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236https://historysoa.com/items/show/236The Society of French Authors (La Société Des Gens De Lettres): Its Foundation and its History (1889)<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%3Cem%3EThe+Society+of+French+Authors+%28La+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+Des+Gens+De+Lettres%29%3A+Its+Foundation+and+its+History%26nbsp%3B%3C%2Fem%3E%281889%29"><em>The Society of French Authors (La Société Des Gens De Lettres): Its Foundation and its History&nbsp;</em>(1889)</a>Written by <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Sprigge-Samuel-Squire">Samuel Squire Sprigge</a>, providing a history of the French Society of Authors (founded in <span>1829). Offers an overview of the legal and political standing of authorship in France, and the work of the Society in changing the landscape.</span><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sprigge%2C+Samuel+Squire">Sprigge, Samuel Squire</a><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010126399" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010126399</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Publication">Publication</a>1889-Sprigge-Society-of-French-Authors<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=The+Society+of+Authors">The Society of Authors</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Henry+Glaisher">Henry Glaisher</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=76&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1889">1889</a>Sprigge, Samuel Squire. <em>The Society of French Authors (La Société Des Gens De Lettres): Its Foundation and its History</em>. London: The Society of Authors, 1889. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010126399" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010126399</a>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=4&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=London">London</a>https://historysoa.com/files/original/4/236/1889-Sprigge-Society-of-French-Authors.pnginternational, publications
195https://historysoa.com/items/show/195The Methods of Publishing (1890)<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%3Cem%3EThe+Methods+of+Publishing%3C%2Fem%3E+%281890%29"><em>The Methods of Publishing</em> (1890)</a>Written by <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Sprigge-Samuel-Squire">Samuel Squire Sprigge</a> to support the demand of the Society, as made in the Annual Report of 1889, for "just treatment as prevails in all other branches of business". With chapters on literary property and different profit systems.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sprigge%2C+Samuel+Squire">Sprigge, Samuel Squire</a><a href="https://archive.org/details/methodsofpublish00spri" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/methodsofpublish00spri</a><a href="https://historysoa.com/publications/1898-Thring-Addenda-Methods-of-Publishing" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Addenda to The Methods of Publishing</em> (1898)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Publication">Publication</a>1890-Sprigge-Methods-of-Publishing<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=The+Society+of+Authors">The Society of Authors</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Henry+Glaisher">Henry Glaisher</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=76&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1890">1890</a>Sprigge, Samuel Squire. <em>The Methods of Publishing</em>. London: The Society of Authors, 1890. <a href="https://archive.org/details/methodsofpublish00spri" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/methodsofpublish00spri</a>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=4&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=London">London</a>https://historysoa.com/files/original/4/195/1890-Sprigge-Methods-of-Publishing.pngpublications, publishing
406https://historysoa.com/items/show/406Report of the Sub-Committee on the Price of Novels (1910)<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%3Cem%3EReport+of+the+Sub-Committee+on+the+Price+of+Novels%3C%2Fem%3E+%281910%29"><em>Report of the Sub-Committee on the Price of Novels</em> (1910)</a>A report from the <a href="https://historysoa.com/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Price+of+Novels+Sub-Committee">Sub-Committee on the Price of Novels</a> (<span><a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Lowndes-Marie-Adelaide-Elizabeth-Renee-Julia-Belloc">Marie Belloc Lowndes</a>, <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Garvice-Charles-Andrew">Charles Garvice</a>, <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Hornung-Ernest-William">E. W. Hornung</a>, <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Jacobs-William-Wymark">W. W. Jacobs</a> and <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Sprigge-Samuel-Squire">Samuel Squire Sprigge</a>)</span> on the feasibility of reducing the price of novels from 6 shillings to 2 or 3 shillings, including a survey of publishers' opinions.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lowndes%2C+Marie+Adelaide+Elizabeth+Ren%C3%A9e+Julia+Belloc">Lowndes, Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Renée Julia Belloc</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Garvice%2C+Charles+Andrew">Garvice, Charles Andrew</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hornung%2C+Ernest+William">Hornung, Ernest William</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Jacobs%2C+William+Wymark">Jacobs, William Wymark</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sprigge%2C+Samuel+Squire">Sprigge, Samuel Squire</a><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027638405" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027638405</a><a href="https://historysoa.com/The-Author-Issues/1910-05-02-The-Author-20-8">Supplement to <em>The Author</em>, Vol. 20 Issue 08</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Publication">Publication</a>1910-05-02-Supplement-20-8-Price-of-Novels-Report<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=89&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=20">20</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=76&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1910-05-02">1910-05-02</a>819100502https://historysoa.com/files/original/4/406/1910-05-02-Supplement-20-8-Price-of-Novels-Report.pdffinance, publications, publishing, The Author