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Che Huthbor.
(The Organ of the Incorporated Society of Authors.
FOUNDED BY SIR
Monthly.)
WALTER BESANT.
Vox. X XTII.—No. 2.
NOVEMBER 1, 1912.
[PRicE SIXPENCE.
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
374 VICTORIA.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:
AUTORIDAD, LONDON.
——_—_—_e——______
NOTICES.
—— $<
ee the opinions expressed in papers that
are signed or initialled the authors alone
are responsible. None of the papers or
paragraphs must be taken as expressing the
opinion of the Committee unless such is
especially stated to be the case.
Tue 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 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.
ARTICLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS .
Tue Editor of The Author begs to remind
members of the Society that, although the
paper is sent to them free of cost, its production
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, 89, 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
Vou. XXIII.
the standpoint of art or business, but on no
other subjects whatever. Every effort will be
made to return articles which cannot be
accepted.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
As there seems to be an impression among
readers of The Author that the Committee are
personally responsible for the bona fides of the
advertisers, the Committee desire it to be stated
that this is not, and could not possibly be, the
case. Although care is exercised that no
undesirable advertisements be inserted, they
do not accept, and never have accepted, any
liability.
Members should apply to the Secretary for
advice if special information is desired.
——_— > —___
THE SOCIETY’S FUNDS.
to
{1ROM 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 con-
tributions 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 principle, or in assisting to obtain
copyright reform, 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 all the members of the Society.
*9
a
THE PENSION FUND.
1
before the trustees of the Pension Fund
the accounts for the year 1911, as settled
by the accountants, with a full statement of
the result of the appeal made on behalf of
the fund. After giving the matter full con-
sideration, the trustees instructed the secretary
to invest the sum of £500 in the purchase of
Antofagasta and Bolivian Railway 5% Pre-
ferred Ordinary Stock and Central Argentine
Railway Ordinary Stock. The amounts pur-
chased at the current prices were £287 in the
former and £232 in the latter stock.
The trustees desire to thank the members of
the society for the generous support which they
have given to the Pension Fund. The money
now invested amounts to £4,454 6s.
Later in the year, at a meeting of the Com-
mittee of Management, a question concerning
the funds of the society was brought up for dis-
cussion, and it was suggested that it would be
a good thing for the Pension Fund trustees, if
they had power, to sell out the Fund’s holding of
Consols and to invest in some more satisfactory
security. The suggestion was placed before the
trustees of the Pension Fund, and a meeting
was called, when the chairman of the Committee
of Management, the trustees, and Mr. Aylmer
Maude, the member of the Committee of
Management who had made the suggestion,
were present. The figures were very closely
considered, and it appeared clear that altera-
tions in the investment of the funds could be
carried out with advantage to the Fund’s
income. It was decided by the trustees, with
the approval of the Committee of Management,
to sell out the holding of Consols. With the
amount realised, were purchased —
$2,000 (£400) Consolidated Gas and Elec-
tric Company of Baltimore 44% Gold
Bonds ;
30 Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway
4°, Extension Shares, (1914) £8 paid ;
£250 Edward Lloyd, Ltd., £1 5% Prefer-
ence Shares.
These amounts are fully set out and added
in the nominal value to the Pension Fund
investments, below.
The trustees have also, in view of the option
extended to them as holders of £232 Central
Argentine Railway Ordinary Stock, subscribed
for 8 Central Argentine Railway £10 Preference
Shares, New Issue.
The nominal value of the investments held
on behalf of the Pension Fund now amounts
iT January, the secretary of the society laid
THE AUTHOR.
to £4,454 6s., details of which are fully set out
in the following schedule :—
Nominal Value.
gd
Local loans ......:0. 552... 500 0 0
Victoria Government 3% Consoli-
dated Inscribed Stock ........ 291 19 11
London and North-Western 3%
Debenture Stock ...........- 250 0 0
Egyptian Government Irrigation
Trust 4%, Certificates ...<.:.. 200 0 0
Cape of Good Hope 34% Inscribed
Stock 2.2.2.5.....0 2 200 0 0
Glasgow and South-Western Rail-
way 4°% Preference Stock 228 0 O
New Zealand 34% Stock........ 247 9 6
Trish Land 23% Guaranteed Stock 258 0 0
Corporation of London 23%
Stock, 1927-57 .............. 438 2 4
Jamaica 34% Stock, 1919-49 1382 18 6
Mauritius 4% 1937 Stock ...... 120 12 1
Dominion of Canada, C.P.R. 34%
Land Grant Stock, 1988 ...... 198 3 8
Antofagasta and Bolivian Railway
5, Preferred Stock .......4., 237 0 0
Central Argentine Railway Or-
dinary Stock... ........ 3. 232 0 0
$2,000 Consolidated Gas and
Electric Company of Baltimore
44% Gold Bonds ............ 400 0 0
250 Edward Lloyd, Ltd., £1 5%
Preference Shares 2 ........ 250 0 0
80 Buenos Ayres Great Southern
Railway 4° Extension Shares
1914 (£8 paid)... 240 0 0
8 Central Argentine Railway £10
Preference Shares New Issue... 30 0 O
Total. ..........£4,454 6 0
Se
PENSION FUND.
—— ++
Tue list printed below includes all fresh dona-
tions and subscriptions (i.e., donations and
subscriptions not hitherto acknowledged)
received by, or promised to, the fund from
April 1st, 1912.
It does not include either donations given
prior to April Ist, nor does it include sub-
scriptions paid in compliance with promises
made before it.
THE AUTHOR.
Subscriptions.
1912.
April 6, Bland, J. O. P.
April 6, Taylor, Mrs. Basil
April 6, Forrester, J. Cliffe
June 6, Probert, W. S. :
June 6, Wheelhouse, Miss M. V.
June 6, Acland, Mrs. C. D. .
June 6, Spurrell, Herbert (from
1912 to 1915)
June 6, Spens, Archibald B. .
July 18, Liddle, S. 5
Aug. 7, Joseph, L. : : :
Sept. 6, Garvice, Charles (in addi-
tion to present sub-
scription of £1 1s.)
2, Todhunter, Dr. John.
10, Eseott, T. H. S. : :
10, Henderson, R. W. Wright
10, Knowles, Miss M. W. :
11, Buckley, Reginald
12, Walshe, Douglas
12 * Penmark’”’ ; :
15, Sinclair Miss Edith .
16, Markino, Yoshio
20, Fiamingo, Carlo
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
1912. Donations.
April 2, XX. Pen Club
April 6, Taylor, Mrs. Basil .
April 6, Cameron, Mrs. Charlotte .
April 10, Kenny, Mrs. L. M. Stac-
poole ; ‘ g
April 10, Robbins, Alfred F..
April 10, Harris, Emma H. .
April 11, Ralli, C. Scaramanga
April 11, Aitken, Robert —. :
April 16, L. M. F. (£1 per month,
February, March, April)
April 22, Prior, Mrs. Melton :
May 2, Baden-Powell, Miss Agnes
May 25, Koebel, W. H. : :
May 28, Harland, Mrs. Henry
May 28, Wood, Mrs. A. E. ;
June 4, Hornung, E. W.
June 4, Ward, Dudley
June 6, Worrall, Lechmere .
June 13, Robbins, Miss Alice E.
July 5, Hain, H.M. . ;
Aug. 16, Shipley, R. H. ;
Sept. 20, Willcocks, Miss M. P.
Sept. 23, Peacock, Mrs. F. M.
Oct. 2, Stuart, James .
Oct. 14, Diblee, G. Bonney . .
Oct. 14, Michell, The Right Hon.
Sir Lewis, C.V.O. :
Oct. 17, Ord, H.W. . :
Oct. 20, Yorke-Smith, Mrs. .
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COMMITTEE NOTES.
—— +
HE first meeting of the committee after
the vacation was held at the offices of
the Society, on Monday, October 7th.
After the minutes of the previous meeting had
been read and signed, the committee proceeded
to the election of members and _ associates.
Kighty-six elections were recorded, bringing
the total for the current year up to 290, a
record election for the first ten months of any
year. The full list of names appears on another
page. The committee, accepted with regret,
the resignation of two members.
The solicitor then read a detailed report of
the cases left open from the former mecting
and those taken in hand during the vacation.
Against one paper there were six County
Court cases. In each of these cases the sums
due to the authors have been paid, and where
summonses have been issued, costs have also
been recovered. One important case, left
over from the last meeting, related to the
claim of a member against the proprietor of a
paper for wrongful dismissal. In this case the
damages demanded were obtained after some
slight demur, and the matter has been closed.
There was another case against the editor of
a paper for infringement of copyright. This
matter was settled, with the approval of the
author, who resides in China. Of the County
Court cases left open, in addition to those
already mentioned, five have been settled by
payment of the sums claimed, with costs.
In one case the paper has gone into liquida-
tion, and it is feared there are no assets.
In three other cases, summonses are still
pending, and will be heard some time in
October. A report of these will be made to
the committee at their meeting in November,
and details will appear in the December issue
of The Author. Three cases against a music
publisher are in the solicitors’ hands. They
involve complicated questions of account and
disputes under agreements. Negotiations have
been carried on, and it is hoped the matters
will be settled before the November meeting
of the committee. A case against a paper,
on behalf of a member of the Society, arising
out of a dispute as to the exact terms of a
contract, has been set down for trial and will
be carried through in due course, unless, as the
solicitor reported might possibly happen,
terms are reached before the case is tried.
A serious case against an agent was taken
in hand on the authority of the chairman during
the vacation. The action of the chairman was
36 THE AUTHOR.
approved by_ the committee, and the matter
will be carried through by the lawyers as
quickly as possible. In another case, where a
magazine had printed a story purporting to
be the work of an author who had not, in fact,
written it, the course adopted during the
vacation was confirmed by the committee,
and the case will be carried through. A
dispute between an author and publisher as
to the terms on which a commission agreement
could be terminated, was also reported by the
solicitor, who was instructed to proceed, as the
question was a matter of principle, although
the sum in dispute was small. The solicitor
reported that delay had occurred in one case
owing to the difficulty in obtaining answers to
letters written from the society’s office. The
committee decided it would be best for a
representative of the Society to see the member
personally and discuss matters with him.
Having heard all the circumstances, the
committee decided they could not take up a
case dealing with the loss of a MS.. which had
been put before them.
The secretary then reported a curious
difficulty which had arisen in the conduct of an
action for infringement of copyright in Burma.
It appeared, that the infringement had
occurred when the Act of 1842 was in force,
under which Act it was necessary to produce a
copy of the certificate of registration of the
author’s copyright. This, however, it was
impossible to do now as the registration office
had been closed. It was equally impossible to
sue under the Act of 1911, as that Act had not
yet been proclaimed in India or Burma. The
secretary reported he had written twice to
the India Office on the matter, and that
that office reported that they had drawn the
attention of the Indian authorities to the
difficulty, and had forwarded the correspon-
dence. It is hoped that the Society will be
able to take action, as soon as the Act is pro-
claimed under Section 37.
The secretary then read to the committee
a statement of a case laid before the Society
by a member, in which a publisher had refused
to keep his contract, owing to the refusal of
the printers at the last moment to print the
book. The member did not wish any action
taken, as the book was being published by
another house under a fresh agreement, but she
wished to draw the committee’s attention to
the position of the publisher, and that of the
printers in the special case. The committee
expressed their thanks to the member for her
statement.
A further report was made by the secretary
as to a case taken up by the Society in San
Francisco, and the committee decided to push
the matter forward.
It will be seen from this report that the
number of cases carried through has been very
large, and in most of them, the issues have
been successful. The pressure of legal work
in no way slackened off during the vacation.
After the reports of the secretary and the
solicitor, the next business dealt with was
Canadian copyright. The chairman explained
that it had been necessary for him to act in
this matter under powers given to him by the
committee, and he read a report of the work
done during the vacation. As a result of
interviews and correspondence it was decided
to address the Canadian Prime Minister upon
the proposed Copyright Bill of the Dominion.
A letter, which it was proposed to send to the
Canadian Premier, was therefore submitted
to certain members of the Society, and the
chairman said that it had been signed, with few
exceptions, by all those before whom it had
been laid. It will now be forwarded. The
object of the letter was to urge upon the
Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honour-
able R. L. Borden, the importance of main-
taining the unity of imperial and international
copyright.
The committee next considered the most
important matter that has been before the
Society for some time, viz., the collection bureau
an office which is being started to assist authors
in the collection of certain fees. In another
column of this issue will be found a short
statement of what it is proposed to do, although
‘the full details have not, as yet, been settled.
The secretary reported the action that had
been taken during the vacation, as a result
of the approval of the council, which approval
was chronicled in the October issue of The
Author. Letters had been sent to certain
members of the Society, asking them whether
they would guarantee any sum towards the
starting of the new bureau. The secretary
reported that promises had been given, and a
guarantee amounting to £670 had been raised.
The committee then gave authority to the
secretary to collect the fees due on the
mechanical reproductions of the work of
composers, members of the Society, who
wished these fees collected by the Society.
The question of the commission to be charged
was referred to the Composers’ Sub-Committee,
with a request to that body to report to the
Committee of Management at the earliest
opportunity. The question of the collection
of fees on dramatic contracts was referred to
Sse anaes ae ANS
THE AUTHOR.
the Dramatic Sub-Committee, with a similar
request for report as to the commission to
be charged for collection. The question of
the charge for collection of fees on literary
contracts between authors and_ publishers
was adjourned to the next meeting of the
committee, when it will come up with the
reports from the Composers’ Sub-Committee
and Dramatic Sub-Committee. The secretary
was authorised to hire another room for the
use of the Collection Bureau at a given limit
of rental, and to engage another clerk to carry
out the work and to assist in the work of the
Society generally.
The appointment of the date of the dinner,
and the necessary arrangements in connection
therewith, were left in the hands of the
chairman to settle in consultation with the
secretary. A circular dealing with this matter
will be sent out in due course.
Questions referring to Australian copyright
and other copyright matters were referred
to the Copyright Sub-Committee. Finally,
the committee sanctioned the purchase of a
safe to contain the scenarios which were being
registered at the office, as the present regis-
tration box was inadequate. They also sanc-
tioned the purchase of a card index and other
necessary equipment.
The business discussed occupied the com-
mittee till a late hour.
——>+—
Dramatic SuB-CoMMITTEE.
Tue first meeting of the Dramatic Sub-
Committee after the vacation was held at the
offices of the Society of Authors on Friday,
October 18th.
The matter of the managerial treaty was the
first on the agenda. The secretary read a
letter from the Society of West End Managers
to the effect that the last communication from
the Society of Authors was to be considered by
the managers at their mecting in November.
Further discussion therefore was adjourned.
The sub-committee next considered what
fees authors should be advised to accept for
performances of their plays in provincial halls
and theatres twice nightly, as certain managers
in the provinces had started performances on
these lines. The secretary received instruc-
tions to obtain some further information and
to report to the next meeting.
The question of fees in portable theatres, was
also discussed, and a letter from Mr. Cecil
Raleigh was read to the sub-committee.
37
It was followed by “‘ Cinematograph perfor-
mances and authors’ rights.” The secretary
stated that Mr. Raleigh had promised to submit
a report, but was unable to lay it before the
present meeting, as he was awaiting further
information from the Société des Auteurs
Dramatiques.
The Committee of Management referred to
the Dramatic Sub-Committee for advice in
regard to the collection of authors’ fees by the
society's Collection Bureau. The secretary
explained at length what the Society proposed
to undertake, and the sub-committee recom-
mended, as the Society did not propose in any
way to act as agents for the placing of plays,
that under contracts actually made between a
dramatist and a manager for the performance
of a play, the Society should collect the fees on
a commission of 5 per cent.
The secretary then laid before the sub-
committee the translation of an agreement
issued by the Société des Auteurs Dramatiques
between a dramatist and a translator. He
explained that he had been desired to take this
step by a gentleman in Holland who was
anxious to act as the Society's agent now that
Holland was about to enter the revised Con-
vention of Berne, and to have authority to
translate the works of those dramatists who
were members of the English Society. He had
expressed his willingness to stand by the terms
of any contract the sub-committee cared to
settle. The matter was adjourned to the next
meeting so that the sub-committee could give
it their consideration, and the secretary was
instructed to send round copies of the draft.
The papers relating to the schedule of fees
which, at the request of the sub-committee, had
been issued to the members of that body, were
laid on the table, and, after some discussion, it
was decided to take no further steps at present.
The secretary again raised the question of
the appointment of agents in foreign countries.
As at present there appeared to be no way of
getting over the serious practical difficulties
that existed, further discussion was abandoned.
The dramatic cases that had been taken up,
with the sanction of the chairman, during the
vacation were reported.
— ++
Composers’ SUB-COMMITTEE.
A MEETING of the Composers’ Sub-Com-
mittee was held at the offices of the Society
on Saturday, September 14th.
Following the reading of the minutes of
the last meeting, a question submitted to the
38
Composer's Sub-Committee by the Committee
of Management, namely, the amount of com-
mission to be charged for the collection of
mechanical instrument fees, was considered.
The sub-committee reported to the Com-
mittee of Management that they considered, in
the first instance, the Society should charge
15 per cent. on the collection of these fees under
the Act of 1911, on works reproduced in England,
the composers affected paying for the manu-
facture of the necessary stamps. The sub-
committee also considered that if accounts
were rendered and settled every six months,
this would be convenient to composers. This
report will be considered at the next meeting
of the Committee of Management.
A question then arose touching an agree-
ment which had been submitted to one of the
Society’s members for signature, and the
secretary received instructions to write to the
firm that had made the proposal, as the sub-
committee considered the form of agreement
submitted was wholly unreasonable.
The question of performing rights again
came up for discussion, and the secretary
received instructions to write to the Music
Publishers’ Association on the matter, referring
them to correspondence which had passed in
the spring of the year.
Mr. W. A. Elkin, a Director of the Mechani-
cal Copyright Licences Co., was kind enough
to call at the Society’s offices to discuss the
terms of an agreement put forward by his
company for the collection of mechanical
instrument fees, and it is hoped that some
definite pronouncement may be made later.
A discussion also took place relative to the
Taylor-Coleridge Fund and Concert.
—1—>+
Tur Copyricut Sup-CoMMITTEE.
A MEETING of the Copyright Sub-Committee
was held at the offices of the Society on
Thursday, October 17th, at 4 o'clock.
A report on the Australian Copyright Bill,
which had been drafted kindly by Mr. E. J.
MacGillivray, was laid before the sub-com-
mittee and carefully considered.
The sub-committee recommended that the
report should be laid before the Committee
of Management, and advised that the Commit-
tee of Management, if possible, should take
steps to see the following points adopted.
Under the present Bill registration is neces-
sary in the Colony, if an author or copyright
owner desired to take advantage of some of
the penal clauses.
THE AUTHOR.
The Copyright Sub-Committee advise that,
if possible, this registration should be done
away with.
The sub-committee advise that the penal
clauses should be more clearly expressed, and
it should be stated that the £10 is cumulative.
They consider that a severer penalty should
be enforced in the case of a second or subse-
quent infringement.
The sub-committee consider that the period
in which to take summary proceedings is too
short, being limited to six months. It is quite
probable in many of the infringements of drama-
tic rights that it would be impossible to take
proceedings in the Australian Courts under the
penal clauses, even if the infringement was
known in Great Britain and other Colonies
within the specified period, and they think it
advisable that the time should be extended to
a year.
++
Cases.
Members of the Society may be inclined
to consider, from the record of cases appearing
monthly in these columns, that the Society’s
work is confined merely to taking legal action.
If this is their view, they are making an en-
tirely false deduction, although, no doubt, the
number of cases taken up by the Society during
the year is considerable. During the past
month, seventeen cases have been in the
hands of the secretary. There were four
demands for money. In one case the money
has been paid, two other cases have had to
go into the hands of the Society’s solicitors,
and the fourth has only recently come to the
office. Three cases for accounts have come
to the office. In one the Society has placed
in an accountant to investigate the accounts,
in another the accounts have been rendered
and satisfactorily explained, and the last
case is still in course of negotiation. Two
infringements of copyright have been dealt
with. One has been settled, and it is hoped
to bring the other to a satisfactory conclusion
as the infringement is admitted, and the
question is merely one of damages. A curious
case of property in title has been placed in the
hands of the Society’s solicitors in Dublin,
though it is very doubtful whether a satis-
factory result will ensue, as the movements
of the defendants—a travelling theatrical
company—are difficult to follow. Three claims
for the return of MSS. have been dealt with.
In two the MSS. have been returned, and the
third, recently brought to the office, has not
Beaman, Lieut. A. A. M.
THE AUTHOR.
yet been settled. Of four claims for accounts
amd money, two have been settled and two are
in the course of negotiation.
—+—< +
Elections.
Barradell-Smith, W.
(Richard Bird)
Biddulph, Mrs. Wright.
Bluett, Mrs. Duncan C,
(Beatrice Kelston)
Brewster, Bertram
Buckley, Reginald R. .
Cameron, W. J. .
Chatterton-Hill, Georges
Clarke, E. M.
(C.0.M.)
Close, Evelyne
Dale, Miss Mary
.
Dibblee, G. Binney.
Douglas, Sholto O. G. .
Duckworth, Mrs. Madge
Egerton, Mrs. Fred
. _— Ervine, St. John G.
Kscott, T. H. S.
Evans, Frederic .
Felberman,
F.R.HS.
Fellowship Song Com-
mittee.
Louis,
Fiamingo, Carlo .
Frere, Edgar
Garrison, Mrs. Isabel
___— Gibbs, Philip
Glasgow Academy,
Glasgow.
96, Piccadilly, W.
The Chilet, Pet-
worth, Sussex.
The Wood End,
Prestwood, Gt.
Missenden.
59, Madeley Road,
Ealing.
23, Coram Street,
Russell Square,
W.C.
Université, Gen®ve,
Suisse.
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LITERARY, DRAMATIC, AND MUSICAL
NOTES.
ae
NDER the title “ Pelops: A Tetral-
[ ogy,” Mr. Arthur Dillon is publishing,
through Mr. Elkin Mathews, four
plays dealing with early incidents in the
mythical story of the House of Tantalus.
The present revival of interest in the Greek
Drama should make the subject appeal to the
public, since a knowledge of such earlier
history is assumed in so many of the tragedies
of classical times. The rhymed couplet. is
used in the dialogue throughout. The plays
are, “* The Charioteers,”’ “ Chrysippus,” “ The
Victors at Olympia,” and * Tantalus: A
Satyric Play.” The volume is published at
two prices, on antique laid paper, in boards
at 3s. 6d. net, and on wove paper, in wrapper,
at 1s. 6d. net.
F. Bancroft’s new novel, issued on the 24th
ult., by Messrs. Hutchinson & Co., though it
deals mainly with a phase of life in South
Africa during the stormy days of the conflict
between Britain and the Transvaal, is in no
Sense a war story, but a study of character
minutely sketched and framed in a background
of South African portraiture which recalls her
former work, “ Of Like Passions,’ now in an
eighth edition.
Miss Mary C. Rowsell’s “ Thornrose and
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Sparkbedor,” and “ Humpbacked Riquet,”’
are two plays in rhyme, excellently adapted
for school or indoor amateur performance.
There are no fees charged in respect of either play.
Messrs. Samuel French are the publishers.
Miss T. Wilson Wilson published in Sep-
tember, through Messrs. Stanley Paul & Co.,
“© 4 Modern Ahab,’ a present-day novel. In
October the same writer produced a book for
boys and girls entitled ‘“ Jim’s Children,”
which Messrs. Blackie have published. Miss
Wilson Wilson also has a story in Blackie’s
Christmas Annual.
Miss Amy McLaren’s novel “‘ Bawbo Jeeck,”
has just appeared in a reprint in Messrs.
Everett’s 7d. Library. The same writer’s
‘‘ With the Merry Austrians,’’ has just appeared
in America, where Messrs. Putmans Sons
publish it.
Mr. R. A. Peddie has compiled, for the use
of students, a handbook to The British
Museum Reading Room. ‘The book is revised
and enlarged from Mr. Peddie’s lecture ‘* How
to use the Reading Room of the British
Museum,” and contains useful information
on the Library of the Museum, conditions of
admission to the reading room, the general
catalogue and special catalogues. There are
also chapters dealing with rare and valuable
books, and one devoted to the Department of
Oriental Books and Manuscripts. Messrs.
Grafton & Co., of 69, Great Russell Street,
W.C., are the publishers.
Messrs. Blackie & Son, Ltd., have re-issued
Miss Rowsell’s story, ‘The Pedlar and His
Dog.” This volume belongs to a series of
“Stories Old and New,” which has been
especially prepared for children. The books
have been carefully chosen so as to include
many stories by the best children’s authors
of to-day.
Messrs. Blackwoods published last month
Sydney C. Grier’s new novel, “‘ One Crowded
Hour,”’ which deals with Garibaldi and the
adventures of an Englishman in the campaign
of the two Sicilies. They have also in the
press an illustrated edition of “A Young
Man Married,” which deals with the Penin-
sular War. It will probably be out in time for
the centenary of the battle of Vittoria, next
spring.
Mr. Clifford King, whose poems, published
by Messrs. Kegan Paul & Co., have been
accepted by H.M. the King, has just finished
a blank verse play, in five acts, with forty
speaking characters, upon a Carthago-Roman
subject, and is negotiating for its London
production.
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K. L. Montgomery’s new novel, “ The
Gate Openers,’’ has recently been published
by Messrs. John Long. The story deals with
the Toll Riots of 1843 in S. Wales, where the
traditions of the Rebekah rioters still linger.
Lieut.-Col. W. H. Turton is bringing out
this month the eighth edition of his book,
‘*The Truth of Christianity.”” The volume is
now in its thirtieth thousand and was trans-
lated into Japanese a few years ago. Messrs.
Wells, Gardner & Co. are the publishers.
On October 9th, Constable & Co. published
a new book by Maud Diver, “ The Hero of
Herat: A Frontier Biography in Romantic
Form.” The book is as much a biography as
a romance. The hero in question, Major
Eldred Pottinger, C.B., did notable service
in Afghanistan in 1838-39, and also through-
out the Afghan War. Mrs. Diver’s first novel,
“Captain Desmond, V.C.,” is now being
translated into German. It is also running
serially in a Norwegian-Danish paper.
‘“*Samphire,”’ a pot-pourri of original and
humorous inconsequences or essayettes on
such subjects as gardening, shops, personal
relations, etc., by Lady Sybil Grant, is to be
published shortly by Messrs. Stanley Paul &
Co. The work includes fanciful skits entitled
‘“* Shadows,’ analogues, the sources of which
it is not difficult to trace.
A new edition of ‘Dr. Phillips,” one of
Frank Danby’s most popular novels, is to be
issued immediately by Messrs. Stanley Paul & Co.
Although the thread of the story remains,
each page has been extensively revised by the
author.
The romance of village life of rural England
is a most interesting thing, and in some
respects pathetic, because it cannot be denied
that the spirit of modern progress is destroying
the old face of the countryside of England.
It is therefore interesting to know that
Mr. J. M. Dent has in the press a work entitled
“ Cottages and Village Life of Rural England,”
by Mr. P. H. Ditchfield, who is known as an
archeologist and antiquarian. It will contain
no fewer than 52 coloured pictures and
numerous line drawings by Mr. A. R. Quinton.
Mr. Dent hopes to publish the book shortly.
* Arabic Spain: Sidelights on Her History
and Art,” by Bernard and Ellen M. Whishaw,
published by Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co., is
an attempt to elucidate some points in the
history of Southern Spain, under the Moslems,
on which the existing histories throw no light,
and thus to account for some features in the
art and architecture of the country hitherto
unexplained. The writers account historically
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for the undoubted Egyptian influence which
is seen in a great deal of the architecture of
Seville and the surrounding country. There
is an index to the work, as well as genealogical
tables and illustrations.
Mr. Charles Garvice’s new 6s. novel, ‘* Two
Maids and a Man,” appeared last month.
French translations of “Just a Girl” and
“The Outcast of the Family ” have appeared,
whilst Spanish versions of “A Heritage of
Hate,” “A Fair Impostor,” and “ Just a
Girl.” Mr. Garvice is engaged to deliver
his lecture-recital, ‘“ Humorists, Grave and
Gay,” in Dublin, Belfast, Bradford, Hull, and
other places. The Christmas numbers of
Lhe Grand and The Strand will contain
stories from his pen. Messrs. Hodder &
Stoughton announce a new and uniform
edition of Mr. Garvice’s novels. The volumes
will be well printed, bound in cloth, and
published at 3s. 6d.
In his new work, “Light on the Gospel
from an Ancient Poet,” the Rev. Dr. Edwin
A. Abbot aims at illustrating the Gospel by
showing how the recently discovered odes of
Solomon—written by a Christian J ew, and prob-
ably at the close of the first century—supply
a missing link between the religious poetry
of Jews and Christians, not quoting or imitating
but independently corroborating Pauline and
Johannine teaching, about the Church as the
body of the Messiah as the Son of God, and
about God as revealed to man in the unity of
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Cambridge
University Press publish the work.
Messrs. J. M. Dent & Son announce the
publication of “ Aspects of Algeria : Historical,
Pictorial and Colonial,” by Roy Devereux.
The author’s treatment of Algeria includes her
history her arts and sciences, her domestic
economy, her industries, her political situa-
tions. He pictures also her social life, the life
of the natives, and that of the peoples living
there. The text is illustrated by photographs.
Mr. A. C. Fifield published’ last month a
new volume of poems by H. M. Waithman,
author of ‘“‘ Harvesting and Charybdis.”” The
present volume is entitled “The Soul of a
Gardener.” In it, every month of the gar-
-dener’s year is enshrined in a cluster of poems,
the work of an artist and a gardener.
. Yolland’s novel, ‘‘ The Struggle for the
Crown,” published by Messrs. Lynwood & Co.,
is a romance of the seventeenth century. In
it, the author presents a picture of the life
and social conditions of the time, while the
narrative possesses a strong love interest.
Messrs. S. Fischer, Berlin, have just pub-
lished a German translation of Mr. H. H.
Richardson’s novel, -‘‘ Maurice Guest.” The
title of the translation is ‘‘ Maurice Guest,
von Henry Handel Richardson. Authorisierte
Ubersetzung von Dr. Otto Neustalter.’ It is
published in two volumes.
Chaucer’s Complete Works have been added
this week to the Oxford Standard Authors.
This is a new issue of the well-known edition
edited by the late Rev. Professor W. W. Skeat.
In addition to Dr. Skeat’s introduction and
Chaucer’s text—756 pages—a glossarial index
of 149 pages, double column, is given, at what
is really a nominal price.
Maude Annesley’s new book, ‘‘ My Parisian
Year,” 10s. 6d., Messrs. Mills & Boon, is a
book on Paris written “from a woman’s
point of view.” Mrs. Annesley has lived in
Paris for years, and has seen many phases
of its life. She deals with a good many
subjects not usually touched upon in books
on France, and she leaves weighty matters—
such as religion, education, and polities—to
other writers, preferring to describe for her
English and American readers the “little
things ’’ which are so interesting to the average
Anglo-Saxon. There are chapters on the
Frenchman, the Frenchwoman. Children, the
Flineur, Concierges and Servants, Street-
sellers, Students and Studios, the Demi monde,
Family Functions, Theatres and Music-halls,
the Races, Restaurants, Fétes and Fasts,
Rows and Riots, Nerves, the Tourist, and
others. Mrs. Annesley gives many interesting
anecdotes, and there are descriptions of
amusing and tragic incidents which the author
has seen. The book is fully illustrated.
“Kton in the ’Seventies,” by the Hon.
Gilbert Coleridge, and published by Smith,
Elder & Co., gives an insight into the school
life of that period. It is written from a
healthy and optimistic point of view, and
contains many stories and episodes character-
istic of the schoolboy which the author has
collected. Earl Curzon of Kedleston and Mr.
A. C. Benson contribute accounts of the
literary movement in that decade, and there
is much valuable and interesting matter added
by the Rev. and Hon. Edward Lyttelton,
the present Headmaster, and Mr. Basil
Thomson, the author of “ The Diversions of
a’ Prime Minister.’ There is much in the
book which should interest other than Etonians.
Messrs. A. & C. Black have issued in their
“Peeps at many Lands” Series a booklet
on Java by Mr. J. F. Scheltema, which will
be followed, before the end of the year, by a
richly illustrated volume from his hand, but
46 THE AUTAOR.
appealing to a different class of readers, on
the ancient monuments in the same island, to
be published by Messrs. Macmillan & Co.
The October number of the Ouaford and
Cambridge Review had a paper by Mr. J. F.
Scheltema on “ Constantinople and the Holy
Cities of Islam,” while other articles he has
written will shortly appear in The Antiquary,
The Englishwoman, The Dublin Review, and
The Asiatic Quarterly Review.
Miss Alice E. Robbins’ new novel, “ Things
That Pass,” has just been published by Mr.
Andrew Melrose.
Mr. Headon Hill’s recent novel, “‘ My Lord
the Felon,”’ has been translated into Swedish,
and is published at Stockholm by the Aktie-
bolaget Hiertas Bokforlag.
Mrs. Fred Reynolds’ new work, entitled
“Letters to a Prison,” was published by
Messrs. Chapman & Hall last month, when
the same house issued also “The City of
Beautiful Nonsense,” in their uniform 2s.
net edition of Mr. E. Temple Thurston’s
works.
Anne Douglas Sedgwick, author of “* Tante,”
“Franklin Kane,” and other novels, is pub-
lishing, through Mr. Edward Arnold, a volume
of short. stories.
His Majesty the King has been graciously
pleased to accept a copy of “Life in the
Indian Police,” by C. E. Gouldsbury (late
Indian Police). The book is published by
Messrs. Chapman & Hall.
Messrs. Wickins & Co. are shortly pub-
lishing a book of “‘ Motto Action Songs ” for
Children, by E. Budgen. The words are
based on well-known proverbs; the music
includes three waltzes, two gavottes, and one
march; and the actions are either simple,
or with tambourines, handkerchiefs or fans.
Miss May Crommelin’s new book, ‘“ The
Golden Bow,” has just been brought out by
Messrs. Holden & Hardingham. The scene
is laid in Ulster; but it is, nevertheless, free
from reference to the strong political feelings
lately aroused there, being a novel dealing
with the development of mind and purpose
in a young girl early tried by heavy responsi-
bilities and by a love affair whilst still in her
teens. Miss Crommelin’s ‘‘ Crimson Lilies ”’
has been reproduced by Mr. John Long, in a
6d. edition.
Messrs. Wildt & Kray (Willesden) are
bringing out a series of small Christmas gift
books at 6d., each of which contains a long
poem by Miss H. M. Burnside. One of these,
entitled ‘“‘ Friends Afar,” is specially designed
for sending to Colonial friends. Another little
book of a similar kind is published by Messrs.
William Ritchie, of Edinburgh.
“ Littledom Castle,” by Mrs. M. H.
Spielmann, has run into its third edition, and
is being issued by Messrs. Routledge at a
reduced price, with all the original illustrations
by Phil May, Kate Greenaway, Mr. Hugh
Thomson, Mr. Arthur Rackham, Mr. Harry
Furniss, Miss Rosie Pitman, and Miss Jessie
King.
“South America” will not for long be
among the few countries unrepresented in
Black’s series of Colour-Books. A volume has
been written by Mr. W. H. Koebel, and
illustrated by Mr. A. S. Forrest, which will
be published immediately. The subject is
vast and complex, but Mr. Koebel is a well-
known authority on matters South American,
and he has described the Republics of the
Continent topographically, historically, and,
to a certain extent, socially.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons announce a new
story by Florence L. Barclay, the author of
“The Rosary.” Itisentitled ** The Upas Tree,”
and was published at the end of October at
3s. Gd. net. There is a coloured frontispiece,
drawn by Mr. F. H. Townsend, the well-
known Punch artist. ‘‘ The Upas Tree” is
described as a love story with a musical
interest, and contains stronger scenes than any
Mrs. Barclay has treated before. She tells
in the last chapter of a happy home-coming
at Christmas time.
‘The Thought in Music: an Enquiry into
the Principles of Musical Rhythm, Phrasing,
and Expression,” is the title of a book issued
by Messrs. Macmillan & Co. Its author is
Mr. John B. McEwen, Professor of Musical
Composition in the Royal Academy of Music,
and it may be further described as an attempt
to formulate a definite basis on which the
musical facts underlying the principles of shape
in musical structure may be correlated and
codified.
Sir Frederic W. Hewitt has prepared a new
edition of his well-known work, “* Anesthetics
and their Administration,’’ with the assistance
of Dr. Henry Robinson, Anesthetist to the
Samaritan Hospital and to the Cancer Hospital.
Since the publication of the last edition,
extraordinary changes have taken place in
this branch of medical science, so that large
sections of the book have had to be completely
rewritten. An entirely new chapter on local
or regional anesthesia, and another on_ the
medico-legal aspects of surgical anesthesia in
general, have been added. The book was pub-
lished in October by Messrs. Macmillan & Co.
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Mr. Cayley Calvert, in “ Brighton and Hove
Society,” has an article dealing with, and
traversing, Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence’s
views on the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy.
Mr. Calvert deals with the statement that
Shakespeare was unable to write his own name,
and also with the allegation of his “ illiteracy.”
Finally, Mr. Calvert seeks to show that the
mastery of stage technique which the plays
denote could not be gained by a life spent in
the legal and parliamentary circles, in which
the author of “The Advancement of Learning ”’
moved.
Mr. Alex. J. Philip has in preparation ‘‘ The
Library Encyclopedia,’ to be published on
December 31st. It will contain some 700
pages, and will be illustrated wherever it is
considered necessary. The matters it will
deal with will include library administration,
book purchasing, library history, library plans
and buildings, classification, cataloguing,
office work and routine. Various contributory
branches of knowledge will be included, such
as binding paper, the preservation of records,
museum works, practical printing, bibliography,
and all the numerous subjects either directly
or indirectly connected with work in public,
proprietary, and private libraries and museums.
Messrs. Stanley Paul & Co. are to publish
the Encyclopedia.
In “Five Years on a Training Ship,” by
J.D. Bush and E. T. Miller, is given a faithful
picture, in the form of a story, of the conditions
under which hundreds of poor boys are dis-
ciplined, trained and educated for the training
ship life. One of the authors, Dr. Bush,
spent several years on board the vessel, a
Scottish training ship, coming in daily contact
with the boys, whom he had exceptional
opportunities of observing closely. The book
is illustrated by Savile Lumley.
A shilling edition of “The Truth about
Man,” by a Spinster, has recently been
issued. Originally published in The Lady’s
Realm, and afterwards in M. A. P., it has
already passed through two editions in book
form. The present edition has been thoroughly
revised.
“In Praise of Australia,” by Florence Gay,
forms one of Messrs. Constable’s “‘ Ini Praise of
Series.”” The volume is divided into three
parts. The earlier pages are devoted to a
sketch of Australia’s story. These are followed
by references to the black man, while the white
man and his environment are dealt with
towards the conclusion of the volume.
Miss Edith EK. Kenyon’s new novel “ The
Wooing of Mifarnoy: A Welsh Love Story,”
was published last month by Messrs. Holden
& Hardingham.
* Written in the Sand,” by G. B. Duval,
is aromance of Sahara. Woven into the story
are pictures of desert life and sketches of
desert scenery. Mr. W. J. Ham-Smith is the
publisher.
Messrs. Mills & Boon will publish another
novel by Mary L. Pendered, next spring,
entitled ‘‘ Phyllida Flouts Me!’ The same
author’s “That Daisy the Minx,” is now in a
1s. edition.
The Religious Tract Society are issuing a
new historical story by Helen H. Watson. It
is called “ When the King came South,” and
has to do with the Battle of Worcester. The
scene is laid for the most part in the neigh-
bourhood of Warton and Borwick Hall,
Lancashire.
Esme Stuart has had the honour of sending
her new child’s book, “‘ Two Troubadours,” by
request, to H.M. The Queen. The book is
well illustrated, and will, it is hoped, prove
an acceptable Christmas gift to children.
“ The Snarer,” by Brown Linnet, published
by Mr. John Murray, deals with a woman
poacher. The book opens with the return
of the woman, after a term of imprisonment,
to the village in which her life has been
spent. Apparently, she has decided to
abandon her previous pursuits, and succeeds
in engaging the interest of various powers in
the village in her reformation. How far the
reformation is genuine readers may gather
from the chronicle of her escapades which the
book contains.
DRraMATIC.
“Westward Ho!”, a romantic drama in
four acts, was produced by Mr. Matheson
Lang at His Majesty’s Theatre, Johannesburg,
on September 28th. It is written by Miss Pegg
Webling, the author of ‘‘ The Story of Virginia
Perfect,” ‘‘ Felix Christie,’ and other novels.
Founded on Charles Kingsley’s classic of the
sea, the latest Elizabethan play is imbued
with the spirit of the stirring times of Fro-
bisher, Hawkins and Drake. The principal
characters of the famous novel—Amyas and
Frank Leigh, the Rose of Torridge, Don
Guzman de Soto, Salvation Yeo—are intro-
duced into the play, but many changes have
necessarily been made in the story. The
second act takes place in old Burrough Hall,
the home of the Leighs of Devon, in striking
contrast to another of the beautiful stage
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an isle in the West Indies—and the
curtain rises, for the last scene, on a realistic
representation of the deck of Amyas’s ship,
homeward bound. The part of Amyas Leigh
was written by Miss Webling for Mr. Matheson
Lang, and that of Ayacanora for his wife, Miss
Hutin Britton.
“ Words,” the new play by Kitty Barne,
author of “‘ To-morrow,” will be produced at
the Royal Court Theatre on November 29th,
by an amateur company. :
Mr. Charles Howett, the South African
actor-manager who arrived here a few weeks
ago, witnessed, and has secured, Mr. Forbes
Dawson’s play, ‘“ Triumph of the Blind,” for
production in Johannesburg shortly. He has
also secured the same author’s ‘‘ Glorie Aston,
The Female Convict,” which was produced
in the provinces a few years back, as well as
“Cherry Hall,” a society drama, originally
staged at the Avenue—now the Playhouse—
and ‘ The Man from Ceylon,” a three-act farce
which ran in the Colonies.
Mrs. Percy Dearmer is at present engaged in
the production of ‘ The Dreamer,” a poetic
drama of Joseph in Egypt. The play has
already been published by Messrs. Mowbray &
Co. Music has been composed expressly for
this play by Mr. Martin Shaw, who will
conduct the orchestra. The play will be
produced at King’s Hall, Covent Garden, on
November 29, December 6, 18, and 20, in the
evening, and on November 30, December 7,
14 and 21, in the afternoon, by the Morality
Play Society. Tickets may be booked now
from the Hon. Secretary, Miss Bartlett, 57,
Fellows Road, N.W. Mr. Arthur Wontner will
be in the leading part, and will be supported
by Mr. Guy Rathbone, Mr. Acton Bond;
Miss Lilian Braithwaite and Miss Margaret
Halstan will play the only two women’s parts
inthe play. The scenic effects will be arranged
by Mr. George E. Kruger. The performers will
number some hundred and _ thirty people.
The play is on the same lines as “ The Soul
of the World,” which was produced at the
Imperial Institute a short time ago.
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HERE is still a dearth of really good,
strong novels. In consequence of this,
__ everyone has turned to the stories of
real life to be found in the various memoirs and
THE AUTHOR.
biographies offered to us. At present the pub-
lishers are bewildered by the numberless
manuscripts they receive from people who
imagine that their exploits or ideas cannot fail
to interest the public. There are volumes and
volumes now being published which will prob-
ably only charm the writers of them, and, in
the meantime, we are all hoping that the
forthcoming publishing season may reveal
to us some hidden genius who will supply
us with strong, entrancing novels.
M. J. H. Rosny, ainé, whose books are always
worth reading, promises us a series of novels,
and gives us the first, entitled ‘‘ Les Rafales.”
The rafales, or squalls, which are constantly
disturbing the tranquillity of the Lérande
family, are all due to the fact that the head of
the little household, Antoine Lérande, is an
absolutely unpractical man with wonderful
ideas. In his efforts to carry out his ideas he
uses his own and his wife’s fortune. The story
is well told and is infinitely pathetic; the
heroic struggle of the wife and mother to keep
her little home together, the education of the
children, accustomed from their earliest infancy
to all the inconveniences of the constant storms
caused by the demands of creditors, or the
exasperation of unpaid domestics, are so many
chapters taken from real life. The author has
not needed to go abroad in search of a
background for his story, nor has he had
to invent a far-fetched plot. He has simply
thought out a picture of life and painted it
for us.
The Baron de Batz gives us another book
compiled from the archives of his family.
Some little time ago he supplied us with the
true story of his celebrated ancestor, Baron
Jean de Batz, who, almost single-handed,
attempted to rescue Louis XVI., who was
being conducted to the scaffold. In ** Vers
Viichafaud ” he now tells us of another of his
ancestors, his grandfather, Jean Francois de
Montegut, Councillor of the Parliament of
Toulouse, who, together with his son and a
number of other councillors, was condemned
to death by Robespierre and Fouquier-
Tinville. The story is extremely pathetic.
Jean Francois de Montegut came of a culti-
vated, intellectual family. His mother was a
most refined woman and a_ poetess. The
author of this volume draws attention to the
extraordinary attitude of these victims of the
Revolution, and to the facility with which a
whole nation allows itself to be influenced and
follows blindly a small minority of leaders.
In this same volume are two other historical
studies.
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“T’Ame des Enfants, des Pays et des
Saints” is the title of the latest volume by
Lucie Félix-Faure Goyau. The book contains
a series of delicate and exquisite studies on
widely different subjects. The first part is
entitled, Le Reflet des Choses dans l Ame des
Enfants, and among the things reflected in the
soul of the child, we have the fairies’ tree, the
swan, the ideal house, old people, clocks, the
fear of darkness, sea birds, ete. Several
chapters are devoted to Pascal’s childhood,
and from this study we have an excellent idea
of the Pascal family. The second part of the
book is entitled Le Reflet des Ames sur la figure
des choses: La Phystonomie des Pays, and a
large part of this is devoted to Fromentin,
the celebrated French artist. In the third
division of the book we have Le Reflet des Ames
sur les Ames: Ame des Saints. Among the
subjects treated are the disciples of Socrates
and the Apostles of Christ, Monica and
St. Augustin, St. Catherine of Ricci, St.
Catherine of Génes, St. Theresa. The subjects
are all delicate and are delicately handled.
In these days of materialism, and of such an
alarming output of commonplace publica-
tions, a volume of this kind will be weleomed
by many readers. “Mes Souvenirs depuis
la Guerre (1870—1901),” by General Zurlinden,
the ex-Minister of War, is a book written
by a man well qualified to speak on the
subjects he touches. He tells us of the
situation after the war, and of his experi-
ences as Military Governor of Paris. The
volume is extremely instructive, coming as
it does from the man most able to write on
such things.
““Le Suicide,” is the title of the sixteenth
volume of “L’Empire Libéral,” by Emile
Ollivier. The subjects treated are: Le Pre-
muer Acte, Woerth, Forbach, and Renversement
du Ministire. They are handled in the same
conscientious manner as those of the other
fifteen volumes of this important historical
work. “ La Politique Indigéne de l’Angleterre
en Afrique occidentale,” by M. E. Baillaud,
will be interesting for English readers. The
author has lived for some time in the country
about which he writes.
“ La Russie Moderne, by Grégoire Alexinsky,
formerly member of the Douma, has been
translated by Madame Lavadsky.
“Essai sur la Littérature Chinoise,”’ by
Georges Soulié, is an attempt to familiarise
us with the literature of a country about
which we know comparatively little.
“La Vie d’un Heros: Agrippa d’Aubigné,”
is a biography that cannot fail to interest all
readers, so curious and remarkable was the
personality of this man. M. S. Rocheblave
has rendered a great service in giving us so
concise an account of a man whose life was a
veritable romance.
“ Marietta Alboni,” by Arthur Pougin, is
a biography of the celebrated singer and
charming Italian woman who made her home
in Paris and left her fortune to found small
scholarships for students attending the free
classes organised by the City of Paris, and
beds in one of the hospitals. Her husband,
M. Charles Zieger, formerly captain in the
French army, has supplied M. Pougin with
most of the material] for this volume.
A new edition, with a great amount of
additional matter, of “La Géographie
Humaine,” by Jean Brunhes, has just been
issued. M. Jean Brunhes has now a chair of
Human Geography at the College of France.
His book is most remarkable, and he has been
awarded the Halphen prize of the French
Academy and the Gold Medal of the Geo-
graphical Society of Paris for it. The present
volume contains 272 illustrations.
A book entitled “La Lutte preventive
contre la Misére,” by Sidney and Beatrice
Webb, has been translated by H. La Coudriac.
The death of Alphense Lemerre will be re-
gretted by the poets, as he was one of the
rare publishers willing to consider their
manuscripts. Sully Prudhomme, Francois
Coppée, and numbers of other poets were
discovered by Alphonse Lemerre. Fortunately
his son keeps up the tradition of the firm and
has published just recently, ‘‘ Les Oases,” by
Charles. Clere, the poet who was awarded the
Sully Prudhomme Prize for 1912.
Perhaps one of the reasons of the dearth of
novelists is the over-abundance of so-called
dramatic authors at present. Very few of
the new plays are really a success, so that the
public has the opportunity of seeing plenty of
variety, thanks to the frequent change of the
bill.
The programme of the season at the Odéon
has a number of unknown names, as M.
Antoine keeps up his reputation for endeavour-
ing to discover hidden talent. M. Porel is
organising a series of matinées at the theatre
of the Jardin d’Acclimatation, which will no
doubt attract the English and American
colonies this winter. The prices are very
moderate and the plays good ones. The
theatrical event of the moment is Paul
Hervieu’s play at the Francais. The Athénée
had such success last season with ‘‘ Le Coeur
Dispose,” that it has gone back to it, and the
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public is waiting impatiently for the new play
that has been announced to take its place.
Auys Hatrarp.
« Les Rafales ” (Plon).
“Vers PEchafaud” (Calmann Levy).
«t?Ame des Enfants, des Pays et des Saints”
(Perrin).
“Mes Souvenirs depuis la Guerre (1870—1901) ”
(Perrin).
“ Le Suicide” (Garnier).
“Ta Politique Indigtne de TAngleterre en Afrique
occidentale” (Hachette).
“La Russie Moderne ” (Flammarion).
« Bgsai surla Littérature Chinoise” (Mercure de France).
La Vie d’un Heros: Agrippa d’Aubigné” (Hachette).
‘«* Marietta Alboni”’ (Plon).
“La Géographie Humaine ”’ (Felix Alcan).
“La Lutte preventive contre la Mistre” (Giard et
Britre).
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THE ACCESSION OF HOLLAND TO THE
BERNE CONVENTION.
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TINUE accession of Holland to the Berne
Convention for the Protection of
Literary and Artistic Works, makes
complete the accord of the nations of Western
Europe. The Act of the Dutch Parliament
effecting this highly desirable result has
already passed. It is to come into force as
soon as it is proclaimed ; and as proclamation
is anticipated on November 11th, a Western
Europe united in accord regarding intellectual
rights will be, within a few days, a fait accompli.
The actual number of new adherents to the
Berne Convention will not be very large. The
population of Holland is a little under six
millions. That of the Colonies, situated
principally in the East Indies, is considerably
greater—about 88,000,000—but of these a
very large proportion are natives, speaking
languages other than Dutch. If the numeri-
cal significance of the new accession is thus
small, its moral significance is, nevertheless,
very great ; for of the European nations there
now remain outside the Union those only that
occupy the eastern portion of the continent,
whose claim to figure among the intellectual
leaders of the world may be, perhaps, best left
to be decided by themselves. It is hardly
necessary to say that the two of the greatest
importance are Austria and Russia. The
adherence of Austria is much to be desired ;
that of Russia—notwithstanding recent steps
in the right direction—appears to be still some
way off.
The occasion of Holland’s long reluctance
to enter the great solidarity of brain workers
represented by the Copyright Union is the
THE AUTHOR.
oceasion of Russia’s reluctance as well as of
that of Austria—and, we may add, that of the
United States. It is not possible for any one
who has watched the history of the Berne
Convention, and the arguments alleged by
those unwilling to join it, not to have observed
the fact that all hesitations to accede amount
to one and the same thing; namely, that
attitude of mind so long ago quite shamelessly
avowed by Diogenes the Cynic, in his reply to
the question, which wine he liked best:
“That,” he asserted, ‘‘ for which some one else
pays.” Again and again this, and this only,
has been the excuse pleaded for remaining
outside the Convention: “It is our interest to
be able to translate ’—“‘ to reprint ” is what
is said on the other side of the Atlantie—
“without paying the author.” This desire
to pick other people’s brains without offering
any money equivalent, disgraceful in the case
of countries such as the United States, Russia,
and Austria (which last, however, it is fair to
add, is the least offender, for Austria has
made independent copyright treaties with
many countries) was by far less gross in the
case of States such as Denmark and Holland,
whose languages have a limited extension,
and whose literatures a correspondingly
restricted sale. Since, however, these have
come into a line with civilisation, the position
of the outsiders becomes positively unpardon-
able.
The new law, in virtue of which Holland
accedes, is short; and we give here a translation
of the whole, omitting only the formal title
and the signatures.
“ ArticLE 1.
‘We reserve to ourselves the power to join, for the
Netherlands and their Colonies, the revised Berne Con-
vention for the Protection of Artistic and Literary Works,
concluded at Berlin on the 13th of November, 1908,
between Belgium, Denmark, the German Empire, France,
Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Luxem-
burg, Monaco, Norway, Spain, Tunis, Sweden and
Switzerland, of which a copy is attached to this law.
“ ARTICLE 2.
“ On our joining the Convention we shall avail ourselves
of the liberty afforded by the second sentence of the third
part of the 25th Article of the Convention concluded at
Berlin on the 13th of November, 1908, in this sense, that
the 8th Article of the said Convention shall be replaced
by the 5th article of the Convention concluded at Berne
on the 9th of September, 1886, as that Article is modified
by Article 1, paragraph IIT. of the Additional Act of Paris,
of the 4th of May, 1896; of which a copy is attached to
this law ;
“that Article 9 shall be replaced by Article 7 of the
Berne Convention, as that Article is modified by Article 1,
paragraph IV. of the Additional Act of Paris; of which
a copy is attached to this law:
“that Article 11, second clause, shall be replaced by
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Article 9, second section, of the Berne Convention; of
which a copy is attached to this law.
“ ARTICLE 3.
“We reserve to ourselves the power to conclude with
the Powers, which shall not have confirmed the Convention
concluded at Berlin on the 13th of November, 1908, or
shall not have adhered to it, for the Netherlands, and for
their Colonies, treaties within the bounds of that Con-
vention; observing always the reservations mentioned
in the second Article of this law.
“* ARTICLE 4,
“ This law comes into force on the day of its proclama-
tion.”
Attached to the law, in accordance
with its terms, are—the full text of the
International Convention, signed at Berlin
on November 138th, 1908 ;* the Articles 5 and
7 of the Convention, signed at Berne on
September 9th, 1886, as they are modified by
the additional Act of Paris of May 4th, 1896;
and Article 9 of the Berne Convention.
One term in the law may seem to some of
our readers to need an explanation. It will
have been noted that ‘‘ Holland ” is nowhere
mentioned but ‘‘ The Netherlands.” When on
June 7th, 1815, the great powers remade the
political map of Europe, what are now known
as Holland and Belgium were by them
constituted “The Kingdom of the Nether-
lands.” In 1830 a revolution separated
Belgium from Holland; but the latter has
always retained the official designation
invented in 1815.
It is of importance to observe what will be
the precise effect of the reservations made by
the new Dutch law in accordance with the
liberty afforded by the second sentence of the
third part of Article 25 of the Berlin Conven-
tion. The article regards “ The accession of
other countries,” allowing them, instead of
“ full adhesion,” to “‘ indicate such provisions
of the Convention of September 9th, 1886,
or of the Additional Act of May 4th, 1896,
as it may be judged necessary to substitute,
provisionally at least, for the corresponding
provisions of the present Convention.”
The Dutch reservations are in number three,
affecting Articles 8, 9, and 11 of the Berlin
Convention.
Article 8, is that which rules the copyright
of translations. It gives authors exclusive
right of translation for the whole term of copy-
right. ‘‘ Authors of unpublished works within
the jurisdiction of one of the countries of the
Union, and authors of works published for the
first time in one of these countries, enjoy in
* A full translation of the Revised Berne Convention,
concluded at Berlin in 1908, was printed in The Author
for January, 1909.
the other countries of the Union during the
whole term of the right in the original work
the exclusive right to make or to authorise the
translation of their works.”
For this the new law substitutes :
“ The first paragraph of Article 5 shall run
as follows :—
“Authors belonging to any one of the
countries of the Union, or their lawful repre-
sentatives, shall enjoy in the other countries
the exclusive right of making or authorising
the translation of their works during the
entire period of their right over the original
work. Nevertheless, the exclusive right of
translation shall cease to exist if the author
shall not have availed himself of it, during a
period of ten years from the date of the first
publication of the original work, by publishing
or causing to be published in one of the
countries of the Union a translation in the
language for which protection is to be claimed.”
(Additional Act of Paris, Article 5).
Article 9 of the Berlin Convention regards
the publication of serial novels in periodicals
and of newspaper articles.
Its provisions are—
*“ Serial stories (romans feuilletons), novels
and all other works, whether literary, scientific
or artistic, whatsoever be their subject,
published in newspapers or periodicals of one
of the countries of the Union, may not be
reproduced in the other countries without the
consent of the authors.
** With the exception of serial stories (romans
feuilletons) and of novels, any newspaper
article may be reproduced by another news-
paper if reproduction has not been expressly
forbidden. The source, however, must be
indicated. The confirmation of this obligation
shall be determined by the legislation of the
country where protection is claimed.
‘The protection of the present Convention
does not apply to news of the day nor to
miscellaneous news having the character:
merely of press information.”
For this the new Dutch law substitutes—
“ Article 7 shall run as follows :—
** Serial stories, including tales, published
in the newspapers or periodicals of one of the
countries of the Union, may not be reproduced,
in original or translation, in the other countries,
without the sanction of the authors or of their
legal representatives.
“This stipulation shall apply equally to
other articles in newspapers or periodicals,
when the authors or editors shall have expressly
declared in the newspaper or periodical itself
in which they shall have been published, that
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the right of reproduction is prohibited. In
the case of periodicals it shall suffice if such
prohibition be indicated in general terms at
the beginning of each number.
“In the absence of prohibition, such articles
may be reproduced on condition that the
source is acknowledged.
“Tn any case the prohibition shall not apply
to articles on political questions, to the news
of the day, or to miscellaneous information.”
(Additional Act of Paris, Article 7).
Article 11, second clause, of the Berlin
Convention, regards representation of transla-
tions of dramatic works, and provides
“ Authors of dramatic or dramatico-musical
works are protected, during the term of their
copyright in the original work, against the
unauthorised public representation of a transla-
tion of their works.”
For this the new Dutch law substitutes
‘“* Authors of dramatic or dramatico-musical
works, or their lawful representatives, are,
during the existence of their exclusive right of
translation, equally protected against the
unauthorised public representation of their
works.” (Berne Convention, Article 9).
It will be immediately perceived that all
the restrictions regard, in one form or another,
the rights of translation, which the Dutch are
still indisposed to understand in the liberal
terms of the Berlin Convention. If this is
to be regretted, and it seems to us regrettable,
the Dutch may yet honestly plead that they
are giving as much as the foremost nations,
for many years, considered it sufficient to give.
Authors will be, naturally, asking themselves
what Dutch rights are likely to be worth. At
first sight any one who has been in Holland,
and has seen the translations of English popular
novels teeming in the Dutch daily papers might
suppose Dutch rights likely to represent a good
deal. It is, however, by far more probable
that they will amount to something, but not
to very much. There will remain for some
time at the disposal of the Dutch translator
the enormous number of English works that
were published more than ten years ago and
are not yet translated; but, in addition to
this, it is most important to remember that
comparatively few people read Dutch. There
is no world-wide public such as exists for French
and German. Every educated Dutchman
reads French; and this cannot be without
effect upon the demand for Dutch translations ;
whilst the sale of Dutch books also represents
a limited market. English authors have
already learned that it is not possible to secure
any very large sum for German rights; and
THE AUTHOR.
a considerably smaller honorarium must be
anticipated for the right of translation into
Dutch.
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UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT ACT.
oe
[Norge.—The new matter in this amendatory Act is
printed in italics. ]
An Acr to amend sections five, eleven, and
twenty-five of an Act entitled “ An Act
to amend and consolidate the Acts respect-
ing copyrights,” approved March fourth,
nineteen hundred and nine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That sections five,
eleven, and twenty-five of the Act entitled
“An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts
respecting copyrights,” approved March fourth,
nineteen hundred and nine, be amended to
read as follows :
“Sec. 5. That the application for registra-
tion shall specify to which of the following
classes the work in which copyright is claimed
belongs :
‘““(a) Books, including composite and
cyclopedic works, directories, gazetteers, and
other compilations ;
‘(b) Periodicals, including newspapers ;
‘“(c) Lectures, sermons, addresses (prepared
for oral delivery) ;
‘*(d) Dramatic or dramatico-musical com-
positions ;
‘*(e) Musical compositions ;
‘“*(f) Maps ;
‘““(g) Works of art; models or designs for
works of art ; :
‘‘(h) Reproductions of a work of art ;
‘“(j) Drawings or plastic works
scientific or technical character ;
‘“*(j) Photographs ;
‘‘(i) Prints and pictorial illustrations ;
“<(1) Motion-picture photoplays ;
““(m) Motion pictures other than photoplays :
“« Provided, nevertheless, That the above
specifications shall not be held to limit the
subject matter of copyright as defined in
section four of this Aci, nor shall any error in
classification invalidate or impair the copy-
right protection secured under this Act.”
“© Sec. 11. That copyright may also be had
of the works of an author, of which copies are
not reproduced for sale, by the deposit, with
claim of copyright, of one complete copy of
such work if it be a lecture or similar production
or a dramatic, musical, or dramatico-musical
composition ; of a@ title and description, with
of a
THE AUTHOR.
one print taken from each scene or act, if the work
be a motion-picture photoplay ;; of a photo-
graphic print if the work be a photograph;
of a title and description, with not less than two
prints taken from different sections of a complete
motion picture, if the work be a motion picture
other than a photoplay ; or of a photograph or
other identifying reproduction thereof, if it be
a work of art or a plastic work or drawing.
But the privilege of registration of copyright
secured hereunder shall not exempt the copy-
right proprietor from the deposit of copies,
under sections twelve and thirteen of this Act,
where the work is later reproduced in copies
for sale.”’
“Sec. 25. That if any person shall infringe
the copyright in any work protected under the
copyright laws of the United States such
person shall be liable :
“(a) To an injunction
infringement ;
“(b) To pay to the copyright proprietor
such damages as the copyright proprietor may
have suffered due to the infringement, as well
as all the profits which the infringer shall have
made from such infringement, and in proving
profits the plaintiff shall be required to prove
sales only and the defendant shall be required
to prove every element of cost which he claims,
or in lieu of actual damages and profits such
damages as to the court shall appear to be
just, and in assessing such damages the court
may, in its discretion, allow the amounts as
hereinafter stated, but in case of a newspaper
reproduction of a copyrighted photograph
such damages shall not exceed the sum of two
hundred dollars nor be less than the sum of
fifty dollars, and in the case of the infringement
of an undramatized or nondramatic work by
means of motion pictures, where the infringer
shall show that he was not aware that he was
infringing, and that such infringement could not
have been reasonably foreseen, such damages
shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ;
and in the case of an infringement of a copy-
righted dramatic or dramatico-musical work by
a maker of motion pictures and his agencies for
distribution thereof to exhibitors, where such
infringer shows that he was not aware that he
was infringing a copyrighted work, and that such
infringements could not reasonably have been
foreseen, the entire sum of such damages recover-
able by the copyright proprietor from such
infringing maker and his agencies for the dis-
tribution to exhibitors of such infringing motion
picture shall not exceed the sum of five thousand
dollars nor be less than two hundred and fifty
dollars, and such damages shall in no other
restraining such
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ease exceed the sum of five thousand dollars
nor be less than the sum of two hundred and
fifty dollars, and shall not be regarded as a
penalty. But the foregoing exceptions shall not
deprive the copyright proprietor of any other
remedy given him under this law, nor shall the
limitation as to the amount of recovery apply to
infringements occurring after the actual notice to
a defendant, either by service of process in a suit
or other written notice served upon him.
‘First. In the case of a painting, statue, or
sculpture, ten dollars for every infringing copy
made or sold by or found in the possession of
the infringer or his agents or employees ;
** Second. In the case of any work
enumerated in section five of this Act, except
a painting, statue, or sculpture, one dollar for
every infringing copy made or sold by or found
in the possession of the infringer or his agents
or employees ;
‘Third. In the case of a lecture, sermon,
or address, fifty dollars for every infringing
delivery ;
“Fourth. In the case of a dramatic or
dramatico-musical or a choral or orchestral
composition, one hudred dollars for the first
and fifty dollars for every subsequent infring-
ing performance ; in the case of other musical
compositions, ten dollars for every infringing
performance ;
*“(e) To deliver up on oath, to be impounded
during the pendency of the action, upon such
terms and conditions as the court may pre-
scribe, all articles alleged to infringe a copy-
right ;
““(d) To deliver up on oath for destruction
all the infringing copies or devices, as well as.
all plates, molds, matrices or other means for
making such infringing copies as the court may
order.
*“ (e) Whenever the owner of a musical copy-
right has used or permitted the use of the copy-
righted work upon the parts of musical instru-
ments serving to reproduce mechanically the
musical work, then in case of infringement of
such copyright by the unauthorized manu-
facture, use, or sale of interchangeable parts,
such as disks, rolls, bands, or cylinders for
use in mechanical music-producing machines
adapted to reproduce the copyrighted music,
no criminal action shall be brought, but in
a civil action an injunction may be granted
upon such terms as the court may impose, and
the plaintiff shall be entitled to recover in
lieu of profits and damages a royalty as pro-
vided in section one, subsection (e), of this
Act: Provided also, That whenever any person,
in the absence of a license agreement, intends
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to use a copyrighted musical composition upon
the parts of instruments serving to repro-
duce mechanically the musical work, relying
upon the compulsory license provision of this
Act, he shall serve notice of such intention,
by registered mail, upon the copyright pro-
prietor at his last address disclosed by the
records of the copyright office, sending to the
copyright office a duplicate of such notice ;
and in case of his failure so to do the court
may, in its discretion, in addition to sums
hereinabove mentioned, award the complainant
a further sum, not to exceed three times the
amount provided by section one, subsec-
tion (e), by way of damages, and not as a
penalty, and also a temporary injunction until
the full award is paid.
“Rules and regulations for practice and
procedure under this section shall be prescribed
by the Supreme Court of the United States.”
ee en
CROWN COPYRIGHT.
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COMMON idea exists in the minds of
authors and the public, that papers
and documents issued from Govern-
ment offices are public property. The question
was raised somewhat acutely under the old
Act, but the position of the Crown has been
more clearly defined under Clause 18 of the
Act of 1911. We print below a Treasury
Minute, dated June 28th, 1912. This will
define the attitude of the Crown more clearly
for the information of writers on political
matters and others who may desire to know
their exact position in this connection.
Treasury MINUTE DatTEep 28TH JUNE, 1912.
My Lords read section 18 of the Copyright Act, 1911
(1 & 2 Geo. 5, ch. 46), which enacts that—
** Without prejudice to any rights or privileges of the
Crown, where any work has, whether before or after
the commencement of this Act, been prepared or
published by or under the direction or control of
His Majesty or any Government department, the
copyright in the work shall, subject to any agree-
ment with the author, belong to His Majesty, and
in such case shall continue for a period of fifty years
from the date of the first publication of the work.”
The above statutory provision renders it necessary to
reconsider the Treasury Minute of the 3lst August, 1887
(presented to the House of Commons No. 335 of 1887),
and to define anew the practice to be followed with regard
to Crown Copyright.
The Treasury Minute divided Government publications
into the following classes :—
(1) Reports of Select Committees of the two Houses
of Parliament, or of Royal Commissions,
THE AUTHOR.
(2) Papers required by Statute to be laid before
Parliament, e.g., Orders in Council, Rules made
by Government Departments, Accounts, Reports
of Government Inspectors.
(3) Papers laid before Parliament by Command, e.g.;
Treaties, Diplomatic Correspondence, Reports
from Consuls and Secretaries of Legation,
Reports of Inquiries into Explosions or Acci-
dents, and other Special Reports made to
Government Departments.
(4) Acts of Parliament.
(5) Official books, e.g., King’s Regulations for the
Army or Navy.
(6) Literary or quasi-literary works, ¢.g., the Reports
of the “Challenger”? Expedition, the Rolls
Publications, the State Trials, the “‘ Board of
Trade Journal.”
(7) Charts and Ordnance Maps.
A considerable and increasing number of Government
works fall into the three last classes above set forth, and
My Lords see no reason why such works—often produced
at considerable cost—should be reproduced by private
enterprise for the benefit of individual publishers. For
the future, publications which fall within this description
will bear an indication on the title page that the Crown
Copyright is reserved. The Controller of the Stationery
Office will act on a notification by the Department
responsible for the production of the work that it is desired
that Crown Copyright should be expressly reserved
subject to reference to Their Lordships in case of doubt.
Any infringement of copyright in these cases should be
brought to the notice of the Controller of the Stationery
Office by the Heads of Departments, so far as works
prepared or published by or under their direction are
concerned.
The Controller of the Stationery Office will refer to this
Board for instructions as to whether any infringement
of Crown Copyright shall be made the subject of legal
proceedings.
The publications which fall into the first four classes
are issued for the use and information of the public, and
it is desirable that the knowledge of their contents should be
diffused as widely as possible. In the case of these
publications no steps will ordinarily be taken to enforce
the rights of the Crown in respect of copyright. The
rights of the Crown will not, however, lapse, and should
exceptional circumstances appear to justify such a course
it will be possible to assert them. In such a case, the
Department concerned should acquaint the Controller
of the Stationery Office as early as possible of the special
circumstances which render it desirable to depart from the
general rule permitting full and free reproduction of works
in these categories, and the Controller will, subject to the
direction of Their Lordships, take such measures as may
seem appropriate to enforce the right of the Crown.
Acts of Parliament must not, except when published
under authority of the Government, purport on the
face of them to be published by authority.
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THE AUTHOR.
HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY.
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i; VERY member has a right toask for and to receive
K 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-
lars 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.
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WARNINGS TO THE PRODUCERS
OF BOOKS.
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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
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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:
(.) 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.
(4.) Not to give up American, Colonial, or Continenta}
rights.
(5.) Not to give up serial or translation rights.
(6.) Not to bind yourself for future work to any publisher.
As well bind yourself for the future to any one solicitor or
doctor |!
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 Zhe Author,
IY. 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 advicefrom
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
means.
(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.
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WARNINGS TO DRAMATIC AUTHORS.
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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 any one except an established
manager.
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 inte
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,
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(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 (é.c., 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 (@.) 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. ‘hey 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.
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REGISTRATION OF SCENARIOS AND
ORIGINAL PLAYS.
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ay fone sy 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 theauthor
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.
Original Plays may also be filed subject to the same
rules, with the exception that a play will be charged for
at the price of 2s. 6d. per act.
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DRAMATIC AUTHORS AND AGENTS.
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RAMATIC authors should seek the advice of the
Society before putting plays into the hands of
agents. As the law stands at present, an agent
who has once had a play in his hands may acquire a
perpetual claim to a percentage on the author’s fees
from it. As far as the placing of plays is concerned,
it may be taken as a general rule that there are only
very few agents who can do anything for an author
that he cannot, under the guidance of the Society, do
equally well or better for himself. The collection of fees
is also a matter in which in many cases no intermediary is
required. For certain purposes, such as the collection of
fees on amateur performances, and in general the trans-
action of frequent petty authorisations with different
individuals, and also for the collection of fees in foreign
countries, almost all dramatic authors employ agents; and
in these ways the services of agents are real and valuable.
But the Society warns authors against agents who profess
to have influence with managers in the placing of plays, or
who propose to act as principals by offering to purchase
the author’s rights. In any case, in the present state of
the law, an agent should not be employed under any
circumstances without an agreement approved of by the
Society.
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WARNINGS TO MUSICAL COMPOSERS.
ESS
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.
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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.
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THE READING BRANCH.
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EMBERS will greatly assist the Society in this
M 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,
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REMITTANCES.
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
Smiths Bank, Chancery iLane, or be sent by registered
letter only.
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GENERAL NOTES.
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IMPERIAL COPYRIGHT.
WE understand that by Orders in Council the
Copyright Act is extended to the following terri-
tories under Imperial Protection :—
The Bechuanaland Protectorate, Hast Africa Protecto-
rate, Gambia Protectorate, Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Protectorate, Northern Nigeria Protectorate, Northern
Territories of the Gold Coast, Nyasaland Protectorate,
Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Sierra Leone Pro-
tectorate, Somaliland Protectorate, Southern Nigeria
Protectorate, Solomon Islands Protectorate, Swaziland,
Uganda Protectorate, and Wei-hai-wei. The Act is also
extended to Cyprus.
Another Order in Council extends the protection
of the Act to works of the following countries
within the area of the Statute :—
Belgium, Denmark and the Faroe Islands, France,
Germany and the German Protectorates, Hayti, Italy,
Japan, Liberia, Luxemburg, Monaco, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Tunis, belonging to the
Copyright Union; also to works published in Austria-
Hungary.
To COMPOSERS.
THE special attention of composers who are
members of the Society is drawn to the article
appearing elsewhere in this issue on the collec-
tion bureau, and also to the reference to that
bureau in the notes of the Committee of
Management and of the Composers’ Sub-
Committee.
The committee have sanctioned the collec-
tion of fees for mechanical instrument repro-
ductions, due under section 19 of the Act, as
they feel that any delay may tend to prejudice
seriously the position of composers, for the
payment of fees started from July of the present
year. The committee considered that the
commissions being charged by publishers and
others for such collection were exorbitant.
The commission to be charged by the Society
has not yet been fixed, but the committee
confidently hope that it will be considerably
less than the charges already referred to.
Three houses, it is known, have offered to
collect the fees for composers whose works are
published by them, on the following terms.
After deduction of expenses of collection— a
wholly indeterminate quantity—to pay 30 per
cent. of what remains, to themselves, leaving
the composer with a bare 70 per cent. The
following may well represent the practical
result of such a system. Say a publisher
collects £100. He would then put in the rent
of office for collection and other details of
clerkship at, say, £20, or perhaps more (no
figure is fixed), leaving a balance of £80. He
would then pay himself, for no apparent reason,
except that the composer has been fool enough
to agree to the arrangement, 30 per cent., and
would hand over the balance, £54, to the
composer. This system practically means that
the composer is putting 50 per cent. of his
property into the hands of a publisher who has
no claim on it whatever, for doing a piece of
work which most agents would willingly and
gladly do 50 per cent. cheaper. In the case of
composers whose mechanical instrument fees
do not amount to a very high figure, the
expenses of collection may leave them in a very
poor position, indeed. Even with the best
intentions in the world, without reference to
the publisher’s windfall of 30 per cent., any
firm collecting fees on this basis can hardly
fail to do injustice to the composer, as to appor-
tion the expenses of collection fairly among all
the composers affected would be a herculean
task.
The fairest offer, so far, which has been made
to composers, is the offer made by a certain
company, mentioned in a previous number of
The Author, to pay the whole of the balance to
the composer after deducting 25 per cent.,
but in both these cases, that is, in the case of
the publishers and in the case of the company,
it is made a sine qua non that the composer
shall assign all his rights of mechanical
reproduction. Quite apart from the fees which
are claimed, this condition is unsatisfactory
and absurd.
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THE REY. PROF. W. W. SKEAT.
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EATH has removed the Rev. Professor
W. W. Skeat, Professor of Anglo-
Saxon at the Cambridge University
since 1878, and one of the most distinguished
members of this Society.
Professor Skeat had obtained a deservedly
high reputation as an authority on the English
language, and his Etymological Dictionary
had shown him to be a scholar in the very
first class. His edition of Chaucer is, in its
way, a classic of a classic, and students, and,
indeed, the English public generally, have
suffered a great loss in the death of one so
erudite and so sincere in every subject that
he made his own.
The Press has drawn attention to the fact
that as a student of Pickwick he obtained
the second prize in Calverley’s examination,
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held so long ago as 1857. We well remember
the good founder of the Society, Sir Walter
Besant, telling the story of that examination,
for he was the winner of the first prize when
his friend the Professor took the second.
The Society of Authors owes a deep debt of
gratitude to Professor Skeat for the warm
support which he always gave it. He joined
the Society in 1884, being one of the first of
that small band who willingly stood by their
old friend in the good cause which sometimes,
in those days, appeared to be a lost cause.
The death of an original member brings back
recollections, full of sadness, for there are
very few left now. It was due entirely to
that small body of men of strong purpose and
unselfish ideals, which met together in that
year that the Society owes its present pros-
perous position.
The Author also has lost a good friend.
The Professor was a constant reader of the
magazine, and contributed many articles to
its columns, dealing with points in classical
English which were of interest. The thorough-
ness and accuracy of his knowledge of the
English language cannot be exaggerated, and
the wideness and depth of the range of his
studies makes it indeed difficult to replace
such an ardent and cultivated scholar.
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THE COLLECTION BUREAU.
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fF\HE committee, with the approval of the
Council of the Society of Authors, have
decided that a bureau for the collection
of members’ royalties might with ad vantage
be started for the members. Some of the
members of the Society have delegated such
collection to literary, dramatic and musical
agencies, but it is believed that there must be
others who would value an organisation which,
for a moderate commission, would collect
their royalties under contracts entered into
with publishers, theatrical managers, amateur
dramatic societies, ete. Under the new Copy-
right Act some such bureau is required if
authors, dramatists, and composers, are to
receive the full benefit of the increased protec-
tion which that act affords. There is no
intention whatever to extend the work of
the Society to embrace the scope of the
usual literary agency. The committee have
definitely sanctioned the collection of fees on
mechanical reproductions under Clause 19 of
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the new Copyright Act, on behalf of any
composers, members of the Society, who care
to entrust the collection of these fees to the
Society. This was an urgent matter. The
question of the commission to be charged,
they have referred to the Composers’ Sub-
Committee, but, in the meantime, any composer
who chooses to put his work into the hands of
the Society, can have his mechanical instru-
ment fees collected at a less commission,
pending the fixing of the exact percentage.
Under that section it is necessary that stamps
should be provided for sale at fixed prices,
to the producers of mechanical instruments.
It must be understood, therefore, that the
composer will have to pay for the cost of the
stamps. The question of the collection of fees
for dramatists has been referred to the
Dramatic Sub-Committee, which body will, in
due course, report to the Committee of Manage-
ment. The question of the commission to be
charged on sums collected under other contracts
will be considered at the next meeting of the
Committee of Management. It is hoped that,
before the end of the year, it will be possible to
give to the members of the Society fuller details
of the work which the Society has taken in
hand. Meanwhile, if any member has any
suggestions to make, the Committee of Manage-
ment will be pleased to receive and to consider
letters sent to the Society’s offices, while they
would also like to draw the attention to the
guarantee fund. It is proposed to call up
25 per cent. of the guarantee immediately,
but it is hoped to make the bureau self-
supporting in the course of two or three years
at the outside. The sum already guaranteed
is £670.
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PUBLISHERS’ ROYALTY AGREEMENTS.
LIMITATIONS.
I.
T is the habit of publishers in their printed
| forms of contract to ask for various rights.
Some ask for the copyright, some an
unlimited licence to publish, some a limited
licence, some one thing and some another.
Each one will ask for as much as he thinks he
can get and, if the author is ignorant of the
methods of dealing with his property, he
generally yields up much more than is either
necessary or right.
But it would not be fair to leave the author
with this statement only.
No author should transfer his copyright to a
ee,
THE AUTHOR. 59
publisher while he preserves a continuing in-
terest in his work.
This being the case, he grants to the pub-
lisher a licence to publish in book form.
This article, therefore, proposes to explain
what limitations can be placed on a publisher
so far as book publication is concerned. It
must never be forgotten that the publisher is
the agent of the author and not the principal.
Book publication, then, can be limited as
follows :—
1. As to country.
2. As to time.
8. As to edition.
4. As to price and format.
1. Limitation as to country.
Publication in the English language is
generally limited to (1) Great Britain and
Ireland, the Colonies and Dependencies thereof
(sometimes Canada excepted); (2) The United
States and Canada; (8) Tauchnitz editions
which cover most of the Continent and a great
many of the non-copyright countries of South
America, Russia, Turkey, ete.
To the English publisher it is sufficient to
grant a licence to publish in Great Britain and
Ireland, the Colonies and Dependencies thereof.
It is possible, however, if the English pub-
lishers continued to handle the Colonial markets
so badly, that some different arrangement may
be forthcoming by stimulating the Colonial
publishers to enter into contracts direct with
the English authors. Already the English
publishers have in most cases lost the Canadian
market, and complaints are coming in from
all sides. The authors complain that their
Colonial sales are small, and the Colonial pub-
lishers and booksellers state that they find
no push and enterprise among the English
publishers.
The United States publishers, owing, no
doubt, to local conditions, have secured the
Canadian market, but there is no reason what-
ever why, with their American goods, they
should be pushing out the work of British
authors in Australia and New Zealand. If
they continue their energetic career, it may
pay the English author best to get the
American publishers to take over his Colonial
market. One English author has already done
so with success.
At present, however, speaking generally, it is
best to license the English publisher to take
the Colonial market, with the exception of
Canada, but he should undertake to publish in
the Colonies, and should not merely take the
licence and then let the market lie idle.
In regard to Canada, if a suitable arrange-
ment can be made with a Canadian publisher,
it would be better for the author to make the
contract direct. If the United States pub-
lisher or the English publisher holds the
licence for this market some percentage of the
profits will go into his pockets, which might
well be shared in just proportions between the
author and the Canadian publisher.
If it should prove impossible, owing to the
lack of Canadian enterprise, to make a contract
direct, then, with some regret, it must be stated
that it will be best to leave the matter with the
publisher in the United States. Many of these
enterprising gentlemen have already got offices
in Montreal and Toronto, and nearly all of
them have busy agents working over the
Dominion.
These remarks refer to the book trade under
the present Colonial laws. What advice it may
be necessary to give if the self-governing
Dominions legislate for themselves it is impos-
sible at present to say. It may be necessary
to contract, in every case, direct with a Colonial
publisher, or it may be an author’s misfortune
to be the victim of licensed piracy, when no
contract will be of any avail.
When the time comes the proposition will
be met.
So much for Colonial book rights. It is now
necessary to consider the question of a licence
to publish in the United States. Again we
should like to repeat the formula.
No author should transfer his copyright to
a publisher while he preserves a continuing
interest in his work.
Under the peculiarly unfair arrangement at
present existing between Great Britain and the
United States it is necessary, first, that the book
should be printed from type set up in the
United States, and then published within a sixty |
days’ limit of the publication within the British
Empire. This is a general statement. For
fuller details and other technicalities further
reference must be made by the reader. It has
been stated by one author in a book of advice
to his brethren that it is not worth while to
bother about the American market. To this
dictum we would raise the strongest objection.
The United States publishers are already push-
ing the books of English authors out of Canada
and Australia, and it is of the utmost import-
ance that the United States copyright should
be preserved, if possible.
The agent is, to some degree, responsible for
this slackness with regard to the States, and
the author should insist upon greater effort and
alacrity. Some authors, indeed, whose books
appear to suit the taste of the American public,
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obtain a greater sale there than they obtain
in Great Britain. It requires, no doubt, more
trouble to negotiate these rights, but this is no
reason why they should be neglected.
Now, owing to the fact that publication must
be approximately simultaneous and_ that
everything must be done by correspondence,
an author should be ready and begin to nego-
tiate these rights at least six months before he
attempts the English market. :
His negotiations should be carried on by him-
self or his agent, and should never be left with
the publisher.
The reason for this is simple. First, as has
already been mentioned, a publisher is not a
literary agent. Secondly, a publisher will
generally only negotiate with one or two
United States houses with whom he may have
personal connection instead of going steadily
through all ‘the responsible United States
firms. Thirdly, when the publisher has the
business in hand the English author has gener-
ally made his contract for publication in Great
Britain, and the publisher is therefore anxious
to get the book on the market, and chafes at
what he may consider the author’s unreason-
able demands and delays. Fourthly, the author
is generally bound to share some of his profit
with the publisher, who will ask considerably
more than the usual agent’s charges. Lastly,
it often pays the publisher better to sell sheets
or stereos to the United States, losing the
copyright for the author, than to gain the
copyright and share the profits.
An author, therefore, cannot be urged too
strongly to endeavour to obtain these rights
for himself, and to make his effort at least six
months before he offers to an English publisher.
Besides, if he has placed his work in the States,
an English publisher will almost certainly take
the work without demur. The argument for
one is an argument for the other.
He must not wake up suddenly when he has
completed all his arrangements for the Empire,
and discover that he has other rights, and
valuable rights, that he might have cbtained.
English authors must remember the United
States market is a valuable market, in some
cases, and with some books more valuable than
the English.
If, however, for one reason or another, no
American publisher will handle the work, then
it is as well to have a clause in the English
agreement allowing the publisher to sell sheets
or stereos to the United States, but at a
moderate profit to himself and not in accord-
ance with the usual exorbitant demand. He
can send these out before any pirate can get
THE AUTHOR.
the book and copy it, and the United States
publisher can get the first run of the States
market and secure his profit. Indeed, there
appears to be a sort of unwritten understanding
among the best class publishers in the States
not to interfere with this kind of publication
from another firm. If the book, however, is
extraordinarily successful then the unscru-
pulous pirate will, of course, step in.
The last publication in book form in the
English language is the publication by Baron
Tauchnitz.
This form of publication is best negotiated
through a literary agent, if the author employs
one, or by the author himself. It should not
be left in the hands of the publisher, who
is not a literary agent. If, however, an
offer comes from Tauchnitz consequent on
the action of the publisher, if, in other
words, he has worked successfully for the
author as a literary agent, then the author
should give him the usual agency fee of 10 per
cent. In no circumstances should he allow
these rights to be exclusively in the hands of
the publisher to make whatever contract he
thinks fit, and in no circumstances should he
allow the publisher to take 59 per cent. of the
profits, for writing, perhaps, to letters.
A warning should be given here of a serious
difficulty that has arisen under the contracts
for the purchase of the cheap 7d. rights put
forward by the firm of Messrs. Nelson & Son.
These contracts are limited—and rightly so,
when the Tauchnitz rights are so valuable—to
Great Britain, her Colonies and Dependencies
and to the production in book form at the price
of 7d. The contract is in most cases thus
strictly limited. But Messrs. Nelson, having
prepared a special paper cover, proceed to
export the books to France and to sell them at
one frane. Such action is, of course, a distinct
breach of contract. Messrs. Nelson have
endeavoured to justify their action. The
author, must, therefore, be put on his guard. If
he is offered a contract from a firm of publishers
for a cheap reproduction, unlimited as_ to
country, he may be selling his Tauchnitz rights
and may lose a chance of a further market.
This should not be, for, as a rule, Tauchnitz
can cover a much wider area abroad than any
English publisher, and can, therefore, pay a
better price.
If the English publisher is limited as to
country and price, then the English author
must see that the contract is adhered to, or
must obtain equivalent damages for loss of the
Tauchnitz market.
It is possible that this important question
ee ee a apes ee
/ rights in foreign languages.
sold for a sum down, or for a sum down in
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of cheap edition rights may be dealt with
more fully in another article.
Next come the translation rights or book
These are usually
advance of royalties.
They are sometimes limited as to country,
but generally only limited as to language.
The serial rights are not infrequently
included in the sale, and if there is any chance
of the work meeting with success in this form
when translated, then the author should get a
just portion of the returns.
Finally, now that copyright in translations
runs for the whole period of copyright, if
published within ten years from the date of
publication in the country of origin, an author
who takes any pride in his work should either
retain to himself some right of approving the
translation before it is placed on the market,
or be very sure of the capacity of his translator
before he makes the assignment.
(To be continued.)
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COLONIAL PUBLICATION,
—+-—~<>—+ —
N article under the above title in the
October number of The Author,
contains the statement that English
works—in comparison with American—do not
get a fair circulation on the Colonial markets.
My own experience in the matter may be of
interest. When my first novel was published,
jast autumn, I happened to be in Australia,
and naturally I took a paternal interest in my
first-born. Before it arrived in the Common-
wealth a Sydney literary agent warned me
that it would have little chance of success in
competition with the new American books.
He added the amazing explanation that
Australian buyers disliked English books on
account of their pornographic tendency. The
agent probably did not know a great deal
about the contents of the books he handled—
he was agent for everything that came in his
way, from fire insurance to sheep dip—but
it was certainly true that English paper-
covered books, with suggestive covers and
titles, occupied prominent positions on the
bookstalls.
I did not believe that the pornographic
portion of the English output could be large
enough to affect the reputation of the whole.
A more credible explanation was _ forth-
coming when my own book arrived. Wishing
to see a copy of the Colonial edition I asked
for it at one of the leading shops. The book-
seller told me that he had not got it, was not
likely to get it, and knew nothing about it.
He added that the book could not be worth
reading, or his London agents would have sent
him some copies of it. When I meekly told him
that I was the author of the book he made
amends by explaining how it was that he knew
nothing of it. He left the purchase of
English books, he said, entirely to his London
agents, who sent him out whatever they
thought best. He never replaced books that
he sold, except under exceptional circumstances,
as a book that had been in brisk demand might
be forgotten during the three months that must
elapse before fresh stocks could be obtained
from England. He bought American books
because the representatives of American
publishers called on him and were able to tell
him all he needed to know about the contents
of the books that he sold. To stock American
books was therefore less of a speculation than
to stock English ones. A New Zealand gentle-
man, a large buyer of books, told me that he
bought all his books from a London bookseller,
as the choice among those offered for sale
- locally was so limited.
Though many Australasian booksellers are
men with literary tastes, some bring to their
business qualifications that would serve them
equally well if they sold candles or mousetraps.
A Sydney lady who read my book was so
sporting as to order twenty-four copies of it,
to be sent to twenty-four of her friends as
Christmas presents. The bookseller, not
having my novel in stock, without consulting
his customer, sent out twenty-four copies of
a new American novel instead. When the
lady remonstrated with him, he pleaded that
as the two books were equally new and were
sold at the same price, there was nothing to
choose between them. He knew nothing, of
course, about the contents of either work.
I was credibly informed afterwards by a
publisher’s agent that his profit on the
American book was double what he would have
got by selling mine. The same gentleman told
me that in order to capture the Australasian
market American publishers allow Australasian
booksellers a profit so large that they have
none left for themselves; that, in fact, they
practically let the bookseller get them at the
price it costs to produce them. The buyer,
however, pays the same price as he would for
an English book.
So far my complaint has been against the
Australasian bookseller. English publishers,
too, must share the responsibility of allowing
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American books to shoulder English ones out
of the market. One New Zealand bookseller
ordered thirty copies of my book on the
strength of a notice of it that he had seen in
a trade journal. He sold these out in three
weeks and applied to the Melbourne representa-
tive of my publisher for more copies. Tle
was referred to the London house. Before
leaving Australasia I called on my publisher’s
local representative, and asked if it were true
that he could not supply my book. He told
me that he had originally received only twelve
copies of my book, that he had disposed of all
these to one bookseller soon after they had
arrived, and had never replaced them. He
had had a number of applications for the book,
but had referred each applicant to the London
house. He admitted that he could have sold
a hundred copies if he had had them.
It is necessary to add that as I know of one
English publishing firm that is admirably
represented in Australasia, and as others may
be equally well represented for anything I
know to the contrary, my remarks must not
be applied too generally. My evidence shows
that there is something wrong with the
Australasian book trade—so far as it concerns
the English author—but it does not show the
extent of the evil.
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WRITING THE SHORT STORY.*
HE above work has been written by
J. Berg Esenwein, editor of a monthly
magazine. The publishers, in a preface,
state as follows :—
“This treatise is confidently recommended
for class-room use because of several important
considerations. Its inspirational method and
logical order are based upon the best pedago-
gical approach.”
There is no doubt that certain points
in the technical development of the short
story may be taught, just as certain points
in the technical development of the essay,
but no class-book will make a person capable
either of writing a short story or a read-
able essay. Indeed, in our humble opinion,
the machine-made short story is likely to be
a considerably worse production than the
machine-made essay. The author writes with
the experience resulting from a lifetime of
observation, and we do not wish to decry the
* “Writing the Short Story,’ by J. Berg Esenwein.
Andrew Melrose.
THE AUTHOR.
value of the book so far as such a book is
valuable.
If any author thinks that he or she may
fail in placing short stories, through lack of
power to master the technical difficulties, it
will certainly be worth while to purchase a
copy of this book and to peruse its contents.
Op de
THE AUTHOR AS PUBLISHER.
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LITTLE book*has been produced entitled
“The Author as Publisher.” The
publishers of the book are :—Messrs.
Grant and Woods, of 31, Ampton Street, Grays
Inn Road, W.C., and the price of the book is
1s. net.
The book is a small one of some fifty pages
but will hardly repay the reading. It is full
of theories, but has not come down to definite
figures and practical issues except on one
or two occasions, and then the figures are
misleading and inaccurate and the statements
contradictory.
The writers of the book put forward three
objections to the production of books by the
authors themselves.
(1) The author is not a man of business.
(2) He needs capital.
(8) He has no experience in the distribu-
tion of books.
These are all weighty and sound objections,
especially the second one. They then endeav-
our to show that these are really no objections.
The writers of the book state that the average
cost of production of a book, even including
‘pushing,’ may be roughly estimated at
about £50. The Society of Authors, as a
general rule, has no inclination to bolster up
publishers’ prices, but could hardly accept
this figure as a fair one. Indeed, as will be
shown later, the writers themselves seem to
contradict this figure.
The advantages they mention are, that an
author would bear his own losses and enjoy
his own profits, and that, most probably, such
a system would tend to diminish, to a con-
siderable extent, the enormous output of
worthless books. The writers also state that
the author of a technical book very often knows
his own market better than the publisher, and,
therefore, he could reach it so much easier.
Again we are inclined to differ, for the pub-
lishers of technical books, if they know their
business, must make it a point that their
distributing agents should have the necessary
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knowledge of how to obtain the technical
markets.
The writers propose to get over the difficulty
of the publisher by the union of several authors
together for the publication, each paying the
cost of production of his own book and his own
proportion of advertisement, but, they go on
to say, that when the books are bound and
ready for delivery there must be of necessity
a distributing office in the Metropolis; there
must be also a clerk to do the accounts ; there
must be also a responsible manager, and, in
time, they state, an advertising department
would be necessary, perhaps also a foreign
department. Personally, we should have
included all these details in the term “* push-
ing ”’ mentioned above, and if these details are
taken into consideration, and there were ten
people joined together, they would find that
the ultimate cost per book was considerably
over £50.
Until the writers of the book come down to
figures, hard and fast, so long will it be useless
discussing any further the proposition they
put forward. It is true, and the writers have
touched the point, that in some cases authors
of technical subjects can sell their own books
as well as, if not better than, the publisher.
There are authors of technical subjects doing
a great deal of lecturing to students, who
find that by keeping the printing and produc-
tion of their own books in their own hands,
they can obtain larger profits and as good a
circulation as they may want. This example
must not be quoted as illustrative of the rule,
but as an exception.
The advantages of going to a publisher are
evident, they arise from the fact, that the
publisher’s travellers can handle a hundred
books at a time, whereas, the author who has
only one book, has to go to the same expense
for handling one book as the publisher goes to
for handling a hundred. In the same way,
in the matter of advertisements, a publisher
can easily obtain a reduction for large and
frequent advertisements that an author of one
book cannot obtain. Again, if a really capable
manager for the Authors’ Union business, was
obtained, the manager would certainly, as
soon as he had found his own power, set up
publishing himself. The writers quote the
© + case of Mr. Ruskin as an author who published
uf | | his own works, but has not the result been the
1 | firm of Messrs. George Allen and Son.
There is no doubt that if an author has the
“| power and the capacity and the knowledge,
‘© only obtained after long years of training, he
might be able in exceptional cases, to do much
better by publishing his own books, than he
would do if they were produced through a
publisher, but we do not advocate the system
at the present time, while authors remain
artists, and publishers remain tradesmen.
We have written at some length on this
question, at greater length than is justified by
the contents of the book, because the subject
has been brought forward on two or three
occasions recently. The arguments against
co-operative publishing are many and fatal,
but it is impossible to gather them all within
the compass of a short review.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
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CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING.
LE:
Sir,—I have just arisen from a dream;
kindly allow me the pleasure of relating it
to you. It was a reforming sort of utopian
fantasy concerning a young author, whose
name did not transpire and is matterless; but
for the sake of clearness, let us speak of him
as Needful. Usually it is not the man who
matters, it is what he does. So it was with
my dream character.
Now Needful’s lines had not been cast in
pleasant places. The forces of necessity and
inclination had combined in a nefarious plot
to make of him an author, with the result of
a plentiful crop of disappointments, scattered
illusions, some sourness, and enough strengthen-
ing of character to make for the betterment of
the man. Being unsure of himself, he had, at
the outset, followed the example of some other
writers, by submitting his MSS. to certain
eminent litterateurs. These had accorded him
more than sufficient praise to send him hope-
fully forth on the rough road of authorship ;
they had dubbed his work “‘ distinctive,” ‘‘ of
a fine literary flavour,’ ‘‘ with character,
humour, ability in dialogue,’ ete. He was |
also a maker of verse and plays which won him
equally kind remarks from prominent members
of his adopted profession.
This is the position that Needful appeared
to me to possess at the opening of my dream.
*“ Alas for the frailty of human hopes,” especi-
ally youthful literary ones. He had sent his
MSS. to publishers, and had them returned to
him, some with polite letters of rejection ; some
with regrets that the work was not sufficiently
sensational, not ‘‘ popular’? enough; and
some with requests to see other efforts. But
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most of the rejections were accompanied by
offers to publish his work at his own expense,
and some of the offers came from the front
rank of long-established firms. My friend, of
the dream, had a shelfful of sad reminders that
there are more things in the realm of publica-
tion than are imagined in a young author's
philosophy. Of his three published books—
the first, a critique, had died of the malady
known as clever mystification ; the second,
a volume of verse, had occasioned a storm of
abuse, which he—forgetting the similar cases
of Keats, Byron, Shelley, Tennyson, ete.—
omitted to take as praise, and thereon swore
an eternal severance from every thought akin
to poetry ; whilst of his royalties on the third,
a romance, he was robbed by a fraudulent
publisher, with whom he had signed an agree-
ment that completely tied his hands in the
matter of retaliation.
Thus much for the making of Mr. Needful.
But now came a change: just after the begin-
ning of my dream Needful was startled
almost out of his wits by being left half a
million pounds by a relative who had gone
out to the Colonies and been forgotten.
Having gained possession of the money he
spent a week in close thought on one subject.
Then (and here comes the peculiar part of the
dream) he came to you with the idea that had
cost him seven days in bringing to a workable
conclusion. Roughly, this was the uniting
of all British authors in a publishing company.
Well, as might be expected in the face of such
a radical innovation, those who were most to
benefit by the project held dubiously aloof.
But that did not deter Needful. He was
determined to save them even in spite of them-
selves. So he, with your practical help,
founded, and endowed in a way, a sort of
Syndicate of British Authors. Entirely at
his expense a huge building was put up in
the W.C. district, a part of it being fitted with
all the necessary machinery, etc., for a very
large printing and publishing business, the
remainder was a club room, library, theatre,
restaurant and sleeping rooms. ‘This place,
stored and supplied to the last detail, Needful
gave to the Committee of the Syndicate, to be
held in perpetuity by them and their successors
for the sole use of the Syndicate. As to the
benefits of this institution, the membership
was one guinea per year; for which the mem-
ber was supplied with a club, a private theatre,
ete., and had his books published, the whole
solely at working cost, he receiving every penny
of clear profit on his work.
Of course, what had kept the authors from
THE AUTHOR.
putting their money (such as had any) into the
project was the fear that it would not pay.
Now, with a free gift of the whole concern and
a level start at no more cost than a guinea
each, in they came—necessity-driven animals
into the ark of self-protection. In a short
time every author in Britain, whose work would
pay for its publication, was a member of the
Syndicate. Each book was issued on its
merits, and, in the case of the more literary,
cleared its cost partially owing to the good
repute of the Syndicate. Outside publishers
of books became practically nil; such as did
survive lived on publishing for the dead, and
on ‘‘ commission ” work for wealthy scribblers
of no merit.
Thus ended my dream, and I awoke sadly
to realise that I had but dreamt, and to sink
back on my pillow, murmuring—“ If this be
dreaming, let me sleep and dream it o’er again.”
Under the impression that this will interest
you, and all authors who would help to form
a co-operative publishing concern,
I am, Sir,
Faithfully yours,
A. DREAMER.
1 ——
Il.
Sir,—Disraeli remarks in his “‘ Calamities ”
that authors are the most ingenious and the
most enlightened class of the community, and
the least remunerated. .. Some are forced
to exist by means that are painful to describe,
while others end their lives in apathy and
despair.
This is terribly true, and there is ample
evidence to prove that one of the causes of
these dire struggles with penury is the flagrant
evil of the unsatisfactory publishing arrange-
ments, from which there seems no escape at.
present.
If authors would but co-operate and bring
their ‘‘ ingenuity and enlightenment ” to bear
upon this most distressing state of affairs, we
fully believe that they could obtain redress of
their grievances. The remedy is in their own
hands, and we venture to suggest that authors
should formulate a system by which the
publishing business would be more under their
personal control, and thus prevent further
* calamities.”” We suggest that this is possible,
and in view of establishing, say, The Authors’
Publishing Association, we should like to hear
any objections against it, and shall be pleased
to communicate with those who are in favour
and willing to assist.
ANNABEL GRay.
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