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HERBERT THRING, England Solicitor La Société des Gemsde Lettress to : a, #an Soºtors. in 39, FIELD, ROSCOE & Co., 36, Lincoln's Inr Fields, W.C. G. HERBERT THRING, old Queen street, storey's Gate, s.w.. }. ARTHUR RACKHAM. M. H. SPIELMANN. in THE HON. JOHN COLLIER. SIR. W. MARTIN CONWAY. �El u t b or. C be (The Organ of FOUNDED BY SIR WALTER BESANT. DECEMBER 1st, 1908. 3. - : : AUTORIDAD, e LONDON. , º-º-º º-º-º HE e 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. d. 5 () 1 1 0. () 5 () () (). () 0 () 0. 0 () 6 (). I 10 3 10 () 6 () 0 S. () 0 0 () 0 O 0 () () 2 () 1 () () 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 5 () 5 () 0 5 0 0 # 3 © sº-0 1908. *. Oct. 10, Macnaughton-Jones, H. . © Oct. 20, Garvice, Charles Nov. 12, Woods, Miss Mary A. Nov. 20, Boycott, W. M. 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November meeting of the Committee of Management of the Society of Authors was held at the society's offices on the 2nd of that �A UTFIOR. is to be it is of to in to to in of of on is as It to it be to to of ina to in to of In of on in be in to it an by a of to its of of to of of of to do in is of on to to of of in of to to in is by in E. a in no is to of to to to S. as of a of at to a of in of a the capital account the Society, tokens their thanks for the services which the society has been able render them. Miss Dale has made seventh donation £5 and Mr. Walker donation £1 1s. the Society. The secretary reported that the chairman had sanctioned three county court cases which had been during the past month, and, taken the desire the dramatic sub-committee, had sanctioned respect point counsel's opinion being taken law affecting the interests dramatic authors. to of it if to as of Mrs. Bland's inability attend. The committee have thank Miss Nellie Dale and Mr. W. Walker for their contributions to to in to in by to of an a in it its of to of in to of to in a in of of in It of in story Zealand newspaper the copyright one the society s members. has been referred previous issues The Author. Since the October meeting the committee the delin quents forwarded money order payment for the infringement. The committee considered the matter very carefully, and decided the circum accept the sum offered subject stances the Accordingly, approval the member concerned. the secretary has written the paper, accepting settlement, but notifying the editor the amount stamp out the committee's determination piracy members property whatever part may occur. view, the globe With this object the secretary has been instructed ascertain were practicable collect information the any stories written titles members the society which are running the Colonial, American and Continental papers. Then whenever case of by by of to a The following cases were then dealt with : The first related the infringement New up of in a of as be to it of settled the dramatic sub-committee was laid management, who desired before the committee printed supplement one the Coming issues The Author. to by a a A of at in be of to in The A G. J. H. M. Spielmann. and copyright sub-committee has been con stituted according the list printed the last issue The Author, and will found future the head the society s letter-paper and inside the front cover of The Author. pamphlet containing model agreement and valuable treatise on dramatic contracts which was Rackham appeal made case related Having the society for assistance. the fact that the mature the aid which the member required did not come within the Scope the Society s work, the committee felt bound refuse the member's request, and instructed the Secretary write accordingly. The question advertisements The Author next engaged the attention the committee. Some our members appear have thought that the insertion of an advertisement amounts some sort recommendation the part the society the firm advertised. This no more the case in any other periodical. The Author than The com mittee desire state that while they their best exclude any advertisement they are advised mis leading, they can take further responsibility the matter. The subject dealt with General Note. resolution proposed Mrs. Nesbit Bland, involving important extension the society's action, was adjourned the next meeting owing The last member regard to report acceptances a of are pleased to of management from The Hon. John Collier, Sir W. Martin Conway, Millais, Arthur Walter Crane, Arthur Hassall, of to Sir Right Hon. Sir Horace Plunkett, The Right Hon. Sir Alfred Lyall. The members the art sub Committee were next nominated. The committee of to in to of The committee proceeded the nomination new members to fill the vacancies on the council. They have pleasure announcing the following gentlemen have consented their names being added that body Charles Williers Stanford, The to to of to 228. piracy discovered, possible, with the would pirated, consent the member whose work take immediate action. The next case before the committee had reference most important issue dealing with dramatic rights generally. While referring the question the dramatic sub-committee order that that body might make any suggestions which occurred them, the committee management, order avoid any unnecessary delay, instructed the secretary forward statement the case the society s Solicitors the United States obtain their might advice the steps desirable for the management probable, Committee take. the case bears the important question dramatic rights the United States, that the opinion, when hand, will printed comes The Author. There were two cases against publishers dealing agreements, non-rendering with disputes accounts, and non-payment moneys. both prosecute and cases the committee decided place them instructed the Secretary the hands the society s solicitors. as be it let I up to to grateful affection. am moved Twenty-five new members and associates were elected, bringing the total for the year date known that 59 a Freshfield, reported he had received a letter from Mr. George Meredith, thanking the committee for the copy of the medallion portrait of himself executed by Mr. Spicer Simson, which they had forwarded for his acceptance. Mr. Meredith wrote as follows: The medallion touches me as a further instance of the good will of your committee showed so genially when a deputation came here on my last birthday. Pray Testimony enough to The chairman, Mr. Douglas that to TISIES �treaty translation of the statutes and the general with managers and agents of the German Society of Dramatic Authors. He was instructed to have copies made and circulated to the members of that A letter from Mr. A. W. Pinero, who committee. acting as chairman of the proposed present is at new Dramatic Authors Society, was placed before the committee, who acceded to the request con tained therein to meet the delegates of that body. The secretary was instructed to write to Mr. Pinero, and arrange a date for the conference. The next point for discussion was the general treaty between dramatic authors and managers. This was carefully considered, and several altera tions were made. The treaty was finally settled and made ready for negotiation, the secretary being final form. instructed to obtain clean proofs in COMMITTEE. Fund Committee was 2, at the offices of Mrs. Myall (Laura Hain Friswell), owing to incapacity from illness to continue her literary work at present, was awarded a pension for One year under Clause 16, of the Pension Fund Scheme, which runs as follows: on II. at to of as of of M. J. a to on in of 2 to a - to of to in of of to to a of of to on of in of if of to in to be all the dramatists º-º-º in by members put forward Society thus collected. to of from the American lawyers of the Society, and had to advise requested the Dramatic Sub-Committee The them if any further steps were necessary. instructed the secretary Dramatic Sub-Committee to call a meeting as soon as the opinion of the to to to of I. THE Dramatic Sub-Committee of the Society of Authors met at 39, Old Queen Street,- S.W., on Thursday, November 5. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been approved and signed, the Dramatic Pamphlet was finally approved, and the committee passed a resolution to the effect that it should be printed as in one of the coming issues of The a supplement Author. The final proofs were looked over, at the request of the other members of the committee, by Mr. Henry Arthur Jones, and by the chairman, Mr. G. Bernard Shaw. An exceedingly important dramatic case was The secretary reported that, in then discussed. order to save time, the committee of management had already sanctioned the taking of an opinion to of be SUB-COMMITTEE. American lawyers was to hand. The secretary laid before the sub-committee the terms proposed the censorship reform the Premier the recent deputation autonomy will the Dramatic (2) What measure prepared the recommend Sub-Committee give management dramatic committee authors Considerable discussion followed upon these two respect points, but the first the dramatic pledged themselves use every Sub-committee support committee the the obtain endeavour mem management and the general body carry out this object. the Society bers the second question, the Dramatic answer stated, the first instance, that Sub-Committee nothing outside they could pledge themselves the society, but finally, the present constitution all the individual members present stated that the proposed Dramatic Authors the members body, Society came into the Society Authors the they individually would resign their positions recommend Dramatic Sub-Committee in order management the formation the committee composed fresh Dramatic Sub-Committee at a º-º-º DRAMATIC A. of reminiscences. The committee decided to issue an appeal to the members for further support to the Pension Fund. This appeal, which will be in the hands of mem bers before the present number of this journal, will they trust meet with a general and substantial response. met again The Dramatic Sub-Committee 39, Old Queen Street, Thursday, November 19, deputation composed Storey's Gate, S.W., meet Barrie, and Mr. W. Pinero, Mr. Mr. Cecil Raleigh, from the proposed new Society spokesman Dramatic Authors. Mr. Pinero, following two the submitted the deputation, points: Authors support the (1) Will the Society carry through their efforts dramatic authors 2 of literary its No pension shall be granted to any person under the age of sixty years, so long as suitable candidates of the age of sixty years or upwards Provided, that a pension shall present themselves. may be granted to a person of less age if and while he shall in the opinion of the Pension Fund Com mittee be totally incapacitated for work by reason of illness or accident. The pension awarded is at the rate of £25 per annum, and the committee will be prepared to con at the end of the year. sider a further application Myall of the society since member a been has Mrs. its foundation. Her last published work was entitled It was a record In the Sixties and Seventies. of MEETING of the Pension held on Monday, November the society. In A FUND of PENSION A UTISIOR. a to TISIES 60 the �TISIES A UITISIOR. Cases. Maynard, L.Constance - DURING the past month thirteen new cases have come before the secretary ; four of these involved the return of MSS., and in three the MSS. were returned and despatched to the authors concerned. The fourth came into the office just before The Author went to press. Five cases were claims for money due, and in three of these cheques have been The remaining two are obtained and forwarded. Two claims were for money and still outstanding. These are in the course of negotiation. accounts. It is probable that settlements will be arrived There were two claims against at very shortly. agents. The agents in question have replied, and being there is every prospect of the disputes settled, but they have only recently come into the office. There are three or four cases open from former months besides those which have been handed to the Society s Solicitors, and are mentioned in the are proceeding in committee notes. 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The cast was as is if at is Reforming give the plot may least reforming succeed in the case of her It Dolly be in ; ; follows: Mrs. Harry Telfer, Miss Ethel Irving Harry Telfer, Mr. Robert Loraine Matthew Barron, Mr. M. Lowme Capt. Lucas Wentworth, Maude; The Rev. James Pilcher, Mr. Charles Mr. Herbert Bunston; Professor Sturgess, Mr. ; - will be issued early next year. Siam, by Ernest Young, B.Sc., has just appeared with Messrs. A. and C. Black in their Peeps in Many Lands series. It contains twelve full-page illustrations in colour. A Little Child shall Lead Them: A Christmas Book, by A. Allen Brockington (Messrs. Samuel Bagster), is another of the author's little spiritual works with a slim, unobtrusive backbone of fiction. |Mr. William Archer has now made an arrange ment with Messrs. Curtis, Brown & Massie by the loves of the chief characters Mr. Louis Joseph Vance has recently disposed the French and Belgian rights his one-act play, At the Eleventh Hour. On October one-act comedy Mr. St. John Hankin was produced the Criterion. Its title The Burglar who Failed. The burglar under the bed was played Mr. Ferdinand Gottschalk, hockey-stick the athletic girl with Miss Elfrida Clement, and the fearful mother Miss Kate Wingfield. November was the first night Mr. Henry Arthur Jones's new and original comedy four acts, R. C. (12 volumes), by Miss Gladys Davidson. These little books deal chiefly with classical and natural history subjects; and they are arranged on an original plan, the stories being told partly in verse and partly in prose, and are quite devoid of the atmosphere. usual school-book Miss Davidson is now engaged upon a children's Bible story-book on modern rational lines for Mr. David Nutt, which he interfered and what befel. in at relations between theosophy and science on the one hand, and popular beliefs on the other. Fiddler Matt" is a story of a musical genius in humble life by Adam Lilburn (Lilias Wasser mann). It has many illustrations by Mr. Arthur Marsh, A.R.W.S., and will be published at once by Messrs. Brown, Langham & Co. A new complete short novel, entitled The Master Key, by Cosmo Hamilton, will be brought out by Messrs. Hutchinson & Co. as a supple ment to the Christmas number of The Lady's JRealm. Messrs. T. C. and E. C. Jack have just published a series of Literary Readers, in prose and verse by doctrine and a particular account of the doctrine of Karma and reincarnation, and discuss the of have sent out a little book of Essays on Theo sophy, from the pen of Mrs. I. E. Taylor. Its four papers give a general outline of theosophic is President Fallières has accepted a presentation Servitude, copy of Irene Osgood's novel which is being translated into French by Madame Henri Heau. Mr. W. Percival Westell s new Nature book, Animal's at Home (Messrs. Dent), which was announced in these columns last month, has an introduction by Miss Marie Corelli. Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London, Bartholomew, has been As They Are, brought out Messrs. Drane. consists military, sporting, and social dialogues. Literary and Biographical Studies, Jame Baker (Messrs. Chapman and Hall), deals, among other matters, with the home-life the Royal Family Osborne and the value that property presented by His Majesty the nation. Messrs. Graves and Lucas have just published through Sir Issac Pitman new humorous volume If, with many illustrations George called Monow. Mr. St. John Lucas has just published, with English love Mr. Edward Arnold, collection lyrics, called The Rose-Winged Hours. His edition Ronsard has recently been issued the Oxford University Press. Miss M. Woods has the press, connection with Milton's Tercentenary, book entitled The Characters Paradise Lost. The publisher Mr. John Ouseley. Spielmann, The Love Family, Mrs. M. illustrated Mr. Carton Moore-Park, issued family, Messrs. George Allen. tale with Cupid the central member, showing how to outstanding men and events in English Church history rather than a narrative of dates and facts. The book is the new volume of The Library of First Principles. which he will, if desired by the authors, prepare plays a detailed criticism and comment on Submitted him. feature the arrangement that Mr. Archer will report, not only com pleted plays, but also scenarios, and may thus help save many good idea from going able nip Wrong, and may also able the bud Some the hopeless plays which authors might otherwise waste their time. it French lyrical and ballad poetry are added two translations from the Greek, with a collection of sonnets and other verses. |Mr. Francis Griffiths has lately published The Church of England, by R. Ellis Roberts. Mr. Roberts writes from the liberal Catholic stand point, and endeavours to give a sketch of the 65 �A UTISIOR. he in of a in on in in a " in in a a a is to of is la et in la of a it as to in all les by of et of of of on to of of in of by of a of is in in by a at he he of is is of French Academy has now six certainly fºuleuils vacant, and there dramatic author who can fill the place universally Victorien Sardou. His death regretted. age, He was seventy-seven years presented his first play and ever since the Odéon, 1854, had been steadily working for the theatre. This first piece was lamentable failure, but some years after his Premières armes Figaro" was played Virginie Dejazet. From that time forth Sardou's talent was acknowledged. been celebrated the inauguration monu ment his memory, but account the death François Coppée, who was president the com mittee, this fête was postponed until May, 1909. For whole month Mlle. Louise Read (the faithful Barbey d Aurevilly), who friend and executrix since his death has edited and published some thirty volumes his works, was literally besieged journalists and lecturers biographical search notes, photographs, etc. the great writer, whose real fame commenced after his death. His life was extremely hard one, but his real value now seen the posthumous celebrity and the absolute. an HE of no its by º-º-º in he a of of : are among these, and them she gives were, great the more private history, part Among her other the seventeenth century. Saint-Pierre, works are Bernardin Saint. François d Assise trois Compagnons, etc. Barbey d'Aurevilly, the great. The centenary French novelist and critic, was commemorated throughout nearly France articles the important French papers. The day was have : PARIS NOTES. de as a he no of at a moiselle, a 6 St. John December de bya on of a - by at to is of De 7. and at Hankin, Mullins, the Haymarket Theatre the a a by on a The Antelope, new musical play Adrian Ross and Hugo Felix was presented the Waldorf Theatre on November 28. perform The Stage Society new play, The Last a in a B. by of in at On November 27, the New Theatre, Mrs. Patrick Campbell appeared afternoon perfor T)eirdre, legendary verse play mances one Yeats, and Electra, act W. one-act original tragedy founded the old Greek story by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, translated Arthur Symons. In Dolly's of novel of Mr. Layard's the The he Frederick. in be lady's-maid in the Lady of on is Governess. of the part London production plot founded of took it of in at S. G. bered, in Mr. Harcourt Williams, Mr. Mr. George Alexander, Miss Florence Haydon, and Miss Irene Vanbrugh. Layard and Mr. Walter Frith produced Mr. their new play The New Governess Malvern on November 19, 20, and 21. The title rôle was the hands Miss Ina Pelly, who, will remem were sustained T)awson Milward, a an a by is is to in on St. by Alfred Sutro, was staged at the James's Theatre November The heroine juggles with two lovers attempt save her brother from imprisonment for robbery. discovered, but happy Her duplicity finally reached. The principal characters ending II. everyone, from the directors down the very employé humblest the theatre. Sardou was essentially man the theatre. He was keen observer, saw dramatic effects the prosaic episodes everyday life. His plays are life and his per Sonages human beings and not marionettes. Patrie, which was given 1869, was the play through which Sardou really won fame. Later pieces written for Sarah came the Series 1882, Bernhardt. Fédora Théodora Gismonda, 1884, Cléopatra, La Tosca and La Sorcière. Thermidor caused great sen 1891, and sation 1893 Madame Réjane won her laurels Sardou's Madame Sans-Gêne. Last. year L Affaire des Poisons was put on, and only fortnight before his death had planned new all, there are piece which had been haunting him. about sixty Sardou's plays which have been pro duced, and his study manuscripts, notes, full Scenarios, etc. great loss Madame Arxéde Barine's death large circle French literature. Her work reached readers throughout the world. Madame Barine great reader and an was not novelist. She was indefatigable Worker. She also took keen interest foreign literature and ideas. Her later works, were historical La Jeunesse de Grande Mademoiselle, Louis XIV. Grande Made to as Agâve and Pentheus. The Builder of Bridges, in respectively has been working dramatic author, and thorough and conscientious was that there were secrets for him his profession. thoroughly understood After writing his play the technical side At the rehearsals Sardou. was veritable Napoleon. He went into every detail, knew the rôle the actors, the mysteries general favourite with the stage effects, and was of it. Professor Gilbert Murray's translation of the Bacchae of Euripides was presented at the Court Theatre on the afternoon of November 10. Miss Lillah McCarthy took the part of Dionysus, Mr. R. A. Beaton that of Cadmus, and Miss Winifred Mayo and Mr. Esmé Percy appeared For fifty-four years So Miss Margaret Mrs. Sturgess, Swete ; us E. Lyall Halstan. a TISIES 66 �THE AUTISIOR. of of by 3. is of du a of au of by a is of de by in de by de du at is in an J. by et by by of is a an on Henry Bordeaux the dramatic news the by month. of a de on as et In an J. et on : in de on de a to it by a in on de Paris Frederic Masson continues his articles the Napoleonic epoch. The Revue Hebdomadaire commences its first November number novel entitled Colette Baudoche Maurice Barrès; the story young girl belonging Metz family. Comte Albert Mun continues his memoirs, entitled Ma Wocation sociale ; M. Gaston Bonnier Spain Writes the intellectual movement Pierre Nolhac Madame Vigée-Lebrun's salon" and Judith Cladel on Rodin l'art gothique. the other November numbers H. Céard Coldain give article on Christian, Edouard Huysmans artist and Rod writes the Le Mouvement des idées, and is of It a is to of a in meeting recently held At Paris the Syndicate for the Protection Intellectual Property, attention was called the fact that Turkey one of the countries where French literature has large circle readers. therefore decided so It be '' It to be join the Berne that Turkey shall invited Convention. seems probable that America will soon be the last of the uncivilized nations with respect for intellectual property. will curious the Turks prove themselves far ahead in intellectual matters. Suderman, At the Odéon Parmiles Pierres, still on the bill the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre the new piece Les Révoltés ; the L Emigré Renaissance, Paul Bourget s still running. Madame Réjane still playing Israël. by is at at is ; is it in no francs. Revue Bernstein L'Affaire des and Poisons public. the Porte Saint Martin continues to interest the ALYS HALLARD. the Entente Cordiale. Its Mani Etudes sur Litterature Française Saint Domingue (Perrin). La Vie Secréte (Perrin). Le Livre d'Or L Entente Cordiale Piter Pan (Hachette). de is 1. an in France divided Cordiale edition with illustra into three parts. The la in those real life. d Or de L'Entente 2. History of It published tions. as living Livre Le is in are as in is is us us of or a of her own secret life, and living the people who have midst crowd idea this. The author initiates into the secret life his personages, and shows the dual life that each leading. The whole book one one that remains the reader's mind, and the various personages twenty-five In the at that each man and woman is the whole book living his is of all Edouard Estaunié has written another novel. He won fame with his powerful work, L Em preinte some years ago, and La Vie Secréte will be appreciated by who enjoy psychological studies rather than sensational novels. The idea L'Afrique Nord, Henri Lorin. Angleterre (cent années France Rivalité Coloniale), Jean d'Arcy. Piter Pan, M. Barrie, with illustrations published Arthur Rackham, edition ; otherwise. Commercial if of the French in the colonies under the old régime. The subjects studied are: The origin of the coloniza tion of Saint Domingo; the French nobility there ; the Blacks; life and manners and customs of the colonizers. All this is extremely interesting to anyone taking up the subject of colonization, or of the history of French emigrants political or and no maintains that novels written by men at any rate serve to prevent a certain element disappearing from the literature of to-day, and this element is respect for women. Saint Domingue (1629 1789) is a book by Pierre de Vaissière, devoted to the history of the life Economic Henry Roujon, Temps, the title volume articles formerly published the Temps. I.'Ile France Contemporaine, Hervé Rauville, study the resistance the French race under English domination. La Hongrie XXe siècle, René Gonnard. is I Its festations. Consequences. En margé by fidelity of the friends, who, so many years after his death, keep his memory ever fresh. The inauguration of his monument will take place at his birthplace in Normandy. Etudes sur la Littérature française is the sixth volume of this series by René Doumic. It is interesting, as several of the subjects treated are Among other chapters, there is one very topical. Racine, another on Anatole on Jules Lemaître s France s Jeanne d'Arc. It is curious to read René Doumic's criticism of this work. All those who know the philosophy or religion of the two writers can readily imagine the attitude which René Doumic would naturally take up when judg ing Anatole France's treatment of this subject. He sums up in the following lines : His book is fear, is not as important a a singular one, which, contribution as might have been desired to the biography of Jeanne d'Arc ; but the book is interest ing in itself, and as the history of M. Anatole Among other literary France's curious mind. subjects discussed in this book is that of Women's Novels. In summing up his chapter on this subject René Doumic says, after analysing the recent novels of three French women novelists very much in vogue a short time back, Feminine novels have created a new form of immorality. He also 67 (Perrin). Gounouilhon). �in of as is as of in at a of be up in in of to to at a A of a at by in to on el in at byon a it in la de of of by is de it in to of of to of in on a by in to to is of it of so of in of as as in on to of a by of he in Salaverria dying bull of of shows his countrymen the baneful effect the bull ring pity for suffering. the moral sentiment There has just been some discussion the Senate whether the military Estado Mayor (the Royal Chamber) should done away with. Dominguez, General Lopez the Liberal leader, advocated this course, but General Luque spoke eloquently behalf this military body retaining its place. The voice General Luque has weight, great, and this zeal has for his Zeal the service emboldened the presentation his notice Scheme for the construction of Hotel for invalid Europe. officers which would rival any The in be as a in a to of is in of of on to of a of be building would works such course under Engineers. the Spanish Corps Queen Maria Christina presented the ground the nation for this object the time the tercentenary fêtes Spain, Cervantes, the notable military invalid whose affliction of led his activity in is It where the recent article Señor Benluirre's admirable Sculpture of of all in is a to a of de Rodriguez has just pub Señora Contreras poems called Entre mis Muros lished book ( Within my Walls ), and the simple poetic insight she gives the joys her hearth and home shows she sweet-Souled Spanish mother, who makes harmony her environment. not astonish tive at it of seen that follow the example literary world. this review contains forty London would well Paris and admit into its do add that it is I to pages (quarto) in Portugal, for seen that the pallia courses the present leader, Ferreira do Amoral, have failed, and that the executive such Campos Henriques, who has been man successful his office Minister Public Works, and his successful reforms the banking laws, and the Societies of Mutual Aid as well as the prisons, etc., shew fitted for the post. Speaking Spain, reforms takes me back Minister of to of of in as of de of * bishop does his diocese. The continued monthly appearance La Revista Critica (The Critical Review) shows the energy and power its editress, Señora Doña Carmen Burgos. Boada, Olme Such well-known writers della, Ramerez Angel, Edmundo Gonzalez Blanco, Dr. Angel Pulido, Pascoli, etc., all take their places poetry, art, under her banner the causes literature, internationalism, philanthropy, and all subjects which tend humanity, the elevation Musical Association the Rev. Cart Fon interesting information, and taine opens Vista shows the study spent the subject the country itself the clever lecturer. Spain The telegram from the King Manuel Portugal and that the Prime Minister Spain the Portuguese political chief expressed terest the royal visit the north the kingdom. January will, hoped many, The elections Campos Henriques being Prime lead Alberto on as a a to to at a When Colonel Figuerola Ferretti was chamber lain the royal palace the youthful monarch Swiftly responded the courtier's suggestion that royal visit Catalonia would quickly check all Yes, returned the young King, discontent. a king should visit all his kingdom, even a a as all of the Press. Spain has certainly been active in practical work these last few weeks. The immortal Saragossa, as it is now called, has been the scene of a splendid exhibition, which was also honoured by the presence of the King and Queen of Spain. The Mondariz Waters took the first prize in that section. The cele brated house for silk wares at Seville belonging to the sons of Luca de Tena gained a gold medal. Their Majesties King Alfonso XIII. and Queen Victoria's visit to Barcelona proved a record one in point of enthusiasm. All false reports of Separatism were washed away in the great wave of welcome which swept over the city at the first sight of the English Queen and the young King, whose sym pathies have always stretched over his kingdom. of practical form to the Association of often had occasion to speak of the admirable daily Spanish paper A.B.C., and We now hear that the journal has thrown Open its palatial premises to an exhibition in aid of the poor. This exhibition, opened on Novem ber 17, has proved a great success. Such artists as Sorolla, Moreno Carbonero, and Iborra exhibit very fine works, and the first-class character of the other arts represented was much appreciated by their Majesties King Alfonso XIII. and Queen Victoria, who honoured the opening day with their presence, and also visited the printing works, under the escort of the enterprising and clever director, Don Torcuato Luca de Tena, who gives such musician a HAVE and when Spain character well known poet. and composer well Spain, and cele Dr. Angel Pulido, senator brated for his knowledge medical science, gave striking speech the recent Medical Congress Madrid, showing pharmaceutists the powerful part they have play the campaign of medical Science. This stimulating call may lead such knowledge Spain, that pre the pharmacopoeia Scriptions the usual Latin can made from other countries without difficulty. congress Sacred music has just terminated Seville, and perhaps will remove the onus Spanish church music. sometimes cast The priest beautiful Masses the church San Francisco Grande Madrid have been revela many. tion The second lecture the subject Spanish music recently given London the a ing that such is NOTES. º-e . e of SPANISH A UITISIOR. to TRIES to 68 literature. �A UITISIOR. of as in as to of of of M. G. of of as to a be of in It we of be It of a so all of of to of in Society of of the Canadian Authors.] of E WEN before the British North America Act, the Provinces Canada had the power to, of in to to an is of regard to a as fact, legislate matter the protection within their own boundaries works produced there. Under the British North America Act, which Imperial Act, express power was given the copyright legislate Dominion Canada matters. in and did, independently of to of as to to is in to a is is to a of of to COPYRIGHT. º-O-0 [Reprinted from the Report in to a º-e CANADIAN of There were naturally some complicated questions involved dealing with the position the owners records already produced. Translation rights were also considered, and the decision come this matter that they should run concur rently with copyright was eminently satisfactory. respect newspaper copyright several import ant points were decided. The matter comprised newspaper was divided into three distinct classes. The first class included all that could be called literary matter distinct from news and this absolute protection was given. The next matter before the Congress was the duration copyright. We regret find that although the In in on it as as de of all if to of to of be e copyright. in of of by it in to be in of so at of its It of in greatly deplore was himself full support copyright. great would advance the nations subscribing the Convention came common understanding copyright, and the exact length must only postponed. trust that this There no doubt that the late Conference many has made considerable progress, settling important points for the benefit and development literary property. may impossible for ratify some this country these improvements without the introduction and passing fresh legislation, but we trust that the Government may seriously and without undue delay turn its vitally concerns subject which attention authors and literary workers, class surely not unworthy the consideration statesmen. was decided that the next meeting the Conference should be held Rome. this extension of of of in be to by to in to is to as in be of report the International Copyright published Conference will The possible. Author soon Although the official report hand, not yet we desire the present number draw our readers attention the main points under discussion. First among these was the principle which the author's title his work could, among the countries the Union, most easily established, and the author most readily confirmed his ownership. The question the gramophone and cinemato graph reproductions was fully dealt with. To musicians and dramatists these are matters reproduction vital importance. As mechanical grows nearer perfection, popularity increases, and, consequence, the dramatist and musical composer run greater risks being robbed the rewards their labour. was decided that reproduction (these methods should not allowed without reference the owner the all of to º-e of of Lettres, Lecompte, the Société des Gens the President of the Board Trade when the point question was discussed between them. Sir Henry Bergne, the leading delegate Great Britain the Berlin Conference whose death we CONFERENCE. as It Trade. pleasure INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT FULL their opinion was communicated the Board addition, had the The Chairman, personally introducing the President to of º-e e in on is a a is it a RACHEL CHALLICE. e to ( Agrarian Redemption ), Document Préliminaire, H.M. Government had not had time consult those interested the point out, may matter. well far concerned, that the the Society Authors Board Trade placed before our committee the papers received subsequent the Document Préliminaire, and requested the committee's opinion whether the term life and fifty The committee of the years was approved. Society were full accord with this proposal, and of ; so of Redencion Agraria striking work, inasmuch by Romero Quinones, as, beyond being agrarianism, scientific book Spanish society. critical sociological study proposal the life the author and fifty years was supported the delegates most the Powers represented (judging from the statement that appeared The Times), was rejected the ground that had not been inserted the as de la Esposa ( The Book on the del mistress de la Casa ) The Book on the Soul of the House ), translations from the Catalonian authoress Maria de Echarri, are the two first works of a series of seven in which the author expounds the great rules for the organi sation of the domestic hearth, not only from a material point of view, but also from a moral, intel lectual, and aesthetic standpoint the moral and the material management the home are both set forth very sensibly. Libro It El Wife ) and El Libro 69 of TISIES �AUTISIOR, all in in is C. a if R. S. of of a is in be a of of of J. e 3 e MAGAZINE CONTENTS. 6 sº-0 BIBLIOPHILE. K. G. Why Books become Popular. By By Bertram Dobell. James Thomson. Chesterton. |BLACKWOOD'S. Some Letters of Sir Walter Scott. By Edmund Candler. Walden. BOOKMAN. A : at Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. Symposium. Authors Work CONTEMPORARY. By George Barlow. The Genius Dickens. Udny. By Dante's Intuition the Infinite. S. of CORNHILL. By Lady Dorothea Beale. - The Book on the Table: Robert Cecil. EDINBURGH. New England Nature Studies Whitman. The Paston Letters. Two French Memoirs. : Goethe's Novels. Thoreau, Burroughs, FORTNIGHTLY. A. E. By Francis Gribble. Chateaubriand s First Love. By Baughan. Literature Drama. By Eugène Tavernier, Ferdinand Brunetière. MONTH. Faith Found Fleet Street. Mr. Chesterton s doxy. By the Rev. Joseph Keating. in Under the Canadian Copyright Act, until the present Session of Parliament, a cumbersome formula was required to be inserted on every copy right work, namely, Entered according to Act of by A. B. the Parliament of Canada in the year at the Department of Agriculture. This has now been cut down to Copyright, Canada, 19 , by A. B. The insertion of this notice is a condition precedent to obtaining the protection of the Canadian Act. A nice point arises in reference to the importa tion into Canada of British copyright works. Chancellor Boyd pointed out in the case of Anglo Canadian Music Publishers v. Suckling, 17 O. R. (1889) p. 241, that if there is prior, British was passed the year now incorporated the Copyright Chap. 70, secs. 28, 29, 30, and 31, Act provides that book has been lawfully published any part His Majesty's Dominions other than copyright under the Canada, and there also Canadian Act, licence from the holder the obtained, British copyright may which case Agriculture may prohibit the the Minister importation into Canada, except with the written any copies consent the licensee, such book printed elsewhere. F. EDGAR. of enjoyed by the local legislatures. The benefit of the Canadian Copyright Act may be obtained by an author provided he is domiciled in Canada, or in any part of the British possessions, or is a citizen of any country which has an Inter national Copyright Treaty with the United King dom. If he is not able to comply with these conditions he may still obtain Canadian copyright if a copyright has been granted and is subsisting in the United Kingdom. One condition which is found in the Canadian Act but not in the British Act is that the work shall be printed in Canada. While it is necessary, in order to secure Canadian copyright, to print the work in Canada, it is not necessary to continue to print it in Canada. The terms of the Act will be complied with if an edition, however small, is printed here on which to base the application for copyright. After that the proprietor of the copyright may bring in his books from any other country. Neither is it necessary that the type from which the book is printed should be set up in Canada, but the printing may be done from plates imported from abroad, or transfers may be imported for use on lithographic stones. The Fisher Act, which 1900 and in I importation. of I copyright, and thereafter Canadian copyright is obtained, then that local copyright is subject to be by the importation invaded of lawful British copies. But if the Canadian copyright is first, then the monopoly is secured from outside in It was then contended, in the case of Smiles V. Belford (1876) 1 Tupp. App. Rep. 436, that in giving this authority to the Parliament of Canada the Imperial Parliament excluded Canada from the operation of the Imperial Copyright Acts. This contention was disposed of by the Courts, and the following is an extract from the judgment of Burton J. A. in the Court of Appeal It is clear, think, that all the Imperial Act intended to effect was to place the right of dealing with colonial copyright within the Dominion under the exclusive control of the Parliament of Canada, as distinguished from the Provincial legislatures. entirely . . . concur with the learned Vice Chancellor in the opinion that he has expressed that under that Act no greater powers were con ferred upon the Parliament of the Dominion to deal with this subject than had previously been . TRIES 70 NATIONAL. By Miss Eveline Ballads and the Border. NINETEENTH An Unknown Poet. CENTURY. By Frederic Harrison. Ortho - Godley. �A UTFIOR. play-bills. (b) Sale 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 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. sign an agreement without submitting it to the Secretary of the Society of Authors or some com petent legal authority. 2. It is well to be extremely careful in negotiating for the production of a play with anyone except an established manager. of of a of in of on be TO MUSICAL COMPOSERS. º-º-e ITTLE can added the warnings given for the producers assistance books and dramatic must, however, pointed out that, authors. rule, the musical publisher demands from the musical composer transfer 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 deal with performing right and copyright. He as AUTHORS, WARNINGS L EVER º-º-º the Society. * A-- a w-v-w Q-0 TO DRAMATIC the Secretary a WARNINGS a all are referred (3.) Always avoid a transfer of copyright. e a : be 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 In162a, D.S. (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. 9. Agreements for collaboration should be carefully drawn and executed before collaboration is commenced. play An author should remember that production highly speculative very great risk that runs delay and breakdown the fulfilment his contract. He should therefore guard himself the more carefully the beginning. 11. An author must remember that the dramatic market exceedingly limited, and that for novice the first object obtain adequate publication. incomplete, these warnings must necessarily account the wide range the subject dramatic con tracts, those authors desirous of further information he General. of (2.) Keep control of the advertisements. (3.) Keep control of the sale price of the book. of the in approximately of to ascertain to author : an 5. Authors should remember that performing rights can be limited, and are usually limited, by town, Country, and time. This is most important. rights, but 6. Authors should not assign performing should grant a licence to perform. The legal distinction is great importance. of 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. a for paid in advance of such fees in any event. It is extremely important that the amateur rights of one-act plays should be reserved. of possible 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. 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 10. 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 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 is III. 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. is is 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 rights. (5.) Not to give up serial or translation rights. (6.) Not to bind yourself for future work to any publisher. As well bind yourself for the future to any one solicitor or doctor | of I. Selling it Outright. 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 to are a few standing rules to be observed in an agreement. There are four methods of dealing with literary property It of be t-º-º ERE - 3. There are three forms of dramatic contract for plays in three or more acts: (4.) Sale outright of the performing right. This is unsatisfactory. An author who enters into a TO THE PRODUCERS OF BOOKS. to WARNINGS 71 As to TRIES �TFI FS 72 A Tr"T fºr OR. should be especially careful therefore when entering into an agreement, and should take into particular consideration the warnings stated above. MUSICAL TO COMPOSERS. HE Society undertakes to stamp or à ~~ º- w à wº VERY in of as of a NOTICES. 0 sº-º HE Editor to be a is a if to 10. The subscription to the Society is £1 1s. per annum, or £10 10s. for life membership. to or to to be to to of or 4h. ^ w-w w LEGAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The e ENSIONS º-e be at to any selected age, 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. commence 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. in be of notice post, requests members who do not receive an important communications within two days write him without delay. All remittances should be London, Chancery Lane, crossed Union Bank be sent by registered letter only. and he answer or This of in of º-º-º give The Secretary the Society begs that all remittances are acknowledged by return to the Secretary 8. Many agents neglect to stamp agreements. must be done within fourteen days of first execution. Secretary will undertake it on behalf of members. it of of on of to it return articles which cannot be accepted. P and explanation 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 Communications and letters are invited by the all subjects connected with literature, but on Every effort will no other subjects whatever. made 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. them for interpretation of the Society. of send of to The Author begs remind members the Society that, although the paper sent them charge, the cost producing free would very heavy charge great the resources the Society many members did not forward the Secretary the modest subscription year. 5s. 6d. for the 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. to 4. Before signing any agreement whatever, the document to the Society for examination. is it of a M greatly assist the Society the branch its work by informing young writers its existence. Their MSS. can be read and composition treated treated by coach. The term fiction, but poetry MSS. includes not only works works, possible, and dramatic and when under Special arrangement, technical and scientific works. The competence experience. Readers are writers and The fee one guinea. xy w | 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. EMBERS will of 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. THE READING BRANCH. 0-0-0 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. is E sº-0 of e is HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY. to of in of its copies of music on behalf of members for the fee 6d. per 100 part 100. The members stamps are kept the Society's safe. The musical publishers communicate direct Secretary, with the and the voucher then forwarded the members, who are thus saved much unnecessary trouble. �A CITISIOR, TRIES GENERAL, NOTES. THE MILTON TERCENTENARY. is upon us, and the THE Milton Tercentenary for the celebration the event will new playground and new of on of as a in a as to is or of in of '' is a it of to in I it to by in a : a illiterate and illiberal should wise and literate. restrained the an of of Under, the chairmanship Mr. Charles Garvice one the Original members a by of to find a to fifteen years companions. of Sir be founded by auspiciously part from the Walter Besant. They regretted old associations and the old friendships the past is had been by what so to its WE are very pleased to hear that the Authors Club has sprung up with renewed vigour from Many members were anxious keep alive ashes. in CLUB. us THE AUTHORS be member desires special information he can always obtain it by applying to the Secretary. Il Penseroso, and He much more than this the author and the journalist. Those who have benefited his championship should not fail read with interest and gratitude his Areopagitica. He says himself is one his letters Lastly, his introduction ? wrote my Areo pagitica true Attic style order deliver the press from some the restraints with which was encumbered. quaint and neat In the true Attic style recommendation his work. How many among the writers the present day could boast that they wrote the true Attic style. Milton's Star Chamber indictment was strong piece work, and not without its risks. He con tinues, remember rightly That the power determining what was true and what was false, printed and what suppressed, what should should not be the hands of few illiterate and illiberal men. Now the freedom of the Press has been with for some years we might well desire reverse the Miltonian problem. He dealt with the suppression the wise, the literate, the liberal, the narrow, illiterate, illiberal. almost time that the narrow, L Allegro. of have author we committee the Lycidas, It the office, the poet, Comus, the occasion. Milton merely Paradise Lost, in at manner worthy of passing great if been thought it necessary to give instructions that this short paragraph should be inserted. If any carried out But we must not look of THERE seems to be an impression among readers The Author that the committee are personally responsible for the bona fides of advertisers in these pages. This is not so, and never was so. And we do not think it reasonable of members to accept this conclusion. We are not aware that any proprietor or editor of any paper, technical or other wise, has ever given such a guarantee, or in any way made himself answerable for shortcomings in his advertisers business transactions. At the same time, care is exercised to see that no undesir Beyond this, able advertisements are accepted. the committee of the Society can assume no liability. In consequence of some correspondence that has of be arrangements of THE AUTHOR. to º-º-e ADVERTISEMENTS IN 73 OF AUTHORS. so it it in is of to of of we in in its to to in to as of of of of in of R. SOCIETY WE are pleased note from the Report for Society 1906-7 the Canadian Authors recently received that this Society prosperous and increasing numbers. We trust will continue, both for its own sake and for ours, since the stronger becomes the better the English authors whose books circulate position the Dominion. At the annual meeting for the January last, year 1908, held read that the secretary rehearsed the advantages which the Society members the Canadian Authors already possessed through our close affiliation with Society the Incorporated Authors Great Britain. We may add for the information members that the advantages are mutual, the Canadian Society has very kindly undertaken power render the assistance connection Canada, with cases we find necessary take up and other matters relating book production, publishing and copyright. all all of in of of to as be to it in of J. C. H. S. to Already the old members are coming back with join eagerness, and the following have consented the general council: The Lord Monkswell, Sir Edward Brabrook, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Crockett, Francis Gribble, Rider Haggard, Anthony Hope Hawkins, Cutcliffe Hyne, The London, Morley Roberts, Horace Archdeacon Annesley Vachell, Percy White. As some slight confusion has arisen the past, may well state that although both the Authors Club and the Society owe their inception the energy Sir Walter Besant, and that although nearly the members the former are also members the latter, their constitutions and management are entirely different hands. We wish the New Authors Club every success. THE CANADIAN in of so by of a of agreement committee has been formed and entered into with the manager Whitehall Court. From the new premises overlooking the Embank ment Gardens and the river, the members have London, fine view that life, the river life vividly described which has been their good founder, �A UTISIOR, or to on to to a do on to to of to as or to to is to or to as an ; of is an to to of is It to A. of to at to of to a in is of In of of he is - of of in a at be of a by as A is a to be a of a be of to doubt, Humphreys the recent case many editors are endeavouring get its is MANUSCRIPTS. to Thomson many He might have gone further than this. Social gatherings where the works authors the present day are under discussion, will find out courteously demanded, that Where answer many those who argue most emphatically, have read none the works under discussion, and many Only few. dreadful instance the superficial priggishness, the worthless cock-Sureness, the present day. may great asset Pushfulness when used properly, but pushfulness backed with ignorance bound some day fall. There really great work further point for consideration. fiction, just really great work any branch the arts cannot absorbed the first glance. only Jong and detailed study that any idea proper value can ascertained. How many study these glib debaters have made such all is it an W OWING, no MANGLED I books entertain you less than others worse than draw invidious comparisons between different portions Holy Writ. is of to in to of sº-s-s-s-s MR. HoPE HAWKINS, the opening the Liverpool Courier Book Show, referred what he termed literary snobbishness. He said, know needs little courage own you have not read Paradise Lost' ; and again there are com panies which, own that some Jane Austen's an in a it of The committee the Authors Society have had the matter constantly before their eyes, but impossible for those who have not made intimate study the Copyright Acts realise the enormous difficulty which lies before those who desire alteration the existing law. LITERARY SNOBBISHNESS. of in of as so in is in of of of to in in of to of is, course, quite clear It those who have copyright been studying the evolution the United States, that British authors do not obtain reciprocal advantage from the present United States Copyright Law, and consequence, Canada and the Colonies, not mention Great Britain and Ireland, the sale American books increases beyond the proportion the sale the works British Since, however, authors the United States. ordinary literature not saleable the same way goods, for much depends upon the individual effort, the authorities, no doubt, considered the first instance that half loaf was better than no bread, and that was better have some sort copyright arrangement with the United States than none at all. is That as the recently enacted Patents Act provides that all manufactured articles protected by a British patent must now be produced in Great Britain or Ireland, result ing in securing increased employment at home on work hitherto abroad, the Parliamentary Committee of the Irish Trades Union Congress, in view of the dearth of employ ment in all branches of the printing trade, calls upon the Government to amend the Copyright Act so that similar provisions shall apply to all printed matter copyrighted in the United Kingdom. a : all it THE passing of the Patents Act has stimulated the Dublin Printers' Employment Committee to adopt the following resolution which is to be forwarded to the Prime Minister to ACT. It AND THE PATENTS of of It of of COPYRIGHT to *-*. agree authors contracts under which their MSS. are accepted condition that the editors are allowed free hand cut alter them. While not think that any writer who has respect for his writings should allow editors this power, yet editors inform their contributors beforehand and contributors are Willing submit their work this understanding, we have nothing further Say. Unfortunately, however, there are still some editors pursue this practice without who continue ascertaining the views the writers beforehand. pay Their method cut accepted matter, and only for the mangled remains that are actually printed. When the aggrieved author ventures remonstrate, they fall back upon editorial preroga tive, and invite him her, the case may be, accept the slender remuneration either offered Without further argument, cease contributing publications under their control. time such methods were stamped out. pursue The Society Authors will continue aggressive policy with regard them. Editors quite exploded idea autocrats and editorial prerogative like the divine right kings is sufferable only when temperately and courteously exercised. We The Canadian Society of Authors has been in existence for some eleven years. The Hon. Presi dent is Professor Goldwin Smith ; the President, B. E. Walker, L.I.D. ; and the Secretary, Pelham Edgar, of 21, Elgin Avenue, Toronto. Its primary objects, as stated in its constitution, are to promote the production of literature in Canada; to protect the interests of Canadian authors; and to obtain. and distribute information as to channels of publication open to Canadian authors. In another column we reprint an interesting article on Canadian copyright from the Report. if TISIES 74 �A UITISIOR. all to to to of I in in a on as a as in to of to of in he In at in he to at as as in at at in at as he Finally, tion. acted H.B.M. Plenipotentiary the International Copyright Conferences Berne 1886, 1896, and Paris Berlin this autumn. His public rewards were K.C.M.G. (1888), C.B. (1902), and K.C.B. (1903). Though man who had filled successfully many positions trust and high responsibility under the Bergne was Government his country, Sir singularly unassuming modest and both disposition and manner. He would put his own opinion forward he generally had decided one with equal clearness and suavity. He had old fashioned courtesy, which was almost deferential, dealing with the opinions others. He was, shining example short, the qualities which many have distinguished the permanent officials our Civil Service men who come little H. in of to each donor. acted with judgment and success British repre sentative such difficult and diverse matters the Fisheries Commission, the Industrial Property Convention, and the International Sugar Conven of a for English Literature or Greek. The details will be settled by a committee of donors. The com mittee at the time of writing includes, among others, the Right Hon. Herbert H. Asquith, the Right Hon. Lord Morley, the Vice-Chancellors of Oxford and Leeds Universities, the Bishop of Hereford, Canon Skrine, Anthony Hope Hawkins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sidney Lee, Walter Crane, Hakluyt Egerton, Dr. Donkin, E. T. Cook, and Canon H. D. Rawnsley. Donations may be sent to Mrs. Arthur Bout wood, Bledlow, Bucks, who will acknowledge them at once, and will, after the close of the fund on January 1, 1909, send a complete subscription list H. respect from those who loved his character and personality, who admired him for his great and many-sided gifts, or who are grateful for help and pleasure derived from his scholarly lectures and books. The memorial will, according to the amount subscribed, take the form of a scholarship or prize is with feelings of the deepest regret a regret that will be shared by his colleagues the Authors Society that write these lines tribute the memory our former chairman and fellow-worker, Sir Henry Bergne. He had gone Berlin attend the Copyright Con ference the senior delegate from Great Britain. His death took place there November 15, from pneumonia, after week's illness. public servant has Bergne's career Sir been sufficiently set out the daily press, and there. no need for me do more here than mention 1842, its leading features. Born was. Brighton, Enfield and educated successively London University. 1861 was appointed clerkship the Foreign Office which his father had served before him. From this position rose, his sterling qualities, the post Superintendent the Treaty Department. He by A FUND is being raised to establish a memorial to the late Professor J. Churton Collins. The intention is to offer a tribute of affection and IT is FUND. -º-º-º a THE CHURTON COLLINS MEMORIAL 75 SIR HENRY BERGNE, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. he any of the ancient masterpieces; how many have made a study of the writers of the day ! Mr. Perhaps not ; is not worth reading. but have you made the attempt 3 in at TISIES LEWIS CAMIPBELL. of of of so a by in to to before the public eye, but their faithful and unostentatious labours do much enable the State encounter without disaster the chances and institutions and party of changes parliamentary government. In to in of a he at as a it on is of But with the work Sir H. Bergne for the Authors Society that we are called deal here. 1903, He first joined member 1800. on his retirement from his official duties the Foreign Office, became member the committee it of of to he of as as management well the copyright sub committee, both which served up the day his death. He was chairman the com management during 1906 and 1907. mittee Sir Henry Bergne was not author the sense. on in an Hon. of M.A., Professor of Greek in the University of St. Andrews, died at his residence, Brissago, Lago Maggiore, on October 25. Professor Campbell was born in Edinburgh in 1830, and was related to Thomas Campbell, the poet. He took a 1st class Classics in 1853, became a fellow of Queen's two years later, and was appointed to the Greek Professorship of St. Andrews in 1863 which he held until 1892. He was the author of many translations from the Greek, includ ing Plato's Theaetetus, Sophistes and Republic, and a complete edition of Sophocles. In 1882 he pub lished a Life of James Clerk-Maxwell ? with Dr. W. Garnett, and in 1897 a Life of Benjamin Jowett, '' with Mr. E. Abbott. In 1892 he became a member of the Society of Authors. Profound scholar and patient student, a faithful teacher of his generation, Professor Campbell in his life and work did honour to the best traditions of British Scholarship. of Lewis Campbell, in in Reverend of THE LL.D., Hon. D. Litt., Emeritus an a PROFESSOR �A [CITISIOR. of ; to is of or on of a by in it fill it an to of no is, is us It to be I at to in to in it he in H. in of a to he * of of on at of of to by of on in as t. in he on a a up of in he a to as he in of to of at of by a of as at he to f * - on t of to of as do In to in is on all had frequent opportunities, our admiring: interviews with publishers and others, his conciliatory and reasonable suggestions Suggestions which the end have been prac tically accepted. Whatever differences opinion. there may have been the time with regard issue, the Society, whole, the matters Sufficiently showed its appreciation the part putting him played Sir Henry Bergne the head the poll the election the present committee. Had he found himself able accede the unanimous wish his colleagues would have returned the chair Mr. Hope Hawkins' retirement. No one regretted his decision more than the present writer. in if to to at to indicate a in of as to an to a of as of an a to in the right path, and Committee, to is a It be a is of it to be to if It or an of do in to guide them now happily ended Book War. Having made his mind, not without hesitation, that the Authors Society might intervene with advantage, did his best, far was himself concerned, make that intervention take the character of mediation. As joint delegate with him from our I be to all of to it be to at to as literary bestowed tribute eminence. has hitherto always been regarded opportunity simply service our com rades service voluntarily and freely rendered, like most good advice not always thankfully received. No part the work our committees more complicated, more difficult, and more harassing copyright, than the questions relating which Involving expert. Sir Henry Bergne was they often confidential discussions, they not occupy space our reports commensurate with their importance. Technical knowledge and tact are both needed handle with any chance success the delicate negotiations which centre round the more important issues. all such matters Sir H. Bergne's knowledge and experience were invaluable. His close connection with the Government enabled him advise the committee, distinction 'specialist was not, however, only copyright that Sir Henry Bergne was valuable adviser and leader our committee. He was chairman at the time of the commencement the at of of be at and yet leisure and opportunity able frequent meetings. attend regularly This fact familiar who have worked for the society, may not emphasise but amiss now that management the election the committee the hands its members. would bad day appointment for the society the committee management came sought for honorary with sufficient as itsof It of of of affairs, habit by it is of to to a or literary of of of ; it to besides men and the aspect, considering the document préliminaire for the Berlin Conference this year, laid before the Society the Board Trade last summer. He put his great experience was always ready every the disposal the advisers the society question International and Colonial Copyright. these large issues the committee have for many years relied mainly him and his judgment; may safely say that and was the most impor tant and most responsible British authority these matters. in to of of to a it to of a is is, of the committees should have other qualifications, that they should legal training with more less looking things from their legal Manx Copyright Act. As member the copy right Sub-Committee dealt with the more recent United States Bills, and drafted the comment on them that was forwarded America. He assisted In from me time time letters which prove that there are authors outside the society, and others, members obtaining who have joined with view assistance in some of the minor business details incidental the craft, who have the most inadequate conception the nature and scope the duties management and its sub-com the committee mittees. The work that comes before these bodies necessarily varied advisory, some extent large portion but involves the consideration technical and often difficult points law. therefore, essential the proper conduct the society s affairs and the interest members that fair proportion those serving on I of of to is, in Great Britain. Our secretary, Mr. Thring, has shown them the limits the expedient and the attain say that able. common form words irreparable one his loss for the time, long before possible adequately must his place our counsels. subjoin few details, kindly supplied me particular occasions Mr. Thring, which our represented the society late chairman assisted questions copyright. Bergne worked for the society many Sir questions connected with Canadian and Colonial Copyright, represented and spoke for the interview its delegates held with the Canadian Premier. He gave his careful. attention and Criticism the Bill that was put forward Parlia ment 1900: work of an onerous character that needed more than any other his special knowledge. He advised the committee with relation the It a bookwriter. His literary productions were State papers. But for the practical purposes of our Society and its committee of management his knowledge was far more valuable than that of many eminent authors. For he was an expert, and the first of experts, in all matters relating to the affecting international treaties or conventions Copyright, that the agreements which property affirm and regulate the rights English authors their literary output outside of to TISIES 76. �he to to in a by by I fill to to of - on it be I to by on of an by of G. HERBERT THRING. on at by to of in of of to at of of by ; be of of a is to of is of he an of a to a of it to of to the methods an be to differed as doubt, he no delayed. At times, the following might not be hand come society's work F I in by to might AND HEROHNES-CHIEFLY HEROES. º-º-º-- The the distorted maxim, the author woman, proper study had mankind womankind and added the words, bring forward man, would have been able evidence from modern fiction. considerable body irresistible attraction for the has apparently make his or her work man or woman novelist the opposite sex, and medium for analysis gather from the pages easy task would of which the that literature for the dissemination large. circulating libraries seem chiefly exist It by by to to on he ; reply morning, and the in of of in I HEROES on he to him come documents would voluminous his return from some public the last post, and has read them through carefully, function yet order that and answered them the same night, of on of by : to -º- _*. ºa --~~ he to to he even after his retirement from the Foreign Office was always engaged with public business and Incidentally, public enterprise. has mentioned important me that my letters often relating matters, and accompanied and complicated a G. A. of In of on in In he of he of on of I to of as I all of desire Association the Publishers The Council convey Authors the the Society the Committee the loss. their deep sympathy with them assurance Sir Henry which they have sustained by the death Bergne. the Foreign For many years past Sir Henry, both laboured incessantly Office and after his retirement, copyright and the promote the interests all holders and the services which he thus literature welfare all remembered with gratitude rendered will always books. the writing and production Who are engaged to of of a to to a as I to add few personal words should like slight token sorrow, Sir the memory Henry Bergne, the article which our chairman has written. the have worked under Sir Henry Bergne the society. chairman committee and with him the have found him open occasions On Although suggestions and proposals others. copy the greatest authorities himself one right, his powers and great was most modest was his work for the Society, attainments. the consideration almost over-conscientious During him. submitted the questions had many difficult disputes his chairmanship had matters. deal with outside copyright his time, for make many heavy demands of D. W. F. Sir Henry Bergne's funeral took place Saturday, November 21, Brookwood Cemetery. the Chairman, Mr. the unavoidable absence Douglas Freshfield, the society was represented Hope Hawkins and Mr. Herbert Thring, Mr. Secretary. the grave, from the Wreath was placed Incorporated Society their token Authors deep regret. The Society has also received the following the Publishers the Council Resolution passed Association A of in of of de to to It as he in to to or he on to It us of deal with matters under was anxious which consideration, but his dealings with me have always courtesy, and kindliness, been characterised following his sympathy. One felt confidence guidance that the course mapped out his mature satisfactory result. judgment would produce can but repeat, what our chairman has stated, impossible adequately the will that place the committee which his death leaves Vacant. conclude these few words should like testimony Sir Henry Bergne's work for the my deep sympathy expression Society the With Lady Bergne and his near relations, his death whilst loss which they have sustained engaged had made supremely that work which his own. in its a by a of on 1 of take him away did not allow this heavy sorrow his interfere with any from his duties the Authors Society during the past services chairman, year. was still the friend To me give his assistance. need, always ready was mainly through his freely offered and effective bring M. help that the society was able Lecompte, the President the Société des Gens Lettres, and the President Trade the Board July into personal and friendly communication last. 77 I I may be allowed to add that my acquaintance with Sir Henry Bergne did not originate in the He and I had a common pur Authors Society. We suit a pursuit which makes many friends. were both devoted to the Alps, and had been for nearly forty years fellow-members of the Alpine That body has secured the services of Club. many good men on its committee, and it was not likely to dispense with those of Sir Henry Bergne. His kindly and social nature was thoroughly and widely appreciated in the club, and it was with Something like dismay that members learnt brilliant climber, had been that his eldest son, chance slip the mountains killed January the admira added this year. for Sir Henry Bergne that some tion by THE AUTHOR, �A UTFIOR. of of to in If do of is do of be to a as a to it of to in on of we be P. of of we of by to by by a he be be to of is to in is a in it is in If he a he to of a in a so as a is is as in is us of in to in 2 of all a a of of a it, as so so is as he he is in 2 or quixotic John, but not faithful nor turns out right the end. On the way prig. quite much Priggishness, indeed, seems necessary trait the woman s hero. The thought may strike us: this really mark our sex Are We men, eager others, really condemn the taint infected with ourselves Rather than admit Jack Is a to on a of a We knew his books were selling well By his patent leather boots. so I It I classify his success his profession which literature, reminding the lines, it byan to results may even I of as I in be a to is it to or I or labour silence, although the strong man who suffers grief. may occasionally bow his head Usually plain, honest face, and has care lessly dressed. smokes anything, pipe. He any case rather stupid, and his wits quick are not the heroine's, consonance with the agreeable fiction about woman's livelier prig, according intelligence. always He strong male ideas. Jack not John. He may even have had past, though not very black. He probably smokes cigarettes. He differs greatly having clear-cut face and wearing from John immaculate clothes, possibly paid for out the of It of to of of or of in I a great involve be I a I by of of of is to sit to acquain man either takes her male relatives copies, stances else calls her imagination as would thoroughly women's heroes, but superficially they may divided into two classes, whom we may call John and Jack, since these names help indicate their difference in character. John to of us of of In at of or as so I to it of to I on be to as I of to of A heroine for whom Say the best treatment would certainly be may a good spanking. However, did not set out write this article discussing the Works with the intention published unpublished novelists. much misfortune, read, for has been my fortune, financial rather than artistic gain, vast quantities novels, many which trust will never see day, the light least until they have been strictly revised. pursuance my task, have been constantly impressed the weakness the drawing the central male female character, even where considerable power observation has been shown the sketching the minor charac ters the same sex. When the man writer comes his heroine, the woman her hero, my fate failure manifest. Now man, and therefore am not eligible for the jury upon the man's heroine. Perhaps, however, opinion express am ordinarily competent my own sex the treatment Women repeat, discussing the novelists. As am not, published, but the yet unpublished, shall have avoid giving specific instances. must also remembered that am not dealing with master works, unless the publishers and the public shall prove think quite differently from me. Generally speaking, we seem find that commencing woman, novelist, when she draws women, and the hero therefore Women are read judged competent standard. will not He may not all women readers' ideal man, but will least have some the traits which endear him to the sex. at of I it, a by I I let of of all in instance, invariably gives delight him. This matters the male reader than little otherwise, for the mass novels written be I : to is all of essential variability and instability woman. any ladies who may read with indignation may point out that what have just written, am not sheltering myself behind Virgil's varium mutabile semper, but behind remark one Meredith, take their own sex.) succeeds best making his women human. The majority paint their his rivals have only the skill version the ideal She. And their ideals are anyone often very different indeed from those else. certain eminent historical novelist, for (To rule she does not make heroes members her own family. she puts her husband, for instance, she more likely make him the villain than the hero the book. Do we not know certain published ladies who this with rather monotonous frequency The recurrence the same brutal type would somewhat puzzling course, always did not know (as, know nowadays) that the talented lady and her very well together, and husband did not get Possibly the that she was taking revenge ink. peace may cause married desire for domestic Women refrain from making their husbands the may often heroes their novels, since even figure more unpleasant certain kind hero downright villain. Assuredly than some Women's heroes are far more calculated irritate if a I a in so : to I if to women alone can decide whether the man novelist portray them accurately and vice has managed wersá. have generally found that, one asks well-read woman who among male novelists now living presents, her mind, the most life-like and satisfactory heroines, she will answer George questioned the other day; Meredith. Why lady and my victim, whose good judgment have the utmost reliance, replied Because he, convey the most male writers, able for the picture what man should be, putting into the composition some characteristics from men whom she admires if she admires any. As It ; to of sit collection of male writers heroines and female writers' heroes. In order to judge of the success of these character-studies, the only fair way would upon the be to empanel juries of women to heroines, and men sit upon the heroes for he TFIES 78 �A UTISIOR*, do to of to in to of of is is all cousin Elizabeth Vernon, and justifies action by kinship. He lends Drury House for political ties Raleigh meetings circumvent the ambition of Finally Lord and the wiles Robert Cecil. Southampton stands Essex his trial and condemned death. is at on it Shortly before this crisis we have record that attends the play with Lord Rutland every day, and that his countess with Lady Rich Essex House. That the playhouse was Shake speare's we know the play ordered the night before the catastrophe. Lord Southampton released James His at is I. by be said about the learned Lord first earl, and the Lady Jane who lies above him, also of Henry the second earl in courtly armour lying on the north side ; and one can imagine the eight-year-old boy already fatherless coming with his mother Mary Browne, daughter of Sir Anthony Browne of Cowdray, to watch the building up of this magnificent sepulchre for which 31,000 had been left by testament. The widowed countess and her son must often have stayed at the princely mansion of Cowdray, for it is not till eleven years after her husband's death that she loses her father, and two years later she seeks the Society and protection of Sir Heneage Finch in marriage. Her son is violently disturbed, and to this year belongs Lucrece by Shake closely followed from Lord Brook's The story translation Italian novel, but its application lay peace the restoration two rival houses. 1598 the Danvers are pardoned and return. Shakespeare receives £1,000 from his patron. No virtue Elizabethan times more fashionable than knightly brotherhood. Faithful friendship glorified. Of such nature was the devotion Lord Southampton Lord Essex. He marries his by Much might Chancellor, dignity, Two households both alike In fair Verona where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. is the slender shafts of the pillars, and the dignity and beauty of the monument to the Earls of South High on a triply ampton in the south chapel. arched marble altar-tomb lies the effigy of a Tudor Very rich the carving and gilding of the dame. armorial bearings, while four tall and polished obelisks like giant tapers guard the corners of the tomb. is This town belongs to the charmed ring which lies about our coast, neither wholly marine nor rural. Out of sight of the grey main, but not out of touch with it oceanwards lie marshy creeks and wind-swept boscage ; inland nestle hamlets framed in pasture, corn, and wooded heights. As one enters the portal of the wooden-steepled church one is struck by the wideness of the aisles, by of Virginia, North America. To begin with Titchfield. an chequered career of a true-hearted though passionate nobleman, Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton, is worthy of note. He is connected with Titchfield Place, near Southampton ; Drury House, Strand; and the State to HE of º-º-º a TITCHFIELD is SOUTHAMPTON AND PLACE. of LORD [e to S. P-e in I my identity. to I he I all I of her central male character, and that then her powers of observation desert her. In order not to stultify myself, must leave it to women to say in what respects our heroines fail. will admit that other men's ideals are very tame beside my own. But have not yet written a novel. make this confession at the risk of betraying speare, dedicated to his patron the young Earl. Perhaps an appeal to the conscience of the lady. Ileft to himself wild spirits gather about Titch field Place and the young heir. Sir Henry Danvers, formerly page to Sir Philip Sidney, rides up one day. He and his elder brother Sir Charles have served in foreign wars, but on the death of their father are now in Wiltshire at feud with their neighbours, the Longs of Corsham. After a secret interview Sir Henry returns to Dauntsey. He has probably obtained permission to secrete certain papers stolen by the Longs at Titchfield. That is to say if they can be recovered. A day or two after Sir Charles and Sir Henry, with a faithful follower John, gallop up to Titch field. There has been bloodshed, Sir Henry Long has been shot by one of them, the hue and cry is out. The Earl of Southampton hurries them up to a lonely farm on the hill-side, and prepares to ship them abroad. But the Sheriff of Southampton is on the alert and the culprits have to double and make for London, and thence to France, closely helped by the young earl. Signor Florio, the translator of Montaigne, is in the thick of it all and is wanted. On reaching London he must have poured out Shakespeare. his adventures featly abroad but are The Danvers brothers disgrace and dare not return. Finally play produced which the prologue runs thus: in this, let me take refuge once more in the sugges tion that the woman novelist under discussion breaks down when she comes to the drawing of 79 In in TFIES �THE AUTHOR. or of of of to so be it of to on of it is in us, it to a of of of to ; of of is to is so so is of to all to of of is as by of or at or to of is, is at at it to in as º' do to of on on of so to a on in at is to on is as a in an . to in in in he is he in he a is on of to to of a of of or of a another some the older publishing houses make fiction, restricting fewer ventures into the realm themselves the products the authors already their lists the really meritorious work to to of a is, of Y point took Occasion short time ago stemming the tide out the desirability what the London Nation calls pedes vulgar trian Work, that books common WE of the on of by kind permission the Editor United States Publishers' Weekly) of (Reprinted or in so he A MENACE TO THE BOOK TRADE. time cultivating fiction realise that the keeping his plant employed and adding ignis engaged chasing his income fatuºus. The further ventures this direction the deeper finds himself the mire, and the position develop the more solid less Indeed, and profitable feature his profession. already noticeable tendency there the part a ? so on It ning hopes FICTION AS one well-equipped maintain book department realise very quickly that they cannot afford cut deeply the prices the better class books all as they can the books which there less risk, and which require only the service the average shop-girl, who to-day the tin ware department, the next day the ribbon counter, and help another day, when needed out, acts bookseller. begin The more wide-awake publisher, also, in by of to at youth. offered of of of of be it aged countess her guest On that last evening converse must have fallen upon past days, and the mighty poet Elizabeth long and Vernon had known well her books fly-by-night publishing concerns premiums bait for other ventures, thus leaving the field the more substantial books the regular book Seller and those department stores that venture ; of of to a be to he of Hammond, Governor Wight. the Isle Could that the folio Shakespeare, studied King Charles Carisbrooke, was the gift the made of to of by of to he no a a to Titchfield, noble seat the Earl South ampton (who was not there) but inhabited the old lady, his mother, with small family, which made the retreat more convenient. There his majesty alighted and would speak with scruple the lady, whom made com municating himself, knowing her lady that honour and spirit that she was superior all temptation. slept, and was kind There betrayed next day into the hands Colonel is to all go white and ghastly on the sward. It must have been centuries old in Shakespeare's time. The walls of the palace are tapestried with ashen ivy boughs, dead and colourless as the stone. It might fitly represent the tragic end of the countess after 1624, for in that year the Earl is brought home dead from Bergen-ap-Zoom, and with him the body of the heir, his son of twenty-six. Again a widowed countess reigns at Titchfield, her heir a lad of fifteen. But yet another tragedy awaits her, twenty King Charles I. in his flight from years later. Hampton Court takes refuge at Titchfield, hoping thence to escape to France. Clarendon says: The king thought it best for avoiding highways at grounds that the book trade and the public are disabused merely the hand the delusion that bookselling ling thinking has caused fiction. That way more confusion, brought more bad feeling into the trade, and has actually caused more harm both publisher and bookseller than the other per plexities that beset the book trade put together. just because required little knowledge handle fiction, and because the equivocal price generally known novels the public that the department stores, that usually have larger means their command than most any half-dozen book sellers their vicinity combined, seize upon bait bamboozle the public into believing that everything they offer sold the same rate which they sell books that fiction. These stores rarely venture further into the book busi exploit the novel ness than the hour, the reprints cheaply competitive remainders a of Titchfield. Within the the leafless trunk of a mighty oak lies of or of the priory church to Speare. A great white stone wall still encircles the ruins Magnificent and ghostly of Titchfield Place. towers of the gatehouse still mark the place where the first earl drove his entrance through the nave books sometimes adds considerably the income but, the bookseller the other hand, far Seeing booksellers are coming realise more and more that the concentration their efforts upon merchandise that sort has reacted disadvantage Ously upon the sale better books. period We have reached the history the imperative book trade, seems when at fighting chivalrous causes. News of the death of Lady Rich must have reached them in 1606. They lose a four-year-old daughter, the Ladye Mary, in 1614. In 1616 they hear of the death of Shake whether fiction other printed matter all which does much interfere with the distribution books real merit. Undoubtedly, the sale momentarily popular grade, if face has lost the petulant brilliancy of his early portrait and assumes the sober cast of his fore fathers. He lives constantly at Titchfield, under taking voyages to America, subsidising explorations, is 80 �on on an of is it. to it be of go to a or as as it. its to so so is of an is it of to to we at to to to as of to . . . of of in in as if it at ; of of an of of a to in a if of to is to is if : : a . . of to in of to a of it . . . as in of .. of . . . in Foremost the ranks of Christmas chroniclers stands pre-eminent Charles Dickens, author THE Christmas Carol, par ercellence that little book, all-powerful the magic its eloquent simplicity. The Carol, appealing did the best parts our nature, and by virtue, became the force love winning men deservedly popular; the language the Row was decided hit a speculation equally satis factory those who sold and those who bought. Accordingly the following Christmas gave the all to is Of of a is of & of . it. : x. HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST's BARGAIN FANCY FOR CHRISTMAS TIME. BY CHARLES DICKENS. LONDON BRADBURY AND EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET. 1848. in of allis a at ; a be a THE in is no it a CRITICISMS. º-º-º A of to is of it of of * Tragedy, by Ashley H. Thorndike, Professor English Columbia University. London Constable in CONTEMPORARY to to of if a to to of the theatre and literature. This great task. adequately To perform the space large type 377 pages still more difficult, but Professor Thorndike has accomplished course, attempted, exhaustive treatment though may tragedies remarked that the sixteenth century are mentioned. The book really guide-book, critical essay but not text-book; compact Form Glance tragedy, yet essentially scholarly and dignified. 1908. Z. of up of be to in is of of the first series dealing with the literature, and various types the rest any Way attain the excellence the Volume before us, the publishers will have good proud cause their venture. The design the book trace the course English tragedy the middle the last cen tury, and show its place and influence the it HIS Co. at of º-º-º history of if TRAGEDY. -* inquiry into continuous human activity dedicated the meanings life. Its imaginative and intellectual study suffering and ruin must continue, however its form may alter, the theatre be social force im portance, literature offer an intelligent, serious and Comprehensive view life, the two are unite some thing better than trivial and selfish entertainment. of º-e The theatre, while crying for novelty, holds tenaciously Literature, while enforcing rules, prece its traditions. dents, prejudices, while clinging its models and demand ing imitation, yet incites rivalry and originality, new endeavour, variation and excellence. These two main ever, run parallel. classes influence have rarely, At times the theatre has attracted literature, the Elizabethan era times has repelled literature, Usually what the stage the early nineteenth century. the day desires and what the literature the past encourages have been quite different and quite irreconcilable. purpose bring about their the dramatic art reconciliation harmonise the technic the theatre, literary the necessities the drama, and the standards excellence. Tragedy takes an abiding place among the great courses to in to be to is it a e of an incubus, and threatens book trade, the bookseller meet the danger before that event even revolution reprint the whole should like here. Lack space, besides other considerations, prevents such desideratum, but give two least are able short extracts. of to fiction ever becomes sap the life the may forearmed too late, because might prove futile. if We therefore hope that, hand, the gown that Professor Thorndike quotes obviously impostor. We will have none excellent, and pregnant The conclusion the present time when efforts are being made early significance, that we raise the theatre into of to by - OWI). every chapter are Notes the close Biblio graphy, which are quite invaluable. opportunity page 81, We find, however, making strong protest the for quibbling, Among stage costumes reader may decide. mentioned the gown invisible in, graced here with inverted commas. To the best our knowledge goo invisibell, and should for such we can readily credit On the other to so of to of all to to of of of of to by of of to by to be in if, bound to accrue. The bookseller, we claim, has an ever-widening and growing field as his own, because there are very large classes of books constantly published which are always in demand, on which the undersellers never cut the price and which are campaign. never included in their advertising Readers in this country are not exclusively readers unfortunately, of fiction, good or bad ; and the near future, some publishers should blind to their own best interests as enable the under beating the sellers discredit the book trade life out the best sellers, we trust the book sellers the country will have backbone enough sticking assist them their last, and buying only enough their output fiction supply the actual demands their customers, and devote the better part their time and atten tion the dissemination books that are books, seasons, the books the books all time and for that count and are more rapidly coming into their 81 is new writer, and devoting most of their energy, instead, to the publishing of serious books from which only moderate sales can be expected, but from which larger and more certain profits are At A UITYFIOR, It TFIES �A CITISIOR. of as is a all a is a to a to it of . . in of by a a an a by to to . . . of in of . . . . of it of its a to or is of to be ; a in of us or of A in . . . of is by is ; by of ye all it in . . . a a of to a of . . . of of of a by of on be of of as as . . . a of the material woman about her enable ordinary mortals to realise and adore: she most rare and beautiful creation. For ourselves, convinced a is to of, as its to it, be be it all in that this spirit was the character conceived, and this alone should treated we care nothing urged for the objections which we foresee will unreality against regarding cavils just much false criticism. The design the good and work excellent mind but that of ; it clever man could have originated master's hand could have executed it. none but a a of no ; it if a ; is Milly must irresistible. The character Regarded dealt with gently and lovingly. the personification tenderness and charity, the good genius Christmas Fancy, with just enough so as by is a as The Haunted Man, and the Ghost's Bargain" name, (about awkward the way, ever appropriately was hit upon) termed A Fancy for Christmas Time, for such and such alone but more poetic and beautiful conception we ever, met with. Though we are have seldom, Tetterby, possess name most undeniable claim affording Our gratitude, vehicle for the dis play our author's own peculiar inimitable vein humour. Some his touches are most happy. baby a new, wonderfully The description imagined, and triumphantly executed baby, pos Sessing strong, clearly defined, and most alarming individuality, and yet, withal, perfectly true (to baby-nature is the best our knowledge) is its by Charles Dickens; and it is with unmixed satisfac tion that we now rise from a perusal of the work, convinced that author has profited * his experience. the institution, and husband hear romantic damsels, and shudder of the Milly they are joined Guardian Angel, Milly constantly congratu and her father-in-law, who lating himself upon the greenness his memory which colour the way, more less discernible the generality his remarks. worthy family, rejoicing the euphonious custodian of or breaking a father's heart. Such a mistake could lead but to one result ; and, accordingly, the Battle of Life was condemned by the critics, pooh-poohed by the public, hissed at the Lyceum, and finally (to use Tilly Slowboy s expressive com pound verb) by the Times dead-and-buried" reviewer. That the author was himself aware that, for Once, his arrow had missed the bull's-eye may be deduced from the fact that last year he left the field to other competitors; and Thackeray, and the beadles, the comic almanacs and the dustnen, had it all their own way. It was, then, with no uncommon degree of interest that we saw the announcement, Some months ago, of a new Christmas Tale by constantly gliding into the regions the ideal though the ghost very thorough ghost, indeed, cold, vague, shadowy, impressive and horrible, be though the heroine herself, ghost ought the calm-eyed, loving, loveable, and particularly impossible Milly, good spirit than more woman yet the Supernatural machinery works very natural way and though slow imagina keep pace with tions may somewhat put nothing con fancy, there the author's flights right feeling throughout. trary good sense clear, plain, easily dis The story, moreover, has cerned, and most excellent moral; wherein, predecessors, most closely resembles The Carol, and most widely differs from the Battle Life. The tale begins with ten pages rain, wind, intensely Dickenish description lights clouds, gable-ends, old halls and cottage Having disposed windows and shadows. pro the elements and the other picturesque perties his satisfaction Mr. Dickens introduces his haunted man, certain professor chemistry, name Redlaw, residing incom prehensible old edifice containing lecture room. This gentleman has his dinner brought certain Swidger, William son the superannuated in The Chimes, a goblin story. This, like most attempts to repeat a good thing, was in some still, it had many of its degrees a falling-off; quaint and predecessor's beauties, and certain loveable originalities all its own ; witness that most fantastic but delectable creation, Trotty Weck. The Chimes was succeeded by The Cricket on the Hearth "; and the charm of the story, the fascinations of Dot, and the vis comica of Tilly Slowboy and her pluralities, caused the general reader to overlook, and the friendly critic to deal gently with, a certain want of originality in the plot and character, and a light comedy arrange ment of scenes and situations, which detracted from its merits as a work of art. But its very faults rendered it peculiarly adapted for dramatic representation. A Punch writer (with the author's sanction) chopped it up into the necessary longs and shorts . . . and the Cricket on the Hearth'' became to all intents and purposes a comedietta. Whether this palpable realisation of the ideal this clothing the graceful, air-born fancies of Mr. Dickens' poetic mind, in the inimitable flesh and blood of the Keeleys was a wise experiment, we have grave doubts. . . . However this might be, the consequences were fatal to the next Christ mas book by this writer. Confused between pub lishers and players, Mr. Dickens produced a hybrid anomaly a thing with an unmeaning name neither Tyrian nor Trojan, neither tale nor farce, where a phrase of high flown sentiment ended with a cue for Mrs. Keeley s funny maid-servant, and her little husband s buffooneries served to enliven the more serious business of transferring a lover, world as TISIES 82 �A CITFIOR. as as a of he on of a to on is an a a a 1848.) Yours faithfully, WARREN BELL, R. The Captain. Editor of S. London Magazine, of to ; to its be we D] &Il. (Sharpe's it I Ghost's thousands tens counted sorry call him our friend who should but perusal better wiser and does not rise from is, by be have no is we or may of of Bargain" as to the present instance the The readers the result. to to of as he In of incalculable. doubt 83 good But new. will get back almost editors are not the only people with this failing. literary agent, who have remonstrated with sends round, the MSS. makes strange marks pointing out the contributions him that some collars that emanating from him bear the look by several attended have been clerically laundries. my mind, manuscript Disfiguring editor, and the part distinct discourtesy justified. protest well C.B.'s" that is of a There And it is well that it should be the possession fearful responsibility attached Mr. Dickens; the amount that such talent may exercise for good evil influence he so. TFIES t-G-4 CORRESPONDENCE, º-º-º PENSION EDITORIAL FAILINGS. of is a go no it do to to is go of is of ; to of by in to of in of of 8, at at of of of of to of of a by a If I in I be to SIR,--I should like inform C. B. that my office. marked never allow MSS. can assure him send me something, he likes to the have the honour, on behalf appointed Committee, Tercentenary Milton view the British Academy, the Council the them early memorial addressed the year the Lord Mayor, the Chairman London County Council, the Vice-Chancellors Oxford, Cambridge, and Lon the Universities don, and others, announce the following details the celebration the programme the the eve December On the evening Milton, the British the birth 300th anniversary special meeting Academy will hold the Theatre Burlington House, Burlington-gardens, which of II. to SIR,--I of º-º-º sº-º MILTON TERCENTENARY. of do to Yours faithfully, THE EDITOR, Arthur Pearson, Ltd. C. of is of all as or a in editors are rational human beings, the contrary, they said that play ducks and drakes with their livelihood. of by of is of by t of special staff tants, Most journals readers. could not exist but for the contributions of out is H. to to at I if of of of of by in be of to of of in a in a of it to do to in in is of I my assistants (who the way are not hands editorial work, office boys) during many years single complaint that any MS. have never had less cleanly condition than has been returned MSS. are not numbered in was received. when any way. office, nor marked this you will permit me very grateful should correcting another opportunity for use this These wide-spread error among aspiring authors. asserting that editors gentlemen are never tired MSS. submitted not read the majority Let me assure all aspiring authors that them. those many thousand MSS. alluded not one without having been above has been returned myself, my assis previously considered either I repre SIR,--I cannot think A. s letter himself, and can only agree with sentative even transposing them his last words, and then only principle, but question read, It not surely the Literature the amount demanded. professions, and could not exist most liberal two without original thought, which means that Also, however people think precisely alike. valuable opinions, thoughtful persons are privileged change them, and sometimes full speed believe that his Yet H. A. wishes us astern. only motive for not contributing the fear that his generosity, however Some small portion great, might, relieve the some future time, sufferings some imaginary poor devil who might not differ from him. This have the temerity quite liberal, not quite tolerant and the evil one may never need the pension. No compulsion, course, but let those subscribe who can, and leave the pension committee. the rest ANOTHER A. to I. SIR,--I think your correspondent C.B. his your November issue rather sweeping He complains that they editors. condemnation scoring the habit (or their office boys) are May MSS. and thus spoiling their virgin beauty. point out that from among thousands MSS. which have passed through my hands and the siders, and spite not wantonly chief means FUND. �The price of the portfolio will be Single plates 3d. each. am, Sir, your obedient servant, GOLLANCZ, Secretary the British Academy. I. e In .. . of . to . in * if as to by in by of as as to is it be I to of 1. of 2. R. S. as J. H. C. of of by in of at G. J. on E. H. to of C. H. of a in in in of 25. These papers, together with other contributions, will be published in extenso in The Proceedings of the British Academy, and also separately. On the evening of Tuesday, December 15, a per formance of Samson Agonistes will be given at the theatre, Burlington-gardens, under the direc tion of Mr. William Poel, for the guests of the British Academy. Public performances are being arranged for in London and elsewhere. At the British Museum there will be an exhibi tion of Miltoniana, and a portfolio containing facsimiles of the Milton autographs and documents in the museum will be published by order of the trustees, on the occasion of the Milton Tercen Franklin Lieber, Robert Machray, Herbert Thring, Lacon Watson, Horace Wyndham (hon. librarian) and myself. To ensure continual infusion of fresh interest the club's affairs, one third the com February, 1911, and every mittee will retire Subsequent February, favour new officers, no past committee-man being eligible for re-election until the lapse one year after resigning office. No financial liability the management any individual member. attaches On behalf the Executive Committee, -am, Sir, Your obedient servant, ALGERNON ROSE, of November the executive committee who were elected the general meeting members the 5th ult., namely addition the chairman aforemen Cautley, Harper, tioned, Messrs. in by E. Schoolmaster, in and to Schoolboy I as Mr. A. F. Leach. Samson Agonistes and the Hellenic Drama, by the late Sir Richard Jebb. Further, Professor C. H. Firth will contribute a paper on Milton as an Historian. This will be read at the ordinary meeting of the Academy on : Milton by Professor 4. on the Continent, G. Robertson. 5. J. Brabrook, C.B., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Wen. 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Sec. 2, Milton SIR,-As fully not possible answer inquiry received one would wish the many letters daily regarding the now successfully reconstructed Authors Club (founded 1891 Sir Walter Besant), my committee am requested ask permit the most frequent you will courteously your columns, questions replied B. the Bishop of Ripon. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor (Sir George Wyatt Truscott) and the Sheriffs, in State, leading citizens (especially of Milton's ward of Bread-street), the officers and Fellows of the British Academy, with other invited guests, will attend the service. In the evening the Lord Mayor will entertain a representative company at the Mansion House at a banquet in celebration of the tercentenary. On Thursday, December 10, in the afternoon, a general meeting of the British Academy will be held, at which will be communicated for publica tion the following papers on various aspects of Milton's life and work : THE AUTHORS CLUB. C. 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C O N T E N T S. * PAGE PAGE Notices ... tº º tº * * * tº º º tº 9 tº tº e tº e e ſº tº º & ë is & 57 Warnings to Musical Composers 71 Committee Notes is ſº & tº gº º * * * tº e º * - ſº gº tº º & ge 58 How to Use the Society & 8 72 Cases tº e. g. * tº ge tº te & e e ſº tº g tº tº t tº & is ſº • e a gº º º 61 To Musical Composers 72 November Elections ... e g ſº & tº e tº $ tº * G - tº s & & ſº º 61 The Reading Branch ... 72 Books published by Members of the Society * @ º ge e ſº © º e 61 Notices ... § e e tº g tº ſº e is * * * a s , 72 Books published in America by Members ... ... ... ... 63 Legal and General Life Assurance Society... 72 Literary, Dramatic and Musical Notes ..., tº gº tº tº g tº it tº ſº 64 General Notes * • * * & º q tº e & & tº 73 Paris Notes & © tº * * * e e º * * * tº 9 º' tº g tº tº e is & e iº 66 Sir Henry Bergne, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. 75 Spanish Notes ... gº º in tº º & * * * * g e tº a º * g e e e º 6S Heroes and Heroines—Chiefly Heroes º 77 International Copyright Conference *"u º # * g. * = & tº ſº º 69 Lord Southampton and Titchfield Place ... 79 Canadian Copyright tº tº a. * * e i tº e tº e tº s to * * * 69 Fiction as a Menace to the Book Trade S() Magazine Contents tº ºr º tº gº tº tº gº º tº a g tº e <> tº º º tº a tº 70 Tragedy ... gº tº ºn * * * & ſº tº gº tº ſº SJ. Warnings to Producers of Books ... * Wº º tº º tº tº gº º tº º tº 71 Contemporary Criticisms.—X. 81 Warnings to Dramatic Authors tº º º * * tº tº q tº tº is e tº 9 & 71 Correspondence ... tº tº tº s tº $ S3 PTTBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 1. The Annual Report for the current year. 1s. - 2. The Author. Published ten months in the year (August and September omitted), devoted especially to the protection and maintenance of Literary, Dramatic, and Musical Property. Issued to all Members gratis. Price to non-members, 6d., or 5s. 6d. per annum, post free. Back numbers from 1892, at 10s. 6d. per vol. 3. Literature and the Pension List. By W. MORRIS COLLEs, Barrister-at-Law. 3s. 4. The History of the Société des Gens de Lettres. By S. SQUIRE SPRIGGE. 18. 5. The Cost of Production. (Out of print.) 6. The Various Methods of Publication. By S. SQUIRE SPRIGGE. In this work, compiled from the papers in the Society’s offices, the various forms of agreements proposed by Publishers to Authors are examined, and their meaning carefully explained, with an account of the various kinds of fraud which have been made possible by the different clauses therein. 3s. Addenda to the Above. By G. HERBERT THRING. Being additional facts collected at the office of the Society since the publication of the “Methods.” With comments and advice. 2s. 7. Copyright Law Reform. An Exposition of Lord Monkswell's Copyright Bill of 1890. With Extracts from the Report of the Commission of 1878, the Berne Convention, and the American Copyright Bill. By J. M. LELY. 1s. 6d. 8. The Society of Authors. A Record of its Action from its Foundation. By WALTER BESANT (Chairman of Committee, 1888–1892). 1s. 9. The Contract of Publication in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland. By ERNST LENGE, J.U.D. 2s. 6d. 10. Forms of Agreement issued by the Publishers' Association; with Comments. By G. HERBERT THRING, and Illustrative Examples by Sir WALTER BESANT. 2nd Edition, 1s. 11. Periodicals and their Contributors. Giving the Terms on which the different Magazines and Periodicals deal with MSS. and Contributions. 6d. 12. Society of Authors. List of Members. Published October, 1907, price 6d. [All prices net. Apply to the Secretary, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W.]  ## p. 56 (#76) ############################################## ll AD VERTISEMENTS. (Ilje Šuriefly uf Autburg (ſmrurpurated). Telegraphic Address : ** A UTORIDAD, LONDON.'” Telephone No. : 374 Victoria. PRESIDENT. G-TECIERG-TE IMIEERIETITIEH, C - IMI- SIR ROBERT ANDERSON, K.C.B. SIR. W.M. REYNELL ANSON, Bart., D.C.L. THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD AVE- J. M. BARRI E. [BURY, P.C. A. W. A BECKETT. - ROBERT BATEMAN. F. E. BEDDARD, F.R.S. THE RIGHT EION. AUGUSTINE BIR- RELL, P.C. . ~ MRS. E. NESBIT BLAND. THE REv. PROF. BONNEY, F.R.S. THE RIGHT HON. JAMES BRYCE, P.C. THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD BURGH- CLERE, P.C. HALL CA IN E. J. W. COMYINS CARR. EGERTON CASTLE, F.S.A. EDWARD CLODD. W. MORRIS COLLES. THE EION, JOHN COLLIER, SIR. W. MARTIN CONWAY. F. MARION CRA W FORD. THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. AUSTIN DOBSON. COUNCIL. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. A. W. DUBOURG. - DOUGLAS FRESHEIELD. - THE HON. M.R.S. ALFRED FELKIN. (ELLEN THORNEYCROFT FOWLER). SIR. W. S. GILBERT. EDMUND GOSSE, LL.D. SYDNEY GRUNDY. H. RIDER HAGGARD. THOMAS HARDY. - * MRS. HARRISON (“LUCAS MALET’’). ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS, - E. W. HORNUNG. MAURICE HEWLETT. JEROME K. J EROM F. HENRY ARTHUR JONES. J. SCOTT KELTIE, LL.D. RUDYARD RIPLING. SIR EDWIN RAY LANKESTER, F.R.S. THE REv. W. J. LORTIE, F.S.A. THE RIGHT HON. SIR ALFRED LYALL, PC. LADY LUGARD (MISS FLORA. L. SHAw). 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. PIN ERO. - THE RIGHT HON. SIR HORACE PLUNKETT, K.P. ARTHUR RACKEIAM. OWEN SEAMAN. G. BERNARD SHAW. G. R. SIMS. S. SQUIRE SPEIGGE. FRANCIS STORR. SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD, Mus. Doc. - WILLIAM MOY THOMAS. MRS. HUMPHRY WARD. PERCY WHITE. : FIELD MARSHAL THE RIGHT HON. THE WISCOUNT WolsFLEY, K.P., P.C., &c. SIDNEY WEBB. COIVIIMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. MRS. E. NESBIT BLAND. J. W. COMYINS CARR. THE HON. MRS. ALFRED FELKIN (ELLEN THORNEYCROFT FOWIER). Chairman—DOUGLAS FRESHEIELD. MAURICE HEWLETT. SIDNEY LEE. ARTHUR RACKEIAM. G. BERNARD SHAW. S. SQUIRE SPRIGGE. FRANCIS STORR. SIDNEY WEB.B. IDRAIMIATIC SUB-COIVIMIITTEE. WILLIAM ARCHER. MRS. E. NESBIT BLAND. H. GRAN VILLE BARKER. Chairman—HENRY ARTHUR JONES. J. W. COMYNS CARR. JEROME K. J.EROME. W. J. LOCKE. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM. CAPT. ROBERT MARSHALL. PAUL RUEENS. G. BERNARD SHAW. PFNSION FUND COMIMITTEE. ANSTEY GUTHRIE. ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS, Chain’man—DOUGLAS FRESHFIELD. MORLEY ROBERTS. |M. H. SPIELMANN. MRS. ALEC TWEEDIE. MRS. HUMPHRY WARD. COPYRIGHT SUB-COMMITTEE. E. J. MACGILLIVRAY. SIR GILRERT PARKER, M.P. ART SUB-COIMIMITTEE. JoHN HASSALL, R.I. J. G. MILLAIS. HAROLD HARDY. ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS. THE HON. JOHN COLLIER. SIR. W. MARTIN CONWAY. FIELD, ROSCOE & Co., 36, Lincoln's Inr Fields, W.C. : a, #an- G. HERBERT THRING, 39, old Queen street, storey's Gate, s.w.. }. Soºtors. LAWRENCE GODKIN, 30, Pine Street, New York, U.S.A., Counsel in the United States. 39, OLD QUEEN STREET, STOREY’s GATE, S.W. OFFICES. SIR CHARLES WILLIERS STANFORD, Mus. Doc. J. H. YOXALL, M.P. ARTHUR RACKHAM. M. H. SPIELMANN. Secretary—G. HERBERT THRING, Solicitor in England to La Société des Gems de Lettress  ## p. 57 (#77) ############################################## C be El u t b or. (The Organ of the Incorporated Society of Authors. Monthly.) FOUNDED BY SIR WALTER BESANT. WOL. XIX. —No. 3. DECEMBER 1st, 1908. [PRICE SIXPENCE. TELEPHONE NUMBER : - 374 WICTORIA. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS : AUTORIDAD, LONDON. , 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—º-e— THE SOCIETY's FUNDs. –6—sº-0– ROM time to time members of the Society desire to make donations to its funds in recognition of work that has been done for them. The committee, acting on the suggestion of one of these members, have decided to place this permanent paragraph in The Author in order that members may be cognisant of those funds to which these contributions may be paid. The funds suitable for this purpose are : (1) The Capital Fund. This fund is kept in reserve in case it is necessary for the Society to incur heavy expenditure, either in fighting a question of prin- ciple, or in assisting to obtain copyright reform, VOL. XIX. 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. —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. -> —e—Q–e— PENSION FUND. —e—sº-0— • Subscriptions. f, *. 1908. # S. d. Oct. 10, Macnaughton-Jones, H. . () 5 () Oct. 20, Garvice, Charles © 1 1 0. Nov. 12, Woods, Miss Mary A. () 5 (). Nov. 20, Boycott, G. W. M. . () I () 6 Nov. 20, Budgeon, Miss () 5 () Nov. 21, Benjamin, Lewis J. 1 1 0 Nov. 21, Coulton, G. G. & © () 5 0. Nov. 21, Dixon, Miss H. Margaret 2 2 () Nov. 21, Colquhoun, A. © iº () 10 0 Nov. 23, Holmes, Miss Eleanor () 5 () Nov. 23, Hussey, Eyre 0 1 0 (). Nov. 23, Capes, Bernard O 1 () () Nov. 23, Hecht, Mrs. Arthur 0 5 () Nov. 23, Festing, Miss Gabrielle . () 10 0 Nov. 23, Carolin, Mrs. . e 0 1 0 () Nov. 23, Bland, Mrs. E. Nesbit 0 1 0 6 Nov. 23, Hichens, Robert 3 3 ()  ## p. 58 (#78) ############################################## 58 TISIE AUTHOR, § S (7 l () S. 10 10 Nov. 17, Anon. . & e o Nov. 21, Anson, Sir William, Bart. Nov. 21, Cordeaux, Miss K. M. . Nov. 21, Drewitt, F. Dawtrey, M.D. . Nov. 21, Delaire, Madame Jean . Nov. 21, Hecht, Mrs. Arthur . Nov. 21, Collier, The Honble. John Nov. 21, Keltie, G. Scott . te Nov. 21, Shepeard-Walwyn, H. W. Nov. 21, Church, Prof. A. H. . Nov. 21, James, Miss S. Boucher Nov. 21, Ramsden, The Lady Gwen- Nov. 23, Grogan, W. E. . Nov. 23, Stowell, Mrs. Rodolph Nov. 23, Gay, Mrs. . e Nov. 23, Summers, J. . © Nov. 23, Bloundelle-Burton, J. Nov. 23, Freshfield, Douglas Nov. 24, Rowsell, Miss Mary Nov. 24, Bell, Lady g Nov. 24, Sanders, Miss E. K. Nov. 25, Count Plunkett Nov. 25, Victoria Cross te Nov. 25, Cromartie, the Countess of Nov. 25, Sutro, Alfred. Nov. 25, Kipling, Rudyard . Nov. 25, Pope, Miss Jessie . Nov. 25, Scott, G. Forrester Nov. 25, Carr, Miss Mildred E. Nov. 25, O’Brien, The Rev. G. E. Nov. 25, Wells, The Rev. Freeman Nov. 25, Lewis, T. C. g º Nov. 25, Fenwick, Miss S. F. º Nov. 26, Montgomery, Miss K. L. Nov. 26, Dummelow, The Rev. J. R. Nov. 26, Jopp, Miss E. A. . e Nov. 26, Wintle, Harold R.. Nov. 26, Malcolm, Mrs. Ian. tº Nov. 26, Marks, Mrs. Mary A. M. Nov. 26, “E.” . g . . Nov. 27, Prideaux, Miss S. T. Nov. 27, Saies, Mrs. F. H. . Nov. 27, Heath, Miss Ella Nov. 27, Thomas, Edward Nov. 27, Shaw, Mrs. Bernard Nov. 27, Smith, Bertram Nov. 27, Niven, Frederick . º Nov. 27, Nembhard, Miss Isabel . Nov. 27, Smith, Miss M. E. * > Nov. 28, Brandon, Miss Dorothy. Nov. 28, de la Pasture, Mrs. Henry Nov. 28, Scott, Mrs. C. ge wº Nov. 28, Harrison, Mrs. Darent . 1. 1 1 i I dolen tº tº Nov. 21, Spielmann, M. H. Nov. 21, Saville, Frank Nov. 24, Kennedy, E. B. . Nov. 24, Bennett, Prof. W. H. . Nov. 24, Batty, Mrs. Braithwaite Nov. 24, Crouch, A. P. . º Nov. 24, Hawtrey, Miss Valentine Nov. 24, Sedgwick, Miss Anna Douglas Nov. 24, Anon. . ſº gº gº Nov. 25, Page, Herbert W. Nov. 25, Brereton, Capt. F. S. . Nov. 25, Knight, Mrs. Maude C. Nov. 25, Bowen, Miss Marjorie . Nov. 25, Turner, Reginald Nov. 25, Nash, T. A. Nov. 25, Trevor, John Nov. 25, Wacher, Francis . Nov. 25, Hughes-Gibb, Mrs. o Nov. 25, Farmer, Miss A. A. e © Nov. 25, Hunt, Holman & Nov. 25, Tuckett, F. F. Nov. 25, Allen, Mrs. Grant Nov. 26, Hole, W. G. © Nov. 27, Granville, Charles Nov. 27, Henoch, Miss Emily T. Nov. 27, Simes, Miss O. Kathleen Nov. 27, Penny, The Rev. Frank Nov. 27, Westell, W. P. . Q i ) 1 1 1. 1 I () 1. 1 1 Nov. 28, Logan, The Rev. Robert Nov. 28, Coolidge, The Rev. W. A. B. () Nov. 28, Chesterton, G. K. * 1 Nov. 28, Lady Pamela Tennant () Nov. 28, Wingfield, H. . tº I 1 () Donations, 1908. The names of those subscribers and donors which 077ations. 1908 are not included in the lists printed above, are July 16, Carolin, Mrs. & * 0 5 0 unavoidably held over to the January issue. July 28, Atherton, Mrs. Gertrude 21 () () Aug. 21, Beckett, Arthur W. 1 1 0 e—sº-e Sept. 28, “Whitworth Wynne" . 1 1 0 Oct. 23, Woolf, Miss Bella Sidney O 5 () COMMITTEE NOTES. Oct. 31, Robinson, J. K. . ſº () 6 () - Nov. 6, Wroughton, Miss Cicely. 1 0 () —º-º-º- Nov. 7, Sherard, R. H. . ſº 1 I () HE November meeting of the Committee of Nov. 7, Cameron, Miss Charlotte () 10 0 Management of the Society of Authors was Nov. 12, Tweedie, Mrs. Alec. . 1 1 0 held at the society's offices on the 2nd of that Nov. 17, Tench, Miss Mary F. A. 0 10 0 month.  ## p. 59 (#79) ############################################## TISIES A UTFIOR. 59 The chairman, Mr. Douglas Freshfield, reported that he had received a letter from Mr. George Meredith, thanking the committee for the copy of the medallion portrait of himself executed by Mr. Spicer Simson, which they had forwarded for his acceptance. Mr. Meredith wrote as follows:— “The medallion touches me as a further instance of the good will of your committee showed so genially when a deputation came here on my last birthday. Testimony enough Pray let it be known that I am moved to grateful affection.” Twenty-five new members and associates were elected, bringing the total for the year up to date to 228. The committee proceeded to the nomination of new members to fill the vacancies on the council. They have pleasure in announcing the following gentlemen have consented to their names being added to that body –Sir Charles Williers Stanford, The Right Hon. Sir Horace Plunkett, The Right Hon. Sir Alfred Lyall. The members of the art sub- Committee were next nominated. The committee of management are pleased to report acceptances from The Hon. John Collier, Sir W. Martin Conway, Walter Crane, Arthur Hassall, J. G. Millais, Arthur Rackham and M. H. Spielmann. The copyright sub-committee has been con- stituted according to the list printed in the last issue of The Author, and will be found in future at the head of the society’s letter-paper and inside the front cover of The Author. A pamphlet containing a model agreement and a valuable treatise on dramatic contracts which was settled by the dramatic sub-committee was laid before the committee of management, who desired it to be printed as a supplement in one of the Coming issues of The Author. The following cases were then dealt with :— The first related to the infringement by a New Zealand newspaper of the copyright in a story by one of the society’s members. It has been referred to in previous issues of The Author. Since the October meeting of the committee the delin- quents forwarded a money order in payment for the infringement. The committee considered the matter very carefully, and decided in the circum- stances to accept the sum offered subject to the approval of the member concerned. Accordingly, the secretary has written to the paper, accepting the amount in settlement, but notifying the editor of the committee's determination to stamp out piracy of its members’ property in whatever part of the globe it may occur. With this object in view, the secretary has been instructed to ascertain if it were practicable to collect information as to the titles of any stories written by members of the society which are running in the Colonial, American and Continental papers. Then whenever a case of piracy is discovered, it would be possible, with the consent of the member whose work is pirated, to take immediate action. The next case before the committee had reference to a most important issue dealing with dramatic rights generally. While referring the question to the dramatic sub-committee in order that that body might make any suggestions which occurred to them, the committee of management, in order to avoid any unnecessary delay, instructed the secretary to forward a statement of the case to the society’s Solicitors in the United States to obtain their advice as to the steps it might be desirable for the Committee of management to take. It is probable, as the case bears on the important question of dramatic rights in the United States, that the opinion, when it comes to hand, will be printed in The Author. There were two cases against publishers dealing with disputes on agreements, non-rendering of accounts, and non-payment of moneys. In both cases the committee decided to prosecute and instructed the Secretary to place them in the hands of the society’s solicitors. The last case related to an appeal made by a member of the society for its assistance. Having regard to the fact that the mature of the aid which the member required did not come within the Scope of the Society’s work, the committee felt bound to refuse the member's request, and instructed the Secretary to write accordingly. The question of advertisements in The Author next engaged the attention of the committee. Some of our members appear to have thought that the insertion of an advertisement amounts to some sort of recommendation on the part of the society of the firm advertised. This is no more the case in The Author than in any other periodical. The com- mittee desire to state that while they do their best to exclude any advertisement they are advised is mis- leading, they can take no further responsibility in the matter. The subject is dealt with in a General Note. A resolution proposed by Mrs. E. Nesbit Bland, involving an important extension in the society's action, was adjourned to the next meeting owing to Mrs. Bland's inability to attend. The committee have to thank Miss Nellie Dale and Mr. W. S. Walker for their contributions to the capital account of the Society, as tokens of their thanks for the services which the society has been able to render them. Miss Dale has made a seventh donation of £5 and Mr. Walker a donation of £1 1s. to the Society. The secretary reported that the chairman had sanctioned three county court cases which had been taken up during the past month, and, at the desire of the dramatic sub-committee, had sanctioned counsel's opinion being taken in respect to a point of law affecting the interests of dramatic authors.  ## p. 60 (#80) ############################################## 60 TISIES A UTISIOR. PENSION FUND COMMITTEE. A MEETING of the Pension Fund Committee was held on Monday, November 2, at the offices of the society. Mrs. Myall (Laura Hain Friswell), owing to incapacity from illness to continue her literary work at present, was awarded a pension for One year under Clause 16, of the Pension Fund Scheme, which runs as follows: “No pension shall be granted to any person under the age of sixty years, so long as suitable candidates of the age of sixty years or upwards shall present themselves. Provided, that a pension may be granted to a person of less age if and while he shall in the opinion of the Pension Fund Com- mittee be totally incapacitated for work by reason of illness or accident.” - The pension awarded is at the rate of £25 per annum, and the committee will be prepared to con- sider a further application at the end of the year. Mrs. Myall has been a member of the society since its foundation. Her last published work was entitled “In the Sixties and Seventies.” It was a record of literary reminiscences. The committee decided to issue an appeal to the members for further support to the Pension Fund. This appeal, which will be in the hands of mem- bers before the present number of this journal, will they trust meet with a general and substantial response. —º-º-º- DRAMATIC SUB-COMMITTEE. I. THE Dramatic Sub-Committee of the Society of Authors met at 39, Old Queen Street, S.W., on Thursday, November 5. - After the minutes of the previous meeting had been approved and signed, the Dramatic Pamphlet was finally approved, and the committee passed a resolution to the effect that it should be printed as a supplement in one of the coming issues of The Author. The final proofs were looked over, at the request of the other members of the committee, by the chairman, Mr. Henry Arthur Jones, and by Mr. G. Bernard Shaw. An exceedingly important dramatic case was then discussed. The secretary reported that, in order to save time, the committee of management had already sanctioned the taking of an opinion from the American lawyers of the Society, and had requested the Dramatic Sub-Committee to advise them if any further steps were necessary. The Dramatic Sub-Committee instructed the secretary to call a meeting as soon as the opinion of the American lawyers was to hand. The secretary laid before the sub-committee a translation of the statutes and the general treaty with managers and agents of the German Society of Dramatic Authors. He was instructed to have copies made and circulated to the members of that committee. A letter from Mr. A. W. Pinero, who is at present acting as chairman of the proposed new Dramatic Authors’ Society, was placed before the committee, who acceded to the request con- tained therein to meet the delegates of that body. The secretary was instructed to write to Mr. Pinero, and arrange a date for the conference. The next point for discussion was the general treaty between dramatic authors and managers. This was carefully considered, and several altera- tions were made. The treaty was finally settled and made ready for negotiation, the secretary being instructed to obtain clean proofs in its final form. II. The Dramatic Sub-Committee met again on Thursday, November 19, at 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W., to meet a deputation composed of Mr. A. W. Pinero, Mr. J. M. Barrie, and Mr. Cecil Raleigh, from the proposed new Society of Dramatic Authors. Mr. Pinero, as spokesman of the deputation, submitted the two following points:— - (1) Will the Society of Authors support the dramatic authors in their efforts to carry through a reform of the censorship on the terms proposed at the recent deputation to the Premier 2 (2) What measure of autonomy will the Dramatic Sub-Committee be prepared to recommend to the committee of management to give to dramatic authors 2 - Considerable discussion followed upon these two points, but in respect to the first the dramatic Sub-committee pledged themselves to use every endeavour to obtain the support of the committee of management and of the general body of mem- bers of the Society to carry out this object. In answer to the second question, the Dramatic Sub-Committee stated, in the first instance, that they could pledge themselves to nothing outside the present constitution of the society, but finally, the individual members present stated that if all the members of the proposed Dramatic Authors’ Society came into the Society of Authors in a body, they individually would resign their positions on the Dramatic Sub-Committee in order to recommend to the committee of management the formation of a fresh Dramatic Sub-Committee to be composed of members put forward by all the dramatists in the Society thus collected. —º-º-º-  ## p. 61 (#81) ############################################## TISIES A UITISIOR. 61 Cases. DURING the past month thirteen new cases have come before the secretary ; four of these involved the return of MSS., and in three the MSS. were returned and despatched to the authors concerned. The fourth came into the office just before The Author went to press. Five cases were claims for money due, and in three of these cheques have been obtained and forwarded. The remaining two are still outstanding. Two claims were for money and accounts. These are in the course of negotiation. It is probable that settlements will be arrived at very shortly. There were two claims against agents. The agents in question have replied, and there is every prospect of the disputes being settled, but they have only recently come into the office. - There are three or four cases open from former months besides those which have been handed to the Society’s Solicitors, and are mentioned in the committee notes. Negotiations are proceeding in all the cases as answers have been received from the publishers concerned, but occasionally pub- lishers send answers in order to postpone the settlement of cases. When they adopt this method the matter is referred to the committee or chairman, and finally transferred to the hands of the society's solicitors. - —º-º-º- November Elections. Savile Club, W. Box 2913, Johannes- burg, S. Africa. 17, Ormonde Man- sions, Southamp- ton Row, W.C. Hill Lodge, Enfield. Irish Literary Society, 20, Han- over Square, W. Authors' Club, 2, Whitehall Court, S.W. - Blackwood, Algernon Bruce, Miss Margaret Campbell, Miss Gabrielle Were (“Marjorie Bowen’’) . º tº Campbell, The Rev. R. J. . Degidon, Miss Nora F. Duthie, The Rev. D. Wallace e o Q The Knoll, Round- - - hay, Leeds. Gerard, Louise. O . 35, High Street, . . . . . Battersea, S.W. Ballycastle, Co. An- trim. Gardiner, Alfonzo Harvey, J. . º w Herbert, Agnes & e Lewis, Frank C. © . Grosvenor Club, W. Lyons, A. Neil. º . Moore's Cottage, Wivelsfield Green, - Sussex. MacPherson, John Fethers- Winfield House, tonhaugh . «» o Boro' Green, Kent, Maynard, Constance L. . Westfield College, - - - University of London. Mudaliar, P. Ramanatha . Chintadripet, Madras, t w S.C., India. Nicholls, Edward . . 2, Rutland Willas, Uxbridge. O'Higgins, Harvey . . Martinsville, New Jersey, U.S.A. Cheltenham. Peake, G. A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L.D.S. . te Phillips, Miss Florence . Rubens, Paul . Q . 6, Lyric Chambers, Whitcomb Street, W.C. Tickell, The Rev S. Claude The Ramps, Lew Down, R.S.O., N. Devon. Wills, The Rev Freeman, M.A. e º e . 42, Sun Street, E.C. Wright, Capt. C. H. B. . c/o Cox & Co., 16, Charing Cross, S.W. Two members desire neither their names, pseudonyms, nor addresses printed. A. -w BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. —e—Q–4— BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG, MADGE MAKE-THE-BEST-OF-IT. By M. E. ERANCIS. 63 × 4%. 175 pp. (The St. Nicholas Series.) Macdonald and Evans. 28. In. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. By ALICE CORKRAN, 7} x 5. 234 pp. (The Treasure-House Series.) Wells Gardner. —A-- a -- 2s. 6d. n. A Boy AND A SECRET. 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Duffield. $3.50 m. IISBON AND CINTRA. By MRS. A. C. [NCHBOLD. Duffield. $3.50 m. EGYPT AND ITs MonumENTs. HICHENS. Illus. . Century Co. By CLIVE HOL- Illus. By Robſ. RT SMYTHE $6 n. TRAVEL. THINGS SEEN IN JAPAN. By CLIVE HOLLAND. Dutton. Cloth, 75 c. n. ; leather, $1 n. LITERARY, DRAMATIC, AND MUSICAL NOTES. —-º-º-º- E hear that the present publishing season - - in the United States is a splendid one, and that the happy result of the Presi- dential election has stimulated business in the bookselling trade as in all other quarters. On the other hand, the dramatic season has been more or less of a failure ; play after play has failed, and those that remain show to half-empty or paper- dressed houses. - - Anna Lea Merritt, well-known to many people by her picture “Love Locked Out,” has a book with Messrs. George Allen, called “An Artist's Garden.” It is, of course, her own garden which she paints and describes. There are sixteen full- page drawings in colour, and eleven chapters, in- cluding those on “Making a Garden,” “Blight,” “My Rock Garden,” and “Characters in Flowers.” Mr. Upton Sinclair has published a new novel, entitled, “The Money Changers,” the English rights of which have been acquired by Mr. John Long. Mr. Sinclair describes from the inside the causes of the recent financial panics in America. - A new novel, “Hilary Thornton,” by Hubert Wales, will be published in the spring by Mr. John Long in England and Messrs. Dana Estes & Co. in America. A French translation of “The Yoke,” by the same author, will shortly appear. A new addition to Messrs. Wells Gardner's shilling series of copyright Reward Books is “The Happy League,” by Leslie Moore, with illustra- tions by Paul Hardy. It is a story of a family of children, their scrapes and their pleasures. Mr. John Heywood, of Manchester, has brought, out “Weaving Mill Management,” by A. R. Foster, with many illustrations and drawings. We have received from the Clarendon Press a new and cheap edition of “The King's English,” abridged for school use. The present volume creates in us a very favourable impression, as did the second edition which we reviewed last year. It is admirably adapted for its purpose. Mrs. Philip Champion de Crespigny has had her new book of short stories, “My Cousin Cynthia and Others,” brought out by Mr. Eveleigh Nash. Her novel, “The Mischief of a Glove,” has been translated into French by Mr. Robu.'t Godet and, published in Switzerland under the title of “Pour un Gant.” “From the East and from the West,” by T. C. Lewis (Mr. T. Fisher Unwin), is a volume of verse containing presentations of poetic thought from . Persia, India, and Arabia, and from Germany and France. To the rendering from German and  ## p. 65 (#85) ############################################## THE AUTEIOR. 65 French lyrical and ballad poetry are added two translations from the Greek, with a collection of sonnets and other verses. |Mr. Francis Griffiths has lately published “The Church of England,” by R. Ellis Roberts. Mr. Roberts writes from the liberal Catholic stand- point, and endeavours to give a sketch of the outstanding men and events in English Church history rather than a narrative of dates and facts. The book is the new volume of “The Library of First Principles.” President Fallières has accepted a presentation copy of Irene Osgood's novel “Servitude,” which is being translated into French by Madame Henri Heau. Mr. W. Percival Westell’s new Nature book, “Animal's at Home” (Messrs. Dent), which was announced in these columns last month, has an introduction by Miss Marie Corelli. - Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London, have sent out a little book of “Essays on Theo- sophy,” from the pen of Mrs. I. E. Taylor. Its four papers give a general outline of theosophic doctrine and a particular account of the doctrine of Karma and reincarnation, and discuss the relations between theosophy and science on the one hand, and popular beliefs on the other. “Fiddler Matt" is a story of a musical genius in humble life by “Adam Lilburn” (Lilias Wasser- mann). It has many illustrations by Mr. Arthur Marsh, A.R.W.S., and will be published at once by Messrs. Brown, Langham & Co. A new complete short novel, entitled “The Master Key,” by Cosmo Hamilton, will be brought out by Messrs. Hutchinson & Co. as a supple- ment to the Christmas number of The Lady's JRealm. - Messrs. T. C. and E. C. Jack have just published a series of “Literary Readers,” in prose and verse (12 volumes), by Miss Gladys Davidson. These little books deal chiefly with classical and natural history subjects; and they are arranged on an original plan, the stories being told partly in verse and partly in prose, and are quite devoid of the usual “school-book” atmosphere. Miss Davidson is now engaged upon a children's Bible story-book on modern rational lines for Mr. David Nutt, which will be issued early next year. - “Siam,” by Ernest Young, B.Sc., has just appeared with Messrs. A. and C. Black in their “Peeps in Many Lands” series. It contains twelve full-page illustrations in colour. “A Little Child shall Lead Them: A Christmas Book,” by A. Allen Brockington (Messrs. Samuel Bagster), is another of the author's little spiritual works with a slim, unobtrusive backbone of fiction. |Mr. William Archer has now made an arrange- ment with Messrs. Curtis, Brown & Massie by which he will, if desired by the authors, prepare a detailed criticism and comment on all plays Submitted to him. A feature of the arrangement is that Mr. Archer will report, not only on com- pleted plays, but also on scenarios, and may thus be able to help save many a good idea from going Wrong, and may also be able to nip in the bud Some of the hopeless plays on which authors might otherwise waste their time. “As They Are,” by “Bartholomew,” has been brought out by Messrs. Drane. It consists of military, sporting, and social dialogues. # “Literary and Biographical Studies,” by Jame Baker (Messrs. Chapman and Hall), deals, among other matters, with the home-life of the Royal Family at Osborne and the value of that property presented by His Majesty to the nation. Messrs. Graves and Lucas have just published through Sir Issac Pitman a new humorous volume called “If,” with many illustrations by George Monow. • Mr. St. John Lucas has just published, with Mr. Edward Arnold, a collection of English love lyrics, called “The Rose-Winged Hours.” His edition of “Ronsard” has recently been issued by the Oxford University Press. & Miss M. A. Woods has in the press, in connection with Milton's Tercentenary, a book entitled “The Characters of Paradise Lost.” The publisher is Mr. John Ouseley. - “The Love Family,” by Mrs. M. H. Spielmann, illustrated by Mr. Carton Moore-Park, is issued by Messrs. George Allen. It is a tale of a family, with Cupid as the central member, showing how he interfered in the loves of the chief characters and what befel. Mr. Louis Joseph Vance has recently disposed of the French and Belgian rights of his one-act play, “At the Eleventh Hour.” On October 27 a one-act comedy by Mr. St. John Hankin was produced at the Criterion. Its title is “The Burglar who Failed.” The burglar under the bed was played by Mr. Ferdinand Gottschalk, the athletic girl with a hockey-stick by Miss Elfrida Clement, and the fearful mother by Miss Kate Wingfield. November 3 was the first night of Mr. Henry Arthur Jones's new and original comedy in four acts, “Dolly Reforming Herself.” It is impossible to give the plot in the space at our disposal, but it may at least be said that if Dolly does not succeed in reforming herself she is more fortunate in the case of her husband. The cast was as follows:—Mrs. Harry Telfer, Miss Ethel Irving ; Harry Telfer, Mr. Robert Loraine ; Matthew Barron, Mr. C. M. Lowme ; Capt. Lucas Wentworth, Mr. Charles R. Maude; The Rev. James Pilcher, Mr. Herbert Bunston; Professor Sturgess, Mr.  ## p. 66 (#86) ############################################## 66 TISIES A UTISIOR. E. Lyall Swete ; Mrs. Sturgess, Miss Margaret Halstan. Professor Gilbert Murray's translation of the “Bacchae’’ of Euripides was presented at the Court Theatre on the afternoon of November 10. Miss Lillah McCarthy took the part of Dionysus, Mr. R. A. Beaton that of Cadmus, and Miss Winifred Mayo and Mr. Esmé Percy appeared respectively as Agâve and Pentheus. “The Builder of Bridges,” by Alfred Sutro, was staged at the St. James's Theatre on November II. The heroine juggles with two lovers in an attempt to save her brother from imprisonment for robbery. Her duplicity is discovered, but a happy ending is finally reached. The principal characters were sustained by Mr. Harcourt Williams, Mr. T)awson Milward, Mr. George Alexander, Miss Florence Haydon, and Miss Irene Vanbrugh. Mr. G. S. Layard and Mr. Walter Frith produced their new play “The New Governess” at Malvern on November 19, 20, and 21. The title rôle was in the hands of Miss Ina Pelly, who, it will be remem- bered, took the part of the lady's-maid in the London production of “Lady Frederick.” The plot is founded on Mr. Layard's novel “Dolly's Governess.” On November 27, at the New Theatre, Mrs. Patrick Campbell appeared in afternoon perfor- mances of “T)eirdre,” a legendary verse play in one act by W. B. Yeats, and “Electra,” a one-act original tragedy founded on the old Greek story by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, translated by Arthur Symons. - “The Antelope,” a new musical play by Adrian Ross and Hugo Felix was presented at the Waldorf Theatre on November 28. The Stage Society is to perform a new play, “The Last of the De Mullins,” by St. John Hankin, at the Haymarket Theatre on December 6 and 7. PARIS NOTES. —º-º-º- HE French Academy has now six of its fºuleuils vacant, and there is certainly no dramatic author who can fill the place of Victorien Sardou. His death is universally regretted. He was seventy-seven years of age, and ever since he presented his first play at the Odéon, in 1854, he had been steadily working for the theatre. This first piece was a lamentable failure, but some years after his “Premières armes de Figaro" was played by Virginie Dejazet. From that time forth Sardou's talent was acknowledged. For fifty-four years he has been working as a dramatic author, and So thorough and conscientious was he that there were no secrets for him in his profession. After writing his play he thoroughly understood the technical side of it. At the rehearsals Sardou. was a veritable Napoleon. He went into every detail, knew the rôle of the actors, the mysteries of the stage effects, and was a general favourite with everyone, from the directors down to the very humblest employé at the theatre. Sardou was essentially a man of the theatre. He was a keen observer, saw dramatic effects in the prosaic episodes of everyday life. His plays are life and his per- Sonages human beings and not marionettes. “Patrie,” which was given in 1869, was the play through which Sardou really won fame. Later on came the Series of pieces written for Sarah Bernhardt. “ Fédora " in 1882, “Théodora’ in 1884, “Cléopatra,” “Gismonda,” “La Tosca” and “La Sorcière.” “Thermidor” caused a great sen- sation in 1891, and in 1893 Madame Réjane won her laurels in Sardou's “Madame Sans-Gêne.” Last. year “L’Affaire des Poisons” was put on, and only a fortnight before his death he had planned a new piece which had been haunting him. In all, there are about sixty of Sardou's plays which have been pro- duced, and his study is full of manuscripts, notes, Scenarios, etc. Madame Arxéde Barine's death is a great loss to French literature. Her work reached a large circle of readers throughout the world. Madame Barine was not a novelist. She was a great reader and an indefatigable Worker. She also took a keen interest in foreign literature and ideas. Her later works, were historical : “La Jeunesse de la Grande Mademoiselle,” “Louis XIV. et la Grande Made- moiselle,” are among these, and in them she gives us the more private history, as it were, of a great part of the seventeenth century. Among her other works are : “Bernardin de Saint-Pierre,” “Saint. François d’Assise et les trois Compagnons,” etc. The centenary of Barbey d'Aurevilly, the great. French novelist and critic, was commemorated throughout France by articles in nearly all the important French papers. The day was to have been celebrated by the inauguration of a monu- ment to his memory, but on account of the death of François Coppée, who was president of the com- mittee, this fête was postponed until May, 1909. For a whole month Mlle. Louise Read (the faithful friend and executrix of Barbey d’Aurevilly), who since his death has edited and published some thirty volumes of his works, was literally besieged by journalists and lecturers in search of biographical notes, photographs, etc. of the great writer, whose real fame commenced after his death. His life was an extremely hard one, but his real value is now seen in the posthumous celebrity and in the absolute.  ## p. 67 (#87) ############################################## THE AUTISIOR. 67 fidelity of the friends, who, so many years after his death, keep his memory ever fresh. The inauguration of his monument will take place at his birthplace in Normandy. “Etudes sur la Littérature française ’’ is the sixth volume of this series by René Doumic. It is interesting, as several of the subjects treated are very topical. Among other chapters, there is one on Jules Lemaître’s “Racine,” another on Anatole France’s “Jeanne d'Arc.” It is curious to read René Doumic's criticism of this work. All those who know the philosophy or religion of the two writers can readily imagine the attitude which René Doumic would naturally take up when judg- ing Anatole France's treatment of this subject. He sums up in the following lines : “His book is a singular one, which, I fear, is not as important a contribution as might have been desired to the biography of Jeanne d'Arc ; but the book is interest- ing in itself, and as the history of M. Anatole France's curious mind.” Among other literary subjects discussed in this book is that of “Women's Novels.” In summing up his chapter on this subject René Doumic says, after analysing the recent novels of three French women novelists very much in vogue a short time back, “Feminine novels have created a new form of immorality.” He also maintains that novels written by men at any rate serve to prevent a certain element disappearing from the literature of to-day, and this element is “respect for women.” “Saint Domingue’” (1629–1789) is a book by Pierre de Vaissière, devoted to the history of the life of the French in the colonies under the old régime. The subjects studied are: The origin of the coloniza- tion of Saint Domingo; the French nobility there ; the Blacks; life and manners and customs of the colonizers. All this is extremely interesting to anyone taking up the subject of colonization, or of the history of French emigrants—political or otherwise. Edouard Estaunié has written another novel. He won fame with his powerful work, “L’Em- preinte” some years ago, and “La Vie Secréte” will be appreciated by all who enjoy psychological studies rather than sensational novels. The idea of the whole book is that each man and woman is living his or her own secret life, and living it in the midst of a crowd of people who have no idea of this. The author initiates us into the secret life of his personages, and shows us the dual life that each one is leading. The whole book is one that remains in the reader's mind, and the various personages are as living as those in real life. “Le Livre d’Or de L'Entente Cordiale” is published in France in an edition with illustra- tions. It is divided into three parts. 1. The History of the Entente Cordiale. 2. Its Mani- festations. 3. Its Economic and Commercial Consequences. “En margé du Temps,” by Henry Roujon, is the title of a volume of articles formerly published in the Temps. “I.'Ile de France Contemporaine,” by Hervé de Rauville, is a study of the resistance of the French race under English domination. “La Hongrie au XXe siècle,” by René Gonnard. “L'Afrique du Nord,” by Henri Lorin. “France et Angleterre (cent années de Rivalité Coloniale),” by Jean d'Arcy. “Piter Pan,” by J. M. Barrie, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham, is published in an edition at twenty-five francs. In the Revue de Paris Frederic Masson continues his articles on the Napoleonic epoch. The Revue Hebdomadaire commences in its first November number a novel entitled “Colette Baudoche” by Maurice Barrès; it is the story of a young girl belonging to a Metz family. Comte Albert de Mun continues his memoirs, entitled “Ma Wocation sociale”; M. Gaston Bonnier Writes on the intellectual movement in Spain : Pierre de Nolhac on “Madame Vigée-Lebrun's salon" and Judith Cladel on “Rodin et l'art gothique.” In the other November numbers H. Céard et J. de Coldain give an article on Huysmans as an artist and a Christian, Edouard Rod writes on the “Le Mouvement des idées,” and Henry Bordeaux on the dramatic news of the month. At a meeting recently held in Paris by the Syndicate for the Protection of Intellectual Property, attention was called to the fact that Turkey is one of the countries where French literature has a large circle of readers. It is therefore decided that Turkey shall be invited to join the Berne Convention. It seems probable that America will soon be the last of the “uncivilized '' nations with no respect for intellectual property. It will be curious if the Turks prove themselves so far ahead in intellectual matters. At the Odéon “Parmiles Pierres,” by Suderman, is still on the bill ; at the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre the new piece is “Les Révoltés”; at the Renaissance, Paul Bourget’s “L’Emigré’’ is still running. Madame Réjane is still playing “Israël.” by Bernstein ; and at the Porte Saint Martin “L'Affaire des Poisons” continues to interest the public. ALYS HALLARD. “Etudes sur la Litterature Française ’’ (Perrin). “Saint Domingue” (Perrin). “La Vie Secréte ” (Perrin). “Le Livre d'Or de L’Entente Cordiale” Gounouilhon). “Piter Pan’” (Hachette).  ## p. 68 (#88) ############################################## 68 TRIES A UITISIOR. SPANISH NOTES. —e—º-e— HAVE often had occasion to speak of the admirable daily Spanish paper A.B.C., and We now hear that the journal has thrown Open its palatial premises to an exhibition in aid of the poor. This exhibition, opened on Novem- ber 17, has proved a great success. Such artists as Sorolla, Moreno Carbonero, and Iborra exhibit very fine works, and the first-class character of the other arts represented was much appreciated by their Majesties King Alfonso XIII. and Queen Victoria, who honoured the opening day with their presence, and also visited the printing works, under the escort of the enterprising and clever director, Don Torcuato Luca de Tena, who gives such practical form to the Association of the Press. Spain has certainly been active in practical work these last few weeks. The “immortal” Saragossa, as it is now called, has been the scene of a splendid exhibition, which was also honoured by the presence of the King and Queen of Spain. The Mondariz Waters took the first prize in that section. The cele- brated house for silk wares at Seville belonging to the sons of Luca de Tena gained a gold medal. Their Majesties King Alfonso XIII. and Queen Victoria's visit to Barcelona proved a record one in point of enthusiasm. All false reports of Separatism were washed away in the great wave of welcome which swept over the city at the first sight of the English Queen and the young King, whose sym- pathies have always stretched all over his kingdom. When Colonel Figuerola Ferretti was a chamber- lain at the royal palace the youthful monarch Swiftly responded to the courtier's suggestion that a royal visit to Catalonia would quickly check all discontent. “Yes,” returned the young King, “a king should visit all his kingdom, even as a bishop does his diocese.” * The continued monthly appearance of La Revista Critica (The Critical Review) shows the energy and power of its editress, Señora Doña Carmen de Burgos. Such well-known writers as Boada, Olme- della, Ramerez Angel, Edmundo Gonzalez Blanco, Dr. Angel Pulido, Pascoli, etc., all take their places under her banner in the causes of poetry, art, literature, internationalism, philanthropy, and all subjects which tend to the elevation of humanity, and when I add that this review contains forty pages (quarto) it is seen that London would do well to follow the example of Paris and admit it into its literary world. Señora Contreras de Rodriguez has just pub- lished a book of poems called “Entre mis Muros’ (“Within my Walls”), and the simple poetic insight she gives to the joys of her hearth and home shows she is a sweet-Souled Spanish mother, who makes harmony in all her environment. It is not astonish- ing that such a character is well known in Spain as a musician and composer as well as poet. Dr. Angel Pulido, a senator of Spain, and cele- brated for his knowledge of medical science, gave a striking speech at the recent Medical Congress at Madrid, showing pharmaceutists the powerful part they have to play in the campaign of medical Science. This stimulating call may lead to such a knowledge of the pharmacopoeia in Spain, that pre- Scriptions in the usual Latin can be made up from other countries without difficulty. A congress of Sacred music has just terminated in Seville, and perhaps it will remove the onus sometimes cast on Spanish church music. The beautiful Masses by a priest at the church of San Francisco el Grande in Madrid have been a revela- tion to many. The second lecture on the subject of Spanish music recently given in London at the Musical Association by the Rev. Cart de la Fon- taine opens a Vista of interesting information, and shows the study spent on the subject in the country itself by the clever lecturer. The telegram from the King of Spain to Manuel of Portugal and that of the Prime Minister of Spain to the Portuguese political chief expressed in- terest in the royal visit to the north of the kingdom. The elections in January will, it is hoped by many, lead to Alberto de Campos Henriques being Prime Minister of Portugal, for it is seen that the pallia- tive courses of the present leader, Ferreira do Amoral, have failed, and that the executive of such a man as Campos Henriques, who has been so successful in his office as Minister of Public Works, and his successful reforms in the banking laws, and in the Societies of Mutual Aid as well as the prisons, etc., shew he is fitted for the post. Speaking of reforms takes me back to Spain, where the recent article by Señor Salaverria on Benluirre's admirable Sculpture of a dying bull shows his countrymen the baneful effect of the bull- ring on the moral sentiment of pity for suffering. . There has just been some discussion in the Senate as to whether the military Estado Mayor (the Royal Chamber) should be done away with. General Lopez Dominguez, the Liberal leader, advocated this course, but General Luque spoke eloquently on behalf of this military body retaining its place. The voice of General Luque has weight, for his Zeal in the service is great, and this zeal has emboldened the presentation to his notice of a Scheme for the construction of a “Hotel for invalid officers” which would rival any in Europe. The works of such a building would of course be under the Spanish Corps of Engineers. Queen Maria Christina presented the ground to the nation for this object at the time of the tercentenary fêtes of Cervantes, the notable military invalid of Spain, whose affliction led to his activity in literature.  ## p. 69 (#89) ############################################## TISIES A UITISIOR. 69 “El Libro de la Esposa” (“The Book on the Wife”) and “El Libro del mistress de la Casa”)“The Book on the Soul of the House”), translations from the Catalonian authoress Maria de Echarri, are the two first works of a series of seven in which the author expounds “the great rules for the organi- sation of the domestic hearth, not only from a material point of view, but also from a moral, intel- lectual, and aesthetic standpoint ’’; so the moral and the material management of the home are both set forth very sensibly. “Redencion Agraria” (“Agrarian Redemption’’), by Romero Quinones, is a striking work, inasmuch as, beyond being a scientific book on agrarianism, it is a critical sociological study of Spanish society. RACHEL CHALLICE. —e—º-e— INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT CONFERENCE. —e—º-e— FULL report of the International Copyright Conference will be published in The Author as soon as possible. Although the official report is not yet to hand, we desire in the present number to draw our readers’ attention to the main points under discussion. First among these was the principle by which the author's title to his work could, among all the countries of the Union, be most easily established, and the author most readily confirmed in his ownership. The question of the gramophone and cinemato- graph reproductions was fully dealt with. To musicians and dramatists these are matters of vital importance. As mechanical reproduction grows nearer perfection, its popularity increases, and, in consequence, the dramatist and musical composer run greater risks of being robbed of the rewards of their labour. It was decided that (these methods of reproduction should not be allowed without reference to the owner of the copyright. There were naturally some complicated questions involved dealing with the position of the owners of records already produced. Translation rights were also considered, and the decision come to in this matter—that they should run concur- rently with copyright——was eminently satisfactory. In respect to newspaper copyright several import- ant points were decided. The matter comprised in a newspaper was divided into three distinct classes. The first class included all that could be called literary matter as distinct from news and to this absolute protection was given. The next matter before the Congress was the duration of copyright. We regret to find that although the years was approved. proposal of the life of the author and fifty years was supported by the delegates of most of the Powers represented (judging from the statement that appeared in The Times), it was rejected on the ground that it had not been inserted in the Document Préliminaire, as H.M. Government had not had time to consult those interested in the matter. It may be as well to point out, as far as the Society of Authors is concerned, that the Board of Trade placed before our committee the papers received subsequent to the Document Préliminaire, and requested the committee's opinion as to whether the term of life and fifty The committee of the Society were in full accord with this proposal, and their opinion was communicated to the Board of Trade. The Chairman, in addition, had the pleasure of personally introducing the President of the Société des Gens de Lettres, M. G. Lecompte, to the President of the Board of Trade when the point in question was discussed between them. Sir Henry Bergne, the leading delegate of Great Britain at the Berlin Conference—whose death we so greatly deplore—was himself in full support of this extension of copyright. It would be a great advance if all the nations subscribing to the Convention came to a common understanding as to the exact length of copyright, and we must trust that this is only postponed. - There is no doubt that the late Conference has made considerable progress, settling many important points for the benefit and development of literary property. It may be impossible for this country to ratify some of these improvements without the introduction and passing of fresh legislation, but we trust that the Government may seriously and without undue delay turn its attention to a subject which so vitally concerns all authors and literary workers, a class surely not unworthy of the consideration of statesmen. It was decided that the next meeting of the Conference should be held in Rome. —e—º-e— CANADIAN COPYRIGHT. —º-O-0– [Reprinted from the Report of the Canadian Society of Authors.] WEN before the British North America Act, E the Provinces of Canada had the power to, and did, as a matter of fact, legislate independently in regard to the protection within their own boundaries of works produced there. Under the British North America Act, which is an Imperial Act, express power was given to the Dominion of Canada to legislate in copyright matters.  ## p. 70 (#90) ############################################## 70 TRIES AUTISIOR, It was then contended, in the case of Smiles V. Belford (1876) 1 Tupp. App. Rep. 436, that in giving this authority to the Parliament of Canada the Imperial Parliament excluded Canada from the operation of the Imperial Copyright Acts. This contention was disposed of by the Courts, and the following is an extract from the judgment of Burton J. A. in the Court of Appeal – “It is clear, I think, that all the Imperial Act intended to effect was to place the right of dealing with colonial copyright within the Dominion under the exclusive control of the Parliament of Canada, as distinguished from the Provincial legislatures. . . . I entirely concur with the learned Vice- Chancellor in the opinion that he has expressed that under that Act no greater powers were con- ferred upon the Parliament of the Dominion to deal with this subject than had previously been enjoyed by the local legislatures.” The benefit of the Canadian Copyright Act may be obtained by an author provided he is domiciled in Canada, or in any part of the British possessions, or is a citizen of any country which has an Inter- national Copyright Treaty with the United King- dom. If he is not able to comply with these conditions he may still obtain Canadian copyright if a copyright has been granted and is subsisting in the United Kingdom. One condition which is found in the Canadian Act but not in the British Act is that the work “shall be printed in Canada.” While it is necessary, in order to secure Canadian copyright, to print the work in Canada, it is not necessary to continue to print it in Canada. The terms of the Act will be complied with if an edition, however small, is printed here on which to base the application for copyright. After that the proprietor of the copyright may bring in his books from any other country. Neither is it necessary that the type from which the book is printed should be set up in Canada, but the printing may be done from plates imported from abroad, or transfers may be imported for use on lithographic stones. Under the Canadian Copyright Act, until the present Session of Parliament, a cumbersome formula was required to be inserted on every copy- right work, namely, “Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year by A. B. at the Department of Agriculture.” This has now been cut down to “Copyright, Canada, 19 , by A. B.” The insertion of this notice is a condition precedent to obtaining the protection of the Canadian Act. A nice point arises in reference to the importa- tion into Canada of British copyright works. Chancellor Boyd pointed out in the case of Anglo- Canadian Music Publishers v. Suckling, 17 O. R. (1889) p. 241, that “if there is prior, British copyright, and thereafter Canadian copyright is obtained, then that local copyright is subject to be invaded by the importation of lawful British copies. But if the Canadian copyright is first, then the monopoly is secured from all outside importation.” The Fisher Act, which was passed in the year 1900 and is now incorporated in the Copyright Act R. S. C. Chap. 70, secs. 28, 29, 30, and 31, provides that if a book has been lawfully published in any part of His Majesty's Dominions other than Canada, and there is also a copyright under the Canadian Act, a licence from the holder of the British copyright may be obtained, in which case the Minister of Agriculture may prohibit the importation into Canada, except with the written consent of the licensee, of any copies of such book printed elsewhere. J. F. EDGAR. —e—3–e- MAGAZINE CONTENTS. 6—sº-0– BIBLIOPHILE. Why Books become Popular. By G. K. Chesterton. James Thomson. By Bertram Dobell. |BLACKWOOD'S. Some Letters of Sir Walter Scott. Walden. By Edmund Candler. BOOKMAN. Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. Authors at Work : A Symposium. CONTEMPORARY. . The Genius of Dickens. By George Barlow. Dante's Intuition of the Infinite. By S. Udny. CORNHILL. The Book on the Table: “Dorothea Beale.” By Lady Robert Cecil. - EDINBURGH. Goethe's Novels. New England Nature Studies : Thoreau, Burroughs, Whitman. The Paston Letters. Two French Memoirs. FORTNIGHTLY. Chateaubriand’s First Love. By Francis Gribble. Literature in Drama. By E. A. Baughan. Ferdinand Brunetière. By Eugène Tavernier, MONTH. Faith Found in Fleet Street. Mr. Chesterton’s “Ortho- doxy.” By the Rev. Joseph Keating. - NATIONAL. Ballads and the Border. By Miss Eveline Godley. NINETEENTH CENTURY. An Unknown Poet. By Frederic Harrison.  ## p. 71 (#91) ############################################## TRIES A UTFIOR. 71 WARNINGS TO THE PRODUCERS OF BOOKS. —t-º-º- - ERE are a few standing rules to be observed in an agreement. There are four methods of dealing with literary property — I. Selling it Outright. This is sometimes satisfactory, if a proper price can be obtained. But the transaction should be managed by a competent agent, or with the advice of the Secretary of the Society. II. A Profit-Sharing Agreement (a bad form of agreement). In this case the following rules should be attended to : (1.) Not to sign any agreement in which the cost of pro- duction forms a part without the strictest investigation. (2.) Not to give the publisher the power of putting the profits into his own pocket by charging for advertisements in his own organs, or by charging exchange advertise- ments. Therefore keep control of the advertisements. (3.) Not to allow a special charge for “office expenses,” unless the same allowance is made to the author. (4.) Not to give up American, Colonial, or Continental rights. (5.) Not to give up serial or translation rights. (6.) Not to bind yourself for future work to any publisher. As well bind yourself for the future to any one solicitor or doctor | III. The Royalty System. This is perhaps, with certain limitations, the best form of agreement. It is above all things necessary to know what the proposed royalty means to both sides. It is now possible for an author to ascertain approximately the truth. From time to time very important figures connected with royalties are published in 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 In 162a, D.S. (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—Q-0– WARNINGS TO DRAMATIC AUTHORS, —º-º-º- EVER sign an agreement without submitting it to the Secretary of the Society of Authors or some com- petent legal authority. 2. It is well to be extremely careful in negotiating for the production of a play with anyone except an established manager. 3. There are three forms of dramatic contract for plays in three or more acts:— (4.) 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. *—A-- a w-v-w WARNINGS TO MUSICAL COMPOSERS. ——º-º-e— ITTLE can be added to the warnings given for the L 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. 72 (#92) ############################################## 72 TFI FS A Tr"T fºr OR. 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. —e—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 The 8. Many agents neglect to stamp agreements. 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. 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. à —º- à ~~ wº w THE READING BRANCH. –0-0-0– 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. xy w NOTICES. –0—sº-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. ^ –4 h. w—w-w LEGAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. —e—º-e ENSIONS to commence at any selected age, P 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. 73 (#93) ############################################## TRIES A CITISIOR, 73 GENERAL, NOTES. —º-º-e— ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE AUTHOR. THERE seems to be an impression among readers of The Author that the committee are personally responsible for the bona fides of advertisers in these pages. This is not so, and never was so. And we do not think it reasonable of members to accept this conclusion. We are not aware that any proprietor or editor of any paper, technical or other- wise, has ever given such a guarantee, or in any way made himself answerable for shortcomings in his advertisers’ business transactions. At the same time, care is exercised to see that no undesir- able advertisements are accepted. Beyond this, the committee of the Society can assume no liability. In consequence of some correspondence that has been passing at the office, the committee have thought it necessary to give instructions that this short paragraph should be inserted. If any member desires special information he can always obtain it by applying to the Secretary. THE AUTHORS’ CLUB. WE are very pleased to hear that the Authors’ Club has sprung up with renewed vigour from its ashes. Many members were anxious to keep alive what had been so auspiciously founded by Sir Walter Besant. They regretted to part from the old associations and the old friendships of the past fifteen years to find a new playground and new companions. Under, the chairmanship of Mr. Charles Garvice—one of the Original members—a committee has been formed and an agreement entered into with the manager of Whitehall Court. From the new premises overlooking the Embank- ment Gardens and the river, the members have a fine view of that life, the river life of London, which has been so vividly described by their good founder, Already the old members are coming back with eagerness, and the following have consented to join the general council:—The Lord Monkswell, Sir Edward Brabrook, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, S. R. Crockett, Francis Gribble, H. Rider Haggard, Anthony Hope Hawkins, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, The Archdeacon of London, Morley Roberts, Horace Annesley Vachell, Percy White. As some slight confusion has arisen in the past, it may be as well to state that although both the Authors’ Club and the Society owe their inception to the energy of Sir Walter Besant, and that although nearly all the members of the former are also members of the latter, their constitutions and management are in entirely different hands. We wish the New Authors’ Club every success. THE MILTON TERCENTENARY. THE Milton Tercentenary is upon us, and the arrangements for the celebration of the event will be carried out in a manner worthy of the occasion. But we must not look on Milton merely as a great poet, as the author of “Paradise Lost,” “Comus,” “Lycidas,” “Il Penseroso,” and “L’Allegro.” He is much more than this to the author and the journalist. Those who have benefited by his championship should not fail to read with interest and gratitude his “Areopagitica.” He says himself—is it in one of his letters or his introduction ?—“Lastly, I wrote my Areo- pagitica in true Attic style in order to deliver the press from some of the restraints with which it was encumbered.” “In the true Attic style '' is a quaint and neat recommendation of his work. How many among the writers of the present day could boast that they wrote in the true Attic style. Milton's Star Chamber indictment was a strong piece of work, and not without its risks. He con- tinues, if we remember rightly : “That the power of determining what was true and what was false, what should be printed and what suppressed, should not be in the hands of a few illiterate and illiberal men.” Now the freedom of the Press has been with us for some years we might well desire to reverse the Miltonian problem. He dealt with the suppression of the wise, the literate, the liberal, by the narrow, illiterate, illiberal. It is almost time that the narrow, illiterate and illiberal should be restrained by the wise and literate. THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF AUTHORS. WE are pleased to note from the Report for 1906-7 of the Canadian Society of Authors recently received that this Society is prosperous and increasing in numbers. We trust it will so continue, both for its own sake and for ours, since the stronger it becomes the better the position of English authors whose books circulate in the Dominion. At the annual meeting for the year 1908, held in January last, we read that the secretary “rehearsed the advantages which the members of the Canadian Society of Authors already possessed through our close affiliation with the Incorporated Society of Authors of Great Britain.” We may add for the information of members that the advantages are mutual, as the Canadian Society has very kindly undertaken to render all the assistance in its power in connection with cases we find necessary to take up in Canada, and other matters relating to book production, publishing and copyright.  ## p. 74 (#94) ############################################## 74 TISIES A UTISIOR, The Canadian Society of Authors has been in existence for some eleven years. The Hon. Presi- dent is Professor Goldwin Smith ; the President, B. E. Walker, L.I.D. ; and the Secretary, Pelham Edgar, of 21, Elgin Avenue, Toronto. Its primary objects, as stated in its constitution, are to promote the production of literature in Canada; to protect the interests of Canadian authors; and to obtain. and distribute information as to channels of publication open to Canadian authors. In another column we reprint an interesting article on Canadian copyright from the Report. *-*. COPYRIGHT AND THE PATENTS ACT. THE passing of the Patents Act has stimulated the Dublin Printers' Employment Committee to adopt the following resolution which is to be forwarded to the Prime Minister :- “That as the recently enacted Patents Act provides that all manufactured articles protected by a British patent must now be produced in Great Britain or Ireland, result- ing in securing increased employment at home on work hitherto abroad, the Parliamentary Committee of the Irish Trades Union Congress, in view of the dearth of employ- ment in all branches of the printing trade, calls upon the Government to amend the Copyright Act so that similar provisions shall apply to all printed matter copyrighted in the United Kingdom.” It is, of course, quite clear to those who have been studying the evolution of copyright in the United States, that British authors do not obtain reciprocal advantage from the present United States Copyright Law, and in consequence, in Canada and the Colonies, not to mention Great Britain and Ireland, the sale of American books increases beyond the proportion of the sale of the works of British authors in the United States. Since, however, literature is not saleable in the same way as ordinary goods, for so much depends upon the individual effort, the authorities, no doubt, considered in the first instance that half a loaf was better than no bread, and that it was better to have some sort of copyright arrangement with the United States than none at all. The committee of the Authors’ Society have had the matter constantly before their eyes, but it is impossible for those who have not made an intimate study of the Copyright Acts to realise the enormous difficulty which lies before those who desire alteration in the existing law. sº-s-s-s-s MANGLED MANUSCRIPTS. OWING, no doubt, to the recent case of Humphreys W Thomson many editors are endeavouring to get authors to agree to contracts under which their MSS. are accepted on condition that the editors are allowed a free hand to cut or alter them. While We do not think that any writer who has respect for his writings should allow editors this power, yet if editors inform their contributors beforehand and contributors are Willing to submit their work on this understanding, we have nothing further to Say. Unfortunately, however, there are still some editors who continue to pursue this practice without ascertaining the views of the writers beforehand. Their method is to cut accepted matter, and to pay only for the mangled remains that are actually printed. When the aggrieved author ventures to remonstrate, they fall back upon editorial preroga- tive, and invite him or her, as the case may be, either to accept the slender remuneration offered Without further argument, or to cease contributing to publications under their control. It is time such methods were stamped out. The Society of Authors will continue to pursue an aggressive policy with regard to them. Editors as autocrats is quite an exploded idea ; and editorial prerogative—like the divine right of kings—is sufferable only when temperately and courteously exercised. LITERARY SNOBBISHNESS. MR. A. HoPE HAWKINS, at the opening of the Liverpool Courier Book Show, referred to what he termed literary snobbishness. He said, “I know it needs a little courage to own you have not read all ‘Paradise Lost'’’; and again “there are com- panies in which, to own that some of Jane Austen's books entertain you less than others is worse than to draw invidious comparisons between different portions of Holy Writ.” He might have gone further than this. In many Social gatherings where the works of authors of the present day are under discussion, he will find out Where an answer is courteously demanded, that many of those who argue most emphatically, have read none of the works under discussion, and many Only a few. - It is all a dreadful instance of the superficial priggishness, the worthless cock-Sureness, of the present day. Pushfulness may be a great asset when used properly, but pushfulness backed with ignorance is bound some day to fall. There is a further point for consideration. A really great work of fiction, just as a really great work in any branch of the arts cannot be absorbed at the first glance. It is only by Jong and detailed study that any idea of its proper value can be ascertained. How many of these glib debaters have made such a study of  ## p. 75 (#95) ############################################## TISIES A UITISIOR. 75 any of the ancient masterpieces; how many have made a study of the writers of the day ! Mr. is not worth reading. Perhaps not ; but have you made the attempt 3 THE CHURTON COLLINS MEMORIAL FUND. A FUND is being raised to establish a memorial to the late Professor J. Churton Collins. The intention is to offer a tribute of affection and respect from those who loved his character and personality, who admired him for his great and many-sided gifts, or who are grateful for help and pleasure derived from his scholarly lectures and books. - - The memorial will, according to the amount subscribed, take the form of a scholarship or prize for English Literature or Greek. The details will be settled by a committee of donors. The com- mittee at the time of writing includes, among others, the Right Hon. Herbert H. Asquith, the Right Hon. Lord Morley, the Vice-Chancellors of Oxford and Leeds Universities, the Bishop of Hereford, Canon Skrine, Anthony Hope Hawkins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sidney Lee, Walter Crane, Hakluyt Egerton, Dr. Donkin, E. T. Cook, and Canon H. D. Rawnsley. Donations may be sent to Mrs. Arthur Bout- wood, Bledlow, Bucks, who will acknowledge them at once, and will, after the close of the fund on January 1, 1909, send a complete subscription list to each donor. PROFESSOR LEWIS CAMIPBELL. THE Reverend Lewis Campbell, M.A., Hon. LL.D., Hon. D. Litt., Emeritus Professor of Greek in the University of St. Andrews, died at his residence, Brissago, Lago Maggiore, on October 25. Professor Campbell was born in Edinburgh in 1830, and was related to Thomas Campbell, the poet. He took a 1st class Classics in 1853, became a fellow of Queen's two years later, and was appointed to the Greek Professorship of St. Andrews in 1863 which he held until 1892. He was the author of many translations from the Greek, includ- ing Plato's Theaetetus, Sophistes and Republic, and a complete edition of Sophocles. In 1882 he pub- lished a “Life of James Clerk-Maxwell ?” with Dr. W. Garnett, and in 1897 a “Life of Benjamin Jowett, '' with Mr. E. Abbott. In 1892 he became a member of the Society of Authors. Profound scholar and patient student, a faithful teacher of his generation, Professor Campbell in his life and work did honour to the best traditions of British Scholarship. SIR HENRY BERGNE, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. -º-º-º- IT is with feelings of the deepest regret—a regret that will be shared by all his colleagues in the Authors’ Society—that I write these lines in tribute to the memory of our former chairman and fellow-worker, Sir Henry Bergne. He had gone to Berlin to attend the Copyright Con- ference as the senior delegate from Great Britain. His death took place there on November 15, from pneumonia, after a week's illness. Sir H. Bergne's career as a public servant has been sufficiently set out in the daily press, and there. is no need for me to do more here than mention its leading features. Born in 1842, he was. educated successively at Brighton, Enfield and London University. In 1861 he was appointed to a clerkship at the Foreign Office in which his father had served before him. From this position he rose, by his sterling qualities, to the post of Superintendent of the Treaty Department. He acted with judgment and success as British repre- sentative in such difficult and diverse matters as the Fisheries Commission, the Industrial Property Convention, and the International Sugar Conven- tion. Finally, he acted as H.B.M. Plenipotentiary at the International Copyright Conferences at Berne in 1886, at Paris in 1896, and at Berlin this autumn. His public rewards were K.C.M.G. (1888), C.B. (1902), and K.C.B. (1903). Though a man who had filled successfully many positions of trust and high responsibility under the Government of his country, Sir H. Bergne was singularly modest and unassuming both in disposition and manner. He would put his own opinion forward—he generally had a decided one— with equal clearness and suavity. He had an old- fashioned courtesy, which was almost deferential, in dealing with the opinions of others. He was, in short, a shining example of the qualities which have distinguished so many of the permanent officials in our Civil Service—men who come little before the public eye, but by their faithful and unostentatious labours do much to enable the State to encounter without disaster the chances and changes of parliamentary institutions and party government. But it is with the work of Sir H. Bergne for the Authors’ Society that we are called on to deal here. He first joined it as a member in 1800. In 1903, on his retirement from his official duties at the Foreign Office, he became a member of the committee of management as well as of the copyright sub- committee, on both of which he served up to the day of his death. He was chairman of the com- mittee of management during 1906 and 1907. Sir Henry Bergne was not an author in the sense.  ## p. 76 (#96) ############################################## 76. TISIES A [CITISIOR. of a bookwriter. His literary productions were State papers. But for the practical purposes of our Society and its committee of management his knowledge was far more valuable than that of many eminent authors. For he was an expert, and the first of experts, in all matters relating to the international treaties or conventions affecting Copyright, that is, to the agreements which affirm and regulate the rights of property of English authors in their literary output outside Great Britain. Our secretary, Mr. Thring, has shown me from time to time letters which prove that there are authors outside the society, and others, members who have joined it with a view to obtaining assistance in some of the minor business details incidental to the craft, who have the most inadequate conception of the nature and scope of the duties of the committee of management and its sub-com- mittees. The work that comes before these bodies is necessarily varied ; to some extent it is advisory, but a large portion of it involves the consideration of technical and often difficult points of law. It is, therefore, essential to the proper conduct of the society’s affairs and to the interest of its members that a fair proportion of those serving on the committees should have other besides literary qualifications, that they should be men of affairs, with more or less of legal training and the habit of looking at things from their legal aspect, and yet with sufficient leisure and opportunity to be able to attend regularly at frequent meetings. This is a fact familiar to all who have worked for the society, but it may not be amiss to emphasise it now that the election to the committee of management is in the hands of its members. It would be a bad day for the society if appointment to the committee of management came to be sought for as an honorary distinction or bestowed as a tribute to literary eminence. It has hitherto always been regarded as simply an opportunity of service to our com- rades—service voluntarily and freely rendered, if —like most good advice—not always thankfully received. No part of the work of our committees is more complicated, more difficult, and more harassing than the questions relating to copyright, on which Sir Henry Bergne was an expert. Involving as they often do confidential discussions, they do not occupy in our reports a space at all commensurate with their importance. Technical knowledge and tact are both needed to handle with any chance of success the delicate negotiations which centre round the more important issues. In all such matters Sir H. Bergne's knowledge and experience were invaluable. His close connection with the Government enabled him to advise the committee, to guide them in the right path, and to indicate to them the limits of the expedient and the attain able. It is no common form of words to say that his loss to us is, for the time, an irreparable one ; it must be long before it is possible adequately to fill his place in our counsels. I subjoin a few details, kindly supplied me by Mr. Thring, of particular occasions on which our late chairman assisted or represented the society in questions of copyright. Sir H. Bergne worked for the society in many questions connected with Canadian and Colonial Copyright, he represented and spoke for it at the interview its delegates held with the Canadian Premier. He gave his careful. attention and Criticism to the Bill that was put forward in Parlia- ment in 1900:—work of an onerous character that needed more than any other his special knowledge. He advised the committee with relation to the Manx Copyright Act. As a member of the copy- right Sub-Committee he dealt with the more recent United States Bills, and drafted the comment on them that was forwarded to America. He assisted in considering the “document préliminaire * for the Berlin Conference of this year, laid before the Society by the Board of Trade last summer. He was always ready to put his great experience at the disposal of the advisers of the society on every question of International and Colonial Copyright. In these large issues the committee have for many years relied mainly on him and on his judgment; and I may safely say that he was the most impor- tant and most responsible British authority in these matters. t. It was not, however, only as a 'specialist in copyright that Sir Henry Bergne was a valuable adviser and leader in our committee. He was chairman at the time of the commencement of the now happily ended Book War. Having made up his mind, not without hesitation, that the Authors’ Society might intervene with advantage, he did his best, as far as he was himself concerned, to make that intervention take the character of a mediation. As a joint delegate with him from our Committee, I had frequent opportunities, in our interviews with publishers and others, of admiring: his conciliatory and reasonable suggestions — Suggestions which in the end have been prac- tically accepted. Whatever differences of opinion. there may have been at the time with regard to the matters at issue, the Society, as a whole, Sufficiently showed its appreciation of the part played by Sir Henry Bergne by putting him at the head of the poll in the election of the present committee. Had he found himself able to accede to the unanimous wish of his colleagues he would have returned to the chair on Mr. Hope Hawkins' retirement. No one regretted his decision more than the present writer. t • * - f  ## p. 77 (#97) ############################################## THE AUTHOR, 77 I may be allowed to add that my acquaintance with Sir Henry Bergne did not originate in the Authors’ Society. He and I had a common pur- suit—a pursuit which makes many friends. We were both devoted to the Alps, and had been for nearly forty years fellow-members of the Alpine Club. That body has secured the services of many good men on its committee, and it was not likely to dispense with those of Sir Henry Bergne. His kindly and social nature was thoroughly and widely appreciated in the club, and it was with Something like dismay that its members learnt that his eldest son, a brilliant climber, had been killed on the mountains by a chance slip on January 1 of this year. It added to the admira- tion of some of us for Sir Henry Bergne that he did not allow this heavy sorrow to take him away from his duties or to interfere with any of his services to the Authors’ Society during the past year. To me as chairman, he was still the friend in need, always ready to give his assistance. It was mainly through his freely offered and effective help that the society was able to bring M. Lecompte, the President of the Société des Gens de Lettres, and the President of the Board of Trade into personal and friendly communication in July last. D. W. F. I should like to add a few personal words of sorrow, as a slight token to the memory of Sir Henry Bergne, to the article which our chairman has written. I have worked under Sir Henry Bergne on the committee and with him as chairman of the society. On all occasions I have found him open to the suggestions and proposals of others. Although himself one of the greatest authorities on copy- right, he was most modest of his powers and great attainments. In his work for the Society, he was almost over-conscientious in the consideration of the questions submitted to him. During his chairmanship he had many difficult disputes to deal with outside copyright matters. I had to make many heavy demands on his time, for even after his retirement from the Foreign Office he was always engaged with public business and public enterprise. Incidentally, he has mentioned to me that my letters—often relating to important and complicated matters, and accompanied by voluminous documents—would come to him by the last post, and on his return from some public function ; yet he has read them through carefully, and answered them the same night, in order that a reply might come to hand by the following morning, and the society's work might not be delayed. At times, no doubt, he differed as to the methods by which I was anxious to deal with matters under consideration, but his dealings with me have always been characterised by kindliness, courtesy, and sympathy. One felt confidence in following his guidance that the course mapped out by his mature judgment would produce a satisfactory result. I can but repeat, what our chairman has stated, that it will be impossible adequately to fill the place on the committee which his death leaves Vacant. - I should like to conclude these few words of testimony to Sir Henry Bergne's work for the Society by an expression of my deep sympathy With Lady Bergne and his near relations, on the loss which they have sustained by his death whilst engaged in that work which he had made supremely his own. G. HERBERT THRING. Sir Henry Bergne's funeral took place on Saturday, November 21, at Brookwood Cemetery. In the unavoidable absence of the Chairman, Mr. Douglas Freshfield, the society was represented by Mr. A. Hope Hawkins and Mr. G. Herbert Thring, Secretary. A Wreath was placed on the grave, from the Incorporated Society of Authors in token of their deep regret. The Society has also received the following Resolution passed by the Council of the Publishers’ Association : “The Council of the Publishers’ Association desire to convey to the Committee of the Society of Authors the assurance of their deep sympathy with them in the loss. which they have sustained by the death of Sir Henry Bergne. For many years past Sir Henry, both at the Foreign Office and after his retirement, laboured incessantly to promote the interests of all holders of copyright and the welfare of literature ; and the services which he thus rendered will always be remembered with gratitude by all Who are engaged in the writing and production of books.” a -º- _*. º --~~ HEROES AND HEROHNES-CHIEFLY HEROES. —º-º-º-- F the author of the distorted maxim, “The I proper study of mankind is woman,” had added the words, “and of womankind is man,” he would have been able to bring forward a considerable body of evidence from modern fiction. It has apparently an irresistible attraction for the man or woman novelist to make his or her work a medium for analysis of the opposite sex, and it would be an easy task to gather from the pages of that literature for the dissemination of which the circulating libraries seem chiefly to exist a large.  ## p. 78 (#98) ############################################## 78 TFIES A UTFIOR. collection of male writers’ heroines and female writers' heroes. In order to judge of the success of these character-studies, the only fair way would be to empanel juries of women to sit upon the heroines, and of men to sit upon the heroes ; for women alone can decide whether the man novelist has managed to portray them accurately and vice wersá. I have generally found that, if one asks a well-read woman who among male novelists now living presents, to her mind, the most life-like and satisfactory heroines, she will answer : George Meredith. Why so I questioned the other day; and my victim, a lady in whose good judgment I have the utmost reliance, replied : “Because he, most of all male writers, is able to convey the ‘essential variability and instability of woman.” (To any ladies who may read with indignation what I have just written, I may point out that I am not sheltering myself behind Virgil's varium let mutabile semper, but behind a remark by one of their own sex.) Meredith, I take it, succeeds best of all in making his women human. The majority of his rivals have only the skill to paint their version of the ideal “She.” And their ideals are often very different indeed from those of anyone else. A certain eminent historical novelist, for instance, invariably gives us a heroine for whom the best treatment would certainly be—may I Say it —a good spanking. However, I did not set out to write this article with the intention of discussing the Works of published so much as of unpublished novelists. It has been my fortune, or misfortune, to read, for financial rather than artistic gain, vast quantities of novels, many of which I trust will never see the light of day, at least until they have been strictly revised. In pursuance of my task, I have been constantly impressed by the weakness in the drawing of the central male or female character, even where considerable power of observation has been shown in the sketching of the minor charac- ters of the same sex. When the man writer comes to his heroine, or the woman to her hero, failure is manifest. Now it is my fate to be a man, and therefore I am not eligible for the jury to sit upon the man's heroine. Perhaps, however, I am ordinarily competent to express an opinion on the treatment of my own sex by Women novelists. As I am not, I repeat, discussing the published, but the yet unpublished, I shall have to avoid giving specific instances. It must also be remembered that I am not dealing with master- works, unless the publishers and the public shall prove to think quite differently from me. Generally speaking, we seem to find that a woman, “commencing” novelist, when she draws a man either takes her male relatives or acquain- stances as copies, or else calls on her imagination for the picture of what a man should be, putting into the composition some characteristics from men whom she admires—if she admires any. As a rule she does not make heroes of members of her own family. If she puts in her husband, for instance, she is more likely to make him the villain than the hero of the book. Do we not know of certain published ladies who do this with rather monotonous frequency P. The recurrence of the same brutal type would be somewhat puzzling if we did not know (as, of course, we always do know nowadays) that the talented lady and her husband did not get on very well together, and that she was taking revenge in ink. Possibly the desire for domestic peace may cause married Women to refrain from making their husbands the heroes of their novels, since it may often be even more unpleasant to figure as a certain kind of hero than as a downright villain. Assuredly some Women's heroes are far more calculated to irritate the male reader than to delight him. This matters little otherwise, for the mass of novels written by Women are read by women, and the hero therefore will not be judged by a competent standard. He may not be all women readers' ideal man, but he will at least have some of the traits which endear him to the sex. It would involve great labour to classify thoroughly women's heroes, but superficially they may be divided into two classes, whom we may call John and Jack, since these names help to indicate their difference in character. John is the strong man who suffers in silence, although he may occasionally “bow his head in grief.” Usually he has a plain, honest face, and is care- lessly dressed. If he smokes anything, it is a pipe. He is rather stupid, and his wits in any case are not as quick as the heroine's, in consonance with the agreeable fiction about woman's livelier intelligence. He is always a prig, according to male ideas. Jack is not so strong as John. He may even have had a past, though not very black. He probably smokes cigarettes. He differs greatly from John in having a clear-cut face and wearing “immaculate” clothes, possibly paid for out of the results of his success in his profession—which may even be literature, reminding us of the lines, “We knew his books were selling well By his patent leather boots.” Jack is not so faithful nor so quixotic as John, but he turns out right in the end. On the way to it, he is quite as much of a prig. Priggishness, indeed, seems a necessary trait of the woman’s hero. The thought may strike us: Is this really a mark of our sex 2 Are We men, so eager to condemn the taint in others, really all infected with it ourselves 2 Rather than admit  ## p. 79 (#99) ############################################## TFIES A UTISIOR*, 79 this, let me take refuge once more in the sugges- tion that the woman novelist under discussion breaks down when she comes to the drawing of her central male character, and that then her powers of observation desert her. In order not to stultify myself, I must leave it to women to say in what respects our heroines fail. I will admit that other men's ideals are very tame beside my own. But I have not yet written a novel. I make this confession at the risk of betraying my identity. S. P-e—“[e LORD SOUTHAMPTON AND TITCHFIELD PLACE. —º-º-º- HE chequered career of a true-hearted though passionate nobleman, Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton, is worthy of note. He is connected with Titchfield Place, near Southampton ; Drury House, Strand; and the State of Virginia, North America. To begin with Titchfield. This town belongs to the charmed ring which lies about our coast, neither wholly marine nor rural. Out of sight of the grey main, but not out of touch with it oceanwards lie marshy creeks and wind-swept boscage ; inland nestle hamlets framed in pasture, corn, and wooded heights. As one enters the portal of the wooden-steepled church one is struck by the wideness of the aisles, the slender shafts of the pillars, and the dignity and beauty of the monument to the Earls of South- ampton in the south chapel. High on a triply- arched marble altar-tomb lies the effigy of a Tudor dame. Very rich the carving and gilding of the armorial bearings, while four tall and polished obelisks like giant tapers guard the corners of the tomb. Much might be said about the learned Lord Chancellor, first earl, and the Lady Jane who lies above him, also of Henry the second earl in courtly armour lying on the north side ; and one can imagine the eight-year-old boy already fatherless coming with his mother Mary Browne, daughter of Sir Anthony Browne of Cowdray, to watch the building up of this magnificent sepulchre for which 31,000 had been left by testament. The widowed countess and her son must often have stayed at the princely mansion of Cowdray, for it is not till eleven years after her husband's death that she loses her father, and two years later she seeks the Society and protection of Sir Heneage Finch in marriage. Her son is violently disturbed, and to this year belongs “Lucrece” by Shake- speare, dedicated to his patron the young Earl. Perhaps an appeal to the conscience of the lady. Ileft to himself wild spirits gather about Titch- field Place and the young heir. Sir Henry Danvers, formerly page to Sir Philip Sidney, rides up one day. He and his elder brother Sir Charles have served in foreign wars, but on the death of their father are now in Wiltshire at feud with their neighbours, the Longs of Corsham. After a secret interview Sir Henry returns to Dauntsey. He has probably obtained permission to secrete certain papers stolen by the Longs at Titchfield. That is to say if they can be recovered. A day or two after Sir Charles and Sir Henry, with a faithful follower John, gallop up to Titch- field. There has been bloodshed, Sir Henry Long has been shot by one of them, the hue and cry is out. The Earl of Southampton hurries them up to a lonely farm on the hill-side, and prepares to ship them abroad. But the Sheriff of Southampton is on the alert and the culprits have to double and make for London, and thence to France, closely helped by the young earl. Signor Florio, the translator of Montaigne, is in the thick of it all and is “wanted.” On reaching London he must have poured out all his adventures to Shakespeare. The Danvers brothers do featly abroad but are in disgrace and dare not return. Finally a play is produced of which the prologue runs thus: Two households both alike in dignity, In fair Verona where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. The story is closely followed from Lord Brook's translation of an Italian novel, but its application lay in the restoration of peace to two rival houses. In 1598 the Danvers are pardoned and return. Shakespeare receives £1,000 from his patron. No virtue in Elizabethan times is more fashionable than knightly brotherhood. Faithful friendship is glorified. Of such nature was the devotion of Lord Southampton to Lord Essex. He marries his cousin Elizabeth Vernon, and justifies all action by ties of kinship. He lends Drury House for political meetings to circumvent the ambition of Raleigh and the wiles of Robert Cecil. Finally Lord Southampton stands by Essex at his trial and is condemned to death. Shortly before this crisis we have it on record that he attends the play with Lord Rutland every day, and that his countess is with Lady Rich at Essex House. That the playhouse was Shake- speare's we know by the play ordered the night before the catastrophe. Lord Southampton is released by James I. His  ## p. 80 (#100) ############################################# 80 THE AUTHOR. face has lost the petulant brilliancy of his early portrait and assumes the sober cast of his fore- fathers. He lives constantly at Titchfield, under- taking voyages to America, subsidising explorations, fighting chivalrous causes. News of the death of Lady Rich must have reached them in 1606. They lose a four-year-old daughter, the Ladye Mary, in 1614. In 1616 they hear of the death of Shake- Speare. - A great white stone wall still encircles the ruins of Titchfield Place. Magnificent and ghostly towers of the gatehouse still mark the place where the first earl drove his entrance through the nave of the priory church of Titchfield. Within the grounds the leafless trunk of a mighty oak lies white and ghastly on the sward. It must have been centuries old in Shakespeare's time. The walls of the palace are tapestried with ashen ivy boughs, dead and colourless as the stone. It might fitly represent the tragic end of the countess after 1624, for in that year the Earl is brought home dead from Bergen-ap-Zoom, and with him the body of the heir, his son of twenty-six. Again a widowed countess reigns at Titchfield, her heir a lad of fifteen. But yet another tragedy awaits her, twenty years later. King Charles I. in his flight from Hampton Court takes refuge at Titchfield, hoping thence to escape to France. Clarendon says: “The king thought it best for avoiding all highways to go to Titchfield, a noble seat of the Earl of South- ampton (who was not there) but inhabited by the old lady, his mother, with a small family, which made the retreat more convenient. “There his majesty alighted and would speak with the lady, to whom he made no scruple of com- municating himself, knowing her to be a lady of that honour and spirit that she was superior to all kind of temptation. There he slept, and was betrayed next day into the hands of Colonel Hammond, Governor of the Isle of Wight.” Could it be that the folio Shakespeare, studied by King Charles at Carisbrooke, was the gift of the aged countess to her guest ? On that last evening converse must have fallen upon past days, and on the mighty poet Elizabeth Vernon had known so long and so well in her youth. FICTION AS A MENACE TO THE BOOK TRADE. (Reprinted by kind permission of the Editor of the United States Publishers' Weekly) Y WE took Occasion a short time ago to point out the desirability of stemming the tide of what the London Nation calls “pedes- trian Work,” that is, books of a vulgar or common grade, whether it be fiction or other printed matter—all of which does so much to interfere with the distribution of books of real merit. Undoubtedly, the sale of momentarily popular books sometimes adds considerably to the income of the bookseller ; but, on the other hand, far- Seeing booksellers are coming to realise more and more that the concentration of their efforts upon merchandise of that sort has reacted disadvantage- Ously upon the sale of better books. We have reached a period in the history of the book trade, it seems to us, when it is imperative that the book trade and the public are disabused of the delusion that bookselling is merely the hand- ling of fiction. That way of thinking has caused more confusion, brought more bad feeling into the trade, and has actually caused more harm to both publisher and bookseller than all the other per- plexities that beset the book trade put together. It is just because so little knowledge is required to handle fiction, and because the equivocal price of novels is so generally known to the public that the department stores, that usually have larger means at their command than most any half-dozen book- sellers in their vicinity combined, seize upon it as a bait to bamboozle the public into believing that everything they offer is sold at the same rate at which they sell books—that is, fiction. These stores rarely venture further into the book busi- ness than to exploit the novel of the hour, the competitive reprints or remainders of cheaply- made books offered at one time or another by “fly-by-night º' publishing concerns as premiums or bait for other ventures, thus leaving the field of the more substantial books to the regular book- Seller ; and those department stores that do venture to maintain a well-equipped book department realise very quickly that they cannot afford to cut the prices on the better class of books so deeply— if at all—as they can on the books on which there is less risk, and which require only the service of the average shop-girl, who to-day is in the tin- ware department, the next day at the ribbon counter, and on another day, when needed to help out, acts as a bookseller. The more wide-awake publisher, also, is begin- ning to realise that in cultivating fiction in the hopes of keeping his plant employed and adding to . his income he is engaged in chasing an ignis fatuºus. The further he ventures in this direction the deeper he finds himself in the mire, and the less he is in a position to develop the more solid and profitable feature of his profession. Indeed, there is already noticeable a tendency on the part of some of the older publishing houses to make fewer ventures into the realm of fiction, restricting themselves to the products of the authors already on their lists or the really meritorious work of a  ## p. 81 (#101) ############################################# TFIES A UITYFIOR, 81 new writer, and devoting most of their energy, instead, to the publishing of serious books from which only moderate sales can be expected, but from which larger and more certain profits are bound to accrue. The bookseller, we claim, has an ever-widening and growing field as his own, because there are very large classes of books constantly published which are always in demand, on which the undersellers never cut the price and which are never included in their advertising campaign. Readers in this country are not exclusively readers of fiction, good or bad ; and if, unfortunately, in the near future, some publishers should be so blind to their own best interests as to enable the under- sellers to discredit the book trade by beating the life out of the “best sellers,” we trust the book- sellers of the country will have backbone enough to assist them by “sticking to their last,” and by buying only enough of their output of fiction to supply the actual demands of their customers, and to devote the better part of their time and atten- tion to the dissemination of books that are books, the books of all time and for all seasons, the books that count and are more rapidly coming into their OWI). - We therefore hope that, if fiction ever becomes an incubus, and threatens to sap the life of the book trade, the bookseller may be forearmed to meet the danger before it is too late, because in that event even a revolution might prove futile. ——e—º-e— TRAGEDY.” —º-º-º- * HIS is the first of a series dealing with the - various types of literature, and if the rest - in any Way attain to the excellence of the Volume before us, the publishers will have good cause to be proud of their venture. The design of the book is to trace the course of English tragedy up to the middle of the last cen- tury, and to show its place and influence in the history of the theatre and of literature. This is a great task. To perform it adequately in the space of 377 pages of large type is still more difficult, but Professor Thorndike has accomplished it. Of course, no exhaustive treatment is attempted, though it may be remarked that all tragedies of the sixteenth century are mentioned. The book is really a critical essay ; a guide-book, but not a text-book; a compact “Form at a Glance” of tragedy, yet essentially scholarly and dignified. * “Tragedy,” English in Columbia University. London : Constable & Co. 1908. by Ashley H. Thorndike, Professor of . At the close of every chapter are Notes on Biblio- graphy, which are quite invaluable. We find, however, on page 81, an opportunity for quibbling, or making a strong protest—the reader may decide. Among stage costumes is mentioned the “gown to go invisible in,” graced as here with inverted commas. To the best of our knowledge it should be “for to goo invisibell,” and as such we can readily credit it. On the other hand, the gown that Professor Thorndike quotes is obviously an impostor. We will have none of it. The conclusion is so excellent, and so pregnant at the present time when efforts are being made to raise the theatre into its early significance, that we should like to reprint the whole of it here. Lack of space, besides other considerations, prevents such desideratum, but at least we are able to give two short extracts. “The theatre, while crying for novelty, holds tenaciously to its traditions. Literature, while enforcing rules, prece- dents, prejudices, while clinging to its models and demand- ing imitation, yet incites to rivalry and originality, to new endeavour, variation and excellence. These two main classes of influence have rarely, if ever, run parallel. At times the theatre has attracted literature, as in the Elizabethan era ; at times it has repelled literature, as in the early nineteenth century. Usually what the stage of the day desires and what the literature of the past encourages have been quite different and quite irreconcilable. . . . It is the purpose of dramatic art to bring about their reconciliation to harmonise the technic of the theatre, the necessities of the drama, and the standards of literary excellence.” “Tragedy takes an abiding place among the great courses of continuous human activity dedicated to an inquiry into the meanings of life. Its imaginative and intellectual study of suffering and ruin must continue, however its form may alter, if the theatre is to be a social force of im- portance, if literature is to offer an intelligent, serious and Comprehensive view of life, if the two are to unite in some- thing better than a trivial and selfish entertainment.” Z. CONTEMPORARY CRITICISMS. x. —º-º-º- “THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST's BARGAIN : A FANCY FOR CHRISTMAS TIME.” BY CHARLES DICKENS. LONDON : BRADBURY AND EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET. 1848. . . . Foremost in the ranks of Christmas chroniclers stands pre-eminent Charles Dickens, author of THE Christmas Carol, par ercellence . . . . that little book, all-powerful in the magic of its eloquent simplicity. . . . The Carol, appealing as it did to all the best parts of our nature, and by the force of love winning men to virtue, became deservedly popular; in the language of the “Row ’’ it was a decided hit—a speculation equally satis- factory to those who sold and those who bought. Accordingly the following Christmas gave to the  ## p. 82 (#102) ############################################# 82 TISIES A CITISIOR. world “The Chimes,” a goblin story. This, like most attempts to repeat a good thing, was in some degrees a falling-off; still, it had many of its predecessor's beauties, and certain quaint and loveable originalities all its own ; witness that most fantastic but delectable creation, Trotty Weck. “The Chimes” was succeeded by “The Cricket on the Hearth "; and the charm of the story, the fascinations of Dot, and the vis comica of Tilly Slowboy and her pluralities, caused the general reader to overlook, and the friendly critic to deal gently with, a certain want of originality in the plot and character, and a light comedy arrange- ment of scenes and situations, which detracted from its merits as a work of art. But its very faults rendered it peculiarly adapted for dramatic representation. A Punch writer (with the author's sanction) chopped it up into the necessary longs and shorts . . . and the “Cricket on the Hearth'' became to all intents and purposes a comedietta. Whether this palpable realisation of the ideal— this clothing the graceful, air-born fancies of Mr. Dickens' poetic mind, in the inimitable flesh and blood of the Keeleys—was a wise experiment, we have grave doubts. . . . However this might be, the consequences were fatal to the next Christ- mas book by this writer. Confused between pub- lishers and players, Mr. Dickens produced a hybrid anomaly—a thing with an unmeaning name— neither Tyrian nor Trojan, neither tale nor farce, where a phrase of high flown sentiment ended with a cue for Mrs. Keeley’s funny maid-servant, and her little husband’s buffooneries served to enliven the more serious business of transferring a lover, or breaking a father's heart. Such a mistake could lead but to one result ; and, accordingly, the “Battle of Life” was condemned by the critics, pooh-poohed by the public, hissed at the Lyceum, and finally (to use Tilly Slowboy’s expressive com- pound verb) “dead-and-buried" by the Times reviewer. That the author was himself aware that, for Once, his arrow had missed the bull's-eye may be deduced from the fact that last year he left the field to other competitors; and Thackeray, and the beadles, the comic almanacs and the dustnen, had it all their own way. It was, then, with no uncommon degree of interest that we saw the announcement, Some months ago, of a new Christmas Tale by Charles Dickens; and it is with unmixed satisfac- tion that we now rise from a perusal of the work, convinced that its author has profited by his experience. * “The Haunted Man, and the Ghost's Bargain" (about as awkward a name, by the way, as ever was hit upon) is appropriately termed “A Fancy for Christmas Time,” for such and such alone it is ; but a more poetic and beautiful conception we have seldom, if ever, met with. Though we are constantly gliding into the regions of the ideal— though the ghost is a very thorough ghost, indeed, cold, vague, shadowy, impressive and horrible, as a ghost ought to be—though the heroine herself, the calm-eyed, loving, loveable, and particularly impossible Milly, is more a good spirit than a woman—yet the Supernatural machinery all works in a very natural way ; and though slow imagina- tions may be somewhat put to it to keep pace with the author's flights of fancy, there is nothing con- trary to good sense or right feeling throughout. The story, moreover, has a clear, plain, easily dis- cerned, and most excellent moral; wherein, of its predecessors, it most closely resembles “The Carol,” and most widely differs from the “Battle of Life.” . . . . The tale begins with ten pages of intensely Dickenish description of rain, wind, clouds, gable-ends, “lights in old halls and cottage windows” and shadows. . . . Having disposed of the elements and the other picturesque “pro- perties” to his satisfaction Mr. Dickens introduces us to his haunted man, a certain professor of chemistry, by name Redlaw, residing in an incom- prehensible old edifice containing a lecture room. . . This gentleman has his dinner brought by a certain William Swidger, son of the superannuated custodian of the institution, and husband—hear it all ye romantic damsels, and shudder—of the Guardian Angel, Milly ; they are joined by Milly and her father-in-law, who is constantly congratu- lating himself upon the greenness of his memory— which colour by the way, is more or less discernible in the generality of his remarks. . . . . . . A worthy family, rejoicing in the euphonious name of Tetterby, possess a most undeniable claim on Our gratitude, by affording a vehicle for the dis- play of our author's own peculiar inimitable vein of humour. Some of his touches are most happy. . . . The description of a baby—a new, wonderfully imagined, and triumphantly executed baby, pos- Sessing a strong, clearly defined, and most alarming individuality, and yet, withal, perfectly true (to the best of our knowledge) to baby-nature—is irresistible. . . . The character of Milly must be dealt with gently and lovingly. Regarded as the personification of tenderness and charity, as the good genius of a Christmas Fancy, with just enough of the material woman about her to enable ordinary mortals to realise and adore: she is a most rare and beautiful creation. For ourselves, convinced that in this spirit was the character conceived, and in this alone should it be treated of, we care nothing for the objections which we foresee will be urged against it, regarding all cavils as to its unreality as just so much false criticism. The design of the work is excellent ; no mind but that of a good and clever man could have originated it ; none but a master's hand could have executed it.  ## p. 83 (#103) ############################################# TFIES A CITFIOR. 8 3 And it is well that it should be so. There is a fearful responsibility attached to the possession of such talent as that of Mr. Dickens; the amount of influence he may exercise for good or evil is incalculable. In the present instance we have no doubt as to the result. The readers of the “Ghost's Bargain" may be counted by tens of thousands ; but we should be sorry to call him our friend who does not rise from its perusal a wiser and a better D] &Il. (Sharpe's London Magazine, 1848.) CORRESPONDENCE, —º-º-º- EDITORIAL FAILINGS. I. SIR,--I think your correspondent “C.B.” in your November issue is rather sweeping in his condemnation of editors. He complains that they (or their office boys) are in the habit of scoring MSS. and thus spoiling their virgin beauty. May I point out that from among thousands of MSS. which have passed through my hands and the hands of my assistants (who by the way are not office boys) during many years of editorial work, I have never had a single complaint that any MS. has been returned in a less cleanly condition than when it was received. MSS. are not numbered in this office, nor marked in any way. I should be very grateful if you will permit me to use this opportunity for correcting another wide-spread error among aspiring authors. These gentlemen are never tired of asserting that editors do not read the majority of MSS. submitted to them. Let me assure all aspiring authors that not one of those many thousand MSS. alluded to above has been returned without having been previously considered either by myself, my assis- tants, or a special staff of readers. Most journals could not exist but for the contributions of out- siders, and as editors are rational human beings, in spite of all that is said to the contrary, they do not wantonly play ducks and drakes with their chief means of livelihood. Yours faithfully, THE EDITOR, C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd. —º-º-º- II. SIR,--I should like to inform “C. B.” that I never allow MSS. to be marked in my office. If he likes to send me something, I can assure him that he will get it back almost as good as new. But editors are not the only people with this failing. I have remonstrated with a literary agent, who makes strange marks on the MSS. he sends round, pointing out to him that some of the contributions emanating from him bear the look of collars that have been clerically attended to by several laundries. Disfiguring a manuscript is, to my mind, a distinct discourtesy on the part of an editor, and “C.B.'s" protest is well justified. Yours faithfully, R. S. WARREN BELL, Editor of The Captain. —t-G-4– PENSION FUND. SIR,--I cannot think H. A.’s letter is repre- sentative even of himself, and can only agree with his last words, and then only by transposing them to read, “It is not a question of principle, but of the amount demanded.” Literature is surely the most liberal of professions, and it could not exist without original thought, which means that no two people think precisely alike. Also, however valuable opinions, thoughtful persons are privileged to change them, and sometimes do go “full speed astern.” Yet H. A. wishes us to believe that his only motive for not contributing is the fear that Some small portion of his generosity, however great, might, at some future time, go to relieve the sufferings of some imaginary poor devil who might have the temerity to differ from him. This is not quite liberal, not quite tolerant ; and the evil one may never need the pension. No compulsion, of course, but let those subscribe who can, and leave the rest to the pension committee. ANOTHER A. —t—sº-º- MILTON TERCENTENARY. SIR,--I have the honour, on behalf of the Milton Tercentenary Committee, appointed by the Council of the British Academy, in view of a memorial addressed to them early in the year by the Lord Mayor, the Chairman of the London County Council, the Vice-Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Lon- don, and others, to announce the following details of the programme of the celebration – On the evening of December 8, the eve of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Milton, the British Academy will hold a special meeting at the Theatre of Burlington House, Burlington-gardens, at which  ## p. 84 (#104) ############################################# 84 TISIES A UITISIOR. Dr. A. W. Ward, Master of Peterhouse, Fellow of the Academy, will deliver a brief oration on “Milton's Life and Work,” to be followed by a discourse on “Milton's Comus and its Incidental Music,” by Sir Frederick Bridge, illustrated by the choristers of Westminster Abbey. In response to a request addressed to him by the Tercentenary Committee, Mr. George Meredith, O.M., has graciously written some lines on “Milton,” in honour of the occasion, and the celebration will fittingly open with the reading of these lines. On December 9, the day of the tercentenary, a special commemoration service will be held in the afternoon, at the church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, at which the sermon will be given by the Bishop of Ripon. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor (Sir George Wyatt Truscott) and the Sheriffs, in State, leading citizens (especially of Milton's ward of Bread-street), the officers and Fellows of the British Academy, with other invited guests, will attend the service. In the evening the Lord Mayor will entertain a representative company at the Mansion House at a banquet in celebration of the tercentenary. On Thursday, December 10, in the afternoon, a general meeting of the British Academy will be held, at which will be communicated for publica- tion the following papers on various aspects of Milton's life and work :— “Milton and Dante, with reference to Macaulay's Essay,” by Mr. W. J. Courthope, C.B. “Milton in the Eighteenth Century,” by Professor E. Dowden. “Milton's Fame on the Continent,” by Professor J. G. Robertson. “Milton as Schoolboy and Schoolmaster,” by Mr. A. F. Leach. “Samson Agonistes and the Hellenic Drama,” by the late Sir Richard Jebb. Further, Professor C. H. Firth will contribute a paper on “Milton as an Historian.” This will be read at the ordinary meeting of the Academy on November 25. - These papers, together with other contributions, will be published in extenso in “The Proceedings of the British Academy,” and also separately. On the evening of Tuesday, December 15, a per- formance of “Samson Agonistes” will be given at the theatre, Burlington-gardens, under the direc- tion of Mr. William Poel, for the guests of the British Academy. Public performances are being arranged for in London and elsewhere. At the British Museum there will be an exhibi- tion of “Miltoniana,” and a portfolio containing facsimiles of the Milton autographs and documents in the museum will be “published by order of the trustees, on the occasion of the Milton Tercen- tenary.” The price of the portfolio will be 1s. ; Single plates 3d. each. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, I. GOLLANCZ, Secretary of the British Academy. —e—º-e— THE AUTHORS’ CLUB. SIR,-As it is not possible to answer as fully as one would wish the many letters of inquiry received daily regarding the now successfully reconstructed Authors’ Club (founded in 1891 by Sir Walter Besant), I am requested by my committee to ask if you will courteously permit the most frequent questions to be replied to in your columns, as follows:— * -- . . . . . 1. The reconstruction of the Authors’ Club has been accomplished with the cordial co-operation of the majority of the former members. 2. Amongst those who have joined the general council are the Lord Monkswell, D.L., Sir Edward Brabrook, C.B., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Wen. Archdeacon Sinclair, D.D., Messrs. S. R. Crockett, C. B. Fry, Francis Gribble, H. Rider Haggard, Anthony Hope Hawkins, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, Morley Roberts, William Senior, Horace Annesley Wachell, Percy White, with Mr. Charles Garvice as chairman of the Executive Committee, and Mr. T. Cato Worsfold, hon. solicitor. 3. The new club rooms overlook the Embank- ment Gardens and the river, and, until the refurnishing is completed, members of the Authors’ are guests of the Municipal Club in the same building. 4. The social affairs of the club are managed by the executive committee who were elected at the general meeting of members on the 5th ult., namely : in addition to the chairman aforemen- tioned, Messrs. C. H. Cautley, E. J. Harper, Franklin Lieber, Robert Machray, G. Herbert Thring, E. H. Lacon Watson, Horace Wyndham (hon. librarian) and myself. 5. To ensure a continual infusion of fresh interest in the club's affairs, one third of the com- mittee will retire in February, 1911, and every Subsequent February, in favour of new officers, no past committee-man being eligible for re-election until the lapse of one year after resigning office. 6. No financial liability in the management attaches to any individual member. 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