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The Author. 18. of in de By Lettres. SQUIRE SPRIGGE. 18. print.) of of - of G. to of by an of by S. in the Society's are examined, Publication. In By SQUIRE SPRIGGE. this work, compiled from offices, the various forms agreements proposed Publishers carefully explained, with Authors and their meaning account various kinds fraud which have been made possible the different clauses therein. By Being additional facts collected Addenda the Above. HERBERT THRING. the office the Society since the publication the Methods. With comments advice. 2s. papers Copyright Law Reform. the the 3s. and of of of An Exposition Lord Monkswell's Copyright Bill 1890. With 1878, the Berne Convention, Extracts from the Report the Commission and the By American Copyright Bill. M. LELY. 1s. 6d. Society The Authors. Record Action from Foundation. By WALTER BESANT Committee, 1888 1892). (Chairman 1s. its Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland. By Germany, ERNST by in The Contract Publication LUNGE, J.U.D. 2s. 6d. its of A of of of 9. 8. J. of 7. 38. MORRIS COLLEs, Barrister-at-Law. to of (Out W. at Production. The Various Methods of . of The Cost : . of Literature and the Pension List. The History the Société des Gens S. By at or to all to to Published ten months the year (August and September omitted), devoted especially Literary, Dramatic, and Musical Property. the protection and maintenance Issued non-members, 6d., Members gratis. Price 5s. 6d. per annum, post free. Back numbers from 1892, 10s. 6d. per vol. - prices met. List Apply Members. to [All Authors. of 18. on G. by of 12. Society of Agreement issued By the Publishers' Association; with Comments. HERBERT THRING, and Illustrative Examples Sir WALTER BESANT. 2nd Edition. Giving the Terms 11. Periodicals and their Contributors. which the different Magazines and Periodicals deal with MSS. and Contributions. 6d. Forms 10. Published October, 1907, price 6d. the Secretary, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W.] �ii AD VERTISEMENTS. (ſhe Šuriety uf Autburg Telegraphic Address : A UTORIDAD, LONDON. (ſmrurpurated). Telephone No. : 374 Victoria. PRESIDENT. G-EOIERG-E IMIEERIETSITE, O. M. COUNCIL. SIR ROBERT ANDERSON, K.C.B. SIRWM.REYNELL ANSON, Bart., D.C.L. THE RIGHT HON. THE I/ORD AVE J. M. BARRIE. [BURY, P.C. A. W. A BECKETT. ROBERT BATEMAN. .. F. E. BEDDARD, F.R.S. SIR HENRY BERGNE, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. THE RIGHT EION. AUGUSTINE BIR RELL, P.C. MRS. E. NESBIT BLAND. THE REV. PROF. BONNEY, F.R.S. THE RIGHT HON. JAMES BRYOP, P.C. THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD BURGH CLERE, P.C. HALL CAINE. J. W. COMYINS CARR. EGERTON CASTLE, F.S.A. EDWARD CLODD. W. MORRIS COLLES. THE HON. JOHN COLLIER, SIR. W. MARTIN CONWAY. F. MARION CRAW FORD. THE REv. W. J. Loºt.I.E, F.S.A. LADY LUGARD (MISS FLORA. THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. AUSTIN DOBSON. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. - A. W. DUBOURG. DOUGLAS FRESHFIELD. THE RIGHT HON. M.R.S. ALFRED FELKIN (ELLEN Fowl.ER). SIR. W. S. GILBERT. EDMUND GOSSE, SIDNEY LEE. MRs. MAXWELL (M. E. BRADDON). JUSTIN MCCARTHY. THE REV. C. H. MIDDLETON-WAKE. SIR HENRY NORMAN, M.P. SIR GILBERT PARKER, M.P. A. W. PINERO. ARTHUR RACKHAM. OWEN SEAMAN. THORNEYCROFT LL.D. SYDNEY GRUNDY. H. RIDER HAGGARD. THOMAS HARDY. MRs. HARRISON ( LUCAS MALET"). ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS, E. W. HORNUNG. MAURICE HEWLETT. JEROME K. JEROMF. HENRY ARTHUR JONES. J. SCOTT KELTIE, LL.D. RUDYARD RIPLING. SIR EDWIN RAY LANKESTER, F.R.S. COMMITTEE L. SHAW). G. BERNARD SHAW. G. R. SIMS. S. SQUIRE SPRIGGE. FRANCIS STORR. WILLIAM MOY THOMAS. MRS. HUMPHRY WARD, PERCY WHITE. FIELD MARSHAL THE RIGHT THE WISCOUNT P.C., &c. SIDNEY WEBB. WolsFLEY, HON. K. P., OF MANAGEMENT. Chairman DOUGLAS FRESHEIELD. THE HON. MRS. ALFRED FELKIN (ELLEN THORNEYCROFT Fowl.ER). MAURICE HEWLETT. SIDNEY LEE. ARTHUR RACKHAM. SIR HENRY BERGNE, K.C.B., E. C.M.G. MRS. E. NESBIT BLAND, J. W. COMYINS CARR. IDRAMATIC SUB-COMMITTEE. Chairman HENRY WILLIAM MRS. ARCHER. E. NESBIT BLAND. H. GRAN VILLE BARKER. G. BERNARD SHAW. S. SQUIRE SPRIGGE. FRANCIS STORR. SIDNEY WEB.B. ARTHUR JONES. J. CAPT. ROBERT PAUL RUEENS. W. COMYNS CARR. JEROME. K. JEROME. W. J. LOCKE. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM. G. BERNARD MARSHALL. SHAW. PENSION FUND COMIMITTEE. Chairman DOUGLAS FRESHFIELD. ANSTEY GUTHRIE. ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS, MRS, MRS, MORLEY ROBERTS. M. H. SPIELMANN. "% FIELD, ROSCOE & Co., 36, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C. licito G. HERBERT THRING, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W. }s J. LAWRENCE GODKIN, Secretary G. 30, Pine Street, New York, U.S.A., Counsel in the United States. OFFICES. 39, OLD QUEEN STREET, STOREY s ALEC TWEEDIE. HUMPHRY WARD. GATE, S.W. HERBERT THRING, Solicitor in England to La Société des Gemsde Lettres, �C be ( The El ut bor. Organ of the Incorporated Society of Authors. Monthly.) FOUNDED BY SIR WALTER BESANT. WOL. XIX.-No. TELEPHONE 2. NOVEMBER 2ND, 1908. NUMBER: 374 WICTORIA. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS : AUTORIDAD, e LONDON. º-e [PRICE SIXPENCE. expenditure, either in fighting a question of prin ciple, or in assisting to obtain copyright reform or in dealing with any other matter closely connected with the work of the Society. (2) The Pension Fund. This fund is slowly increasing, and it is hoped will, in time, cover the needs of all the members of the Society. A state ment of the capital of this fund is inserted in The Author every month and can be seen below. e NOTICES. º-º-º OR the opinions expressed in papers that are signed or initialled the authors alone are responsible. None of the papers or para graphs must be taken as expressing the opinion of the Committee unless such is especially stated to be the case. THE Editor begs to inform members of the Authors Society and other readers of The Author that the cases which are quoted in The Author are cases that have come before the notice or to the knowledge of the Secretary of the Society, and that those members of the Society who desire to have the names of the publishers concerned can obtain them on application. e LIST OF MEMBERS. º-º-º HE List of Members of the Society of Authors, published October, 1907, can now be obtained at the offices of the Society at the price of 6d., post free 7#d. It includes elections to July, 1907, and will be sold to members and associates of the Society only. A dozen blank pages have been added at the end of the list for the convenience of those who desire to add future elections as they are chronicled from month to month in these pages. PENSION FUND, º-º-º HE a 4* a v-u~ THE SOCIETY'S º-e FUNDS. º-e WROM time to time members of the Society desire to make donations to its funds in recognition of work that has been done for them. The committee, acting on the suggestion of one of these members, have decided to place this permanent paragraph in The Author in order that members may be cognisant of those funds to which these contributions may be paid. The funds suitable for this purpose are : (1) The Capital Fund. This fund is kept in reserve in case it is necessary for the Society to incur heavy VOL. XIX. Trustees of the Pension Fund of the Society, after the secretary had placed before them the present financial position of the Fund, decided to invest £230 in the purchase of Irish Land Act 2; per cent. Guaranteed Stock. The amount purchased is £258, and is added to the list printed below. The investments are steadily increasing from year to year, the amount varying between £200 and £250. The Trustees also recommended to the com mittee the possibility of granting another pension. The committee of the Pension Fund have not as yet held their meeting for 1908, but their work will be chronicled in due course. The following is a statement of the actual Stock. �0 Egyptian Irrigation Government Trust 4% Certificates ............... Cape of Good Hope 34% Inscribed 200 0 () 200 () () 228 () () O () e . of the committee - at 5. of be to is to the number elected up the corresponding period 1906, and seven behind the elections for the corresponding period 1907, which was the largest since the society's foundation. The committee trust that members will continue make every enlarge the society, and make thoroughly effort representative sides literature and the drama. Its membership, approximately 2,000, to of of all of it to to to of to be might well doubled. Three resignations were received, bringing the fifty-nine. resignations for the current year up The question elections the council and J. A. : to E. of the art sub-committee was adjourned till the meeting. gentlemen November Several were nominated for the copyright sub-committee, and up the date issue the following have con sented serve Sir Henry Bergne, MacGillivray, Harold Hardy, Hope Hawkins, Sir Gilbert Parker, Sir Williers Stanford, and to J. by of in of in of as to be of H. Yoxall. The committee decided not hold any dinner the society this year. The annual dinner will held usual the spring 1909. infringement copyright papers Two cases New Zealand were then considered, and both in to do to is it to to support the members' cases the committee decided claims. The committee regret state that uncommon practice for papers America and pirate English productions, and the Colonies they have determined stop this their best robbery. The secretary reported the receipt during to 0 10 after the on of meeting Vacation was held the society's offices Monday, October Forty-nine members and associates were elected. The list will found on another page. This brings the total number elections for the current year up 203, which about twenty-four above in 0 () d. 0 () 6 6 0 () 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 () 0 10 () 0 5 5 10 1 () () () 0 2 5 0 1 . . . of S. of to be is of 0 6 0 9 1 5 S. 0 0 # 1 0 5 5 5 NOTES. o-º-e in º ſº S. A. 1 5 () 0 0 1 () () 2 1 0 1 5 5 () () 5 e . C. g R. 10 10 () () 0 () () () 0 6 0 () 0 . 17 G. G. N. 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 e . tº A. . F. G. re 5, 5, Dutton, Miss Annie March Drummond, Hamilton. March March 11, Ackermann, March 20, Loraine, Lady April Plunkett, N., Count. tº April Crellin, H. tº e May 20, Scoon, W. May 26, Cromartie, The Countess Hardy, Harold June 1 1 1 1 O () 1 . . . ſº © tº . . C. C. J. P. . by 1 . W. R. 8, 8, 7, 6, 1, 20, Colquhoun, (amount covered the Society) e Jan. 21, Saies, Mrs. Jan. 24, Westrup, Miss Margaret {Feb. 10, Benett. W. Feb. 10, Wilson, Feb. 26, Travers, Miss 9, 6, 10 1908. Egbert, Henry Skeat, The Rev. Prof. W. W. Wood, Lawson Bolton, Miss Anna Hyamson, Albert M. 13, Le Riche, 13, Williamson, Mrs. N. 13, Williamson, N. 3, 1 O () 0 O O 0 B. . A. . . . 7, 1, Charles 1 1908. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. COMMITTEE HE first Subscriptions. Donations, º- fº. à v---sº-w 8 ... 247 258 Total ............... 23,376 18 Oct. 20, Garvice, glad The committee would receive infor mation unofficially from any member the society any author whose need within the member's Information, which should personal knowledge. possible, should full sent the secretary, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W., and will receive the prompt and careful attention the committee. be Stock .................................... Glasgow and South-Western Railway 4% Preference Stock.................. New Zealand 34% Stock. . . . . . . . Irish Land Act 23% Guaranteed Stock 0 0 0 () () 6 d. 0 5 1 1 () 5 250 Richardson, Mrs. Aubrey 13, McPherson, Miss M. M. 16, Douglas, Lieut.-Col. Hugh Shera, Miss Feb. M. Feb. 29, Brown, Grant April 10, Fieldhouse, Arthur May 22, Darbishire, Otto Oct. 10, Macnaughton-Jones, H. () 1 1 .............................. 10 to 3 . 11 9 Jan. Jan. Jan. 21 " 19 be 291. 201 ture Stock June 16, Roberts, Morley e o July 16, Carolin, Mrs. July 28, Atherton, Mrs. Gertrude Aug. 21, Beckett, Arthur W. Sept. 28, Whitworth Wynne Oct. 23, Woolf, Miss Bella Sidney ... 500 0 () . Local Loans .............................. Victorian Government 3% Consoli dated Inscribed Stock ............... War Loan ................................. London and North-Western 3% Deben 0 0 . 391,000 as 23%.............................. Consols as : The money value can be easily worked out at the current price of the market £ A UTISIOR, TRIES no 30 �A UITISIOIR, of at at or to in be to of by on on it of a A in to at 3 in if of at on to or an 2 48 to 60 of to of in a of to of of to of 3 of A on 5, the offices Monday, society October the Three applications for pensions were o'clock. the applicants were Two before the committee. the ineligible under the present constitution 3 of the Dramatic Sub-committee second meeting Thursday, Authors was held the Society o'clock. October 15, further The secretary reported the receipt the circular which had been issued, answers hand, replies total and that out remaining with the society, favour were opinion, and 10, give expressed unwillingness remaining though not opposed the society of COMMITTEE. at FUND The Pension Fund Committee met at PENSION II. between º-0 6, in to he of to no byof to as be of to e-º-º a of e the dispute in to of of I. on of 4 of on by of The secretary was made and some notes added. accordance re-draft the agreement instructed possible, have with these suggestions, and, time for the next the contract ready and printed o'clock. meeting October 15, held to if in by to of the termination notice the Times and the publishers. October of by at to be to as to edition. letter The secretary laid before the committee giving formal Association, from the Publishers Tuesday, the previous meeting had After the minutes had been signed, the secretary reported that the circular that had received forty-one answers favour Of these, thirty-four were been issued. the dramatists remaining with the society; six two this course though one were not opposed and one were put forward, other suggestions opinion either way. The member expressed write again Committee instructed the secretary that the order answered not had those who opinion might obtained. fullest expression the members that one was suggested the music composer have well would the Dramatic Sub-Committee, and accordingly, Capt. Robert Marshall, seconded motion Mr. Paul Rubens Mr. Bernard Shaw, the name secretary forward, put was instructed the and was serve on the write to him to invite him Mr. Rubens has now consented sub-committee. undertake the duties. The committee then undertook the considera the dramatic pamphlet, and went, clause tion by clause, through the model agreement with were few alterations commences. which it in to a in no in to as of by an copyright" the society offices o'clock. to - by a to on A of to of by the false which had been THE Dramatic Sub-Committee, during the vacation, met again the meeting It in to to an of of it the member. communicate royalties non-payment The Canadian publisher were then considered. Secretary stated that the publisher had now made This offer had been placed offer for settlement. and they had concerned the members before accept the terms expressed their willingness write proposed. The secretary was instructed the Canadian lawyers stating what had been alleged literary stealing curious case done. was laid before the committee, and the solicitors' Opinion The committee the evidence was read. regretted they were unable take any action support legal evidence there was the matter the charges made. Another case relating Washing copyright the register false entry American publisher was considered ton take counsel s the committee, who decided The taken. Opinion what action could false the fact that Committee drew attention America, they pirates entries were made thrust out of the market the non would be able copyright editions the authors, books approved SUB-COMMITTEE. DRAMATIC to cases to of of a to Two º-º-º to a to its to of in A Secretary to to to obtain a explaining that it was impossible meeting of the copyright committee during the Sir Henry Bergne then proceeded to Vacation. explain to the committee what the proposals were, The com and the answer that had been given. A mittee approved the course that was taken. bronze medallion of the President was laid before producer, Mr. Spicer Simson, the committee by copy present Mr. Meredith and they agreed the society. the name delay complaint member relating his work was brought before the publication the committee, and the committee, after considering thereon, instructed the the solicitors' opinion be refused, the secretary being Scheme and had Con them accordingly. write instructed the third applicant was the claim sideration adjourned pending the receipt fuller details. meet again decided The committee November, for the consideration other matters dealing with the Pension Fund. of to the vacation of further papers from the Board of Trade referring to the International Copyright Con The papers had been forwarded ference at Berlin. to the chairman, who had been in communication with Sir Henry Bergne, and a letter had been despatched to the Board of Trade giving the views of the chairman and Sir Henry Bergne, but 31 be TRIES �A UTHOR. October Elections. it, . L. A. E. Boore, G. Boycott, Bright, Charles, F.R.S.E. 26, Devonshire Terrace, Caillard, Emma Marie Campbell, Mrs. Dalgety 45, Cathcart Road, S.W. Maitland Carlton Street, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales. Westfield, Charisma, Harpenden. Bearsted, Kent. Clark, Rev. Henry W. Kathleen Deslandes, Dewar, Alfred of Price, Drury, William Major, Royal Marines (Reserve Officers). Ducat, Ethel M. Everest, Kitty 68, D. If Road, Girgaon 563, Bombay. Netherwood, Saunders foot, Wales. Ferdun S. Greaves, Lady of Greville, Capt. George G. to of to in In Headlam, Withington, . de Courcy - D. Macnaughton Jones, Henry Miles, Bertram, B.A. of in A. no in in Lees, Dorothy Nevile Lindsay, Taunton. Hawkshead. 16, Heaton Hone, Margaret Laffan, Mrs. Staplegrove |Fsthwaite Cecil is an Gardens, Kensington, S.W. Ferdun, in in a in Drayton South in ; of be The Lane, Graffham, Petworth, Sussex. W. in in be a is in is Cour 14, St. Stephen's Road, be of 177 bis, rue celles, Paris. . Evan, Jane Garlants Hotel, Suffolk Street, S.W. Crescent, Eyre 14, C. M. an to of of ; on ; ; to in SINCE the last issue of The Author thirteen cases the secretary's hands for settle have been placed the detention of Four of these referred ment. three for four were claims for money |MSS. agreements. Six and two disputes accounts these cases have been satisfactorily settled two MSS.; two for the payment referring overdue moneys; one for undelivered accounts; and one agreement. Negotia touching the settlement the other cases. tions are still going forward due settled the claims are not satisfactorily the society s referred course they will solicitors. large number cases left open There was these all. Two from the former month, ten cases abroad (two four relate have been settled dealing with infringements New Zealand and consequence, America). two respecting claims Of their settlement. inevitable some delay the remaining cases still open the secretary negotiations for their settlement, and engaged agreement will not every prospect -that there long delayed. good many cases the hands There are still the High the society three the solicitors the county court which, Court and two doubt, will settled this autumn. One county court case has been settled during the past month and judgment has been delivered the member whose claim the society favour supported. The chairman has sanctioned two other county court cases. Hyde Park, W. Edinburgh. Baroness ( Ossit ) Cases. of Croal, Frances A. . to of Caesar, Craig, Edward Gordon . of in to to º-Q-4 Horsham. 15, Kent House Road, Beckenham, S.E. 25, Lee Terrace, Blackheath, S.E. W. M. a profession. Lyceum Club, 128, Pic cadilly, W. Erskine Manse, N.B. Shiplake, Kingsland, de in of of a as to at of manage the whole matter before the committee their next meeting, that they may sanction ment supplement The Author. its circulation The next matter before the committee was the the general treaty with the managers, settlement this were passed. and several clauses The long discussion on, and careful consideration the dramatic pamphlet the various points and the general treaty kept the committee sitting till late hour. They decided the beginning meet again finally discuss the general treaty November importance the dramatic and other matters of ( Alys Adlam, Mrs. Lowth ) Aitchison, Rev. James Belloc, Hilaire, M.P. to is It a of to to by to of The Com set forth various suggestions. receive this warm support mittee were pleased the society s work. 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LITERARY, DRAMATIC, AND MUSICAL I of a a A by is It in a in by 8 on of by by The Silver Queen, Walker ( Coo-ee"), this paper in in by by a of of of a in C. a of byof S. be its of of have been published book Sylvester William its of on of is a of book Australian life and adventure. As the probability several incidents have been questioned, we state, the authority the author, that they are all strictly very light-coloured true. There race the northern interior Australia there are buffaloes and alligators and limestone caves there. Aus tralia, writes Mr. Walker, is vast and unknown through that not long ago the Government explorer discovered tens thousands Chinese growing opium unknown part and had remove them. The publisher Mr. John Ouseley. Sir Isaac Pitman Sons have brought out in of of an so ; of a is to is new work First George, a Mr. Lewis Melville, entitled The in * A of as to a is at I. portrayed wherein George pains new light, the author being show that his subject was not the cold selfish libertime his great part earlier biographers stated. the work devoted account the fifty-four years his life that were spent Hanover. There are eighteen full-page illustrations. of in (7th) edition The Truth of new of of as Ol'Iſl. an a by of of to of to as, I º an to ; of by it of published & of an in & by by in as Literature and Art. shortly A History Sarawak under Two White Rajahs, 1839 1908, Baring-Gould, which has been written the Rev. author The Tragedy the Caesars and Napoleon, Bampfylde, Life and Mr. F.R.G.S., formerly resident Sarawak. The book, which will contain numerous and original illustra tions, will present for the first time complete story form this district Borneo. Wood Folk Stories, series stories about birds and animals for children, Mr. Alfred Spencer, which have been appearing the People's There will to by by of an is a to of do to the City Temple in of inof a he on England and the Isle Sandune. Hakluyt Father Tyrrell's Modernism, Egerton, which has just been issued Messrs. Through ICegan Paul, expository criticism Scylla and Charybdis open letter Mr. Athelstan Riley. |Messrs. Leonard Co. have just published new Irish song, entitled Shamrock (The Emblem Erin) ; words Alfred Smythe music Wilton King. Concerning The Tragedy St. Elizabeth Hungary, play five acts, Arthur Dillon, recently published Mr. Elkin Mathews, the author writes: On choosing the story St. Hungary, Elizabeth became necessary either Kingsley elaborately avoid the scene-sequence which would mean mis-shaping the plot or adopt the general scheme the Saint's Tragedy, resolved the latter, and utilise much as, rather than little could. Much Messrs. Joseph Williams have issued new play one act Edith Wheeler, entitled The Sentence. On October Mr. Bernard Shaw lectured by of a is of by in to so all amusement of children. The book has over fifty photographs from life and a coloured frontispiece. The same author has recently had his Story of the Sea and Seashore issued by the R.T.S., who are about to bring out a second edition of his Boy's Own Nature Book. Mr. Elliot Stock will shortly publish Saint' Gilbert ; the story of Gilbert White and Selborne, by J. C. Wright. The author has endeavoured to present the pioneer naturalist and his environment White, in a form that will appeal to lovers bring about the Nature who has done much cult our English-speaking race. The book will be illustrated. Father Paul, James Cassidy (Messrs. Kegan Paul), strong man battling against the story difficulties, and watching over the fortunes boy whom has lavished the great love disinterested fatherhood. The scenes are laid S.P.C.K. of J. a to draw the attention of our readers to the notice respecting the Society's annual dinner, which appears among the Committee Notes. Messrs. M. Dent & Co. have brought out a new Naturebook, by W. Percival Westell, called Animals at Home. Well-known animals, birds and insects tell their own life histories for the instruction and of is E desire on is a º-º-º of of by NOTES. I in of fº w in - v-u- by levant, $10 m. A ; Cloth, $6 m. ; By MRS. HYDE PARK : Its HISTORY AND ROMANCE. ALEC TwPEDIE. James Pott. # levant. $7.50 m. interest found the notes, which have endeavoured work into the text. Miss Alice Dryden has edited new edition Hunting Sir Henry Dryden s Art (North ampton, printed William Mark). The book Venery, and also includes The Craft translation of La Chasse du Cerf. Eleven illustrations from Dryden's drawings are repro duced together with three plates. Diana's Decision, Mrs. Wilson Fox, story for girls between twelve and sixteen. passionate desire for universal justice leads the little heroine into many scrapes, but eventually happiness. published results the to OLD ENGLAND. (With 80 Illustrations in colour and half By WALTER SHAw SPARROW. tone.) James Pott. 37 I TISIES �of at in in to up a It a to be us a J. H. by A of by a by to in of A. L. of of of is to de by in of C. is of a of in a a G. H. of of -; ; is of a it la in of of of of It a A. Orchestras is is E. in ; of & D. by by & in be in by of of Mr. William Patrick Kelly's romance ancient Egypt, The Stonecutter Memphis (Routledge), being translated into Arabic Mr. Ahmad Said, Cairo, and will published, book form, with October, 1909. the original illustrations, Mr. Theodore Holland has recently published Co., Paris, two songs, with Messrs. Rouart Shelley words (translated into French and German M. Calvocaressi) entitled A Lament, and A Dirge and with Messrs. Co., Gavotte Pastorale for pianoforte Schott Solo. An arrangement this latter piece for the press. Penny has brought out two new books. One novel connected with the dark spiritualism and hypnotism, with scenes corners England and India. Messrs. Chatto and Windus The publish under the title Dark Corners. a Mrs. F. T. a of of of Tolstoy: First The Life Aylmer Maude, was issued last second edition Fifty Years, by A is by of Spain, has been made the subject west monograph Miss Rachel Challice, which Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew publish. profusely The book illustrated. infatuation. of of in is a of of of & Co., We have received from Messrs. Maunsel Dublin, two volumes the Irish poems Alfred Songs Perceval Graves, the Gael and Gael Story-telling and Countryside Songs, and Songs and Ballads. The English publisher Mr. Fisher Unwin. Mondariz, the famous health resort the north and Some Personal Things. Ossit (Madame Baronne Deslandes), the July last, through Ilse, published author Cyrène, Lemerre, Paris, M. new novel, which has already gone into several editions. story tragedy love and death a it is of is a a A of by be its J. are many drawings colour. Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton issued last month new edition Desmond Coke's public Twig. school story, The Bending This book, which passed through has already six editions, has now been re-written and enlarged. his book, just published by Messrs. Constable, First and Last Things, Mr. Wells gives clear statement his own religious faith. He calls confession faith and rule of life. The Volume made up four sections Metaphysics Of Beliefs; Of General Conduct . Religious Liberty in England * is the title of a shilling volume which Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Itd., have published. In it the Rev. Fovargue Bradley, a dissenting minister, advocates the entire emancipation of English religion from State control, while he secures to each religious body administered, own property, which shall on sound business lines, central board. draft Religious Liberty Bill very thorough character found in the book. The novel feature of the scheme the plan disestablishment without disendowment. their Universal Library, The Guérin, and Poems Eugènie Journal Evelyn Moore. Lance Thackeray's new book, which Messrs. perhaps the first and Black publish, depict the humorous side the land the Nile. Egypt, and there The title The Light Side new volume A. Redford and her Friends a book children from ten to twenty "-by Mrs. M. H. Spielmann, has been published by Messrs. Chatto and Windus. It is the story of a young lady, always charming and graceful, whose career is developed up to the time when she becomes a wife and mother, and who is endowed with the talent of Sherlock Holmes, employed by her to elucidate the little mysteries that beset her and her friends. Mr. T. N. Foulis is bringing out a small volume of selections from the Unspoken Sermons of Dr. George Macdonald. The selections have been made by Miss Frances M. Nicholson, and there is evidence that time and care have been devoted to the work. |Messrs. Black are adding two volumes to their Geneva, smaller series of Colour Books. painted by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis, and described by Francis H. Gribble ; also a new edition of the Poet Laureate s Haunts of Ancient Peace, in which the illustrations are by Miss Agnes Locke. aims In Margery for book also gives consecutive 1878; including 1862 his participation court-martial and other English readers. matters quite new We have received from Messrs. Routledge Roman Life and Manners under the Early Empire, Ludwig Friedländer, translated Magnus. second volume this valuable work, translated Freese, will published early next year. The same publishers send had marked success. account his life from a edition has been carefully revised throughout, and many fresh arguments noticed. Robert Aitken's new novel, A Maid of Honour, which has been appearing serially in an American magazine, has now been issued in book form on both sides of the Atlantic. The London publishers are Messrs. Greening & Co. Mr. John Murray will publish early next year a volume of short stories by the same author. This Messrs. Constable. giving readable and intelligible account Tolstoy's life 1862; his marriage deal ing With which period previous historians have not is This month of is Christianity, by Lieut-Colonel W. H. Turton, D.S.O., is announced by Messrs. Wells, Gardner. by AUTISIOR, in TISIES 38 �TFIES AUTISIOR. is, in of be to a to to of an be : to to to be on be in of he is of is it as on he is or in to to to : is to of a is to at of is to of on he is a of all of a of to of of a of he all of des Pingouins, by Anatole France, is another study of modern life treated allegorically. It is the history of Pin gouinie from the time when the Pingouins were baptised by mistake. They were originally huge birds belonging either to the Arctic or Antarctic regions. The author explains this slight vague ness of definition by the fact that when a state ment is made by one witness it can be admitted without hesitation, but when there are several witnesses and an abundance of documents it is always difficult to arrive at the truth. The con clusion of this is that when the historian has a new to 'ILE he º-º-º &4 of PARIS NOTES. of Q-e an e interesting watch their evolution. grieved see them constantly fighting with each other, but certain monk explains really only their way him that this providing for their future they are trying They are creating the annex each other's lands. right ownership, establishing the principles society. civilisation and the basis Just strong-looking Pingouin approaches that moment mine, and weaker One, exclaims, Your field strikes the weaker one dead the piece land has just been cultivating. horrified, but the monk explains St. Mael him that what considers robbery and murder simply warfare and conquest, the very foundation empires, and the source virtues and all human greatness. The author, continuing his his Pingouinie through tory, gives account many years. He tells the putting death republic. her kings and the establishing Trinco, the greatest He gives the story warrior that Pingouinie ever produced, man who, war, had conquered half the after thirty years world, but who afterwards gave back had conquered, leaving his country nothing but glory. The Pingouins are neighbours the Marsouins. Consequently they are never friendly with the and St. Mael is Kate Phillips and Miss Fannie Ward. Brittany. once removed From this time forth their history commences, is by Jerome Theatre on October 14. Lord Bantock brings home his wife, Fannie (late of the halls ), who finds to her horror that the butler, housekeeper, maid, second footman and so on down to the turnspit, are all uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews, or otherwise Among those appearing relations or connections. in this comedy were Mr. Leslie Faber, Mr. Charles Cartwright, Mr. Sugden, Miss Esmé Beringer, Miss The Seigneur admits that this would perhaps the best solution, but he now more clement formerly was, than decided that the Pin gouins shall, account their baptism, simply done, and their transformed into men. This isle, whether the Arctic Antarctic regions, was it Fanny and the Servant Problem, R. Jerome, was staged at the Aldwych St. Augustine advised that immortal soul Pingouins, and given should now the race explain went the Seigneur In virtue your adorable decrees, they will then burn eternally hell, and order will once more established. of Arthur. Pingouins, and, St. Mael discovered the race believing human, baptised them them. When the news of this event reached Paradise the Seigneur himself was perplexed, and council was held discuss what was be done. be death mask at made by Madame Tussaud. The copyright of the latter photograph was pre sented to Miss Rowsell by Mr. John Tussaud. On October 16 a new serial by F. Marion Stradella, commenced in the Crawford, entitled Graphic. On October 6 Bellamy the Magnificent, a play in five acts by Roy Horniman, was produced at the New Theatre. Lord Bellamy unwittingly makes love to his valet's wife. The Valet's revenge is to make his master appear to cheat at cards, with the result that Bellamy dies by his own hand. Sir Charles Wyndham, in the name-part, was supported by Miss Kate Cutler, Miss Fortescue, Miss Sarah Brooke, Mr. Robert Loraine, and Mr. Paul and his of Elder). e By the wish of M. Buffenoir, who is contributing a series of articles on the portraits of Robespierre to the Annales de la Révolution, Miss Mary C. Rowsell, author of The Friend of the People, is translating these articles for publication in this They are illustrated by numerous por country. traits of Robespierre, among them being the picture portrait of him in his room in the rue St. Honoré, light to throw on any subject he surprises the reader, and the reader does not like to be surprised. If the historian endeavours to instruct his reader, he only humiliates and angers him. An original historian is the object of universal distrust and contempt. For a book to be well received the author should always extol the virtues upon which Society is now based : devotion to wealth, pious sentiments, and more particularly the resignation reality, the very foundation of the poor, which of all order. a On is a book of reminiscences, historical and gossip, and South Indian folklore, called Smith, the Coromandel Coast (Messrs. of social of other 39 �A UTISIOR, of it,la it of in to in is la de la in in de is is a be to of of in in de to in la of no is of no of to to of in is la is of in is it is in of of in of is to of a in no of of of an of is of a at la Fermé ( Scènes Vie féminine Turquie ), just the Marc Hélys, comes right time. The book composed series episodes, taken from the lives Turkish women, Parisian who was intimate friend the Nearly two Désenchantées Pierre Loti s book. all the stories are taken from life. Marc Hélys a as It in be to do is is in of of at is of in of by is is of is no be by has taken following the the period immediately 1870 and 1871, and shows the terrible winter of on a of of is is a in is on so of or to is at is in It on three founded other subjects: Le Piège one of these. Each one of the characters studied lives. The first story the book, Le Brutus, one the finest. told with extreme delicacy and dramatic effect. Each one itself master piece, closing the volume the reader that coming feels that regret which one always has perfectly written book. the end as of of in of at as show him his best one the cleverest psycho logists modern times. There are twelve stories apt weary the volume, and the reader who any rate two the eternal theme'' will find many countries, and she has travelled keen observer. Her book now being translated, but justice translation can the original. French, one those that should read the language too delicate for translation. Jean des Brumes another the delightful Wendean stories Charles Foley, who has made that epoch French history his special study. putting the atmosphere He always succeeds the times into his historical novels. This book makes the thirtieth volume of his works. In England Charles Foley's name chiefly known the author the play Heard the Tele phone, and short stories which have appeared the Strand, Pearson's, the Idler, and other English and American magazines. L Espoir, Georges Lecomte, may con sidered rather as an historical novel. The author in of is '' a is to go to do to à in It to is in The book one long satire, told the inimit able style and with the delicate irony peculiar Anatole France. Les Détours du Coeur the title of Paul Bourget's new book. collection short stories, written this author's best style. After his recent romans thèse most readers of Paul Bourget are glad back his writings which point out any moral, stories which not attempt to Le Jardin by In in capital. is a or of is to by of on of a at : is of to of Pingouinie The historian continues his account and its inhabitants up the times when new type human being evolved the millionaire, eighteen. man who becomes bald the age At thirty forty storeys. this time houses are built Every day there are terrible accidents and explo sions, when houses are blown up, and the débris descends the heads the passers-by. the quarters formerly frequented students, young couples now assemble discuss scientific subjects. The whole country undermined with cellars and tunnels, and fifteen million men live the is set free. In on to is is he of a a of in is of In a in of in The affaire Pyrot described detail. Colom writer, uses his pen defence the victim. Pyrot spite everything condemned imprisonment cage. After great efforts the part his defenders there revision pronounced innocent and the trial, and ban, romance running through but inter woven with the novel are the writer's thoughts and ideas about many the great problems life. The fine optimism peculiar this author every page read the book. She deals her own way with many the questions the Religion, literature, divorce, vivisection, hour. modern theology, are among the subjects discussed. Absolute faith Providence the key-note the whole volume. This new book has been eagerly only just print, awaited, and, although sixty editions are already circulation. Some English reviewers Wrongly-informed this author's works have stated that Pierre de Coulevain little read by the French. The fact that the French edition of Sur Branche its 115th edition and L'Ile Inconnue" its 101st edition Speaks more eloquently than any other statement could do. Pierre de Coulevain's remarkable success doubt largely due first her gift keen observation, and after this her absolute sincerity, justice. her ready sympathy, and her strict sense any case she one those authors who need advertisement, popularity, and who who seek have won the heart their public. Sur English. appear very shortly Branche There en is it. at no be to he is, them to give as a present to the Marsouins. That is very evident, said General Panther. The only thing we must prove it. Greatauk, telling After some time returns proofs can him that found against Pyrot. We must discover proofs, replies Greatauk. Justice demands Arrest him once. Au Coeur Vie the title Pierre de Coulevain's new book. This time the author, Italy the path leading after seeking vain vie, finds the casur Switzerland. The book novel the style Sur Branche. by Marsouins, as neighbours are naturally enemies. The Pingouins have the finest army in the world ; the Marsouins also have the finest army in the world, as, indeed, every nation has. In the army of the Pingouins was a certain Jew named Pyrot. The Minister of War, Greatauk, disliked him, and whenever anything went wrong was always convinced that Pyrot was to blame. Eighty thousand bundles of hay had disappeared, and Greatauk feels sure that Pyrot has stolen a TRIES 40 �TRIE AUTISIOR, by : de la by by ; by by de by by in du by is an la en de by by be to '' de ; F. ; de ; : P. by à du la by et by Donnay, Maurice entitled Sudermann, translated now published by the Odéon, and is at being played Volume form. in is by les Pierres, into French by M. Rémon and M. Valentin, At the Odéon Parmi les Pierres, Suder now on the bill. piece At the Renaissance Paul Bourget's L Emigré'' being played. giving M. Bernstein's Réjane Madame Israël. At the Théâtre Antoine L'Oreille great success, and Fendue the Vaudeville mann, La Maison Ordre, a Mr. Pinero. ALYS HALLARD. la the Doyle are Le Chat L Espoir" la Lévy). de Vie feminine en (Fasquelle). la Lettres du Prince de Metternich Comtesse de Lieven" (1818 1819) (Plon). The sixth volume Madame Juliette Adam's Memoirs a is English ; from Conan L'Ile des Pingouins" (Calmann Les Détours du Coeur'' (Plon). Le Jardin Fermé (Scènes Turquie)" (Plon). of byde of translations Bernac, by L'Oncle by A of Shakespeare the works Othello, Georges Duval. Cymbeline, Measure for Measure, and Love's Labour's Lost" are published together in one volume. Among et by of is of du of of by by Parmi by just published, containing Georgette Le Torrent, and La Bascule. 1 at : Roquefeuil. translation being made ; of of by A volume Théâtre, Lemeunier, at by by la de la a ; et et et Leblond Ma Albert de Mun. by Bosnie Progrès dans Littéra Siècle, Marius Ary Vocation sociale, Comte du Bonheur Dix-neuvième is La Crète Olivier; Le Balkan Autrichienne, Slave Crise Charles Turquie, Loiseau Histoire Youssouf Fehmi, with preface by M. Antoine Baumann. Among other new books are Le Coeur Humain Psychologie Positive, les Lois Antoine Baumann; L Aéroplane des Frères Wright: Historique, Expériences, Description, little pamphlet published franc, containing also some original sketches. L Evolution Marine anglaise Réformes du Personnel, De l'Herzégovine, du is ; Affaires L. de Les by Bérard ; et by of Ile Among some these are the following: l Islam, Sultan, les Puissances, Victor L'Idée ture en to in of in all of of in to we in : do of up to of is. L Evolution du Protestantisme français au by C. Coigmet, is another Dix-neuvième Siècle, book published at the right moment. The subject is treated by a philosopher who has endeavoured to show how small a matter dogma really This history Protestantism from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries down our own times shows the virtues, the faults and failings its leaders, and concludes with the following Why question not come nearer each other this life, respecting, the diversity our symbols, the diversity our religious needs P For readers interested the Turkish question the various French publishers are issuing lists the books they have reference the subject. l'Indo-Chine, Paul Stapfer: La Réforme Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Lettres 1871, Georges Bizet La Famille Royale by Ernest Lavisse 1700, Le Congrès Route, Girardault. Questions extérieures Indépendance Bulgare. In the latest numbers of the Revue Hebdoma daire are the following articles: Le Président Grévy, Gabriel Hanotaux; Le Congrès Eucharistique Londres, Clément Berthel; L. (Quinze Ans de ma Wie)'' is an account of the last fifteen years of the celebrated dancer's life, with an account of her various tours and of the people she has met. The preface has been written for her by Anatole France. by Loie Fuller interesting is and is a Rochefort, ; Gambetta, translation one Thomas Hardy's works by Iouis Labay now being published serial form under the title of Deux Ambitions. translated, Edith Wharton's novel under Monde, the title Chez les Heureux M. Charles Bos. The title given for The House Mirth does not appear equivalent. In recent numbers of the Revue de Paris are the following articles: La Foire aux Images, is by letters the professors the Sorbonne Le Para Conan Doyle, translated Albert Savine Mystères Aventures, and Georges Michel; Conan Doyle, translated Albert Savine. one site, " published Spuller. Maltais, Rudyard Kipling, translated Louis Fabulet and Arthur Austin Jackson Les Contes Canterbury, Chaucer, revised M. Legonis, A superhuman efforts and energy of the French nation in those troubled times. It is a book that is well worth reading. The Lettres du Prince de Metternich a la Comtesse de Lieven (1818 1819) are published with an introduction, a conclusion and notes by Jean Hanoteau, and a preface, by M. Arthur Chuquet, Member of the Institute. The sixth volume of Madame Juliette Adam s Memoirs has just appeared. It is entitled Nos Amitiés Politiques jusqu à l Abandon de la Revanche. This volume contains many un almost 41 (Lemerre). 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ART. 15TH. The present Convention shall take effect between the signatory States that ratify it three months from the day they communicate their ratification to the Mexican Government, and shall remain in force among them until one year any from the date denounced said States. The notification such denouncement shall addressed the Mexican Government, and regards the shall only have effect far country which has given ART. 16TH. The Governments the signatory States, when approving the present Convention, shall declare whether they accept the adherence º-º-º 10 to to ART. 14TH. Each one of the Governments of the signatory countries shall remain at liberty to perinit, exercise vigilance over, or prohibit, the circulation, representation and exposition of any work or production, in respect to which the competent authorities - shall have power to exercise SERIAL AND MINOR RIGHTS. 10 ART, 11TH. The reproduction in publications devoted to public instruction or chrestomathy, of fragments of literary or artistic works, confers no right of property, and may therefore be freely made in all the signatory countries. ART. 12TH. All unauthorised indirect use of a literary or artistic work, which does not present the character of an original work, shall be con sidered as an unlawful reproduction. It shall be considered in the same manner unlawful to reproduce, in any form, an entire work, or the greater part of the same, accompanied by notes or commentaries, under the pretext of literary criticism, or of enlargement or complement of an original work. ART. 13TH. All fraudulent works shall be liable to sequestration in the signatory countries in which the original work may have the right of legal pro tection, without prejudice to the indemnities or punishments to which the falsifiers may be liable according to the laws of the country in which the fraud has been committed. 43 �10 to to be on 50 he of on in be it is he on is to CONTENTS. º-º-º BIBLIOPHILE. a C. in F. E. By Theodore Watts-Dunton. Henley. Owlett. Literature. By The Cat An Eighteenth Century Occult Magazine: And By Mark Perugini. William Blake. W. Query BLACKWOOD'S. The Apocalyptic Style. BOOKMAN. in the World of Art. Ruskin's Position By M. H. Spielmann. of Ruskin. By W. Robertson The Library Edition Nicoll, LL.D. Gallery. Mr. Harold Bindloss. The Bookman BOOK MONTHLY. Eighty. The Novelist Conqueror of as Tolstoy By the Editor. the Stage. CORNHILL. : In DUBLIN QUARTERLY. By W. Memoriam. Francis Thompson G. la on de By Andrew Lang. Irish Epics and Homer. Vallière. Louise the Table: The Book Virginia Stephen. By Hole. FORTNIGHTLY. of By Edwin Pugh. the Short Story. The Decay By William Archer, Plays the New Season. MONTH. Heredia. By Harold Binns. NATIONAL. By Austin Dobson. The Unparalleled Pieresc. By Miss Alys Hallard. Patrice. L. By G. Chinese Poetry. The Note-books * of Moore. I.). By T. NEW QUARTERLY. Flambert and Some Critics (Part Sturge. Strachey. Samuel Butler NINETEENTH (IV.). CENTURY. By Mary Winslow Smyth. Dante and Shakespeare. By Herbert Paul, M.P. Plato. The Method By Frederick Wedmore. High Alps. The Poet of 60 or of to he 3, of 50 in is a to of be be to if to be a to to he If, to is of the translation rights are not for the publisher negotiate, and Secondly, that the publication entirely another property. dramatised version however, owing the inherent weakness give the publisher decides human nature, Some control over these rights, then the profits given the publisher should which are definitely fixed and the publisher should only percentage has been instru claim able bringing together the parties the mental The publisher's consent should not contract. per cent. depend upon his claiming the author's hard-won returns. the publisher's No. The last paragraph quite impossible. proposal, O-e MAGAZINE in he to is an on so do in to an at If, Occasions the secretary of the society has very strong evidence at the office. It would be very interesting to find a satisfactory reason for this particular draftsmanship favourable to the so publishers, so misleading to the author. any time therefore, asked author agreement sign which these clauses stand, the grounds, first, that should refuse for him. no inducement - e at I next three books there push the first. of and (3)) that it is distinctly stated that certain rights are sold and definite percentages are claimed, but in clause (2)(a) members will see that there is a Any author in the draftsmanship. difference would suppose, on reading this clause, that this consent, like the consent of a landlord in a lease, would not be unreasonably withheld, especially as, and, in contrast, the particulars of the percentages and the sale of other rights are so carefully set out in the second clause ; but if he does consider that this is the case he will be grievously disappointed when it actually comes to the Sale of translation rights and the publication of a dramatised version. Take for instance the case where the author has written a drama, or has obtained a satisfactory He contract for the translation of his work. applies to the publisher for his consent. The pub will give my consent if you will lisher says, undertake to pay me 50 per cent. of the returns. There is no reason why he should not even ask for We do not for a moment suggest that 75 per cent. these clauses have been drafted differently in the two cases in order intentionally to mislead the author, but that they have done so on two or three Again, the strongest terms stated must that the author should never bind himself for future any conditions; but books with any publishers The the last few words have their amusing side. per cent. getting publisher the sale ought never rights which allowed per handle, and which the agent takes only cent., and then says that unless obtains the to should not have them at 50 per cent., or any other percentage. We want, however, to call the par ticular attention of members to the following words (see (2) (a)): The publisher shall have the entire control of the publication and sale and terms of sale of the book, and the author shall not during the continuance of this agreement (without the consent of the publisher) publish or any abridgment, portion, allow to be published translation, or dramatised version of the work. It will be seen in the other clauses (see (1), (2)(b), CITYSIOR, as A TISIES 44 �TRIES WARNINGS A UTFIOR. TO THE PRODUCERS OF BOOKS. e-º-e ERE I. are a few standing rules to be observed in an agreement. There are four methods of dealing with literary property Selling Outright. it if This is sometimes satisfactory, a proper price can be obtained. But the transaction should be managed by a competent agent, or with the advice of the Secretary of the Society. II. A Profit-Sharing Agreement (a bad form of agreement). In this case the following rules should be attended to : (1.) Not to sign any agreement in which the cost of pro duction forms a part without the strictest investigation. (2.) Not to give the publisher the power of putting the profits into his own pocket by charging for advertisements in his own organs, or by charging exchange advertise ments. Therefore keep control of the advertisements. (3.) Not to allow a special charge for office expenses, unless the same allowance is made to the author. (4.) Not to give up American, Colonial, or Continental Tights. (5.) Not to give up serial or translation rights. (6.) Not to bind yourself for future work to any publisher. As well bind yourself for the future to any one solicitor or doctor | III. The Royalty System. This is perhaps, with certain limitations, the best form of agreement. It is above all things necessary to know what the proposed royalty means to both sides. It is now possible for an author to ascertain approximately the truth. From time to time very important figures connected with royalties are published in The Author. IV. A Commission Agreement. The main points are : (1.) Be careful to obtain a fair cost of production. (2.) Keep control of the advertisements. (3.) Keep control of the sale price of the book. General. All other forms of agreement are combinations of the four above mentioned. Such combinations are generally disastrous to the author. Never sign any agreement without competent advice from the Secretary of the Society. Stamp all agreements with the Inland Revenue stamp. Avoid agreements by letter if possible. The main points which the Society has always demanded from the outset are : (1.) That both sides shall know what an agreement {1623.IlS. (2.) The inspection of those account books which belong to the author. We are advised that this is a right, in the (nature of a common law right, which cannot be denied or withheld. (3.) Always avoid a transfer of copyright. e WARNINGS TO º-e DRAMATIC AUTHORS, EWER sign an agreement without submitting it to the Secretary of the Society of Authors or some com petent legal authority. 2. It is ºwell to be extremely careful in negotiating for the production of a play with anyone except an established xmanager. 45 3. There are three forms of dramatic contract for plays in three or more acts: (a.) Sale outright of the performing right. This is unsatisfactory. An author who enters into such a contract should stipulate in the contract for production of the piece by a certain date and for proper publication of his name on the play-bills. of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of percentages on gross receipts. vary between 5 Percentages and 15 per cent. An author should obtain a percentage on the sliding scale of gross receipts (b.) Sale in preference to the American system. Should obtain a sum in advance of percentages. A fixed date on or before which the play should be performed. of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of royalties (i.e., fixed nightly fees). This method should be always avoided except in cases where the fees are likely to be small or difficult to collect. The (6.) Sale other safeguards set out under heading (b.) apply also in this case. 4. Plays in one act are often sold outright, but it is better to obtain a small nightly fee if possible, and a sum paid in advance of such fees in any event. It is extremely important that the amateur rights of one-act plays should be reserved. 5. Authors should remember that performing rights can be limited, and are usually limited, by town, country, and time. This is most important. 6. Authors should not assign performing rights, but should grant a licence to perform. The legal distinction is of great importance. 7. Authors should remember that performing rights in a play, are distinct from literary copyright. A manager holding the performing right or licence to perform cannot print the book of the words. 8. Never forget that United States rights may be exceed ingly valuable. They should never be included in English agreements without the author obtaining a substantial consideration. 9. Agreements for collaboration should be carefully drawn and executed before collaboration is commenced. 10. An author should remember that production of a play is highly speculative : that he runs a very great risk of delay and a breakdown in the fulfilment of his contract. He should therefore guard himself all the more carefully in the beginning. 11. An author must remember that the dramatic market is exceedingly limited, and that for a novice the first object is to obtain adequate publication. As these warnings must necessarily be incomplete, on account of the wide range of the subject of dramatic con tracts, those authors desirous of further information are referred to the Secretary of the Society. e WARNINGS TO º-e MUSICAL COMPOSERS. -3-e ITTLE can be added to the warnings given for the assistance of producers of books and dramatic authors. It must, however, be pointed out that, as a rule, the musical publisher demands from the musical composer a transfer of fuller rights and less liberal finan cial terms than those obtained for literary and dramatic property. The musical composer has very often the two rights to deal with performing right and copyright. He �TFIES 46 A UTFIOR. MUSICAL COMPOSERS. 0 0 0 TO should be especially careful therefore when entering into an agreement, and should take into particular consideration the warnings stated above, HE Society undertakes to stamp or in of as a is is of it of a M assist the Society the branch its work by informing young writers of its existence. Their MSS. can be read and composition treated treated by coach. The term fiction, but poetry MSS. includes not only works possible, under and dramatic works, and when Special arrangement, technical and scientific works. The competence and experience. Readers are writers The guinea. fee one & dºw & v-u NOTICES. º-º-º HE Editor is to of to The Author begs remind members the Society that, although the paper sent them charge, the cost producing free would be very heavy charge great the resources the Society many members did not forward the Secretary the modest 5s. 6d. Subscription for the year. Communications for The Author should be addressed the Offices the Society, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W., and should reach the Editor not later than the 21st of each month. literary work any kind, All persons engaged not, are invited whether members the Society communicate the Editor any points connected with their work which would advisable the general interest publish. a if a it of of to 10. The subscription to the Society is £1 1s. per annum, or £10 10s. for life membership. to or in of to in be to on of to of be to requests members who do not receive an important communications within two days delay. write him without All remittances should London, Chancery Lane, crossed Union Bank sent by registered letter only. and he answer e be or º-e LEGAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The º-º-º ENSIONS to at any selected age, commence either with without Life Assurance, can obtained from this Society. Full particulars can obtained from the City Branch Manager, Legal and General Life Assurance Society, 158, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C. be 9. Some agents endeavour to prevent authors from referring matters to the Secretary of the Society; so do some publishers. Members can make their own deductions and act accordingly. of of to it º-º-º give notice The Secretary the Society begs post, that all remittances are acknowledged by return be This return articles which cannot be accepted. or of the Society. Editor of 7. No contract should be entered into with a literary agent without the advice of the Secretary of the Society. Members are strongly advised not to accept without careful consideration the contracts with publishers submitted to them by literary agents, and are recommended to submit them for interpretation and explanation to the Secretary Communications and letters are invited by the all subjects connected with literature, but Every effort will be made no other subjects whatever. on confidential documents to be read only by the Secretary, who will keep the key of the safe. The Society now offers: (1) To read and advise upon agreements and to give advice concerning publishers. (2) To stamp agreements in readiness for a possible action upon them. (3) To keep agreements. (4) To enforce payments due according to agreements. Fuller particulars of the Society s work can be obtained in the Prospectus. to 6. The Committee have now arranged for the reception of members' agreements and their preservation in a fire proof safe. The agreements will, of course, be regarded as to 5. Remember always that in belonging to the Society you are fighting the battles of other writers, even if you are reaping no benefit to yourself, and that you are advancing the best interests of your calling in promoting the independence of the writer, the dramatist, the composer. 8. Many agents neglect to stamp agreements. must be done within fourteen days of first execution. Secretary will undertake it on behalf of members. Q-0 greatly on send 6 EMBERS will of 3. Send to the Office copies of past agreements and past accounts, with a copy of the book represented. The Secretary will always be glad to have any agreements, new or old, for inspection and note. The information thus obtained may prove invaluable. BRANCH, THE READING | 2. Remember that questions connected with copyright and publishers' agreements do not fall within the experi Therefore, do not scruple to use ence of ordinary solicitors. the Society. 4. Before signing any agreement whatever, the document to the Society for examination. to a w *w à VERY is member has a right to ask for and to receive advice upon his agreements, his choice of a pub lisher, or any dispute arising in the conduct of his business or the administration of his property. The Secretary of the Society is a solicitor, but if there is any special reason the Secretary will refer the case to the Further, the Committee, if they Solicitors of the Society. deem it desirable, will obtain counsel's opinion. All this without any cost to the member. 1. of º-sº-0 to E is HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY. in of of its copies of music on of members for the fee 6d. per 100 part 100. The members stamps are kept the Society s safe. The musical publishers communicate direct with the Secretary, and the voucher then forwarded the members, who are thus saved much unnecessary trouble. behalf �THE AUTISIOR, GENERAL NOTES. TIMES THE AND THE PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION. º-º-º in to a 1. as of of ; is in be it of of at of by of of on by on by of of It of of in on do as to by on by on by on of on On by as as or at in of of of in to in as of by STRANGE monuments may LAMB their MEMORIAL. seem, literary genius among in THE CHARLES it in the import from these countries, literature small compared with hers. is be to CONVENTION. seventeen countries, includ January 27th, the United States, 1902. Ratifications the Convention have since deposited with the Mexican Government been April 25th, 1902; Guatemala, Salvador, May 19th, 1902; Costa Rica, June 28th, 1902; July 4th, 1904; Honduras, Nicaragua, August 13th, 1904; and the United States, March 31st, 1908. According the provisions Article 15, this treaty went into effect between the United States and the countries enumerated on July 1st, 1908. We not notice among the articles (which are reprinted another page) any provision for the printing the United States the books the parties. certainly other subscribing seems strange that the United States can enter into such treaty with small Central American Republics, such Honduras and Costa Rica, and yet refuse Probably, subscribe the Berne Convention. the omission the present treaty this stipula tion, which keeps her apart from the European Powers, anticipation the future union perhaps, these republics with herself; most matters, she looks the question from the point view the almighty dollar, knowing that she will gain more the free export her authors works into the countries named, than she will lose of of to If of a the plenipotentiaries ing those is in at to to to be the International Copyright Convention must imply that Great Britain will held able eventually adhere and give effect such possible, alteration (The Times, October 20). full account the proceedings will appear the December issue of The Author. not COPYRIGHT Congress, WE have received from the Library Copyright Office, the text the Pan-American Copyright Treaty 1902, reprinted from the official English text. The treaty was signed the City Mexico to as of or to it of to no at : in no ; of to its the Conference by the Governments of the various countries, and that the Society of Authors and similar organisations have little or no voice in the business, although the French Government, always in advance in literary matters, appointed a com mittee of authors to attend. The exact position of affairs was made plain by Mr. Winston Churchill, replying recently to questions asked in the House. He said : The proposed amendments to the Berne regarding copyright were communi Convention cated to a number of Societies and persons interested in the questions to be discussed, and their criticisms were invited and obtained. . . . Any alteration of the existing law in this country to give effect to amendments of the convention must of necessity be submitted to Parliament in the form of a Bill (The Times, October 20). The Society of Authors was among those men tioned, and the criticisms of copyright experts were duly forwarded the Board Trade but since the papers were received and opinions confidence, solicited statement appeared The Author. Mr. Churchill said further The British dele gates the International Copyright Conference power Berlin have bind his Majesty's any amendment Government the law copyright, and has been explained the other delegates that any provisional assent which they may give any proposed amendment revision - THE PAN-AMERICAN a however, who has recently passed a law to this effect, was in favour of life and thirty years. It should be understood that matters are discussed at satisfactory settle Association the effect that ment the dispute with The Times had been effected, and that members the association were again entering into ordinary business relations with The Times from October The terms upon which peace was concluded have not transpired may gathered from the fact that pub but lishers' advertisements are again appearing the Literary Supplement that the rapprochement lasting and complete. to Trade), Count de Salis (councillor of His Majesty's Embassy at Berlin), Mr. R. L. Craigie (of the Foreign Office), and Mr. T. W. Phillips (of the Board of Trade). One of the principal questions that was discussed was the term during which copyright should continue, most of the signatories being in favour of life and fifty years. Germany, too late for mention our last issue we received an official communication from the Publishers' of THE first meeting of the Copyright Conference was held in Berlin on October 14. The British delegates were Sir Henry Bergne, K.C.B. (member of the council and an ex-chairman of the Society of Authors), who was plenipotentiary to the first meeting of the Conference at Berne, Mr. G. R. Askwith, K.C. (assistant secretary to the Board of is War as to WHAT had come be known the Book now happily over. On September 29 CONFERENCE. by THE COPYRIGHT the many Westminster �C. of of of on or to in of in in of of to at of of to The and Telegraph Ocean to Examinations, India. a ; a of a of of in he in in to Daily News its it in to to its its of in its of he a very promi While Mr. Parkinson never took was one the society, the work nent part warmest supporters, and was always ready, duties, encourage when occasion offered, prosperity. aims, and seek for further G. of to a in Anthony Hope Hawkins fact which the chair, should further recommend the scheme to members participate Those desiring the society. therein should communicate with the steward, Mr. Bush Hill, Winch Eedes Eachus, Hughenden, more Hill, N. the the opening 1869, and proceeded India shortly connection with the ocean telegraph. duties and positions undertaken and fulfilled, Masonic circles, held high offices Hospital, governor chairman Christ's was the Royal the Reform Club, and treasurer Literary Fund. His publications include Under guide the Government, the departments Government handbook Civil Service to on at of A be is to E. B. of A is be in to a on he a is to ; to by the dent Suez Canal afterwards Among other site near his grave and Bay lived, Cottage where hall and institute have The site has now been erected bearing his name. generously been given the Ecclesiastical Com include missioners, and the building planned which fifteen rooms besides the large hall, literary, social, and recreative work will carried already £5,400, which £2,900 on. The cost promised. committee has been formed raised raise the remaining £2,500, and carry through Sanders, the A. the Rev. the scheme treasurer, Edmonton, Vicarage, whom all cheques and contributions may sent. Lamb Festival Dinner has been Charles raising the deficiency arranged with the object the Criterion It will be held on the cost. Thursday, November 12, with Mr. Restaurant, or Mr. Joseph announce the death WE regret Saturday, October 24. He Charles Parkinson, the council the original members Was One four now survive. whom but three the Society, 1833, and his long Mr. Parkinson was born journalism and active life was chiefly devoted connection with the Daily News and social reform His most noteworthy efforts and the World. public this direction were for the abolition executions, for Poor Law reform, and for the pre He was special correspon commons. servation buried. However, PARKINSON. of lie Abbey there is nothing to commemorate that of Charles Lamb, one of the most original of England's The only memorial to his humorists and essayists. genius exists in the form of a mural tablet erected Society in the Archaeological by the Middlesex parish church of Edmonton, in which village the latter and more eventful years of his life were passed, and where he and his sister Mary J. UTHOR. of A of THE 48 =-smº-nº e-º-e a at to to he at of of H. of of - be 9, in of to it on of the right mention what particular author was what particular publisher, and left-hand pocket certain, that there was much good but this fellowship and camaraderie, and everyone present is of by to be a in B. of in In E. a is of to to Circle organised during the Publishers' It book trade dinner. summer months Friday, Trocadero, Octo on the was held when about 250 people were present, and ber many lambs could seen among the recumbent lions. the Publishers' Mr. Edward Bell, the chairman Association, took the chair; and Mr. Arthur Waugh, Messrs. Chapman and the managing director Hall, and Mr. the W. Keay, president the the head Associated Booksellers, were cross-tables as vice-chairmen. As Sir George Otto Trevelyan facetiously re see that the was glad his speech, marked publishers had brought their authors with them. make distinction or would be invidious ITY HE It by in by numbers, followed the young head the list fiction and biography. Biography for the most part deals with English worthies, American and Italian taking the second place. the small section poetry and the drama we notice that Mr. Thos. English poetry from issuing cluster Mosher Henley, Lionel Johnson, Francis W. the pens Thompson, Oscar Wilde, and Wordsworth. Travel are well represented with books and exploration Ceylon. every country from Alaska relating The smallest lists are those dealing with educa health, medicine, and tion, games, philosophy, Religion and theology, the other hand, music. Any endeavour, average. up there the are well judge America fore, reads would what appear much difficulty, task *m-. DINNER. TRADE in to of published books THE announcement list during this autumn and winter season America fifty representative publishers totals some 1,450 the Chicago The classified list published titles. Dial shows some curious features. Thus, books for to CIRCLE AND BOOK THE PUBLISHERS BOOK MARKET. be THE U.S.A. �a of of in of ; to of by of it at in a to in by in of all to to in at of was elected English Vice-President the Congress. On the subjects the debate being considered was decided that Mr. Thomas Catling should speak upon The Dignity the Press and the Constitution of Professional Tribunals. Mr. R. Fisher and Mr. Arthur Walter were nomi speakers upon the question nated Profes sional Secrecy Matters concerning the Press ; and upon the Provident Fund questions Major Gratwicke, the President the British Inter national Association Journalists (which society had sent the delegation Berlin). Upon The Reduction Postal and Telegraphic Tariffs for the Press'' Mr. H. Warden, the Hon. Treas. and Mr. James Baker, the Hon. Sec., were appointed speakers; and upon the general work of the Congresses the representative the Bureau Louis, was chosen. The other Central, Mr. D. subjects under consideration were Concerning the Unification of the Laws for the Protection of Artistic and Literary Property and the suppression the of of to of of in J. of " to J. in of tag when the first sitting opened was significant one. a in in questions. Mr. Fisher and the Hon. Sec. were asked, necessary, deal with these matters. The scene the Chamber of the German Reichs if to as to held, gave rise many speculations. Obstacles had frequently been thrown the way holding the Congress the German capital, but for International Law R. Ambulant Jurisdiction Berlin the city wherein the Twelfth International Press Congress was the Congress was Here this hall. in º-º-e of as A. THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL CON GRESS OF THE PRESS. be J. on º-e of in a be to of is be to a it e of ing of an of and after the speeches, soirée was held the Alexandra Room. Thus the first dinner of the Publishers' Circle was brought satisfactory conclusion. pleased with the results, The promoters should hoped will bring about the which blessings peace and goodwill and good under . standing. choice at a in in Mr. Edward Bell, the chairman, and Mr. H. W. Keay responded. There were pleasant music and songs during the dinner, and the intervals between the speeches, HE of of or all it was so. of at of as an in of to as a of him that of ; a be to mere dry science crude statement facts. No doubt those who read history for the love the past will cordially agree with him. amusing speech, Mr. W. W. Jacobs, proposed The Book Trades. publishers because He proclaimed the modesty they never advertised. fact, He knew this was because all the authors he had met had assured of a it of of talked his walks with Carlyle; his travels or through should not rather his voyages guide Venice with Ruskin for his introduction Browning, and his meeting with Thackeray. Everyone appreciated these glimpses the past. Towards the end his speech, the strongest terms he windicated the claim of the writers of history treat their subject art rather than tickets within the German Empire, and the French railways, through M. Taunay, accorded passes through their territory the Latin members. documents, reports, The portfolios contained invitations, etc., and time-tables, programmes, from the office the Reichstaggebaude (Par liament House) where these were issued, the members could once pass the writing-rooms Parliament, the House and answer all necessary notes and invitations. The whole buildings were Suite the Parliamentary Libraries, post-office, lobbies, etc., our disposal. and lunch was arranged here each day. Before the first meeting the Congress the English delegation came together the Hotel Adlon, under Major Gratwicke. the presidency At this gather it of in do George Trevelyan. Sir George entertained the company with interesting literary reminiscences. number He he a of of to Literature. He emphasised the fact that literature had nothing with the subject, but the manner which the subject was treated. He explained his proposition with forcible and sincere arguments. The toast was coupled with the name Sir the success the meeting has fully justified the accepting the invitation. Bureau Central Germany The Press not only Berlin but have worked cordially, and have been most heartily supported the imperial and civic authoritics success, their endeavours make the Congress from both the business and social stand point. When the English delegation had arrived Berlin, and received their portfolios, was once seen that every possible detail had been considered with minute care. The ticket arrangements had been placed the hands the Hamburg-American Steamship Co., whose lines most the English delegates travelled Berlin via Hamburg the officials the line arranged for all the inter. of L. of D. in A. of to was glad to sink debatable subjects and enjoy the pleasures provided for him. For this happy issue hearty thanks are due Mr. Arthur Waugh, the chairman the Publishers' Circle, and Mr. Power, the secretary. After the toast The King, Mr. W. Courtney, his best academic manner, with jest and sarcasm, sometimes for, sometimes touch against proposed the publisher, the toast 49 a all THE AUTHOR. �It of of a as of R. a of or no is in of J. by no be to of it. if be to of as be of of he of of as as he of of to as he in by of of in at of be be in at on to of of a he by a an of of Paris, and was then introduced M. Humbert, although some were favour international fund, yet the difficulties surrounding such departure were recognised. he to an of a of of a in he to an of to in in of as of as to of at to to of to of to as During the discussion Major Gratwicke, England before the end was compelled return speak the debates, took the opportunity the various English provident funds, and renew the invitation given Bordeaux for the Congress visit London next year. He spoke the impor tant steps already taken, and stated that the chief journals, diplomacy well the men both Parliament, Houses had signified the most emphatic manner their readiness welcome the Congress. The journalists all nations would opportunity then have learn what was done England, and hoped, help real way, journalism. forward the brotherhood provi was decided further the creation appoint special committee, dent funds, and with the bureau, consider the possibilities to to to of by of of professional secrecy would carried, mittee which was done unanimously. The third sitting the Congress was opened Herr Singer announcing had received telegram from his Imperial Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm, which, after thanking the presidents homage, the Press Congress for their telegram hope went the delegates would feel them selves home his capital, and cherished the develop hope that the new relations they might ing this Congress would utilised the service the highest problems civilisation. The subject the Provident Fund question international fund. The day following the third sitting was devoted Already the Berliners excursion Potsdam. to to by to and journeying the home Goethe. Then came the question the Dignity the Press and Professional Tribunals, the discussion being opened M. Taunay, and illustrated the Italian delegates, M. Raimondi and Cantalupi. the journalist. The journalist was answerable published any other citizen, but for what Mr. Fisher had said, the judge would not compel professional secrets. Mr. Burlumi, the divulging the Foreign Press Association, also spoke the English usage, but hoped, for the interests other countries, the resolution the central com in a at as of a of all to to an at in Chancellor chatted with the varied nationalities, response and then standing his garden door, important speech that was Herr Singer, gave telegraphed the journals. telegram At the second sitting the Congress was read from M. Jules Claretie, the director the Comédie Française, who dramatic journalist has spoken former Congresses, regretting that unavoidable work prevented him coming Berlin that the bureau should draw up secrecy and coercion witnesses, introduced Dr. George Schweitzer, was then Upon this subject Mr. Fisher, discussed. journalistic usage very whose legal knowledge England there was thorough, stated that Untersuchungsrichter, examining magistrate, and the judge would not compel the name writer divulged good ground was given for with holding Mr. Arthur Walter, the official reporter Lords, spoke the House the effect that departure from common law could claimed for It of in in a in In warmest sympathy. the afternoon after the first sitting, the Chan cellor, Prince von Buelow, gave reception his historic residence, and the scene the forest garden, beneath the rooms which the Berlin Congress was held, was full animation. The professional an of bring about better and more just consideration political matters would insure the diplomatist's was requested possible far codex modern journalistic law. The important and highly debatable subject to of to to to of by an In to of all where so many fiery debates involving serious matters for the welfare of the German people have been fought out, were gathered the representatives, from twenty-one nations, of the Press parliament. Herr W. Singer, of Vienna, occupied the president's chair, and near him were Herr George Schweitzer, the German president, and M. Taunay, the French general secretary, and on either side, the bureau representatives of the various nations. There were present also, in recognition of the importance of the gathering, the Prussian ministers Von Rheinhaben, Von Moltke, Dr. Beseler and the Secretary of State for Foreign affairs, Won Schoen, as well as under-secretaries of State and members of the Reichstag. The Congress was opened by Herr Singer. In an eloquent and impressive speech he referred to the first Congress of the Press at Antwerp fourteen years ago, when no one believed there could be a continu ance of international Press deliberations; but, he continued, reason had worked, and the heart had helped to bring this about, to work internationally, each for the good of his fatherland. Herr Singer spoke at first in German, and then in French, with witty references to Voltaire's sayings, and to his own experiences as a journalist ; he declared he had never doubted the great future of the Press, and he called upon those gathered from corners the world work for honour, rectitude, and justice as the cardinal virtues of the Press. impressive speech the Foreign Secretary then greeted the Congress, command the Chancellor, Prince von Buelow, and referred, speaking its growing power, the links between diplomacy and the Press. He assured the Congress that their labours lessen misunderstanding and as TFIES A UTFIOR. 50 �A UITEIOR. its of of is to be if of If of in to in a in to by of an to it, to to of to byof on if in ; to ; as to of an of to as of at in of of to by of at to by of of of journals the lowest class than the efforts appeal means the prurient the appetites Vulgar and suggestive stories, paragraphs and of as on of as illustrations. Literature and pictures are wide terms, and, fact, some the witnesses gave their matter to : be of or no as as to be a as at of opinions recent novels, even mentioning some upon name, least one exhibition well paintings held few years ago. These matters, however, cannot have been dealt with said exhaustively, seriously authorities writers witnesses, nor were any literature were called artists or authorities on art. opinions left uncontradicted example As quoted and unmodified the following may the witnesses referred to, who claimed One indecent the question have been interested years, number literature and publications for or of of a in J. to be sent abroad. the close of these debates the question of where the next Congress should be held was dis cussed, and as there were three invitations, London, Athens, and Constantinople, after Mr. D. A. Louis, and Señor Lucas, of Lisbon, had spoken for London, it was decided to leave the decision to the Bureau Central. No space remains to describe the elaborate and cordial social functions, which included a reception by the municipality of Berlin in the Rathaus, of the Kaiser's version of a gala performance Sardanapalus, a banquet by the Press in the luxurious hall at the Zoological Gardens, a banquet at Wannsee given by the Chambers of Commerce of H. Warden Berlin and Potsdam, at which Mr. spoke, and a banquet in the Berlin Stock Exchange, after a visit to the High School of Commerce, at the writer had to speak upon German which education, stating it had done more for Germany than even her army and navy had done. At the close of the Congress a special train con veyed the members to Frankfurt, via Weimar, where seventeen men were chosen to do homage to Goethe and Schiller, each man in his own tongue, At a most impressive scene in the ducal crypt. Frankfurt and Wiesbaden the reception was most warm-hearted, and formed a memorable ending to The this Twelfth International Press Congress. visit of such a body of writers to England should prove, from very varied points of view, of great value. JAMES BAKER. At an English printed matter could to Law of International if for to as Jurisdiction upon which subject Mr. Fisher's legal Questions, Upon the postal knowledge was again useful. º question, the writer pointed out the anomalies in England, and the fact that foreign printed matter could come into Britain at cheaper rates than or Ambulant sº-º of The fourth sitting of the Congress was devoted to the consideration of Telegraphic and Postal Tariffs, to the General Work of the Congress, and the Unification of the Laws for the Pro tection of Artistic and Literary Property, and also to a discussion upon the Suppression of the t HE Committee of Members of the two Houses of Parliament, which has recently issued report under the above title, has made some the law and useful suggestions for the alteration procedure which came under their consideration, they are carried their proposals, and the result the community, beneficial into effect, should authors and artists whose work and also popular periodicals adapted for publication these are the publishers the better class. prevented future from increasing their circula conducting thinly disguised lotteries, they tion greater degree upon the rely will have their reading matter and pictures; and merits the same time they are freed from the compe cheap nastiness, the writer and the illus tition profit increased trator can hardly fail demand for good and wholesome work. the committee's investigation, The full scope reference, was not limited the order set out those subjects which the abbreviated title The com this article suggests. the heading lotteries, inquire into the law, (1) mittee had lottery bonds, competitions including the sale chance, and element for prizes which involve indecent (2) advertisements relating thereto literature, and pictures, and advertisements relat report things indecent and immoral and ing any, the law are necessary what amendments, comprised This, the face desirable. which certain rather more than the competitions newspapers and periodicals have endeavoured with stimulate sales, and enabled the Some success higher upon questions touch committee importance and less easy deal with satisfactorily a assed. THE REPORT FROM THE JOINT SELECT LOTTERIES AND ON COMMITTEE INDECENT ADWERTISEMENTS. by the drive through had shown in an afternoon poorest parts of Berlin how their poor lived : as an English journalist remarked, the cleanliness of the streets, and the absence of rags and Sordid poverty staggered him, and we went through the very poorest quarters; but en route to Potsdam the West End of Berlin was seen, and all its At Sans Souci and at artistic development. Wannsee a most enjoyable and instructive day was 51 on TISIES �THE AUTHOR. a of be to by up to at of in of of in to be as or be of to : of a of by in or or of A ; be as he to by is he a of a a of to is, or of to or a be a in a if of in to In to it of or of at to no is or by is by of in or by in to as be by an a of be so as to of of by a be it or in to by of to of in or to of of if a of to be a to in be made illegal for any proprietor, publisher, editor any newspaper periodical charge any form entrance fee, including the purchase and return coupons, for prize competitions his paper. They had had before them, the way, considerable or of in training to a a of as is It of of to is It of the Home Office might have wider art police than that usually accorded inspectors, its decisions nevertheless might fail meet with the approval and support artists Any such body would the educated public. fact position analogous that the licenser likely plays, and would learn that their findings board all of of of in or byto as of wide application, might involve awkward conse quences for any life school, including the classes the Royal Academy, and although the Small of of of in be witness before the committee supplied indecency, established by standard dealing with such questions the police art usually come before them. not necessary question the usefulness applied their test suppressing photographs them for the purpose imported for sale persons search the given one, however, which, undesirable. definition, to a or of or an of of in It police and punish) and the exercise editorial cen any individual body against Sorial functions appeal. whose decision there Literature and art are, however, not likely figure often the police courts even the instance puritans the most aggressive type, and the legislation recommended the joint committee likely affect authors and artists indirectly rather than directly, and the manner suggested above. competitions held With regard advertised newspapers and other periodicals, the committee realised that limericks formed, remarked by one They had been phase only. their witnesses, lotteries, moreover, declared the Court Appeal, although the decision seems one police prosecutions are doubtful efficiency far They will, however, concerned. robbed their attractions, together with great many other forms competition, some which have been conducted honestly and some with flagrant dishonesty, Act Parliament carrying into effect the com mittee's recommendation that should be of A or to be in on the recommending and the simplification and con Solidation the law means new Act, con cluded their report with the following clause provision (46) should also inserted exempt from the operation the Act any book literary merit reputation, any genuine work art. The committee consider that would be almost impossible devise any definition which would cover this exception. their opinion the decision such cases should be left the dis Cretion the magistrate but they believe that, provision they recommend were such magistrate would inserted the Act, enabled to take into consideration all the circumstances of supposed obliga the case, and would free from tion merely decide upon the decency the indecency the particular literary artistic work brought course, good his notice. There magistrate deciding on deal difference between the criminality defendant charged before him satisfy himself (of which bound law beyond reasonable doubt before can convict of of be in so be of of by decency indecency sporting weeklies, matter appear ing French and English periodicals the lowest class, and novels and other books dealing with those problems life and humanity which have never for the last century been approached seriously by any writer without raising outcry from one quarter another. The same small board, apparently, would have jurisdiction over foreign indecent photographs, over the ill-drawn and vulgar Silly Bits, over mutoscope illustrations exhibitions, and over the works artists and academicians both British and foreign may observed this connection that decision paragraphs might expected, The committee, however, any other such suggestion, did not adopt this in to of I by he or as he as a he in so is it a is ; in he " to be in was allowed on all hands that English novels expres were far more outspoken, more gross sion than French ones. He may, perhaps, congratulated upon the limits which has set his explorations modern French fiction but qualification for giving limited knowledge not expert evidence. Perhaps not surprising that readily the gentleman, who drew comparisons and condemned British authors such terms, Sug gested remedy for the evils which had discovered what described a small prohibi tory board, either attached unattached the added, any publi Home Office, before whom, publication include pictures cation (and all kinds, those mutoscope slides, and on) may cited, whose decision will final the case improper publications any description. appointed small board Home Office officials, them, would thus give enabled final of it of all I respect name only, and the suppression, certain powers They would not set limited character. rest the criticised, questions involved, and they would contempt, persons whose and possibly held right express their opinions form and power would be undemiable. were final possession of was asked if it was not his opinion that English novels have become so indecent of late years as to be even worse than the French ones. The ques tion was no doubt derived from a précis of his evidence furnished to the committee, for he answered, think that is agreed on hands. The same gentleman was also the opinion that of of of 52 �A UTHOR, be in all an to it of of a be or be to of is as of as be for to to in to be of be a to of to a in no to of to of of report catholic latitude the Exhibition took the writer galleries into that wearisome succession that stretch their length from Shepherd's Bush Wood Lane, through which sane person passes twice except wheeled chair. The proportions vanishing the British display were attenuated point. We discovered Cedric Chivers, the book Bath, the University Tutorial Press, binder Society, and the Oxford the Religious Tract on the books a at, of ; it in University Press. The last-named alone arrived dignity and effect yet even arousing failed an is in ; us in as of to is he ; is he of the delicate association author and publisher which pervaded the French section. The English publisher convey too predominant seems some subtle manner that not only the pub lisher the book, but the illustrator and author well. In vain the author exhibits his name the type fattest sense tells that this but only the publisher disguise. artifice The commercial side stands out bold relief. Here materialism the dealing with figures and in format. exhibit, : Thus, the Oxford University Press we must record how the books range from in of in COMMISSION of in go of or on a of or be It of of a of It be of º-º-º ; in as be to of to a to of to by a of a be if AT THE FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITHON. B00KS it is a a be to to to in E. A. A. is in by a magis recommend that those guilty them shall liable, summary the case first offence, imprison conviction fine not exceeding £30 ment not exceeding one month, and that for second subsequent offences, for the commission any the offences specified transactions with of carrying into effect the framed with view recommendations made the report commented purify and upon above should improve the literature and illustrations provided the enormous class readers which modern educa tional legislation has brought into being, and such improvement cannot carried out without some measure benefit authors and artists. of or of if ; of a jury, and commit for trial trate may hesitate cases where the matter published, although indecent and demoralising, can hardly described obscene. adopted With regard the procedure future, the committee suggest certain amended and improved definitions punishable offences, and be on age, Persons under sixteen years much more Severe penalties, which are only inflicted after upon indictment. may conviction added that the committee would have included the subjects dealt with new statute advertise ments books and pictures undesirable character, and that they recommend with regard particularly objectionable class advertisement Which has hitherto gone scathless, that should comprehensively defined and made illegal. This, carried into effect, would deprive number cheap periodicals very low class the greater part their advertisements, and thus hasten their may possible over-sanguine extinction. Legislation may delayed, such matters. may not anticipated. effective The tendency, however, any Act Parliament in of at in in if to an for trial, and then trial before or 53. in in it, evidence as to the good faith with which the prizes were adjudged in the better-conducted of the papers which made use of them, and as to the degree of idiotcy manifested by the bulk of the competitors. One of those associated with the judging of such competitions gave it as the result of his experience that from 30 to 70 per cent. of the last lines sent in for limericks did not even rhyme. It is also interesting to note that a witness intimately con nected with one of the large groups of newspapers, in some of which many limerick competitions have been held, declared himself as strongly dis approving of them. The papers under his control had been compelled, he said, by the action of rival publications to go in for limericks also, as well as for other competitions for large prizes. He was of opinion, however, that competitions penalised papers of the better class. We may hope, there fore, that we are within measurable distance of Seeing these tiresome adjuncts to journalism dis appear, and to find that the newspapers and weekly publications which fight to maintain their circula tion at a high level, do so with legitimate weapons, competing with one another in the provision of good reading matter and clever illustrations. It will assist them if other recommendations made by the committee are also carried into effect, and if in their endeavour to win popular appreciation and to catch the pennies of the multitude they are freed from rivalry of a kind even more demoralising and contrary to public policy than limericks, competitions. treasure hunts, and other The publication of indecent matter, or of that which sporting borders on takes place chiefly weeklies, and cheap illustrated weekly periodi cals of the lowest class. We can all of us see them exposed for sale we look the windows by-streets. small newspaper dealers And we linger long enough we may see children the errand-boy and work-girl class gloating over them, entering purchase them. We may wonder that they exist unpunished but their safety has lain the cumbrousness the law, which practically can deal with such trade only indictment. This inquiry before magistrate, committal involves it in TISIES �THE AUTHOR. 54 a bijou edition, barely two inches high, to tomes of two feet ; how the rag paper and the India paper compare in book form, six volumes of the latter compressing into a space less by half than that occupied by six volumes of the former. Here is work of that prodigious and yet-to-be-completed The New English Dictionary, down to K, and already in five massive Here are cheap Bibles, illustrated in volumes. colour throughout ; Bibles great and small and bound in every imaginable way. Here is the 1623 Shakespeare reproduced in collotype marvellously, it need not be said. We remember the drawings of old masters at Oxford that Mr. Sydney Colvin collected last year into three volumes, and forthwith Dr. Murray, brought Among the find them lying on a side-table. bindings, a Browning catches the eye, inlaid and hand-tooled, with an almost severe design in gold, It satisfies terra-cotta and blue on a green ground. completely. We are confronted by the Religious Tract Society and a show of books in various African dialects. Also he he conveys with a gesture of the finger. deplores the apathy of the English publisher. How can there be a comparison 2 A thousand pities are expressed on both sides. Take for But the colour-printing of France instance these examples of the house of Floury, We handle some proof-sheets soft and exquisite. the latest product of Louis of L Ami Fritz, Conard's press, with illustrations etched and hand coloured to a marvel. Under the name of Edouard Pelletan one must remark an edition of Keats' On a Grecian Urn, in English, with a prose by Anatole France. Mons. Béllery translation des Fontaines designs and decorations, it seems, illustrate nor can one wonder Anatole France The border decoration in black more than Keats. Etruscan rather than and terra-cotta suggests Greek art. In the show-case of L. Carteret is a little slim copy of the Sylvie and of Gerard de Nerval, already one is Au Imagine a Pilgrim s Progress in Chinyana, Mrs. Mortimer s Peep of Day in Nkondi, and a hymn-book in Fanti. This is certainly prodigious. Our special features, murmurs the attendant, are these Nature books by W. Percival Westell, George Henslow, and others, also these two-shilling story-books for boys and girls, attractively bound We hardly hear him, being and illustrated. Amazing ! hypnotised by the hymn-book in Fanti. Cedric Chivers revives us. Commercialism and bindings, strange dialects fade before beautiful Excellent is his and hand-sewn. hand-tooled vellucent system of rebinding old books repro ducing in the covers the character and age of the title Excellent, page protected by transparent vellum. also, is this transparent vellum in protecting inlaid Artists, with their and colour work on bindings. field of colour thus extended, incline to blaze some what. Here and there is a shout and a subdued Miss Alice Shepherd, much of whose work shriek. is shown, is at her best in embossed leather designs, wherein she displays a quiet firm touch and a masterly omission of colour. We notice an edition of George Meredith in 52 volumes, bound in morocco with an illuminated panel differing on on each volume. Repre How different is the section of France sentative, complete, compact ; science, the arts, Hachette, Floury, Laven, de Rudeval, romance. Plon-Nourrit, Carteret, and the rest. We have an assembly of worth. Jean H. Krüger, Mons. Représentant courteous de la Libraire Française, and illuminating, finds us before some exquisite Meissomier engravings and is our Virgil through He lays bare the treasures of these Blessed Aisles. his charge ; the whole spirit of the massed exhibit fond du ciel bleu Oü elles chantant les louanges De la Mère de Dieu. Behind it are three stately volumes, tooled and They are Le Rouge et le Noir" of resplendent. How is it this art of our ally is so Stendhal. stimulating, so suggestive, while the extent of literature in visible form leaves - one British Cold 2 the name of Conard, of Alfred de Musset in the plain paper binding that proclaims the French Imagine an Englishman reader a man of sense. buying expensive volumes in such a dress Snort ing, he demands a cover ; whereas the man of France will spend five animated hours in consulta Under a great arched tion with his bookbinder. stand the house of Hachette reveals itself, and across the way the photographs of Sélinonte mark Sélinonte : Colonie the stall of Chas. Schmid by L. J. Hulot and G. en Sicile, Dorienne Fougères the author and the artist the greatest work the house of Schmid has issued for years. We recall the picture of Sélinonte being exhibited at the Piccadilly Galleries. Les For the credit of Plon-Nourrit et Cie Antiquités Judaique et le peintre Jean Foucquet in hélio must be mentioned, with reproductions gravure and phototype that are among the best things done by this well-known house. Marcel Rivière, Belin Frères, Colin, Laven can we mention them all P It is impossible. Besides, the Franco-British Exhibition is now no more. The next holds case, Les Nuits bearing Z. �TFIES ACTTFIOR. of . . . be to or or or as / " to in of to of he If thou on art blessed my mother's smile the wing. Undimmed if the bees are of of he is Then cease, my friend, That may little while I a he ; all of a of . of ; poetry does believe the whole circle No enthusiasm for not furnish such another instance The the vernal season the sights and sounds bereaved mother rank after the blossoms Sorrows the 2000d-line, and just before the hummings has any curiosity that the bees and this proceeds for about of a ! to as they are, seem too immediately glides back into Commonplace, and the weather and the the state his curiosity the spring forwardness I to as of me remains), | Thy words will be-thy cheerful tones, As welcome to my crumbling bones * If p. 4. in sense in as (If any is of " " ; in any sense This doubt me remains the piece, inconsistent with the opening stanza fact, too modest and, we take upon ourselves shall reassure Mr. Tennyson that, even after he he to ages become present the mind com and admire how naturally * I as I be in ; all Observe how great poet parchèd plains, the noise, Sweet Of bubbling wells that fret the stones, to I the darkness over me, The four-handed mole shall scrape, l lant thou no dusky cypress tree, Nor wreath thy cap with doleful crape, the flowing grape. But pledge me my own personal comforts 2 Oh no may hear the throstle sing That spring. His bridal song the boast in all I ; all at as When, up to in am situated in the world below in be how I of to a a is as he do . . . or, give you some my mother, send my love from have picked hints about bees which or, tell you Aristaeus, the Elysian Fields, is I a art blest, my mother's smile undimmed. But such inquiries, short for testamentary paper, kind The next piece friend, we presume, con , addressed To taining his wishes what his friend should dead (the poet) shall for him when Horace said non omnis moriar, meaning Mr. Tennyson survive that his fame should non omnine moriar still more vivacious, my body shall immortal will not die may go, warrant my verse, and however low my wits about me, therefore you shall keep of is, If thou by p. in of be company are too common his mother . . . . Rivers that travel we he to a he another of as of to of in as . . . as . he is be * the wood-bines blow When, indeed, we shall have been satisfied their which (of the blowing the wood-bines think, feel pretty secure), may, due season passing thought his friend, and turns of to of of in a river be an of a And tell me if we of of it is to as a as of A be is wishes spirit fierce and free, the strength Mine Like Some broad river rushing down alone . ordinary bard wish perhaps, told under such circumstances 2 why, his family, his child, how his sweetheart was, whether the last how the Reform Bill worked, our the poems had been sold papa, edition genuine poet's first wish Now, what would or so of to or of . . . to of . of to he something that Mr. Tenny not would, too, he, (though true-love his far son a concerned, not unwillingly an earring, girdle, and a necklace, the more serious 45) and solemn exordium of his works ambitions his taste at of at a to of of an on of it be by if it as is, his marginal notes intimate, some By some appearance. Tennyson's second Mr. strange chance we have never seen his first publica tion, which, all resembles its younger popular that any brother, must this time our part would seem idle and pre notice sumptuous; but we gladly sieze this opportunity intro repairing unintentional neglect, and ducing our more sequestered the admiration genius another and new prodigy readers poetry milky way brighter star that galaxy which the lamented Keats was the harbinger offer Mr. Tennyson our tribute We have very agreeable unmingled approbation, and us, our readers, that our present well task will be little more than the selection, for their delight, Mr. Tennyson's few specimens point out, singular genius, and the venturing some now and then, the peculiar brilliancy the gems that irradiate his poetical crown. prefatory sonnet opens the reader the which, after aspirations the young author, Sundry poets, ancient and modern, the manner wishing expresses his own peculiar character bolder metamorphosis he . on Then let wise Nature work her will, my clay her darnels grow, And Come only when the days are still, my head-stone whisper low, And And tell me? 12MO., 1833. THIS * He proceeds: PP. 163, LONDON, *. of º-º-º BY ALFRED TENNYSON, POEMIS bipes the funereal cypress classical antiquity the modern undertaker. With the crape hatband CRITICISMS. IX. to CONTEMPORARY 55 �TFIES A DITFIOR. April, 1833. to a is to to of this famous the length and form ragged reprint more than impossible show the flavour. [ED.] sufficient to to to to a I in is a of is in ; a to as of an a to to in as a a of to a or as it I a upat of of a it ; if I be is to to of a is of as to to be of or a an it in of is to is a of in is is a Bradford. as so Claremont, as to . . . Vote. Owing Review, some publishers, the others might realise that the yarn and keep even more important, look the exception, their pencils off them. Cassells They mark the envelope my experience. enclosed for the returned empty instead, and good flight new. the boomerang continues Yours, etc., its is as we ; of (UNSIGNED). The Quarterly |H. SIR,-Here some moment small matter forced the young and aspiring author who you glad shall hawk his wares round, and The Author for their (and my) will ventilate Editors, their office boys, have benefit. scoring our MSS. with objectionable habit them, number, which may intense interest anyone else and simply value but which spoils the look Mr. Arnold the sheet. When, A Great Run. has been kind enough Bennett show, the smell consideration an MS. of it we is to of, be to if to is on the Mr. Tennyson and diffidence shall bow with respect the system, inventor whatever his final determination may be. profound it a of if an so so is it. be () Yours truly, EDITORIAL FAILINGs. to is, as a he to it be to it be it E in a to is of already perceived, habitual with Mr. Tennyson, improvement, that we really obvious and wonder how the language has hitherto done without analogy suggest, that We are tempted thought the accented languages which should rather the acute (') than the grave speak with employed such occasions; but principle, in in the new-starred matter º-º-º night. new species observe has enriched metabolé with which Mr. Tennyson fallen, where He suppresses the our language. pro usually written and where must nounced, and transfers the word new-starréd, pronounced did not would not where grave accent. superfix The use take due care our readers may have this grave accent Here we must pause it I Perieſ/etés. The north wind fall n, review, extract, has divided the nation not of the amount demanded. 3, Dionysius ; to of of of it in to be of . . . a [The Hesperides ] opens with geographi which must the neighbourhood cal description very clear and satisfactory the English reader; topo accuracy indeed, leaves far behind rhythm the heroics graphy and melody as die. of Ida, hearken ere I Mother of in a is in a of to dying soliloquy addressed Mount kind Ida, sixteen times repeated formula which this short poem, Dear qualification not but this common aim and common All they have the case with writers. their interest against the editor and the pub have anything them lisher and such spare from their own necessities would generally individual case with which they rather help sympathy than pay their money into were given (perhaps) fund, someone whose see valueless, even mis work they might regard staunch upholder cannot imagine chievous. contribute Church and State being willing pension for Mr. Belfort Bax, nor writer Sunday-School books being willing subsidise compulsion An attempt Zola. follower the society matter like this would split public instruction effectually the question a Paris. Beautiful Paris, evil-hearted previous letters this reference point out what seems should like compulsory pension forcible objection me the qualities mean the vast diversity fund. known as literature. and tendencies of what common other professions have The members to in by so he derived from classical antiquity, Mr. Tennyson makes much originality that treats them with CEnone, deserted them exclusively his own. SIR,-With subject, is at a of to all of volume, but we shall make a few extracts to show, what we solemnly affirm, that every page teems with beauties hardly less surprising. . . . We pass by several songs, sonnets, and small class, we singular merit, pieces, arrive may call them, three poems derived from CEnone, the Hesperides, mythological sources But, though the subjects are and the Lotos-eaters. FUND. PENSION on . . . 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FOUNDED BY SIR WALTER BESANT. WOL. XIX.-No. 2. NOVEMBER 2ND, 1908. [PRICE SIXPENCE. TELEPHONE NUMBER: 374 WICTORIA. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS : AUTORIDAD, LONDON. —e—º-e— NOTICES. —º-º-º- OR the opinions expressed in papers that are signed or initialled the authors alone are responsible. None of the papers or para- graphs must be taken as expressing the opinion of the Committee unless such is especially stated to be the case. - THE Editor begs to inform members of the Authors’ Society and other readers of The Author that the cases which are quoted in The Author are cases that have come before the notice or to the knowledge of the Secretary of the Society, and that those members of the Society who desire to have the names of the publishers concerned can obtain them on application. a —4*— a v-u- ~ THE SOCIETY'S FUNDS. —e—º-e— WROM time to time members of the Society desire to make donations to its funds in recognition of work that has been done for them. The committee, acting on the suggestion of one of these members, have decided to place this permanent paragraph in The Author in order that members may be cognisant of those funds to which these contributions may be paid. The funds suitable for this purpose are : (1) The Capital Fund. This fund is kept in reserve in case it is necessary for the Society to incur heavy VOL. XIX. expenditure, either in fighting a question of prin- ciple, or in assisting to obtain copyright reform- or in dealing with any other matter closely connected with the work of the Society. (2) The Pension Fund. This fund is slowly increasing, and it is hoped will, in time, cover the needs of all the members of the Society. A state- ment of the capital of this fund is inserted in The Author every month and can be seen below. —e—º-e— LIST OF MEMBERS. —º-º-º- HE List of Members of the Society of Authors, published October, 1907, can now be obtained at the offices of the Society at the price of 6d., post free 7#d. It includes elections to July, 1907, and will be sold to members and associates of the Society only. A dozen blank pages have been added at the end of the list for the convenience of those who desire to add future elections as they are chronicled from month to month in these pages. PENSION FUND, —º-º-º- HE Trustees of the Pension Fund of the Society, after the secretary had placed before them the present financial position of the Fund, decided to invest £230 in the purchase of Irish Land Act 2; per cent. Guaranteed Stock. The amount purchased is £258, and is added to the list printed below. The investments are steadily increasing from year to year, the amount varying between £200 and £250. - The Trustees also recommended to the com- mittee the possibility of granting another pension. The committee of the Pension Fund have not as yet held their meeting for 1908, but their work will be chronicled in due course. The following is a statement of the actual Stock.  ## p. 30 (#46) ############################################## 30 TRIES A UTISIOR, The money value can be easily worked out at the current price of the market :- Consols 23%.............................. 391,000 0 0 Local Loans .............................. 500 0 () Victorian Government 3% Consoli- dated Inscribed Stock ............... 291. 19 11 War Loan ................................. 201 9 3 London and North-Western 3% Deben- ture Stock .............................. 250 0 0 Egyptian Government Irrigation Trust 4% Certificates ............... 200 0 () Cape of Good Hope 34% Inscribed Stock .................................... 200 () () Glasgow and South-Western Railway 4% Preference Stock.................. 228 () () New Zealand 34% Stock. . . . . . . . ... 247 9 6 Irish Land Act 23% Guaranteed Stock 258 0 0 Total ............... 23,376 18 8 Subscriptions. 1908. # S. d. Jan. 7, Richardson, Mrs. Aubrey . 0 5 () Jan. 13, McPherson, Miss M. M. . . 0 1 0 Jan. 16, Douglas, Lieut.-Col. Hugh A. . 0 5 0 Feb. 1, Shera, Miss B. M. O 5 () Feb. 29, Brown, R. Grant O 5 0 April 10, Fieldhouse, Arthur 0 1 0 6 May 22, Darbishire, Otto W. () 10 6 Oct. 10, Macnaughton-Jones, H. . O 5 () Oct. 20, Garvice, Charles 1 1 0 Donations, 1908. Jan. 1, Egbert, Henry tº © . 1 1 0 Jan. 6, Skeat, The Rev. Prof. W. W. . 1 1 0 Jan. 7, Wood, Lawson ſº . () 5 () Jan. 8, Bolton, Miss Anna . O 5 0 Jan. 8, Hyamson, Albert M. . 1 1 0 Jan. 13, Le Riche, P. J. . e 1 1 0 Jan. 13, Williamson, Mrs. C. N. 1 1 0 Jan. 13, Williamson, C. N. tº . 1 1 0 Jan. 20, Colquhoun, A. (amount re- covered by the Society) . 2 17 10 Jan. 21, Saies, Mrs. . e e () 5 0 Jan. 24, Westrup, Miss Margaret () 5 () Feb. 10, Benett. W. . {- º 1 1 0 Feb. 10, Wilson, G. F. g 0 1 0 6 Feb. 26, Travers, Miss R. C. 0 10 0 March 5, Dutton, Miss Annie () 5 () March 5, Drummond, Hamilton. 5 () () March 11, Ackermann, A. S. 2 () () March 20, Loraine, Lady ſº 0 10 0 April 6, Plunkett, G. N., Count. () 5 () April 9, Crellin, H. N. . tº () 5 () May 20, Scoon, W. G. tº e . () 10 0 May 26, Cromartie, The Countess of . 1 1 0 June 3, Hardy, Harold 0 10 () £ S. d. June 16, Roberts, Morley . e () 10 6 July 16, Carolin, Mrs. e o ... O 5 () July 28, Atherton, Mrs. Gertrude . 21 () () Aug. 21, Beckett, Arthur W. . 1 1 0 Sept. 28, “Whitworth Wynne " . 1 1 0 Oct. 23, Woolf, Miss Bella Sidney () 5 0 The committee would be glad to receive infor- mation unofficially from any member of the society of any author whose need is within the member's personal knowledge. Information, which should be as full as possible, should be sent to the secretary, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W., and will receive the prompt and careful attention of the committee. à —º- fº. v---sº-w COMMITTEE NOTES. —o-º-e— HE first meeting of the committee after the Vacation was held at the society's offices on Monday, October 5. - Forty-nine members and associates were elected. The list will be found on another page. This brings the total number of elections for the current year up to 203, which is about twenty-four above the number elected up to the corresponding period in 1906, and seven behind the elections for the corresponding period of 1907, which was the largest since the society's foundation. The committee trust that members will continue to make every effort to enlarge the society, and make it thoroughly representative of all sides of literature and the drama. Its membership, approximately 2,000, might well be doubled. Three resignations were received, bringing the resignations for the current year up to fifty-nine. The question of elections to the council and to the art sub-committee was adjourned till the November meeting. Several gentlemen were nominated for the copyright sub-committee, and up to the date of issue the following have con- sented to serve : — Sir Henry Bergne, E. J. MacGillivray, Harold Hardy, A. Hope Hawkins, Sir Gilbert Parker, Sir Williers Stanford, and J. H. Yoxall. The committee decided not to hold any dinner of the society this year. The annual dinner will be held as usual in the spring of 1909. Two cases of infringement of copyright by papers in New Zealand were then considered, and in both cases the committee decided to support the members' claims. The committee regret to state that it is no uncommon practice for papers in America and the Colonies to pirate English productions, and they have determined to do their best to stop this robbery. The secretary reported the receipt during  ## p. 31 (#47) ############################################## TRIES A UITISIOIR, 31 the vacation of further papers from the Board of Trade referring to the International Copyright Con- ference at Berlin. The papers had been forwarded to the chairman, who had been in communication with Sir Henry Bergne, and a letter had been despatched to the Board of Trade giving the views of the chairman and Sir Henry Bergne, but explaining that it was impossible to obtain a meeting of the copyright committee during the Vacation. Sir Henry Bergne then proceeded to explain to the committee what the proposals were, and the answer that had been given. The com- mittee approved the course that was taken. A bronze medallion of the President was laid before the committee by its producer, Mr. Spicer Simson, and they agreed to present a copy to Mr. Meredith in the name of the society. - A complaint of a member relating to delay in the publication of his work was brought before the committee, and the committee, after considering the solicitors' opinion thereon, instructed the Secretary to communicate it to the member. - Two cases of non-payment of royalties by a Canadian publisher were then considered. The Secretary stated that the publisher had now made an offer for settlement. This offer had been placed before the members concerned and they had expressed their willingness to accept the terms proposed. The secretary was instructed to write to the Canadian lawyers stating what had been done. A curious case of alleged literary stealing was laid before the committee, and the solicitors' Opinion on the evidence was read. The committee regretted they were unable to take any action in the matter as there was no legal evidence in support of the charges made. Another case relating to a false entry of copyright in the register at Washing- ton by an American publisher was considered by the committee, who decided to take counsel’s Opinion as to what action could be taken. The Committee drew attention to the fact that if false entries were made by pirates in America, they would be able to thrust out of the market the non- copyright editions of books approved by the authors, by the false “copyright" edition. The secretary laid before the committee a letter from the Publishers’ Association, giving formal notice of the termination of the dispute between the Times and the publishers. —e—º-0– PENSION FUND COMMITTEE. The Pension Fund Committee met at the offices of the society on Monday, October 5, at 3 o'clock. Three applications for pensions were before the committee. Two of the applicants were ineligible under the present constitution of the Scheme and had to be refused, the secretary being instructed to write to them accordingly. Con- sideration of the claim of the third applicant was adjourned pending the receipt of fuller details. The committee decided to meet again in November, for the consideration of other matters dealing with the Pension Fund. —º-º-º- DRAMATIC SUB-COMMITTEE. I. THE Dramatic Sub-Committee, which had been meeting during the vacation, met again at the offices of the society on Tuesday, October 6, at 4 o'clock. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been signed, the secretary reported that he had received forty-one answers to the circular that had been issued. Of these, thirty-four were in favour of the dramatists remaining with the society; six were not opposed to this course though one or two other suggestions were put forward, and one member expressed no opinion either way. The Committee instructed the secretary to write again to those who had not answered in order that the fullest expression of opinion might be obtained. It was suggested by one of the members that it would be as well to have a music composer on the Dramatic Sub-Committee, and accordingly, on the motion of Capt. Robert Marshall, seconded by Mr. Bernard Shaw, the name of Mr. Paul Rubens was put forward, and the secretary was instructed to write to him to invite him to serve on the sub-committee. Mr. Rubens has now consented to undertake the duties. The committee then undertook the considera- tion of the dramatic pamphlet, and went, clause by clause, through the model agreement with which it commences. A few alterations were made and some notes added. The secretary was instructed to re-draft the agreement in accordance with these suggestions, and, if possible, to have the contract ready and printed in time for the next meeting to be held on October 15, at 3 o'clock. —e-º-º- II. A second meeting of the Dramatic Sub-committee of the Society of Authors was held on Thursday, October 15, at 3 o'clock. The secretary reported the receipt of further answers to the circular which had been issued, and that out of a total of 60 replies to hand, 48 were in favour of remaining with the society, 2 expressed unwillingness to give an opinion, and 10, though not opposed to the society or to remaining  ## p. 32 (#48) ############################################## 32 TISIES A UTHOR. with it, set forth various suggestions. The Com- mittee were pleased to receive this warm support of the society’s work. The next agendum before the committee was the dramatic agreement and the dramatic pamphlet. Subject to some slight alterations and to obtaining a settlement of one important point by counsel, this was finally approved. It is proposed to place the whole matter before the committee of manage- ment at their next meeting, that they may sanction its circulation as a supplement to The Author. The next matter before the committee was the settlement of the general treaty with the managers, and several clauses of this were passed. The long discussion on, and careful consideration of the various points in the dramatic pamphlet and the general treaty kept the committee sitting till a late hour. They decided to meet again in the beginning of November to finally discuss the general treaty and other matters of importance to the dramatic profession. —º-Q-4– Cases. SINCE the last issue of The Author thirteen cases have been placed in the secretary's hands for settle- ment. Four of these referred to the detention of |MSS. ; four were claims for money ; three for accounts ; and two disputes on agreements. Six of these cases have been satisfactorily settled—two referring to MSS.; two for the payment of overdue moneys; one for undelivered accounts; and one touching the settlement of an agreement. Negotia- tions are still going forward in the other cases. If the claims are not satisfactorily settled in due course they will be referred to the society’s solicitors. There was a large number of cases left open from the former month, ten in all. Two of these have been settled ; four relate to cases abroad (two dealing with infringements in New Zealand and two respecting claims in America). In consequence, some delay is inevitable in their settlement. Of the remaining cases still open the secretary is engaged in negotiations for their settlement, and there is every prospect that an agreement will not be long delayed. - There are still a good many cases in the hands of the solicitors of the society—three in the High Court and two in the county court which, no doubt, will be settled this autumn. One county court case has been settled during the past month and judgment has been delivered in favour of the member whose claim the society supported. The chairman has sanctioned two other county court cases. October Elections. Adlam, Mrs. A. L. (“Alys Lowth”) Aitchison, Rev. James . Belloc, Hilaire, M.P. Boore, E. Boycott, G. W. M. Bright, Charles, F.R.S.E. Caillard, Emma Marie Campbell, Mrs. Dalgety Clark, Rev. Henry W. Caesar, Kathleen Craig, Edward Gordon . Croal, Frances A. . Deslandes, Baroness M. (“Ossit”) Dewar, Alfred C. Drury, William Price, Major, Royal Marines (Reserve of Officers). Ducat, Ethel M. Evan, Jane . Everest, Kitty Ferdun, D. Ferdun Greaves, Lady Greville, Capt. George G. Headlam, Cecil Hone, Margaret Laffan, Mrs. de Courcy . Lees, Dorothy Nevile Lindsay, A. D. Macnaughton - Jones, Henry Miles, Bertram, B.A. Reade, Gertrude Compton (“Emma Agar ’’) Lyceum Club, 128, Pic- cadilly, W. Erskine Manse, N.B. 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By WALTER SHAw SPARROW. James Pott. Cloth, $6 m. ; ; levant, $10 m. HYDE PARK : Its HISTORY AND ROMANCE. By MRS. ALEC TwPEDIE. James Pott. # levant. $7.50 m. - - fº v-u- w LITERARY, DRAMATIC, AND MUSICAL NOTES. —º-º-º- E desire to draw the attention of our readers to the notice respecting the Society's annual dinner, which appears among the Committee Notes. Messrs. J. M. Dent & Co. have brought out a new Naturebook, by W. Percival Westell, called “Animals at Home.” Well-known animals, birds and insects tell their own life histories for the instruction and amusement of children. The book has over fifty photographs from life and a coloured frontispiece. The same author has recently had his “Story of the Sea and Seashore ” issued by the R.T.S., who are about to bring out a second edition of his “Boy's Own Nature Book.” Mr. Elliot Stock will shortly publish “‘Saint' Gilbert ; the story of Gilbert White and Selborne,” by J. C. Wright. The author has endeavoured to present the pioneer naturalist and his environment in a form that will appeal to all lovers of White, who has done so much to bring about the Nature cult in our English-speaking race. The book will be illustrated. “Father Paul,” by James Cassidy (Messrs. Kegan Paul), is the story of a strong man battling against difficulties, and watching over the fortunes of a boy on whom he has lavished the great love of disinterested fatherhood. The scenes are laid in England and on the Isle of Sandune. “Father Tyrrell's Modernism,” by Hakluyt Egerton, which has just been issued by Messrs. ICegan Paul, is an expository criticism of “Through Scylla and Charybdis” in an open letter to Mr. Athelstan Riley. |Messrs. Leonard & Co. have just published a new Irish song, entitled “Shamrock (The Emblem of Erin)”; words by Alfred Smythe ; music by Wilton King. Concerning “The Tragedy of St. Elizabeth of Hungary,” a play in five acts, by Arthur Dillon, recently published by Mr. Elkin Mathews, the author writes: “On choosing the story of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, it became necessary either elaborately to avoid the scene-sequence of Kingsley —which would mean mis-shaping the plot—or to adopt the general scheme of the ‘Saint's Tragedy,’ I resolved to do the latter, and to utilise as much as, rather than as little as, I could. Much of interest I found in the notes, which I have endeavoured to work into the text.” Miss Alice Dryden has edited a new edition of Sir Henry Dryden’s “Art of Hunting ” (North- ampton, printed by William Mark). The book also includes “The Craft of Venery,” and a translation of “La Chasse du Cerf.” Eleven illustrations from Dryden's drawings are repro- duced together with three plates. “Diana's Decision,” by Mrs. Wilson Fox, is a story for girls between twelve and sixteen. A passionate desire for universal justice leads the little heroine into many scrapes, but eventually results in happiness. It is published by the S.P.C.K. Messrs. Joseph Williams have issued a new play in one act by Edith Wheeler, entitled “The Sentence.” On October 8 Mr. Bernard Shaw lectured in the City Temple on “Literature and Art.” There will be published shortly “A History of Sarawak under its Two White Rajahs, 1839—1908,” which has been written by the Rev. S. Baring-Gould, author of “The Tragedy of the Caesars” and a “Life of Napoleon,” and by Mr. C. Bampfylde, F.R.G.S., formerly resident of Sarawak. The book, which will contain numerous and original illustra- tions, will present for the first time in a complete form a story of this district of Borneo. “Wood Folk Stories,” a series of stories about birds and animals for children, by Mr. Alfred Spencer, which have been appearing in the People's º have been published by this paper in book Ol'Iſl. “The Silver Queen,” by William Sylvester Walker (“Coo-ee"), is a book of Australian life and adventure. As the probability of several of its incidents have been questioned, we state, on the authority of the author, that they are all strictly true. There is a very light-coloured race in the northern interior of Australia ; there are buffaloes and alligators and limestone caves there. “Aus- tralia,” writes Mr. Walker, “is so vast and unknown that not long ago the Government through an explorer discovered tens of thousands of Chinese growing opium in an unknown part and had to remove them.” The publisher is Mr. John Ouseley. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons have brought out a new work by Mr. Lewis Melville, entitled “The First George,” wherein George I. is portrayed in a new light, the author being at pains to show that his subject was not the cold selfish libertime as his earlier biographers stated. * A great part of the work is devoted to an account of the fifty-four years of his life that were spent in Hanover. There are eighteen full-page illustrations. A new (7th) edition of “The Truth of  ## p. 38 (#54) ############################################## 38 TISIES AUTISIOR, Christianity,” by Lieut-Colonel W. H. Turton, D.S.O., is announced by Messrs. Wells, Gardner. This edition has been carefully revised throughout, and many fresh arguments noticed. Robert Aitken's new novel, “A Maid of Honour,” which has been appearing serially in an American magazine, has now been issued in book form on both sides of the Atlantic. The London publishers are Messrs. Greening & Co. Mr. John Murray will publish early next year a volume of short stories by the same author. “Margery Redford and her Friends”—a book “for children from ten to twenty "-by Mrs. M. H. Spielmann, has been published by Messrs. Chatto and Windus. It is the story of a young lady, always charming and graceful, whose career is developed up to the time when she becomes a wife and mother, and who is endowed with the talent of Sherlock Holmes, employed by her to elucidate the little mysteries that beset her and her friends. Mr. T. N. Foulis is bringing out a small volume of selections from the “Unspoken Sermons’’ of Dr. George Macdonald. The selections have been made by Miss Frances M. Nicholson, and there is evidence that time and care have been devoted to the work. |Messrs. Black are adding two volumes to their smaller series of “Colour Books.” painted by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis, and described by Francis H. Gribble ; also a new edition of the Poet Laureate’s “Haunts of Ancient Peace,” in which the illustrations are by Miss Agnes Locke. “Religious Liberty in England * is the title of a shilling volume which Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Itd., have published. In it the Rev. J. Fovargue Bradley, a dissenting minister, advocates the entire emancipation of English religion from State control, while he secures to each religious body its own property, which shall be administered, on sound business lines, by a central board. A draft Religious Liberty Bill of a very thorough character is found in the book. The novel feature of the scheme is the plan of disestablishment without disendowment. We have received from Messrs. Maunsel & Co., of Dublin, two volumes of the Irish poems of Alfred Perceval Graves, “Songs of the Gael and a Gael Story-telling ” and “Countryside Songs, and Songs and Ballads.” The English publisher is Mr. T. Fisher Unwin. Mondariz, the famous health resort in the north- west of Spain, has been made the subject of a monograph by Miss Rachel Challice, which Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew publish. The book is profusely illustrated. A second edition of “The Life of Tolstoy: First Fifty Years,” by Aylmer Maude, was issued last “Geneva,” publish it under the title “Dark Corners.” month by Messrs. Constable. This book aims at giving a readable and intelligible account of Tolstoy's life up to his marriage in 1862; in deal- ing With which period previous historians have not had marked success. It also gives a consecutive account of his life from 1862 to 1878; including his participation in a court-martial and other matters quite new to English readers. We have received from Messrs. Routledge “Roman Life and Manners under the Early Empire,” by Ludwig Friedländer, translated by L. A. Magnus. A second volume of this valuable work, translated by J. H. Freese, will be published early next year. The same publishers send us a new volume in their Universal Library, “The Journal of Eugènie de Guérin,” and “Poems” by Evelyn Moore. Lance Thackeray's new book, which Messrs. A. and C. Black publish, is perhaps the first to depict the humorous side of the land of the Nile. The title is “The Light Side of Egypt,” and there are many drawings in colour. - Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton issued last month a new edition of Desmond Coke's public school story, “The Bending of a Twig.” This book, which has already passed through six editions, has now been re-written and enlarged. In his book, just published by Messrs. Constable, “First and Last Things,” Mr. H. G. Wells gives a clear statement of his own religious faith. He calls it a confession of faith and rule of life. The Volume is made up of four sections — Metaphysics ; Of Beliefs; Of General Conduct ; and Some Personal Things. - “Ossit ’’ (Madame la Baronne Deslandes), the author of “Ilse,” published in July last, through M. A. Lemerre, Paris, a new novel, “Cyrène,” which has already gone into several editions. It is a story of love and of death—a tragedy of infatuation. Mr. William Patrick Kelly's romance of ancient Egypt, “The Stonecutter of Memphis” (Routledge), is being translated into Arabic by Mr. Ahmad Said, of Cairo, and will be published, in book form, with the original illustrations, in October, 1909. Mr. Theodore Holland has recently published with Messrs. Rouart & Co., Paris, two songs, words by Shelley (translated into French and German by M. D. Calvocaressi) entitled “A Lament,” and “A Dirge ’’; and with Messrs. Schott & Co., “Gavotte Pastorale’’ for pianoforte Solo. An arrangement of this latter piece for Orchestras is in the press. Mrs. . F. E. Penny has brought out two new books. One is a novel connected with the dark corners of spiritualism and hypnotism, with scenes in England and India. Messrs. Chatto and Windus The  ## p. 39 (#55) ############################################## TFIES AUTISIOR. 39 other is a book of reminiscences, historical and social gossip, and South Indian folklore, called “On the Coromandel Coast ’’ (Messrs. Smith, Elder). e By the wish of M. Buffenoir, who is contributing a series of articles on the portraits of Robespierre to the “Annales de la Révolution,” Miss Mary C. Rowsell, author of “The Friend of the People,” is translating these articles for publication in this country. They are illustrated by numerous por- traits of Robespierre, among them being the picture- portrait of him in his room in the rue St. Honoré, and his death mask made by Madame Tussaud. The copyright of the latter photograph was pre- sented to Miss Rowsell by Mr. John Tussaud. On October 16 a new serial by F. Marion Crawford, entitled “Stradella,” commenced in the Graphic. On October 6 “Bellamy the Magnificent,” a play in five acts by Roy Horniman, was produced at the New Theatre. Lord Bellamy unwittingly makes love to his valet's wife. The Valet's revenge is to make his master appear to cheat at cards, with the result that Bellamy dies by his own hand. Sir Charles Wyndham, in the name-part, was supported by Miss Kate Cutler, Miss Fortescue, Miss Sarah Brooke, Mr. Robert Loraine, and Mr. Arthur. “Fanny and the Servant Problem,” by Jerome R. Jerome, was staged at the Aldwych Theatre on October 14. Lord Bantock brings home his wife, Fannie (late of “the halls”), who finds to her horror that the butler, housekeeper, maid, second footman and so on down to the turnspit, are all uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews, or otherwise relations or connections. Among those appearing in this comedy were Mr. Leslie Faber, Mr. Charles Cartwright, Mr. Sugden, Miss Esmé Beringer, Miss Kate Phillips and Miss Fannie Ward. —e—Q-e— PARIS NOTES. —º-º-º- & 4 'ILE des Pingouins,” by Anatole France, is another study of modern life treated allegorically. It is the history of Pin- gouinie from the time when the Pingouins were baptised by mistake. They were originally huge birds belonging “either to the Arctic or Antarctic regions.” The author explains this slight vague- ness of definition by the fact that when a state- ment is made by one witness it can be admitted without hesitation, but when there are several witnesses and an abundance of documents it is always difficult to arrive at the truth. The con- clusion of this is that when the historian has a new Paul light to throw on any subject he surprises the reader, and the reader does not like to be surprised. If the historian endeavours to instruct his reader, he only humiliates and angers him. An original historian is the object of universal distrust and contempt. For a book to be well received the author should always extol the virtues upon which Society is now based : devotion to wealth, pious sentiments, and more particularly the resignation of the poor, which is, in reality, the very foundation of all order. St. Mael discovered the race of Pingouins, and, believing them to be human, baptised them. When the news of this event reached Paradise the Seigneur himself was perplexed, and a council was held to discuss what was to be done. St. Augustine advised that an immortal soul should now be given to the race of Pingouins, and he went on to explain to the Seigneur : “In virtue of your adorable decrees, they will then burn eternally in hell, and order will once more be established.” The Seigneur admits that this would perhaps be the best solution, but as he is now more clement than he formerly was, it is decided that the Pin- gouins shall, on account of their baptism, simply be transformed into men. This is done, and their isle, whether in the Arctic or Antarctic regions, was at once removed to Brittany. From this time forth their history commences, and it is interesting to watch their evolution. St. Mael is grieved to see them constantly fighting with each other, but a certain monk explains to him that this is really only their way of providing for their future : they are trying to annex each other's lands. They are creating the right of ownership, establishing the principles of civilisation and the basis of society. Just at that moment a strong-looking Pingouin approaches a weaker One, exclaims, “Your field is mine,” and strikes the weaker one dead on the piece of land he has just been cultivating. St. Mael is horrified, but the monk explains to him that what he considers robbery and murder is simply warfare and conquest, the very foundation of empires, and the source of all virtues and of all human greatness. The author, continuing his his- tory, gives an account of Pingouinie through many years. He tells of the putting to death of her kings and of the establishing of a republic. He gives the story of Trinco, the greatest warrior that Pingouinie ever produced, a man who, after thirty years of war, had conquered half the world, but who afterwards gave back all he had conquered, leaving to his country nothing but glory. The Pingouins are neighbours of the Marsouins. Consequently they are never friendly with the  ## p. 40 (#56) ############################################## 40 TRIES A UTISIOR, Marsouins, as neighbours are naturally enemies. The Pingouins have the finest army in the world ; the Marsouins also have the finest army in the world, as, indeed, every nation has. In the army of the Pingouins was a certain Jew named Pyrot. The Minister of War, Greatauk, disliked him, and whenever anything went wrong was always convinced that Pyrot was to blame. Eighty thousand bundles of hay had disappeared, and Greatauk feels sure that Pyrot has stolen them to give as a present to the Marsouins. “That is very evident,” said General Panther. “The only thing is, we must prove it.” After some time he returns to Greatauk, telling him that no proofs can be found against Pyrot. “We must discover proofs,” replies Greatauk. “Justice demands it. Arrest him at once.” The affaire Pyrot is described in detail. Colom- ban, a writer, uses his pen in defence of the victim. In spite of everything Pyrot is condemned to imprisonment in a cage. After great efforts on the part of his defenders there is a revision of the trial, and he is pronounced innocent and set free. The historian continues his account of Pingouinie and its inhabitants up to the times when a new type of human being is evolved : the millionaire, a man who becomes bald at the age of eighteen. At this time houses are built of thirty or forty storeys. Every day there are terrible accidents and explo- sions, when houses are blown up, and the débris descends on the heads of the passers-by. In the quarters formerly frequented by students, young couples now assemble to discuss scientific subjects. The whole country is undermined with cellars and tunnels, and fifteen million men live in the capital. The book is one long satire, told in the inimit- able style and with the delicate irony peculiar to Anatole France. “Les Détours du Coeur '' is the title of Paul Bourget's new book. It is a collection of short stories, written in this author's best style. After his recent romans à thèse most readers of Paul Bourget are glad to go back to his writings which do not attempt to point out any moral, stories which show him at his best as one of the cleverest psycho- logists of modern times. There are twelve stories in the volume, and the reader who is apt to weary of the “eternal theme'' will find at any rate two or three founded on other subjects: “Le Piège” is one of these. Each one of the characters studied lives. The first story in the book, “Le Brutus,” is one of the finest. It is told with extreme delicacy and dramatic effect. Each one is in itself a master- piece, so that on closing the volume the reader feels that regret which one always has on coming to the end of a perfectly written book. “Au Coeur de la Vie” is the title of Pierre de Coulevain's new book. This time the author, after seeking in vain in Italy the path leading to the casur de la vie, finds it in Switzerland. The book is a novel in the style of “Sur la Branche.” There is a romance running through it, but inter- woven with the novel are the writer's thoughts and ideas about many of the great problems of life. The fine optimism peculiar to this author is to be read in every page of the book. She deals in her own way with many of the questions of the hour. Religion, literature, divorce, vivisection, modern theology, are among the subjects discussed. Absolute faith in Providence is the key-note of the whole volume. This new book has been eagerly awaited, and, although it is only just in print, sixty editions are already in circulation. Some Wrongly-informed English reviewers of this author's works have stated that Pierre de Coulevain is little read by the French. The fact that the French edition of “Sur la Branche ’’ is in its 115th edition and “L'Ile Inconnue" in its 101st edition Speaks more eloquently than any other statement could do. Pierre de Coulevain's remarkable success is no doubt largely due first to her gift of keen observation, and after this to her absolute sincerity, her ready sympathy, and her strict sense of justice. In any case she is one of those authors who need no advertisement, who seek no popularity, and who have won the heart of their public. “Sur la Branche ’’ is to appear very shortly in English. “Le Jardin Fermé’” (“Scènes de la Vie féminine en Turquie”), by Marc Hélys, comes at just the right time. The book is composed of a series of episodes, taken from the lives of Turkish women, by a Parisian who was an intimate friend of the two Désenchantées of Pierre Loti’s book. Nearly all the stories are taken from life. Marc Hélys has travelled in many countries, and she is a keen observer. Her book is now being translated, but no translation can do justice to the original. It is one of those that should be read in French, as the language is too delicate for translation. “Jean des Brumes” is another of the delightful Wendean stories by Charles Foley, who has made that epoch of French history his special study. He always succeeds in putting the atmosphere of the times into his historical novels. This book makes the thirtieth volume of his works. In England Charles Foley's name is chiefly known as the author of the play “Heard at the Tele- phone,” and of short stories which have appeared in the Strand, Pearson's, the Idler, and other English and American magazines. “L’Espoir,” by Georges Lecomte, may be con- sidered rather as an historical novel. The author has taken the period immediately following the terrible winter of 1870 and 1871, and shows the  ## p. 41 (#57) ############################################## TRIE AUTISIOR, 41 almost superhuman efforts and energy of the French nation in those troubled times. It is a book that is well worth reading. The “Lettres du Prince de Metternich a la Comtesse de Lieven” (1818–1819) are published with an introduction, a conclusion and notes by Jean Hanoteau, and a preface, by M. Arthur Chuquet, Member of the Institute. The sixth volume of Madame Juliette Adam’s “Memoirs” has just appeared. It is entitled “Nos Amitiés Politiques jusqu’à l’Abandon de la Revanche.” This volume contains many un- published letters by Gambetta, Rochefort, and Spuller. “Loie Fuller (Quinze Ans de ma Wie)'' is an interesting account of the last fifteen years of the celebrated dancer's life, with an account of her various tours and of the people she has met. The preface has been written for her by Anatole France. “L’Evolution du Protestantisme français au Dix-neuvième Siècle,” by C. Coigmet, is another book published at the right moment. The subject is treated by a philosopher who has endeavoured to show how small a matter dogma really is. This history of Protestantism from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries down to our own times shows up the virtues, the faults and failings of its leaders, and concludes with the following question : “Why do we not come nearer to each other in this life, respecting, in the diversity of our symbols, the diversity of our religious needs P’’ For all readers interested in the Turkish question the various French publishers are issuing lists of the books they have in reference to the subject. Among some of these are the following:—“Ile Sultan, l’Islam, et les Puissances,” by Victor Bérard ; “Les Affaires de Crète ’’; “La Bosnie et l'Herzégovine,” by L. Olivier; “Le Balkan Slave et la Crise Autrichienne,” by Charles Loiseau ; “Histoire de la Turquie,” by Youssouf Fehmi, with a preface by M. Antoine Baumann. Among other new books are : “Le Coeur Humain et les Lois de la Psychologie Positive,” by Antoine Baumann; “L’Aéroplane des Frères Wright: Historique, Expériences, Description,” a little pamphlet published at 1 franc, containing also some original sketches. “L’Evolution de la Marine anglaise : Réformes du Personnel,” by De Roquefeuil. A translation of the works of Shakespeare is being made by Georges Duval. “Othello,” “Measure for Measure,” “Cymbeline,” and “Love's Labour's Lost" are published together in one volume. Among translations from the English are “L'Oncle Bernac,” by Conan Doyle ; “Le Chat Maltais,” by Rudyard Kipling, translated by Louis Fabulet and Arthur Austin Jackson ; “Les Contes de Canterbury,” by Chaucer, revised by M. Legonis, one of the professors of the Sorbonne ; “Le Para- site,” by Conan Doyle, translated by Albert Savine and Georges Michel; “Mystères et Aventures,” by Conan Doyle, translated by Albert Savine. A translation of one of Thomas Hardy's works by Iouis Labay is now being published in serial form under the title of “ Deux Ambitions.” Edith Wharton's novel is translated, under the title of “ Chez les Heureux du Monde,” by M. Charles du Bos. The title given for “The House of Mirth '' does not appear to be an equivalent. In recent numbers of the Revue de Paris are the following articles: “La Foire aux Images,” by Paul Stapfer: “La Réforme de l'Indo-Chine,” by Lieutenant-Colonel F. Bernard ; “Lettres de 1871,” by Georges Bizet ; “La Famille Royale en 1700,” by Ernest Lavisse ; “Le Congrès de la Route,” by L. Girardault. Questions extérieures : “Indépendance Bulgare.” In the latest numbers of the Revue Hebdoma- daire are the following articles: “Le Président Grévy,” by Gabriel Hanotaux; “Le Congrès Eucharistique à Londres,” by P. Clément Berthel; “L'Idée du Bonheur et du Progrès dans la Littéra- ture du Dix-neuvième Siècle,” by Marius Ary Leblond ; “Ma Vocation sociale,” by Comte Albert de Mun. A volume by Maurice Donnay, entitled “Théâtre,” is just published, containing “Georgette Lemeunier,” “Le Torrent,” and “La Bascule.” “Parmi les Pierres,” by Sudermann, translated into French by M. Rémon and M. Valentin, is being played at the Odéon, and is now published in Volume form. At the Odéon “Parmi les Pierres,” by Suder- mann, is now on the bill. At the Renaissance Paul Bourget's “L’Emigré'' is being played. Madame Réjane is giving M. Bernstein's “Israël.” At the Théâtre Antoine “L'Oreille Fendue " is a great success, and at the Vaudeville “La Maison en Ordre,” by Mr. Pinero. ALYS HALLARD. piece “L'Ile des Pingouins" (Calmann Lévy). “Les Détours du Coeur'' (Plon). “Le Jardin Fermé (Scènes de la Vie feminine en Turquie)" (Plon). “L’Espoir" (Fasquelle). “Lettres du Prince de Metternich a la Comtesse de Lieven" (1818–1819) (Plon). The sixth volume of Madame Juliette Adam's Memoirs (Lemerre). “L’Evolution du Protestantisme Français au Dix- neuvième Siècle” (Alcan).  ## p. 42 (#58) ############################################## 42 TFIES A UTFIOR. “Le Sultan, l'Islam et les Puissances” (Colin). “Les Affaires de Crète ’’ (Colim). “La Bosnie et l'Herzégovime ’’ (Colin). “Le Balkan Slave et la Crise autrichienne '' (Perrin). “Histoire de la Turquie” (Perrin). - “Le Coeur Humain et les Lois de la Psychologie Positive” (Perrin). “L'Aéroplane des Frères Wright: Historique, Expéri- ences, Description ” (Berger-Levrault). “Le Parasite ” (Stock). “Mystères et Aventures '' (Stock). “Chez les Heureux du Monde ’’ (Plon). “Théâtre" (Fasquelle). “Parmi les Pierres” (Calmann Lévy). —e—º-s— — THE PAN-AMERICAN COPYRIGHT CONVENTION. RT. IST. The signatory States constitute A. themselves into a Union for the purpose of recognising and protecting the rights of literary and artistic property, in conformity with the stipulations of the present Convention. ART. 2ND. Under the term “Literary and Artistic Works,” are comprised books, manuscripts, pamphlets of all kinds, no matter what subject they may treat of and what may be the number of their pages; dramatic or melodramatic works; choral music and musical compositions, with or without words, designs, drawings, sculpture, engravings, photographic works; astro- nomical and geographical globes; plans, sketches and plastic works relating to geography or geology, topography or architecture, or any other science; and finally, every production in the literary and artistic field which may be published by any method of impression or reproduction. ART. 3RD. The copyright to literary or artistic work consists in the exclusive right to dispose of the same, to publish, Sell and translate the same, or to authorise its translation, and to reproduce the same in partially. The authors belonging to one of the signatory countries, or their assigns, shall enjoy in the other signatory countries, and for the time stipulated in art. 5th, the exclusive right to translate their works, or to authorise their translation. ART. 4TH. In order to obtain the recognition of the copyright of a work, it is indispensable that the author or his assigns, or legitimate representa- tive, shall address a petition to the official Depart- ment which each government may designate, claiming the recognition of such right, which petition must be accompanied by two copies of his work, said copies to remain in the proper Department. paintings, any manner, either entirely or If the author, or his assigns, should desire that his copyright be recognised in any other of the signatory countries, he shall attach to his petition a number of copies of his work, equal to that of the countries he may therein designate. The said Department shall distribute the copies mentioned among those countries, accompanied by a copy of the respective certificate, in order that the copyright of the author may be recognised by them. - Any omissions which the said Department may incur in this respect shall not give the author, or his assigns, any rights to present claims against the State. ART. 5TH. The authors who belong to one of the signatory countries, or their assigns, shall enjoy in the other countries the rights which their respec- tive laws at present grant, or in the future may grant, to their own citizens; but such right shall not exceed the term of protection granted in the country of its origin. - For the works composed of several volumes, which are not published at the same time, as well as for bulletins or instalments of publications of literary or Scientific Societies, or of private parties, the term of property shall commence to be counted from the date of the publication of each volume, bulletin or instalment. ART. 6TH. The country in which a work is first published shall be considered as the country of its origin, or, if such publication takes places simul- taneously in several of the signatory countries, the one whose laws establish the shortest period of pro- tection shall be considered as the country of its Origin. ART. 7TH. Lawful translations shall be protected in the same manner as original works. The trans- lators of works, in regard to which there exists no guaranteed right of property, or the right of which may have become extinguished, may secure the right of property for their translations, as estab- lished in art. 3rd, but they shall not prevent the publication of their translations of the same work. ART. 8TH. Newspaper articles may bereproduced, but the publication from which they are taken must be mentioned, and the name of the author given, if it should appear in the same. ART. 9TH. Copyright shall be recognised in favour of the persons whose names or acknow- ledged pseudonyms are stated in the respective literary or artistic work, or in the petition to which art. 4th of this Convention refers, excepting case of proof to the contrary. ART. 10TH. Addresses delivered or read in deliberative assemblies, before the courts of justice and in public meetings, may be published in the newspaper Press without any special authorisation.  ## p. 43 (#59) ############################################## THE AUTHOR. 43 ART, 11TH. The reproduction in publications devoted to public instruction or chrestomathy, of fragments of literary or artistic works, confers no right of property, and may therefore be freely made in all the signatory countries. ART. 12TH. All unauthorised indirect use of a literary or artistic work, which does not present the character of an original work, shall be con- sidered as an unlawful reproduction. It shall be considered in the same manner unlawful to reproduce, in any form, an entire work, or the greater part of the same, accompanied by notes or commentaries, under the pretext of literary criticism, or of enlargement or complement of an original work. ART. 13TH. All fraudulent works shall be liable to sequestration in the signatory countries in which the original work may have the right of legal pro- tection, without prejudice to the indemnities or punishments to which the falsifiers may be liable according to the laws of the country in which the fraud has been committed. ART. 14TH. Each one of the Governments of the signatory countries shall remain at liberty to perinit, exercise vigilance over, or prohibit, the circulation, representation and exposition of any work or production, in respect to which the competent authorities shall have power to exercise such right. - º ART. 15TH. The present Convention shall take effect between the signatory States that ratify it three months from the day they communicate their ratification to the Mexican Government, and shall remain in force among all of them until one year from the date it is denounced by any of said States. The notification of such denouncement shall be addressed to the Mexican Government, and shall only have effect in so far as regards the country which has given it. - ART. 16TH. The Governments of the signatory States, when approving the present Convention, shall declare whether they accept the adherence to the same by the nations who have had no repre- sentation in the Second International American Conference. t In testimony whereof the plenipotentiaries and delegates sign the present Convention and set thereto the Seal of the Second International American Conference. - - Made in the City of Mexico, on the twenty- seventh day of January, nineteen hundred and two, in three copies written in Spanish, English and French respectively, which shall be deposited at the Department of Foreign Relations of the Government of the Mexican United States, so that certified copies thereof may be made, in order to send them through the diplomatic channel to the signatory States. SERIAL AND MINOR RIGHTS. —º-º-º- (1) “The publishers shall control absolutely all arrange- ments for serial publication of the work or any portion of it, either before or after its publication in book form, and shall divide equally with the author all gross profits accruing from such serial publication in England, Australia, Canada, or any other colony. In case arrangements may be entered into for the translation of this work to any foreign tongue, the author and the publishers shall be partners to the extent of one half-share each in any sum thus received.” (2) (a) “The publishers shall during the legal term of copyright have the exclusive right of producing and pub- lishing the work in the United Kingdom, the Colonies, India, and the United States of America. The publisher shall have the entire control of the publication and sale and terms of sale of the book, and the author shall not during the continuance of this agreement (without the consent of the publisher) publish or allow to be published any abridg- ment, portion, translation, or dramatised version of the work.” (b) “In the event of the publisher realising profits from the sale of serial, Continental, or other rights, or from claims for infringement of copyright, a royalty of fifty per cent. Of the net amount of such profits remaining after deducting all expenses relating thereto.” (3) (a) “A royalty of 50 per cent. of the net profits derived from the sale of American copyright (if any). (b) “A royalty of 50 per cent. of the net profits derived from the sale of foreign rights (if any). (c) “A royalty of 50 per cent. of the net profits derived from the sale of the serial rights (if any). “In the event of your accepting these terms, it must be understood that I have the first refusal of your next three Inew novels, suitable for publication in 6s. form, on terms to be mutually agreed upon, otherwise there would be little inducement for pushing the present work.” We print above (1) a clause taken from one publisher's agreement, (2) two clauses from another publisher's agreement, and (3) a portion of a pro- posal from a third publisher. All the publishers in question are well known, and no doubt their proposals will be recognised by those members of the Society who have signed similar agreements or had similar proposals. . There is no need to repeat, what we have often stated, that under no conditions should these minor rights (see (1), (2), and (3)), translation, serial rights, etc., be transferred to a publisher. A publisher is an agent for the production of the work in book form. There is no need to repeat that an author should not allow his literary agent to recommend him an agreement where these rights are transferred to the publisher. It is the duty of a literary agent to place these rights, and for doing so he charges 10 per cent. We do not want even to call the attention of members to the extraordinary per- centage asked by the publishers in question for these rights, for placing which an agent charges only 10 per cent. If the publisher, in our opinion, should not have them under his control, he certainl y  ## p. 44 (#60) ############################################## 44 TISIES A CITYSIOR, should not have them at 50 per cent., or any other percentage. We want, however, to call the par- ticular attention of members to the following words (see (2) (a)): “The publisher shall have the entire control of the publication and sale and terms of sale of the book, and the author shall not during the continuance of this agreement (without the consent of the publisher) publish or allow to be published any abridgment, portion, translation, or dramatised version of the work.” It will be seen in the other clauses (see (1), (2)(b), and (3)) that it is distinctly stated that certain rights are sold and definite percentages are claimed, but in clause (2)(a) members will see that there is a difference in the draftsmanship. Any author would suppose, on reading this clause, that this consent, like the consent of a landlord in a lease, would not be unreasonably withheld, especially as, and, in contrast, the particulars of the percentages and the sale of other rights are so carefully set out in the second clause ; but if he does consider that this is the case he will be grievously disappointed when it actually comes to the Sale of translation rights and the publication of a dramatised version. Take for instance the case where the author has written a drama, or has obtained a satisfactory contract for the translation of his work. He applies to the publisher for his consent. The pub- lisher says, “I will give my consent if you will undertake to pay me 50 per cent. of the returns.” There is no reason why he should not even ask for 75 per cent. We do not for a moment suggest that these clauses have been drafted differently in the two cases in order intentionally to mislead the author, but that they have done so on two or three Occasions the secretary of the society has very strong evidence at the office. It would be very interesting to find a satisfactory reason for this particular draftsmanship so favourable to the publishers, so misleading to the author. If, therefore, at any time an author is asked to sign an agreement in which these clauses stand, he should refuse to do so on the grounds, first, that the translation rights are not for the publisher to negotiate, and Secondly, that the publication of a dramatised version is entirely another property. If, however, owing to the inherent weakness of human nature, he decides to give the publisher Some control over these rights, then the profits which are to be given to the publisher should be definitely fixed and the publisher should only be able to claim a percentage if he has been instru- mental in bringing together the parties to the contract. “The publisher's consent” should not depend upon his claiming 50 or 60 per cent. of the author's hard-won returns. The last paragraph of No. 3, the publisher's proposal, is quite impossible. Again, it must be stated in the strongest terms that the author should never bind himself for future books with any publishers on any conditions; but the last few words have their amusing side. The publisher is getting 50 per cent. on the sale of rights which he ought never to be allowed to handle, and on which the agent takes only 10 per cent., and then says that unless he obtains the next three books there is no inducement for him. to push the first. - —e—“O-e— MAGAZINE CONTENTS. —º-º-º- BIBLIOPHILE. W. E. Henley. By Theodore Watts-Dunton. The Cat in Literature. By F. C. Owlett. An Eighteenth Century Occult Magazine: And a Query as to William Blake. By Mark Perugini. BLACKWOOD'S. The Apocalyptic Style. BOOKMAN. Ruskin's Position in the World of Art. Spielmann. The Library Edition of Ruskin. Nicoll, LL.D. The “Bookman” Gallery. By M. H. By W. Robertson Mr. Harold Bindloss. BOOK MONTHLY. Tolstoy at Eighty. The Novelist as Conqueror of the Stage. By the Editor. CORNHILL. Irish Epics and Homer. By Andrew Lang. The Book on the Table: “Louise de la Vallière.” By Virginia Stephen. DUBLIN QUARTERLY. Francis Thompson : In Memoriam. By W. G. Hole. FORTNIGHTLY. The Decay of the Short Story. By Edwin Pugh. Plays of the New Season. By William Archer, MONTH. Heredia. By Harold Binns. NATIONAL. The Unparalleled Pieresc. By Austin Dobson. Patrice. By Miss Alys Hallard. NEW QUARTERLY. Flambert and Some Critics (Part I.). Moore. Chinese Poetry. By G. L. Strachey. The Note-books of Samuel Butler (IV.). * By T. Sturge. NINETEENTH CENTURY. Dante and Shakespeare. By Mary Winslow Smyth. The Method of Plato. By Herbert Paul, M.P. The Poet in “High Alps.” By Frederick Wedmore.  ## p. 45 (#61) ############################################## TRIES A UTFIOR. 45 WARNINGS TO THE PRODUCERS OF BOOKS. —e-º-e— ERE are a few standing rules to be observed in an agreement. There are four methods of dealing with literary property — - I. Selling it Outright. - This is sometimes satisfactory, if a proper price can be obtained. But the transaction should be managed by a competent agent, or with the advice of the Secretary of the Society. II. A Profit-Sharing Agreement (a bad form of agreement). In this case the following rules should be attended to : (1.) Not to sign any agreement in which the cost of pro- duction forms a part without the strictest investigation. (2.) Not to give the publisher the power of putting the profits into his own pocket by charging for advertisements in his own organs, or by charging exchange advertise- ments. Therefore keep control of the advertisements. (3.) Not to allow a special charge for “office expenses,” unless the same allowance is made to the author. (4.) Not to give up American, Colonial, or Continental Tights. (5.) Not to give up serial or translation rights. (6.) Not to bind yourself for future work to any publisher. As well bind yourself for the future to any one solicitor or doctor | III. The Royalty System. This is perhaps, with certain limitations, the best form of agreement. It is above all things necessary to know what the proposed royalty means to both sides. It is now possible for an author to ascertain approximately the truth. From time to time very important figures connected with royalties are published in The Author. IV. A Commission Agreement. The main points are :— (1.) Be careful to obtain a fair cost of production. (2.) Keep control of the advertisements. (3.) Keep control of the sale price of the book. General. All other forms of agreement are combinations of the four above mentioned. Such combinations are generally disastrous to the author. Never sign any agreement without competent advice from the Secretary of the Society. Stamp all agreements with the Inland Revenue stamp. Avoid agreements by letter if possible. The main points which the Society has always demanded from the outset are :— (1.) That both sides shall know what an agreement {1623.IlS. (2.) The inspection of those account books which belong to the author. We are advised that this is a right, in the (nature of a common law right, which cannot be denied or withheld. (3.) Always avoid a transfer of copyright. ——e—º-e— WARNINGS TO DRAMATIC AUTHORS, EWER sign an agreement without submitting it to the Secretary of the Society of Authors or some com- petent legal authority. 2. It is ºwell to be extremely careful in negotiating for the production of a play with anyone except an established xmanager. 3. There are three forms of dramatic contract for plays in three or more acts:— (a.) Sale outright of the performing right. This is unsatisfactory. An author who enters into such a contract should stipulate in the contract for production of the piece by a certain date and for proper publication of his name on the play-bills. (b.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of percentages on gross receipts. Percentages vary between 5 and 15 per cent. An author should obtain a percentage on the sliding scale of gross receipts in preference to the American system. Should obtain a sum in advance of percentages. A fixed date on or before which the play should be performed. (6.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of royalties (i.e., fixed nightly fees). This method should be always avoided except in cases where the fees are likely to be small or difficult to collect. The other safeguards set out under heading (b.) apply also in this case. 4. Plays in one act are often sold outright, but it is better to obtain a small nightly fee if possible, and a sum paid in advance of such fees in any event. It is extremely important that the amateur rights of one-act plays should be reserved. 5. Authors should remember that performing rights can be limited, and are usually limited, by town, country, and time. This is most important. 6. Authors should not assign performing rights, but should grant a licence to perform. The legal distinction is of great importance. 7. Authors should remember that performing rights in a play, are distinct from literary copyright. A manager holding the performing right or licence to perform cannot print the book of the words. 8. Never forget that United States rights may be exceed- ingly valuable. They should never be included in English agreements without the author obtaining a substantial consideration. 9. Agreements for collaboration should be carefully drawn and executed before collaboration is commenced. 10. An author should remember that production of a play is highly speculative : that he runs a very great risk of delay and a breakdown in the fulfilment of his contract. He should therefore guard himself all the more carefully in the beginning. 11. An author must remember that the dramatic market is exceedingly limited, and that for a novice the first object is to obtain adequate publication. As these warnings must necessarily be incomplete, on account of the wide range of the subject of dramatic con- tracts, those authors desirous of further information are referred to the Secretary of the Society. —e—º-e— WARNINGS TO MUSICAL COMPOSERS. •-3-e ITTLE can be added to the warnings given for the assistance of producers of books and dramatic authors. It must, however, be pointed out that, as a rule, the musical publisher demands from the musical composer a transfer of fuller rights and less liberal finan- cial terms than those obtained for literary and dramatic property. The musical composer has very often the two rights to deal with—performing right and copyright. He  ## p. 46 (#62) ############################################## 46 TFIES A UTFIOR. should be especially careful therefore when entering into an agreement, and should take into particular consideration the warnings stated above, HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY. —º-sº-0– 1. VERY member has a right to ask for and to receive E advice upon his agreements, his choice of a pub- lisher, or any dispute arising in the conduct of his business or the administration of his property. The Secretary of the Society is a solicitor, but if there is any special reason the Secretary will refer the case to the Solicitors of the Society. Further, the Committee, if they deem it desirable, will obtain counsel's opinion. All this without any cost to the member. 2. Remember that questions connected with copyright and publishers' agreements do not fall within the experi- ence of ordinary solicitors. Therefore, do not scruple to use the Society. 3. Send to the Office copies of past agreements and past accounts, with a copy of the book represented. The Secretary will always be glad to have any agreements, new or old, for inspection and note. The information thus obtained may prove invaluable. 4. Before signing any agreement whatever, send the document to the Society for examination. 5. Remember always that in belonging to the Society you are fighting the battles of other writers, even if you are reaping no benefit to yourself, and that you are advancing the best interests of your calling in promoting the independence of the writer, the dramatist, the composer. 6. The Committee have now arranged for the reception of members' agreements and their preservation in a fire- proof safe. The agreements will, of course, be regarded as confidential documents to be read only by the Secretary, who will keep the key of the safe. The Society now offers: —(1) To read and advise upon agreements and to give advice concerning publishers. (2) To stamp agreements in readiness for a possible action upon them. (3) To keep agreements. (4) To enforce payments due according to agreements. Fuller particulars of the Society’s work can be obtained in the Prospectus. 7. No contract should be entered into with a literary agent without the advice of the Secretary of the Society. Members are strongly advised not to accept without careful consideration the contracts with publishers submitted to them by literary agents, and are recommended to submit them for interpretation and explanation to the Secretary of the Society. This 8. Many agents neglect to stamp agreements. The must be done within fourteen days of first execution. Secretary will undertake it on behalf of members. 9. Some agents endeavour to prevent authors from referring matters to the Secretary of the Society; so do some publishers. Members can make their own deductions and act accordingly. 10. The subscription to the Society is £1 1s. per annum, or £10 10s. for life membership. TO MUSICAL COMPOSERS. –0–0–0– HE Society undertakes to stamp copies of music on behalf of its members for the fee of 6d. per 100 or part of 100. The members’ stamps are kept in the Society’s safe. The musical publishers communicate direct with the Secretary, and the voucher is then forwarded to the members, who are thus saved much unnecessary trouble. THE READING BRANCH, —6—Q-0– EMBERS will greatly assist the Society in the M branch of its work by informing young writers of its existence. Their MSS. can be read and treated as a composition is treated by a coach. The term MSS. includes not only works of fiction, but poetry and dramatic works, and when it is possible, under Special arrangement, technical and scientific works. The Readers are writers of competence and experience. The fee is one guinea. a *- à w—w- & w & —dº- v-u- NOTICES. —º-º-º- HE Editor of The Author begs to remind members of | the Society that, although the paper is sent to them free of charge, the cost of producing it would be a very heavy charge on the resources of the Society if a great many members did not forward to the Secretary the modest 5s. 6d. Subscription for the year. Communications for “The Author” should be addressed to the Offices of the Society, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W., and should reach the Editor not later than the 21st of each month. All persons engaged in literary work of any kind, whether members of the Society or not, are invited to communicate to the Editor any points connected with their work which it would be advisable in the general interest to publish. Communications and letters are invited by the Editor on all subjects connected with literature, but on no other subjects whatever. Every effort will be made to return articles which cannot be accepted. —º-º-º- The Secretary of the Society begs to give notice that all remittances are acknowledged by return of post, and he requests members who do not receive an answer to important communications within two days to write to him without delay. All remittances should be crossed Union Bank of London, Chancery Lane, or be sent by registered letter only. —e—º-e— LEGAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. —º-º-º- ENSIONS to commence at any selected age, either with or without Life Assurance, can be obtained from this Society. Full particulars can be obtained from the City Branch Manager, Legal and General Life Assurance Society, 158, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.  ## p. 47 (#63) ############################################## THE AUTISIOR, GENERAL NOTES. —º-º-º- THE COPYRIGHT CONFERENCE. THE first meeting of the Copyright Conference was held in Berlin on October 14. The British delegates were Sir Henry Bergne, K.C.B. (member of the council and an ex-chairman of the Society of Authors), who was plenipotentiary to the first meeting of the Conference at Berne, Mr. G. R. Askwith, K.C. (assistant secretary to the Board of Trade), Count de Salis (councillor of His Majesty's Embassy at Berlin), Mr. R. L. Craigie (of the Foreign Office), and Mr. T. W. Phillips (of the Board of Trade). One of the principal questions that was discussed was the term during which copyright should continue, most of the signatories being in favour of life and fifty years. Germany, however, who has recently passed a law to this effect, was in favour of life and thirty years. It should be understood that matters are discussed at the Conference by the Governments of the various countries, and that the Society of Authors and similar organisations have little or no voice in the business, although the French Government, always in advance in literary matters, appointed a com- mittee of authors to attend. The exact position of affairs was made plain by Mr. Winston Churchill, replying recently to questions asked in the House. He said : “The proposed amendments to the Berne Convention regarding copyright were communi- cated to a number of Societies and persons interested in the questions to be discussed, and their criticisms were invited and obtained. . . . Any alteration of the existing law in this country to give effect to amendments of the convention must of necessity be submitted to Parliament in the form of a Bill’’ (The Times, October 20). The Society of Authors was among those men- tioned, and the criticisms of its copyright experts were duly forwarded to the Board of Trade ; but since the papers were received and opinions solicited in confidence, no statement appeared in The Author. Mr. Churchill said further : “The British dele- gates at the International Copyright Conference at Berlin have no power to bind his Majesty's Government to any amendment of the law of copyright, and it has been explained to the other delegates that any provisional assent which they may give to any proposed amendment or revision of the International Copyright Convention must not be held to imply that Great Britain will be able eventually to adhere and give effect to such alteration ” (The Times, October 20). If possible, a full account of the proceedings will appear in the December issue of The Author. THE “TIMES ’’ AND THE PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION. WHAT had come to be known as the “Book War” is now happily over. On September 29– too late for mention in our last issue—we received an official communication from the Publishers' Association to the effect that a satisfactory settle- ment of the dispute with The Times had been effected, and that members of the association were again entering into ordinary business relations with The Times as from October 1. The terms upon which peace was concluded have not transpired ; but it may be gathered from the fact that pub- lishers' advertisements are again appearing in the Literary Supplement that the rapprochement is lasting and complete. - THE PAN-AMERICAN COPYRIGHT CONVENTION. WE have received from the Library of Congress, Copyright Office, the text of the Pan-American Copyright Treaty of 1902, reprinted from the official English text. - The treaty was signed at the City of Mexico by the plenipotentiaries of seventeen countries, includ- ing those of the United States, on January 27th, 1902. Ratifications of the Convention have since been deposited with the Mexican Government by Guatemala, on April 25th, 1902; by Salvador, on May 19th, 1902; by Costa Rica, on June 28th, 1902; by Honduras, on July 4th, 1904; by Nicaragua, On August 13th, 1904; and by the United States, on March 31st, 1908. According to the provisions of Article 15, this treaty went into effect as between the United States and the countries enumerated on July 1st, 1908. We do not notice among the articles (which are reprinted on another page) any provision for the printing in the United States of the books of the other subscribing parties. It certainly seems strange that the United States can enter into such a treaty with small Central American Republics, such as Honduras and Costa Rica, and yet refuse to subscribe to the Berne Convention. Probably, the omission in the present treaty of this stipula- tion, which keeps her apart from the European Powers, is in anticipation of the future union of these republics with herself; or perhaps, as in most matters, she looks at the question from the point of view of the almighty dollar, knowing that she will gain more by the free export of her authors’ works into the countries named, than she will lose by the import from these countries, as their literature is small compared with hers. THE CHARLES LAMB MEMORIAL. STRANGE as it may seem, among the many monuments to literary genius in Westminster  ## p. 48 (#64) ############################################## 48 THE A UTHOR. Abbey there is nothing to commemorate that of Charles Lamb, one of the most original of England's humorists and essayists. The only memorial to his genius exists in the form of a mural tablet erected by the Middlesex Archaeological Society in the parish church of Edmonton, in which village the latter and more eventful years of his life were passed, and where he and his sister Mary lie buried. However, on a site near his grave and Bay Cottage where he lived, a hall and institute have now been erected bearing his name. The site has generously been given by the Ecclesiastical Com- missioners, and the building planned to include fifteen rooms besides the large hall, in which literary, social, and recreative work will be carried on. The cost is £5,400, of which £2,900 is already raised or promised. A committee has been formed to raise the remaining £2,500, and carry through the scheme ; the Rev. E. A. B. Sanders, of the Vicarage, Edmonton, is treasurer, to whom all cheques and contributions may be sent. A Charles Lamb Festival Dinner has been arranged with the object of raising the deficiency on the cost. It will be held at the Criterion Restaurant, on Thursday, November 12, with Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins in the chair, a fact which should further recommend the scheme to members of the society. Those desiring to participate therein should communicate with the steward, Mr. G. Eedes Eachus, Hughenden, Bush Hill, Winch- more Hill, N. •=-smº-nº- THE U.S.A. BOOK MARKET. THE announcement list of books to be published during this autumn and winter season in America by fifty representative publishers totals some 1,450 titles. The classified list published in the Chicago Dial shows some curious features. Thus, books for the young head the list in numbers, followed by fiction and biography. Biography for the most part deals with English worthies, American and Italian taking the second place. In the small section of poetry and the drama we notice that Mr. Thos. B. Mosher is issuing a cluster of English poetry from the pens of W. E. Henley, Lionel Johnson, Francis Thompson, Oscar Wilde, and Wordsworth. Travel and exploration are well represented with books relating to every country from Alaska to Ceylon. The smallest lists are those dealing with educa- tion, games, philosophy, health, medicine, and music. Religion and theology, on the other hand, are well up to the average. Any endeavour, there- fore, to judge America by what it reads would appear to be a task of much difficulty, *m-. J. C. PARKINSON. WE regret to announce the death of Mr. Joseph Charles Parkinson, on Saturday, October 24. He Was One of the original members of the council of the Society, of whom but three or four now survive. Mr. Parkinson was born in 1833, and his long and active life was chiefly devoted to journalism and social reform in connection with the Daily News and the World. His most noteworthy efforts in this direction were for the abolition of public executions, for Poor Law reform, and for the pre- servation of commons. He was special correspon- dent to the Daily News at the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, and proceeded to India shortly afterwards in connection with the ocean telegraph. Among other duties and positions undertaken and fulfilled, he held high offices in Masonic circles, was a governor of Christ's Hospital, chairman of the Reform Club, and treasurer of the Royal Literary Fund. His publications include “Under Government,” a guide to the departments of the Civil Service ; a handbook of “Government Examinations,” and “The Ocean Telegraph to India.” While Mr. Parkinson never took a very promi- nent part in the work of the society, he was one of its warmest supporters, and was always ready, when occasion offered, to encourage it in its duties, to further its aims, and to seek for its prosperity. THE PUBLISHERS’ CIRCLE AND BOOK TRADE DINNER. —e-º-e— ITY HE Publishers' Circle organised during the summer months a book trade dinner. It was held at the Trocadero, on Friday, Octo- ber 9, when about 250 people were present, and many lambs could be seen among the recumbent lions. - Mr. Edward Bell, the chairman of the Publishers' Association, took the chair; and Mr. Arthur Waugh, the managing director of Messrs. Chapman and Hall, and Mr. H. W. Keay, president of the Associated Booksellers, were at the head of the cross-tables as vice-chairmen. As Sir George Otto Trevelyan facetiously re- marked in his speech, he was glad to see that the publishers had brought their authors with them. It would be invidious to make distinction or mention what particular author was in the right- and left-hand pocket of what particular publisher, but this is certain, that there was much good- fellowship and camaraderie, and everyone present  ## p. 49 (#65) ############################################## THE AUTHOR. 49 was glad to sink all debatable subjects and enjoy the pleasures provided for him. For this happy issue hearty thanks are due to Mr. Arthur Waugh, the chairman of the Publishers' Circle, and Mr. A. D. Power, the secretary. After the toast of “The King,” Mr. W. L. Courtney, in his best academic manner, with a touch of jest and sarcasm, sometimes for, sometimes against the publisher, proposed the toast of “Literature.” He emphasised the fact that literature had nothing to do with the subject, but the manner in which the subject was treated. He explained his proposition with forcible and sincere arguments. The toast was coupled with the name of Sir George Trevelyan. Sir George entertained the company with a number of interesting literary reminiscences. He talked of his walks with Carlyle; his travels—or should it not rather be his voyages —through Venice with Ruskin for a guide ; his introduction to Browning, and his meeting with Thackeray. Everyone appreciated these glimpses of the past. Towards the end of his speech, in the strongest terms he windicated the claim of the writers of history to treat their subject as an art rather than as a mere dry science or a crude statement of facts. No doubt all those who read history for the love of the past will cordially agree with him. Mr. W. W. Jacobs, in an amusing speech, proposed “The Book Trades.” He proclaimed the modesty of publishers because they never advertised. He knew this was a fact, because all the authors he had met had assured him that it was so. Mr. Edward Bell, the chairman, and Mr. H. W. Keay responded. There were pleasant music and songs during the dinner, and in the intervals between the speeches, and after the speeches, a soirée was held in the Alexandra Room. Thus the first dinner of the Publishers' Circle was brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The promoters should be pleased with the results, which it is to be hoped will bring about the blessings of peace and goodwill and good under- standing. • . —e—º-e— THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL CON- GRESS OF THE PRESS. —º-º-e— HE choice of Berlin as the city wherein the Twelfth International Press Congress was to be held, gave rise to many speculations. Obstacles had frequently been thrown in the way of holding the Congress in the German capital, but the success of the meeting has fully justified the Bureau Central in accepting the invitation. The Press not only of Berlin but of Germany have worked cordially, and have been most heartily supported by the imperial and civic authoritics in their endeavours to make the Congress a success, from both the business and social stand point. When the English delegation had arrived in Berlin, and received their portfolios, it was at once seen that every possible detail had been considered with minute care. The ticket arrangements had been placed in the hands of the Hamburg-American Steamship Co., by whose lines most of the English delegates travelled to Berlin via Hamburg ; the officials of the line arranged for all the inter. tickets within the German Empire, and the French railways, through M. Taunay, accorded passes through their territory to the Latin members. The portfolios contained all documents, reports, time-tables, programmes, invitations, etc., and from the office in the Reichstaggebaude (Par- liament House) where these were issued, the members could at once pass to the writing-rooms of the House of Parliament, and answer all necessary notes and invitations. The whole Suite of the Parliamentary buildings were at our disposal. Libraries, post-office, lobbies, etc., and a lunch was arranged here each day. Before the first meeting of the Congress the English delegation came together at the Hotel Adlon, under the presidency of Major Gratwicke. At this gather- ing he was elected English Vice-President of the Congress. On the subjects of the debate being considered it was decided that Mr. Thomas Catling should speak upon “The Dignity of the Press and the Constitution of Professional Tribunals.” Mr. J. R. Fisher and Mr. Arthur Walter were nomi- nated as speakers upon the question of “Profes- sional Secrecy in Matters concerning the Press”; and upon the Provident Fund questions Major Gratwicke, the President of the British Inter- national Association of Journalists (which society had sent the delegation to Berlin). Upon “The Reduction of Postal and Telegraphic Tariffs for the Press'' Mr. J. H. Warden, the Hon. Treas. and Mr. James Baker, the Hon. Sec., were appointed speakers; and upon the general work of the Congresses the representative on the Bureau Central, Mr. D. A. Louis, was chosen. The other subjects under consideration were “Concerning the Unification of the Laws for the Protection of Artistic and Literary Property” and the suppression of the “Ambulant Jurisdiction for International Law " questions. Mr. J. R. Fisher and the Hon. Sec. were asked, if necessary, to deal with these matters. The scene in the Chamber of the German Reichs- tag when the first sitting of the Congress was opened was a significant one. Here in this hall.  ## p. 50 (#66) ############################################## 50 TFIES A UTFIOR. where so many fiery debates involving serious matters for the welfare of the German people have been fought out, were gathered the representatives, from twenty-one nations, of the Press parliament. Herr W. Singer, of Vienna, occupied the president's chair, and near him were Herr George Schweitzer, the German president, and M. Taunay, the French general secretary, and on either side, the bureau representatives of the various nations. There were present also, in recognition of the importance of the gathering, the Prussian ministers Von Rheinhaben, Von Moltke, Dr. Beseler and the Secretary of State for Foreign affairs, Won Schoen, as well as under-secretaries of State and members of the Reichstag. The Congress was opened by Herr Singer. In an eloquent and impressive speech he referred to the first Congress of the Press at Antwerp fourteen years ago, when no one believed there could be a continu- ance of international Press deliberations; but, he continued, reason had worked, and the heart had helped to bring this about, to work internationally, each for the good of his fatherland. Herr Singer spoke at first in German, and then in French, with witty references to Voltaire's sayings, and to his own experiences as a journalist ; he declared he had never doubted the great future of the Press, and he called upon those gathered from all corners of the world to work for honour, rectitude, and justice as the cardinal virtues of the Press. In an impressive speech the Foreign Secretary then greeted the Congress, by command of the Chancellor, Prince von Buelow, and referred, speaking of its growing power, to the links between diplomacy and the Press. He assured the Congress that their labours to lessen misunderstanding and to bring about better and more just consideration of political matters would insure the diplomatist's warmest sympathy. In the afternoon after the first sitting, the Chan- cellor, Prince von Buelow, gave a reception in his historic residence, and the scene in the forest garden, beneath the rooms in which the Berlin Congress was held, was full of animation. The Chancellor chatted with the varied nationalities, and then standing at his garden door, in response to Herr Singer, gave an important speech that was telegraphed to all the journals. At the second sitting of the Congress a telegram was read from M. Jules Claretie, the director of the Comédie Française, who as a dramatic journalist has spoken at former Congresses, regretting that unavoidable work prevented him coming to Berlin and journeying to the home of Goethe. Then came the question of the Dignity of the Press and Professional Tribunals, the discussion being opened by M. Taunay, and illustrated by the Italian delegates, M. Raimondi and Cantalupi. It was requested that the bureau should draw up as far as possible a codex of modern journalistic law. The important and highly debatable subject of professional secrecy and coercion of witnesses, introduced by Dr. George Schweitzer, was then discussed. Upon this subject Mr. J. R. Fisher, whose legal knowledge of journalistic usage is very thorough, stated that in England there was no Untersuchungsrichter, or examining magistrate, and the judge would not compel the name of a writer to be divulged if good ground was given for with- holding it. Mr. Arthur Walter, the official reporter of the House of Lords, spoke to the effect that no departure from common law could be claimed for the journalist. The journalist was as answerable for what he published as any other citizen, but as Mr. Fisher had said, the judge would not compel the divulging of professional secrets. Mr. Burlumi, of the Foreign Press Association, also spoke of the English usage, but he hoped, for the interests of other countries, the resolution of the central com- mittee as to professional secrecy would be carried, which was done unanimously. The third sitting of the Congress was opened by Herr Singer announcing he had received a telegram from his Imperial Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm, which, after thanking the presidents of the Press Congress for their telegram of homage, went on to hope “the delegates would feel them- selves at home in his capital, and he cherished the hope that the new relations they might be develop- ing at this Congress would be utilised in the service of the highest problems of civilisation.” The subject of the Provident Fund question was then introduced by M. Humbert, of Paris, and although some were in favour of an international fund, yet the difficulties surrounding such a departure were recognised. During the discussion Major Gratwicke, as he was compelled to return to England before the end of the debates, took the opportunity to speak of the various English provident funds, and to renew the invitation given at Bordeaux for the Congress to visit London next year. He spoke of the impor- tant steps already taken, and stated that the chief journals, as well as the men of diplomacy in both Houses of Parliament, had signified in the most emphatic manner their readiness to welcome the Congress. The journalists of all nations would then have an opportunity to learn what was done in England, and in a real way, he hoped, to help forward the brotherhood of journalism. It was decided to further the creation of provi- dent funds, and to appoint a special committee, with the bureau, to consider the possibilities of an international fund. The day following the third sitting was devoted to an excursion to Potsdam. Already the Berliners  ## p. 51 (#67) ############################################## TISIES A UITEIOR. 51 had shown in an afternoon drive through the poorest parts of Berlin how their poor lived : as an English journalist remarked, the cleanliness of the streets, and the absence of rags and Sordid poverty staggered him, and we went through the very poorest quarters; but en route to Potsdam the West End of Berlin was seen, and all its artistic development. At Sans Souci and at Wannsee a most enjoyable and instructive day was assed. The fourth sitting of the Congress was devoted to the consideration of “Telegraphic and Postal Tariffs,” to the “General Work of the Congress,” and the “Unification of the Laws for the Pro- tection of Artistic and Literary Property,” and also to a discussion upon the “Suppression of the Ambulant Jurisdiction for International Law Questions,” upon which subject Mr. Fisher's legal knowledge was again useful. º question, the writer pointed out the anomalies in England, and the fact that foreign printed matter could come into Britain at cheaper rates than English printed matter could be sent abroad. At the close of these debates the question of where the next Congress should be held was dis- cussed, and as there were three invitations, London, Athens, and Constantinople, after Mr. D. A. Louis, and Señor Lucas, of Lisbon, had spoken for London, it was decided to leave the decision to the Bureau Central. No space remains to describe the elaborate and cordial social functions, which included a reception by the municipality of Berlin in the Rathaus, a gala performance of the Kaiser's version of “Sardanapalus,” a banquet by the Press in the luxurious hall at the Zoological Gardens, a banquet at Wannsee given by the Chambers of Commerce of Berlin and Potsdam, at which Mr. J. H. Warden spoke, and a banquet in the Berlin Stock Exchange, after a visit to the High School of Commerce, at which the writer had to speak upon German education, stating it had done more for Germany than even her army and navy had done. At the close of the Congress a special train con- veyed the members to Frankfurt, via Weimar, where seventeen men were chosen to do homage to Goethe and Schiller, each man in his own tongue, a most impressive scene in the ducal crypt. At Frankfurt and Wiesbaden the reception was most warm-hearted, and formed a memorable ending to this Twelfth International Press Congress. The visit of such a body of writers to England should prove, from very varied points of view, of great value. - JAMES BAKER. Upon the postal THE REPORT FROM THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON LOTTERIES AND INDECENT ADWERTISEMENTS. —t—sº-º- HE Committee of Members of the two Houses of Parliament, which has recently issued its report under the above title, has made some useful suggestions for the alteration of the law and procedure which came under their consideration, and the result of their proposals, if they are carried into effect, should be beneficial to the community, and also to authors and artists whose work is adapted for publication in popular periodicals of the better class. If the publishers of these are prevented in future from increasing their circula- tion by conducting thinly disguised lotteries, they will have to rely in a greater degree upon the merits of their reading matter and pictures; and if at the same time they are freed from the compe- tition of cheap nastiness, the writer and the illus- trator can hardly fail to profit by an increased demand for good and wholesome work. The full scope of the committee's investigation, as set out in the order of reference, was not limited to those subjects which the abbreviated title at the heading of this article suggests. The com- mittee had to inquire into the law, (1) as to lotteries, including the sale of lottery bonds, competitions for prizes which involve an element of chance, and advertisements relating thereto ; (2) as to indecent literature, and pictures, and advertisements relat- ing to things indecent and immoral ; and to report what amendments, if any, in the law are necessary or desirable. This, on the face of it, comprised rather more than the competitions by which certain newspapers and periodicals have endeavoured with Some success to stimulate sales, and enabled the committee to touch upon questions of higher importance and less easy to deal with satisfactorily than the efforts of journals of the lowest class to appeal to the appetites of the prurient by means of Vulgar and suggestive stories, paragraphs and illustrations. Literature and pictures are wide terms, and, as a matter of fact, some of the witnesses gave their opinions on recent novels, even mentioning some by name, as well as upon at least one exhibition of paintings held a few years ago. These matters, however, cannot be said to have been dealt with seriously or exhaustively, as no writers or authorities on literature were called as witnesses, nor were any artists or authorities on art. As an example of opinions left uncontradicted and unmodified the following may be quoted : One of the witnesses referred to, who claimed to have been interested in the question of indecent literature and publications for a number of years,  ## p. 52 (#68) ############################################## 52 THE AUTHOR. was asked if it was not his opinion that English novels have become so indecent of late years as to be even worse than the French ones. The ques- tion was no doubt derived from a précis of his evidence furnished to the committee, for he answered, “I think that is agreed on all hands.” The same gentleman was also of the opinion that it was allowed “on all hands” that English novels were “far more outspoken, more gross in expres- sion " than French ones. He may, perhaps, be congratulated upon the limits which he has set to his explorations in modern French fiction ; but limited knowledge is not a qualification for giving expert evidence. Perhaps it is not surprising that the gentleman, who drew comparisons so readily and condemned British authors in such terms, Sug- gested as a remedy for the evils which he had discovered what he described as “a small prohibi- tory board, either attached or unattached to the Home Office, before whom,” he added, “any publi- cation (and by publication I include pictures of all kinds, those mutoscope slides, and so on) may be cited, whose decision will be final in the case of improper publications of any description.” A “small board” of Home Office officials, or appointed by them, would thus be enabled to give a final decision on the “decency” or “indecency” of paragraphs in sporting weeklies, of matter appear- ing in French and English periodicals of the lowest class, and of novels and other books dealing with those problems of life and humanity which have never for the last century been approached seriously by any writer without raising an outcry from one quarter or another. The same “small board,” apparently, would have jurisdiction over foreign indecent photographs, over the ill-drawn and vulgar illustrations of “Silly Bits,” over “mutoscope’” exhibitions, and over the works of artists and academicians both British and foreign It may be observed in this connection that a police witness before the committee supplied a definition, or standard of indecency, established by the police in dealing with such questions of “art ’’ as usually come before them. It is not necessary to question the usefulness of their test as applied by them for the purpose of suppressing photographs imported for sale to persons in search of the undesirable. It is one, however, which, if given wide application, might involve awkward conse- quences for any life school, including the classes of the Royal Academy, and although the “Small board ” of the Home Office might have a wider art training than that usually accorded to police inspectors, its decisions nevertheless might fail to meet with the approval and support of artists or of the educated public. Any such body would in fact be in a position analogous to that of the licenser of plays, and would be likely to learn that their findings were final in name only, and in respect of the possession of certain powers of suppression, of a limited character. They would not set at rest the questions involved, and they would be criticised, and possibly held up to contempt, by persons whose right to form and power to express their opinions would be undemiable. The committee, however, as might be expected, did not adopt this or any other such suggestion, and in recommending the simplification and con- Solidation of the law by means of a new Act, con- cluded their report with the following clause : “(46) A provision should also be inserted to exempt from the operation of the Act any book of literary merit or reputation, or any genuine work of art. The committee consider that it would be almost impossible to devise any definition which would cover this exception. In their opinion the decision in such cases should be left to the dis- Cretion of the magistrate ; but they believe that, if a provision such as they recommend were inserted in the Act, a magistrate would be enabled to take into consideration all the circumstances of the case, and would be free from a supposed obliga- tion merely to decide upon the decency or the indecency of the particular literary or artistic work brought to his notice.” There is, of course, a good deal of difference between a magistrate deciding on the criminality of a defendant charged before him (of which he is bound by law to satisfy himself beyond all reasonable doubt before he can convict and punish) and the exercise of editorial or cen- Sorial functions by any individual or body against whose decision there is no appeal. Literature and art are, however, not likely to figure often in the police courts even at the instance of puritans of the most aggressive type, and the legislation recommended by the joint committee is likely to affect authors and artists indirectly rather than directly, and in the manner suggested above. With regard to competitions held by or advertised in newspapers and other periodicals, the committee realised that limericks formed, as remarked by one of their witnesses, a phase only. They had been declared to be lotteries, moreover, by the Court of Appeal, although the decision seems to be one of doubtful efficiency so far as police prosecutions are concerned. They will, however, be robbed of their attractions, together with a great many other forms of competition, some of which have been conducted honestly and some with flagrant dishonesty, by an Act of Parliament carrying into effect the com- mittee's recommendation “that it should be made illegal for any proprietor, publisher, or editor of any newspaper or periodical to charge any form of entrance fee, including the purchase and return of coupons, for prize competitions in his paper.” They had had before them, by the way, considerable  ## p. 53 (#69) ############################################## TISIES A UTHOR, 53. evidence as to the good faith with which the prizes were adjudged in the better-conducted of the papers which made use of them, and as to the degree of idiotcy manifested by the bulk of the competitors. One of those associated with the judging of such competitions gave it as the result of his experience that from 30 to 70 per cent. of the last lines sent in for limericks did not even rhyme. It is also interesting to note that a witness intimately con- nected with one of the large groups of newspapers, in some of which many limerick competitions have been held, declared himself as strongly dis- approving of them. The papers under his control had been compelled, he said, by the action of rival publications to go in for limericks also, as well as for other competitions for large prizes. He was of opinion, however, that competitions penalised papers of the better class. We may hope, there- fore, that we are within measurable distance of Seeing these tiresome adjuncts to journalism dis- appear, and to find that the newspapers and weekly publications which fight to maintain their circula- tion at a high level, do so with legitimate weapons, competing with one another in the provision of good reading matter and clever illustrations. It will assist them if other recommendations made by the committee are also carried into effect, and if in their endeavour to win popular appreciation and to catch the pennies of the multitude they are freed from rivalry of a kind even more demoralising and contrary to public policy than limericks, treasure hunts, and other “competitions.” The publication of indecent matter, or of that which borders on it, takes place chiefly in sporting weeklies, and in cheap illustrated weekly periodi- cals of the lowest class. We can all of us see them exposed for sale if we look in at the windows of small newspaper dealers in by-streets. And if we linger long enough we may see children of the errand-boy and work-girl class gloating over them, or entering to purchase them. We may wonder that they exist unpunished ; but their safety has lain in the cumbrousness of the law, which practically can deal with such a trade only by indictment. This involves an inquiry before a magistrate, committal for trial, and then trial before a jury, and a magis- trate may hesitate to commit for trial in cases where the matter published, although indecent and demoralising, can hardly be described as obscene. With regard to the procedure to be adopted in future, the committee suggest certain amended and improved definitions of punishable offences, and go on to recommend that those guilty of them shall be liable, in the case of a first offence, on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £30 or imprison- ment not exceeding one month, and that for second or subsequent offences, or for the commission of any of the offences specified in transactions with Persons under sixteen years of age, to much more Severe penalties, which are only to be inflicted after conviction upon indictment. It may be added that the committee would have included in the subjects dealt with by a new statute all advertise- ments of books and pictures of an undesirable character, and that they recommend with regard to a particularly objectionable class of advertisement Which has hitherto gone scathless, that it should be comprehensively defined and made illegal. This, if carried into effect, would deprive a number of cheap periodicals of a very low class of the greater part of their advertisements, and thus hasten their extinction. It may be possible to be over-sanguine in such matters. Legislation may be delayed, or it may not be as effective as is anticipated. The tendency, however, of any Act of Parliament framed with a view to carrying into effect the recommendations made in the report commented upon above should be to purify and to improve the literature and illustrations provided for the enormous class of readers which modern educa- tional legislation has brought into being, and such improvement cannot be carried out without some measure of benefit to authors and artists. E. A. A. B00KS AT THE FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITHON. —º-º-º- COMMISSION of catholic latitude to report on the books of the Exhibition took the writer into that wearisome succession of galleries that stretch their length from Shepherd's Bush to Wood Lane, through which no sane person passes twice except in a wheeled chair. The proportions of the British display were attenuated to a vanishing point. We discovered Cedric Chivers, the book- binder of Bath, the University Tutorial Press, the Religious Tract Society, and the Oxford University Press. The last-named alone arrived at, dignity and effect ; yet even it failed in arousing the delicate association of author and publisher which pervaded the French section. The English publisher is too predominant ; he seems to convey in some subtle manner that he is not only the pub- lisher of the book, but the illustrator and author as well. In vain the author exhibits his name in the fattest of type ; sense tells us that this is but an artifice ; it is only the publisher in disguise. The commercial side stands out in bold relief. Here is materialism : the dealing with figures and format. Thus, in the Oxford University Press exhibit, we must record how the books range from  ## p. 54 (#70) ############################################## 54 THE AUTHOR. a bijou edition, barely two inches high, to tomes of two feet ; how the rag paper and the India paper compare in book form, six volumes of the latter compressing into a space less by half than that occupied by six volumes of the former. Here is that prodigious and yet-to-be-completed work of Dr. Murray, “The New English Dictionary,” brought down to K, and already in five massive volumes. Here are cheap Bibles, illustrated in colour throughout ; Bibles great and small and bound in every imaginable way. Here is the 1623 Shakespeare reproduced in collotype—marvellously, it need not be said. We remember the drawings of old masters at Oxford that Mr. Sydney Colvin collected last year into three volumes, and forthwith find them lying on a side-table. Among the bindings, a Browning catches the eye, inlaid and hand-tooled, with an almost severe design in gold, terra-cotta and blue on a green ground. It satisfies completely. We are confronted by the Religious Tract Society and a show of books in various African dialects. Imagine a “Pilgrim’s Progress” in Chinyana, Mrs. Mortimer’s “Peep of Day” in Nkondi, and a hymn-book in Fanti. This is certainly prodigious. “Our special features,” murmurs the attendant, “are these Nature books by W. Percival Westell, George Henslow, and others, also these two-shilling story-books for boys and girls, attractively bound and illustrated.” We hardly hear him, being hypnotised by the hymn-book in Fanti. Amazing ! Cedric Chivers revives us. Commercialism and strange dialects fade before beautiful bindings, hand-tooled and hand-sewn. Excellent is his “vellucent system ’’ of rebinding old books repro- ducing in the covers the character and age of the title- page protected by transparent vellum. Excellent, also, is this transparent vellum in protecting inlaid and colour work on bindings. Artists, with their field of colour thus extended, incline to blaze some- what. Here and there is a shout and a subdued shriek. Miss Alice Shepherd, much of whose work is shown, is at her best in embossed leather designs, wherein she displays a quiet firm touch and a masterly omission of colour. We notice an edition of George Meredith in 52 volumes, bound in morocco with an illuminated panel differing on on each volume. How different is the section of France Repre- sentative, complete, compact ; science, the arts, romance. Hachette, Floury, Laven, de Rudeval, Plon-Nourrit, Carteret, and the rest. We have an assembly of worth. Mons. Jean H. Krüger, Représentant de la Libraire Française, courteous and illuminating, finds us before some exquisite Meissomier engravings and is our Virgil through these Blessed Aisles. He lays bare the treasures of his charge ; the whole spirit of the massed exhibit he conveys with a gesture of the finger. Also he deplores the apathy of the English publisher. How can there be a comparison 2 A thousand pities are expressed on both sides. But the colour-printing of France Take for instance these examples of the house of Floury, soft and exquisite. We handle some proof-sheets of “L’Ami Fritz,” the latest product of Louis Conard's press, with illustrations etched and hand- coloured to a marvel. Under the name of Edouard Pelletan one must remark an edition of Keats' “On a Grecian Urn,” in English, with a prose translation by Anatole France. Mons. Béllery des Fontaines’ designs and decorations, it seems, illustrate—nor can one wonder—Anatole France more than Keats. The border decoration in black and terra-cotta suggests Etruscan rather than Greek art. In the show-case of L. Carteret is a little slim copy of the “Sylvie’’ of Gerard de Nerval, and already one is - “Au fond du ciel bleu Oü elles chantant les louanges De la Mère de Dieu.” Behind it are three stately volumes, tooled and resplendent. They are “Le Rouge et le Noir" of Stendhal. How is it this art of our ally is so stimulating, so suggestive, while the extent of British literature in visible form leaves one Cold 2 - The next case, bearing the name of Conard, holds “Les Nuits’ of Alfred de Musset in the plain paper binding that proclaims the French reader a man of sense. Imagine an Englishman buying expensive volumes in such a dress Snort- ing, he demands a cover ; whereas the man of France will spend five animated hours in consulta- tion with his bookbinder. Under a great arched stand the house of Hachette reveals itself, and across the way the photographs of Sélinonte mark the stall of Chas. Schmid—“Sélinonte : Colonie Dorienne en Sicile,” by L. J. Hulot and G. Fougères—the author and the artist—the greatest work the house of Schmid has issued for years. We recall the picture of Sélinonte being exhibited at the Piccadilly Galleries. For the credit of Plon-Nourrit et Cie “Les Antiquités Judaique et le peintre Jean Foucquet ’’ must be mentioned, with reproductions in hélio- gravure and phototype that are among the best things done by this well-known house. Marcel Rivière, Belin Frères, Colin, Laven — can we mention them all P It is impossible. Besides, the Franco-British Exhibition is now no more. Z.  ## p. 55 (#71) ############################################## TFIES ACTTFIOR. 55 CONTEMPORARY CRITICISMS.—IX. —º-º-º- POEMIS BY ALFRED TENNYSON, PP. 163, LONDON, 12MO., 1833. THIS is, as some of his marginal notes intimate, Mr. Tennyson's second appearance. By some strange chance we have never seen his first publica- tion, which, if it at all resembles its younger brother, must be by this time so popular that any notice of it on our part would seem idle and pre- sumptuous; but we gladly sieze this opportunity of repairing an unintentional neglect, and of intro- ducing to the admiration of our more sequestered readers a new prodigy of genius—another and a brighter star of that galaxy or milky way of poetry of which the lamented Keats was the harbinger . . . . We have to offer Mr. Tennyson our tribute of unmingled approbation, and it is very agreeable to us, as well as to our readers, that our present task will be little more than the selection, for their delight, of a few specimens of Mr. Tennyson's singular genius, and the venturing to point out, now and then, the peculiar brilliancy of some of the gems that irradiate his poetical crown. A prefatory sonnet opens to the reader the aspirations of the young author, in which, after the manner of Sundry poets, ancient and modern, he expresses his own peculiar character by wishing to be something that he is not . . . . Mr. Tenny- son (though he, too, would, as far as his true-love is concerned, not unwillingly be “an earring,” “a girdle,” and “a necklace,” p. 45) in the more serious and solemn exordium of his works ambitions a bolder metamorphosis—he wishes to be—a river ! “Mine be the strength of spirit fierce and free, Like Some broad river rushing down alone *- Rivers that travel in company are too common for his taste . . . . The next piece is a kind of testamentary paper, addressed “To ——,” a friend, we presume, con- taining his wishes as to what his friend should do for him when he (the poet) shall be dead . . . . Horace said “non omnis moriar,” meaning that his fame should survive — Mr. Tennyson is still more vivacious, “non omnine moriar ”— “I will not die at all ; my body shall be as immortal as my verse, and however low I may go, I warrant you I shall keep all my wits about me, therefore “When, in the darkness over me, The four-handed mole shall scrape, l’lant thou no dusky cypress tree, Nor wreath thy cap with doleful crape, But pledge me in the flowing grape.” Observe how all ages become present to the mind of a great poet ; and admire how naturally he com- bipes the funereal cypress of classical antiquity With the crape hatband of the modern undertaker. He proceeds:– . . . . * *. “Then let wise Nature work her will, And on my clay her darnels grow, Come only when the days are still, And at my head-stone whisper low, And tell me?”— Now, what would an ordinary bard wish to be told under such circumstances 2—why, perhaps, how his sweetheart was, or his child, or his family, or how the Reform Bill worked, or whether the last edition of the poems had been sold—papa, our genuine poet's first wish is, “And tell me—if the wood-bines blow / " When, indeed, we shall have been satisfied as to the wood-bines (of the blowing of which in their due season he may, we think, feel pretty secure), he turns a passing thought to his friend, and another to his mother— “If thou art blest, my mother's smile undimmed.” But such inquiries, short as they are, seem too Commonplace, and he immediately glides back into his curiosity as to the state of the weather and the forwardness of the spring— “If thou art blessed—my mother's smile Undimmed—if the bees are on the wing.” No ; we believe the whole circle of poetry does not furnish such another instance of enthusiasm for the sights and sounds of the vernal season . The Sorrows of a bereaved mother rank after the blossoms of the 2000d-line, and just before the hummings of the bees and this is all that he has any curiosity about ; for he proceeds “Then cease, my friend, a little while That I may ”— “send my love to my mother,” or, “give you some hints about bees which I have picked up from Aristaeus, in the Elysian Fields,” or, “tell you how I am situated as to my own personal comforts in the world below * 2–Oh no— “That I may—hear the throstle sing His bridal song—the boast of spring.” “Sweet as the noise, in parchèd plains, Of bubbling wells that fret the stones, (If any sense in me remains), Thy words will be-thy cheerful tones, As welcome to—my crumbling bones | *—p. 4. “If any sense in me remains " " This doubt is inconsistent with the opening stanza of the piece, and, in fact, too modest ; we take upon ourselves to reassure Mr. Tennyson that, even after he shall  ## p. 56 (#72) ############################################## 56 TFIES A DITFIOR. be dead and buried, as much “sense ’’ will still remain as he has now the good fortune to pOSSess. . . . We cannot afford space—we wish we could—for an equally minute examination of the rest of the volume, but we shall make a few extracts to show, what we solemnly affirm, that every page teems with beauties hardly less surprising. . . . We pass by several songs, sonnets, and small pieces, all of singular merit, to arrive at a class, we may call them, of three poems derived from mythological sources — CEnone, the Hesperides, and the Lotos-eaters. But, though the subjects are derived from classical antiquity, Mr. Tennyson treats them with so much originality that he makes them exclusively his own. CEnone, deserted by “Beautiful Paris, evil-hearted Paris.” sings a kind of dying soliloquy addressed to Mount Ida, in a formula which is sixteen times repeated in this short poem, “Dear Mother Ida, hearken ere I die.” . . . [The “Hesperides”] opens with a geographi- cal description of the neighbourhood which must be very clear and satisfactory to the English reader; indeed, it leaves far behind in accuracy of topo- graphy and melody of rhythm the heroics of Dionysius Perieſ/etés. “The north wind fall’n, in the new-starred night.” Here we must pause to observe a new species of metabolé with which Mr. Tennyson has enriched our language. He suppresses the E in fallen, where it is usually written and where it must be pro- nounced, and transfers it to the word new-starréd, where it would not be pronounced if he did not take due care to superfix a grave accent. The use of this grave accent is, as our readers may have already perceived, so habitual with Mr. Tennyson, and is so obvious an improvement, that we really wonder how the language has hitherto done without it. 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