. This next step was a conference with representa- tives of The Associated Booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland. The president, Mr. Henry W. Keay, with Mr. Hanson and Mr. B. H. Blackwell, were good enough to meet us and place before us communications from twenty-six booksellers throughout the kingdom, besides discussing the matter with experience. In the main the evidence of the booksellers bears out the argument of the publishers. The sevenpenny cloth-bound novel has the effect of making the public complain of the 4s. 6d. (6s.) novel as too dear. Customers wait for the cheap edition ; and Several provincial booksellers have given up stocking 68. books altogether. Practically the only dissentients are the large firms with many bookstalls and shops throughout the country, such as Messrs. Smith & Son and Messrs. Wyman. They do not find that the sevenpenny has inter- fered with the 6s. novel. They declare that each appeals to a different public. The booksellers do not distinguish the sixpenny paper reprint from the sevenpenny cloth-bound one as confidently as the publishers. They are generally of opinion that all cheap reprints make it more difficult to sell at 4s. 6d., and they applaud the practice of Miss Marie Corelli in abstaining alto- gether from cheap editions. They also differ from the publishers in having no hope of stopping the sevenpenny reprint. Too many of their members have already ceased to stock 6s. books and thus become dependent on the lower prices to make any such step acceptable to them. What they desire is a time limit within which they can assure their customers that there is no possibility of a cheap edition appearing. Without any prompting from us they suggested two years as a suitable period. Our conclusions are as follows:– 1. Making all allowances for such concurrent causes of the slump in 6s. books as reckless over- production by publishers at certain seasons, and retrenchment of expenditure by purchasers owing to bad trade, and for doubts cast on the reality of the slump by one London bookseller in a large way of business who reports a revival of demand for 68. books, as well as for the opinion quoted above of the firms of Smith and Wyman, we are convinced that the standard price of 6s. has been shaken by the sevenpenny novel in the case of booksellers keeping a single shop and depending on the custom of people of moderate or slender incomes ; and as this is still the typical means of distributing books in the kingdom, we recommend the establishment of a time limit on which the booksellers and the public can rely as fixing the period within which it will be impossible to obtain a cheap edition of a new book published at 6s. 2. We suggest that this limit should be at least two years. This period may wisely be extended at the author's discretion in cases where the 68. edition is still enjoying a substantial sale ; indeed, it must be understood that the bookseller's assurance to the purchaser that there will be no cheap edition for two years does not imply that there will necessarily us in the light of their own  ## p. 171 (#223) ############################################ TISIES A CITISIOR, 171 be one even then, as it is not clear that the policy of maintaining a standard 6s. price for all books by certain authors is not in their case a sound one. The two years is therefore a minimum. In fixing that term we have been guided by the evidence as to the lifetime of an average 6s. book. taken it as being, roughly, about eighteen months. In view of the terms offered to authors for seven- penny reprints, we doubt whether a longer time limit than two years would be faithfully observed ; and without such observance the usage could not be created ; for the assurances of booksellers as to the impossibility of cheap editions being obtainable in less than two years would soon be contradicted by the evidence of their own shelves. 3. We suggest that steps should be taken by the Committee of Management of the Society of Authors to ascertain how far the members are prepared to pledge themselves to observe the suggested time limit. A similar inquiry by the Publishers’ Association would complete the evidence as to the possibility of establishing a firm usage in the book market. We add the following general comments for the information of authors. The 6s, edition is very largely a circulating library edition. The advocates of the sevenpenny book estimate the proportion at 80 per cent. to the libraries and 20 per cent. to the public. Among the publishers hostile to the sevenpenny book, one went so far in the opposite direction as to put the pro- portion at half and half. These are probably the limits. Obviously the proportion varies from book to book according to the impatience of the public to read the book or its desire to keep it when read. But all the estimates left the average 6s. book practically dependent on the circulating library for its feasibility as a commercial enterprise. As the library subscriber does not care what a book costs, and has therefore no inducement to wait for the cheap edition, novelty is much more important to the libraries than cheapness. To the bookseller cheapness is more important than novelty. Many booksellers report that they have given up stocking 68. books; but all libraries have to stock them. Therefore it may be said that the average 6s, book depends for its existence on the libraries. Now if a new book can be obtained for 7d. in a form and binding actually more convenient and attractive than the 6s. form, and not less permanent, many library subscribers will buy it, and thus reduce the quantity ordered by the libraries. A point may be reached in this process at which the 6s, edition is not worth producing ; and this means that many books which are now only produced because of the high rate of profit at 6s, and the demand of the libraries, would not be produced at all unless the publisher were guaranteed against the appearance We have of a cheap edition for as long as he has any expecta- tion of selling at 68. Such expectation in the case of an average book is negligible after the lapse of eighteen months or so. The buyers of sevenpenny novels arean increasing public, who buy to read, and to keep, and to read again. We have evidence before us, which we have no reason to doubt, that a novel re-issued at 7d. keeps its place, and does not die—at all events, not so SOon as its 6s. forerunner. The public which is able and willing to pay 7d., but not more, for a good novel, is said to be an increasing and intelligent public, discriminating keenly between books, but comparatively indifferent to the names and reputations of the authors. It is not contended by the sevenpenny publishers that authors could get a living at present by writing Sevenpenny books. The sevenpenny book, so far, is always a reprint ; and it is assumed that the author has already been remunerated, wholly or in part, for the work of writing it by the sale of the first edition at 68. or some such comparatively high price. There is, therefore, no question as yet of publish ing in the first instance at 7d. The difficulty at present in the way of such a publication is that the improvement in the machinery of production has not been accom- panied by any corresponding development of the means of distribution. The business of book- Selling remains much as it was when the mass of the population could not read. There are millions of potential readers in the country who cannot get books for want of bookshops. The readers are there, and the machinery capable of supplying the books is there ; but the means of bringing the two together is still to seek ; and for this reason, what- ever policy authors may adopt as to reprints, they must maintain the 6s. standard for first editions, for at least two years, until a great development in the business of book distribution creates circulations of a magnitude at present out of the question. (Signed) ANTHONY HoPE HAWKINS. MAURICE FIEWLETT. G. BERNARD SHAW. —6—Q-e— Cases. SINCE the last issue of The Author thirteen cases have come before the secretary. Four of these related to the recovery of money. In two the secretary has been successful ; the cheques have been obtained and forwarded to the members. In one of the two remaining cases the secretary has received an answer, and negotiations for a settlement are pending. The other dispute is  ## p. 172 (#224) ############################################ 172 THE AUTHOR. against a New Zealand paper, and must necessarily take some time. Three members desired the assistance of the society to recover their MSS. The secretary has settled two, and the MSS. have been forwarded to the members. The remaining one has only just come into the office. Out of four claims for accounts two have been disposed of, the other two have only recently come to hand ; but in one of these the publisher has promised to forward the accounts in the course of a few days. Of two claims for infringement of copyright, one has only just come into the office; but, as it relates to a matter in France, it will take some little time to negotiate, as the papers must go through the hands sf the society’s French lawyer. The other is a curious case. An agent in England sold an article to an American magazine of high standing, without the sanction of the author, and has received money in payment from the magazine. It is possible that some question may arise as to whether the author had copyright in the article in the United States. Even assuming that such copy- right did not exist, although the agent is within his legal rights, the course he has thought fit to adopt is hardly fair either to the author or to the magazine to which he sold the article, as the magazine had no knowledge of the peculiar situa- tion. At present the agent is the only one who has benefited, which he has done to the extent of ten dollars. The only cases left open from the former month are two in the United States. In one of these there is very little prospect of a satisfactory con- clusion, as it has come to the knowledge of the secretary, through a correspondent in New York, that the delinquent—an author's agent—has left his address, and cannot be found. The other case deals with the return of MSS. The chairman has sanctioned one case in the county court. It had been impossible for the secretary to obtain the money due by application to the editor of the magazine. The matter will be carried through in due course. —º-º-º- March Elections. Calderon, George . Heathland Lodge, Hampstead Heath, N.W. Calvert, Albert F. Royston, E to n Avenue, N.W. Carton, R. C. . e . The Red Lodge, Springfield Park, Acton. Compton - Rickett, Sir 100, Lancaster Gate, Joseph, D.L., M.P. . W. Cooper, Charles S. Deery, Hugh . º e Fountain, Paul Gallatly, James M. Gell, Miss Edith M. (Edna Wallace) . e Hamel, Herbert G. de Hedgeock, Frank A. Jackson, C. S. . e Longgarde, Madame Lon- gard de (Dorothea Gerard) e o e Pool, The Rev. John J., F.R.G.S. e e e Raleigh, Cecil . e º “Dewhurst,” Ches- hunt, Herts. Ballintra, co.Donegal, Ireland. 8, Raby Road, New Malden, Surrey. 37, Torring to n Square, W.C. 6, St. Stephen's Square, Bayswater. 43, Argyll Road, Ken- sington, W. 44, Boulevard de Port Royal, Paris, France. 25, Nightingale Place, Woolwich. 3, Finsbury Square, E.C. - 2, Brunswick Place, Regent's Park. Sullivan, Herbert T. . Manor House, Bright- lingsea. Thompson, Harold Stuart. Forest View, Wale Road, Upper Park- Stone. Wigram, Miss Eirene Broomfield, Wey- bridge. Wilson, Edwin (Paul Hin- derwell) Young, Colonel G. F., C.B. Ivyleigh, Batley. 51, Via de' Serragli, Florence. (Two members do not desire their names or addresses published.) OP-e—sº BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. —t-Q-0– WHILE every effort is made by the compilers, to keep this list as accurate and as exhaustive as possible, they have some difficulty in attaining this object owing to the fact that many of the books mentioned are not sent to the Office by the members. In consequence, it is necessary to rely largely upon lists of books which appear in literary and other papers. It is hoped, however, that members will co-operate in the compiling of this list and, by sending particulars of their works, help to make it substantially aCCurate. ART A PopUIAR HANDBOOK To THE NATIONAL GALLERY, in- cluding, by special permission, Notes collected from the Works of JoHN RUSKIN. Compiled by E. T. COOK. Vol. I. Foreign Schools. Seventh Edition. 73 × 5. 775 pp. Macmillan. 108. n.  ## p. 173 (#225) ############################################ TISIE AUTHOR. 173 EL GRECO. An Account of his Life and Works. By A. F. CALVERT and C. GASQUOINE HARTLEY. 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SCIENCE. A TREATISE ON ZOOſ, OGY. Part I. Introduction and Protozoa. Edited by SIR EDWIN RAY LANKESTER, Macmillan. $2.25 m. THEOLOGY. A COMMENTARY ON THE HOLY BIBLE. By Various. Writers. With general articles and maps. Under the direction of the REV. J. R. DUMMELOW. Macmillan. $2.50 m.  ## p. 175 (#227) ############################################ TFIES A UTISIOR. 175 LITERARY, DRAMATIC, AND MUSICAL NOTES —º-º-º- R. JOHN LONG announces a new novel by Dorothea Gerard, entitled “Pomp and Circumstance,” which exemplifies the disaster that follows in the train of a marriage where there is no communion of mind or purpose. Messrs. Crewsher & Co. have added to their School series songs by L. Budgen and R. Goldbeck, entitled respectively, “The Sunbeams,” “Rub-a- dub, dub,” “Freddie's Garden,” and “Morn and Eve.” Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick's new novel, “The Severins,” will appear serially in the weekly edition of The Times, and will be published in volume form in the autumn by Messrs. Methuen & Co. Mrs. Sidgwick has also written a little account of “German Life,” which will be included in Messrs. A. and C. Black's Series, “Peeps at Many Lands.” Another book for children, written in collabora- tion with Mrs. Paynter, will not be out until the autumn. Mrs. Sidgwick's novel, “Cynthia's Way,” which reached a fifth impression, is just about to appear in Nelson's Sevenpenny Reprints. A later novel, “The Professor's Legacy,” has been bought by the Amalgamated Press, and will appear in a cheap form during the year. Messrs. Crosby, Lockwood & Son have just published a handbook for engineers on Com- pressed Air Work and Diving, by Mr. G. W. M. Boycott. The work comprises deep-water diving and the use of compressed air for sinking caissons and cylinders, and for driving subaqueous tunnels. Perspective drawings and photographs, diagrams, working drawings, and tables illustrate the volume, which is published at 10s. 6d. net. Mr. Carlton Dawe's new novel is published in England by Messrs. Stanley Paul & Co., under the title of “The New Andromeda "; and in America by the Stuvesant Press, with the title of “The Woman, the Nun, and the Monastery.” Mr. G. S. Layard's new novel, “Wax,” will be published this month by George Allen & Sons. The adventures of the heroine include a night spent in the weird surroundings of Madame Tussaud's famous exhibition. Hence the title. Mr. Werner Laurie is about to issue a shilling edition of “The Complete Fisherman,” by W. M. Gallich in. A new book, by Mr. William Toynbee, entitled “Glimpses of the Twenties,” was published last month by Messrs. Archibald Constable & Co. The volume, which is kindred in character to the author's “Wignettes of the Regency,” deals with the principal personages and events of the decade preceding the reform period, and comprises studies of George IV., his courtiers and principal ministers—particular prominence being given to Castlereagh and Canning. -- “The Stairway of Honour" is the title of a Volume of short stories by Mrs. Stepney Rawson, which Messrs. Mills & Boon are publishing imme- diately. A long novel from the same writer will be published in the summer by Messrs. Methuen. “The Story of the Submarine,” by Colonel C. Field, is a history of submarine navigation from the Middle Ages to the present year. The actual construction and work of submarines is explained, With over one hundred sketches and diagrams, which, however, are in no way technical. Messrs. Schott & Co. are the publishers of Mr. Theodore Holland's composition, “Chanson d'Amour,” for violin and pianoforte. The annual general meeting of the Royal Literary Fund was held at Denison House, Vaux- hall Bridge Road, on March 10. In the absence of Lord Tennyson, the president of the fund, the chair was taken by Sir Alfred Bateman. In moving the adoption of the report, which disclosed an actual expenditure in grants of £2,880, or £800 more than in the previous year, the chair- man stated that the demands made upon the fund showed no signs of falling off, but pointed out that whereas they used to give smaller grants to a larger number of people, they now distributed larger grants to a smaller number of people. Their aim, he stated, was to relieve only those of real literary merit, and they were now more particular with regard to those to whom grants were made. The report was adopted, and Lord Tennyson re-elected president, the proceedings being brought to a conclusion with a vote of thanks to the chairman. - Following her recent lecture on Kryloff at the Lyceum Club, Miss A. E. Keeton gave a few more of her translations of his fables at the musical meet- ing of the Slavonic Circle, Thursday, March 11, at 4.30. The readings included “The Ant,” “The Lonely Man and the Bear,” and “Trishka's Coat.” Madame Anna Kipman also sang several of Rubinstein's settings of Kryloff for soprano voice and pianoforte, and other Russian songs. Mr. Wladémir Féocritov sang bass arias from Russian operas. Mr. Henry Holman has written, and Messrs. Longmans have published, a volume on Pestalozzi, The author's aim has been to provide students with an easy introduction to the study of educational biography by means of appeals to original sources. To this end full and frequent quotations are given from Pestalozzi's own writings and from the writings  ## p. 176 (#228) ############################################ 176 TISIES A [ſº]HOR, of those who knew him and worked with him. Analyses of his theories and methods are also given on the same lines. Combined with the above is a connected account of his life, and an appreciation and criticism of the man and his work. “Sangimiguano,” by Jean Carlyle Graham and Elizabeth M. Derbishire, is to be published at once by Ermauno Loescher & Co., Rome, the firm which published Mrs. Jean Carlyle Graham's former illustrated art-history work, “The Problem of Fiorenzo di Lorenzo of Perugia,” in 1903. A People's Edition of Mr. Ferrar Fenton's “Complete Bible in Modern English ’ has been published by Messrs. S. W. Partridge & Co., at the price of 10s. net. The same writer’s “New Testament in Modern English ’’ is also obtainable from the same firm, the price being 18. net. The latest additions to Messrs. J. M. Dent & Co.'s “Everyman's Library” are the selection of Cicero's Letters and Essays, prefaced by the sketch written by De Quincey ; and a selection of the series of literary portraits by George Gilfillan typifying the school of criticism of which he was almost the last leader. This selection has been edited and con- tains an introduction by Dr. Robertson Nicoll. Mr. Lewis Melville's new book, “Brighton : its History, its Follies and its Fashions" has recently been published by Messrs. Chapman & Hall. The same writer, in conjunction with his wife, has com- piled an anthology of prose and verse passages bearing on London. Messrs. Bell are the publishers of the latter volume which bears the title of “London’s Lure.” On February 25 Mr. Cecil J. Sharp delivered the first of three concert-lectures on the subject of English folk-songs. At this lecture Mr. Sharp touched upon the origin of folk-songs, and pointed out that they belonged to the people, that they were created as a communal effort at a time when society was homogeneous and not individual as now. He traced the development of the song from the stage at which it was used to accompany the dance, through the “acted '' songs to the songs used to accompany an occupation, and through the cumulative song to its restricted form in the “situation ” ballad to the narrative song. In treating of the antiquity of the songs the lecturer pointed out that though in some cases the process of their being banded down from mouth to mouth may suggest certain comparatively modern qualities, yet for the most part the basis of the tune is clear, no less than the remoteness of the period to which it belongs. Interpretations of the songs were rendered by children from the Elementary School of St. Mary, Paddington, while single examples of folk-song were given by Miss Mattie Kay, accompanied by Mr. Sharp. Mr. Heinemann has published a new novel, by John Galsworthy, entitled “Fraternity.” This book is described as a study of modern men and Women, with the same character-drawing as dis- tinguished “The Country House” and “A Man of Property.” “A Bishop in the Rough,” which Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co. will shortly publish, is the record of eight adventurous years in the early life of Dr. Sheepshanks, the present Bishop of Norwich. Pioneer priest in British Columbia, missioner to gold-miners and aboriginal Indians, he was also a notable traveller, crossing two continents with such unusual experiences as preaching to Brigham Young and his people in Salt Lake City, and witnessing, as no other Englishman has done, the adoration of the Grand Lama in the heart of Mongolia. The book is edited and supplemented by the Rev. D. Wallace Duthie, and has a preface by the Bishop, and several illustrations. “So Very Human” is, the title of Miss Victoria Maitland's new story, published by the Century Press, publishers of the same writer’s “Hub of Life.” The present story is that of a girl admir- ably gifted by Nature, but weighed down by birth and environment, and heavily handicapped by an unsuspicious temperament. Cullen Gouldsbury has for some time past been engaged upon a long novel for Mr. Eveleigh Nash, dealing with the colour question. The scene is laid in Europe and in Central Africa, and the book will probably be published in the autumn. The latest addition to the World’s Classics is George Eliot’s “Scenes of Clerical Life.” The volume contains an introduction by Miss Annie Matheson, and, like its predecessors, is published by the Oxford University Press. - Mr. G. Sidney Paternoster's new novel, “The Hand of the Spoiler,” has for its central figure one Lynton Hora, who, because of some fancied wrong, declares war upon society, which he plunders remorselessly. He has also a private hate to gratify, and to this end he kidnaps the son of the man whom he views as his enemy, and educates him according to a criminal philosophy, which com- bines Nietzschean theories with Fagan practices. Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton are the publishers. We have received a publication called Broad- side, which is published monthly by E. C. Yeats, at the Cuala Press, Churchtown, Dundrum, County Dublin, and illustrated by Jack B. Yeats. The issue under notice contains a street ballad called “World.” The subscription is 128. a year, and the monthly issue is limited to 300 copies. “French and English Parallels,” by F. R. Fursdon (Messrs. Methuen & Co.), is an advanced class book for the study of languages. It consists of a selection in three parts of French and English,  ## p. 177 (#229) ############################################ TFIES A CITISIOR. 177 idiomatical phrases, idioms, and metaphors, and a consecutive chain of maxims and proverbs expressing the varied circumstances of life. Mr. Werner Laurie is just publishing an illus- trated volume, “Stories from the Greek Legends,” by C. Gasquoine Hartley. In this book a selec- tion of the Greek Legends that have been world favourites are told simply as stories to interest all young people, and an undue use of difficult names is avoided. These Legends appeal strongly to the young mind. They have become an inseparable part of the literature and art of every nation ; and it is of the utmost importance that they should be known to children while their imagination is young, so that for them the old myths may live. At first they will recall them as fairy stories, but afterwards the delight gained will lead them to a love of the purest and finest literature in the world. We regret that we made an erroneous statement of the price of “Britain's Great Authors” in the notice of this work which appeared in our last issue. The price is one guinea, and not half a guinea, as we stated, and we tender our apologies to the Fine Art Publishing Company for the slip. Messrs. George Bell & Sons have published Mr. Morley Steynor's two historical plays, “Lancelot and Elaine,” and “Lancelot and Guenevere,” both of which were performed for copyright purposes at the Bijou Theatre, on April 8, 1905. On the last day of February, two one-act plays, adapted by Ella Erskine from the German, were produced at the Rehearsal Theatre, Maiden Lane. One was entitled “Fifi ' and the other “The Friends.” The name-part in the former play was taken by the adapter. Included in the cast was Mr. C. Leveson Lane, while Miss Victoria Addison acted in “The Friends.” “The Spare Room,” a one-act play by E. M. Bryant, was produced on February 27 in front of “A Real Woman.” Miss Alice Beet as Kesiah Crawford, Miss Amy Lamborn as Jane Crawford, Mr. Lytton Grey as Henry (her brother), and Miss Gwendolen Wren as Dulcie, formed the cast. A one-act play called “Ezra Solomon,” by Major Arthur Layard and Leopold Pam, was first per- formed at the Palace Theatre on March 1. The piece, which it was found , necessary owing to the exigencies of the music-hall stage, to cut to nearly half its length, deals with the efforts of a rich old Jew (who has the welfare of his persecuted. race at heart) to secure an interview with an influential High Chancellor of Music, in order to enlist his sympathy at a conference upon Jewish emancipation which is imminent. In order to attain his object he offers a thousand roubles for “one word” with the prince, and the latter, who is cold-blooded and cruel, insists on interpreting the phrase quite literally. The rest of the play is concerned with the dilemma of the Jew to concentrate all his eloquence on behalf of his people into one word, and shows the means by which he attained success. The cast includes Mr. Louis Calvert as the Jew, Mr. William Haviland as Prince Saratoff, Mr. Sebastian Smith, and Miss Lucie Caine. Mrs. Mabel Dearmer's play, “Nan Pilgrim,” produced by the Dramatic Production Club, at the Court Theatre, on the afternoon of March 8, relates to an estrangement between an overworked parish priest and his wife, due to the action of the latter who, in order to purchase the necessities for her husband's cure, poses as a model for an artist friend without disclosing the fact to her husband. Mr. Arthur Holmes-Gore, as the Rev. John Pilgrim, and Miss Lilian Braithwaite were respon- sible for the two leading parts; while others included in the cast were Mr. Ben Webster, Miss Evelyn Weeden, and Mr. William Haviland. Mr. John Galsworthy's drama, “Strife,” was pro- duced at the Duke of York's Theatre, on the afternoon of March 9. The strife with which the play deals is consequent on a strike, which is prolonged by the obstimacy of the chairman of the company on the one hand, and the over-zealous altruism of one of the workmen on the other. When, eventually, the strike is brought to an end, the terms of settlement are identical with those which might have been accepted before the fighting had begun. * Included in the cast are Miss Lillah Macarthy, Mr. Dennis Eadie, Mr. Norman McKinnel, and Mr. J. Fisher White. “The Song of Liberty,” a romantic drama in three acts, by Mary C. Rowsell and H. A. Saints- bury, is in course of preparation for a trial per- formance during April at a West End theatre. The rights of this piece in translation were acquired some time since for the Swedish stage. The drama is based on Lamartine's account of the composition of the “Marseillaise” by Rouget de l'Isle, and the recurrent choruses throughout of “The Song” enhance the effect of the romantic and stirring details which take place during the height of the Terror. These choruses, and a violin solo on the same theme, will probably be undertaken by “The Edward Mason Choir.” Mr. A. E. W. Mason's new play, “Colonel Smith,” will be Mr. George Alexander's next production at the St. James's Theatre. The action of the play has for its background the excitement of a Parlia- mentary election, but the political element is only a secondary thread of the story. In the cast, with Mr. Geo. Alexander, will be Miss Irene Wambrugh. Mr. R. C. Carton's new play, which is being  ## p. 178 (#230) ############################################ 178 TISIE AUTHOR, rehearsed for production at the Criterion, will be interpreted by a cast which will include Miss Compton, Mr. Weedon Grossmith, and Mr. Lytton Grey. ºthe Noble Spaniard,” adapted from the French by Mr. W. Somerset Maugham, was produced at the Royalty on March 20. Mr. Charles Hawtrey in the title rôle, and Miss Kate Cutler and Miss Fanny Brough helped to form a cast, which included also Miss Annie Cleaver and Mr. Athol Stewart. . A dramatised version of Mr. Stanley Weyman's novel, “Count Hannibal,” the joint work of Mr. Norreys Connell and Mr. Oscar Asche, was produced by the latter at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Bristol, towards the end of March. The play closely follows the book, and opens, as in the book, with a scene in the ante-chamber in the Louvre ; and one of the chief scenes is in the act in which Miss Brayton figures with the mob and Hannibal, concluding with the escape of her lover, Tignonville. * ~~ a v-v- w PARIS NOTES. —º-º-º- IN “Colette Baudoche” M. Maurice Barrès gives us a simple story of a young girl of Metz. It is very much the same theme as his other book, “Au Service de l’Allemagne.” Frédéric Asmus, a German professor, is in love with Colette, and wishes to marry her. After some hesitation, the young girl refuses, feeling that she must remain faithful to her country. The story is simple, but exquisitely pathetic, for this young girl represents Lorraine, and the professor the ever encroaching Germany. “La Vie Intérieure,” by Mme. René Waltz, is a remarkable psychological study, in the form of a novel, of a certain type of Frenchwoman of to-day. The author has studied her subject carefully, and given us a true picture of life as it is in many hundreds of French families. story, with very little plot and no stirring episodes. The events are described just as they might happen in so many French homes. Each character is carefully drawn, and has a strong individuality. It is distinctly a roman à thèt, but unlike so many of such novels, the personages are not treated as marionettes merely to prove the truth of the author's theory. M. Claude Farrère, to whom the Goncourt Academy prize was awarded for a former book, gives us a remarkable novel, entitled “La Bataille.” He shows us Japan as it really is, with its passionate love for its old traditions, and its dislike of European civilisation, which it nevertheless adopts. It is a very simple In Georges Ohnet’s “Un Mariage américain’” (Ollendorff) the love story is most romantic. A millionaire, in love with a young girl, does not hesitate to ruin her father, thus constituting himself her benefactor. There is a second story of a very different note in the same volume. M. Léon Berthaut continues his series of Sea Stories with a volume of short ones, entitled “Le Peuple de la Mer.” To all who have read “Le Pilote No. 10,” and “L’Absente,” this new addition will be very welcome. The author gives Some very thrilling stories of heroism by seafaring folk of Normandy, Brittany, and Newfoundland. He has taken as an epitaph those words of Michelet: “I have lived a long time on the sea-coast, and heroic deeds, which would be remarked on inland as rare events, are episodes of every-day life near the Sea.” M. Léon Berthaut's name is among those on the list of promotions this year. He has received the Order of Knight of the Legion of Honour. Guy Chantepleure, the author of “Fiancée d'Avril,” a novel which won an Academy prize, has now published another volume, entitled “La Folle Histoire de Fridoline.” “Secrets d'Etat” is the title of an amusing book by Tristan Bernard. The State about which we learn the Secrets is said to be situated in Central Europe, and to be called Schoenburg. Rarely has such sustained interest been felt in connection with an author's centenary as that which was evident throughout France on the occasion of Barbey d'Aurevilly's hundredth anni- versary. His portrait, accompanied by long articles, was in all the papers. Lectures were given on him and on his work, and this series of lectures still continues. Paul Bourget's is awaited with great interest. Books and pamphlets have also appeared. One of the most curious of the former is the collection of letters from Barbey d’Aurevilly himself to Trebutien, his publisher at Caen. The letters are charming. Many of them are masterpieces of style and originality. It seems almost incredible that, besides the enormous amount of literary work done by Barbey d’Aurevilly, he should have found time to write volumes of such letters. “Wingt jours parmi les Sinistrés,” by Dr. Bouloumié, is an account of the experiences of the French Croix-Rouge on its recent expedition to Naples, Calabria, and Sicily. “Cent Pastels du XVIII* siècle '' is the title of a volume containing a hundred reproductions of some of the most famous pastels of Boucher, Chardin, Perroneau, Rosalba Carriera, Greuze, and other celebrated artists. The preface is by Albert Besnard, and all those who had the good fortune to hear the CauSerie given last year by the great  ## p. 179 (#231) ############################################ TISIES A UTISIOR, 179 French artist in the Georges Petit Gallery on this subject, will be glad of an opportunity of reading this study of Pastels from the pen of so competent a judge. M. Georges Duval has just brought out his eighth and last volume of the translation of Shake- speare's dramatic works. “La Pensée de Ruskin,” by André Chevrillon, is a study of the development of the principal ideas of Ruskin and the influence these have had in England. The author writes with his usual clear- ness and charm, and it is very evident that the subject is one which he has studied carefully and thoughtfully. In the recent numbers of the Revue de Paris Anatole France continues the publication of “La Chemise,” and Mathilde Serao of “Wive la Vie.” There is also an article by Henri van Dyke on Edgar Allan Poe, and another by Victor Bérard on “La Serbie et l'Europe.” In the last numbers of La Revue hebdomadaire there is an article on Mme. Récamier, by Jules Lemaitre, and one by René Doumie on George Sand. Mme. Juliette Adam publishes a short story entitled “L’Esquiros,” and Edouard Rod an article on Benjamin Constant. Madame Dumont-Lindemann, the well-known directress of the Düsseldorf theatre, has been giving a series of plays at the Théâtre Marigny. With her husband as stage manager, taking also one of the chief rôles in the various pieces, she has been able to give an excellent idea of her theories with regard to the interpretation of modern dramatic art. It is her intention to return to Paris and to give a series of representations of Goethe's “Faust.” “Les Grands,” a play in four acts by MM. Pierre Weber and Serge Basset, has been given with success at the Odéon. “Beethoven’’ is now being pro- duced. At the Renaissance “L’Oiseau blessé,” a play in four acts by M. Alfred Capus, has been running for some time, and at the Vaudeville “Le Lys,” by MM. Pierre Wolff and Gaston Leroux. The Grand Guignol has just produced another play by Charles Foley, the author of “Heard at the Telephone.” The new piece is entitled “Un Concert chez les Fous.” It is a remarkable mixture of tragedy and comedy, and is having €I\OTlſl OUIS SllCCéSS. ALYS HALLARD. “La Vie Intérieure" (Perrin). “Le Peuple de la Mer” (Flammarion). “Fiancée d'Avril’’ (Calmann Lévy). “Secrets d'Etat” (Monde Illustré). “Vingt jours parmi les Sinistrés” (Calmann Lévy). “Cent Pastels du XVIII'me siècle” (Société Georges Petit). “La Pensée de Ruskin " (Hachette). “Un Mariage Américian " (Ollendorff). “La Folle Historie de Fridoline " (Calmann Lévy). UNITED STATES NOTES. L* year was not very far behind the “record" year, 1907, in the quantity of books produced. In the department of fiction there was, indeed, an appreciable increase in 1908; and in books of all kinds by American authors, as distinguished from importations and reprints, there was also a perceptible surplus. Theology retains the second place in bulk of Output, showing but a slight falling off. Political and social Science and history alone are able to show slight increases over the preceding year, the most notable decrease being in fine art and illustrated works. The thematic novel was largely in the ascendant during 1908, and there was much novelising of plays. A good level of merit was maintained, but there was no indication of startling originality. It was a good year for readers of history, more especially in the purely American field ; and there were notable contributions to political and social science. Education and physical science were also well represented; and there was a slight recovery in poetry. A less gratifying symptom was the con- siderable accretion of works devoted to mental healing, or “psycho-therapeutics,” as the initiated love to call their craze. America, had to mourn the loss last year of Charles Eliot Norton, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Joel Chandler Harris, not to mention “Ik Marvel,” Bronson Howard, Mrs. Moulton, and many a lesser name. 1909 in America, as in Europe, seems likely to be remembered as a year of centenaries. Edgar Allan Poe was, perhaps one of those who have more honour abroad than in their own country; yet January 19 was not suffered to pass without recognition, even there. Nothing upon a national Scale was attempted ; but local celebrations were duly held in New York, at Richmond, Providence, and Baltimore. There was also a memorial dinner at Boston, under the auspices of John W. Luce and H. H. Schaff. A bronze statue was dedicated in Poe Park, and a memorial has been proposed at West Point. Professor Trent gave an address on January 28, before the Authors’ Club. A “Centenary Life,” issued later, came from the pen of Mr. George E. Woodberry. The Lincoln Centenary, February 12, made a wider appeal, and the great President's memory received honour from Mr. Bryce and M. Jusserand, as well as from the tributes of his own countrymen. The public celebrations do not especially concern our readers, but a word may be said here as to the books evoked by the occasion. It has amounted to a veritable flood. Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin and Co. print a special  ## p. 180 (#232) ############################################ 180 TISIE A DITISIOR. edition of the standard biography by the late Carl Schurz and Truman H. Bartlett, and an anniversary edition of Alonzo Rothschild’s work and the two- volume study by John T. Morse, jun., besides reprints of the Gettysburg Speech, and the Emancipation Proclamation ; whilst among new works they issue one by J. Henry Lea and J. R. Hutchinson, specially devoted to Lincoln's ancestry—his English descent is claimed to have been traced four generations further back than it has been before—and a “Life of Lincoln for Boys and Girls,” by Charles W. Moores. From the Macmillan Company comes James Morgan’s “Abraham Lincoln : the Boy and the Man,” as well as David Millet De Witt's “The Assassination and its Expiation,” and a Centenary Ode, by Percy |MacKaye; whilst from the Crowell Company we get Dr. W. Hayes Ward's Lincoln “Tributes,” Mr. Choate's Address, and another “Life for Boys.” Messrs. McClurg issue a “Lincoln Year- Book,” and several publications by Charles E. Carr, as well as “The Children's Life,” by Louise Putnam ; and Francis Grierson’s “The Valley of the Shadow,” containing descriptions of the Lincoln country from a former resident, and impressions of the Civil War should not pass unnoticed. Some unpublished Lincoln letters appeared in the February Century. - Oliver Wendell Holmes was born on August 29, 1809. One hopes that his genial and essentially healthy personality will be recalled with due honour When the time comes—that is, if we have not all become centenary-sick by that time. Some eight thousand letters of Millard Fillmore, while Vice-President and President of the United States, have been discovered at Buffalo, and a Selection will be published shortly by the Buffalo Historical Society. A request by Mr. Pierpont Morgan for an autograph (anno 1851) is among the collection. The Boston Bibliophile Society has recently come into possession of the manuscript of Thoreau’s “Walden,” and will publish it ere long This find reveals the fact that Thoreau's publishers cut out in the printed book matter amounting to some twelve thousand words. Professor Abbott Lawrence Lowell, author of “The Government of England,” succeeds President Eliot at Harvard. He has won great success as lecturer and educationalist. We hear that Messrs. Duffield are making the experiment of issuing paper books in the French manner, and beginning appropriately with a volume of “picturesque" stories of Paris, by Mrs. Archibald K. Mackay. This method of pub- lication has its obvious advantages; but there is another side to the question. A spring book, which will be looked forward to with some interest, is F. B. Sauborn’s “Recollec- tions of Seventy Years.” The two volumes of the work are devoted to the Concord philosopher's political and literary life respectively. Among the spring novels are books by Robert W. Chambers, F. Marion Crawford, Mrs. Atherton, and Alice Brown. Among the earliest important books of the New Year was Miss Agnes Laut's “The Conquest of the Great North-West,” which tells the story of the Hudson Bay Company. A good deal of hitherto undiscovered material has been utilised by the writer of this interesting, if somewhat voluminous, book. w President Woodrow Wilson’s “Constitutional Government in the United States’’ is an important contribution to the subject. A special feature of it is his defence of the Senate. On the other hand, he concedes to critics of the judicial system the serious charges made by them against our courts, of want of simplicity and directness, and an expensiveness which is almost prohibitive to suitors not of the richer classes. Mr. Eugene Tompkins's “History of the Boston Theatre,” contains an annual history of some fifty Seasons, and has been deservedly described as some- thing like a Wade-mecum of the drama in America for half a century. Mr. Quincy Kilby has given the author valuable assistance. Lafcadio Hearn's version of Théophile Gautier has been reprinted by E. P. Dutton & Co. in their series “The World's Story-Tellers.” There are likely to be further “remains” of Carl Schurz, probably in the form of correspondence. Certain comments of a leading English literary weekly in connection with the “Shelburne Essays” of Paul Elmer More, have given much umbrage to the critics on this side. The Dial, for instance, remarks that “if there are traits of readers that date back to 1820 or thereabouts” (this was the dictum of the offending British journal), “there is also a certain manner of book-reviewing that can claim a like antiquity l’” Two useful compilations that have recently appeared are Burton Stevenson’s “Poems of American History,” and “Modern Constitutions,” by Walter Farleigh Dodd. A great loss to the United States, and particularly to New York city, has been suffered in the death of Russell Sturgis, the architect and art critic, on February 11. His great “History of Architec- ture” had been completed, but one volume is still in manuscript, and another was in proof at his death. Will Lillibridge, best known as the author of “Ben Blair,” died suddenly at Sioux Falls, Dakota, quite recently ; and there passed away on Valen- tine's day, at Boston, in his ninety-first year, the veteran author and educator, William Matthews.  ## p. 181 (#233) ############################################ TISIE A DITFIOR. 181 BRITISH AUTHORS AND AMERICAN COPYRIGHT. A SUGGESTION. ARLIAMENTS and Congresses come and go, but the American copyright question we have with us for ever. I admit that it bristles with difficulties, but that is, I think, because the legal-cum-literary minds which have endeavoured to solve it in the past have aimed at a perfect scheme which shall apply to all classes of writers and cover an indefinitely prolonged period of time. Candidly, I regard any such legal protection as Quite impracticable, and, possibly, exceedingly unfair. Let it be borne in mind that the authorities of the United States have laid down two principles:—Firstly, that the people shall not be debarred from the use of all that is best in literature ; secondly, that the interests of the printing and allied industries shall not be injured by the free importation of foreign books. It seems to me that Congress is fully justified in insisting on these essential conditions. Instead of growling at them and doing nothing, why should we not accept them and give a real impetus to the exchange of all that is good and noteworthy in the literary products of Britain and America There is but one real obstacle to surmount—the proviso that there shall be simultaneous publica- tion. In nine hundred and ninety-nine cases out of a thousand (where good work by unknown authors is concerned) that stipulation is fatal. The unknown genius is almost certainly poor; it is probable that his work has been refused by many publishers; when accepted, in the long run, it will be a speculative matter for the publisher, and, if sold as a serial, a leap in the dark for the magazine or newspaper. It is simply out of the question for the author to pay for simultaneous publication, and almost as prohibitive to secure a user in the States who will or can conform to British dates. The British user, whether publisher or editor of a periodical, cannot be asked in reason to undertake the expense of protection. It could not be made a commercial success. Out of a hundred serials used by a big house annually, perhaps one might sell in the States, and even then fall far short of the cost of protecting the other ninety-nine. I assume, of course, that the man is not living who can tell beforehand whether or not the whimsical public will take to any given book by my hypothe- tical “unknown.” - Well, then, how conquer this dragon of expense? Apply to all books and literary products in both countries the provisions of the Patents Laws. Give absolute protection, gratis, for six months after date of publication, and give a period of twelve months' additional protection on payment of a fee of 48, or a dollar. Keep the local com- position, binding, etc., stipulations intact, and throw open to the people (to be exact, to the Stealers of unpaid-for copy) the right to use, free of penalty, after the lapse of one or both of these periods. The eighteen months’ fee, obviously, Would be payable in the country where protection was sought. How would this proposal operate in practice 2 Admirably, I believe. The book or serial, the copyright of which is really valuable, which does not create sufficient stir within six months of publication to justify a protecting fee of 4s., must be rare, indeed, in these days. It may exist. Another Fitzgerald may translate another “Omar,” and wait a good many years for fame. Well, this fine fish would escape my net, and swim into im- mortality lightened of certain royalties. But, for all practical purposes, the needs of honest pub- lishers and hard-working authors would be met, and a grievous disability removed from those upon whom, though most worthy, fortune has failed to smile. I could say a good deal more on this topic, but I leave it for the moment with the explanation that my plea for fair dealing is altruistic, since every line I write is fully protected by an enterprising publisher in the United States. LOUIS TRACY. THE BERLIN INTERNATIONAL COPY- RIGHT CONFERENCE. —t—º-e— HE correspondence respecting the Revised Convention of Berne has now been published in the form of a Blue Book. It is full of interesting reading for those whose object is the technical study of copyright evolution ; but there is little to add for the interest of the members beyond the Revised Convention itself which was printed as a supplement to the January number of The Author. What it is possible for Great Britain and her Colonies to accept, what points of the present law must be altered to bring about the necessary changes, and how those changes are going to be effected is a matter for the Government to consider. It is the duty of all those bodies who represent the holders of copyright property to be active and on the alert.  ## p. 182 (#234) ############################################ 182 TISIES A UITISIOR, Sir Edward Grey stated to the British delegates “ that if the results of this conference should assume a shape which is considered to be satisfac- tory for Great Britain, His Majesty's Government will not delay to make a serious effort to come to an understanding with the British Colonies on the subject.” The Convention has now been settled as altered by the conference, and, we understand, has assumed a shape which is considered satisfactory. It is now that the critical danger begins. The Berne Convention was originally accepted in order to obtain some order out of the chaos of multiplied treaties existing between the many European countries. The terms of these treaties, in many cases dissimilar and divergent, made it impossible to obtain any certainty as to the rights of those concerned. Uncertainty brings weakness. In the end it was almost impossible to say what was the law or how it was to be enforced. The Berne Convention did its work admirably as far as it went, but it was the first attempt at Inter- national Copyright Legislation and did not go far enough. Then followed the Act of Paris going a little further, but creating a divergence, for some of the nations that sent in their adhesion to the Berne Convention could not subscribe to the Act of Paris. Now lastly comes the Berlin Convention, a great step in advance in many ways ; but again there is bound to follow a falling off, only some nations agreeing to the terms. So that it would appear that International Copyright Protection will be almost as complicated and confused in 1910, the date when the acceptance of the terms may be notified, as it was when each country had its varying treaties. We state, therefore, with some assurance that the real danger begins now. It is to be hoped there will be little difficulty in getting the self-governing Colonies to fall into line. They will easily grasp the fact that no native litera- ture can exist if you curtail its market, and that to cut themselves adrift from International Copyright is to kill the native industry and to destroy the growth of that literature which even now is a cherished growth. It is needless to mention the names of the authors of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, or Canada. . But there is a greater danger ahead than even the disruption of the Colonies, and that is the lack of uniformity which may arise when any Bill is massing throngh the House of Commons and the House of Lords. In the oft quoted phrase there are three things to be aimed at : the first is Uniformity, the second is Uniformity, and the third is Uniformity. By this we mean that certain clauses passed by the conference at Berlin must be adopted wholesale ald not in bits. If our law at pres(nt gives greater rights than those conveyed in the Berlin Convention, let us keep them ; if lesser rights, then let the new Act bring uniformity. Here are a few points of the many which want. altering to bring our law into uniformity with the law of the Convention—what is hoped will be the law of all civilised countries. 1. The length of the term “Life and fifty years.” We understand that the term is satisfactory to the present Government, that the United States + will struggle for this limit in any new Copyright legis- lation, and that the German Empire is willing to bring in a small amending Act extending its present term, life and thirty, to life and fifty years. Let us endeavour then, with all the forces at our dis- posal, to carry the thing through for the sake of uniformity; a Wretched compromise of life and thirty or life and forty would do more than show weakness, it would show a crass stupidity. 2. Translation rights; these are to be protected for a term commensurate with copyright. Surely this is common sense. It is curious that this decision should have been so long in coming. 3. Then there is the difference under the English law and the law of most other countries as to the publication of performing rights. The point is very technical, there is no need to explain the issues. But here again it would simplify the establishment of an author's and dramatist's rights. and strengthen him in the possession of his own property if we could legislate for uniformity with the Convention and with the law as at present existing in other civilised countries. 4. Then comes the question of mechanical reproduction. Musical composers and dramatists, are suffering severely, and will suffer still more unless mechanical reproductions obtain copyright protection. It would be foolish, and indeed is foolish, for the law to say you have right in the property of your own brain, and then to say you, only have the right when the copies are made in a certain way. It would be just as sensible to say that the dramatist has only performing rights at a certain theatre, or an author protection when his books are sold at a certain price. We have quoted four points out of many that arise ; they are perhaps the most important, but there should be only one aim, and that is, to carry through a law which will bring the law of Great. Britain into international uniformity. Is it possible that common sense will prevail G. H. T. * This has unfortunately not been achieved in the Act just passed by the United States, in spite of the efforts of the wise.—FD.  ## p. 183 (#235) ############################################ TRIES ACTFIOR, 183 HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY. —º-º-º- 1. WERY member has a right to ask for and to receive advice upon his agreements, his choice of a pub- lisher, or any dispute arising in the conduct of his business or the administration of his property. The Secretary of the Society is a solicitor; but if there is any special reason the Secretary will refer the case to the Solicitors of the Society. Further, the Committee, if they deem it desirable, will obtain counsel's opinion without any cost to the member. Moreover, where counsel's opinion is favourable, and the sanction of the Committee is obtained, action will be taken on behalf of the aggrieved \member, and all costs borne by the Society. 2. Remember that questions connected with copyright and publishers' agreements do not fall within the experi- ence of ordinary solicitors. Therefore, do not scruple to use the Society. - 3. Before signing any agreement whatever, send the document to the Society for examination. 4. Remember always that in belonging to the Society you are fighting the battles of other writers, even if you are reaping no direct benefit to yourself, and that you are advancing the best interests of your calling in promoting the independence of the writer, the dramatist, the composer. 5. The Committee have arranged for the reception of members' agreements and their preservation in a fire- proof safe. The agreements will, of course, be regarded as confidential documents to be read only by the Secretary, who will keep the key of the safe. The Society now offers: (1) To stamp agreements in readiness for a possible action upon them. (2) To keep agreements. (3) To enforce payments due according to agreements. Fuller particu- Hars of the Society's work can be obtained in the Prospectus. 6. No contract should be entered into with a literary agent without the advice of the Secretary of the Society. Members are strongly advised not to accept without careful consideration the contracts with publishers submitted to them by literary agents, and are recommended to submit them for interpretation and explanation to the Secretary of the Society. This The 7. Many agents neglect to stamp agreements. must be done within fourteen days of first execution. Secretary will undertake it on behalf of members. 8. Some agents endeavour to prevent authors from referring matters to the Secretary of the Society; so do some publishers. Members can make their own deductions and act accordingly. 9. The subscription to the Society is £1 1s. per annum, or £10 10s. for life membership. WARNINGS TO THE PRODUCERS OF BOOKS. —º-º-º- ERE are a few standing rules to be observed in an agreement. There are four methods of dealing with literary property:- I. Selling it Outright. This is sometimes satisfactory, if a proper price can be obtained. But the transaction should be managed by a Competent agent, or with the advice of the Secretary of the Society. II. A Profit-Sharing Agreement (a bad form of agreement). In this case the following rules should be attended to : (1) Not to sign any agreement in which the cost of pro- duction forms a part without the strictest investigation. (2) Not to give the publisher the power of putting the profits into his own pocket by charging for advertisements in his own organs, or by charging exchange advertise- ments. Therefore keep control of the advertisements. (3.) Not to allow a special charge for “office expenses,” unless the same allowance is made to the author. p º Not to give up American, Colonial, or Continental Tights. @.) Not to give up serial or translation rights. (6.) Not to bind yourself for future work to any publisher. º . bind yourself for the future to any one'sólicitor or OCUOI’ III. The Royalty System. This is perhaps, with certain limitations, the best form of agreement. It is above all things necessary to know What the proposed royalty means to both sides. It is now possible for an author to ascertain approximately the truth. From time to time very important figures connected with royalties are published in The Author. IV. A Commission Agreement. The main points are :— (1) Be careful to obtain a fair cost of production. (2) Keep control of the advertisements. (3) Keep control of the sale price of the book. General. - All other forms of agreement are combinations of the four above mentioned. Such combinations are generally disastrous to the author. Never sign any agreement without Competent advice from the Secretary of the Society. - Stamp all agreements with the Inland Revenue stamp. Avoid agreements by letter if possible. The main points which the Society has always demanded from the outset are :— (1.) That both sides shall know what an agreement II].68, IlS. (2.) The inspection of those account books which belong to the author. We are advised that this is a right, in the nature of a common law right, which cannot be denied or withheld. - (3) Always avoid a transfer of copyright. A --dº- Aſ a w ~- w WARNINGS TO DRAMATIC AUTHORS, –0-0-0– EVER sign an agreement without submitting it to the Secretary of the Society of Authors or some com- petent legal authority. 2. It is well to be extremely careful in negotiating for the production of a play with anyone except an established mallage.T. 3. There are three forms of dramatic contract for plays in three or more acts:— (a.) Sale outright of the performing right. This is unsatisfactory. An author who enters into such a contract should stipulate in the contract for production of the piece by a certain date and for proper publication of his name on the play-bills.  ## p. 184 (#236) ############################################ 184 TISIES A UITISIOR. (b.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of percentages on gross receipts. Percentages vary between 5 and 15 per cent. An author should obtain a percentage on the sliding scale of gross receipts in preference to the American system. Should obtain a sum in advance of percentages. A fixed date on or before which the play should be performed. (c.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of royalties (i.e., fixed nightly fees). This method should be always avoided except in cases where the fees are likely to be small or difficult to collect. The other safeguards set out under heading (b.) apply also in this case, 4. Plays in one act are often sold outright, but it is better to obtain a small nightly fee if possible, and a sum paid in advance of such fees in any event. It is extremely important that the amateur rights of one-act plays should be reserved. 5. Authors should remember that performing rights can be limited, and are usually limited, by town, country, and time. This is most important. 6. Authors should not assign performing rights, but should grant a licence to perform. The legal distinction is of great importance. 7. Authors should remember that performing rights in a play are distinct from literary copyright. A manager holding the performing right or licence to perform cannot print the book of the words. 8. Never forget that United States rights may be exceed- ingly valuable. They should never be included in English agreements without the author obtaining a substantial consideration. 9. Agreements for collaboration should be carefully drawn and executed before collaboration is commenced. 10. An author should remember that production of a play is highly speculative : that he runs a very great risk of delay and a breakdown in the fulfilment of his contract. He should therefore guard himself all the more carefully in the beginning. 11. An author must remember that the dramatic market is exceedingly limited, and that for a novice the first object is to obtain adequate publication. As these warnings must necessarily be incomplete, on account of the wide range of the subject of dramatic con- tracts, those authors desirous of further information are referred to the Secretary of the Society. © —4- REGISTRATION OF SCENARIOS. —º-º-º- N CENARIOS, typewritten in duplicate on foolscap paper forwarded to the offices of the Society, together with a registration fee of two shillings and sixpence, will be carefully compared by the Secretary or a qualified assis- tant. One copy will be stamped and returned to the author and the other filed in the register of the Society. Copies of the scenario thus filed may be obtained at any time by the author only at a small charge to cover cost of typing. WARNINGS TO MUSICAL COMPOSERS. -º-º-º- ITTLE can be added to the warnings given for the assistance of producers of books and dramatic authors. . It must, however, be pointed out that, as a rule, the musical publisher demands from the musical composer a transfer of fuller rights and less liberal finan. cial terms than those obtained for literary and dramatic property. . The musical composer has very often the two rights to deal with—performing right and copyright. He should be especially careful therefore when entering into an agreement, and should take into particular consideration the warnings stated above. STAMPING MUSIC. The Society undertakes to stamp copies of music on behalf of its members for the fee of 6d. per 100 or part of 100. The members’ stamps are kept in the Society's Safe. The musical publishers communicate direct with the Secretary, and the voucher is then forwarded to the members, who are thus saved much unnecessary trouble. —s—e-e— THE READING BRANCH, —º-º-º- EMBERS will greatly assist the Society in this branch of its work by informing young writers of its existence. Their MSS. can be read and treated as a composition is treated by a coach. The term MSS. includes not only Works of fiction, but poetry and dramatic works, and when it is possible, under Special arrangement, technical and scientific works. The Readers are writers of competence and experience. The fee is one guinea. “THE AUTHOR,” —º-º-º- Tº: Editor of The Author begs to remind members of * —º- a ~~ w the Society that, although the paper is sent to them free of charge, the cost of producing it would be a very heavy charge on the resources of the Society if a great many members did not forward to the Secretary the modest 5s. 6d. Subscription for the year. Communications for “The Author” should be addressed to the Offices of the Society, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W., and should reach the Editor not later than the 21st of each month. Communications and letters are invited by the Editor on all literary matters treated from the stand- point of art or business, but on no other subjects whatever. Every effort will be made to return articles which cannot be accepted. * —º- a -º- w REMITTANCES. —º-Q-4– The Secretary of the Society begs to give notice that all remittances are acknowledged by return of post. All remittances should be crossed Union of London and Smith's Bank, Chancery Lane, or be sent by registered letter only.  ## p. 185 (#237) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 185 GENERAL NOTES. —º-º-º- THE ANNUAL DINNER. THE annual dinner of the Society will be held at the Criterion Restaurant, on Thursday, April 29, at 7 o'clock for 7.30. The usual notice will be circularised to all members and associates. The price of the ticket will be 7s.6d., exclusive of wine. Those ladies who desire to attend may bring one guest, for whom an addi- tional ticket will be required. PENSION FUND. ON the first day of March the Pension Fund Committee awarded a pension of £50 a year to Dr. J. Beattie Crozier, the eminent philosopher and historian. Dr. Crozier has been a member of the society for ten years, having joined in 1899. He was born in Canada, and was educated at Galt Grammar School and Toronto University. All those who are interested in modern philosophi- cal works and writings will know Dr. Crozier as the author of “The Religion of the Future,” which was published in 1880; “Civilisation and Progress,” published in 1885; and “The History of Intel- lectual Development,” part of a series of important works from his pen, much read and appreciated in Germany. In addition to these publications he has written other works and has contributed many articles to the reviews, more especially the Fortnightly, dealing with political, economic, and philosophical subjects. On the 19th of March the Pension Fund Com- mittee met again, and awarded a pension of £50 a year to Mr. Richard Whiteing, the journalist and novelist. Mr. Richard Whiteing is now in his sixty-ninth year, having been born in 1840. He made his first essay in journalism with a series of satirical papers, political and social, in the Evening Star. He then contributed to many different papers, and finally became Paris correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, The World (London), and The World (New York). On his return to London he joined the staff of the Daily News, where he worked for a period of fourteen years, resigning his position in 1899. In that year he published his successful work, “No. 5 John Street.” Since then he has published a series of novels, including “The Yellow Van,” “Ring in the New,” and “All Moonshine.” About ten years ago Mr. Whiteing had a serious illness, which has permanently impaired his health and his powers. | Such pensions are given by the society as offer- ings of appreciation by fellow members. BERLIN CONVENTION DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE. WE are informed that the President of the Board of Trade has appointed the Right Hon. Lord Gorell (chairman), Sir Lawrence Alma- Tadema, O.M., Mr. George Ranken Askwith, K.C., Mr. H. Granville Barker, Mr. William Boosey, Mr. Charles W. Bowerman, M.P., Mr. Henry R. Clayton, Mr. Henry J. C. Cust, Mr. Edward Cutler, K.C., Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins, Mr. William Joynson Hicks, M.P., Mr. William Algernon Law, C.B., Mr. Frederick Macmillan, Mr. Thomas Power O’Connor, M.P., Professor. Walter Raleigh, Mr. Thomas Edward Scrutton, K.C., and Mr. Edmund Trevor L. Williams, to be a committee to examine the various points in which the revised International Copy- right Convention, signed at Berlin on the 13th November, 1908, is not in accordance with the law of the United Kingdom, and to consider. whether the law should be altered so as to enable His Majesty's Government to give effect to the revised Convention. The President has also. appointed Mr. T. W. Phillips to be secretary to. the committee. THE POE CENTENARY DINNER. THE centenary of the birth of Edgar Allan Pee. was celebrated by the Authors' Club, at the White- hall Rooms, on March 1. Nearly three hundred sat down to dinner. Many members of the American colony in London were present ; his Excellency the American Ambassador, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, being the chief guest. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was chairman, and after the usual Royal toasts, in a feeling speech. asked those present to drink to the great author's memory. - He spoke with full sympathy, both of the sorrows Poe had gone through during his life, and his struggles to overcome them ; he dwelt with appreciative criticism on his work. He spoke of his powers as strange and haunting, musical to a degree, original and masterful. He confessed to. feeling their limitations. The American Ambassador spoke in response ; his speech was eloquent, but judicial; sympathetic, but critical. Yet he stated with all abatements. Poe's place was surely in the front rank.  ## p. 186 (#238) ############################################ § 86 TISIES A UTFIOR- Mr. Herbert Trench, author of “ Deidre Wedded,” recited an original poem in honour of the occasion. Mr. Garvice, chairman of the club, occupied the vice-chair, and proposed the health of the wisitors. Many well-known authors were present. “THE SOCIETY OF UNAOTED AUTHORS.” THE first meeting of the recently formed Society of Unacted Authors was held on March 3, at 217, Piccadilly, and was largely attended. Mr. N. Thorpe Mayne, the originator of the movement, after indicating the circumstances which seemed to him to call for such an organiza- tion, proceeded to lay before the meeting certain Working proposals. The most important of these proposals were as follows:— (a.) The appointment of some competent reader to read and give a candid criticism of the plays of the society's members, after such plays had been passed by the committee of the society as good. (b.) To approach managers for the use of their theatres for the production of members' plays, to which well-known actors and actresses should be admitted on presentation of their cards. (c.) To arrange for such productions to be public. (d.) To seek the co-operation of the members of the theatrical profession, which, in the case of provin- 'cial artistes, should at first be given gratuitously in return for their introduction by this means to London managers. It was decided to appoint two committees. (1.) A Committee of management to manage the affairs of the society ; and (2.) A committee to read plays and judge which should be submitted to the Society’s critic. It was agreed also that the acceptance of two plays through the agency of the society should qualify the dramatist for honorary membership, in which capacity he should undertake to do what he could to promote the efforts of the society from the outside. ** - AMERICAN COPYRIGHT. A NEW United States Copyright Bill has Suddenly been passed through both Houses. The text came to hand too late for insertion in the current number, but we hope to print it in one of the coming issues of The Author. From a cursory glance it would appear that the American legislators have advanced but little towards the level of other civilised nations in connection with copyright matters. They have given pro- tection to mechanical reproductions, etc., but only in a half-hearted way; they have allowed anyone to reproduce music mechanically, subject to the payment of a fixed royalty to the copyright owner. Again, they ignore the rights of the owner of the property. This method of protec- tion is, but a weak compromise, and wrong in principle. It appears also that they allow an English author from the date of publication a month in which to file his book produced in England ; that another month is then allowed him in order to obtain United States copyright under the type-setting clause. This means that the English author has two months after the date of publication in England in which to obtain copy. right in the States, instead of being bound, as hitherto, to publish simultaneously. The Pub- lishers' Cºrcular congratulates Mr. Hunemann on the value of the concessions which it is alleged he has obtained : we cannot do so. This, again, is another weak and unpractical compromise, and Compromise has already ruined the American law. If in 1891 England and the other nations had refused to accept any compromise whatever, America would have been bound, rather than allow their authors to be robbed of their returns, to adopt the principle adopted by all civilised nations in respect to copyright property. We regret that this law should have been passed, as it is possible, had the American legislators Waited a little longer, that American opinion would have altered considerably. A w vºy —º- a ~- COMMITTEE ELECTIONS. 1909. –º-º-º- HE following is the signed statement of the Scrutineers recording the votes in the election to the committee of management for 1909. In the following order:- S. Squire Sprigge 235 Sidney Webb ... 227 Arthur Rackham - e - ... 221 The Hon. Mrs. A. L. Felkin ... 202 Mackenzie Bell 134 Signed, Henry Cresswell. Francis Gribble. Philip W. Sergeant. E. H. Lacon Watson. The members of the society may remember that one-third of the committee have to be elected every year. The first four in the above list, therefore, are those who will rejoin the committee.  ## p. 187 (#239) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 187. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. —º-º-º- HE Annual General Meeting of the Incorporated Society of Authors was held at 20, Hanover Square, on March 22, Mr. Douglas Fresh- field, chairman of the Committee of Management, presiding over a rather scanty gathering. The chairman announced that Mr. Morley Roberts had resigned from the Pension Fund Com- mittee, in accordance with the regulations, but offered himself for re-election. There being no other candidates, Mr. Roberts was declared re- elected. The meeting was invited to appoint, if it wished, scrutineers in case of a contested election for the committee next year under the new constitution, but preferred to leave the appointment to the committee. The result of the recent poll for places on the committee of management for 1909 having been read out, the chairman then passed to the accounts and report of the society. He began with a feeling reference to the loss sustained by the society in the death of one of his recent predecessors in the chair, Sir Henry Bergne. Sir Henry had died in harness, while attending the International Con- ference on copyright, a victim to the brutal climate of Berlin. After apologising for his own re- appearance in the chair, which was the fault of the Society, he said, in putting him second on the poll to Sir Henry Bergne last spring, Mr. Freshfield condemned the pernicious notion that places on the committee were a reward of merit for literary eminence. The council was their honorary body, the committee essentially a working body, whose duties were often difficult and very technical, per- haps two-thirds of them legal. It had, therefore, been the practice to nominate to the committee those who had the technical knowledge, business experience, ability, and leisure called for in such a task. He made, for what it was worth, a suggestion for their consideration with regard to the working of the new constitution. He proposed nothing to modify the power now vested in the whole society to elect its committee, a power which was very valuable ; but it did not follow that because a power existed it need always be exercised, involving as it did some cost and trouble. He recommended therefore that members anxious to nominate one or two candidates should send the suggested name or names to the secretary some time beforehand, and so give the committee a chance of including in their own list such names, and thus avoiding a contested election. Going on to another topic in the report, that of resignations from the Society, he protested against the treatment of the Society by certain people as if it were a sort of warren which they could run in and out of like rabbits, at their Convenience. It was obvious that the author who Only joined the Society when he had a dispute on hand and left it when the danger was over was at Once injuring the society's stability and inflicting a hardship on the steady subscribers, which could Only be met by firm action on the part of the com- mittee in postponing the claims of these casuals to those of more loyal members. Not long ago the question of the censorship, caused no small stir in the dramatic world, and led to the suggestion of an independent Dramatic. Authors’ Society. The negotiations which ensued were fully set out in the report, which showed how the dramatists (many of them already members of the Society of Authors) had seen that they would do better by reinforcing the already existing Dramatic Sub-Committee of the society, which had now been reconstructed to meet the requirements. of the situation, and had already some important work in hand. Overtures had also recently been made on behalf of the Society of British Composers, with a view to strengthening the musical element in the Society of Authors, but so far without definite result. Of more general matters, the most important within the last twelve months had been in connec- tion with copyright. M. Lecompte, president of the French Société des Gens de Lettres, had visited London, and had been placed by Sir Henry Bergne and himself in communication with Mr. Winston, Churchill. At the Berlin Conference the French delegates had urged the prolongation of the period. of copyright from its present term to life and fifty years. Many would regret that the British, delegates had not been authorised to support that proposal. In the trade of authorship, as Mr. Rudyard Kipling put it, every deceased author before long became a blackleg to posterity, and each new series of sixpenny or shilling editions made him a more formidable blackleg. It was to be hoped that Labour members would not forget that authors were also labouring men, and that it was inconsistent, as it was unjust to grudge them the chance of a reasonable reward in a very pre- carious form of employment. The whole ques- tion of copyright was under consideration by a Departmental Committee appointed by the Government to lay evidence before which a joint- committee of the Authors’ Society and of other representatives of copyright property had been formed. The visit of delegates from the Colonies during this year should give opportunity for ascertaining their views on the subject, and endeavouring to bring them into line with those of the producers of literature in this country. In the past divergences in detail between the Colonies and Great Britain had put Serious obstacles for the  ## p. 188 (#240) ############################################ 188 THE AUTHOR. way of the Imperial Government with regard to international legislation. There was, he feared, no sign in the recent legislation at Washington of any substantial or satisfactory alteration of the American law, which required that for a book to secure copy- right in the United States it must be printed there. Taht was a requirement which inflicted great hard- ship on English printers, and which was not excused by any similar law in this country or elsewhere. Should reasonable argument fail to induce the United States to assimilate their law to that of other civilised nations retaliation might be fully justified. That, however, was a complicated question, and touched too nearly on current politics for him to do more than allude to it. Another important matter was the effect of the sevenpenny novel on the six-shilling (or four-and- six net) novel. A Committee of Investigation had been formed at the invitation of several leading publishers, on which Messrs. Hope Hawkins, Bernard Shaw, and Maurice Hewlett represented the society. The conclusions arrived at would be published in full in The Author, and he need only say that, while they were of opinion that any wholesale attempt to suppress sevenpenny editions would be undesirable, they were convinced that in order to protect the six-shilling novel it was essential that a time limit on which both publisher and public could rely should be fixed, before which it should be impossible to get a cheap edition of a six-shilling book. The minimum limit should be two years. It appeared to have been agreed on all hands that authors could not at present hope for a living from the sale of a book first published at 7d., and that there was no question as yet of pub- lishing at that price in the first instance. It was further suggested that steps should be taken to ascertain how far the society's members were pre- pared to maintain the proposed time limit by insisting on a clause Securing it in their agree- ments with publishers. In conclusion, he tendered his thanks to his colleagues for the help which they had given him, and particularly to Mr. Bernard Shaw, who had taken a leading part in the reconstitution of the Dramatic Committee. He must also pay a tribute to their indefatigable secretary, Mr. Thring, whose enthusiasm was only equalled by his assiduity in the work of the society. His own breakfast-table without a letter from Mr. Thring would be unrecognisable. Discussion on the subject of the report and accounts having been invited, Mr. H. C. MacIlwaine expressed his disappoint- ment that the chairman had not spoken more strongly on the subject of American copyright, and was sure that many of his fellow-authors looked for more than a mere allusion such as had been made. As a writer who had himself had work stolen in America under the iniquitous Industrial Act, he demanded that we should fight the Americans on this point. Either we must have equal laws or we must put a tariff on imports. A member of a great firm of publishers had said to him personally, “We lost one-third of our work when that Act was passed in America.” Was this the only reply which the Authors' Society could make, that we must leave the topic alone for fear of touching on current politics 2 - Mr. Howard Swan supported the last speaker. He had found, in travelling round the world, that British authors had gained a reputation for taking things very easy. In America, Japan, and China, British copyrights were being stolen. It was necessary to take action in order to put a whole- Some fear into the wrong-doers. There was, indeed, a necessity for a literary code of ethics in general, for he had experienced a case where 30 per cent. of the material of one of his books had been taken by another writer. Could not such a thing be stopped ? He went on to speak of the society’s debt to the committee, and to Mr. Thring in particular, for the way in which they kept so difficult a team as the authors in hand, and concluded with an appeal to all members of the society to support The Author by literary contributions, to do something toward providing more beautiful offices as headquarters, and to gain as many recruits as possible for their ranks. The chairman, replying to Mr. MacIlwaine, Said that he feared that his jesting allusion to “touching on current politics" had been taken too seriously. He had merely hinted that there might be Free Traders present to whom Retaliation might be a word of fear. It would shortly be their duty to consider whether Retaliation was the best policy, and if so in what form ; and also to remember that they were tied by the Berne Con- vention. The whole question of copyright was coming up this year before the Departmental Com- mittee appointed by Government. Experts who had been consulted warned them that it would be unwise to take too sudden steps with regard to America, and that if they were precipitate they might not find authors unanimous behind them. As for Mr. Swan's remarks on the crime of con- veying material from a fellow-writer, the difficulty of course was that one required a very strong case in order to be able to punish the evil-doer, and a failure to bring the charge home only encouraged him and like criminals. With reference to the improvement of the society's offices, it must be remembered that this was a matter of finance, and that their money must be spent for the benefit of the society's members. The lawyers' bills must be paid. After that they might improve their offices.  ## p. 189 (#241) ############################################ THE AUTHOR, 189 Mr. Rider Haggard moved a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman for his continuous, arduous, and disinterested labours. As a very old member of the society, who had himself been chairman twice, he knew how onerous the post was, even in his time. In Mr. Freshfield's it was far harder, and it had been to the very great benefit of the society that Mr. Freshfield had consented to act. The society was now prosperous as it had never been before, and it was a pleasure to him to think how his dear old friend, Sir Walter Besant, would have been delighted at the progress made. They numbered now mearly two thousand members, and had every reason for congratulating themselves. Turning to the subject of sevenpenny books, he said that he had talked with many publishers about them, and he believed that if the seven- penny did not cease the six-shilling novel would be killed. Authors should, as Mr. Freshfield suggested, insist on there being no premature publication of their works as sevenpennies—which, unlike the sixpenny paper-covered editions, were bought by people to be put on their shelves and kept. ºf. Swan seconded the vote of thanks, which was thoroughly deserved by Mr. Freshfield, he said; for he had made great sacrifices for the society, and was the type of man whom they wanted at their head. The chairman, in acknowledging the vote, pro- tested that he could have done nothing without the aid which he had received from the committee and secretary. The meeting then closed. —e—º-e— FRAGMENTS OF CENTENARY ODE ON EDGAR ALLAN POE.” —º-º-º- I. HEN Death's embrace uncloaketh The false and true it yoketh, When slow libation smoketh And all the host That wronged him most The singer's urn convoketh, How utterly remouldeth The flame that all enfoldeth No more the scolder scoldeth, One would have said Some God were dead : He worships who beholdeth. For all men's fames, O sternest Deific priest, thou burnest On altars deeply furnaced, Aloft the peak All climbers seek Thou winnowest, thou discernest * The complete text of this poem is published in the Saturday Review for March 13, 1909. Night sinks unto the verges, Fierce hate no longer urges, Foe beside foe emerges The wild beasts slake At one fell lake The desert in their gurges. How soon the crowd bemoaneth As though such grief atoneth The beauty it dethroneth ; It shrines the pen The mantle then, The man himself it stoneth ! Now by the brain they blunted, Now by the heart they hunted, Now by the soul they stunted, Even here to-night, In the banquet-light, The cowards are confronted And at last the song confuted Of this vagabond sweet-luted, Celestial, persecuted, Poor mystagogue Or drunken rogue, Is by the world saluted. III. Therefore we hail him, winged poet undated, Backward-gazer, seer Chaldean belated, Hymning Terror and Chaos, as Earth in her vagrance Leaves long behind her in space wild tresses of fragrance,— Hymning all wonder, as momently grey Earth breaketh Still into spaces new, and mew-eyed awaketh He floats in the ivory boat he hath carven for pleasure, On, down a faery gorge, as one treads a measure, Bound for the paladise still where his heart hath treasure. Deep-Wombed valleys delight him, ambrosial, clouded— Clear streams wan with lilies and forest-shrouded, Walled by autumnal mountains, all sunset-lustred, Streams that mirror the cypress, dark, cedar-clustered. Down the mid-flood he bears through a vaporous Rhineland Borne in his plume i shallop by pool and vineland (Strange and phantasmal country () by towers enchanted Ablaze With his enemies' souls or by demons haunted. Broideries droop no longer from keep or casement Ruins honeycombed with horror, and foul abasement. Rats Swim off in he water—dead shoulders welter— Cold on the bulwark, lo a dead hand craves shelter. No, he must hasten past, this poet unfriended, He too is shelterless, cold, till this voyage be ended. Melodies dark he sings, low-toned, melancholy, He too has wrestled with Gods in his radiant folly, He, too, has felt the breath of passion too near him, Still the lost ecstasy clings, and lost arms ensphere him. O high houses crumbling down to the water, He seeks one lost and gone, the heaven's wise daughter Named under many names, although none recals her— Ligeia or Berenice, all ! what befalls her ? Valleys and forests and cities that Time enchanteth, Have they not marked her passing for whom he panteth 2 “None hath gone by, O Genius Serene and sombre Whom dost thou still pursue, through waking and slumber 2" “I seek one face alone on my Soul’s arrival At Hades' glimmering wharves, one divine survival " “Lo she thy lost one it is, who in airs above thee Urges thy faery sail with the lips that love thee I She took thy Sore heart hence, and shall heal its bruises Far in the deathless country, the land of Muses. . . .”  ## p. 190 (#242) ############################################ 190 TISIES A UTEIOR, IV. Glory unto thee, high Beauty, light in the drearness, Poised fragility, pure w th the spirit's clearness Strengths umgauged, unguessed, in thy petals shining Blown from the deeps of God through the heart divining. Again and again for ever to Beauty returning 3ack must the eyes revert, and the lips be yearning. l'anting we pause, for a sibylline whisper reigneth ; By its perfection only the song enchaineth. Here at the tempest's core is that windless zone ‘Of poise, . . . Here the wave of Beauty, spreading its tone Bell-like, the light Uranian, ringing unknown Wider than the wave aethereal, murmurs alone. HERBERT TRENCH. à -*— A w--—w COLONIAL SALES. —º-º-º- BRITISH AUTHORS v. AMERICAN SALESMEN. § HE business of selling and distributing English books in Australia demands a certain amount of foresight and energy. Immense distances have to be bridged, postal delays which often count for success or failure, where fashions in novels are concerned, have to be reckoned with. As a market for English books Australia offers a splendid field, once that elusive quality known as the personal equation has been finally overcome. There are other minor difficulties which I shall refer to later on. Now, it is all very well for an English author to spend his life in the making of books only to dis- cover that his work is being systematically “dropped under the counter.” Of course I am speaking strictly of the Australian book depôts as I have known them for the last ten years. The Australian publisher is not a hustler ; on the contrary he is slack and easy going to a painful degree, a fact which has long since dawned on the astute American publishers to the detriment of English authors and book exporters. To begin with, there is a large class of buyers and readers at the Antipodes whose trend in fiction is distinctly American. This fact added to Jonathan's business methods gives him a decided pull over British competitors. In a Melbourne book store once I observed an American agent assisting the shopman to dress the window. Passing the shop an hour later I was not surprised to see that the whole front was occupied by a small regiment of American books. Now, how many British commer- cial men would have ventured to advise that store proprietor regarding the disposition of his own Wares 2 Another factor in the American's present success is the tremendous amount of business sympathy he has to spare. It is not enough to consign a dead weight of books, per steamer, to a far distant group of customers and patiently await results. Something more is needed to lift that dead weigh of books into the front window, something more than a mere stereotyped letter of advice or batch of laudatory Press notices culled from the British reviews. The American knows this and promptly sends along a cultured business man of the world, a man interested in his customer's affairs, his losses, his prospects for the coming year. This highly trained representative is capable of advising even the experienced bookseller in certain matters connected with the trade. Here and there he may meet with a cool reception, but in the majority of cases his visits are welcomed until by degrees he assumes the position of a business adviser, and Sooner or later assists in dressing the window. These are the initial tactics of the American man of business; the ice of reserve and indifference are Cut every time he applies the knife. This keen- edged competition leaves the English author a bad Second in a field where there are untried chances in his favour. One is compelled to ask whether it would pay Colonial publishers and British writers to unite and dispense with the services of the London book exporters. From an extensive experience gathered “down under,” I am positive that very few Australian publishers would be sufficiently enter- prising to take anything in the way of risks except from a few well-tried names. On the other hand, if the books were published at the author's expense, or at the expense of his Society in England, and exported to Australia, he would still have to face the unenthusiastic Mel- bourne agent and the American man of business. Assuming also that the British author permitted the Melbourne publishers to produce his books locally, I can assure him that the increased cost of production would swamp all profits likely to accrue from an edition of 2,000 copies at least. And how many British authors are there whose sales exceed that number 2 At present the situation is one that almost defies the literary skill and labour thrown away on so many Colonial editions. Even the good English novel does not sell itself readily in Australia. Like merchandise and other goods, it requires Scientific handling and distribution. And to-day the Americans are supplying the trade with the proper amount of science that goes with the selling of each book. The visit of the American fleet to Australia during 1908 has had a distinctly favourable effect on all things American in that country. Scores of unknown transatlantic authors have been pushed to the front; the booming they received in several prominent Australian newspapers was only equalled by the thunder of Uncle Sam's guns when his fleet entered Sydney harbour.  ## p. 191 (#243) ############################################ TISIES A UITISIOR, 191 Still, one is not inclined to pessimism in litera- ture even where a little gun-firing is concerned. The Australian people are keen judges of book values, and are not likely to be permanently led astray by the astute methods of a few American salesmen. Matters, I feel sure, would be more than equalised if the English authors or publishers would unite in claiming efficient representation throughout the Australian book world. ALBERT DORRINGTON. —e—º-e— AN OPTIMIST'S VIEW OF OUR DECADENT DRAMA. AM about to make a demand for an endowment, not for a play-house, not for the player, but for the playwright. I think it is fully con- ceded, outside of certain high professional quarters where there is an interest in asserting the contrary, that Drama in England has fallen into a decadence. It, therefore, may be worth while to analyse exactly what constitutes decadence; for decadence is not a vague, uncertain disease ; it can be accurately diagnosed. Decadence in art consists of an enslaving of design to handicraft, of creative thought to execu- tive ability. This, in the particular domain of drama, resolves itself into the subjection of the dramatist's aim to the actor's; as has been hinted, rather than expressed, in recent controversy. The dramatist who knows nothing of stage-craft has often been held up to us as a terrible warning. Such a man may exist, but is he a dramatist at all 2 Many dramatists have graduated as actors, and the knowledge which comes of watching plays in front, and noting what effects really tell on an audience, is at least as open to an author's attain- ment as to an actor's. The actor's assumption that he knows how a play ought to be written, and that an author does not, is both a symptom and an aggravation of the disease of decadence. Let us consider the right relation of author to actor. It is precisely that of composer to musician, of architect to builder. In every case, ignorance of manipulation may lead to impossible design: the designer must have a fair knowledge of the capa- bilities of material and workmanship; but we know how architecture fails, when decoration is con- structed, instead of construction decorated ; and music writter, to show off the capacity of instru- ment or vocalist is hardly of the highest. It follows from this, that the founding of schools for actors, however useful in other ways, is not the medicine for drama. It may be useful to give an illustration from the history of opera of what is meant. The leading case on the point is that of Wagner. Let us sup- pose that King Ludwig, instead of standing patron to Wagner, had endowed a number of opera houses. No doubt certain German towns would have heard good music ; but would that have led to this revolution of musical thought, and this vital move- ment which has resulted from the composer's unfettered utterance 2 Wagner's work was heresy to the canons, and was not adapted to the require- ments of the human voice. Perhaps even Wagner had better have been more open than he was to advice from the stage, but the point is that he had ideas which he could articulate in his own way and in no other, and which, so articulated, have meant a movement in theory and practice, healthy if only because it is movement, not stationary perfection on old models. Another case in point is also from the Tyric stage, in this instance an unendowed financial venture under our own London conditions. What could have been more perfect, from their own artistic standpoint, than the series of Gilbert and Sullivan operas 2 And what was the secret of this f It is well known that the authority of the author was resolutely upheld as against even the leading actor. A piece of business might bring down the house every night, but was stopped at the instance of the author if it in any way clashed with his idea of the part, or with the general intention of the play. This is a very different thing from parrot-like drill by the actor-manager. The author's province is to say what business is pertinent, not to know how it can be done; he is not to teach the actor acting, but to decide how proficiency in acting shall be used. I am not alluding here to the oft-repeated charge that the actor-manager will selfishly use his power, to fatten his own part at the expense of other actor's parts. If this is ever done it is “most tolerable and not to be endured.” But I am speaking of the question as between actor and author. The actor's right standpoint is to regard a play as opportunity for the actor. The author's right standpoint is to regard the actors as Soldier's to carry out his general idea. And now let us see how all this works out toward an author who has a play to be produced. If the play is an entirely fresh and original hand- ling of theatrical opportunities—as plays by men worth anything usually are—it probably contra- dicts the established canons of structure, etc. The actor concludes it is lawless; and is artist enough to know that lawlessness is not art. But this is the very mistake with which every departure in art  ## p. 192 (#244) ############################################ I92 TISIES A CITISIOR. is met. The laws of art are eternal ; the canons of criticism are only working hypotheses approxi- mating to those laws. The eternal laws of art are deducible from the practice of the masters, but can never be exhaus- tively deduced from the practice of the past only ; whereas the canons of criticism are deduced almost wholly from the practice of the past or present, and never will admit those re-statements of law which should constantly modify accepted canons. This is true of all art movements. But the dramatist cannot, as the P.R.B. did, finish his masterpiece, and bide his time. He can print and publish his play, but a printed play is not a fininshed work of art; it is, at best, but the score of a piece of music not yet played. If, before he can get a hearing for the finished work, he must wait to convince the players, wedded to their experience--who, of course, have never seen the work in question performed—what chance is there for anything but the conventional Furthermore, experience shows that, when actors make up their mind to cut the Gordian knot, and produce something unconventional, they do not know in the least which way to look ; hence they produce mere eccentricity, because they lack knowledge of dramaturgy, more of which can be learned by writing one play with an idea in it, than by acting hundreds, however fine. Thus, managerial experiments are much more likely to be wrong than right. I need hardly say this is nowise written to decry the value of the actor's art ; the ultimate success of a play must depend on the quality of the acting. Neither does it mean that the author, unless he direct his rehearsals in person, should “fuss" about on these occasions. What the author has to say would be better discussed in conference with the director of the performances, before and after rehearsal. No doubt, this is usual already, when the play is once chosen ; but it is in the choice of plays in the first instance, by whoever finds the necessary funds, that the actor should not be con- sidered as more than an assessor in the department of his own craft, while in the mounting, casting, and blue-pencilling, the author, once chosen, should be paramount. No one can tell, until a play is tried, whether it will prove good or bad—the author is the only person who knows in advance what he is aiming at, and he can only express his aim by presenting the play—for the meaning of a work of art can only be expressed by that work of art itself. To choose a play with stuff of some sort in it, and then let the author blunder through with it, is the best training for him. But who is to pay for it 2 Experienced actors must be put at the service of the untried author ; the borrowing of novices from the conservatoires of acting has the disadvantage that a new play, to do it justice, requires tried exponents, while new actors do better to try them- selves on acknowledged models. I now come to the suggestion with which I began and to which this leads: why should not scholarships or exhibi- tions be granted to likely authors for the presenting of their plays * This would involve, of course, a reading committee, and an endowment. Something of the sort was tried when the Play- goers' Club chose one out of certain plays submitted, while certain of our leading actors pledged them- selves to produce and appear in the play selected. And if this process had been repeated often enough, I have little doubt it would have proved a real school of drama. But it had the disadvantage that every actor is not at his best in every play, while an offer so graciously made could only be accepted. The cast should be filled up after the choice of the play, and the actors should receive fees out of the endowment, if the author is to be unfettered in casting the parts. A theatre also would need to be hired or borrowed ; better the former, as much depends on the size of the theatre suiting the Scale of the play, and the proverb that beggars cannot be choosers holds good in this likewise. Several performances should be given, as a solitary matinée seldom runs smoothly ; and, besides, the result should repay the labour of rehearsal if heart and spirit are to be put into it. It would be exceedingly difficult to say how large a sum would be required for such a founda- tion, as the cost of mounting plays varies so much. One would be inclined to say that the sort of plays which would be selected might not require extravagant mounting; but it would be a great mistake to tie a dramatist down, in advance, to any fixed maximum of mounting; as the purpose of the scheme is to leave to him unfettered develop- ment. But perhaps a prize-winner might be allowed the choice of one expensive, or several inexpensive, experiments. By the time the prize-man had spent this money, he would presumably have “arrived,” or at least learnt how to “arrive.” But this would provide us with a theatre not pledged to prose or Verse, scenery or non-scenery, realism or idealism, limitations which have done much to set a bound to the usefulness of the various free theatre societies which have so far existed. To sum up, let us have a foundation granting xhibitions to the playwright. If we are to regenerate our drama, someone must finance author, not player. ARTHUR DILLON.  ## p. 193 (#245) ############################################ TFIES A CITISIOR. 193 THE LETTERPRESS MERCHANTS. —º-º-º- OME years ago the late Sir Walter Besant remarked that only two sorts of men ever make a name in literature. They were “the men who make their readers cry, and the men who make them laugh.” He said nothing about those authors who in endeavouring to make their readers weep succeed only in awakening their sense of the ridiculous; or of those others who, in striving to make their readers laugh, stir up animosity instead. That humour of the sort known as “unconscious.” should go unrewarded is regrettable, for it is the truest kind of humour that we have. Some books of reference that have lately come into the writer's hands contain well-nourished specimens of uncon- scious humour. These manuals of practical hints are for the guidance of littérateurs properly so called, as well as of free-lance journalists. They give lists of all the periodical publications— newspapers, magazines and reviews—that are issued in this country and in some other countries; the kinds of stories, articles, news paragraphs, miscellaneous contributions, and illustrations that each publication requires ; the lengths such contributions should be ; the respective rates of payment ; and the political views and the general atmosphere of every journal named. Open one of these books at haphazard, and you will come upon the following :— “The . . . . is emphatically a review of literature and science. . . . The articles are not popular Science, but they discuss scientific topics as far as possible in an unintellectual manner.” It is, at any rate, refreshing to find a journal with the courage to admit that it deals with topics “in an unintellectual manner.” Of course we all know that plenty of journals do deal with quite serious topics in that way—especially where their views differ from one's own—but the majority are too modest to advertise the fact. Then, in a list of newspapers soliciting con- tributions is one with the pleasing title, The World of Gas. Judging by the utterances of a proportion of the gentlemen who figure in the lime- light of publicity in these days there should be little enough difficulty in filling the columns of The World of Gas over and over again. We come next to journals of quite a different class—those that deal mainly with automobilism and all that thereunto appertains. Here are some of the requirements of one of them :— “The . . . . is a medium for all interested in self- propelled traffic. Roadside experiences, descriptions of accidents and mishaps, especially when of a humorous nature . . . . also points likely to promote controversy ... are all wanted. So are good motor jokes, which are paid for at from 2s. 6d. to 10s. apiece, according to their merit, while as much as a guinea is paid for an undoubtedly Comic motor anecdote.” With regard to “motor accidents . . . . of a humorous nature,” the question at once arises, Must such accidents have been humorous from the standpoint of the driver, or from that of the Victim P Somebody said once that the difference between the quick and the dead—from a chauffeur's stand- point—is that the quick are the people who get Out of the way, the dead are those who don't. But surely a motor accident sufficiently humorous to make the victim laugh before being slaughtered should be paid for at a higher rate than one that causes only the chauffeur to grin 2 Then as to “motor jokes.” What is a “motor joke,” precisely Would “Why did the cotter pin Because it saw the sparking plug,” be called a motor joke and as such valued at half-a-sovereign 2 Again, who fixes the degree of “merit" of a motor joke 2 Is a board meeting held once a week in the editorial chamber to pronounce judgment and divide the motor jokes into half-crown, five-shilling, Seven-and-sixpenny and ten-shilling jokes 2 And then that “undoubtedly comic motor anecdote ’’ for which “as much as a guinea' is paid, who delivers sentence about that ? Must the “motor anecdote ’’ cause the faces of the entire board of directors to expand before it can be declared to be “undoubtedly comic,” or will it do if it crumples up the rédacteur-en-chef ? One would like to know these things before setting to work to compete. - A journal called Our Animal Brothers—ought not this to be “Our Brother Animals” 2—requires “ photos from life of animals not in captivity . . . . head-pieces, tail-pieces,” etc. Of course it is easy for the editor to write like that in the security of his den, with half-a-dozen sinewy compositors and a couple of foundrymen probably within hail ; but who is going to bell the cat, so to speak, by photographing the head-piece of, let us say, a Tasmanian devil not in captivity ? One might risk a snap-shot at the tail-piece of some docile creature—a giraffe, for instance—not in captivity, but the writer considers that that should be about the limit. Then we come to the fiction department, and here we find that the requirements of the various editors fluctuate considerably. One editor, for instance, “draws the line at all to do with any matter of erotic tendency'” and “debars tales of divorce, infidelity, fast life, loose women . and Tequires a clean, healthy tone, and throughout a strong domestic interest.”  ## p. 194 (#246) ############################################ 194 TISIES A UITISIOIR, Run on somewhat similar lines is the journal in need of “good, healthy, moral stories of human interest, but nothing namby-pamby or goody-goody. Yet the narratives must be full of human sweetness and incident, and . . . . a strong love element should pervade each.” Another gentleman asks for “short, sparkling stories of achievement in the world ; of home life : of childhood and old age ; of delicate senti- ment and appreciation of the beautiful. Stories with a purpose, conveying wholesome truths influencing life and conduct, are desired. No tragedy, wickedness, or scandal. Characteristics : earnestness, brightness, and purposeful truths presented in growth of plot, not in Sermonizing. Also uses feature articles for the home and betterment of human existence, and verse which appeals to the higher and more noble sentiments.” Clearly an Ideal Editor, beautiful in a world where not even man is Vile. How different the requirements of an American editor on the next page, who clamours for “Love, passion, humour, ‘Frenchy' or suggestive tales inside the line of decency . . . . also fantastic fiction taken. Amy Setting ; any nationality ; and sometimes short, praiseworthy translations of French authors.” And of this one, who “Solicits bright, risqué, spicy stories, likewise ‘salacious’ dramas.” It is a pity the editors who want clean, whole- some fiction, and the editors in need of stories mainly erotic, should be mixed uphiggledy-piggledy, as they are in the pages of these manuals. The editors of these otherwise excellent books of refer- ence should have remembered the aphorism to do with evil communications, good manners, and cor- ruption. Next we have an American monthly, People's Maſſazine, which “wants . . . . novels . . . . inspired with the beauty, sweetness, and truth of life . . . . of a healthy tone, and appealing to the masses . . . . also love stories when they are not inane or too frothy . . . . stories not fantastic . . . . but not the cheap, trite tales written in near Bowery dialect.” One journal earnestly assures us that “reputa- tion of author is no catch towards acceptance of MSS. . . . but good U.S. setting much desired ”; another, Mothers' Magazine, that its contents “appeal exclusively to mothers and would-be mothers, not necessarily U.S.A. ”; a third, Modern Priscilla, that stories are more acceptable “when embroidery and fancy work is worked into the fiction.” 3. Indeed, nearly every imaginable kind of journal has its requirements here set forth—the require- ments of some of them almost bring a blush—from the Helenic Herald and the Homiletic Review down to The Hockey Field and Golf Green and the Halfpenny Surprise. The wants even of The Zoophilist and Animals’ Defender are duly catalogued. BASIL TOZER. CORRESPONDENCE, -º-º-º- LITERARY AGENTs. SIR,-With the development of the business of the literary agent there is arising a considerable difficulty about the collection of money from pub- lishers. It is becoming customary for the agents to insert a clause in any agreement drawn up, declar- ing their signatures a good and valid receipt for money due to authors—a very dangerous and undesir- able custom, in view of the financial standing of many of these enterprising and necessary middle- men. Not a few of them are quite unsubstantial men, and if they refuse to hand over monies received, it may surprise many authors to learn that they can only recover the sum due to them as an ordinary debt. On the other hand, I am told there is only too much justification for the agent's desire to handle the money in transit from publisher to author. I would like to suggest to you that the treatment of this question by our society is becoming urgently necessary. For my own part, I am not averse to the agency clause if the agent's solvency is properly guaranteed. It seems to me that the best plan might be for the Society to make a register of English and American agents of standing and repute, and oblige them, as it could very easily do, to find sureties for the prompt payment of sums that may become due to our members under the agency clause. A mere register of unguaranteed respect- abilities would, of course, be worse than useless. The society could publish the list month by month, and its members would then have only them- selves to blame if they suffer through an agent's default. And, on the other hand, the struggling author—who is most disposed for many reasons to resort to the struggling but promising agent— will get a regularly reiterated warning against acquiescence in the agency clause when dealing with unsubstantial men. The honest small agent who is not a capitalist should be quite willing to waive the dangerous delight of collecting money that may become fatally involved in—let us say—his unpre- meditated bankruptcy. Very sincerely yours, H. G. WELLS. P.S.–It seems to me that it would addenormously to the usefulness of the Society of Authors if it could undertake the whole business of collecting monies due to authors—if, for instance, one could file one's agreements with it, and have the society receive and transmit accounts and cash. Quite a small per- centage upon the amounts handled should make this a profitable as well as valuable branch, and we should then incidentally solve the little difficulty between the agent who manifestly does not trust,  ## p. 195 (#247) ############################################ TISIES A UTFIOR. 195 the author, and the author who is only too ready to trust any agent. P.P.S.—Since writing the above I have dis- covered the following beautiful development of the “agency clause ’’:— - “And any sums due to the Author shall be paid to the Author's representative, Mr. Allworthy, whose receipt alone shall be a full and sufficient discharge of the obligation and this authority shall not be revocable by the Author without the previous 20ritten consent of the said representalive.” —e—sº-0— AMERICAN COPYRIGHT. SIR,-Having read with great interest Mr. McIlwaine's article in the February number of The Author on copyright in America for British authors, I wish to express my hearty agreement with all he says, especially on behalf of the semi- successful. My own experiences might interest some comrades, but I fear to take up space with personal grievances. Yours truly, - MAY CROMMELIN. —0–º-0– “SHALL WE PUBLISH FOR OURSELVES 2 ” SIR,--The letter of C. A. M. in The Aufhor for March is so full of interest to many novel-writers that it is to be hoped we shall see some authoritative answers to his questions. His experiences are practically identical with my own, and I feel sure that they must be similar to those of a very large number of novelists. I should like to inquire from him if he submitted his second novel to the publisher who accepted his first novel, and if not, why not ? The answer to his two last questions as to reviewing and advertising, I feel sure must be No. The average author cannot manage either advan- tageously for himself. At the same time, is there nothing else for it but to adopt the miserable present-day standard of “nothing but what pays” in literature as in all else ? It there no way in which “the novel which involves the heart and, Soul of the author who cares for his work" can Teach the reader ? Yours, etc., L. M. B. - e-Q-e— - THE LITERARY PICKEERER. SIR,-For some time I have edited a monthly periodical which once had prospects of becoming a property of some pecuniary value. Each month its chances of success decrease, because all that is novel, distinctive and attractive in its contents is appropriated by an imitative publication. During the last fifteen months this rival has adopted eighteen features I introduced into my magazine, and now I never open a copy of this competing periodical without realising that imitation is the meanest form of flattery. The practice is common and widespread. This Week's mail brings me a letter from a journalist in Hongkong, who writes: “the . . . here are doing their utmost to kill us, while copying ideas from us wholesale. No matter what new features we introduce, one or more of the local papers are sure to imitate, but studiously avoid giving us credit for what they crib.’ His trouble is my trouble, and the trouble of all British editors who endeavour to originate novel features, treat old subjects in new ways, present facts in a more attractive manner, and strive to progress in the art of expression. Apparently copyright protects phrases, lines, pictures, and Combinations of these, but does not protect ideas, or that which is vital and essential to the property it is supposed to protect. What is the remedy ? The matter is of importance to authors because, in the first place they, or at least some of them, are originators; in the second place, because no periodical can afford to pay them for ideas which competing publications obtain gratis by copying only the essentials. It is not the editor alone who is to blame ; my publisher complains that his Schemes are exploited by the publisher of the imitating competitor, and the advertisement manager reports that the novel methods he initiates to attract business are used by his competitor. Some may suppose that the public reward the originator and decline to support the imitator. The public takes the cheapest thing offered. The paper which borrows ideas, instead of paying for them, is produced more cheaply; it can cut rates for advertising space; advertisers and readers sup- port it, regarding any plaints we utter as only the Outcome of jealousy or envy we have for a successful competitor. It may be urged that at least the originator finds pleasure in being first ; but the mind of the imitator is so constituted that he experiences equal, if not greater, satisfaction in copying successfully. In my experience, enterprise shown in originat- ing schemes does not pay. The literary pioneer clears the ground, ploughs the soil, sows the seed, weeds the fields, destroys the locusts, and then the literary pickeerer reaps the harvest and fattens his manubial cattle on the crop. I do not know how to protect the originator. If authors cannot help me to a remedy, in justice to the proprietors I must adopt the policy of the pickeerer ; or, what amounts to the same thing as far as authors are concerned, resign, and allow someone who will follow and not lead, the privilege  ## p. 196 (#248) ############################################ 196 TISIES A CITISIOR- of conducting the periodical with fewer and smaller payments to its contributors. Yours faithfully, PARAPH. —º-º-º- MR. ARCHER AND THE “ ACADEMY.” SIR,-As certain comments in the Academy regarding our advertisement in The Author of our arrangement with Mr. Archer for reading and criticism of plays are made to reflect upon The Author, through a misunderstanding on the part of the editor of the Academy, may we observe that Mr. Archer's arrangement with us is exactly that which the Academy desires. His services to the literary aspirant are “limited to instruction,” and have no connection with the work of placing the plays with managers except that if Mr. Archer's suggestions help to improve a play they improve its chances of being placed. As the Academy rightly points out : “Only an infinitesimal percentage of the plays written by amateurs can in the nature of things be produced at theatres.” We are obliged to decline the honour of offering to managers nine out of ten of the plays submitted to us. If an agent gains the reputation with managers of submitting to them only such plays as are worthy of their immediate attention, that agent is entitled to say that he has some “influence" with managers. If bundles of plays, good, bad, and indifferent, were sent around indiscriminately to managers on payment of some kind of preliminary agency fee from the author, the business would be little less than a swindle, for no experienced manager would be likely to waste his time on these heterogeneous bundles, and the agency fees paid by the author would be worse than wasted. The mistake that the Academy makes is in founding its comments on the supposi- tion that this is the way we do business. As to the use of Mr. Archer's criticisms with managers, if Mr. Archer were to say about any play sent to him by us that it was a thoroughly good play, Worthy of acceptance as it stood, we should undoubtedly wish to quote that comment to any manager likely to be interested in it; but I do not think Mr. Archer has ever said this of any play we have sent to him. Judging by the painstaking criticisms received from him so far, we do not believe that one in twenty of them would help to place the play with any manager, except in the only legitimate way, and the only way Mr. Archer or ourselves ever had in view, viz., by helping the author to improve that play. I think it is due to The Author that this frank statement should be made, and that its publication will clear away any misconception that may have arisen in the minds of the Academy readers. Yours faithfully, CURTIS BROWN AND MASSIE. SCHOLZ v. AMASIs, LTD. SIR,-The writer of the paragraph joins issue with my criticisms on two points. He says I am wrong (a) in my reading of the documents in the case ; (b) in my view of the law. On the first point, I have now, through the courtesy of the Authors' Society, had an oppor- tunity of seeing the documents ; and, as a matter of fact, the pleadings literally bear out the statement in my letter that no claim of copy- right was made by the plaintiff. The expression all through is “right of performance.” Where the writer of the paragraph finds authority for his statement that the plaintiff’s claim was for infringe- ment of copyright, I cannot discover. It is true that, in his judgment, Mr. Justice Jelf once or twice casually uses the term “copyright”; but generally with explanatory words, which show that he is not employing the term in its technical sense. In any case, my statement was correct. The fact that the plaintiff’s solicitors happened to endorse the writ “infringement of copyright" is, of course, quite immaterial, regard being had to the framing of the pleadings. On the second point, it is well known that the “Act to Amend the Laws relating to Literary Property" (1833) does not contain the word “copyright,” in preamble, text, or marginal notes, and that sect. 20 of the Copyright Act, 1842, which adopts and strengthens the provisions of 1833, pointedly distinguishes, all through, between the “liberty of representing or performing ” a dramatic piece, and the “copyright in books,” merely men- tioning the latter by way of contrast. If your contributor chooses to apply to the acting right a term which the Acts carefully refrain from giving to it, he can, of course, do so. But he ought to warn his readers that he is adopting an unusual, and, as I venture to submit, a misleading course. Apart from language, the plaintiff in Scholz v. Amasis, Ltd., could only succeed by proving piracy. Without proof of that, the defendant had as much right to present his play as the plaintiff to present his. 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