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518	https://historysoa.com/items/show/518	The Author, Vol. 16 Issue 10 (July 1906)	<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+Author%3C%2Fem%3E%2C+Vol.+16+Issue+10+%28July+1906%29"><em>The Author</em>, Vol. 16 Issue 10 (July 1906)</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>	1906-07-01-The-Author-16-10					277–292																		<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=89&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=16">16</a>											<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=76&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1906-07-01">1906-07-01</a>							10			19060701	Che Muthor.<br /> <br /> (The Organ of the Incorporated Society of Authors.<br /> <br /> Monthly.)<br /> <br /> FOUNDED BY SIR WALTER BESANT.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Voi. XVI.—No. 10.<br /> <br /> JULY 1sT, 1906.<br /> <br /> [Prick SIXPENCE.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER :<br /> <br /> 374 VICTORIA.<br /> ‘TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS :<br /> <br /> AUTORIDAD, LONDON.<br /> <br /> +—}_»—____<br /> <br /> NOTICES.<br /> <br /> +<br /> <br /> EMBERS are reminded that Te Author is<br /> not published in August or September,<br /> only ten numbers being issued annually.<br /> <br /> The next number will appear in October.<br /> <br /> For the opinions expressed in papers that are<br /> signed or initialled the authors alone are respon-<br /> sible. None of the papers or paragraphs must<br /> be taken as expressing the opinion of the Com-<br /> mittee unless such is especially stated to be the<br /> case.<br /> <br /> Tue Editor begs to inform members of the<br /> Authors’ Society and other readers of 7he Author<br /> that the cases which are from time to time quoted<br /> in The Author are cases that have come before the<br /> notice or to the knowledge of the Secretary of the<br /> Society, and that those members of the Society<br /> who desire to have the names of the publishers<br /> concerned can obtain them on application.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> List of Members.<br /> <br /> THE List of Members of the Society of Authors<br /> published October, 1902, at the price of 6d., and<br /> the elections from October, 1902, to July, 1903, as<br /> a supplemental list, at the price of 2d., can now be<br /> obtained at the offices of the Society. They will<br /> be sold to members or associates of the Society only.<br /> <br /> All further elections have been chronicled from<br /> month to month in these pages.<br /> <br /> Vou. XVI.<br /> <br /> THE PENSION FUND OF THE SOCIETY.<br /> <br /> —-~&gt;—<br /> <br /> The Committee’s Decision, 1906.<br /> <br /> HE Trustees of the Pension Fund of the<br /> iE Society have reported to the Pension Fund<br /> Committee that there are sufficient funds to<br /> enable them to declare another small pension.<br /> The committee consider it is their best policy<br /> to allow the funds to accumulate for the present.<br /> They would, however, be glad to receive informa-<br /> tion, unofficially, from any member of the society<br /> of any urgent case within the member’s personal<br /> knowledge.<br /> <br /> Information of such cases, which should be as<br /> full as possible, should be sent to the Secretary,<br /> 39, Old Queen Street, Storey’s Gate, S.W., and will<br /> receive the prompt and careful attention of the<br /> <br /> committee.<br /> ge gs<br /> <br /> Investments of the Fund.<br /> <br /> Tue Trustees of the Pension Fund met at the<br /> Society’s Offices, March 5th, 1906, and having gone<br /> carefully into the accounts of the fund, decided<br /> to invest a further sum. They have now pur-<br /> chased £200 Cape of Good Hope 3% per cent.<br /> Inscribed Stock, bringing the investments of the<br /> fund to the figures set out below.<br /> <br /> This is a statement of the actual stock ; the<br /> money value can be easily worked out at the current<br /> price of the market :—<br /> <br /> DOUROIS Oe One oc ce ieee ee £1000 0 0<br /> local owis 3. ee. 500 0 0<br /> Victorian Government 3 % Consoli-<br /> dated Inscribed Stock ............... 29 19 11<br /> WSE Wi0an 2.0 es ZOOL 9 8<br /> London and North Western 3 % Deben-<br /> tite SEOCK 2.72550 200 0 0<br /> Egyptian Government Irrigation<br /> imat 4.96 Certificates ....-:......... 2002.0 0<br /> Cape of Good Hope 34% Inscribed<br /> SlOCK 2. 200 0 9<br /> Motel: 22. £2,643 9 2<br />  <br /> <br /> 278<br /> <br /> Subscriptions, 1906. £ gs. a<br /> March 7, Sinclair, Miss May 1.10<br /> March 7, Forrest, G. W. 2 250<br /> March 8, Simpson, W. J. 6 9 0<br /> March 8, Browne, F. M. 0.2 4<br /> April 12, Pryor, Francis 2 2 20<br /> June 15, Cuming, E. W. D.. Ll 0<br /> June 15, Skrine, Mrs. J. H. 010 O<br /> <br /> Donations, 1906.<br /> <br /> Jan. 2, Jacobs, W. W. : : a)<br /> Jan. 6, Wilkins, W. H. (Legacy) —50 0 6<br /> Jan. 10, Middlemas, Commander A. C. 9 10 0<br /> Feb. 5, Roe, Mrs. Harcourt : 730 ) 0<br /> Feb. 5, Yeats, Jack B. : : --0 10 0<br /> Feb. 12, White, Mrs. Caroline. . 0 10.0<br /> Feb. 13, Bolton, Miss Anna ©0520<br /> Feb. 28, Weyman, Stanley . : 2b 50<br /> March 7, Hardy, Harold. . 7 0°10-.0<br /> March 12, Harvey, Mrs. : : 2 0 0<br /> March 27, Williams, Mrs. HE. L. . ~ ko 10<br /> April 15, Caine, William. : ~ 1 L 0<br /> April 15, Steel, Mrs. F. A. . : » 0-15. 0<br /> June 12, Oliphant, Captain Blair . 7 8.0. 0<br /> June 12, B.S. G. : : : . be 070<br /> June 16, Behnke, Miss Kate E. . » 0 5. 0<br /> June 28, G. W. Caldicott . : oi 10<br /> <br /> —__—__—_&gt;_+—___—_—_-<br /> <br /> COMMITTEE NOTES.<br /> <br /> —+~&lt;&gt; +<br /> <br /> HE meeting of the Pension Fund Committee<br /> was held on Monday, June 11th, at three<br /> o&#039;clock, at the offices of the society. ‘The<br /> <br /> committee received and considered the report of<br /> the trustees of the fund. The committee’s decision<br /> is fully recorded on the first page of The Author<br /> under the heading of “The Pension Fund.” The<br /> attention of members is especially drawn to this<br /> statement.<br /> <br /> At four o’clock on the same afternoon the com-<br /> mittee of the society held its monthly meeting. It<br /> is satisfactory to report that the rate of election is<br /> still well maintained. Twenty-six members and<br /> associates were elected at the meeting, bringing the<br /> total for the current year up to124. This number<br /> is in advance of the elections at the corresponding<br /> period of last year.<br /> <br /> In last month’s Author mention was made of a<br /> case in the United States in which the society had<br /> obtained the opinion of an American counsel.<br /> The result of further negotiations between the<br /> parties was placed before the committee, who<br /> decided to leave the settlement in the hands of the<br /> <br /> THE AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> author concerned, though in the event of his<br /> inability to come to an arrangement they repeated<br /> their willingness, as decided at the former meet-<br /> ing, to assist the member in an action for the<br /> maintenance of his rights in the United States<br /> Courts.<br /> <br /> The case of infringement of copyright mentioned<br /> in the last issue of Zhe Author has now been<br /> settled. An umple apology has been made to the<br /> author, and the report of the settlement was placed<br /> before the committee.<br /> <br /> A complaint by a member of the society against<br /> a fellow member, with full details as set forth by<br /> both parties, was brought before the committee.<br /> After careful consideration, the committee decided<br /> that the complaint had not been substantiated and<br /> that the complainant should be informed of their<br /> decision. The next question referred to a dispute<br /> between a composer and a music publisher, in<br /> which the latter had neglected to take any notice<br /> of the letters sent him by the secretary and had<br /> refused to furnish the member with a proper state-<br /> ment of account. The committee decided to place<br /> the matter in the hands of the society’s solicitors<br /> and to issue a writ if necessary. The sale of books<br /> by The Times’ Book Club is being carefully con-<br /> sidered by the committee, but it is not desirable to<br /> make any statement on the subject at present.<br /> <br /> On another page of Zhe Author will be found a<br /> message of sympathy which has been forwarded<br /> through the British Foreign Office to the Norwegian<br /> Government on the occasion of the death of Dr.<br /> Henrik Ibsen.<br /> <br /> The secretary reported that he had that morning<br /> received a copy of the United States Copyright<br /> Bill which is going before the Senate. It’ is ciren-<br /> lated to all the members as a supplement to this<br /> <br /> month’s issue.<br /> eee i<br /> <br /> Cases.<br /> <br /> Tue secretary has dealt with a<br /> since the appearance of the list in the June num-<br /> ber of Zhe Author. One of these has been trans-<br /> ferred to the society’s solicitors, with the sanction<br /> of the committee. This case is mentioned in the<br /> Committee Notes.<br /> <br /> The next case is one of accounts, and it is hoped<br /> that the publishers will forward these in due<br /> course. There are six cases in which the secretary<br /> has had to apply for money. Two of these have<br /> already terminated successfully, the money having<br /> been paid. One of the remaining cases deals with<br /> a claim against an American publisher, and cannot,<br /> in consequence, be settled for some little time, and<br /> another deals with a paper in bankruptcy. Any<br /> action taken by the society in this case would be<br /> of no avail. In the other two cases a settlement<br /> <br /> .<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> \<br /> <br /> on the question of agents.<br /> <br /> Allen, H. Warner<br /> <br /> will, no doubt, be arrived at before the issue of the<br /> next number of Zhe Author.<br /> <br /> There are three matters dealing with agents’<br /> accounts, all of which are in course of negotiation.<br /> There is no need to say anything more at present<br /> The matter has been<br /> fully discussed in the last few numbers. Two<br /> other cases refer to the interpretation and settle-<br /> ment of agreements. One case is in the course of<br /> satisfactory negotiation, and the other case the<br /> committee have decided to take in hand if the<br /> publisher does not accept the offer made by the<br /> author with a view to settlement.<br /> <br /> There is one case remaining which deals with<br /> the question of the right to a pseudonym. It may<br /> be remembered that a case of a similar kind<br /> occurred some time ago, in which the society took<br /> counsel’s opinion. The former was satisfactorily<br /> settled, and no doubt a similar result will be<br /> effected in the present instance.<br /> <br /> —+~+<br /> <br /> June Elections.<br /> Woodside, Purbrook,<br /> Cosham, Hants.<br /> <br /> Behnke, Miss Kate Emil. 18, Earl’s Court Square,<br /> <br /> 5. W.<br /> Benson, The Rev. Robert Catholic Rectory,<br /> Hugh Cambridge.<br /> <br /> THE AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> Letts, Miss Winifred M. .<br /> <br /> Lawson, T. Robb<br /> <br /> MacGillivray, E. J.<br /> <br /> Quetteville, The Rey.<br /> Philip W. de<br /> <br /> Rentoul, Robert Reid,<br /> M.D.<br /> <br /> Skrine, Mrs. John H.<br /> <br /> Stopford, Francis Powys .<br /> <br /> Terry, R. 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MACMILLAN &amp; CO. will shortly<br /> publish a book entitled “ Playright and<br /> Copyright in all Countries,’ by Mr. W.<br /> <br /> Morris Colles and Mr. Harold Hardy, barristers-at<br /> law. The primary object of the work is to enable<br /> authors to see at a glance what steps must be taken,<br /> before or after publication, to secure international<br /> protection of their copyright and dramatic rights<br /> in books and plays throughout the world. The<br /> formalities as to registration and delivery of<br /> copies, in all countries where copyright is recog-<br /> nised, are set out in detail; and the requirements<br /> of the British Colonial laws, including the Austra-<br /> lian Commonwealth Copyright Act, 1905, are<br /> specifically dealt with. The book is dedicated, by<br /> kind permission, to Sir Henry Bergne, K.C.,<br /> K.C.M.G., chairman of the Authors’ Society.<br /> <br /> John Oliver Hobbes’s new novel, “ The Dream<br /> and the Business,” is a study of character and its<br /> development. It also depicts a conflict between<br /> two religious ideals, those of Roman Catholicism<br /> and of English Nonconformity. Mr. Fisher Unwin<br /> will publish the work.<br /> <br /> “Beauties of the Seventeenth Century,” by<br /> Mr. Allan Fea, published in the middle of May<br /> ‘by Messrs. Methuen &amp; OCo., contains a series of<br /> memoirs of memorable women who figure in this<br /> period of history. Avoiding politics as far as<br /> possible, the author dips into private history and<br /> personal anecdote. The book, which is published<br /> at 12s. 6d. nett, contains 160 illustrations.<br /> <br /> “Harley Greenock’s Charge,” by Bertram Mit-<br /> ford, is a story of South Africa, the chief hero of<br /> which ig a resourceful, up-country hunter, who<br /> undertakes the guidance of an adventure-seeking<br /> young Englishman on a visit to South Africa.<br /> Messrs. Chatto and Windus are the publishers.<br /> <br /> In “ Modern Bookbindings: Their Design and<br /> Decoration,” published by Constable &amp; Co., the<br /> author (Mr. S. T. Prideaux) draws attention to the<br /> progress in England and France in a field of work<br /> that has an increasing number of recruits and a<br /> growing and interested public.<br /> <br /> The next serial in the Monthly Review will come<br /> from the pen of Mrs. Henry De La Pasture. It<br /> will have for its title “The Lonely Lady of<br /> Grosvenor Square,” and will, in large part, be a<br /> London story.<br /> <br /> On the afternoon of June 28th Mr. Cecil Sharp<br /> delivered a concert-lecture on English Folk-Songs,<br /> at which several songs, collected by the lecturer in<br /> Somerset, were sung by Miss Mattie Kay and Mr.<br /> J. Campbell McInnes,<br /> <br /> 281<br /> <br /> Messrs. Putnam announce the publication of a<br /> new novel by Father Robert Hugh Benson. It is<br /> a dramatic study of England in the middle of the<br /> sixteenth century, and is entitled “The Queen’s<br /> Tragedy.”’ The principal character is Mary Tudor,<br /> and her sister Elizabeth also comes prominently<br /> into the story.<br /> <br /> In “ Thoughts on Ultimate Problems.” by F. W.<br /> Frankland, published by Mr. Philip Welby, the<br /> author bases his reasoning on the theory that all<br /> existence is necessarily psychic. His conclusions<br /> as to the origin of evil and the necessity for a<br /> redeemer are, in the main, in accord with orthodox<br /> theology, including the ultimate triumph of good<br /> over evil. Mr. Frankland, however, holds the view<br /> that evil came into the world by sheer force of<br /> necessity, and “ without foresight of any of its<br /> effects.”<br /> <br /> Mr. J. J. Haldane Burgess, author of “The<br /> Treasure of Don Andres,” etc., is translating<br /> “ Rasmie’s Biiddie,” his book of Shetlandic poems,<br /> into Esperanto.<br /> <br /> The June issue of The Monthly Review con-<br /> tains an article entitled “The Gaming of Monte<br /> Carlo,” by F. Carrel.<br /> <br /> “The Life of Oscar Wilde,” by Mr. R. H.<br /> Sherard, was published by Mr. Werner Laurie<br /> last month. One of its main purposes is to dispel<br /> a number of false reports associated with Wilde’s<br /> life, as for instance the recurring rumour that he<br /> is not dead. Mr. Sherard also discusses his<br /> writings.<br /> <br /> Mr. Eden Phillpotts has written a volume<br /> entitled “ My Garden,” which contains the thoughts<br /> of a literary man who is also a gardener. It<br /> is issued from the office of Country Life.<br /> Another volume from the same office, entitled<br /> “Gardening Made Hasy,” by HE. T. Cook, is a<br /> concise little encyclopedia, at a popular price.<br /> <br /> “Paul Jerome,” by Mrs. Mary Koch, just pub-<br /> lished by Messrs. Greening &amp; Co., is a character<br /> study. An Anglican priest, who is bound by vows<br /> to remain celibate, finds love too strong for him,<br /> marries, and suffers accordingly.<br /> <br /> We have received from Mr. Harold Thornberg,<br /> the editor, a copy of an illustrated magazine en-<br /> titled “ Dag,” published in Helsingborg, Sweden.<br /> The magazine is tastefully produced and contains<br /> a varied assortment of articles, poems, etc.<br /> <br /> The Antiquary contains an article by Miss<br /> Olive Katherine Parr, entitled ‘* Buckfast Abbey :<br /> The Pheenix of the West.”<br /> <br /> Miss Marian Bower has sold stories of 16,000<br /> words in length to Messrs. Tillotsons and<br /> Chamber’s Journal. The same writer has also<br /> sold a 5,000-word story to Pearson’s Magazine.<br /> Miss Marian Bower has also arranged with Messrs.<br /> Ward, Lock &amp; Co. for the publication of her next<br /> 282 TARE AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> book, which she has entitled “The Wrestlers.”<br /> The September issue of Zhe Monthly Story<br /> Magazine, New York, will contain an 8,000-word<br /> story from the pen of this writer, who is also<br /> represented in Zhe Sketch. :<br /> <br /> In view of the Warwick pageant early this<br /> month, Messrs. Black’s announcement of a colour<br /> book on Warwickshire is opportune.<br /> <br /> Mr. Clive Holland and Mr. Fred. Whitehead,<br /> R.B.A., who have collaborated in the volume, have<br /> an intimate acquaintance with the country, the<br /> result of leisurely pilgrimages over its length and<br /> breadth.<br /> <br /> From the text of the cne and the series of water-<br /> colour drawings of the other there emerges a com-<br /> plete picture of the county which lies nearest the<br /> heart of England.<br /> <br /> Messrs. Longmans, Green &amp; Co. have in the<br /> Press the 8th edition of ‘‘ A Handbook for Steam<br /> Users” by M. Powis Bale, M.I.C.E., and Messrs.<br /> Crosby Lockwood &amp; Son a 5th edition of “ Pumps<br /> and Pumping” by the same author. “ The Third<br /> Time of Asking,” by M. E. Francis, was produced<br /> at the Garrick Theatre on May 30th, preceding<br /> Mr. Alfred Sutro’s play, “The Fascinating Mr.<br /> Vanderveldt.” The piece refers to a rustic’s love<br /> for a girl. Owing to his fear of losing her, he has<br /> the banns put up without first asking her consent,<br /> which, however, he succeeds eventually in obtaining<br /> by the aid of various presents.<br /> <br /> The cast includes Mr. Arthur Bourchier, Miss<br /> Pamela Gaythorne and Mr. A. Whitby.<br /> <br /> A dramatic performance of ‘“ Foil and Counter-<br /> foil,” by Mary Woodifield, was given at St. George’s<br /> Hall, Langham Place, on Thursday, June 28th, by<br /> the members of the Wyndham Club, in aid of the<br /> Soldier’s Home, Guard’s Depdt, Caterham.<br /> <br /> a<br /> <br /> PARIS NOTES.<br /> <br /> i<br /> <br /> s A Vie intime d’une Reine de France au<br /> XVII* siécle ” is the title of a curious and<br /> interesting work by M. Louis Batifol.<br /> <br /> The queen is Marie de Médicis, and the epoch<br /> <br /> studied by the author is from the year 1600 to<br /> <br /> 1617. In the first chapter we have an account of<br /> <br /> the sad and lonely childhood of the little mother-<br /> <br /> less princess shut up in the great Pitti palace.<br /> <br /> ‘Two months after her mother’s death, when Marie<br /> <br /> was only five years old, her father, the Grand<br /> <br /> Duke of Tuscany, married the famous Bianca<br /> <br /> Capello. It was not until Marie was twenty-seven<br /> <br /> that her marriage with Henri IV. of France was<br /> <br /> arranged. In the following chapters we have a<br /> <br /> detailed account of the splendours and miseries of:<br /> Court life, of the expenses of the Royal household,<br /> of the old customs and traditions which had to be<br /> continued, of the king’s love affairs, of the queen’s<br /> artistic tastes and love of magnificence, and finally<br /> of her financial enterprises. The author’s object<br /> in writing this book is not so much to give us the<br /> “psychology ” of Marie de Médicis as to re-<br /> constitute the past history of France for the sake<br /> of making us understand the present. “Cette<br /> étude,” says the author, ‘‘montre comment le<br /> cadre de la cour de France, créé lentement a travers<br /> les siécles et conservé religieusement, témoigne du<br /> <br /> gott prédominant des hommes d’alors pour le-<br /> <br /> maintien scrupuleux des traditions. . . . elle<br /> indique que la royauté en France, au début du<br /> XVII siécle, loin de réaliser la théorie du pouvoir<br /> absolu . . . . est, au contraire, contenue de tous<br /> cdtés par un ensemble de forces passives plus<br /> maitresses en réalité de |’Htat que le roi lui-méme,.<br /> au nom des principes invoqués d’usages séculaires<br /> et de ‘lois fondamentales du royaume’.”<br /> <br /> ‘A travers le Féminisme suédois’* is the title<br /> of a work by Mare Hélys, giving a very thorough<br /> study of the Swedish woman. The author com-<br /> mences by explaining the characteristics and the<br /> evolution of the Swedish woman, taking us back<br /> to the days of Marguerite Valdemar, Queen of<br /> Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, and her famous<br /> Union of Calmar, concluded in 1397. Going on<br /> to modern times, the following subjects are among<br /> those treated :—The legal position of woman ; the<br /> <br /> question of the political vote ; popular education ;<br /> <br /> the teaching of housekeeping; the students of<br /> Upsal University and those of Cambridge com-<br /> pared; women and agriculture; literary women ;<br /> the modern Swedish woman, beauty, physical<br /> culture, dress, family life in Sweden ; the difference<br /> between free love and mariages de conscience and<br /> <br /> between the bachelor woman and the old maid ;<br /> <br /> the evolution of love and of the new ideal recog-<br /> nised by Swedish women. The author has studied<br /> her subject carefully and thoroughly ; she has lived<br /> among the people of whom she writes, and the<br /> result is a volume which can be relied upon for<br /> information on a subject which is only vaguely<br /> known outside the Scandinavian countries.<br /> <br /> “Notes et fragments d’histoire,” by M. Félix<br /> Rocquain, Member of the Institute, is a volume-<br /> containing a series of articles on various subjects,<br /> among which are the following :—‘ L’Hypnotisme<br /> au Moyen Age,” “ La Politique sous le Second.<br /> Empire,” “ Notes sur. Napoléon.”<br /> <br /> M. Edouard Gachot has now completed his work,<br /> entitled “‘ Campagnes de 1799,” upon which he has<br /> been engaged for ten years. The last volume is<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * “ A travers le Féminisme suédois” (Plon).<br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> THE AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> on “Jourdan en Allemagne,” and “Brune en<br /> Hollande.”<br /> <br /> “T’Esprit du Temps,”* by Michel Salomon ;<br /> “Art et psychologie individuelle,’&gt; by Lucien<br /> <br /> Arréat. ‘Les eléments du caractere,”{ by P.<br /> Malapert. —<br /> “Albert Besnard,”§ by Gabriel Mourey ;<br /> <br /> “Histoire du travail et des travailleurs,”|| by<br /> P. Brisson.<br /> <br /> “ Autour de Marie-Antoinette,” by M. Boutry,4/<br /> with a preface by P. de Nolhac; “La lutte<br /> universelle,’** by M. Le Dantec; “ L’Eglise<br /> catholique et l’Etat sous la troisieme République<br /> (1870-1906), Tf by M. Debidour.<br /> <br /> Among recent novels are the following :—<br /> “ T’Eteignvir,”{} by M. Schalck de la Faverie.<br /> <br /> “Disparu,”§§ by Brada, is now published in<br /> volume form, after appearing as a serial in “ Lec-<br /> tures pour Tous.” It is the story of the mysterious<br /> disappearance of a bridegroom a few days before his<br /> wedding. The interest is kept up throughout the<br /> whole book until the dénouement in the last<br /> chapter.<br /> <br /> “Dona Quichotta,”’|||| by Georges de Peyrebrune,<br /> is a novel treating a subject which has been<br /> dramatised several times. It is the story of a wife<br /> who deserts her home, and of the consequences of<br /> this desertion.<br /> <br /> “ Au Pays des Pierres,’€/4€] by M. Le Roy.<br /> <br /> A small volume of poems entitled “ Fleurs<br /> Vivantes”’ has just been published by the Comte<br /> de Larmandie, Délégué of the French Societe des<br /> Gens de Lettres.<br /> <br /> Madame Fernande Blaze de Bury (Dick Berry),<br /> author of “The Storm of London,” has just com-<br /> pleted her new novel, “The Nymph.” She has<br /> written this in France, and it is a study of French<br /> life, and chiefly of life in the chéteanx of Touraine.<br /> <br /> At the monthly dinner of the Sociele des Gens<br /> de Lettres veference was made by M. de Saint-<br /> Arroman and M. Pierre Sales to the dinner of the<br /> Society of Authors, at which they were the French<br /> guests. ‘They were most agreeably impressed by<br /> the cordiality of their reception.<br /> <br /> A most interesting expedition is being organised<br /> by a French scientific review for the month of<br /> September, namely, a visit to the sites of the travels<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * “T/Esprit du Temps” (Perrin).<br /> + “ Art et psychologie individuelle ” (Alcan).<br /> tT “Les éléments du caractére” (Alcan).<br /> § “ Albert Besnard ” (Davous),<br /> || “‘ Histoire du travail et des travailleurs &quot;’ (Delagraye).<br /> { ‘“ Autour de Marie-Antoinette’ (Emile-Paul),<br /> ** “Tia lutte universelle”’ (Flammarion).<br /> +t “ L’Eglise catholique et I’Etat sous la troiséme<br /> République ” (Alcan).<br /> i “TL Eteignoir ” (Dujarric).<br /> § “ Disparu” (Plon).<br /> Jil] ‘‘ Dona Quichotta”’ (Hatier).<br /> 47] “Au Pays des Pierres” (Fasquelle).<br /> <br /> 283<br /> <br /> of Ulysses—the Ionian Islands, Greece, Italy,<br /> Sardinia, Tunis. Lectures will be given during<br /> the cruise on the problems respecting the origin<br /> and composition of the Odyssey, on the monu-<br /> ments and sites described by Homer, on the con-<br /> ditions of commerce, the state of material resources,<br /> and scientific notions, etc., at the time of the<br /> navigations of Ulysses, etc. The expedition dates<br /> from September 4th to September 30th.<br /> <br /> The fifth volume of the quarterly periodical<br /> entitled “Vers et Prose” has appeared with<br /> articles and poems by J. Moréas, Henri de Rég-<br /> nier, Verhaeren, Maurice Barrés, de Gourmont,<br /> d’Annunzio, John-Antoine Nau, Paul Fort, and<br /> other writers.<br /> <br /> In recent reviews the following articles have<br /> appeared : “Une Géographie Nouvelle,’ by Jean<br /> Brunhes, in the Revwe des Deux Mondes; ‘ Les<br /> élections de 1869,” by Emile Ollivier; “Le<br /> sentiment décoratif aux Salons de 1906,” by<br /> Robert de la Sizeranne, in the same review.<br /> <br /> In La Revue: “ Mercantilisme et Esthétique en<br /> Amérique,” by Albert Schinz; ‘Les Penseurs<br /> grecs,” by E. Faguet ; “ Le Conseil International<br /> des Femmes,” by G. Avril de Sainte-Croix.<br /> <br /> The theatrical season is now over, and dramatic<br /> authors are preparing for the autumn. M. Capus<br /> is finishing his play, “ Les Passagéres” for the<br /> Renaissance next winter. “ La Vedette,’ by<br /> M.M. Vaucaire and Peter, is ready for the 7hédtre<br /> Antoine. M. Antoine is contemplating various<br /> innovations at the Odéon, now that he is appointed<br /> munager of this second State theatre.<br /> <br /> Anys HALLARD.<br /> <br /> ee a<br /> <br /> SPANISH NOTES.<br /> <br /> — ++<br /> <br /> rHVHE fact of Senor Nakens, the editor of a<br /> well-known Republican paper, publishing<br /> his justification for helping Morel to evade<br /> <br /> the police in Madrid has excited much commotion<br /> <br /> in Spain, inasmuch as the writer states that he<br /> considers everyone should stand by any criminal<br /> who demands protection. Such opinions, so<br /> detrimental to the safety of a country, are<br /> vehemently confuted by Colonel Luis de Figuerola<br /> <br /> Ferretti, in an article he has written for the<br /> <br /> English press. A sympathizer with such a<br /> <br /> criminal should openly take his place beside him<br /> <br /> and share his punishment, says Ferretti, but to<br /> support him secretly is much more dangerous.<br /> <br /> For, as he rightly says, if Nakens had not con-<br /> <br /> cealed his knowledge of Angiolillo’s intention to<br /> <br /> kill Canovas, the assassination would not have<br /> taken place, neither would the policeman have<br /> 284<br /> <br /> been shot if he had not allowed Morel to continue<br /> his road to Torrejon. ‘he great demonstratioa<br /> against Anarchism in Madrid on the 17th<br /> was useful, but Colonel Ferretti regrets the harm<br /> done by the publication of such wrong principles<br /> as those of Nakens, especially as the Jmparcial<br /> frankly says, “It must be clearly understood that<br /> neither the majority or the minority of the preseut<br /> government represent the real opinions of the<br /> public or the predominant trend of the country,<br /> nor the execution of any plan for the public benefit<br /> of Spaniards, or the hope of reforms for the<br /> good of national interests.” ‘‘ No,” says the same<br /> journal, ‘they are the result of the abuses of<br /> favoritism and the system of the encasillado,” 1e.,<br /> the deputies being nominated by the ministers in<br /> the lists divided into squares or casillos.<br /> <br /> On the great state occasion of the congratula-<br /> tions of the Senate being presented to King<br /> Alfonso and Queen Victoria, the young monarch<br /> said he trusted that he and his royal bride ‘‘ would<br /> achieve deeds of glory which emulate in the<br /> present day the grandeur of ages past.” “ But this<br /> aim,” he continued, “ cannot be attained without<br /> constant and intimate co-operation between Parlia-<br /> ment and the Royal Power.”<br /> <br /> Now the wedding festivities are over in Madrid,<br /> the country is again seething in the uncertain<br /> state of dissolution or non-dissolution of the<br /> Cabinet. Will Moret continue or will Maura take<br /> the helm again? Such constant chaos is the<br /> despair of all good patriots, for how can a govern-<br /> ment only in existence a few months carry out any<br /> good programme for the welfare of the country ?<br /> <br /> Colonel Figuercla Ferretti ventured to prepare<br /> a petition to King Alfonso, in November, 1902,<br /> for the adoption of the English procedure, whereby<br /> the public would show its devotion to their King<br /> and country by electing at the polls the deputies<br /> who would best support the interests of both.<br /> But although the idea received royal commenda-<br /> tion, the more narrow views of a high official led to<br /> the Colonel’s Court appointment being sacrificed<br /> to his patriotic aims.<br /> <br /> The King and Queen quite startled the people<br /> of San Ildefonso the other day by quietly walking<br /> out of the Palace to penetrate into the poorest<br /> streets. The greetings when they were finally<br /> recognized by the humble folk were tumultuous,<br /> and as the King realizes more and more the<br /> devotion of all classes, he will see that such<br /> republicans as Nakens would have no followers<br /> if the Polls were used for revealing the real<br /> opinions of the people, and Colonel Ferretti, who<br /> advised such public elections, will, it is hoped, have<br /> the reward of success in his efforts for his country.<br /> <br /> At the interesting meetings held by the Geogra-<br /> phical Society to celebrate the fourth centenary of<br /> <br /> THE AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> the death of Christopher Columbus, Don Ricardo<br /> Beltran y Rompide was given the Grand Cross of<br /> Merit. Such works as his “ Voyages and Discoveries<br /> of the Middle Ages in Connection with the Progress<br /> of Geography and History ” (1876), his “ History of<br /> Greek Philosophy” (1878), his “ Compendium of the<br /> History of Spain’’ (1901), are some of the books<br /> which show the scientist’s title to the decoration.<br /> <br /> The literary Réunion at the house of the Count<br /> and Countess of Villana in honour of the new Queen<br /> Victoria was a great success. The beautifully<br /> decorated rooms were crowded with the poets and<br /> authors assembled to do honour to the royal bride,<br /> who sat on a small raised platform with the young<br /> King and listened to the recitations of Sefora<br /> Pardo Bazan, the Senores Cabestany, Cano Cueto,<br /> Santos Chocano, Echegaray, Perez de Guzman, the<br /> duque de Rivas, Ferrari, etc., and the poems by<br /> Selles and Machado were written especially to<br /> celebrate the marriage which has been a subject<br /> of such enthusiasm in the country.<br /> <br /> The Infanta Dona Maria de la Paz, whose<br /> writings are well known, aud the Infanta Eulalia,<br /> who also writes, were there with the other members<br /> of the Royal family, and as such statesmen as<br /> Canalejas, General Azcarraga, Sefiores Ugarte, and<br /> Viesca, the Count of Casa Valencia, etc., were also<br /> present, the literary Réunion was quite a national<br /> féte, and the young Queen was presented with an<br /> album of parchment containing the poems and<br /> addresses written in her honour by the many dis-<br /> tinguished Spanish /it/érafeurs of the occasion.<br /> <br /> Literature has recently sustained a great loss in<br /> the death of the celebrated poet Manuel del Palacio.<br /> He, with Eusebio, Biasco Rivera, Navarrete,<br /> Roberto Robert, etc., formed the brilliant coterie<br /> whose poems were so active before the Revolution<br /> of 1868. After that time he took an active part in<br /> politics, but the author of “ El nifio de Nieve” (“The<br /> Child of Snow ”) still found his pen his most powerful<br /> weapon, for he had the gift of concentrating in<br /> four verses more than many people could put in as<br /> many pages. His verses, poems, and sonnets form<br /> a large collection.<br /> <br /> Ledesma, whose work on Cervantes was one of<br /> the best memorials of the Don Quixote celebration<br /> of last year, is now the subject of an erudite<br /> criticism by Benito Galdos, which forms part of<br /> another volume added to his “‘ Episodias Nacionales.”<br /> The celebrated novelist reminds his readers that<br /> Ledesma’s “ History of the Literature of the Middle<br /> Ages ” stamped him as a great writer, and that in<br /> his “ Historia de la Litteratura Feminina Espanola”<br /> he showed that there have been always many women<br /> in Spain who have done good work beyond that<br /> of mere domesticity. Ledesma’s book, “ Angel<br /> Guerra,” is a living picture of Toledo, and<br /> with a criticism of the writer’s work on Miguel de<br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> THE AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> ‘Cervantes, Galdos concludes his powerful notice of<br /> his literary colleague.<br /> <br /> In art there has been as much activity lately as<br /> in literature, for the pictures lining the walls of<br /> the annual Exhibition of Fine Art in Madrid shows<br /> -great versatility and power. The flock ofsheep by<br /> Lino Casimiro Iborra is another of those present-<br /> ments in which the painter shows his perfect<br /> -acquaintance with the characteristics of animals, for<br /> although each sheep appears at first sight to be<br /> quite similar to its neighbour, they are seen to<br /> be very diverse, even in expression, and it is these<br /> touches, so slight yet so decisive, which gives the<br /> artist his high rank as an animal painter, and won<br /> for him the bronze medal at this exhibition, and<br /> the order with which he was decorated by King<br /> Alfonso XIII.<br /> <br /> The gold medal at this exhibition was carried<br /> off by Manuel Benedito for his charming picture<br /> of Breton fishwives.<br /> <br /> The silver medal was given to Ramon Pulido<br /> for his beautiful work called “ Inmaculada” (“* The<br /> Immaculate Conception’’), and the work repre-<br /> senting a cardinal receiving the homage of village<br /> folk, by César Fernandez Ardavin, is characteristic<br /> of Spanish life.<br /> <br /> Art is moreover making great strides among the<br /> women of Spain, for Antonia Jerrera is only one<br /> -of the many lady artists whose brush brings forth<br /> real works of art.<br /> <br /> As painting and music are so closely allied, I<br /> cannot close these notes without mentioning the<br /> compositions by Senora Pilar Contreras de Rodri-<br /> guez. Her talent is seen in the charming choral<br /> pieces written for the play, “The Spanish<br /> Woman’s Agricultural Era,” and her musical<br /> albums of part-songs and solos show she is as<br /> versatile as she is brilliant.<br /> <br /> Percy Horspur.<br /> <br /> ——__+—_&gt;—_+_____—__-<br /> <br /> MAGAZINE CONTENTS.<br /> <br /> Eases<br /> BLACKWOOD’S.<br /> <br /> Musings Without Method: Sir Theodore Martin’s<br /> “** Monographs ’’—The Degradation of the Modern Stage—<br /> Racine.<br /> <br /> BOoKMAN.<br /> <br /> Dr. Richard Garnett: In Memoriam.<br /> Pollard. 2. By Sir F. T. Marzials.<br /> 4, By Beatrice Harraden.<br /> Alice Zimmern.<br /> <br /> I. By A. W.<br /> 3. By F. M. Hueffer.<br /> 5. By Agnes A. Adams, 6. By<br /> <br /> Book MontTHLY.<br /> A Thackeray Club. By Lewis Melville.<br /> <br /> A Blue Stocking and some Vignettes of the Eighteenth<br /> ‘Century.<br /> <br /> CHAMBERS’s JOURNAL.<br /> <br /> Replicas and Copies of some Great Renaissance Paint-<br /> ‘ings. By E. Govett.<br /> <br /> 285<br /> <br /> CONTEMPORARY REVIEW.<br /> Herbert Spencer and the Master Key. By John Butler<br /> Burke.<br /> Schoolmasters and their Masters.<br /> The Truth about the Monasteries :<br /> Robert Hugh Benson.<br /> Mankind in the Making.<br /> <br /> By D. C. Pedder.<br /> A Reply. By Father<br /> <br /> By May Higgs.<br /> <br /> The Decadence of Tragedy. By Edith Searle<br /> Grossmann.<br /> CORNHILL.<br /> <br /> A Medizval Romance. By F. 8.<br /> Lady Hamilton and ‘ Horatia.” By E. 8. P. Haynes.<br /> FORTNIGHTLY.<br /> Richard Burton. By “Ouida.”<br /> Christianity and China. By A. R. Colquhoun.<br /> The Library of Petrarch. By Edward H. R. Tatcham.<br /> The English Stage in the Eighteenth Century. Part II.<br /> By H. B. 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By Eden Phillpotts.<br /> <br /> TEMPLE BAR,<br /> <br /> John Ruskin. By W. G. Collingwood.<br /> Education of a Viscount in the Seventeenth Century.<br /> By Dorothea Townshend.<br /> 286<br /> <br /> WARNINGS TO THE PRODUCERS<br /> OF BOOKS.<br /> <br /> eo<br /> <br /> ERE are a few standing rules to be observed in an<br /> agreement. There are four methods of dealing<br /> with literary property :-—<br /> <br /> I. Selling it Outright.<br /> <br /> This is sometimes satisfactory, if a proper price can be<br /> obtained. But the transaction should be managed by a<br /> competent agent, or with the advice of the Secretary of<br /> the Society.<br /> <br /> Il. A Profit-Sharing Agreement (a bad form of<br /> agreement).<br /> <br /> In this case the following rules should be attended to:<br /> <br /> (1.) Not to sign any agreement in which the cost of pro-<br /> duction forms a part without the strictest investigation.<br /> <br /> (2.) Not to give the publisher the power of putting the<br /> profits into his own pocket by charging for advertisements<br /> in his own organs, or by charging exchange advertise-<br /> ments. Therefore keep control of the advertisements.<br /> <br /> (3.) Not to allow a special charge for ‘office expenses,”<br /> unless the same allowance is made to the author.<br /> <br /> (4.) Not to give up American, Colonial, or Continental<br /> rights.<br /> <br /> (5.) Not to give up serial or translation rights.<br /> <br /> (6.) Not to bind yourself for future work to any publisher.<br /> As well bind yourself for the future to any one solicitor or<br /> doctor !<br /> <br /> III. The Royalty System.<br /> <br /> This is perhaps, with certain limitations, the best form<br /> of agreement. It is above all things necessary to know<br /> what the proposed royalty means to both sides. It is now<br /> possible for an author to ascertain approximately the<br /> truth. From time to time very important figures connected<br /> with royalties are published in Zhe Author.<br /> <br /> IY. A Commission Agreement.<br /> <br /> The main points are :—<br /> <br /> (1.) Be careful to obtain a fair cost of production.<br /> (2.) Keep control of the advertisements.<br /> <br /> (3.) Keep control of the sale price of the book.<br /> <br /> General.<br /> <br /> All other forms of agreement are combinations of the four<br /> above mentioned.<br /> <br /> Such combinations are generally disastrous to the author,<br /> <br /> Never sign any agreement without competent advice from<br /> the Seczetary of the Society.<br /> <br /> Stamp all agreements with the Inland Revenue stamp.<br /> <br /> Avoid agreements by letter if possible.<br /> <br /> The main points which the Society has always demanded<br /> from the outset are :—<br /> <br /> (1.) That both sides shall know what an agreement<br /> means.<br /> <br /> (2.) The inspection of those account books which belong<br /> tothe author. We are advised that this is a right, in the<br /> nature of a common law right, which cannot be denied or<br /> withheld.<br /> <br /> (3.) Always avoid a transfer of copyright.<br /> <br /> —_—__—_+—_&gt;__2___—___<br /> <br /> WARNINGS TO DRAMATIC AUTHORS.<br /> <br /> Baa<br /> EVER sign an agreement without submitting it to the<br /> Secretary of the Society of Authors or some com-<br /> petent legal authority. :<br /> 2. [t is well to be extremely careful in negotiating for<br /> the production of a play with anyone except an established<br /> manager.<br /> <br /> THR AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> 8. There are three forms of dramatic contract for plays.<br /> in three or more acts :—<br /> <br /> (a.) Sale outright of the performing right. This<br /> is unsatisfactory. An author who enters into<br /> such a contract should stipulate in the contract<br /> for production of the piece by a certain date<br /> and for proper publication of his name on the<br /> play-bills.<br /> <br /> (b.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to-<br /> perform on the basis of percentages on<br /> gross receipts. Percentages vary between 5<br /> and 15 per cent. An author should obtain a<br /> percentage on the sliding scale of gross receipts<br /> in preference to the American system, Should<br /> obtain a sum inadvance of percentages. A fixed<br /> date on or before which the play should be<br /> performed.<br /> <br /> (c.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to-<br /> perform on the basis of royalties (7.c.. fixed<br /> nightly fees). This method should be always<br /> avoided except in cases where the fees are<br /> likely to be small or difficult to collect. The<br /> other safeguards set out under heading (4.) apply<br /> also in this case.<br /> <br /> 4. Plays in one act are often sold outright, but it is-<br /> better to obtain a small nightly fee if possible, and a sum<br /> paid in advance of such fees in any event, It is extremely<br /> important that the amateur rights of one-act plays should»<br /> be reserved.<br /> <br /> 5. Authors should remember that performing rights can<br /> be limited, and are usually limited, by town, country, and<br /> time. This is most important.<br /> <br /> 6. Authors should not assign performing rights, but<br /> should grant a licence to perform. The legal distinction is-<br /> of great importance.<br /> <br /> 7. Authors should remember that performing rights in a<br /> play are distinct from literary copyright. A manager~<br /> holding the performing right or licence to perform cannot<br /> print the book of the words.<br /> <br /> 8. Never forget that United States rights may be exceed-<br /> ingly valuable. ‘hey should never be included in English.<br /> agreements without the author obtaining a substantial<br /> consideration.<br /> <br /> 9. Agreements for collaboration should be carefully<br /> drawn and executed before collaboration is commenced.<br /> <br /> 10. An author should remember that production of a play<br /> is highly speculative: that he runs a very great risk of&quot;<br /> delay and a breakdown in the fulfilment of his contract.<br /> He should therefore guard himself all the more carefully in<br /> the beginning.<br /> <br /> 11. An author must remember that the dramatic market<br /> is exceedingly limited, and that for a novice the first object<br /> is to obtain adequate publication.<br /> <br /> As these warnings must necessarily be incomplete, om<br /> account of the wide range of the subject of dramatic con-<br /> tracts, those authors desirous of further information:<br /> are referred to the Secretary of the Society.<br /> <br /> ——_+——_—___——_-<br /> <br /> WARNINGS TO MUSICAL COMPOSERS.<br /> <br /> ITTLE can be added to the warnings given for the<br /> assistance of producers of books and dramatic<br /> authors. It must, however, be pointed out that, as:<br /> <br /> a rule, the musical publisher demands from the musical<br /> composer a transfer of fuller rights and less liberal finan-<br /> cial terms than those obtained for literary and dramatic<br /> property. The musical composer has very often the two-<br /> rights to deal with—performing right and copyright. He-<br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> Do<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> THE AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> should be especially careful therefore when entering into<br /> an agreement, and should take into particular consideration<br /> the warnings stated above.<br /> <br /> —— ee<br /> <br /> HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY.<br /> <br /> a<br /> <br /> 1. VERY member has a right toask for and to receive<br /> advice upon his agreements, his choice of a pub-<br /> lisher, or any dispute arising in the conduct of his<br /> <br /> business or the administration of his property. The<br /> <br /> Secretary of the Society is a solicitor, but if there is any<br /> <br /> special reason the Secretary will refer the case to the<br /> <br /> Solicitors of the Society. Further, the Committee, if they<br /> <br /> deem it desirable, will obtain counsel’s opinion. All this<br /> <br /> without any cost to the member.<br /> <br /> 2. Remember that questions connected with copyright<br /> and publishers’ agreements do not fall within the experi-<br /> ence of ordinary solicitors. Therefore, do not scruple to use<br /> the Society.<br /> <br /> 3. Send to the Office copies of past agreements and past<br /> accounts, with a copy of the book represented. The<br /> Secretary will always be glad to have any agreements, new<br /> or old, for inspection and note. The information thus<br /> obtained may prove invaluable.<br /> <br /> 4. Before signing any agreement whatever, send<br /> the document to the Society for examination.<br /> <br /> 5. Remember always that in belonging to the Society<br /> you are fighting the battles of other writers, even if you<br /> are reaping no benefit to yourself, and that you are<br /> advancing the best interests of your calling in promoting<br /> the independence of the writer, the dramatist, the composer.<br /> <br /> 6. The Committee have now arranged for the reception<br /> of members’ agreements and their preservation in a fire-<br /> proof safe. The agreements will, of course, be regarded as<br /> confidential documents to be read only by the Secretary,<br /> who will keep the key of the safe. The Society now offers :<br /> —(1) To read and advise upon agreements and to give<br /> advice concerning publishers. (2) To stamp agreements<br /> in readiness for a possible action upon them. (3) To keep<br /> agreements. (4) To enforce payments due according to<br /> agreements. Fuller particulars of the Society’s work<br /> can be obtained in the Prospectus.<br /> <br /> 7. No contract should be entered into with a literary<br /> agent without the advice of the Secretary of the Society.<br /> Members are strongly advised not to accept without careful<br /> consideration the contracts with publishers submitted to<br /> them by literary agents, and are recommended to submit<br /> them for interpretation and explanation to the Secretary<br /> of the Society.<br /> <br /> 8. Many agents neglect to stamp agreements. This<br /> must be done within fourteen days of first execution. The<br /> Secretary will undertake it on behalf of members.<br /> <br /> 9. Some agents endeavour to prevent authors from<br /> referring matters to the Secretary of the Society; so<br /> do some publishers. Members can make their own<br /> deductions and act accordingly.<br /> <br /> 10. The subscription to the Society is. £1 1s. per<br /> annum, or £10 10s. for life membership.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 287<br /> TO MUSICAL COMPOSERS.<br /> <br /> —+—~@—+<br /> <br /> A ees Society undertakes to stamp copies of music on<br /> behalf of its members for the fee of 6d. per 100 or<br /> _ part of 100. The members’ stamps are kept in the<br /> Society’s safe. The musical publishers communicate direct<br /> with the Secretary, and the voucher is then forwarded to.<br /> the members, who are thus saved much unnecessary trouble.<br /> <br /> i<br /> <br /> THE READING BRANCH.<br /> <br /> —+-—&lt;— + —_<br /> <br /> EMBERS will greatly assist the Society in this<br /> branch of its work by informing young writers<br /> of its existence. Their MSS. can be read and<br /> <br /> treated as a composition is treated by a coach. ‘The term<br /> MSS. includes not only works of fiction, but poetry<br /> and dramatic works, and when it is possible, under<br /> special arrangement, technical and scientific works. The<br /> Readers are writers of competence and experience. The<br /> fee is one guinea.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> —~&gt;— +<br /> <br /> NOTICES.<br /> <br /> —*—&gt;—+—.<br /> <br /> HE Editor of Zhe Author begs to remind members of<br /> <br /> the Society that, although the paper is sent to them<br /> <br /> free of charge, the cost of producing it would be a<br /> <br /> very heavy charge on the resources of the Society if a great<br /> <br /> many members did not forward to the Secretary the modest<br /> 5s. 6d. subscription for the year.<br /> <br /> Communications for “The Author” should be addressed<br /> to the Offices of the Society, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey’s<br /> Gate, S.W., and should reach the Editor not later than the<br /> 2ist of each month.<br /> <br /> All persons engaged in literary work of any kind,<br /> whether members of the Society or not, are invited to<br /> communicate to the Editor any points connected with their<br /> work which it would be advisable in the general interest to<br /> publish.<br /> <br /> Communications and letters are invited by the<br /> Editor on all subjects connected with literature, but on<br /> no other subjects whatever. Hvery effort will be made to<br /> return articles which cannot be accepted.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &gt;<br /> <br /> The Secretary of the Society begs to give notice<br /> that all remittances are acknowledged by return of post,<br /> and he requests members who do not receive an<br /> answer to important communications within two days to<br /> write to him without delay. All remittances should be<br /> crossed Union Bank of London, Chancery Lane, or be sent<br /> by registered letter only.<br /> <br /> —_«—~p&gt;— as<br /> <br /> LEGAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE<br /> SOCIETY.<br /> <br /> oo<br /> <br /> ENSIONS to commence at any selected age,<br /> either with or without Life Assurance, can<br /> be obtained from this Society.<br /> <br /> Full particulars can be obtained from the City<br /> Branch Manager, Legal and General Life Assurance<br /> Society, 158, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.<br /> GENERAL NOTES.<br /> <br /> —————+<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> S a supplement to this number of The Author,<br /> we are circulating the draft of the American<br /> Copyright Bill. By the covering letter<br /> <br /> which has been forwarded to the Society we under-<br /> stand that the first hearing of the Bill was given on<br /> June 6th in the Senate Reading Room at the<br /> Library of Congress. ‘The letter, which was written<br /> prior to the hearing, further states :—<br /> <br /> “The hearing will be by the Senate and House Com-<br /> mittees sitting as a joint committee. This method of pro-<br /> cedure has been arranged for the convenience of the<br /> numerous participants and others who may be interested,<br /> and in recognition of the unusual character and importance<br /> of the Bill. The courtesy and consideration of these<br /> arrangements on the part of the Committees will doubtless<br /> be recognised by an ample representation at the hearing.<br /> It is especially desirable that the fullest representation of<br /> participants shall be secured at the outset when the Bill is<br /> presented, explained and supported, as may be arranged at<br /> the informal meeting on Tuesday, June 5, This latter<br /> meeting will be held at 4 p.m. at the Library of Congress.”<br /> <br /> A Copyright Act passed on 21st December, 1905,<br /> by the Government of Australia, has been sent to<br /> the Secretary of the Society, and he wrote to the<br /> Secretary of State to the Colonies, to inquire<br /> whether it had received the Royal assent, he has<br /> received the following reply :-—<br /> <br /> “5th May, 1906.<br /> <br /> “ Srr,—With reference to your letter of the 4th<br /> ultimo, I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to<br /> acquaint you that the Governor-General of Aus-<br /> tralia is now being informed that His Majesty<br /> will not be advised to exercise his powers of dis-<br /> allowance with respect to the Commonwealth<br /> Copyright Act, 1905.<br /> <br /> “‘T am, sir, your obedient servant,<br /> “C. P. Locas.”<br /> <br /> This Act cannot, of course, run counter to<br /> or supersede the Imperial Act of 1842, which<br /> binds Great Britain and all her colonies and<br /> dependencies, but like the Canadian Acts, the<br /> Indian Act, the Cape Act, and the Acts in other<br /> colonies, only affects the publication of books<br /> within the colonies mentioned. It is printed as a<br /> supplement to this month’s Author.<br /> <br /> Instead of the separate colonies passing separate<br /> Acts, it is a great pity that all the colonies should<br /> not have combined with the Imperial Government<br /> to pass a really satisfactory Imperial Copyright<br /> Law. The tendency of the present day has been<br /> to obtain uniformity in copyright all over the<br /> world, but every separate law passed by separate<br /> countries without this object in view will, of course,<br /> make further uniformity more difficult. We venture<br /> to suggest, once more, to the Premier, and to the<br /> <br /> THB AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> Government, how desirable it is that they should<br /> take up this question energetically with the view<br /> to a comprehensive settlement.<br /> <br /> On the death of Dr. Henrik Ibsen the Committee<br /> of the Society forwarded the following letter to the<br /> Foreign Office, enclosing the message of sympathy<br /> printed below, for transmission to the Norwegian<br /> Government and to the family of the distinguished<br /> dramatist. The Secretary of the Society has<br /> received a note from the Foreign Office stating<br /> that the Committee’s desire has been carried out,<br /> and that the message has been forwarded to H.M.<br /> Charge d’Affaires at Christiania :-—<br /> <br /> The Right Honble. Sir Edward Grey, P.C., &amp;c.<br /> <br /> Sir,—The Society of Authors desire to convey to the<br /> Norwegian Government and the family of the late Dr. Ibsen<br /> an expression of their respectful sympathy on the occasion<br /> of the death of this distinguished dramatist. Iam directed<br /> by the Committee to solicit your good offices in order that<br /> the inclosed message may be transmitted to the Norwegian<br /> Government through H.M.’s Legation at Christiania.<br /> <br /> I am, sir, your obedient servant,<br /> (Signed) G. HERBERT THRING.<br /> <br /> “ The Incorporated Society of Authors of England desire<br /> to convey to the Norwegian Government the expression of<br /> their sincere regret on the occasion of the death of the<br /> distinguished author and dramatist, Dr. Henrik Ibsen.<br /> They cannot allow the occasion to pass without a request<br /> that the Government will convey to the members of the<br /> dramatist’s family the Society’s sympathy in a loss which<br /> affects not merely Norway, but the whole world.”<br /> <br /> ———— oe<br /> <br /> UNITED STATES NOTES.<br /> <br /> 1+<br /> <br /> T seems incumbent upon me to begin my<br /> summer instalment of Notes with something<br /> about “ The Jungle” and Mr. Upton Sinclair.<br /> <br /> The book is not only at present the “biggest<br /> seller” in the United States, it is the talk of<br /> two Continents.<br /> <br /> Those cautious critics who remembered Mr.<br /> Sinclair as the author of “‘ The Journal of Arthur<br /> Stirling,” and were accordingly disposed to dis-<br /> count his statements, have been sadly undeceived.<br /> And the care taken both by the author and his<br /> publishers to secure the absolute trustworthiness<br /> of their production is a healthy sign of the times.<br /> <br /> The sensation produced by the book seems to<br /> have come as a surprise. Mr. Sinclair’s object<br /> appears to have been a general indictment of<br /> American industrial conditions from a Socialistic<br /> view-point, of which the slaughter-house exposé<br /> was to be but an incident. He disclaims the<br /> <br /> notion of having desired to stir up any special<br /> agitation of the kind which Mr. Roosevelt’s action<br /> has aroused.<br /> <br /> Possibly the importance of the matter of the<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> book may have caused its merits as a piece of<br /> writing to be somewhat exaggerated ; but of the<br /> fact that it is being widely read there can be no<br /> doubt. The publishers disposed of 12,000 within<br /> one week in the United States, and report a con-<br /> siderable sale in Canada, besides three large<br /> English editions up to date. The upshot will<br /> certainly be to help Bryanism ; probably also the<br /> vegetarian cause may benefit.<br /> <br /> As a piece of pure literature the success cf the<br /> season has been Owen Wister’s new story, which,<br /> even in popularity, has only quite recently been<br /> displaced by the Packington revelations. What a<br /> contrast ! The aristocratic charm of the South<br /> and the horrors of democratic Chicago, civilised<br /> life and bestial existence! In narrative quality<br /> “Tady Baltimore” is probably superior even to<br /> “The Virginian.” The teller of the story, who<br /> on one occasion is made to say, “ We’re no longer<br /> a small people living and dying for a great idea,<br /> we&#039;re a big people living and dying for money,”<br /> has been accused in some quarters of superficiality,<br /> but he is at least a real live gentleman and not a<br /> mere vehicle for epigram. Has anyone, we wonder,<br /> noticed that Mr. Wister’s hero calls King’s Port<br /> “the most wistful town in America ?”<br /> <br /> The game of pseudonymity still flourishes on<br /> this side. ‘“ Wymond Carey,” whose “No. 101”<br /> is full of exciting incident, continues to conceal<br /> his identity ; but a curious world is to learn who<br /> “Sidney McCall” is by Christmas-time, I hear.<br /> <br /> All who are interested in higher education<br /> should read Dr. Daniel Coit Gilman’s account of<br /> the launching of the University of which he was<br /> first president. He it was who largely made Johns<br /> Hopkins what it is.<br /> <br /> Two Harper books, “The Spoilers” by Rex<br /> Beach and Irving Bacheller’s “Silas Strong,” are<br /> enjoying much popularity, but neither of them<br /> can be called a work of art. The former, how-<br /> ever, contains a faithful picture of the conditions<br /> of life in the mining districts of Alaska.<br /> <br /> Miss Margaret Potter has issued the first instal-<br /> ment of a trilogy of novels (poor Frank Norris<br /> set this fashion) dealing with Russian life. The<br /> hero of “The Genius” is a thinly-disguised por-<br /> trait of Tchaikovsky. Great liberties are taken<br /> with the personality of Rubinstein, who is also<br /> introduced ; and Mozart is absurdly belittled.<br /> <br /> In “The Dawn of a To-morrow,” Frances<br /> Hodgson Burnett has told the tale of an averted<br /> suicide with a sentimental skill which will appeal<br /> to those who value the emotional above all things.<br /> <br /> Miss Frothingham’s second novel, “The<br /> Evasion,” has had the honour of being compared<br /> with “ The House of Mirth.” Boston, instead of<br /> New York, is its theatre.<br /> <br /> If we mistake not, Mr. Louis J. Vance has the<br /> <br /> THE AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> 289°<br /> <br /> makings of a good romancer. His new book,<br /> “The Private War,” published by Messrs. Apple-<br /> ton in New York, has the same é/an which caused<br /> his “Terence O’Rourke” to be received with<br /> such favour by the English public.<br /> <br /> Winston Churchill&#039;s latest novel will be out<br /> early this month. ‘ Coniston” is to be, I under-<br /> stand, quite a new departure.<br /> <br /> John Paul Jones, whose remains have recently<br /> been restored to America, has been made a popular<br /> hero by Mr. Alfred Henry Lewis. He was not in<br /> life, I fancy, such a very picturesque personage as<br /> he has now become.<br /> <br /> Mr. John S. Phillips has withdrawn from the<br /> firm of McClure.<br /> <br /> Poor San Francisco is of course fated to be<br /> exploited. “The Doomed City,” by Frank<br /> Thompson Seabright, a Californian, has, we are<br /> told, attempted to avoid exaggeration and mis-<br /> statements, which is very praiseworthy of him.<br /> “Glimpses of the San Francisco Disaster” con-<br /> tains half-tone reproductions of photographs,<br /> many of which were taken as early as six<br /> o’clock in the morning following the shock.<br /> <br /> Harper&#039;s Weekly for April 28th was devoted<br /> to the description of the catastrophe. The way in<br /> which the book-trade, in company with so many<br /> other local interests, rallied from its sudden ruin,<br /> can be described as nothing less than heroic.<br /> <br /> A work of great interest is promised for the<br /> autumn by Doubleday, Page &amp; Co. It is “ Recol-<br /> lections and Letters of George Washington,” con-<br /> taining his correspondence with his secretary, and<br /> the latter’s account ef his death.<br /> <br /> That portion of mankind who are interested in<br /> bishops, and perhaps some others, will have wel-<br /> comed Bishop Potter’s recent work, which is not<br /> confined in its scope to the western hemisphere.<br /> <br /> Messrs. Putnam, who issue the last-named work,<br /> are the publishers of J. Hampden Dougherty’s<br /> authoritative treatise on “ The Electoral System<br /> of the United States.” A work upon “ The Ethics<br /> of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelungen,” by Mary<br /> Elizabeth Lewis, also bears their imprint.<br /> <br /> This firm make a speciality of foreign translations.<br /> We are able to offer them our congratulations upon<br /> their excellent version of that remarkable work,<br /> Otto Weininger’s “Sex and Character.” We only<br /> wish that Arvéde Barine’s brilliant “ Louis XIV.<br /> et la Grande Mademoiselle”? had enjoyed equal<br /> good fortune. We are glad to know that M.<br /> <br /> Jaurés’s “Studies in Socialism” has not been<br /> committed to the tender mercies of the anonymous<br /> translator.<br /> <br /> Mr. Alonzo Rothschild has written an interesting<br /> study of Lincoln, and some delightful reminis-<br /> cences of “Rip Van Winkle” have appeared from<br /> the pen of his friend, Francis Wilson.<br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> 290<br /> <br /> Two important Revolution books have been<br /> issued by Messrs. Dodd, Mead &amp; Co. in James<br /> Schoulet’s “Americans of 1776” and J. H.<br /> Hazleton’s “The Decalration of Independence.”<br /> A memoir of Jacques Cartier, the explorer, by<br /> Dr. James Phinney Baxter, also comes from this<br /> firm.<br /> <br /> The “manuscript edition” of Thoreau’s works<br /> issued by Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin &amp; Co. is said<br /> to have beena great success. Yet no writer seems<br /> to have had more contradictory verdicts passed<br /> upon him than the Walden recluse.<br /> <br /> Among notable travel books of recent publication<br /> are Dr. Hugh R. Mill’s “ Siege of the South Pole,”<br /> an exhaustive record of Antarctic exploration ;<br /> J. A. Harvie-Brown’s “Travels of a Naturalist in<br /> Europe,” which deals with the opposite extremity<br /> of the globe; and George Milton Fowler’s<br /> description of Porto Rico.<br /> <br /> Prof. Harry Thurston Peck’s perspicuous<br /> account of American political history from 1885<br /> to 1905, which has been appearing under his own<br /> editorship in Zhe Bookman, will be issued in book<br /> form, much enlarged and fortified, in the autumn.<br /> It is very readable, and at the same time eminently<br /> judicial in tone. The penultimate instalment<br /> contains some very candid criticism of President<br /> Roosevelt. When writing one of his earlier books,<br /> it is said that the future chief of the Republic used<br /> “I” so frequently that the publishers had to order<br /> a fresh supply of the letter from a type-foundry !<br /> <br /> Richard Harding-Davis’s “The Galloper” will<br /> appear in book form, with others of his plays,<br /> during the summer. He has now come to live<br /> nearer New York than he used to.<br /> <br /> Mr. Ripley Hitchcock has left Messrs. A. 8.<br /> Barnes &amp; Co. and joined the Harper Brothers.<br /> <br /> Mr. Vincent Brown’s novel, “A Magdalen’s<br /> Husband,” is being dramatised by the English<br /> author and Mr. Belasco, and will soon be played<br /> in America.<br /> <br /> In my obituary notes special mention should be<br /> made of Professor Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, the<br /> distinguished geologist, whose remarkable excursion<br /> into the field of poetic drama I noticed some time<br /> since. He served in the Federal Army during<br /> the Civil War, but in 64 began scientific duties at<br /> Harvard. In 1873—80 he directed the Kentucky<br /> Survey, and four years later became geologist to<br /> the Atlantic Division of the United States<br /> Geological Survey. He was a voluminous writer,<br /> both on scientific and other subjects. He died at<br /> <br /> Cambridge, Mass., on April 10, in his sixty-sixth<br /> ear.<br /> <br /> William: Root Bliss, who died a day earlier, was<br /> the author of “Quaint Nantucket” and similar<br /> works.<br /> <br /> George Hermann Elwanger, who also died during<br /> <br /> THE AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> April, was an authority upon horticulture, writing<br /> some dozen books on the subject, in addition to<br /> other works, including “ Meditations on Gout,<br /> with a Consideration of its Cure through the Use<br /> of Wine”’ (1898).<br /> <br /> The list also includes the names of Mary Henry<br /> Allibone, who assisted her husband with his<br /> “Dictionary of Authors”; of Professor George<br /> Albert Wentworth, the compiler of numerous<br /> manuals on mathematics and physics; and of<br /> Carl Schurz, the biographer of Henry Clay.<br /> <br /> ——_ ee.<br /> <br /> MUSICAL COPYRIGHT. [6 Edw. 7.]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A Bint tro AMEND THE Law RELATING TO<br /> Musica Copyrrieut. A.D. 1906.<br /> <br /> E it enacted by the King’s most Excellent<br /> Majesty, by and with the advice and con-<br /> sent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,<br /> <br /> and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,<br /> and by the authority of the same, as follows :—<br /> <br /> Penalty for being in Possession of Pirated<br /> Music.—1. Every person who sells, exposes, offers,<br /> or has in his possession for sale any pirated music<br /> shall (unless he proves that he acted innocently)<br /> be guilty of an offence punishable on summary<br /> conviction in manner provided by the law in force<br /> in that part of the British Islands where the<br /> offence is committed, and shall be liable to<br /> imprisonment with or without hard labour for a<br /> term not exceeding one month or to a fine not<br /> exceeding five pounds, and on a second or subse-<br /> quent conviction to imprisonment with or without<br /> hard labour for a term not exceeding twvo months<br /> or to a fine not exceeding fen pounds. Any con-<br /> stable may take into custody without warrant any<br /> person who sells, exposes, offers, or has in his<br /> possession for sale any pirated music.<br /> <br /> Right of Entry by Police for Execution of Act.—<br /> 2, Any constable authorised by an order of a<br /> court of summary jurisdiction made under section<br /> one of the Musical (Summary Proceedings) Copy-<br /> right Act, 1902, to seize pirated copies of any<br /> musical work, may, between the hours of six of the<br /> clock in the morning and nine of the clock in the<br /> evening, enter any house or place named in such<br /> order, and, if necessary, use force for making such<br /> entry, whether by breaking open doors or otherwise.<br /> <br /> Definition —3. Inthis Act the expression “ pirated<br /> music” means any musical work written, printed,<br /> or otherwise reproduced without the consent law-<br /> fully given by the owner of the copyright in such<br /> musical work.<br /> <br /> Short Title and Extent—4. This Act may be<br /> cited as the Pirated Music Act, 1906, and shall<br /> extend to the British Islands.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ee ime<br /> <br /> a ee<br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The Bill printed above has been before the House<br /> -of Commons and read a second time. It has been<br /> backed by members differing as widely in politics<br /> as Mr. Balfour, Mr. John Redmond, Sir Alfred<br /> Thomas, Mr. Enoch Edwards, Mr. Keir Hardie,<br /> Mr. Crombie and Mr. Sloan. This fact alone is<br /> sufficient to show that its passing or non-passing<br /> -does not come within the range of party politics.<br /> Mr. Caldwell has issued a memorandum in opposi-<br /> tion. It is needless to recall to the minds of<br /> readers the fact that Mr. Caldwell has throughout<br /> been the bigoted opposer of musical copyright<br /> amendment, and has, according to his lights done<br /> his best to withhold adequate protection from the<br /> unfortunate possessors of this copyright property.<br /> <br /> It is sometimes difficult to follow Mr. Caldwell’s<br /> reasoning. If he objects to any property in brain<br /> production in the shape of music, his point of view<br /> may be right or may be wrong, but it is easily<br /> understood. If, however, he acknowledges the<br /> right of property he ought also to acknowledge a<br /> right to its adequate protection.<br /> <br /> He states: ‘“ Musical copyright has the same<br /> protection and remedies at law as the most valuable<br /> work of lasting benefit to the world, and has in<br /> addition the power of seizure and other powers<br /> granted by the Act of 1902, under which enormous<br /> seizures of pirated music have taken place.”<br /> <br /> Unfortunately the peculiar character of musical<br /> production does not place music on an even base<br /> with other literary productions, and the powers at<br /> present granted for the protection of composers are<br /> still inadequate. This was pointed out in The<br /> Author when the Act of 1902 was passed. But<br /> Mr. Caldwell seems to think differently, which<br /> clearly demonstrates that he fails entirely to grasp<br /> the position.<br /> <br /> He also refers to the Royal Commission of 1878,<br /> but at that date the pirate had not discovered his<br /> simple method of obtaining a livelihood, and since<br /> that date large strides have been made in the<br /> opinions of all civilised countries as shown in recent<br /> copyright legislation, either proposed or passed, as<br /> to the value of author’s rights to the author.<br /> <br /> Lastly comes the question of cheap music. If the<br /> publisher obtains the greater benefit, as no doubt<br /> he does, owing to the ignorance and stupidity of<br /> composers, this is no argument why the property<br /> should not be protected; for what would Mr. Cald-<br /> well say when the day comes and the composers can<br /> show such public spirit for their profession, and,<br /> binding themselves together, can enforce terms on<br /> the publisher. Then Mr. Caldwell’s lack of legisla-<br /> tion will take effect in the right quarter.<br /> <br /> But merely to say that the public demand cheap<br /> music, and therefore must have it at any cost, is an<br /> economic question to which the reply is self-evident.<br /> There appear to be only two courses possible—to<br /> <br /> THE AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> 291<br /> <br /> ask the honourable member to draft his own Bill<br /> so that those interested in musical property may<br /> have some real idea of what he looks upon as an<br /> adequate protection ; or toask him to earn his living<br /> for the period of five years either as a musical<br /> composer or a musical publisher.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> _[NorEe.—Since going to press the death of this<br /> Bill must be chronicled with regret.—Ep. ]<br /> 9<br /> CORRESPONDENCE.<br /> a<br /> <br /> Srr,—As I am the writer of the signed article in<br /> The Morning Post to which Mr. Bernard Shaw<br /> referred in his speech at the annual dinner of the<br /> Society (f., Zhe Author, Vol. XVI., No. 9, pp. 269,<br /> 270), I may be permitted to doubt the accuracy of<br /> Mr. Shaw’s historical parallel between myself and<br /> Judas Iscariot. If my conduct were as he said<br /> ‘“‘ unprofessional,” the officers of the Society might<br /> have drawn my attention to the circumstance at<br /> the moment, which is rather remote. They have<br /> still the opportunity to do so, if I “sneered at the<br /> attempt of our profession to organise itself.”<br /> <br /> Humiliter me submitto.<br /> <br /> Faithfully yours,<br /> A. LANG.<br /> <br /> 1, Marloes Road, W.<br /> <br /> a<br /> <br /> Musican CopyrRicHt.<br /> <br /> Str,—The points taken by your reviewer in<br /> his notice of my ‘‘Manual of Musical Copy-<br /> right” are all worthy of notice, and will be<br /> attended to by me in any subsequent edition.<br /> There is, however, one criticism which I hope you<br /> will allow me to answer, as the reason for one<br /> alleged fault of arrangement is very simple and<br /> may be stated in a few words.<br /> <br /> I am blamed for relegating to an appendix the<br /> subject of the retrospective effect of the Inter-<br /> national Act of 1886, and not incorporating my<br /> arguments on that subject in the body of the<br /> work.<br /> <br /> The book was intended to be readable by the<br /> non-lawyer part of the community, publishers,<br /> musicians, etc.<br /> <br /> The retrospective question is of the most subtle<br /> and technical kind. I have treated it at great<br /> length, holding as I do a view which is opposed to<br /> that of most of the bar, though it is in accordance<br /> with a decision of the Court of Appeal.<br /> <br /> The subject is perfectly separable from the other<br /> subject matter.<br /> <br /> Had I interrupted the practical portions of the<br /> book to insert this severely legal argument, I<br /> <br /> <br /> 292<br /> <br /> should have scared any non-lawyer reading con-<br /> tinuously the chapter in which it occurs. If I had<br /> given a separate chapter to it, the difference of<br /> arrangement from mine would have been merely<br /> formal, and I have somewhat reduced the quantity<br /> of matter in the body of the work, by eliminating<br /> this long essay, and thereby facilitated pro tanto<br /> the task of research. Se<br /> <br /> I repeat my thanks for the careful and judicious<br /> notice.<br /> <br /> T remain, Sir, yours truly,<br /> Epwarp CUTLER.<br /> Adgware, Hyde Park, W.<br /> <br /> —1.—&lt;&gt; +<br /> <br /> Future or THE NOVED.<br /> <br /> Str,—In “The Future of the Novel,” printed<br /> in The Author, I find the following alarming<br /> statements :—<br /> <br /> “‘ Everybody one has ever heard of is either<br /> writing or has written a novel”; and<br /> <br /> “In England every third woman and every<br /> twentieth man has published something or other.”<br /> <br /> It may relieve and reassure a few startled minds<br /> to learn that I am the only one of 20,000 in-<br /> habitants in a country town who has written a<br /> novel, so far as I know (and such things soon<br /> become matters of gossip), while I can confidently<br /> assert that not more than a dozen men and women<br /> here (including the newspaper staffs) have had<br /> anything published. I may add that of all my<br /> many friends very few are writers—about one in<br /> fifty !<br /> <br /> Perhaps a literary man, in a literary set, is apt<br /> to be deceived on this point.<br /> <br /> Yours truly,<br /> M. P.<br /> <br /> —_1—&lt;—+—__<br /> “ Repecoa ”’—A Nove.<br /> <br /> Sir,—In continuation of my previous remarks<br /> in The Author anent this old book, it will be of<br /> interest to learn that there has recently come into<br /> my possession a small 12mo volume, published at<br /> Burton-on-Trent in 1822, entitled, “ Realities and<br /> Reflections, in which Virtue and Vice are Con-<br /> trasted,” by Ann Catharine Holbrook—mark the<br /> spelling of both christian name and surname—who<br /> is by many considered to be the writer of “ Rebecca.”<br /> Upon the fly-leaf is inscribed “ A scarce volume<br /> by this little-known Staffordshire authoress.”<br /> Therein is also pasted a cutting (apparently from<br /> some book catalogue) quoting another work of<br /> Mrs. Holbrook’s, called “The Dramatist ; or<br /> Memoirs of the Stage. With the life of the<br /> authoress, &amp;c. Birmingham, 1809.” It is claimed<br /> <br /> THE AUTHOR.<br /> <br /> for “ Realities” that the incidents depicted are<br /> taken from “real life,” and they form a series of<br /> “tales, moral and instructive,’ addressed to the<br /> young.<br /> <br /> After careful comparison, I find many indica-<br /> tions that point to Mrs. Holbrook as being not<br /> only the writer of these short stories but of the<br /> novel under discussion also. The same highly<br /> religious tone pervades both, with a marked simi-<br /> larity in several of the characters, and the inflexible-<br /> resolve that villainy shall be exposed and punished.<br /> Moreover, in the list of subscribers given at the<br /> end of the booklet are residents at Ashby—the sur-<br /> name of “ Rebecca.’ Does not this fact offer a<br /> valuable clue to identity? For we know how<br /> often writers of fiction have sought for their heroes<br /> and heroines the names of places familiar to them..<br /> <br /> I may add that search is still being actively<br /> prosecuted in likely quarters for the missing third<br /> volume of the novel, which it is hoped may soon<br /> be discovered. I also much desire a copy of ‘ The<br /> Dramatist”’ referred to above,as valuable light<br /> might be thrown upon Mrs. Holbrook’s work in<br /> that ‘life of the authoress” issued therewith.<br /> <br /> CECIL CLARKE.<br /> <br /> Author’s Club, 8.W.<br /> <br /> ——<br /> <br /> Srr,—For the benefit of “Agent” and others<br /> this small experience of literary agents may be of<br /> interest. [ will confess at once I am not “ worth<br /> while.” I wrote three stories, had them typed im<br /> one volume, and sent them to a literary agent’s<br /> firm, then advertising in the “ AUTHOR.”<br /> <br /> An offer was made to them for the last story in<br /> the volume. They refused it without consulting<br /> me, and declined to tell me who had made the offer<br /> or the amount, as it was “not their custom to do<br /> so.’ They pressed me to allow them to sell the<br /> last story separately, but I refused.<br /> <br /> I wished the MS. to go to America and not be<br /> hawked round Britain, but I impressed on the firm<br /> the stories were not to be detached from the volume<br /> unless sold. After a period of some months I<br /> recalled the volume, and it was returned to me<br /> with only the title page of the last story. The<br /> rest was missing. The agents knew nothing about<br /> it, but of course “my interests were fully<br /> protected.”<br /> <br /> They owned the stories had been separated and<br /> that they had no authority to do so.<br /> <br /> About five months after it was returned to me,<br /> without any explanation except it had been<br /> discovered in an editor’s office in Kentucky.<br /> Odd !<br /> <br /> Yours truly,<br /> Rowan ORME.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> SUPPLEMENT I<br /> <br /> UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> A BILL<br /> <br /> TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE ACIS<br /> <br /> RESPECTING COPYRIGHT.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CONTENTS.<br /> <br /> PAGES<br /> ee ee Copernic (Seog, 1-3) rer eects tn 5<br /> S uyuot-Marrmn oF CopYRIGHT (Secs. 4-7) ......-:------s----e-tesrcerercrcerettcce steers 5<br /> Mee i Oars CoprmiceT (Bec, 8) een irrretttrrcit terete 6-7<br /> Mow fo Smoune Corveigur (Secs. 9-17) -.-..-.--:---csc-rrerereteercr terse 7-9<br /> Hiei crn oF Copynigur (Secs. 18-20) ----..-1i.----es cee rretteneseetnerener teense 9-10<br /> Prormction or CopyriGut (Secs. 21-36) ......--.----s--seeeerrrneesenrteeeenenetees ese 10-15<br /> Waasaver ov Copvergur (Secs, 37-4D) ......-...--:-se-cerettersnesetercrseeessescererteccesere es 15-16<br /> Gopyaraur Orvicm (Secs. 46-60) .....-..--..-cecrcccereereeertsettertrsssrerenstneestsser eee 16-19<br /> <br /> MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (Secs. 61-64) ......-------seeerercerstenseterereeeseneeeeescecse rere s® 19<br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A BILE<br /> <br /> TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE ACTS<br /> RESPECTING COPYRIGHT.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United<br /> States of America in Congress assembled, That the copyright secured by<br /> this Act shall include the sole and exclusive right :—<br /> <br /> (a) For the purposes set forth in subsection (b) hereof, to make<br /> any copy of any work or part thereof the subject of copyright<br /> under the provisions of this Act, or to abridge, adapt, or translate<br /> into another language or dialect any such work, or make any other<br /> version thereof;<br /> <br /> (b) To sell, distribute, exhibit, or let for hire, or offer or keep<br /> for sale, distribution, exhibition, or hire any copy of such work ;<br /> <br /> (c) To deliver, or authorize the delivery of, in public for profit,<br /> any copyrighted lecture, sermon, address, or similar production<br /> prepared for oral delivery ;<br /> <br /> (d) To publicly perform or represent a copyrighted dramatic<br /> work, or to convert it into a novel or other non-dramatic work ;<br /> <br /> (e) To dramatize any copyrighted non-dramatic work and<br /> <br /> roduce the same either by publication or performance ;<br /> <br /> (f) To publicly perform a copyrighted musical work, or any<br /> part thereof, or for purpose of public performance or the purposes<br /> set forth in subsection (b) hereof to make any arrangement or<br /> setting of such work, or of the melody thereof, in any system of<br /> notation ;<br /> <br /> (g) To make, sell, distribute or let for hire any device, contri-<br /> yance or appliance especially adapted in any manner whatsoever to<br /> reproduce to the ear the whole or any material part of any<br /> work published and copyrighted after this Act shall have gone into<br /> effect, or by means of any such device or appliance publicly to<br /> reproduce to the ear the whole or any material part of such work ;<br /> <br /> (h) To produce any abridgment, variation, adaptation, or<br /> arrangement of a copyrighted work of art.<br /> <br /> Suc. 2. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to annul or limit<br /> the right of the author or proprietor of an unpublished work, at<br /> common law or in equity, to prevent the copying, publication, or use<br /> of such unpublished work without his consent, or to obtain damages<br /> therefor.<br /> <br /> Suc. 3. That the copyright provided by this Act shall extend to and<br /> protect all the copyrightable component parts of the work copyrighted,<br /> any and all reproductions or copies thereof, in whatever form, style or<br /> size, and all matter reproduced therein in which copyright is already<br /> <br /> subsisting, but without extending the duration of such copyright.<br /> <br /> Sno. 4, That the works for which copyright may be secured under<br /> this Act shall include all the works of an author.<br /> Suc. 5. That the application for registration shall specify to which of<br /> the following classes the work in which copyright is claimed belongs :<br /> (a) Books, including composite and cyclopedic works, direc-<br /> tories, gazetteers, and other compilations, and new matter contained<br /> <br /> 5<br /> <br /> Nature and Extent of Copy-<br /> right.<br /> <br /> Subject Matter of Copyright.<br /> <br /> Comp. Constitution, Art. 1, sec. 8 ;<br /> Rev. Stat., sec. 4952.<br /> <br /> <br /> Comp. Act of June 18, 1874, sec. 3<br /> (18 Stat. at L., part 111, p. 79).<br /> <br /> Comp. Rey. Stat., sec. 4959; Act<br /> of March 3, 1891, sec. 5 (26 Stat.<br /> at L., p. 1108).<br /> <br /> Not subject<br /> matter of copy-<br /> right.<br /> <br /> Who May Obtain Copyright.<br /> <br /> Comp. Constitution, 1787, Art. 1,<br /> sec. 8; Rev. Stat., sec. 4952;<br /> Act of March 3, 1891, sec. 13<br /> (26 Stat. at L., p. 1110).<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of March 3, 1891, sec. 13<br /> (26 Stat. at L., p. 1110).<br /> <br /> 6<br /> <br /> in new editions; but not including works specified in other sub-<br /> sections hereunder ;<br /> <br /> (b) Periodicals, including newspapers ;<br /> <br /> (c) Oral lectures, sermons, addresses ;<br /> <br /> (d) Dramatic compositions ;<br /> <br /> (e) Musical compositions ;<br /> <br /> (f) Maps ;<br /> <br /> (g) Works of art ; models or designs for works of art ;<br /> <br /> (h) Reproductions of a work of art ; oe<br /> <br /> (i) Drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical<br /> character ;<br /> <br /> (j) Photographs ;<br /> <br /> (k) Prints and pictorial illustrations ;<br /> <br /> (1) Labels and prints relating to articles of manufacture, as<br /> heretofore registered in the Patent Office under the Act of June 18,<br /> 1874 :<br /> <br /> Provided, nevertheless, That the above specifications shall not be held<br /> to limit the subject matter of copyright as defined in section four of<br /> this Act, nor shall any error in classification invalidate or impair the<br /> copyright protection secured under this Act.<br /> <br /> Src. 6. That additions to copyrighted works and alterations, re-<br /> visions, abridgments, dramatizations, translations, compilations,<br /> arrangements, or other versions of works, whether copyrighted or in<br /> the public domain, shall be regarded as new works subject to copyright<br /> under the provisions of this Act ; but no such copyright shall affect the<br /> force or validity of any subsisting copyright upon the matter employed<br /> or any part thereof, or be construed to grant an exclusive right to such<br /> use of the original works.<br /> <br /> Sec. 7. That no copyright shall subsist :-—<br /> <br /> (a) In any publication of the United States government or any<br /> reprint, in whole or in part, thereof: Provided, however, That the<br /> publication or republication by the government, either separately<br /> or in a public document, of any material in which copyright is<br /> subsisting shall not be taken to cause any abridgment or annul-<br /> ment of the copyright or to authorize any use or appropriation of<br /> such copyright material, without the consent of the copyright<br /> proprietor ;<br /> <br /> (b) In the original text of a work by any author not a citizen<br /> of the United States first published without the limits of the<br /> United States prior to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one ;<br /> or in the original text of any work which has fallen into the<br /> public domain.<br /> <br /> Szo. 8. That the author or proprietor of any work made the subject<br /> of copyright by this Act, or his executors, administrators, or assigns,<br /> shall have copyright for such work under the conditions and for the<br /> terms specified in this Act: Provided, however, That the copyright<br /> secured by this Act shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor<br /> who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation, only when such<br /> foreign author or proprietor,—<br /> <br /> (a) Shall be living within the United States at the time of the<br /> making and first publication of his work, or shall first or cotem-<br /> poraneously publish his work within the limits of the United<br /> States ; or<br /> <br /> (b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or<br /> proprietor is a citizen or subject grants—either by treaty, conven-<br /> tion, agreement, or law—to citizens of the United States the<br /> benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 7<br /> <br /> citizens, or copyright protection substantially equal to the protec-<br /> tion secured to such foreign author under this Act ; or when such<br /> foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement<br /> which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the<br /> terms of which agreement the United States may at its pleasure<br /> become a party thereto.<br /> <br /> The existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shall be<br /> determined by the President of the United States, by proclamation<br /> <br /> made from time to time, as the purposes of this Act may require.<br /> <br /> Suc. 9. That any person entitled thereto by this Act may secure<br /> copyright for his work by publication thereof with the notice of copy-<br /> right required by this Act ; and such notice shall be affixed to each<br /> copy thereof published or offered for sale in the United States by<br /> authority of the copyright proprietor. In the case of a work of art or<br /> a plastic work or drawing, such notice shall be affixed to the original<br /> also before publication thereof. In the case of a lecture or similar work<br /> intended only for oral delivery, notice of copyright shall be given at<br /> each public delivery thereof.<br /> <br /> Sec. 10. That such person may obtain registration of his claim to<br /> copyright by complying with the requirements prescribed in this Act ;<br /> and such registration shall be prima facie evidence of ownership.<br /> <br /> Registration may also be had of works of which copies are not repro-<br /> duced for sale, by the deposit, with claim of copyright, of the title and<br /> one complete printed or manuscript copy of such work, if it be a<br /> lecture or similar production, or a dramatic or musical composition ; of<br /> a photographic print, if the work be a photograph ; or of a photograph<br /> or other identifying reproduction thereof, if it be a work of art, ora<br /> plastic work or drawing ; the notice of copyright in these latter<br /> cases being affixed to the original before publication as required by<br /> section nine above. But the privilege of registration secured hereunder<br /> shall not exempt the copyright proprietor from the requirement of<br /> deposit of copies under section eleven herein where the work is later<br /> reproduced in copies for sale.<br /> <br /> Sec. 11. That not later than thirty days (but in the case of a<br /> periodical not later than ten days) after the publication of the work<br /> upon which copyright is claimed, there shall be deposited in_the Copy-<br /> right Office or in the United States mail addressed to the Register of<br /> Copyrights, Washington, District of Columbia, two complete copies of<br /> the best edition ; or if the work be a label or print relating to an article<br /> of manufacture, one such copy ; or if a contribution toa periodical for<br /> which contribution special registration is requested, one copy of the<br /> issue or issues of the periodical containing such contribution, to be<br /> deposited not later than ten days after publication ; or if the work is<br /> not reproduced in copies for sale, there shall be deposited the copy,<br /> print, photograph or other identifying reproduction required by section<br /> ten above: such copies or copy, print, photograph or other reproduction<br /> to be accompanied in each case by a claim of copyright.<br /> <br /> Src. 12. That the postmaster to whom are delivered the articles<br /> required to be deposited under section eleven above shall, if requested,<br /> give a receipt therefor ; and shall mail them to their destination<br /> without cost to the copyright claimant.<br /> <br /> Suc, 13. That of a printed book or periodical the text of the copies<br /> deposited under section eleven above shall be printed from type set<br /> within the limits of the United States, either by hand or by the aid of<br /> any kind of typesetting machine, or from plates made from type set<br /> within the limits of the United States, or if the text be produced by<br /> <br /> How to Secure Copyright.<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 4956, as<br /> amended by the Act of March 3,<br /> 1891, sec. 3 (26 Stat. at L.,<br /> p. 1107).<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 4961.<br /> <br /> U. 8. type-set-<br /> ting and litho-<br /> graphic process.<br /> <br /> <br /> Comp. Act of March 3, 1891, sec. 3<br /> (26 Stat. at L., p. 1107); H. R.<br /> pill no. 13355, March 2, 1904,<br /> passed by the House of Repre-<br /> sentatives April 26, 1904 (68th<br /> Cong., 2d sess.).<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of March 3, 1905.<br /> <br /> Notice of copy-<br /> right. .<br /> <br /> Comp. Rey. Stat., sec., 4962; Act<br /> of June 18, 1874, sec. 1 (18 Stat.<br /> at L., part III, p. 79); Act of<br /> March 3, 1905.<br /> <br /> 8<br /> <br /> lithographic process, then by a process wholly performed within the<br /> limits of the United States: which requirements shall extend also to<br /> the illustrations produced by lithographic process within a printed book<br /> consisting of text and illustrations, and also to separate lithographs,<br /> except where in either case the subjects represented are located in a<br /> foreign country ; but they shall not apply to works in raised characters<br /> for the use of the blind, and they shall be subject to the provisions of<br /> section sixteen with reference to books published abroad seeking<br /> ad interim protection under this Act.<br /> <br /> In the case of the book the copies so deposited shall be accompanied<br /> by an affidavit, under the official seal of any officer authorized to<br /> administer oaths within the United States, duly made by the person<br /> claiming copyright or by his duly authorized agent or representative<br /> residing in the United States or by the printer who has printed the<br /> book, setting forth that the copies deposited have been printed from<br /> type set within the limits of the United States or from plates made from<br /> type set within the limits of the United States, or, if the text be pro-<br /> duced by lithographic process, that such process was wholly performed<br /> within the limits of the United States.<br /> <br /> Any person who for the purpose of obtaining a copyright shall<br /> knowingly be guilty of making a false affidavit as to his having<br /> complied with the above conditions shall be deemed guilty of a<br /> misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine<br /> of not more than one thousand dollars, and all of his rights and<br /> privileges under said copyright shall thereafter be forfeited.<br /> <br /> Such affidavit shall state also the place within the United States, and<br /> the establishment, in which such type was set or plates were made or<br /> lithographic process was performed and the date of the completion of<br /> the printing of the book or the date of publication.<br /> <br /> Sec. 14. That the notice of copyright required by section nine shall<br /> consist either of the word “ Copyright” or the abbreviation “ Copr.”<br /> or, in the case of any of the works specified in sub-sections (f) to (1)<br /> inclusive, of section five of this Act, the letter ( enclosed within a<br /> circle, thus: @), accompanied in every case by the name of the author<br /> or copyright proprietor as registered in the Copyright Office ; or, in the<br /> case of works specified in subsections (f) to (1), inclusive, of section<br /> five of this Act, by his initials, monogram, mark, or symbol, provided<br /> that on some accessible portion of the work or of the margin, back,<br /> permanent base or pedestal thereof or of the substance on which the<br /> work shall be mounted his name shall appear. But in the case of works<br /> in which copyright is subsisting when this Act shall go into effect the<br /> notice of copyright may be either in one of the forms prescribed herein<br /> or in one of those prescribed by the Act of June 18, 1874.<br /> <br /> The notice of copyright shall be applied, in the case of a book or<br /> other printed publication, upon its title-page or the page immediately<br /> following, or if a periodical, either upon the title-page or upon the first<br /> page of text of each separate number or under the title heading ; or if<br /> a work specified in subsections (f) to (1), inclusive, of section five of this<br /> Act, upon some accessible portion of the work itself or of the margin,<br /> back, permanent base or pedestal thereof, or of the substance on which<br /> the work shall be mounted.<br /> <br /> In a composite work one notice of copyright shall suffice.<br /> <br /> Upon every copy of a published musical composition in which the<br /> right of public performance is reserved there shall be imprinted under<br /> the notice of copyright the words “Right of public performance<br /> reserved ;”? in default of which no action shall be maintained nor<br /> recovery be had for any such performance although without the consent<br /> of the copyright proprietor.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> a<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Seo. 15. That if, by reason of any error or omission, the requirements<br /> prescribed above in section eleven have not been complied with within<br /> the time therein specified, or if failure to make registration has occurred<br /> by the error or omission of any administrative officer or employee of the<br /> United States, it shall be permissible for the author or proprietor to<br /> make the required deposit and secure the necessary registration within<br /> a period of one year after the first publication of the work: Provided,<br /> That in such case no action shall be brought for infringement of the<br /> copyright until such requirements have been fully complied with : And<br /> provided further, That the privilege above afforded of completing the<br /> registration and deposit after the expiration of the period prescribed in<br /> section eleven shall not exempt the proprietor of any article which bears<br /> a notice of copyright from depositing the required copy or copies upon<br /> specific written demand therefor by the Register of Copyrights, who<br /> may make such demand at any time subsequent to the expiration of<br /> such period ; and after the said demand shall have been made, in default<br /> of the deposit of the copies of the work within one month from any<br /> part of the United States except an outlying territorial possession of<br /> the United States, or within three months from any outlying territorial<br /> possession of the United States or from any foreign country, the<br /> oe of the copyright shall be liable to a fine of one hundred<br /> ollars.<br /> <br /> Where the copyright proprietor has sought to comply with the<br /> requirements of this Act as to notice and the notice has been duly<br /> affixed to the bulk of the edition published, its omission by inadvertence<br /> from a particular copy or copies, though preventing recourse against an<br /> innocent infringer without notice, shall not invalidate the copyright<br /> nor prevent recovery for infringement against any person who after<br /> actual notification of the copyright begins an undertaking to infringe it.<br /> <br /> Sec. 16. That in the case of a book published in a foreign country<br /> before publication in this country the deposit in the Copyright Office<br /> not later than thirty days after its publication abroad of one complete<br /> copy of the foreign edition with a request for the reservation of the<br /> copyright, and a statement of the name and nationality of the author<br /> and of the copyright proprietor, and of the date of publication of the<br /> said book shall secure to the author or proprietor an ad intervm copy-<br /> right. Except as otherwise provided, the ad interim copyright thus<br /> secured shall have all the force and effect given to copyright by this<br /> Act, and shall endure as follows :—<br /> <br /> (a) In the case of a book printed abroad in a foreiyn language,<br /> for a period of two years after the first publication of the book in<br /> the foreign country ;<br /> <br /> (b) In the case of a book printed abroad in the Hnglish language<br /> or in English and one or more foreign languages, for a period of<br /> thirty days after such deposit in the Copyright Office.<br /> <br /> Suc. 17. That whenever within the period of such ad interim pro-<br /> tection an authorized edition shall be produced and published from type<br /> set within the limits of the United States or from plates made there-<br /> from, (a) of a book in the Hnglish language, or (b) of a book in a foreign<br /> language, either in the original language or in an English translation<br /> thereof, and whenever the requirements prescribed by this Act as to<br /> deposit of copies, registration, filing of affidavit and the printing of the<br /> copyright notice shall have been duly complied with, the copyright shall<br /> be extended to endure in such original book for the full terms elsewhere<br /> provided in this Act.<br /> <br /> Sno. 18. That the copyright secured by this Act shall endure,—<br /> (a) For twenty-eight years after the date of first publication in<br /> <br /> *<br /> <br /> Failure to com-<br /> ply with formali-<br /> ties.<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 4962.<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of March 3, 1865, sec. 3<br /> (13 Stat. at L., p. 540).<br /> <br /> Ad interim pro-<br /> tection.<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of March 3, 1905,<br /> <br /> Duration of the Copyright.<br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> Comp. as to prints or labels, the<br /> he of June 18, 1874, sec. 3 (18<br /> Stat. at L., part 111, p. 79).<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., secs. 4953 and<br /> 4954,<br /> <br /> Extension of<br /> term of subsist-<br /> ing copyright.<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of Feb. 3, 1831, sec. 16<br /> (4 Stat. at L., p. 439).<br /> <br /> Right of trans-<br /> lation.<br /> <br /> Comp. Act. of March 3, 1891, sec. 1<br /> (26 Stat. at L., p. 1107).<br /> <br /> Protection of the Copyright.<br /> <br /> Protection for<br /> unpublished<br /> works,<br /> <br /> Infringement<br /> of copyright.<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev, Stat., sec. 3082.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 10<br /> <br /> the case of any print or label relating to articles of manufacture :<br /> Provided, That the copyright which at the time of the passing of<br /> this Act may be subsisting in any article named in this section<br /> shall endure for the balance of the term of copyright fixed by the<br /> laws then in force ;<br /> <br /> (b) For fifty years after the date of first publication in the case<br /> of any composite or collective work ; any work copyrighted by a<br /> corporate body or by the employer of the author or authors ; any<br /> abridgment, compilation, dramatization, or translation ; any post-<br /> humous work ; any arrangement or reproduction in some new form<br /> of a musical composition ; any photograph ; any reproduction of<br /> a work of art ; any print or pictorial illustration ; the copyrightable<br /> contents of any newspaper or other periodical ; and the additions<br /> or annotations to works previously published.<br /> <br /> (c) For the lifetime of the author and for fifty years after his<br /> death, in the case of his original book, lecture, dramatic or musical<br /> composition, map, work of art, drawing or plastic work of a<br /> scientific or technical character, or other original work, but not<br /> including any work specified in subsections (a) or (b) hereof ; and<br /> in the case of joint authors, during their joint lives and for fifty<br /> years after the death of the last survivor of them.<br /> <br /> In all of the above cases the term shall extend to the end of the<br /> calendar year of expiration.<br /> <br /> The copyright in a work published anonymously or under an assumed<br /> name shall subsist for the same period as if the work had been produced<br /> bearing the author’s true name.<br /> <br /> Sec. 19. That the copyright subsisting in any work at the time when<br /> this Act goes into effect may, at the expiration of the renewal term pro-<br /> vided for under existing law, be further renewed and extended by the<br /> author, if he be still living, or if he be dead, leaving a widow, by his<br /> widow, or in her default, or if no widow survive him, by his children, if<br /> any survive him, for a further period such that the entire term shall be<br /> equal to that secured by this Act : Provided, That application for such<br /> renewal and extension shall be made to the Copyright Office and duly<br /> registered therein within one year prior to the expiration of the existing<br /> term: And provided further, That, should such subsisting copyright<br /> have been assigned, or a license granted therein for publication upon<br /> payment of royalty, the copyright shall be renewed and extended only<br /> in case the assignee or licensee shall join in the application for such<br /> renewal and extension.<br /> <br /> Src. 20. That the author’s exclusive right to dramatize or translate<br /> any one of his works in which copyright is subsisting shall, after the<br /> expiration of ten years from the day on which the work was registered<br /> in the Copyright Office, continue effective only in case a dramatization<br /> or translation thereof has been produced within that period by his<br /> consent or that of his assigns, and in the case of translations shall be<br /> confined to the language of any translation so produced.<br /> <br /> Sec. 21. That every person who, without the consent of the author<br /> or proprietor first obtained, shall publish or reproduce in any manner<br /> whatsoever any unpublished copyrightable work shall be liable to the<br /> author or proprietor for all damages occasioned by such injury, and to<br /> an injunction restraining such unauthorized publication, as hereinafter<br /> provided.<br /> <br /> Sxc. 22. That any reproduction, without the consent of the author<br /> or copyright proprietor, of any work or any material part of any work<br /> in which copyright is subsisting shall be illegal and is hereby prohibited.<br /> The provisions of section thirty-eight hundred and ninety-three of<br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Tt<br /> <br /> the Revised Statutes, prohibiting the use of the mails in certain cases,<br /> and also the provision of section thirty-eight hundred and ninety-five<br /> of the Revised Statutes, shall apply, and the importation into the<br /> United States of any such fraudulent copies or reproductions is hereby<br /> prohibited.<br /> <br /> Suc. 23. That if any person shall infringe the copyright in any<br /> work protected under the copyright laws of the United States by doing<br /> or causing to be done, without the consent of the copyright proprietor<br /> firat obtained in writing, any act the exclusive right to do or authorize<br /> which is by such laws reserved to such proprietor, such person shall be<br /> liable :<br /> <br /> (a) To an injunction restraining such infringement ;<br /> <br /> (b) To pay to the copyright proprietor such damages as the<br /> copyright proprietor may have suffered due to the infringement,<br /> as well as all the profits which the infringer may have made from<br /> such infringement, and in proving profits the plaintiff shall be<br /> required to prove sales only and defendant shall be required to<br /> prove every element of cost which he claims ; or in lieu of actual<br /> damages and profits, such damages as to the court shall appear<br /> just, to be assessed upon the following basis, but such damages<br /> shall in no case exceed the sum of five thousand dollars nor be less<br /> than the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, and shall not be<br /> regarded as a penalty :<br /> <br /> (1) In the case of a painting, statue or sculpture or any<br /> device especially adapted to reproduce to the ear any copy-<br /> righted work, not less than ten dollars for every infringing<br /> copy made or sold by or found in the possession of the infringer<br /> or his agents or employees ;<br /> <br /> (2) In the case of a lecture, sermon, or address, not less<br /> than fifty dollars for every infringing delivery ;<br /> <br /> (3) In the case of a dramatic or musical composition, not<br /> less than one hundred dollars for the first and not less than<br /> fifty dollars for every subsequent infringing performance ;<br /> <br /> (4) In the case of all other works enumerated in section five<br /> of this Act, not less than one dollar for every infringing copy<br /> made or sold by or found in the possession of the intringer or<br /> his agents or employees.<br /> <br /> (c) To deliver up on oath to be impounded during the pendency<br /> of the action, upon such terms and conditions as the court may<br /> prescribe, all goods alleged to infringe a copyright ;<br /> <br /> (d) To deliver up on oath for destruction all the infringing<br /> copies or devices, as well as all plates, molds, matrices or other<br /> means for making such infringing copies.<br /> <br /> Any court given jurisdiction under section thirty-two of this Act may<br /> proceed in any action instituted for violation of any provision hereof to<br /> enter a judgment or decree enforcing any of the remedies herein<br /> provided.<br /> <br /> Sec. 24. That the proceedings for an injunction, damages and profits,<br /> and those for the seizure of infringing copies, plates, molds, matrices,<br /> etc., aforementioned, may be united in one action.<br /> <br /> Sno. 25. That any person who wilfully and for profit shall infringe<br /> any copyright secured by this Act, or who shall knowingly and<br /> wilfully aid or abet such infringement or in any wise knowingly and<br /> wilfully take part in any such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of<br /> a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by<br /> imprisonment for not exceeding one year or by a fine of not less than<br /> <br /> Remedies.<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 4964 (as<br /> amended by Act of March 38,<br /> 1891, sec. 7, 26 Stat. at L.,<br /> p- 1109) and Rev. Stat., sec. 4965<br /> (as amended by Act of March 2,<br /> 1895, 28 Stat. at L., p. 965).<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 4966 (as<br /> amended by Act of Jan. 6, 1897,<br /> 29 Stat. at L., p. 481).<br /> 12<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both, in<br /> the discretion of the court.<br /> False notice of | Any person who, with fraudulent intent, shall insert or impress any<br /> copyright. notice of copyright required by this Act, or words of the same purport,<br /> in or upon any article for which he has not obtained copyright, or with<br /> fraudulent intent shall remove or alter the copyright notice upon an<br /> article duly vopyrighted, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable<br /> by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one<br /> thousand dollars. Any person who shall knowingly issue or sell any<br /> article bearing a notice of United States copyright which has not been<br /> copyrighted in this country, or who shall knowingly import any article<br /> bearing such notice, or words of the same purport, which has not been<br /> copyrighted in this country, shall be liable to a fine of one hundred<br /> dollars.<br /> <br /> The importation into the United States of any article bearing such<br /> notice of copyright when there is no existing copyright thereon in the<br /> United States is prohibited, and such importations shall be proceeded<br /> against as provided by sections twenty-six to twenty-nine, inclusive, of<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> this Act.<br /> Prohibition of SEC. 26. That any and all such fraudulent copies prohibited importa-<br /> importation. tion by this Act which are brought into the United States from any<br /> <br /> foreign country shall be seized by the collector, surveyor or other<br /> officer of the customs, or any person authorized in writing to make<br /> seizures under the customs revenue laws, in the district in which they<br /> are found; and the copies so seized shall without delay be delivered<br /> into the custody of the principal customs officer of the collection<br /> district in which the seizure is made; whereupon the said officer shall<br /> (except in cases of importation by mail) publish a notice of such<br /> seizure once a week for three successive weeks in some newspaper of the<br /> county or place where such seizure shall have been made. If no news-<br /> paper is published in such county, then such notice shall be published<br /> in some newspaper of the county in which the principal customs office<br /> of the district is situated ; and if no newspaper is published in such<br /> county, then notices shall be posted in proper public places, which<br /> : notices shall describe the articles seized and state the time, cause, and<br /> place of seizure, and shall require any person claiming such articles to<br /> appear and file with such customs officer his claim to such articles<br /> within twenty days from the date of the first publication of such notice.<br /> <br /> Sro. 27. That any person claiming the property so seized may, at<br /> <br /> any time within twenty days from the date of such first publication of<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 3076, notice, file with the collector, or other proper officer, a claim, stating<br /> his interest in the articles seized, and deposit with such collector, or<br /> other proper officer, a bond to the United States as now prescribed by<br /> law, in the penal sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, with two sure-<br /> ties, to be approved by said collector, or other proper officer, conditioned<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 838] that in case of the condemnation of the articles so claimed the obligors<br /> shall pay all the costs and expenses of the proceedings to obtain such<br /> condemnation.<br /> <br /> Such collector, or other proper officer, shall transmit the said bond<br /> with a duplicate list and description of the articles seized and claimed<br /> to the United States Attorney for the proper district, who shall proceed :<br /> for a condemnation of the property by information as in customs revenue 4<br /> cases.<br /> <br /> Src. 28. &#039;Fhat in case the property shall be condemned it shall be<br /> delivered into the custody of the United States Marshal and destroyed<br /> in such manner as the court may direct. If not condemned the said<br /> articles shall be delivered to the importer on payment of the duty, if<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 13<br /> <br /> any be due. If probable cause is found by the court as an existing<br /> fact connected with the seizure, the officer or other person making the<br /> seizure shall be entitled to a certificate affording him an absolute<br /> defense to any action on account of seizure. If no such claim shall be<br /> filed, or bond given, within the twenty days above specified, the<br /> collector, or other proper officer of the customs who has custody of the<br /> property, shall declare the same forfeited, and it shall be destroyed in<br /> such manner as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.<br /> <br /> Sec. 29. That mails from foreign countries shall be carefully<br /> examined by postmasters, who shall forward to the principal customs<br /> officer of the district in which the post office is situated any foreign<br /> mail package supposed to contain any article imported in violation of<br /> the provisions of this Act. Upon receipt of such package the customs<br /> officer shall detain the same in his custody and notify by mail the<br /> eddressee of the package of its detention, and require him to show<br /> cause within thirty days why the supposed prohibited articles should<br /> not be destroyed. If the person so addressed shall not appear and<br /> show cause to the contrary, the customs officer shall make formal<br /> seizure of the articles contained in the package supposed to be pro-<br /> hibited importation, and if the package contains any prohibited articles<br /> shall declare the same forfeited, whereupon said articles shall be<br /> destroyed in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct.<br /> If upon examination the articles prove to be innocent of any violation<br /> of law the package shall be forwarded to the addressee in regular<br /> course of mail, subject to the payment of customs duty, if any be due.<br /> If the addressee appears and shows to the satisfaction of the said<br /> officer that the importation of the articles is not prohibited, the said<br /> articles shall be delivered to the addressee upon payment of the customs<br /> duty, if any be due.<br /> <br /> Sec. 30. That during the existence of the American copyright in any<br /> book the importation into the United States of any foreign edition or<br /> editions thereof (although authorized by the author or proprietor) not<br /> printed from type set within the limits of the United States or from<br /> plates made therefrom, or any plates of the same not made from type<br /> set within the limits of the United States, or any editions thereof pro-<br /> duced by lithographic process not performed within the limits of the<br /> United States, in accordance with the requirements of section thirteen<br /> of this Act, shall be and is hereby prohibited : Provided, however, &#039;That<br /> such prohibition shall not apply—<br /> <br /> (a) To works in raised characters for the use of the blind ;<br /> <br /> (b) To a foreign newspaper or magazine, although containing<br /> matter copyrighted in the United States printed or reprinted by<br /> authority of the copyright proprietor, unless such newspaper or<br /> magazine contains also copyright matter printed or reprinted<br /> without such authorization ;<br /> <br /> (c) To the authorized edition of a book in a foreign language or<br /> languages, of which only a translation into English has been copy-<br /> righted in this country ;<br /> <br /> (a) ‘To books in a foreign language or languages, published<br /> without the limits of the United States, but deposited and<br /> registered for an ad interim copyright under the provisions of this<br /> Act: in which case importation of copies of an authorized foreign<br /> edition shall be permitted during the ad interim term of two years,<br /> or until such time within this period as an edition shall have<br /> been produced from type set within the limits of the United<br /> States, or from plates made therefrom, or by a lithographic process<br /> performed therein as above provided ;<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of March 3, 1891, sec. 3<br /> (26 Stat. at L., p. 1107).<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of Oct. 1, 1890, Free<br /> List, sec. 513.<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of March 3, 1891, sec. 3<br /> (26 Stat. at L., p. 1108).<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of March 3, 1891, sec. 3<br /> (26 Stat. at L., p. 1107).<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of March 3, 1905.<br />  <br /> <br /> Suits :<br /> diction.<br /> <br /> Juris-<br /> <br /> 14<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> (e) To any book published abroad with the authorization of the<br /> author or copyright proprietor when imported under the circum-<br /> stances stated in one of the four sub-divisions following, that is to say:<br /> <br /> (1) When imported, not more than one copy at one time<br /> for use and not for sale, under permission given by the pro-<br /> prietor of the American copyright ;<br /> <br /> (2) When imported, not more than one copy at one time,<br /> by the authority or for the use of the United States ;<br /> <br /> (3) When specially imported, for use and not for sale, not<br /> more than one copy of any such book in any one invoice, in<br /> good faith, by or for any society or institution incorporated<br /> for educational, literary, philosophical, scientific or religious<br /> purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for any<br /> college, academy, school or seminary of learning, or for any<br /> State, school, college, university or free public library in the<br /> United States: but such privilege of importation without the<br /> consent of the American copyright proprietor shall not extend<br /> to a foreign reprint of a book by an American author copy-<br /> righted in the United States unless copies of the American<br /> edition can not be supplied by the American publisher<br /> or copyright proprietor ;<br /> <br /> (4) When such books form parts of libraries or collections<br /> purchased en bloc for the use of societies, institutions or<br /> libraries designated in the foregoing paragraph; or form<br /> parts of the libraries or personal baggage belonging to persons<br /> or families arriving from foreign countries, and are not<br /> intended for sale :<br /> <br /> Provided, That copies imported as above may not lawfully<br /> be used in any way to violate the rights of the American<br /> copyright proprietor or annul or limit the copyright protection<br /> secured by this Act ; and such unlawful use shall be deemed<br /> an infringement of copyright.<br /> <br /> Src. 31. That all copies of authorized editions of copyright books<br /> imported in violation of the above provisions of this Act may be<br /> exported and returned to the country of export, provided it be shown<br /> to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury upon written<br /> application that such importation does not involve wilful negligence or<br /> fraud. If absence of wilful negligence or fraud be not established to<br /> the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, the importation shall<br /> be proceeded against as in the case of fraudulent copies in the manner<br /> prescribed by sections twenty-six to twenty-nine, inclusive, of this Act.<br /> <br /> Sec. 32. That all actions arising under the copyright laws of the<br /> United States shall be originally cognizable by the circuit courts of<br /> the United States, the district court of any Territory, the Supreme<br /> Court of the District of Columbia, the district courts of Alaska, Hawaii<br /> and Porto Rico, and the courts of first instance of the Philipine<br /> Islands.<br /> <br /> Actions arising under this Act may be instituted in the district of<br /> which the defendant is an inhabitant, or in the district where the<br /> violation of any provision of this Act has occurred.<br /> <br /> Any such court, or judge thereof, shall have power, upon bill in<br /> equity filed by any party aggrieved, to grant an injunction to prevent<br /> the violation of any right secured by said laws, according to the course<br /> and principles of courts of equity, on such terms as said court or judge<br /> may deem reasonable. Any injunction that may be granted, restraining<br /> and enjoining the doing of anything forbidden by this Act may be<br /> served on the parties against whom such injunction may be granted<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 15<br /> <br /> anywhere in the United States, and shall be operative throughout the<br /> United States and be enforceable by proceedings in contempt, or other-<br /> wise, by any other court or judge possessing jurisdiction of the<br /> defendant; but the defendants, or any or either of them, may make a<br /> motion in the proper court of any other district where such a violation<br /> is alleged, to dissolve said injunction upon such reasonable notice to<br /> the plaintiff as the court or judge before whom said motion shall be<br /> made shall deem proper; service of said motion to be made on the<br /> plaintiff in person or on his attorney in the action. Said courts or<br /> judges shall have authority to enforce said injunction and to hear and<br /> determine a motion to dissolve the same, as herein provided, as fully as<br /> if the action were pending or brought in the district in which said<br /> motion is made.<br /> <br /> The clerk of the court, or judge granting the injunction, shall, when<br /> required so to do by the court hearing the application to dissolve or<br /> enforce said injunction, transmit without delay to said court a certified<br /> copy of all the papers on which the said injunction was granted that are<br /> on file in his office.<br /> <br /> When any action is brought in any place whereof the defendant is<br /> not an inhabitant, service of process shall be made by the marshal of<br /> the district of which the defendant is an inhabitant, or of the district<br /> where he may be found, upon receiving a certified copy of the process<br /> from the clerk of the court where the suit was brought, and return shall<br /> be made by said marshal to said court.<br /> <br /> Suc. 33. That the final orders, judgments or decrees of any court<br /> mentioned in section thirty-two of this Act arising under the copyright<br /> laws of the United States may be reviewed on appeal or writ of error in<br /> the manner and to the extent now provided by law for the review of<br /> cases finally determined in said courts respectively.<br /> <br /> Sec. 34. That no action shall be maintained under the provisions of<br /> this Act unless the same is commenced within three years after the<br /> cause of action arose.<br /> <br /> Src. 35. That in all recoveries under this Act full costs shall be<br /> allowed.<br /> <br /> Src. 36. That nothing in this Act shall prevent, lessen, impeach, or<br /> avoid any remedy at law or in equity which any party aggrieved by any<br /> infringement of a copyright might have had if this Act had not been<br /> passed.<br /> <br /> Suc. 37. That the copyright is distinct from the property in the<br /> material object which is the subject of copyright, and the sale or con-<br /> veyance, by gift or otherwise, of the original object shall not of itself<br /> imply the cession of the copyright ; nor shall the assignment of the<br /> copyright imply the transfer of the material object.<br /> <br /> Src. 38. That the right of translation, the right of dramatization, the<br /> right of oral delivery of a lecture, the right of representation in the<br /> case of a dramatic composition, the right of performance in the case of<br /> a musical composition, where the latter is reserved as provided in<br /> section fourteen hereof, the right to make any mechanical device by<br /> which music may be reproduced to the ear, and the right of repro-<br /> duction of a work of art or of a drawing or plastic work of a scientific<br /> or technical character shall each be deemed a separate estate subject to<br /> assignment, lease, license, gift, bequest, or inheritance.<br /> <br /> Suc. 39. That the copyright in a work of art and the ownership of<br /> the work shall be deemed to be distinct properties, and, except as pro-<br /> vided for in this Act, the copyright in any artistic work shall remain<br /> in the author of the work, even if such work be sold or disposed of by<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 972.<br /> <br /> Transfer of Copyright.<br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> Assignment of<br /> copyright.<br /> <br /> Foreign as-<br /> signment.<br /> <br /> Comp. Patent Act of March 3, 1897,<br /> sec. 5 (29 Stat. at L., p. 693).<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 4955.<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of June 18, 1874, sec, 2<br /> C18 Stat. at L., part 111, p. 79).<br /> <br /> The Copyright Office.<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 4948 ; Act of<br /> Feb. 19, 1897 (29 Stat. at L.,<br /> p. 545).<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of Feb. 19, 1897 (29<br /> Stat. at L., p. 545).<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of Feb. 19, 1897 (29<br /> Stat. at L., p. 545).<br /> <br /> 16<br /> <br /> such author, unless the copyright therein be expressly assigned or<br /> disposed of in writing by him, or pass by operation of law or testamentary<br /> disposition.<br /> <br /> Src. 40. That every assignment of copyright under this Act shall be<br /> by an instrument of writing signed by the assignor.<br /> <br /> Suc. 41. That every assignment of copyright executed in a foreign<br /> country shall be acknowledged by the assignor before a consular officer<br /> or secretary of legation of the United States authorized by law to<br /> administer oaths or perform notarial acts. The certificate of such<br /> acknowledgment under the hand and official seal of such consular officer<br /> or secretary of legation shall be primd facie evidence of the execution<br /> of the instrument.<br /> <br /> Suc. 42. That every assignment of copyright shall be recorded in the<br /> Copyright Office within ninety days after its execution in the United<br /> States or within six calendar months after its execution without the<br /> limits of the United States, in default of which it shall be void as<br /> against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee for a valuable con-<br /> sideration, without notice, whose assignment has been duly recorded.<br /> <br /> Suc. 43. That in place of the original instrument of assignment there<br /> may be sent for record a true copy of the same duly certified as such by<br /> any official authorized to take an acknowledgment to a deed.<br /> <br /> Src. 44. That the Register of Copyrights shall, upon payment of<br /> the prescribed fee, record such assignment, and shall return to the<br /> sender, with a certificate of record attached, under seal, the original<br /> instrument or the copy of the same so filed for record; and upon the<br /> payment of the fee prescribed by this Act he shall furnish to any person<br /> requesting the same a certified copy thereof, under the seal of the<br /> Copyright Office.<br /> <br /> Suc. 45. That when an assignment of the copyright in a specified<br /> book or other work has been recorded, the assignee shall have the<br /> privilege of substituting his name for that of the assignor in the<br /> statutory notice of copyright prescribed by this Act.<br /> <br /> Src. 46. That all records and other things relating to copyrights,<br /> required by law to be preserved, shall be kept and preserved in the<br /> Copyright Office, Library of Congress, District of Columbia, and shall<br /> be under the control of the Register of Copyrights, who shall, under<br /> the direction and supervision of the Librarian of Congress, perform all<br /> the duties relating to the registration of copyrights.<br /> <br /> Src. 47. That there shall be appointed by the Librarian of Congress<br /> a Register of Copyrights, at a salary of<br /> dollars per annum, and one Assistant Register of Copyrights, at a salary<br /> of dollars per annum, who shall have<br /> authority during the absence of the Register of Copyrights to attach<br /> the Copyright Office seal to all papers issued from the said office, and<br /> to sign such certificates and other papers as may be necessary. There<br /> shall also be appointed by the Librarian such subordinate assistants to<br /> the Register as may from time to time be authorized by law.<br /> <br /> Src. 48. That the Register of Copyrights shall make daily deposits<br /> in some bank in the District of Columbia, designated for this purpose<br /> by the Secretary of the Treasury as a national depository, of all moneys<br /> received to be applied as copyright fees, and shall make weekly deposits<br /> with the Secretary of the Treasury, in such manner as the latter shall<br /> direct, of all copyright fees actually applied under the provisions of this<br /> Act, and annual deposits of sums received which it has not been<br /> possible to apply as copyright fees or to return to the remitters, and<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 17<br /> <br /> shall also make monthly reports to the Secretary of the Treasury and to<br /> the Librarian of Congress of the applied copyright fees for each calendar<br /> month, together with a statement of all remittances received, trust<br /> funds on hand, moneys refunded, and unapplied balances.<br /> <br /> Suc. 49. That the Register of Copyrights shall give bond to the<br /> United States in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, in form to be<br /> approved by the Solicitor of the Treasury, and with sureties satisfactory<br /> to the Secretary of the Treasury, for the faithful discharge of his duties.<br /> <br /> Sec. 50. That the Register of Copyrights shall make an annual<br /> report to the Librarian of Congress, to be printed in the Annual Report<br /> on the Library of Congress, of all copyright business for the previous<br /> fiscal year, including the number and kind of works which have been<br /> deposited in the Copyright Office during the fiscal year, under the<br /> provisions of this Act.<br /> <br /> Suc. 51. That the seal provided under the Act of July eighth,<br /> eighteen hundred and seventy, and at present used in the Copyright<br /> Office, shall continue to be the seal thereof, and by it all papers issued<br /> from the Copyright Office requiring authentication shall be authenticated.<br /> <br /> Suc. 52. That, subject to the approval of the Librarian of Congress,<br /> the Register of Copyrights shall be authorized to make reasonable rules<br /> and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, for the<br /> conduct of proceedings with reference to the registration of claims to<br /> copyright as provided by this Act: Provided, That no breach of such<br /> rules or regulations shall affect the validity of the copyright.<br /> <br /> Suc. 53. That the Register of Copyrights shall provide and keep such<br /> record books in the Copyright Office as are required to carry out the<br /> provisions of this Act, and whenever deposit has been made in the<br /> Copyright Office of a title or copy of any work under the provisions of<br /> this Act he shall make entry thereof.<br /> <br /> Suc. 54. That in the case of each entry the person recorded as the<br /> claimant of the copyright shall be entitled to a certificate under seal of<br /> copyright registration, to contain his name and address, the title of the<br /> work upon which copyright is claimed, the date of the deposit of the<br /> required copies of such work, and such marks as to class designation<br /> and entry number as shall fully identify the entry. In the case of a<br /> book the certificate shall also state the receipt of the affidavit required<br /> by section thirteen of this Act, and the date of the completion of the<br /> printing, or the date of the publication of the book, as stated in the<br /> said affidavit. The Register of Copyrights shall prepare a printed form<br /> for the said certificate to be filled out in each case as above provided<br /> for, which certificate sealed with the seal of the Copyright Office shall,<br /> upon payment of the prescribed fee, be given to any person making<br /> application for the same, and the said certificate shall be admitted in<br /> any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.<br /> <br /> Suc. 55. That the Register of Copyrights shall fully index all copy-<br /> right registrations, and shall print at periodic intervals a catalogue of<br /> the titles of articles deposited and registered for copyright, together<br /> with suitable indexes, and at stated intervals shall print complete and<br /> indexed catalogues for each class of copyright entries, and thereupon<br /> shall have authority to destroy the original manuscript catalogue cards<br /> containing the titles included in such printed volumes and representing<br /> the entries made during such intervals. The current catalogues of<br /> copyright entries and the index volumes herein provided for shall be<br /> admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein<br /> as regards any copyright registration.<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of Feb. 19, 1897 Q9<br /> Stat. at L., p. 545).<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 4951.<br /> <br /> Comp. Rey. Stat., sec. 4949.<br /> <br /> Comp. Trade-mark Act of Feb. 20,<br /> 1905, sec. 26.<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 4957.<br /> <br /> Comp. Trade-mark Act of Feb. 20,<br /> 1905, sec. 16.<br /> <br /> Catalogue of<br /> copyright entries.<br /> <br /> Comp. Act of March 3, 1891, sec. 4<br /> (26 Stat. at L., p. 1108).<br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> Comp. Act. of March 3, 1891, sec. 4<br /> (26 Stat. at L., p. 1108).<br /> <br /> Disposal of ac-<br /> cumulated copy-<br /> right deposits.<br /> <br /> Copyright fees.<br /> <br /> Comp. Rev. Stat., sec. 4958 ; Act of<br /> June 18, 1874, sec. 2 (18 Stat. at<br /> L., part 11, p. 79); Act of<br /> March 3, 1891, sec. 4 (26 Stat.<br /> at L., p. 1108).<br /> <br /> 18<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Suc. 56. That the said printed current catalogues as they are issued<br /> shall be promptly distributed by the Copyright Office to the collectors<br /> of customs of the United States and to the postmasters of all exchange<br /> offices of receipt of foreign mails, in accordance with revised lists of<br /> such collectors of customs and postmasters prepared by the Secretary<br /> of the Treasury and the Postmaster-General, and they shall also be<br /> furnished to all parties desiring them at a price to be determined by<br /> the Register of Copyrights not exceeding five dollars per annum for the<br /> complete catalogue of copyright entries and not exceeding one dollar<br /> per annum for the catalogues issued during the year for any one class<br /> of subjects. The consolidated catalogues and indexes shall also be<br /> supplied to all persons ordering them at such prices as may be deter-<br /> mined to be reasonable, and all subscriptions for the catalogues shall be<br /> received by the Superintendent of Public Documents, who shall forward<br /> the said publications ; and the moneys thus received shall be paid into<br /> the Treasury of the United States and accounted for under such laws<br /> and Treasury regulations as shall be in force at the time.<br /> <br /> Sec. 57. That the record books of the Copyright Office, together<br /> with the indexes to such record books, and all works deposited and<br /> retained in the Copyright Office, shall be open to public inspection at<br /> convenient times ; and copies may be taken of the copyright entries<br /> actually made in such record books, subject to such safeguards and<br /> regulations as shall be prescribed by the Register of Copyrights and<br /> approved by the Librarian of Congress.<br /> <br /> Suc. 58. That of the articles deposited in the Copyright Office under<br /> the provisions of the copyright laws of the United States or of this Act,<br /> the Librarian of Congress shall determine what books and other articles<br /> shall be transferred to the permanent collections of the Library of<br /> Congress, including the Law Library, and what other books or articles<br /> shall be placed in the reserve collections of the Library of Congress for<br /> sale or exchange, or be transferred to other governmental libraries in<br /> the District of Columbia for use therein.<br /> <br /> Sec. 59. That of any articles undisposed of as above provided,<br /> together with all titles and correspondence relating thereto, the<br /> Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights jointly shall at<br /> suitable intervals determine what of these received during any period<br /> of years it is desirable or useful to preserve in the permanent files of the<br /> Copyright Office, and, after due notice as hereinafter provided, may<br /> within their discretion cause the remaining articles and other things to<br /> be destroyed: Provided, That there shall be printed in the Catalogue<br /> of Copyright Entries from February to November, inclusive, a statement<br /> of the years of receipt of such articles and a notice to permit any author,<br /> copyright proprietor, or other lawful claimant to claim and remove<br /> before the expiration of the month of November of that year anything<br /> found which relates to any of his productions deposited or registered<br /> for copyright within the period of years stated, not reserved or disposed<br /> of as provided for in sections fifty-eight and fifty-nine of this Act :<br /> And provided further, That no manuscript of an unpublished work shall<br /> be destroyed during the term of its copyright without specific notice to<br /> the author, copyright proprietor, or other lawful claimant, permitting<br /> him to claim and remove it.<br /> <br /> Suc. 60. That the Register of Copyrights shall receive, and the<br /> persons to whom the services designated are rendered shall pay, the<br /> following fees: For the registration of any work subject to copyright<br /> deposited under the provisions of this Act, one dollar, which sum is to<br /> include a certificate under seal. For every additional certificate under<br /> seal of registration made, fifty cents. For recording and certifying any<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> 19<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> instrument of writing for the assignment of copyright, or for any copy<br /> of an assignment, duly certified, if not over three hundred words in<br /> length, one dollar; if more than three hundred and less than one<br /> thousand words in length, two dollars; if more than one thousand<br /> words in length, one dollar for each one thousand words and fraction<br /> thereof over three hundred words. For comparing any copy of an<br /> assignment with the record of such document in the Copyright Office<br /> and certifying the same under seal, one dollar. For recording the<br /> transfer of the proprietorship of copyrighted articles, ten cents for each<br /> title of a book or other article in addition to the fee prescribed for<br /> recording the instrument of assignment. For any requested search of<br /> Copyright Office records, indexes, or deposits, fifty cents for each full<br /> hour of time consumed in making such search. For the personal<br /> inspection of copyright record books, indexes, applications, or any article<br /> deposited, including the copying of an entry actually made in any such<br /> record book, ten cents in the case of each book or other article:<br /> Provided, That for such inspection or copying, or both, if made by or on<br /> behalf of any person party to a copyright suit already begun or if the<br /> inspection and use of a book or other deposited article is made in the<br /> reading-room of the Library of Congress, or in any division of the<br /> Library to which the said article would naturally pertain, no charge<br /> shall be made: Provided further, That only one registration at one fee<br /> shall be required in the case of several volumes of the same book<br /> or periodical deposited at the same time or of a numbered series of any<br /> work specified in subsections (h), (j), (k), and (1) of section five<br /> of this Act, where such series represents the same subject with variances<br /> only in pose or composition and the items composing it are deposited<br /> at the same time under one title with a view to a single registration.<br /> <br /> Suc. 61. That in the interpretation and construction of this Act the<br /> words “ United States” shall be construed to mean the United States<br /> and its territorial possessions, and to include and embrace all territory<br /> which is now or may hereafter be under the jurisdiction and control of<br /> the United States.<br /> <br /> Suc. 62. That in the interpretation and construction of this Act<br /> words importing the singular number shall be held to include the<br /> plural, and vice versd, except where such construction would be<br /> unreasonable, and words importing the masculine gender shall be held<br /> to include all genders, except where such construction would be absurd<br /> or unreasonable.<br /> <br /> Sno. 63. That in the interpretation and construction of this Act<br /> «“ the date of publication ” shall in the case of a work of which copies<br /> are reproduced for sale or distribution be held to be the earliest date<br /> when copies of the first authorized edition were sold or placed on sale ;<br /> and the word “author” shall include an employer in the case of works<br /> made for hire.<br /> <br /> So. 64. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are<br /> hereby repealed, save and except section 4966 of the Revised Statutes,<br /> the provisions of which are hereby confirmed and continued in force,<br /> anything to the contrary in this Act notwithstanding.<br /> <br /> ’<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BRADBURY, AGNEW, &amp; CO. LD., PRINTERS, LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Miscellaneous Provisions.<br /> <br /> Repealing clause.	https://historysoa.com/files/original/5/518/1906-07-01-The-Author-16-10.pdf	publications, The Author