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the 5th of February, 1909, the Trustees of
the Pension
Fund of the Society, after
the secretary had placed before them the
financial position of the Fund, decided to invest
£350 in the purchase of Corporation of London
2} per cent. Stock (1927 57).
The amount purchased is £438 2s. 4d., and is
added to the list printed below.
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were elected.
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another page.
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twenty-four
tion
members.
The resignations
were heavy, but not more
than
usual
the
commencement
the year in fact, the numbers
differed only one point from the resignations
January
last year.
was decided that,
was necessary, owing
the nomination
members for the committee,
poll, that the voting papers should
have
returnable
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January
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of he
of
of
to
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of
a
to
a
of
an
to
of to
in
of
to
to
of
:
a
the committee decided
obtain counsel's opinion
before action was taken.
The secretary next reported the result
two
cases commenced some time ago against newspapers
New Zealand for piracy
the articles
members.
settled, the amounts
Both had been Satisfactorily
They desire
claimed
both cases being paid.
of
on
to
Manage
had recommended that the Committee
ment should take the matters up, and the committee
accepted their recommendation accordingly.
The secretary reported
the committee two
claims for members
the society against
publisher.
He read long letter from the solicitors
the Society setting out the financial position, and
the committee decided
instruct the solicitors
proceed with the claims
the members concerned.
infringement
The next question related
Belgium. As difficult ques
performing rights
copyright law was involved,
tion
international
in
of
of
of
by
be
to
to
a
of
a
its
of
of
in
of
it
be
a
to
of
of
in
as
to
Cases referred
the Committee. The
first case
before the committee referred
the support
appeal which was mentioned
the last issue
The Author.
Since the December meeting the
going
opportunity
Solicitors
the Society had
carefully into the papers and reported
the chair
man.
The chairman, having
considered
the
Solicitors report, advised that the matter should
not
taken further.
The secretary reported
the committee, who decided
follow this advice.
The next question, the secretary reported, con
cerned
breach
contract which had now been
Satisfactorily settled
the member concerned.
The secretary advised the committee that, during
the past month,
had placed two county court
cases
the hands
the society s solicitors both
against papers and both for accounts unpaid.
moneys
The next case was for the collection
India on behalf
two dramatists who were
members
the Society. The Dramatic Committee
in
a
on
no
in
to
in to
to
Sanction was given for the purchase
mimeo
graph for the office use.
The committee thanked several supporters
the
Pension Fund for donations, and expressed their
gratitude for the support which this fund received.
list
recent donations and subscriptions appears
elsewhere
The Author.
of
of
a
it
at
as
of
in
to
to
a
as
to
of
of
allowed
consider dramatic cases likely
involve legal action, prior
their submission
Management, was granted
the Committee
the
Committee.
A
a
as
to
byof
of
to
to
to
under the New Zealand Act,
might
suggested that
possible,
and
approaching the Colonial Office,
turn the atten
tion of the Canadian Government to the considera
tion
this difficulty.
Sir Alfred Bateman kindly
approach the Colonial Office and Tord
undertook
Strathcona, and
report
the committee.
The secretary informed the committee that the
following gentlemen had consented
act
the
sub-committee
consider the proposed censorship
meeting
the libraries,
case there was need for
should the libraries take any further action
Mr.
Edmund Gosse, Mr. Maurice Hewlett and Sir
George Darwin.
The committee empowered the
Sub-committee
add
their number should they
think desirable.
he
righted their works
the Copyright Sub-Committee
agreement between
composer
and
music publisher was next reported
the
Committee, who confirmed the action
the copy
right sub-committee
and expressed themselves
ready
consider any report that sub-committee
might care
submit.
request from the Dramatic Sub-Committee
The action
the settlement
in
of
by
of
of
of
in
Canadian Customs Act, the Custom House authori
ties could stop the importation
books which had
been copyrighted
Canada under the Canadian
Copyright Act, but that
provision had been
stop the importation
pirated copies
made
books copyrighted there under the Imperial Act.
country
He mentioned that
New Zealand,
copyright law
own, special
which also had
provisions had been made
the Customs Act
copyright owners
that country for the protection
under the Imperial Act against the importation
pirated copies,
well
those who had copy
127
of
of
by
to
of
to
to
of
of
byhe
of
a
of of
of
in
be
of
statutes of the society, be sent to
members with
the March issue of The 41ſthor.
The date
the general meeting was fixed for
Wednesday, March 16.
The circular and the
report will
issued
due course.
The question
the British Academy again came before the
Authors, and the chairman reported
Society
meeting
the Royal Society
Literature which
had attended.
Several suggestions were made
Management, and
members
the Committee
represent them
the chairman undertook
the
Sub-Committee
the Royal Society
Literature
which had been appointed
consider the whole
matter.
The casual vacancy caused
the resignation
the Hon. Mrs. Felkin was filled up
the appoint
ment
Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, who has already
rendered the society valuable assistance
mem
ber
the sub-committee appointed
consider the
price
novels.
The question
the alteration
the subscription
for life membership was raised
one
the mem
bers, and his letter was placed before the committee,
present.
who decided
leave the rule
stood
They considered that £10 10s. was
very small
subscription
ask
view
the claims which
member was entitled
make
the society's funds.
The secretary then referred
the committee
copyright
question relating
the infringement
Canada.
He pointed out that, under the
in
all
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Secretary
the members
the sub-committee,
was laid on the table.
The sub-committee
expressed their warm approval
the Report and
possible
pass legis
their hope that
would
lation giving effect
the recommendations laid
down
that Report.
It was then moved and carried that the Dramatic
Sub-Committee
recommend to the Committee of
Management that
dramatic cases should
laid
before them in the first instance
decision was
desired
whether
not legal action should
They hope,
taken.
this means,
relieve the
Management
Committee
difficult portion
regard
their work.
The final authorisation
of
of
the expenditure
the society's funds must, however,
Management.
rest with the Committee
Six cases were next laid before the sub-committee,
and the following recommendations were made
Management.
the Committee
The first case
they recommended the Committee
Management
not
take up.
three other cases they deferred
giving final decision pending the arrival
fuller
details and the opinion
the society's solicitors
the legal position.
One case they recommended
Management
the Committee
take up.
One
recovery
case, which involved
fees under
contract, the secretary was able
report had
already been settled
the payment
the money.
The secretary laid before the sub-committee
of
of
a
to
of
by
of to
of
on
of
a
to
in
its
THE first meeting of the Dramatic Sub-Com
mittee for 1910 was held on January 4, at the
offices of the Society.
After the minutes of the
last meeting had been read and signed, the Reper
tory Agreement, in
final shape, was laid before
slight alteration was made
the committee.
one
the clauses, and the Agreement was passed.
A
to
a
to
to of of
of
The Report
the Committee
the Law
Copyright, which had been circulated
the
of
SUB-COMMITTEE.
I.
of
so
he
of
to,
at
to
is
It
It
to
question next arose
the desirability
getting into closer touch with the various Dramatic
Authors Societies
the Continent, and the
Secretary was instructed
write
the Italian,
Spanish, and German societies and obtain what
could, and
lay the same before the
information
sub-committee
their next meeting.
The sub
possible,
Committee desire,
nominate agents
these and other countries able
answer
inquiries and,
necessary,
collect fees.
In
DRAMATIC
all the
to
t-sº-0
circular
have been laid before the meeting, but owing
the fact that the secretary
that association had
not put
into formal shape the matter had
adjourned.
as
A case of literary libel which had occurred was
placed before the committee, who confirmed the
secretary's action and undertook, if necessary, to
sanction legal proceedings.
Lastly, the committee considered the question of
appealing in a case backed by the society, in which
the verdict had been given against the member in
the Court of First Instance.
For various legal
reasons they decided not to take the matter further.
Thirteen cases in all came before the committee for
consideration.
This is a strong witness to the
activity of the society and to the work which the
committee are bound to undertake on behalf of
those who are members.
It should be remembered that, besides these cases
which are taken up by the committee and involve
legal action, the secretary deals with a considerable
number of cases every month which are chronicled
under another heading.
send out
the society
order
ascertain the
ranks, and,
dramatists included
obtain particulars
those
their
works which have been publicly performed.
The
issue
this circular has been sanctioned
the
Management.
Committee
will
forwarded
the members
due course.
.
proposal from the Sketch Association was
A
against a German publisher, and the society s
German lawyers had been instructed at once. The
secretary had written to the member concerned on
various
occasions for further instructions
and
for particulars demanded by the society's German
lawyer, but had been unable
any
to
obtain
reply.
therefore,
He felt bound,
to report
the matter
to the committee,
who instructed
him to write to the member concerned and point
out that the society was incurring considerable
expenditure, for which they would be bound to hold
the member responsible if he refused to answer
their letters or to assist them in the action they
were taking at his request.
A small case for moneys and accounts from a
provincial theatre was next considered, and the
committee decided to adopt the recommendation of
the Dramatic Sub-Committee
and to support the
case on behalf of the member involved.
was decided
members
number
possible,
A
literary libel which one of the members was bringing
now lying
the offices
the society ready
for any member
refer
should
desiré.
supply full
The secretary has been instructed
information.
in
express their thanks to Mr. Arnold White one of
the members involved for a donation of £4 4s. to
the society's Capital Fund, the amount that had been
recovered by the society on his behalf.
At their last meeting the committee sanctioned
proceedings in Germany to support a charge of
of
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Beal, N. Watkin
Bryson,
9,
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Bryan, Mrs. Hugh
Lee
Child, Harold H.
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Glendower Place,
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Longsight,
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House,
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Wood,
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Huntsville, Texas,
Coleman, Walter Moore
J.
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St.
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Burlington Street, W.
Road,
152, Alexandra
in
be
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Cases.
DURING the past month fifteen cases have been
the Society.
the secretary
the hands
report that more than two
Though
unable
the course
have been settled, the others are
Road, Eastbourne.
Guildford Terrace,
Dover.
N.W.
Cope,
Hammer
c/o
John
Colbourn,
Peb
Violet Dell, Model
Pnrley,
Village,
C.
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J.
Bridge, Mrs.
House,
Anderida, Gorringe
J.
Bedford, Edward
-
of
to
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Stratford-on
Roseneath,
Smith, W.
.
on
Pebworth
Worth,
.
on
a
to
In
it
of
Wilson
C.
of
at to of
of
to
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it
Barrett,
a
for further
account
January Elections.
C.
by
to
no
of
in
of
a
the sub-committee
capital
of
to
the
º-º-º--
he a
an
of
to
the agenda.
The next question under consideration was con
Alliance.
letter from the Theatres
tained
go carefully into
The sub-committee decided
infringe
the matter, which touched the question
performances
rights
performing
ment
Upon this question the secretary
private clubs.
placed
obtain fuller information
was asked
subsequent meeting.
before
Some letters received from correspondents
Africa and Australia, who had been
South
approached with
their appointment
view
agents
the society, were next read, but the matter
on
by
by
by
of
in
to
kindly presented
Society.
to
In
the first case, which related
agreement
theatrical
the breach
manager, the secretary stated that
had been
defer taking action pending the arrival
asked
alleged
further evidence. The next case was one
copyright, and from the opinion
infringement
the society's solicitors, which the secretary read
appeared
that body that
the committee,
present
was
action would lie, though
cause
just possible that some cause might arise when the
offending play was produced.
these circum
stances, the Dramatic Sub-Committee
did not feel
the existing
decision
that they could come
facts.
The secretary reported the satisfactory settle
two other cases which had been placed
ment
in
up
is
to
satisfactory
state that the back cases
these reports are now closing
mentioned
rapidly, and that during the past month,
addition
other matters, two cases
the settlement
copyright
infringement
the colonies have
the papers
the payment
been terminated
behalf
the society
the amount claimed
members.
One amount, just recovered, the author has
all
THE second meeting of this sub-committee was
held at 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W.,
on Tuesday, January 18.
The first matter for consideration was the agency
agreement which had been drafted by the secretary.
The document was read through carefully from end
As it was
to end and discussed at some length.
found impossible, however, to complete the settle
the
ment of the agreement and to get through
other work before the committee, the further dis
the next meeting.
cussion was adjourned
Several cases then came before the sub-committee
was left open
consideration.
;
of
aCCOUnts.
in
II.
for consideration.
of
for
Satisfactory negotiation.
There were six cases for
money; three claims
MSS. three
the return
copyright, and three for
claims for infringement
It
letters he had received from a correspondent in
South Africa whom the sub-committee contemplated
appointing as agent.
It was decided to await the
arrival of a further report which the gentleman
had promised to forward to the office.
129
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February issue
the same magazine.
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family mansion.
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love story pure and
simple, having for
young man
good
hero
position, who, greatly sought after
the stylish
ladies
the county, prefers, much
their chagrin,
young lady who
plain
degree. As the
story proceeds, however, the exceptional gifts and
graces
the girl become apparent
the reader.
Since Lady Stanley's
account
the great
explorer was published, just before Christmas,
Co.,
interesting letter
Messrs. Sampson Low
from Stanley has been discovered.
was written
1858, when Stanley was still John
June
Rowlands.
He was out
the workshop, but
post
prospects.
without
the next edition
Stanley's autobiography
facsimile will
included.
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Divers Paths
collection
the form
calendar.
Miss Annie
Matheson has edited the volume, which
made
rambles, rhymes, and reveries.
The claim
the book
the words
the editor, for odd
arranged
in
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Miss Florence
Rosary,
is,
gallery, may be obtained, at 12s.
for each person,
Karadja's secretary, 11, King's
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Sloane Square
from
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the lecture
from
observances and the history
the Jewish
the course
his researches, the author
pay par
discovered indications which led him
Egyptian history, with the
ticular attention
result that he has identified the ancestors
the
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Jews with
who descended
into Palestine from Asia Minor
upwards
four thousand years ago.
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Egyptian and Babylonian historical sculptures and
paintings, none
them more recent than 700 B.C.
Upwards
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the Bible have left the press since
the first issue under the approval
the late
Blaikie, the well-known Edinburgh professor
Greek.
Mr. Fenton
now engaged
revision
his
Complete Bible
Modern English for fifteenth
edition.
and
people.
in
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Sir Sven Hedin s Trans-Himalaya : Discoveries
and Adventures in Tibet, is reviewed by the editor.
We have received the second volume of this
magazine,
comprising
the
issues for July to
December, 1909.
It is strongly bound, and the
illustrations, of which there are many, are very
These, in addition to the maps
well reproduced.
and an index, add to the attractiveness
of the
volume.
The Princess Karadja is delivering a course of
lectures on behalf of the Gnosis Propaganda Fund
at the Blue Salon, Eustace
Miles Restaurant,
*
40, Chandos Street, Charing Cross.
The first of these lectures, The Esoteric Meaning
of the Seven Sacraments, was first delivered some
weeks ago, was repeated on January 15, and
will subsequently appear in book form.
On February 12 the Princess's subject will be
The Tower of Babel (explanations concerning
Masonic teaching in the Bible);
on the 26th,
Balaam s Ass (an illumination concerning the
signification
allegory) ; on
esoteric
of this
March 5, The Destiny of the Weaker Wessel ;
while the concluding lecture, on March 19, will
deal with Jachin and Boaz and the accuracy of
the usual interpretation of the Scriptural passages
referring thereto.
Tickets for the course, including tea on reserved
The Unknown History
the Jews, pub
Co., Mr. Ernest
lished
Messrs. Watts
Jessel reviews the higher criticism
the Old
Testament, and adds the historical evidence
the
arriving
date, with the object
monuments
the truth concerning the origin
Jewish laws
a
Sportsman.
each lecture, without tea, may
cost of 2s. 6d.
Mr.
W. Robertson Scott has just published
little volume, The Strange Story
the Dunmow
Flitch,
which
has gathered together and set
forth,
simple and attractive
fashion
possible, such data
has been able
collect
concerning
custom with which but few people are
published
unfamiliar.
The book
Dunmow
Mr.
Carter.
Admission
obtained
on
The January number of Travel and Eaplora
Ball, contains,
edited by E. A. Reynolds
among other interesting matter, contributions from
four of our members. Mr. William Hunter Workman
continues the description
of the exploration
of
the Nun Kun range, commenced by Mrs. Bullock
Workman in the December issue.
Mr. C. N.
Williamson describes the attractions of the motor
journey from Paris to the south of France, and
illustrates
with a story the necessity for due
observance of custom-house regulations in crossing
from France into Italy.
Mr. Ralph Durand writes, with others, on Outfit
and Equipment for the Traveller, Explorer, and
£ion,
133
of
apologies), that the publishers are not The Light
Reason, but Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
An illustrated souvenir of The Blue Bird,
Maurice Maeterlinck's play now running at the
Haymarket, has been prepared and is being pub
lished by Mr. John Long. The souvenir is produced
in colour, and Mr. John Hassall is responsible for
the cover design.
The letterpress, which Mr.
Herbert Trench has written, includes a little sketch
of the life and work of Maurice Maeterlinck.
of
of
TRIES
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134
A Pſ"TFIOR.
moments those chance moments that come all too
seldom, when for a few seconds the rush and
clamour of the road are less insistent, and the
wayfarers may take an instant's rest.
The list of contributors includes, besides Miss.
Matheson,
Mr. C. C. Cotterill, Professor C. H.
Herford, Litt.D., Maud Egerton King, Greville
MacDonald, M.D., May Sinclair and Eleanor Tyrrell.
Miss Eleanor Tyrrell s contributions to the fore
going volume have been favourably mentioned by
South Africa, which paper contains also a kindly
reference to a story from
the same Writer in
Lippincott's Magazine.
Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall & Co. have just
issued The Life and Divine Writings of Joanna
Southcott,
by Alice Seymour.
The object of the work is to prove that Joanna
Southcott was no impostor, but a woman Divinely
chosen to give warning of the approach of the
Second Coming.
The work is published in two
volumes at 4s. 6d. nett each.
Oxford : Its Buildings and Gardens '' is a
by Mr. Grant Richards.
volume published
The
letterpress is by Mr. Ralph Durand, and the 32
illustrations in colour are reproduced from draw
ings by Mr. W. A. Wildman.
It is published at
21s, nett ; also in an édition de luze, limited to
100 copies, at 428. nett.
Derek Vane is writing the new serial story for
Lloyd's Weekly News.
It is called The Heather
Hall Mystery, and illustrates the saying that
all sin is dogged, and, though that which follows
may lag, it never loses the track.
Derek Vane has also recently contributed short
stories to the Sketch and Bystander, and is now
engaged on a society novel.
DRAMATIC.
Dame Nature, Mr. Frederick Fenn s adapta
tion of M. Henry Bataille s
La Femme Nue, was
produced at the Garrick Theatre on January 19th.
The play, which is a study of the consequences
of ill-asso, ted marriage, was interpreted by a cast
including Miss Ethel Irving, Mr. Ernest Leicester,
and Mr. J. D. Beveridge.
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NE of the literary events of the month has
been the publication
of Alfred de Musset's
Lettres à l Inconnue.
is known at last that the woman to whom
this correspondence was addressed was no other
than Aimée d'Alton, who, after the death of Alfred,
married his brother Paul de Musset.
The correspondence commenced in 1837. Alfred
de Musset died in 1842, and four years later Aimée
married his brother.
She died herself in 1881, a
few months after her husband.
These letters were confided to Jules Troubat,
Sainte-Beuve's secretary, and were given by him to
the Bibliothèque Nationale, only to be opened at
the expiration of a certain number of years.
At
the given date Jules Troubat opened the little
packet of letters and commenced the publication of
them in the Figaro.
There was great excitement
in literary circles when it was announced that the
time had come to open the mysterious love-letters.
Many of them are very charming, and, taken as a
whole, they give an excellent idea of the poet,
witty, clever, affectionate, tender-hearted, but weak
in character, and as irresponsible as a boy. All
this was after his liaison with George Sand.
The
first freshness of his love is over. There is a some
thing wanting in these letters; they are not like
those he had written earlier to George Sand.
There is no doubt, though, that Aimée d'Alton
exercised a very salutary influence over him during
the time that he was in love with her.
The poems
Written at this epoch are among his finest work.
In spite of the prosaic times in which we live,
poetry is decidedly in favour in France.
Matinées
are very much in vogue at which poetry of all
epochs is recited.
There are reviews almost
entirely devoted to the works of poets, and some
of these reviews organise matinées at which the
various authors are duly feted.
One of the most
enterprising of these reviews is La Poétique, as
editor,
organises a
M. Saint-Chamarand,
the
matinée every Monday for his subscribers, and at
these matinées not only French poets, but foreign
authors too, are introduced to a Parisian public.
Only a short time ago Shakespeare had the place
of honour, and a matinée was devoted to his plays.
The admirers of Alfred de Musset have formed
a society called
Les Mussettistes,
and their
season was inaugurated
this winter by a brilliant
causerie on
Alfred de Musset, explained by his
Marguerite Chenu gave this
works.
Madame
causerie,
and it was followed by recitations and
Songs from Musset's poems.
Some members of the
poet's family were present.
L Egypte à Petites Journées : Souvenirs du
Caire d Autrefois, is the title of the new edition
of this fascinating book recently published by
Arthur Rhoné, a member of the Egyptian Institute.
The author visited Egypt in 1864, and he tells us
that only as far back as thirty years ago the
ancient cities of the world still remained much as
they had been since time immemorial.
He speaks
of Rome, Jerusalem, Damascus, Constantinople,
and Cairo as they were in those days, and he
regrets bitterly the sans gène
of our present
generation and the ruthless way in which
it
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Les Critiques du
M.
Chaumeix
La Bataille
Angleterre,
M. Raphael Georges
Lévy
Fénélon,
Jules Lemaître
and La
Cour des Tuileries,
the Marquis
Massa.
congratulated
The Figaro
its enter
publishing
prise.
supplement, once
fortnight,
Figaro
children's newspaper,
Jeunesse. This new paper
the delight
French
Rationalisme,
Budget
It
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of
Aicard,
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to
to
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a
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of
Paul
her Salom called La Paroisse.
She had twenty
nine members, and
fixed hour they
used
meet and examine the authenticity
the news which
each member contributed.
Madame d Argental, who
was admitted
member
this little society,
took copies
the news, circulated
and obtained
subscribers. Madame Doublet was threatened
the
police
she continued
circulate the news
brought
court,
her Salon.
As she had friends
she took no notice of the threat and continued her
information
bureau until her death,
the age
ninety-three.
In recent numbers of the Revue des Deua Mondes
we have articles on
La Vieille France monas
tique,
M. l'Abbé
Sicard
La Police
Politique sous
Restauration,
M. Ernest
propos
Daudet
and
La Revolution Fiscale
Budget Anglais,
M. Leroy Beaulieu.
In the Revue Hebdomadaire we have Jean
It
of
in
of
in
or
all
is
on
it
is
to
a
MM.
Many
marchais.
the salons were more like
journalism.
academies
The delight
the
guest brought some startling
hostess was when
that,
piece
news.
was not
wondered
France,
With such stirring times
the history
everyone should want
well posted.
This
thirst for information led
the establishment of
bureaux, where news was copied and distributed
sixty
many
Subscribers.
There were
Seventy subscribers
some
these bureaux.
In
1730 Madame
Doublet started
little society
;
by
of
a
of
to
go
to
all
of
up
charming
Altogether
from time
time.
book, and the allegory
the sister souls
the
Kingdom
the Future
most poetical.
Devanciers,
ses
very
d Estrée and Frantz Funck Brentano,
instructive and amusing study
the times under
the ancien régime. Although the press,
have
present, did not exist then, there was
thirst
for information and for news about everything.
We are told that nearly everyone was eager
collect and carry about the news
the day.
The
letters
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
were very different from the scrappy epistles
our
They were veritable gazettes,
time.
we see
Maintenon,
Sévigné, Madame
those
Madame
Scudéry,
Stael,
Mademoiselle
Madame
Lespinasse, Madame
Deffand,
Mademoiselle
Men, too, found time
and Madame d'Epinay.
letters,
Write such
we
see from
the
Voltaire, Diderot,
correspondence
Balzac,
Prévost,
Mirabeau,
the
Abbé
and
Beau
in
of
is
of
of
to
as
of
to
of
to
a
is
go
to
though,
flies away.
There are some charming
images, full
the subtle symbolism peculiar
this author.
the Country
Souvenirs Tyltyl's
grandmother, who has long been dead, tells him
always loºking forward
that she
the visits
long time since you
It
her living friends.
came
see me, she says.
You have not been
since All Saints' Day
But
did not
out
No, replies the
that day, exclaims Tyltyl.
grandmother,
us, and every
but you thought
living person thinks
time
we wake
out
sleep
our sleep, and we see you.
sweet
finished, but we also like such waking
when life
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135.
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all
destroys things which can never be restored, in
order to introduce the luxuries of modern life.
In 1864, M. Rhoné tells us he was able to see
Cairo in
its Arabian and Mussulman splen
dour.
There was not
house with five storeys,
lamp-post.
not footpath, and not
There were
ages, dying peacefully
numberless mosques
away
their own ruins.
The effendis and mer
present can only
chants alike, who
seen
European
costume, were promenading
about
their long silky caftans. On coming back from
this voyage the author was full
enthusiasm and
wrote eloquently about the Egypt
had seen.
He tells
that many friends who visited Cairo
many years later, when things were completely
altered, were somewhat disappointed
the differ
ence they found between his early accounts and
Egypt
now
The first edition
Rhoné's
prize
book was awarded
the French Academy.
print,
As
now out
occurred
the author
bring out this new edition, with numbers
things
they were, for the benefit
illustrations
antiquity
those lovers
whom the past
sacred, and who prefer the Egypt
the Pharaohs
that
Cook's tourists.
L Oiseau Bleu,
M. Maurice Maeterlinck,
delightful fairy story.
Tyltyl and Myltyl,
woodcutter, set out
children
search
the
Bluebird, which
other words means happiness.
They
Souvenirs, which
the Country
the
Night, which
past. They then visit the Palace
means ignorance and superstition.
After this they
nature, and then
the forest,
the
cemetery
the way
the Kingdom
the Future.
vain, though.
They find
Their search
several blue birds, but directly they take them
from their own surroundings their colour, nºt being
genuine, fades away.
The two children return
arriving they discover that
home quite sad, but
Delighted
their own dove
the old cage
blue.
find such happiness
their own home, they
stroke the bird
their glee.
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;
7,
is
of
in
on
of
Is
;
A
;
is,
a
the second
this case
The question
copyright valid and effectual,
was
charging
substance that
the court right
:
is
was void and
no effect
it
or
attempt
in
of the United States,
in the case of Isaac H.
error) v. Inter Ocean
Justice Day delivered
2
the Supreme Court
October term, 1909,
Caliga (plaintiff in
208paper Company, Mr.
in
N
UNDER REPEATED ENTRY.
in
COPYRIGHT
Weekly.)
of
º-º-º
7,
(From the U. S. Publishers'
CASE.
to
COPYRIGHT
on
UNITED STATES
a
s Q
that
The difference
the same painting.
November
the copyright sued upon, that
1901, the title and description are, The Guardian
young girl sitting, hair
Angel.
Portrait
arranged smoothly over the ears, hair parted
Her guardian angel stands behind
the middle.
her, one hand resting
her left shoulder, the
The description accom
her right arm.
other
panying
for the copyright
the application
Young
1901,
Maidenhood
October
An Angel stands
Window
Girl seated beside
behind her.
upon
of
Caire
in
L Egypte à Petites Journées : Souvenirs du
d Autrefois" (Henri Jouve, éditeur, 15, Rue Racine).
L Oiseau Bleu" (Fasquelle).
Figaro et ses Devanciers
(Hachette).
on
be
to
by
of
it
a
for the Seventh Circuit affirmed this judgment
now here for review.
The case
(157 Fed. 186.)
The photographs filed upon the two applications
any sub
copyright
Nor
are identical.
for
the copy
the painting shown
stantial change
rights undertaken
secured were, therefore,
to
ALYS HALLARD.
1901.
November
There were other allegations, and proofs tending
copy
publication
the photograph
show
the defendant company.
the newspaper
appeared that the plaintiff
the trial
the course
description and photograph
the
had deposited
Congress
same painting with the Librarian
securing
1901, for the purpose
October
copyright.
The trial court charged the jury,
law, that the plaintiff had brought his
matter
and therefore
suit upon the wrong copyright,
favour of the defendant.
verdict
directed
Appeals
Upon writ
error the Circuit Court
be
and the
in error, also plaintiff below,
an action in the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Northern District of Illinois
to recover damages under section 4965 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States, because
of the publication by the defendant of more than
one thousand copies of a newspaper containing a
picture of a painting, copyrighted by the plaintiff.
respects
The plaintiff alleged that he had in
complied with the Revised Statutes
the United
deposited,
causing
about the
States
photograph and
November, 1901,
fifth day
description
the painting for the purpose
copyrighted,
having
which deposit was before
publication
the United States
the same
By reason
any foreign country.
the premises
the United
and the compliance with the statutes
entitled
States the plaintiff claimed
twenty
copyright for the painting for the term
eight years from and after the recording
the
Congress
the Librarian
title thereof
plaintiff
The
in
de Ronseray is the honorary secretary,
Society is already doing useful work.
29, 1909, as
brought
a
will have a better influence on the public.
The society is headed by several academicians and
by many of the best known men and women in
Among others are Maurice Barrès,
France.
Francis Charmes, René Doumie, Emile Faguet,
the Duchesse d'Uzès, Madame Dieulafoy, Madame
Massieu,
Felix-Faure Goyau, Madame
Madame
Chenu, and the Comtesse Jean de Castellane.
M.
that
follows:
a
from the author of L Etape.
At the Français Lavedan's new piece Sire * is
being given, and at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt's
Le Procès de Jeanne d'Arc.
A new society has just been founded styled
The object of this
Amis de l Art Dramatique.
group is to raise the standard of so many of the
pieces now being given on the French stage and to
facilitate and encourage the putting on of plays
of the Court, November
the opinion
in to
style as the newspaper for their parents.
There is
a leading article ; subjects of the day are treated,
the latest exploits of the aeroplanes, theatrical
news, with a résumé of plays suitable for young
people.
There will be criticisms of books, news
concerning sports, and, in place of the financial
column, a column devoted to the Stamp Exchange,
Altogether the venture seems to be a happy
etc.
one and to supply a need. There is to be a
separate subscription for this supplement, and the
little paper will no doubt be hailed with delight in
foreign countries as a means of making the study
of French attractive to boys and girls. We hear of
schools subscribing for this paper, and suggestions
are invited from the youthful subscribers.
At the Vaudeville Theatre, Paul Bourget's play
La Barricade '' is pronounced a success. The
plot is by no means a new one. It is the old story
of the employer and his workmen, but the subject
is treated by Paul Bourget as might be expected
a
136
�A CITISIOR.
a
by
to
at
a
of
is
as
to
as
a
to
a
it
If
be
in
of
no
of
to
of as is
by
is
no
it
in
of
by
so
is
S.
v.
is
is
an no is
a
be
to
by
no
to
7,
of
to
it
to
no
a
of
is
as
is
in
of
by
an
by
it
as
U.
is of
of
in
is
a
in
It
a
by
5,
a
to
7,
of
this case the plaintiff had complied with all
the terms
the statute on October
1901.
He
then attempts
take out
new copyright under
the same statute on November
1901, for the
depositing
same painting,
new description
the painting, and the same photograph.
change
true there
the title
the painting,
slight change
and
the description, but these
matters are immaterial and cannot enlarge the right.
the plaintiff. We think the same principle,
this aspect, controls,
patent.
the case
The plaintiff had already exhausted his statutory
right and the second attempt availed him nothing.
These views render
unnecessary
consider
whether the record shows
publication
the
in
a
to
of
in
as
5,
a
of
it
to
painting prior
of
November
1901.
For the
opinion that the Circuit
reasons stated, we are
Appeals was right
Court
holding that the
attempted duplication
the copyright was void
and of no effect.
in
of
of a
of
is
or
a
in
is
no
of
by
a
in
of
of
or
on
a
is
in
as
to
or
in by In
a
securing
copyright
view
thereon, can
sustained.
could be, we see
reason why the proprietor might not thus
copyright fixed
extend the limit
the statute
indefinite number
new applications and
filings with the Librarian.
The argument
that,
the plaintiff
error
inasmuch
the statutory copyright
not com
plete before
publication
the subject-matter
thereof, and
publication
being shown prior
the second application,
was within his power,
while his rights were thus inchoate,
make the
second application
for the copyright, that
Assuming that these premises
November
1901.
are correct and that publication
was requisite
complete the right
secured
the statute,
means follows that
second copyright
warranted
the statute.
On the other hand,
we have already stated, the statute
barren
any provision
provision,
that end. There
there
the patent law, for
amended
application, and under the patent law
has been
authority for double patenting.
held that there
Eagle Manufacturing
(Miller
Company, 151
186.)
This
because the first patent
exhausts the statutory right secured
the Act
Congress.
a
a
it
as
of
of
of
we
of
publishing, copying and vending the
By section 4953
same.
find that this right
exists for the period
twenty-eight
years from
the recording
the title
the copyright, with
right
certain extensions after the expiration
the twenty-eight years,
provided
section 4954.
copyright
section 4956 we find that
secured
depositing,
publication,
before the day
any foreign country,
this
painting,
case
photograph
the painting, accompanied
description thereof.
absolutely
provi
There
sion
the statutes for
second filing
the
photograph
description, nor
there any provi
painting, with
of
right
of
of
in
(3
as
of
is
of
to
to or
of
8
v.
;
an
in
of
to
in
an
to
by
of
up
is,
copyright is not to be confounded with the common
law right. At common law the exclusive right to
copy existed in the author until he permitted
a
general publication.
Thus, when a book was
published in print, the owner's common-law right
was lost.
At common law an author had a pro
perty in his manuscript, and might have an
action
against any one who undertook to publish it
with
out authority.
The statute created a new property
right, giving to the author, after publication, the
exclusive right to multiply copies for a limited
period.
This statutory right is obtained in a
certain way and by the performance of certain
acts which the statute points out.
That
the
author, having complied with the statute
and
given
his common-law right
exclusive dupli
general publication,
cation prior
obtained
the method pointed out
the statute
exclusive
right
multiply copies and publish the same for
years named
the term
Congress
the statute.
did not sanction
existing right
created
new one.
Peters,
(Wheaton
Pet. 591, 661.)
Those violating the statutory rights
the author
proprietor are subject
certain penalties, and
the payment
provided
certain damages,
in the statute.
Section 4952
the Revised Statutes,
amended
Comp. Stat. 3406), provides that the
1891
proprietor
any painting, upon compliance with
the provisions
the Copyright Act, has the sole
filing any amendments thereto, and
Sion
wholly the subject
the matter
statutory
regulation, we are
perceive
loss
what
authority
any second application
for the same
In
We have had such recent and frequent occasions
to consider the nature and extent of the copyright
laws of the United States, as the same were before
the recent revision, which took effect July 1,
1909, that it is unnecessary to enter into any
extended discussion of the subject now.
(Bobbs
Merrill Company v. Straus, 210 U. S. 339; White
Smith Music Publishing Company v. Apollo Com
pany, 209 U. S. 1 ; American Tobacco Company
V.
Werckmeister, 207 U. S. 284 ; Bong v. Campbell
Art Company, 214 U. S. 236.)
In these cases
the previous cases in this court were cited and
reviewed.
As a result of the decisions of this Court certain
general propositions may be affirmed.
Statutory
137
of
TISIES
Affirmed.
�A DITFIOR.
if
I
is
a
I
be
to
to
to
it of
of
a
2
by
it
to
a
of
by
be
of
to
it
to
a
of
is
is
he
in
it
to
by
of
a
a
it
to
it
a to
of to
is
It
but
for
the
Mr. Waller's letters
by
a
he
to in
to
on
is
to it a to
a
he
10
or
10
is
it in
an
it
it
is
be
or
of
a
of
5
a
by
he to
at
;
if
of
to
of
in
to
known
July 21, 1903,
suggested
which
help
collaborator
fill out the piece. Mr.
Maugham had filled out the play himself since then
more
less
the lines suggested
Mr. Waller.
Mr. Waller's evidence,
continued the Judge,
overlooked, but the jury are not bound
cannot
just the thing that
person
because
cannot judge for himself very certainly.
As
whether
had or had not influenced him
matter for you, and whether Mr. Waller thought
important matter for you
had
had not
bear
mind.
The Judge
conclusion said that
had thought
nothing, but that
along that
per cent.
was
per
turned out that that was not so, because the
cent. was
include the carrying out
the agreement
and the collecting
the royalties, which Mr. Colles
they found
had not done
and that, therefore,
liberty
for the plaintiff they were
deduct some
thing
respect
the work which
had not done
and which had
fact been done
other people.
The jury, after long consideration, returned
per
verdict for the plaintiff for £21 10s., being
cent. on the amount
the author's fees, half the
amount claimed, with declaration that the plaintiff
was entitled
the like commission on all future sums
Judgment
received
result
the agreement.
Was entered accordingly.
in of
by
he
it
in
of
in
up
of
to
in
have
He referred
to
to
to
of
of of
an
by by
the various rejections
the play
theatrical
managers, including Mr. Waller himself.
He also
explained how and
whose influence the play was
ultimately accepted
Mr. Waller, and how
was
fact paying commission
other persons
respect
such introduction.
The Judge,
his summing
the jury,
explained the nature
the contract
commission
cases.
He told them that
was very necessary,
never
a
it
play
would
introduction.
as
2
he
he
a
to
different
Lush s question
whether the services
Mr. Colles had anything
do with his ultimately accepting the play, Mr. Lewis
Waller replied, Nothing whatever.
Mr. Maugham explained the extensive alterations,
including the addition
entirely new act and
Mr.
you
it,
to
of
be
to
by
so
to
as
amount
reply
was taken
Mr. Waller was Mr. Waller.
in or
to
of
in
of
be
to
to
him
In
submitted
altogether.
If
Mr. Waller because
He was the theatrical
manager he was the man likely
produce the
play.
not like going back
man whom
defendant
in
it
to
do
Lewis Waller, who stated that
had never
Mr. Maugham
the alterations
thought should
made. The witness thought
that the play had been
altered when
was last
is, to
it. in a
to
be
in
a
to
to be
he
In
action.
The Judge,
the course
counsel's
opening speech, remarked that the amount
work
that the plaintiff had done had really very little
with the case. The question
decided was,
Did the plaintiff s work really bring about the ulti
mate acceptance
the play
Mr. Lewis Waller
The defendant relied on the evidence of Mr.
It
of
it
to
be
a
if of
a
it
it,
6 and 21, 1903, in which
Mr. Waller said
he liked the play and under certain conditions
might be inclined to treat for
but suggested that
was too thin and not sufficient for
whole
evening's entertainment, and required the collabora
good dramatic author
out, and
tion
fill
that
Mr. Maugham could
induced
take
money
collaborator
believed there might
willing
the play and would
entertain
Mr. Maugham refused
have
collaborator and
April, 1904,
withdrew the play from Mr. Colles
since which time the MS. had never been in Mr.
Colles's hands.
1907, four years after
had first been pre
sented
him and about three years after the play
accept
had been withdrawn, Mr. Waller agreed
the play, whereupon the plaintiff brought
this
of
July
by
action was tried on Monday, Decem
ber 20, 1909, before Mr. Justice Channell
and a special jury.
The defendant was
Lush, K.C., and
represented by Mr. Montague
Mr. George Wallace. Mr. Eldon Bankes, K.C.,
and Mr. Hugh Fraser appeared for the plaintiff.
Mr. Bankes, in opening the case for the plaintiff,
dwelt at some length on the amount of work that
the plaintiff had done during the eighteen months
the play had been in his hands, in the course of
which he had submitted the play to Mr. Waller.
He relied on the letters from Mr. Waller dated
all
-º-º
HIS
suggested
prevail,
very
the system
commission was
Oh, have
careful not
accede
the argument
very great deal
work, and having done
done
very great deal
very hard that
work
should
paid anything
not
because those were the
very terms upon which the business was done.
The question, the Judge said, was, Did the
plaintiff s work really bring about the ultimate
acceptance
the play
Mr. Lewis Waller
The Judge further pointed out the difference
between the principal introduced
house agent
and the introduction
Mr. Lewis Waller.
found,
he said, that after the owner had taken
the house out
the house agent's hands the owner
person
has sold
whom the house agent
had introduced him, then the natural inference
my introduction that
the agent would be,
brought
about.
taking
But the defendant,
back the play into
continued,
his own hands,
is not disentitled
deal himself with Mr. Lewis Waller. Mr. Waller
course,
very well-known gentleman,
and
there are
limited number
theatrical managers,
and when
was taken again
Mr. Waller
the
to of
MAUGHAM
v.
0
it
COLLES
to
TFIES
138
�THE AUTHOR.
HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY.
E
obtained.
But the transaction should
be managed by a
competent agent, or with the advice of the Secretary of
the Society.
VERY
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
without
any cost to the member.
Moreover, where counsel's
opinion is favourable, and the sanction of the Committee
is obtained, action will be taken on behalf of the aggrieved
member, and all costs borne by the Society.
1.
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.
3. Before signing any agreement whatever,
the document to the Society for examination.
send
4. Remember always that in belonging to the Society
you are fighting the battles of other writers, even if you
are reaping no direct benefit to yourself, and that you are
advancing the best interests of your calling in promoting
the independence of the writer, the dramatist, the composer.
5. The Committee have arranged for the reception of
members' agreements and their preservation
in a fire
proof safe. The agreements will, of course, be regarded as
confidential documents to be read only by the Secretary,
who will keep the key of the safe. The Society now offers:
(1) To stamp agreements in readiness for a possible action
upon them.
(2) To keep agreements.
(3) To enforce
payments due according to agreements.
Fuller particu
Society
s
lars of the
work can be obtained in the
Prospectus.
6. No contract should be entered into with a literary
agent without the advice of the Secretary of the Society.
Members are strongly advised not to accept without careful
consideration the contracts with publishers submitted to
them by literary agents, and are recommended to submit
them for interpretation
of the Society.
and explanation
to the Secretary
7. Many agents neglect to stamp agreements.
must be done within fourteen days of first execution.
Secretary will undertake it on behalf of members.
This
The
8. Some agents endeavour to prevent authors from
referring matters to the Secretary of the Society; so
do some publishers.
Members can make their own
deductions and act accordingly.
subscription to the Society is £1 1s.
annum, or £10 10s. for life membership.
9. The
WARNINGS
-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
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
(1.)
(2.)
(3.)
main points are
Be careful to obtain a fair cost of production.
Keep control of the advertisements.
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
IQ63,IlS.
(2.) The inspection of those account books which belong
to the author.
We are advised that this is a right, in the
nature of a common law right, which cannot be denied or
withheld.
(3.) Always avoid a transfer of copyright.
WARNINGS
per
TO THE PRODUCERS
OF BOOKS,
e
139
can be
TO
DRAMATIC
e
º-e
AUTHORS,
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
UnflDageT.
3. There are three forms of dramatic contract for plays
in three or more acts:
(a.) Sale outright of the performing right.
This
unsatisfactory.
is
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 nause on the
play-bills.
�TISIE A DITISIOR.
140
of performing right or of a licence to
perform on the basis of percentages on
(h.) Sale
vary between
Percentages
gross receipts.
5
An author should obtain a
and 15 per cent.
receipts
gross
sliding
percentage on the
scale of
Should
in preference to the American system.
A fixed
obtain a sum in advance of percentages.
play
should be
date on or before which the
performed.
(c.) 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
This is most important.
time.
rights, but
6. Authors should not assign performing
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
They should never be included in English
ingly valuable.
agreements without the author obtaining
a substantial
consideration.
be carefully
should
for collaboration
9. Agreements
drawn and executed before collaboration is commenced.
10. An author should remember that production of a play
is highly speculative : that he runs a very great risk of
delay and a breakdown in the fulfilment of his contract.
He should therefore guard himself all the more carefully in
the beginning.
11. An author must remember that the dramatic market
is exceedingly limited, and that for a novice the first object
is to obtain adequate publication.
As these warnings must necessarily be incomplete, on
account of the wide range of the subject of dramatic con
tracts, those authors desirous of further information
are referred to the Secretary of the Society.
e
REGISTRATION
Sº;
º-e
OF SCENARIOS
AND
ORIGINAL PLAYS.
º-º-º
typewritten in duplicate on foolscap paper
forwarded to the offices of the Society, together with
a registration fee of two shillings and sixpence, will
be carefully compared by the Secretary or a qualified assis
One copy will be stamped and returned to the author
tant.
Copies
and the other filed in the register of the Society.
of the scenario thus filed may be obtained at any time by
the author only at a small charge to cover cost of typing.
Original Plays may also be filed subject to the same
rules, with the exception that a play will be charged for
at the price of 2s. 6d. per act.
WARNINGS
TO MUSICAL
COMPOSERS.
ITTLE
can be added to the warnings given for the
of books and dramatic
assistance of producers
authors. . It must, however, be pointed out that, as
a rule, the musical publisher demands from the musical
composer a transfer of fuller rights and less liberal finan
cial terms than those obtained for literary and dramatic
property.
The musical composer has very often the two
rights to deal with performing right and copyright.
He
should be especially careful therefore when entering into
particular
consideration
an agreement, and should take into
the warnings stated above.
º-º-º
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behalf of its members for the fee of 6d. per 100 or part
The members stamps are kept in the Society's
of 100.
Safe. The musical publishers communicate direct with the
Secretary, and the voucher is then forwarded
to the
members, who are thus saved much unnecessary trouble.
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BRANCH,
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greatly assist the Society in this
branch of its work by informing young writers
Their MSS. can be read and
of its existence.
The term
treated as a composition is treated by a coach.
M
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
The
Readers are writers of competence and experience.
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of The Author begs to remind members of
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The Secretary of the Society. begs to give notice
all remittances are acknowledged by return of post.
All remittances should be crossed Union of London and
that
Smith's Bank,
letter only.
Chancery
Lane,
or be sent by
registered
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A DITFIOR.
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articles have come
dealing
society
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with
the
members
from
question
and the
the Libraries' Association
Censorship
has already been
Literature.
sub-committee
The Author that
chronicled
sub-committee of the
meet
has been elected
discuss the position.
Association
Publishers'
dispute
right, while the question
We think
print any corre
speak, sub-judice, not
spondence referring
What steps
the subject.
printed
The
the sub-committee take will
refer any point
found necessary
Author.
given
these
the members, due notice will
columns.
SUNDRY letters and
be
or
to
modifications
might make additions
his book,
copyright
made and, when
re-entry
of
a
An author
cause
-*
as
of
tions are substantial additions
copyrighted
the work
THE LIBRARIES AND BOOKs.
to
of
of
to
is
great importance;
course, one
This matter
decide how far additions and altera
for who
We are sorry that we omitted the declaration
future
the commission that was allowed upon
emphasises the point
what
earnings, for
likely
allow an
law
court
commission
agent, and makes
the more important
that authors should not deal with literary
dramatic agents except under express contracts
very carefully drawn and supervised.
is
is,
same effect.
ADAMS AND ADAMS.
of
desirable to copyright a sketch and afterwards the
picture painted from that sketch, and publishers of
books have not infrequently sought to strengthen
their copyright by recopyrighting latereditions with
minor changes.
The general principle of copyright law is that a
second copyright is valid only where there are sub
stantial additions to or modifications of a work first
copyrighted, and then only for such additions or
Further than that, a mistaken claim
modifications.
of copyright of later date than the true or original
copyright is invalid because it claims ipso facto
a longer term of protection than the law allows,
though a date in the copyright notice which is
earlier than the true one and therefore claims a
term within that allowed by law, may not have the
Yours faithfully,
The Editor of
The -47(thoſ .
a
to secure copyright protection.
Weekly, in its editorial, makes
The Publishers
the following comments:
Artists seem to have a notion that it is
of
of the Departmental Committee on Copy
right, namely, the danger of registration in order
report
in of
IN another column of this number we print a
United States copyright case which will accentuate
what we have mentioned in our review of the
the
- Our client Mr. W. Morris Colles calls our attention
page 115
the
this case appearing
incorrect report
the 1st January.
The Author
issue
our client
the declaration obtained
All reference
future earnings
commission upon
entitled
that
per
cent.,
Explorer
excluded
the rate
The
kind enough
and we must ask you
from your report
paper.
the
the next issue
make this correction
it
CASE.
MAUGHAMI.
our
error
chronicle
asked
the
general note bearing
this case, printed
January issue
The Author, and accordingly
insert the following letter received from the plain
tiff s solicitors
been
of
UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT
COLLES
WE have
he
is
*-*
modify the serious
may
*/ find himself
would
author
---*-*.
to
-
that the terms had been
assure the dramatist
approved by the Dramatic Sub-Committee
of the
society.
the law
which the
of
The committee consider that it might lead to
difficulty if the agreement were published ; that
the document might get into the hands of managers
application of the
who might make a wrongful
terms set out, while at the same time they could
alteration
position
placed.
to
After due consideration, they have decided not
to publish it in The Author, but to give this notice
to the members that the Agreement is lying at the
offices of the society for reference.
Any member or associate who desires informa
tion is asked to apply direct to the secretary.
of
Agreement.
author might obtain
the other hand,
Cºpyright
scientific work and fifteen years
afterwards re-edit the work with alterations and
modifications, but fail
re-register the copyright,
substantial new
thus losing what might have been
4.
property.
effect such an
made
Some effort should
is,
MEMBERS will see, on reading the record of the
work done by the committees, that the Dramatic
have settled finally the Repertory
Committee
so
AGREEMENT.
to
THE REPERTORY
infringed, sue under the re-entry.
He
the work
might then find that his money has been wasted,
the Court might declare that the alterations were
not substantial.
is
GENERAL NOTES.
141
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is
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of
to
he
to
all
byit
in
to
of
to
of
many years
life before him. Whatever work
engaged
with vigour and with
took
put into his task the very best.
sincere desire
the great difficulty incidental
was only because
public
copyright matters, and the lack
in
these questions, accompanied
interest
activity
his Majesty's Government,
the part
that his efforts were not crowned with the success
He was quite cognisant
which they deserved.
but
the difficulties surrounding this undertaking,
these difficulties did not prevent him from throwing
Indeed, the Very
his whole energy into the work.
It
to
be
It
of
to
at
to
for his support and for the earnestness which
displayed
the struggle.
the last
His death has come suddenly, for
Seeing him
occasion when we had the pleasure
appeared
his usual vigorous health with
to
a
by
of
to
in
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to
of
a
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on
of
an
at
by
a
prize competition
WE have just come across
short story.
the London Magazine for
sent out
January 31,
The short stories have
say, we regret,
that whatever we have
our members.
will come too late for the benefit
The competition states, the winning story will
the London Magazine.
become the sole copyright
funny way
state what the
rather
This
expresses
desires, but we think
magazine
sufficiently clearly the abandonment
the author
further states, Any story not
his rights.
published
the maga
awarded the prize may
payment
two guineas per thousand
zine
the contrary
words unless directly specified
sending in.
This
the time
its owner
be issued from the editorial
curious sentence
department
not
We
the London Magazine.
really conveys
the public what
think
Indeed, one member
convey.
the
intended
pay the two
society inquired whether
had
guineas per thousand words
the editor for the
it
Although
was never member
event occurred.
close touch with
has been
the society,
the
staunch supporter
for many years
copyright.
rights
the cause
authors and
As opportunity offered, Lord Monkswell was good
placing
enough
Lords
act before the House
Authors
the Society
forward the views
copyright legislation, and used his best
respect
carry through copyright reform. He
endeavours
piloting one Copyright Bill through
succeeded
second reading, and the last Copyright Bill,
Lord Thring, was placed under his
drafted
failed, but
carry
guardianship.
The attempt
Lord Monkswell
we are not the less indebted
to
so
an
to
a
so
no
so
PRIZE COMPETITION.
so
MONKSWELL.
WE note, with great regret, the announcement
Lord Monkswell, which we were unable
the death
the January
the last issue,
chronicle
press when the sad
number had already gone
it of
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be
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all
any use
of
is,
FROM time to time some very curious examples of
the methods of publishers in the conduct of their
business come to the offices of the society.
During the last two months cases have arisen in
which publishers have undertaken to pay a certain
sum on the first edition of a book, to be followed by
a further payment when that edition is exhausted.
By some error, perhaps, the number of copies com
prised in the first edition is not mentioned by the
publishers.
When the author takes the liberty of
inquiring as to the number of copies contained in
In
the first edition the publisher's answer varies.
two cases, however, the publishers assert that it lies
entirely in their own discretion as to the size of the
first edition, so that, if they cared, they could
print a first edition of 5,000 copies. This, we feel
sure, would not be upheld in a court of law. We
are equally sure that the position would not be
and older
defended by any of the better-known
naturally,
the greatest
It
established firms.
importance that the limit
edition should
established when the monetary payment under the
would seem
contract depends upon that limit.
true, that
unbelievable, were
not unfortunately
impertinent for an
publishers should consider
much
matter
make inquiries
author
importance
the contract.
the interpretation
We have often urged that the Publishers'
edition.
unit for
Association should agree
questions could have arisen,
Had they done
common between author
the disputes
and many
end.
and publisher would have been
of
This, we take
was not
his story.
insertion
pay
willing
the editor's meaning, but that
the story
two guineas per thousand words
Apart from the con
suitable for the magazine.
the sentence, the terms are
struction
these
We think the legal position
means clear.
clearly expressed both for
competitions should
the
the public and for the benefit
the benefit
We consider that the clause
contributors.
stands Would mean that two guineas per thousand
paid for the serial use
the story
Words would
possible
the London Magazine only, but
convey this.
He
that the editor does not desire
convey
may desire
the public that
purchasing the full copyright
the story for the
payment
We
two guineas per thousand words.
already stated, that the compe
can only regret,
our notice too late for our advice
tition has come
of
METHODS.
PUBLISHERS
it,
THE AUTHOR.
142
�THE AUTHOR.
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J,
Sidney Colvin.
Wilbraham Williers Cooper.
The Hon. Mrs. Wilbraham
Cooper.
Courthope, C.B.
W.
Crewe, K.G.
The Earl
Bernard Partridge.
Sydney
Pawling.
The Hon.
W. Pelham,
C.B.
Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart.
M. W. van der Poorten
of
H.
S.
J.
of
H.
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to
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in
BERLIN CONVENTION.
Report
º-e
on
HE
the Committee
the Law
been presented
both
Parliament, was published towards
Houses
the end of December.
satisfactory state
was impossible
insert
ment with reference
this document
the
a
to
The Author.
was
such
required more
superficial
than
a
issue
mportance that
study.
of in
to
January
It
C.
Bradley.
to
Copyright, which has
Alfred Austin.
T. G. Bain.
Sir Alfred Bateman,
K.C.M.G.
Benson, C.V.O.
Arthur
Charles W. Boyd, C.M.G.
C.
of
THE
Q-e
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the Subscribers.
A.
R.
A.
J.
We understand that the following gentlemen
who, from absence
other causes, were unable
take part
the above presentation, have since
object: the Hon.
signified their sympathy with
Maurice Baring Mr. Douglas W. Freshfield
Mr.
Wheatley, F.S.A.; Mr. Laurence Binyon
Mr.
Irwin
Mr.
Herbert Thring
Mr.
Frederic Harrison
Mr. W. H. Pollock.
Committee.
P.
Pull List
Chalmers Mitchell, F.R.S.
Monro, C.B.
Horace
e
LYTTON,
CHALMERS MITCHELL,
ARTHUR WAUGH,
Edwin A. Abbey,
G. A. Aitken.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema,
R.A.
Arthur W. Anstruther, C.B.
William Archer,
Ashby-Sterly.
ford University (T. Her
bert Warren).
Arthur Waugh.
|B. W. Willett.
Mrs. Robert H. Williams.
Thomas J. Wise.
Hagberg Wright.
of
GOSSE,
Mrs. Humphry Ward.
The Hon. Lady Leighton
Warren.
The Vice-Chancellor
of Ox
Andrew Lang.
Sidney Lee.
Lytton.
The Earl
Charles Home McCall.
Sir Frederick Macmillan.
Marsh, C.M.G.
Edward
Sir Frank Marzials, C.B.
A. E. W. Mason.
Leo Maxse.
of
EDMUND
MAURICE HEWLETT,
HENRY JAMES,
The Duchess of Sutherland.
Henry
Tedder.
The Lord Tennyson.
Thornycroft,
Hamo
R.A.
Miss Agnes Tobin.
Humphry Ward.
Hunt.
Archer Milton Huntington.
Henry James.
James Fitzmaurice-Kelly.
W.
Ker.
Rudyard Kipling.
it of
E.
BATEMAN,
P.C., G.C.M.G.
M. H. Spielmann, F.S.A.
William
T.
it
is
to
of
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ALFRED
JAMES
Dr.
C.
of
as
as
of
of
to
of
a
We are, dear Mr. Austin Dobson,
Very faithfully yours,
Rev.
of
of
all
to
to of
in
in
asking you
accept the birthday gift which accom
panies this letter, we beg you
believe that
but
small token
the esteem with which you are regarded,
not merely by your many personal friends, but by an
ever widening circle
readers.
In
G.C.M.G.
The
;
to
of
a
of
by
to a
of
to
is
It
hard
realise that you complete your seventieth
year to-day, but we take the opportunity
assure you
our constant admiration and affection.
you the brilliant lyrical poet and the
We greet
prose.
fastidious writer
eager
We are rejoiced
know that you are still
literary perfection, and we confidently
ever
the pursuit
hope that you have before you many years
honourable
activity.
The Lord Rendel.
The Lady Rendel.
The Hon. Clarice Rendel,
Lady Ritchie.
Alexander Galt Ross.
Robert Ross.
George Saintsbury.
Owen Seaman.
George Bernard Shaw.
Clement K. Shorter.
Sir Cecil Clementi Smith,
R.
In
of
to
of
a
by
January 18th, 1910.
DEAR MR. AUSTIN DOBSON.
T.
of
its
of
on
a
of
of
a to in
subscribers:
( Maarten
Maartens ).
Schwartz
Isaac N. Ford.
Hanson W. Fraser, I.S.O.
Henry
Gladstone.
The Hon. Mrs. Henry Glad
Stone.
Edmund Gosse.
Mrs. Edmund Gosse.
Miss Teresa Gosse.
Miss Sylvia Gosse.
Anthony Hope Hawkins.
William Heinemann.
Maurice Hewlett.
Sir Francis Hopwood,
N.
Dobson on
which fell on
January 18. We do not offer our con
gratulations to him as a well-known
writer only,
but also as a cordial friend to the Society of
Authors. He joined the society as long ago as
1887, three years after
foundation.
He has
management, and has
served
its committee
been steady supporter
the Pension Fund.
the
former capacity, his advice, assistance, and sympathy
great value
were
his colleagues, and also
the secretary, who owes him
debt
the deepest
gratitude.
We are pleased
see that his position
letters has been recognised
the presentation
silver, consisting
him
set
rose bowl,
salver, and two pairs
candlesticks,
late
eighteenth century design.
This gift was accom
panied
the following address and list
Marten
P.
Austin
birthday,
S. B.
Mr.
his seventieth
Mrs.
Sir Thomas Elliott, K.C.B.
P.
congratulate
The Hon.
Dunne.
H.
E
Major Marten Dunne.
DOBSON.
It
AUSTHN
T.
º-e
The Lady Dorothy Nevill.
Henry Newbolt.
W. E. Norris.
The Lord Northcliffe.
Sir Gilbert Parker.
Alfred Parsons, A.R.A.
Cartwright, C.M.G.
The Hon. Evan Charteris,
W.
J.
e
The Lady Burghclere.
C.
fact that these difficulties existed seemed to serve
as a stimulus to fresh endeavour.
It is with great sorrow, therefore, that we have
early
to chronicle his death at the comparatively
age of 64.
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143
�144
TISIES
A UITISIOR.
The Committee of Management of the Society
of Authors, and the members of the society,
may well be pleased with the result of the
labours of the Committee as embodied in the Report,
and we hope that when the time comes for effective
legislation it will be possible to carry through a
Bill embodying the main features of the Committee's
Report.
The Committee, so it appears from their state
ment, came to the conclusion that the most con
venient course to adopt was to deal with each
Article of the Revised Convention, and to point
out (1) how far, in their opinion, the Article could
be accepted either in whole or in part, and, if any,
with what amendment ; (2) what alterations in
British law will be required in order to bring that
law into harmony with the Revised Convention ;
(3) what amendments it would be desirable to
make in inter-territorial British law irrespective of
the Revised Convention.
Having come to this admirable decision, the
Committee proceed to give a list of the laws dealing
with the various kinds of copyright property.
No
more trenchant argument could be brought forward
to prove the necessity of the consolidation
and
amendment of the law of copyright than is con
tained in the fact that the list of copyright enact
ments occupies three pages of printed matter.
It
is not necessary, in this article, to go into any sort
of review of the law of copyright, but there can
hardly be any law throughout the British Empire
So contradictory,
so confusing, and, in many cases,
so badly drafted, as the law embodied in the Acts
which govern copyright property.
The Berlin Convention, on a consideration of
which the Report is founded, was printed as a
supplement to the January (1909) Author.
To
this number the members are requested to refer.
There are some important comments in the
Report on the first Article, or perhaps we should
First, the
rather say arising out of that Article.
Committee consider it important that any assign
ment of the rights which the author possesses
Secondly, quoting
should be in writing.
In re
Grant Richards, Ea, parte Warwick Deeping (a case
which was conducted by the society on behalf of
One of its members), the Committee suggest that
it would be desirable, as assignments and licences
by authors at the present day are largely based on
a royalty payment, to provide in any amending
Act that the author should retain the right to
enforce the payment of his royalties against any
person who holds an assignment of the author's
right or of the licence which he has given.
It may be necessary to give a few words of
explanation
in regard to this recommendation.
Mr. Warwick Deeping assigned his copyright,
subject to the payment of certain royalties, to Mr.
Grant
Richards.
Mr. Grant Richards
went into
bankruptcy, and the agreement, not being merely
a personal agreement, but having included a transfer
of copyright, became assignable by the trustee in
bankruptcy.
He assigned the copyright to a third
party, who refused to pay the royalties due under
that agreement.
The matter was referred by Mr.
Deeping to the society, who decided to take it up.
The decision, we regret to say, was given against
Mr. Deeping. The committee would have appealed,
but, on referring the matter to King's Counsel,
were informed that if they appealed
the result
would be the same, but the decision would most
probably be given on a point quite outside the par
ticular issue which it was desired to clear.
It is evident, however, that the society s action
in this matter has borne fruit.
It has called the
attention of the Committee
to an existing evil
which, without the Deeping decision, might have
escaped their notice.
The second Article specifies the works which are
to be the subject of copyright.
The Committee
advise, under the heading of literary and artistic
Works, the inclusion of choreographic and panto
mimic works, the acting form of which is fixed in
writing or otherwise.
There is some doubt as to
whether these can possibly be included under the
present law, but they are included in the Berlin
Convention.
The other forms of literary and artistic works
included in the list, with the exception of architec
ture, differ but little from the present definition
of these works in England, but the Committee
recommend that the right of delivery of lectures,
speeches, and sermons should be assimilated to that
of dramatic authors.
Under Art. 4 the question of registration is
raised.
The Committee fail to see what advantage
to the public can be expected from systems of
registration which are particularly onerous in the
case of foreign authors.
If abolished for these, they
should equally be abolished for authors of our own
country.
This decision seems to be thoroughly
Satisfactory.
There is no doubt that for some
countries registration has a fatal fascination, but it
may prove, in the end, disastrous for the owners
of the property to be registered.
Under the United
States Act the difficulties surrounding registration
have grown till it may safely be said that it would
be almost impossible for a foreigner to rely upon
obtaining copyright protection there by his own
unaided efforts, especially if that foreigner
has
published a book in the English language.
The Committee made some very sound recom
mendations in regard to the alteration
of the
artistic copyright law, which is in an even worse
state of
confusion
and uncertainty than the
law which deals with literary property.
The
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the difficult question
print notice
arises whether
more advisable
copies
prevent their being per
music
formed
not.
The Committee have set out,
length,
Some
the evidence given
both sides.
Our opinion
that
would
desirable that
the notice should
done away with.
the
composer wishes his piece
performed widely
being necessary
without
ask for his sanction,
can always print
notice
that effect on the
copy
has not been found necessary, under
publish
the laws
other countries,
notice
prohibiting the performance, and the weight of
be,
evidence appears
the whole, against
very distinct difference
such notice.
There was
opinion amongst the witnesses, but the Com
mittee came
the conclusion that the weight of
abolishing the require
evidence was
favour
present exists under
ment
the notice which
British law.
The Committee continue
extremely important,
the view
the Committee,
uniformity amongst the
that there should
countries
the Union upon this point, and
Great Britain were
dissent from this Article,
considerable difficulty would arise
relation
foreign composers who might
their own country
put any motice upon the songs.
compelled
not
music produced
them.
Art. 12 refers
the transformation
of
novel
piece
poetry into
dramatic composition, or
important
vice versä.
This also
Article
for the dramatic writer.
At present, under British
law, the Committee state
Transformations
novel, tale,
piece
poetry into
dramatic
composition
way
performance and not
way
copying are not forbidden, unless the author
Authors
Art. 11.
be
of to
at
of
a
of
to
of
is
Art.
deals with the right
portions
literary and artistic works
publications for educational purposes.
for use
The Committee
not think that any changes are
necessary
respect
the British law
the
matters with which this section deals.
extracting
of
or
of
an
as
of
of
in
is
to
by
of
as
in
a
Finally,
not without
difficulties.
dealing with posthumous
works, the Committee
recommend that the copyright should last for fifty
which
Imperial Act.
of
in
is
it
be
of
to
of
7
of
right. The Committee recommend the
theirs
extension
life and fifty years.
the case
photographs they also approve this extension, but
employed
another, whether
where the producer
individual, firm,
company,
the employer
the employer should receive protection for the term
fifty years from publication.
Under this heading, also, they touch
the 18th
section
the present Act one
the most badly
any Act
drafted sections
Parliament and
encyclopædia,
recommend that the proprietor
etc., should have the copyright
the whole Work
fifty years from the publication, and
published
writing
that the author
each article
should have the copyright
such separate part
any agreement
for his life and fifty years, subject
writing between the parties. This seems
sensible view
take
the present situation
effect that the right
translations shall endure for
the same period
the right
the author
the
original MS.
Art.
deals with points which
great extent, covered
are already,
the
On
be
The Committee are anxious
brought into conformity
the law should
with the suggestions contained
the Berlin Con
vention, and consider that
desirable
that the
clearly laid down upon this
British Law should
per
point
the effect that the representation
formance
works anywhere shall not amount
publication
and shall not deprive, the author
protection
the United Kingdom.
The next two Articles deal with the citizens and
subjects
the different States
the Union, and
these Articles, though important, are not
such
paramount interest
the others.
important Article dealing with
Art.
copyright.
the duration
The Committee report
that evidence was given showing that the existence
copyright did not,
the present date, interfere
cheap editions,
with the publication
books
when there was
sufficient demand from the public
for such editions.
We are glad this point has been
put forward very strongly,
had understood
was the desire
the Labour Members, and those
any individual
who deny the right
own pro
perty,
prevent
endeavour
extension
the
copyright period
the ground that such extension
prevented the public from obtaining
what was
that
he
in
in
of
it.
particular note
the law dealing with dramas and
works.
Dramatists should take
of
to
an
be
is
a
to
change proposed
dramatico-musical
years, and they also touch upon that curious section
(Section
the present Act which provides that
posthumous work
the copyright
the
property
the proprietor
the author s MS. from
published and his assigns,
Which such work shall
altered, and
and recommend that this should
that the mere possession
the MS. shall not
conclusive proof
the ownership
the copyright.
important clause.
Art.
also
the
rights
British authors are enlarged, and the
adoption.
Committee recommend
the
or
byof
in
be
be
to
by
is
to
in
is
an
should retain the copyright
work
Writing
sold, unless
agreement
when the work
any
made
the contrary, but that
the case
any person
produced
work ordered
the
author, such person should
entitled
the copy
right therein unless there
agreement
writing
the contrary effect.
very important
Under this section there
work of
or
of any
his
that the author
for
recommended
art
Committee
145
�TISIE A DITFIOR,
There is a small note at the end of the Report
dealing with the colonial aspect of the case.
of
of
if
a
a so
of
to
we
of
to
of
in
of
be
is
to
is
so,
of
is
of
a
of
to
E.
in
to.
if
names are The Right Hon. The Lord
(Chairman),
Alma-Tadema,
Askwith,
Granville Barker, William Boosey,
Clayton, Henry Cust,
W. Bowerman, Henry
Cutler, Anthony Hope Hawkins, W. Joynson
Hicks, Algernon Law, Frederick Macmillan, Walter
Raleigh,
Scrutton,
Trevor Ll. Williams.
The members who supplemented the Report with
Henry
Some
remarks
their own were
Scrutton,
Clayton,
W. Joynson Hicks,
E. Trevor Ll. Williams.
R.
R.
H.
G.
L.
:
Their
Gorell
all
E.
T.
:
R.
E.
of
E.
T.
of
of
all
by
is
law
ever passed embracing
the
suggestions put forward
the Committee, then,
indeed, will
copyright property
the owners
tenures, and the members
obtain greater security
the society may justly congratulate themselves
and the Committee
the untiring labour
those
whom they have entrusted
watch their interests.
Indeed, whatever may
the final result, the
management
the society has shown itself now
always keenly alive
the welfare
members.
be to
of
on
as
º- a
w-w
its
of
to
it into uniformity with the Convention.
These are
exceedingly difficult questions, but as time goes
On they are bound to get fewer and fewer, till in
the fulness of time everything will fall naturally
under the new terms.
it for a year, and claimed the right to use it
he wished
The cases, though not strictly
analogous, have much
common.
Mr.
Trevor Ll. Williams seems very anxious
register.
establish
He gives his reasons, the
chief
which
that the date
the existence of
Some copyrights
will depend upon the date
copy
publication.
That
but
the term
right
extended
life and
certain number
years the cases will
few that they will hardly
copyright register.
Warrant the expense
We
registra
must repeat that anything
the form
tion, anything that tends
complicate the title
the author
his property,
consider bad.
All the members
the Committee signed the
report.
use of
of
Art. 18 deals with the rights in existing pro
perty, which may be extended or restricted by
the adoption of the present convention,
or by
alteration of the present law, in order to bring
the public have been allowed a share of the author's
rights for so long a time, but we take it that Mr.
Joynson Hicks would object very strongly if any
One took his hat off his hat-stand, after he had the
a
tion to mechanical instruments should have the
adaptation of their
exclusive right of authorising
works to such instruments, and most of the Wit
nesses who defended the compulsory
licence did
not deny the justice of the author's claim.
The Committee, with one dissentient, came to
the conclusion that the author should have freedom
of action in regard to the exercise of this right.
There can be no doubt whatever that this is the
right view to take of the position, if it is allowed
that any property exists in the reproduction of the
outcome of a man's individual talent.
Not only for the sake of the author, but even
for the sake of the public, it is as well that the
composer s work should not be falsely interpreted
through bad mechanical reproduction.
The next Article deals with reproduction by
cinematograph.
The Committee recommend its
adoption.
The next three Articles deal with proof of an
author's title to his work and with piracy, while
of the Committee made sup
plementary
reports.
Mr. W. Joynson
Hicks
objected, from the point of view of the public, to
the extension of the copyright
term.
We know
that this feeling does exist owing to the fact that
a
there can be no doubt but that it is right in
principle that authors of works capable of adapta
Copyright Act.
Four members
E. C.
should be no question that this Article refers also
to dramatic, dramatico-musical, and literary works,
the Committee suggest that the necessary protection
should be expressly conferred.
There was a considerable amount of evidence
given against this Article, and the section in the
United States Act of last year, dealing with
Many of
mechanical reproduction,
was quoted.
the objections were based on the fact that a large
amount of capital had already been invested in
mechanical reproductions
under the present law
a law which does not bind the producer to pay any
royalty to the author.
The Committee state that
The Committee do not make any report, but they
consider it of the utmost importance that the
colonies, as part of the British Empire, should
come into line with Great Britain, and that, as
far as possible, there should be one law through
out the Empire.
We heartily support this sug
Nothing is more likely to interfere with
gestion.
the liberary production of a colony than a limited
If
has first clothed his work with a dramatic char
acter, in which case it would be protected under
the Dramatic Copyright Act of 1833.
With a slight reservation, the Committee are in
favour of adopting the Article.
Art. 13 deals with the reproduction of musical
works by mechanical means, and the public per
formance of musical works by mechanical means.
There is some difficulty in regard to the drafting
of this Article. As it at present stands it would
seem to refer to musical works only.
That there
of
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BY
OF
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ILLUSTRATING.
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PLUMMER.
(Compiled
for the use of authors,
advertisers, and others).
(All riſh is
A CITISIOR.
reserved
by
CHAPTER
the
artists,
journalists,
Author.)
147
factor, is that a perfectly level surfaced or ungrained
paper is requisite for this class of what is termed
high art work, otherwise the grain of the paper
Would show up underneath the printing and spoil
the effect as depicted in the preceding example.
ſ
W.
What Aufhors can do wiſh ſhe J/alerials
at their Disposal.
I have before expressed myself, an author
often desires to illustrate his work, but in
many instances hasn't any idea how best to
set about it commercially.
It may be a novel, for example, in which case
it is comparatively a simple matter, for then he
has only to select his artist, and according to the
latter's abilities, coupled with his own taste, instruct
him as to whether he is to pourtray the sketches
in half-tone'' or line.
If it is decided they are to be in half-tone " it
will be necessary that the blocks are printed either
high art
super-calendared
on
or
" paper,
because it will then be imperative that a starch
surfaced, or highly polished, or planished paper is
employed to catch up the fine dots of the half-tone
block, while another, and perhaps more important
S
The previous block printed on a surfaced or art paper.
One word more.
riſht and
A
half-tone
block as
appears when printed on a coarsely
surfaced paper.
it
a
wronſ
Every
side.
art
paper even
has a
The right side is always
apparently more highly glazed than the other, on
which the grain of the paper shows more discernibly;
but, of course, on both sides of such carefully
prepared paper as this, half-tone blocks print with
good effect, and it is only an expert who would
notice the slight difference.
Line work, especially if it is roughly drawn,
that is to say, the lines broadly and boldly set
apart, can be printed upon almost any quality of
paper, no matter how rough or unfinished its surface
may be.
It could even be printed upon the coarsest
brown paper, such as is employed for common trade
bags, if the individual lines are sufficiently thick
They will then have enough
and well defined.
force in them to leave their mark upon whatever
paper they are impressed.
Even particularly finely-drawn line work can be
reproduced upon a comparatively coarse-grained or
soft, yielding paper.
So it remains with the author to decide whether
he prefers a half-tone
or
line" effect for
�AUTISIOR,
the type matter
the extreme measurement
you can allow for your pages.
of
his illustrations, and, of course, it also depends
subjects he
Somewhat upon the nature of the
desires to illustrate.
Half-tone * suits some subjects, while clear
open line work is preferable for others.
Cost is likewise an object, because if the author's
line,
intended illustrations can be depicted by
type
the
letterpress
matter that
the whole
printed
matter and the blocks themselves, can
is,
at
to
of
a
is
or
by
I
of
all
a
to
up
is
of
it
to 6
10
a
is
an
it
in
If
3
by
an
of
as
or
up
the
to
in
or
is
at
and
of
to
be
of to
is
is
to
of
is
So
to
he
is
of
or
in
on
by
to
be
to
if
In
of
a
it
to
a
is
*
it
a
in
to
or
of
of
a
in
or
one direction
the other.
picture, you
you lengthen the depth
proportion.
necessarily also widen
astonishing
how often people send
perhaps
drawing that
photograph
engraver
inches deep, with instructions
inches wide
reproduce
and make the block four inches
course, impossible.
square. . This
work,
measuring
kinds
As guide
introduce the following diagram, which may serve
up
illustrate the proportionate progressive sizes
original photograph measuring, say,
wards
inches wide.
inches deep
It
of
to
an
is
If
and one worth noting.
the entire letterpress matter and illustrations
machining through
produced
one pull
can
gained,
the whole
Out,
decided advantage
thus reproduced upon one and the same
effect
complete into either
sheets, and afterwards folded
any other form
size.
quarto, Octavo
technical phraseology, termed Letter
This
Any ordinary printer, even
press printing.
handbill, can
perpetrator
the commonest form
ought
turn out this class
able
presentable manner.
illustrated work
half
On the other hand, when you come
printer
only
actual
reproductions,
tone
the
experience and ability who can give effect
only
artist's and block-maker's efforts, and
upon expensive paper that you can get thoroughly
Satisfactory result.
any fault
work,
this superior class
blame the
found, the printer usually tries
shift
block-maker, while the latter endeavours
retaliating
the printer for
the responsibility
making
knowledge
carelessness
his want
ready.
also drawn into
Sometimes the paper-maker
smirch the two
tries
the argument, when
one for bad blocks and the other for
them the
you see the author
printing.
indifferent
is
in
in
is,
be
one and the same paper throughout the entire
the paper
book, without regard
the quality
at all.
any publication,
important item
This
is,
to
it
a
be
stretched
cannot
same time reduced
upon
a be
that
reason that your full-page
stands
Because
illustrations must not exceed this limit.
that
recollect
And most important thing
drawings and photographs are not elastic. They
4
TISIES
148
a
in
to
to
as
a
of
it
to
if
or
or
a
to
of
to
scaling applies equally
same idea
following diagram.
the
shown
7'éductions
represent
draw
Imagine the outer lines
ing
inches deep, which you
inches wide
inches
require
this instance
reduce
a
6%
6
to
in
by
to
The
to
a
of
all
of
in
Occupy.
9
up
Work.
arranging for the sizes
blocks for
book, you first
must take into consideration
Now,
require
in of
an he he
of
he
a
In
at
to
Measuring
be, and
then
the enlargement
point
particular
downwards
that
from
re-measure
your subject, you
the bottom horizontal line
will obtain the proportionate depth your block will
you
as
is
to
on
to
he
no
is
in
of
it
to
Unfortunately
not.
the sample.
the paper being brought into
the case
blame, because
primarily
question the printer
any paper
right
start printing
has
work
may consider unsuitable for the class
should raise
produce.
case
such
has
objection
the outset.
But
you take your original
By the above plan,
drawing and pin squarely down
photograph
straight edge
paper, placing
piece
board
per the upper edge, rule
corner
from corner
shown transversely, and then measure from the left
the evacſ width
horizontal line
hand side
to
is
it
in
is
up
if
is
it
is
in
is
he
he
he
starts illustrating,
really between three stools when
doing.
something
what
about
knows
unless
not invariably blameless
The paper maker
true that papers from the same
the dispute, for
mill occasionally vary very greatly indeed.
always
the paper
much virtue
There
�S
liable
t
or
a
to
word
Wegatives.
or
on
All unmounted photographs going through the
post should
rolled
with the picture
film
the outer side.
rolled the other way the films are extremely
crack.
be
9 7 3 96
# a
say
up
*
be
%
If
4
would like
Packinſ Photographs and
deep.
*
this subject
I
While
two on
149
to
wide ; thus, by the same rule of following the
dotted line from opposite corners you obtain a
measurement of 6% inches wide by about 4% inches
on
THE AUTHOR.
24
Stout cylinders should
transit.
Cºleš
3
3,
Ž
2
Glass negatives require most careful packing.
Many thousands
the latter are broken annually
going through the post, owing
the remitter's own
tn
4.
-
to
in
be
negative should always
packed
wadding
first, and then wrapped round with several thick.
Blotting paper
very good
nesses
stout paper.
protects the negative from
for this purpose,
damp.
layer
placed
cardboard should then
tied
each side, and the whole should
packed tightly
substantial box.
Engravers will not hold themselves liable for
negatives sent per post.
accidents occurring
Packages should
marked
With care, and
insured
valuable.
be
ſo
6%
a
by
in
a
;
be
to
as
so
at
to to
on
to
of
to
of
is
to
if
or
in
be
to
by
If
do
be
is
it be
to
a
on
as
to
or
a
to
only
this :
to
as it
it
a
to
on
or
up
is
as
of
of
of
is
to
by
to
as
of
by
in
up
be
in
byat
be
self
the medium
what
known
fine
etching.
This means that certain parts
the
plate are protected
varnish after the first acid
bath, and then re-etched
obtain the extreme
high lights
the uncoated spaces.
Cracked and damaged photographs can often
remedied
made perfect
the engraver, and
or
repro
drawing
Should you desire
reduce
half
remember that when reproduced
will only
represent one quarter the original size,
means
only
same, and consequently
half the width
half the depth also,
the depth
reduced
proportionately
the width.
Some engravers will put
two
three photos
together, and after reproducing them
the metal
cut them
into separate blocks, and charge the
ordinary scale measurement over all the work.
saving,
course, when the blocks
This
scale,
a
the likeness.
photograph can often
successfully
reproduced with good contrasts
the lights and
shades without any retouching
all.
This effect can
obtained
the engraver him
flat"
by
inches.
whatever the measurement may be.
you wish
photograph
sketch
duced evacfly the same size
the original,
necessary
put
mark
same similar
is
spoiling the character
<
of
a
of
all
This is what is termed Faking, and is often
very successfully carried
out, the block-maker
charging extra, of course, according to the amount of
work expended upon it by his toucher-up.
Even fairly good photographs are often improved
by retouching in certain places, such as strengthen
ing weak lines, painting in detail, etc.
Portraits alone are dangerous to tamper with, as
probability never seen the
the artist, who has in
sitter,
original
very good chance
stands
Always write clearly underneath your drawings the
you are
inches,
width you wish them
going
say,
the depth measurement that
from top
bottom
the picture write your
desired measurement along one side.
injure the face
you
not wish
the
drawing, write your instructions
the back, but
that case be careful
draw
line with
pointer
each end,
show clearly
which
direction you wish the subject
measured
thus :
in
block itself.
Euffrarers.
or
Inferior photographs, that many who are un
initiated might cast aside as worthless for repro
ductive purposes, can be frequently touched up by
the engraver so as to come out quite well in the
Instructions
If
Originals.
be
to
be
if
Both of these can be obtained of Messrs. Penrose
& Co., Ltd., 109, Farringdon Road, E.C.
Faked
it
of as
in
a
or
There are two capital instruments that can be pro
cured for mechanically measuring up drawings, etc.,
for reproduction.
One is Graddon's scale, which is
a very useful article for quick measurement, and the
other a yard-stick with an elastic or pliable measure
attached.
on
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by
to ;
he
In
to
a
do
of
of
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of
to
to is
of
to is
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;
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in
it
of
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a
of
of
no
in
of
to
of
of
to
to
works should
read
who desire
under
stand him.
The work
illustrated with repro
ductions from Italian engravings,
for the most
part appertaining
the Trionfi ; and contains
chapter showing the direct influence
Petrarca
upon the earlier English sonneteers, which will
English
history
interest students
the
literature.
We have
wish
dwell upon minor points
no
of
to
&
and
It
of
a
be
to
is
it
by
a
by
a
In
of
of
be
of to
writer
celebrated sonnets.
particularly
other hand, we have been
the sane manner
which this work
deals with the whole history
Petrarca
and
Lauretta
Sade. The story
one around which
myth has gathered, and into
small amount
which
still larger measure
wilful perversion has
been introduced.
Mrs. Jerrold's book succeeds
only
sweeping away some
this mass
non
sense,
good service
will
but
book that
goes far beyond the mere removal
vulgar errors.
puts the Italian poet
the light
which his
On the
pleased
a
in
in
of
in
is
it
of
of
J. :
Petrarca,
Poet
Co.
1909.
as
he a
a
to
by
if
be
of
be
of
to
of
:
F,
Francesco
M. Dent
in
be
in
of
as
a
an
of
a
of be
to
*
Jerrold
London
England simply
by
be
to
a
be
to
it
is
be
to
as
so
of
in
I
life
Francesco Petrarca was
wanted, and Mrs. Jerrold has produced one
kind likely
most serviceable
England.
the present state
Italian studies
Italy, one
For some time past the literature
the greatest that Europe has brought forth, has
England. There seem
been too much neglected
emerging from
now
indications
that
period
eclipse, and
earnestly hoped
that these indications
are an evidence
of an
approaching
restoration
the Italian authors
the classical period
the language
their rights.
Maud
Humanist.
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PETRARCA.
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NEW English
of
or
in
be
as
as
or
If
In
FRANCESCO
ordinary human nature.
many
He was also
sided man, and one
the merits
Mrs. Jerrold's
work
that this aspect
his character and
his
writings
fully illustrated.
While her pages
justice
the great lyric poet, one
the very
greatest the world has ever seen, the humanist
view, and Petrarca's right
also fully presented
accounted one
the primary forces
the new
learning
duly accentuated.
That aspect
his work, and his great learning,
erudition
for his age positively enormous, though
never
attained
the Latinity that was his ambition,
places Petrarca
light entirely different from
the one
which
too commonly regarded
be
be
or
to
as
of
to
in
by
or
light blue engineering prints
Ferro-prussiate
tracings,
principally
made from
and used
engineers, have
most cases
re-drawn entirely
the blue
the ground-work photographs white.
This remark applies also
lavender
helio
trope colouring,
any pigment
which blue
predominates.
Mechanical line drawings can often
altered
required, such
obliterating line
the reproducer
two here and adding
line
word there.
painting
This can
done
the plate
any way destroying the original drawing.
without
any explanatory lettering
added
drawing always remember that
must
drawn
sufficiently large
perfectly legible when
reduced.
lettering should likewise
The style
keeping with the character
the drawing.
Maps, when
colours, are
rule difficult
reproduce direct, but the colouring,
not too
varied
too strong, can sometimes
overcome
the engraver using
isochromatic plate.
my next
shall explain the use
the various
screens, etc., and what they are suitable for.
*
of
of
General Hints.
one respect they resemble the authors
They are removed
classical Greece and Rome.
from our modern northern thought
consider
time, and
able lapse
wide difference
consequence
circumstances.
this they can
righty appreciated without some such know
not
ledge
themselves and
their times
must
gathered from commentaries and memoirs.
particular needed
Francesco Petrarca
re-focussed.
Recent investigations
the part
others, the
both
his own countrymen
and
documentary records,
more careful examination
and the wider views now taken of the lives and
men, have all combined
works
throw new
light upon his character and his story, and
render
needful more accurate appreciations
both the
one and the other.
some respects
much
easier
understand than Dante
neither rises
the heights, nor penetrates
the profundities
thought presented
the great epic poet.
understand,
other respects
more difficult
for Dante was ever consistent with himself, and
great deal
Petrarca presents
the inconsistency
of
to
all
be
required are very small, as they may work out two
or three blocks collectively
at a minimum charge,
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similar, character and colour. Otherwise one suffers
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respective block.
When two or three photographs, or drawings, are
so put up and reduced together, they must neces
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reproduced
the same scale.
In
TriB ArtTHOR.
150
�THE AUTHOR.
ance of Petrarca and by those who have been long
is
familiar with his works.
OF COPYRIGHT.;
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of
in
particular
Great Britain and other countries a
fully dealt with
the case
all the civilised states.
of
be
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of
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no
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Lit
* I.6on Poinsard : La Propriété Artistique et
Répertoire
Alphabétique : Paris.
teraire.
Libraire
Générale de Droit et de Jurisprudence. 1910.
It
at
The matter is arranged under a far-reaching
number of headings, and many unexpected articles
will be found showing how very varied are the
aspects under which questions of copyright can
present themselves.
The work begins, for instance,
with Abandon, setting forth the ways in which
of
One
the results
the dictionary arrangement
the drawing together under one head
informa
tion that might
otherwise scattered, with the
consequence that
large and often interesting
opportunities
comparison present themselves.
Duration
(of authors rights) presents
wide
conspectus
the actual situation
this much
vexed question
number
countries.
Guate
mala, Mexico,
Nicaragua
and
Venezuela
are
splendid example, perpetual
here seen setting
copyright,
which States that boast
least an
hurry
older civilisation appear
emulate.
The number and status
the countries
that have life and fifty years afterwards can
immediately distinguished and those that, for
reasons not very apparent, have preferred not
come into that simple and highly sanctioned
principle.
copyright
The quaint English term
stands isolated
its Oddity.
But M. Poinsard
elsewhere remarks with reason,
will
seen
that the English copyright
law
remarkable
neither for its simplicity nor for its lucidity.
printed
The Revised Convention
Berne
appendix
the end
the volume.
The
innovations
introduced
the last Congress are
of
who is a sub-director
of the
International Bureau of Intellectual and
Industrial Property at Berne, has compiled
in dictionary form a valuable book of reference
copyright
respecting
everything
bearing
upon
property.
In his preface he modestly disclaims
any attempt to add to the already very bulky
literature, in many languages, dealing with copy
right legislation and copyright questions; but it
will be immediately apparent how useful will be,
if only on account of the vast extent of this
literature, a book which gathers together the facts
in such a manner as to present the information in
alphabetical order.
''
author,
is
HE
of
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DICTIONARY
on
Poet and Humanist, is a work of many merits,
and will be found full of interest and of instruction
both by those who are about to make the acquaint
on
they are mentioned in the Trionfi" opens a door
for a serious misunderstanding
of their relative
But, be that as it may, Francesco Petrarca,
dates.
that was hardly to be expected.
At the
point is mentioned,
time an important
namely, that in these days, when it is a common
thing for the proprietors of large hotels to provide
Various evening entertainments for their guests,
cases are not rare when dramatic pieces are per
formed, or musical entertainments given, by which
the rights of dramatic authors or of composers are
directly infringed.
It may be supposed that there
is no intention to defraud, and that the resulting
piracies are absolutely unpremeditated.
At the
same time authors and composers are on
these
occasions defrauded of their rights.
Long articles are naturally dedicated to the
Countries whose literatures
are of world-wide
importance.
includes, among
That on France
many other things of value, an interesting enumera
copyright
tion of
the French laws bearing
presented
chronological order.
occupies twenty
The article
Great Britain
pages, and
both full and also admirable for the
lucidity and conciseness with which the undeniably
perplexing English copyright legislation
treated.
The article concludes with an index
the various
literary conventions which have been made between
article
Same
all
Canzoniere " was Bembo's invention, and incon
sistent with the other division of the work made
by Petrarca himself (because it corresponded to a
critical moment in his own life), Carducci's con
tinuation of a misrepresentation, merely because it
had become popular, appears to us unpardonable.
A great poet has a right to have his works per
petuated in the form which he himself gave them.
We are unable also to endorse wholeheartedly the
chapter on the Provençal Poets, and it appears to
us that their enumeration in the order in which
it is possible for an author to renounce his rights;
Abridgements, presenting in a succinct form
the results of recent legislation upon this topic ;
mentioning that this is one of
and Abyssinia,
the countries still without any copyright legislation.
may be mentioned as a case of an
Hotels
in
we
an
plished
is
do not entirely agree with the accom
authoress; an entire agreement respecting
some of the particulars discussed is a thing hardly
to be expected, but we should have liked to have
found a stern condemnation
of Carducci's return,
in his critical edition, to the wholly unauthorised
division of the Canzoniere,
first suggested,
by Cardinal
most mistakenly,
Bembo.
After
Mestica's demonstration
that this division of the
which
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LIST OF MEMBERS.
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HE List of Members of the Society of Authors
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1907, and will be sold to members and associates
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A dozen blank pages have been added at the
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from month to month in these pages.
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PENSION FUND.
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N the 5th of February, 1909, the Trustees of
the Pension Fund of the Society, after
the secretary had placed before them the
financial position of the Fund, decided to invest
£350 in the purchase of Corporation of London
2} per cent. Stock (1927–57).
The amount purchased is £438 2s. 4d., and is
added to the list printed below.
The Trustees are glad to report that owing to
the generous answer to the circular sent round at
the end of 1908, they have been able to invest
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more than £100 over the amount invested in
1907.
Consols 24%.............................. 391,000 0 0
Local Loans ..............................
Victorian Government 3%. Consoli-
dated Inscribed Stock ...............
War Loan .................................
Hondon and North-Western 3% Deben-
ture Stock ..............................
Egyptian Government Irrigation
Trust 4%. Certificates ...............
Cape of Good Hope 33% Inscribed
Stock ....................................
Glasgow and South-Western Railway
4% Preference Stock..................
New Zealand 34% Stock. . . . . . . . ...
Irish Land Act 23% Guaranteed Stock
Corporation of London 24% Stock,
1927–57 ............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Subscriptions.
1909.
Oct. 15, Greig, James
Oct. 15, Jacomb, A. E. .
Oct. 16, Hepburn, Thomas
Oct. 16, Trevelyan, G. M. .
Oct. 16, “Haddon Hall”
Oct. 22, Jessup, A. E. te *
Oct. 25, Whishaw, Mrs. Bernhard
Nov. 5, Dixon, A. Francis .
Nov. 6, Helledoren, J.
Dec. 4, Tearle, Christian .
Dec. 9, Tyrell, Miss Eleanor .
Dec. 17, Somerville, Miss Edith CE.
1910.
Jan. 12, Riley, Miss Josephine
Jan. 13, Child, Harold H. .
Jan. 14, Desborough, The Right Hon.
the Lord, K.C.V.O. º e
Jan. 27, Lion, Leon M.
Donations.
19()9.
Oct. 16, Hodson, Miss A. L.
Oct. 16, Wasteneys, Lady .
Oct. 18, Bell, Mrs. G. H. . *
Nov. 3, Turnbull, Mrs. Peveril .
Nov. 4, George, W. L. &
Nov. 25, Tench, Miss Mary
Dec. 1, Shedlock, Miss
Dec. 3, Esmond, H. W.
Dec. 9, Hewlett, Maurice
2.
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Dec. 17, Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie . () 5 ()
Dec. 17, Martin, Miss Violet I () ()
1910.
Jan. 1, Robinson, J. R. . ge ©
Jan. 1, Mackenzie, Miss J. (2nd dona-
tion º e w te ſº e
Jan. 1, Northcote, H. ë ©
Jan. 3, Watson, Mrs. Herbert A.
Jan. 3, Fursdon, Mrs. F. M.
Jan. 3, Smith, Miss Edith A.
Jan. 4, Pryce, Richard &
Jan. 4, Wroughton, Miss Cicely .
Jan. 6, Kaye-Smith, Miss Sheila
Jan. 6, Underdown, Miss E. M. .
Jan. 6, Carolin, Mrs. . *
Jan. 8, P. H. and M. K.
Jan. 8, Crellin, H. R.
Jan. 10, Tanner, James T..
Jan. 10, Miller, Arthur
Jan. 10, Bolton, Miss Anna
Jan. 10, Parr, Miss Olive K.
Jan. 17, Harland, Mrs.
Jan. 21, Benecke, Miss Ida
Jan. 25, Fradd, Meredith - e
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ann Ouncement.
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COMMITTEE NOTES.
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HE first meeting of the Committee of
Management for the year 1910 was held
at the offices of the society on January
10, at 4 o'clock.
After the reading of the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting the committee proceeded to the
election of members and associates. Thirty-eight
were elected. Their names will be found on
another page.
The committee accepted, with regret, the resigna-
tion of twenty-four members. The resignations
were heavy, but not more so than is usual at the
commencement of the year—in fact, the numbers
differed only one point from the resignations in
January of last year.
It was decided that, if it was necessary, owing to
the nomination of members for the committee, to
have a poll, that the voting papers should be
returnable to the society by March 17th at the
latest. Full instructions will, according to the
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statutes of the society, be sent to all members with
the March issue of The 41ſthor.
The date of the general meeting was fixed for
Wednesday, March 16. The circular and the
report will be issued in due course. The question
of the British Academy again came before the
Society of Authors, and the chairman reported a
meeting of the Royal Society of Literature which
he had attended. Several suggestions were made
by members of the Committee of Management, and
the chairman undertook to represent them to the
Sub-Committee of the Royal Society of Literature
which had been appointed to consider the whole
matter.
The casual vacancy caused by the resignation of
the Hon. Mrs. Felkin was filled up by the appoint-
ment of Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, who has already
rendered the society valuable assistance as a mem-
ber of the sub-committee appointed to consider the
price of novels.
The question of the alteration of the subscription
for life membership was raised by one of the mem-
bers, and his letter was placed before the committee,
who decided to leave the rule as it stood at present.
They considered that £10 10s. was a very small
subscription to ask in view of the claims which a
member was entitled to make on the society's funds.
The secretary then referred to the committee a
question relating to the infringement of copyright
in Canada. He pointed out that, under the
Canadian Customs Act, the Custom House authori-
ties could stop the importation of books which had
been copyrighted in Canada under the Canadian
Copyright Act, but that no provision had been
made to stop the importation of pirated copies of
books copyrighted there under the Imperial Act.
He mentioned that in New Zealand, a country
which also had a copyright law of its own, special
provisions had been made in the Customs Act of
that country for the protection of copyright owners
under the Imperial Act against the importation of
pirated copies, as well as of those who had copy-
righted their works under the New Zealand Act,
and he suggested that it might be possible, by
approaching the Colonial Office, to turn the atten-
tion of the Canadian Government to the considera-
tion of this difficulty. Sir Alfred Bateman kindly
undertook to approach the Colonial Office and Tord
Strathcona, and to report to the committee.
The secretary informed the committee that the
following gentlemen had consented to act on the
sub-committee to consider the proposed censorship
of the libraries, in case there was need for a meeting
should the libraries take any further action : Mr.
Edmund Gosse, Mr. Maurice Hewlett and Sir
George Darwin. The committee empowered the
Sub-committee to add to their number should they
think desirable.
The action of the Copyright Sub-Committee in
the settlement of an agreement between a composer
and a music publisher was next reported to the
Committee, who confirmed the action of the copy-
right sub-committee and expressed themselves
ready to consider any report that sub-committee
might care to submit.
A request from the Dramatic Sub-Committee to
be allowed to consider dramatic cases likely to
involve legal action, prior to their submission to
the Committee of Management, was granted by the
Committee.
Sanction was given for the purchase of a mimeo-
graph for the office use.
The committee thanked several supporters of the
Pension Fund for donations, and expressed their
gratitude for the support which this fund received.
A list of recent donations and subscriptions appears
elsewhere in The Author.
Cases referred to the Committee.—The first case
before the committee referred to the support of an
appeal which was mentioned in the last issue of
The Author. Since the December meeting the
Solicitors of the Society had an opportunity of going
carefully into the papers and reported to the chair-
man. The chairman, having considered the
Solicitors’ report, advised that the matter should
not be taken further. The secretary reported to
the committee, who decided to follow this advice.
The next question, the secretary reported, con-
cerned a breach of contract which had now been
Satisfactorily settled by the member concerned.
The secretary advised the committee that, during
the past month, he had placed two county court
cases in the hands of the society’s solicitors—both
against papers and both for accounts unpaid.
The next case was for the collection of moneys
in India on behalf of two dramatists who were
members of the Society. The Dramatic Committee
had recommended that the Committee of Manage-
ment should take the matters up, and the committee
accepted their recommendation accordingly.
The secretary reported to the committee two
claims for members of the society against a
publisher. He read a long letter from the solicitors
of the Society setting out the financial position, and
the committee decided to instruct the solicitors to
proceed with the claims of the members concerned.
The next question related to an infringement of
performing rights in Belgium. As a difficult ques-
tion of international copyright law was involved,
the committee decided to obtain counsel's opinion
before action was taken.
The secretary next reported the result of two
cases commenced some time ago against newspapers
in New Zealand for piracy of the articles of members.
Both had been Satisfactorily settled, the amounts
claimed in both cases being paid. They desire to
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THE AUTHOR.
express their thanks to Mr. Arnold White—one of
the members involved—for a donation of £4 4s. to
the society's Capital Fund, the amount that had been
recovered by the society on his behalf.
At their last meeting the committee sanctioned
proceedings in Germany to support a charge of
literary libel which one of the members was bringing
against a German publisher, and the society’s
German lawyers had been instructed at once. The
secretary had written to the member concerned on
various occasions for further instructions and
for particulars demanded by the society's German
lawyer, but had been unable to obtain any
reply. He felt bound, therefore, to report
the matter to the committee, who instructed
him to write to the member concerned and point
out that the society was incurring considerable
expenditure, for which they would be bound to hold
the member responsible if he refused to answer
their letters or to assist them in the action they
were taking at his request.
A small case for moneys and accounts from a
provincial theatre was next considered, and the
committee decided to adopt the recommendation of
the Dramatic Sub-Committee and to support the
case on behalf of the member involved.
A case of literary libel which had occurred was
placed before the committee, who confirmed the
secretary's action and undertook, if necessary, to
sanction legal proceedings.
Lastly, the committee considered the question of
appealing in a case backed by the society, in which
the verdict had been given against the member in
the Court of First Instance. For various legal
reasons they decided not to take the matter further.
Thirteen cases in all came before the committee for
consideration. This is a strong witness to the
activity of the society and to the work which the
committee are bound to undertake on behalf of
those who are members.
It should be remembered that, besides these cases
which are taken up by the committee and involve
legal action, the secretary deals with a considerable
number of cases every month which are chronicled
under another heading.
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DRAMATIC SUB-COMMITTEE.
I.
THE first meeting of the Dramatic Sub-Com-
mittee for 1910 was held on January 4, at the
offices of the Society. After the minutes of the
last meeting had been read and signed, the Reper-
tory Agreement, in its final shape, was laid before
the committee. A slight alteration was made in
one of the clauses, and the Agreement was passed.
It is now lying at the offices of the society ready
for any member to refer to, should he so desiré.
The secretary has been instructed to supply full
information.
It was decided to send out a circular to all the
members of the society in order to ascertain the
number of dramatists included in its ranks, and, if
possible, to obtain particulars as to those of their
works which have been publicly performed. The
issue of this circular has been sanctioned by the
Committee of Management. It will be forwarded
to the members in due course. .
A proposal from the Sketch Association was to
have been laid before the meeting, but owing to
the fact that the secretary of that association had
not put it into formal shape the matter had to be
adjourned.
A question next arose as to the desirability of
getting into closer touch with the various Dramatic
Authors’ Societies on the Continent, and the
Secretary was instructed to write to the Italian,
Spanish, and German societies and obtain what
information he could, and to lay the same before the
sub-committee at their next meeting. The sub-
Committee desire, if possible, to nominate agents
in these and other countries able to answer
inquiries and, if necessary, to collect fees.
The Report of the Committee on the Law of
Copyright, which had been circulated by the
Secretary to all the members of the sub-committee,
was laid on the table. The sub-committee
expressed their warm approval of the Report and
their hope that it would be possible to pass legis-
lation giving effect to the recommendations laid
down in that Report.
It was then moved and carried that the Dramatic
Sub-Committee recommend to the Committee of
Management that all dramatic cases should be laid
before them in the first instance if a decision was
desired as to whether or not legal action should be
taken. They hope, by this means, to relieve the
Committee of Management of a difficult portion
of their work. The final authorisation in regard to
the expenditure of the society's funds must, however,
rest with the Committee of Management.
Six cases were next laid before the sub-committee,
and the following recommendations were made to
the Committee of Management. The first case
they recommended the Committee of Management
not to take up. In three other cases they deferred
giving a final decision pending the arrival of fuller
details and the opinion of the society's solicitors
on the legal position. One case they recommended
the Committee of Management to take up. One
case, which involved recovery of fees under a
contract, the secretary was able to report had
already been settled by the payment of the money.
The secretary laid before the sub-committee
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letters he had received from a correspondent in
South Africa whom the sub-committee contemplated
appointing as agent. It was decided to await the
arrival of a further report which the gentleman
had promised to forward to the office.
II.
THE second meeting of this sub-committee was
held at 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W.,
on Tuesday, January 18.
The first matter for consideration was the agency
agreement which had been drafted by the secretary.
The document was read through carefully from end
to end and discussed at some length. As it was
found impossible, however, to complete the settle-
ment of the agreement and to get through all the
other work before the committee, the further dis-
cussion was adjourned to the next meeting.
Several cases then came before the sub-committee
for consideration. In the first case, which related
to the breach of an agreement by a theatrical
manager, the secretary stated that he had been
asked to defer taking action pending the arrival of
further evidence. The next case was one of alleged
infringement of copyright, and from the opinion of
the society's solicitors, which the secretary read to
the committee, it appeared to that body that at
present no cause of action would lie, though it was
just possible that some cause might arise when the
offending play was produced. In these circum-
stances, the Dramatic Sub-Committee did not feel
that they could come to a decision on the existing
facts.
The secretary reported the satisfactory settle-
ment of two other cases which had been placed on
the agenda. -
The next question under consideration was con-
tained in a letter from the Theatres’ Alliance.
The sub-committee decided to go carefully into
the matter, which touched the question of infringe-
ment of performing rights by performances in
private clubs. Upon this question the secretary
was asked to obtain fuller information to be placed
before a subsequent meeting.
Some letters received from correspondents in
South Africa and Australia, who had been
approached with a view to their appointment as
agents of the society, were next read, but the matter
was left open by the sub-committee for further
consideration.
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Cases.
DURING the past month fifteen cases have been
in the hands of the secretary of the Society.
Though he is unable to report that more than two
have been settled, the others are in the course of
Bridge, Mrs. C.
Satisfactory negotiation. There were six cases for
money; three claims for the return of MSS. ; three
claims for infringement of copyright, and three for
aCCOUnts.
It is satisfactory to state that the back cases
mentioned in these reports are now closing up
rapidly, and that during the past month, in addition
to the settlement of other matters, two cases of
infringement of copyright in the colonies have
been terminated by the payment by the papers of
the amount claimed by the society on behalf of its
members.
One amount, just recovered, the author has
kindly presented to the capital account of the
Society.
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January Elections.
Barrett, A. Wilson . Pebworth House, Peb-
Worth, Stratford-on-
Avon.
Roseneath, Hammer-
Smith, W.
Anderida, Gorringe
Road, Eastbourne.
9, Guildford Terrace,
Beal, N. Watkin
Bedford, Edward J.
Dover.
Bristow-Noble, J. C. “Violet Dell,” Model
Village, Pnrley,
Surrey.
Bryan, Mrs. Hugh . 2, Ranelagh Grove,
Ebury Bridge, S.W.
Bryson, C. Lee . Driver, Colorado,
U.S.A.
Child, Harold H. c/o . The Burlingſon
lſ aſſa ºne, 17, Old
Burlington Street, W.
Colbourn, John 152, Alexandra Road,
St. John's Wood,
N.W.
Coleman, Walter Moore . Huntsville, Texas,
U.S.A.
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Cope, Mrs. E. E., c/o
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Fletcher, Charles
Willia Juiia, Hastings.
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chester.
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NOTES.
HE name of Molly Aston is familiar to every
reader of Boswell’s “Life of Johnson’’ as
one of the early amorets of the great lexico-
grapher, but, strange to say, no portrait of the lady
was known to exist. It is true that Sir Joshua once
painted her, but the picture was burnt some years
ago in the fire of a family mansion. A faithful
copy of the picture, however, was made by another
hand, and this copy, the authenticity of which is
satisfactorily attested, has come to light recently,
and the owner has generously permitted it to be
reproduced in part 19 of Mr. Roger Ingpen's extra
illustrated edition of Boswell's “Johnson,” a bi-
centenary edition of which in sixpenny parts Sir
Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., commenced issuing
last autumn. Part 20 will complete the reissue.
Mary Gaunt, the author of “The Silent. Ones,”
has just published a new novel, “The Uncounted
Cost.” The book, of which Mr. T. Werner Laurie
is the publisher, is concerned with the adventures
of some naval officers in the “Mahogany Coast”
district.
The same publishers have also issued Miss
Victoria Cross's new novel, “The Eternal Fires.”
It is the story of an entirely unsophisticated girl,
who, thrust forth from a very sheltered life, is
forced, in her poverty, to earn her living as an
artist's model.
“Rowe's Rapid Method of teaching Children to
Read” (Messrs. J. M. Dent & Sons) attacks the
difficulty of the English vowel and its apparent
inconsistencies. The children are taught to see
when it will “say its “name-sound” and
when its “short-sound,” and in what circum-
stances it will borrow certain other sounds. Thus,
it rapidly enables the child to decipher for himself
every normally constructed syllable in the language.
This system should also appeal to foreigners, for it
proves the English language to be far more regular
than is popularly supposed.
“Cousin Hugh '' is the title of a new novel by
Theo Douglas (Mrs. H. D. Everett), shortly to be
published by Messrs. Methuen & Co.
The January number of the Quiver contains, on
the opening page, an article entitled “Great Britain
at the Cross Roads,” by D. L. Woolmer. Another
article from the same writer will appear in the
February issue of the same magazine.
The purpose of Professor John Adams’ “Exposi-
tion and Illustration in Teaching ” (Macmillan) is
to give some guidance to those whose business it is
to expound, whether in the class-room, the pulpit,
or the lecture hall. After a discussion of the
nature and scope of exposition and illustration, the
author sets out the psychological principles that
underlie all attempts to communicate knowledge.
The nature of ideas, of mental content, of mental
activity, of mental backgrounds, of suggestion, is
treated in chapters full of practical applications to
the work of the school and the platform.
The Christmas number of the Pall Mall Magazine
has a story by Miss Emma Brooke, entitled
“Dolly's Adventure.”
In our notice of “The Mastery of Destiny,” in
our last issue, we gave as the publishers “The
Light of Reason.” We understand from the
author, Mr. James Allen (to whom we tender our
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apologies), that the publishers are not “The Light
of Reason,” but Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
An illustrated souvenir of “The Blue Bird,”
Maurice Maeterlinck's play now running at the
Haymarket, has been prepared and is being pub-
lished by Mr. John Long. The souvenir is produced
in colour, and Mr. John Hassall is responsible for
the cover design. The letterpress, which Mr.
Herbert Trench has written, includes a little sketch
of the life and work of Maurice Maeterlinck.
The January number of Travel and Eaplora-
£ion, edited by E. A. Reynolds Ball, contains,
among other interesting matter, contributions from
four of our members. Mr. William Hunter Workman
continues the description of the exploration of
the Nun Kun range, commenced by Mrs. Bullock
Workman in the December issue. Mr. C. N.
Williamson describes the attractions of the motor
journey from Paris to the south of France, and
illustrates with a story the necessity for due
observance of custom-house regulations in crossing
from France into Italy.
Mr. Ralph Durand writes, with others, on “Outfit
and Equipment for the Traveller, Explorer, and
Sportsman.”
Sir Sven Hedin’s “Trans-Himalaya : Discoveries
and Adventures in Tibet,” is reviewed by the editor.
We have received the second volume of this
magazine, comprising the issues for July to
December, 1909. It is strongly bound, and the
illustrations, of which there are many, are very
well reproduced. These, in addition to the maps
and an index, add to the attractiveness of the
volume.
The Princess Karadja is delivering a course of
lectures on behalf of the Gnosis Propaganda Fund
at the Blue Salon, Eustace Miles Restaurant,
40, Chandos Street, Charing Cross. *
The first of these lectures, “The Esoteric Meaning
of the Seven Sacraments,” was first delivered some
weeks ago, was repeated on January 15, and
will subsequently appear in book form.
On February 12 the Princess's subject will be
“The Tower of Babel ” (explanations concerning
Masonic teaching in the Bible); on the 26th,
“Balaam’s Ass” (an illumination concerning the
esoteric signification of this allegory) ; on
March 5, “The Destiny of the Weaker Wessel”;
while the concluding lecture, on March 19, will
deal with Jachin and Boaz and the accuracy of
the usual interpretation of the Scriptural passages
referring thereto.
Tickets for the course, including tea on reserved
gallery, may be obtained, at 12s. 6d. for each person,
from Princess Karadja's secretary, 11, King's
Road, Sloane Square ; from Mr. Wooderson,
4, Great Russell Street, W.C. ; or at the lecture
TOOIſle
Admission to each lecture, without tea, may be
obtained at a cost of 2s. 6d. •
Mr. J. W. Robertson Scott has just published a
little volume, “The Strange Story of the Dunmow
Flitch,” in which he has gathered together and set
forth, in as simple and attractive a fashion as
possible, such data as he has been able to collect
concerning a custom with which but few people are
unfamiliar. The book is published at Dunmow
by Mr. D. Carter.
In “The Unknown History of the Jews,” pub-
lished by Messrs. Watts & Co., Mr. Ernest E,
Jessel reviews the higher criticism of the Old
Testament, and adds the historical evidence of the
monuments up to date, with the object of arriving
at the truth concerning the origin of Jewish laws
and observances and the history of the Jewish
people. In the course of his researches, the author
discovered indications which led him to pay par-
ticular attention to Egyptian history, with the
result that he has identified the ancestors of the
Jews with a great warlike and industrial people
who descended into Palestine from Asia Minor
upwards of four thousand years ago.
Numerous illustrations are reproduced from
Egyptian and Babylonian historical sculptures and
paintings, none of them more recent than 700 B.C.
Upwards of 80,000 copies of Mr. Ferrar Fenton's
translation of the Bible have left the press since
the first issue under the approval of the late
J. S. Blaikie, the well-known Edinburgh professor
of Greek.
Mr. Fenton is now engaged on a revision of his
“Complete Bible in Modern English” for a fifteenth
edition.
Miss Florence L. Barclay's new novel, “The
Rosary,” published in London and New York by
Messrs. Putnam's Sons, is a love story pure and
simple, having for its hero a young man in good
position, who, greatly sought after by the stylish
ladies of the county, prefers, much to their chagrin,
a young lady who is plain to a degree. As the
story proceeds, however, the exceptional gifts and
graces of the girl become apparent to the reader.
Since Lady Stanley's account of the great
explorer was published, just before Christmas, by
Messrs. Sampson Low & Co., an interesting letter
from Stanley has been discovered. It was written
on June 2, 1858, when Stanley was still John
Rowlands. He was out of the workshop, but
without a post or prospects. In the next edition
of Stanley's autobiography a facsimile will be
included.
“By Divers Paths” is a collection of essays
arranged in the form of a calendar. Miss Annie
Matheson has edited the volume, which is made up
of rambles, rhymes, and reveries. The claim of
the book is, in the words of the editor, for odd
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moments—those chance moments that come all too
seldom, when for a few seconds the rush and
clamour of the road are less insistent, and the
wayfarers may take an instant's rest.
The list of contributors includes, besides Miss.
Matheson, Mr. C. C. Cotterill, Professor C. H.
Herford, Litt.D., Maud Egerton King, Greville
MacDonald, M.D., May Sinclair and Eleanor Tyrrell.
Miss Eleanor Tyrrell’s contributions to the fore-
going volume have been favourably mentioned by
South Africa, which paper contains also a kindly
reference to a story from the same Writer in
Lippincott's Magazine.
Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall & Co. have just
issued “The Life and Divine Writings of Joanna
Southcott,” by Alice Seymour.
The object of the work is to prove that Joanna
Southcott was no impostor, but a woman Divinely
chosen to give warning of the approach of the
Second Coming. The work is published in two
volumes at 4s. 6d. nett each.
“Oxford : Its Buildings and Gardens '' is a
volume published by Mr. Grant Richards. The
letterpress is by Mr. Ralph Durand, and the 32
illustrations in colour are reproduced from draw-
ings by Mr. W. A. Wildman. It is published at
21s, nett ; also in an édition de luze, limited to
100 copies, at 428. nett.
Derek Vane is writing the new serial story for
Lloyd's Weekly News. It is called “The Heather
Hall Mystery,” and illustrates the saying that
“all sin is dogged, and, though that which follows
may lag, it never loses the track.”
Derek Vane has also recently contributed short
stories to the Sketch and Bystander, and is now
engaged on a society novel.
DRAMATIC.
“Dame Nature,” Mr. Frederick Fenn’s adapta-
tion of M. Henry Bataille’s “La Femme Nue,” was
produced at the Garrick Theatre on January 19th.
The play, which is a study of the consequences
of ill-asso, ted marriage, was interpreted by a cast
including Miss Ethel Irving, Mr. Ernest Leicester,
and Mr. J. D. Beveridge.
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NE of the literary events of the month has
been the publication of Alfred de Musset's
“Lettres à l’Inconnue.”
It is known at last that the woman to whom
this correspondence was addressed was no other
than Aimée d'Alton, who, after the death of Alfred,
married his brother Paul de Musset.
The correspondence commenced in 1837. Alfred
de Musset died in 1842, and four years later Aimée
married his brother. She died herself in 1881, a
few months after her husband.
These letters were confided to Jules Troubat,
Sainte-Beuve's secretary, and were given by him to
the Bibliothèque Nationale, only to be opened at
the expiration of a certain number of years. At
the given date Jules Troubat opened the little
packet of letters and commenced the publication of
them in the Figaro. There was great excitement
in literary circles when it was announced that the
time had come to open the mysterious love-letters.
Many of them are very charming, and, taken as a
whole, they give an excellent idea of the poet,
witty, clever, affectionate, tender-hearted, but weak
in character, and as irresponsible as a boy. All
this was after his liaison with George Sand. The
first freshness of his love is over. There is a some-
thing wanting in these letters; they are not like
those he had written earlier to George Sand.
There is no doubt, though, that Aimée d'Alton
exercised a very salutary influence over him during
the time that he was in love with her. The poems
Written at this epoch are among his finest work.
In spite of the prosaic times in which we live,
poetry is decidedly in favour in France. Matinées
are very much in vogue at which poetry of all
epochs is recited. There are reviews almost
entirely devoted to the works of poets, and some
of these reviews organise matinées at which the
various authors are duly feted. One of the most
enterprising of these reviews is La Poétique, as
M. Saint-Chamarand, the editor, organises a
matinée every Monday for his subscribers, and at
these matinées not only French poets, but foreign
authors too, are introduced to a Parisian public.
Only a short time ago Shakespeare had the place
of honour, and a matinée was devoted to his plays.
The admirers of Alfred de Musset have formed
a society called “Les Mussettistes,” and their
season was inaugurated this winter by a brilliant
causerie on “Alfred de Musset, explained by his
works.” Madame Marguerite Chenu gave this
causerie, and it was followed by recitations and
Songs from Musset's poems. Some members of the
poet's family were present.
“L’Egypte à Petites Journées : Souvenirs du
Caire d’Autrefois,” is the title of the new edition
of this fascinating book recently published by
Arthur Rhoné, a member of the Egyptian Institute.
The author visited Egypt in 1864, and he tells us
that only as far back as thirty years ago the
ancient cities of the world still remained much as
they had been since time immemorial. He speaks
of Rome, Jerusalem, Damascus, Constantinople,
and Cairo as they were in those days, and he
regrets bitterly the sans gène of our present
generation and the ruthless way in which it
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destroys things which can never be restored, in
order to introduce the luxuries of modern life.
In 1864, M. Rhoné tells us he was able to see
Cairo “in all its Arabian and Mussulman splen-
dour.” There was not a house with five storeys,
not a footpath, and not a lamp-post. There were
numberless mosques of all ages, dying peacefully
away in their own ruins. The effendis and mer-
chants alike, who at present can only be seen in
European costume, were promenading about in
their long silky caftans. On coming back from
this voyage the author was full of enthusiasm and
wrote eloquently about the Egypt he had seen.
He tells us that many friends who visited Cairo
many years later, when things were completely
altered, were somewhat disappointed at the differ-
ence they found between his early accounts and
Egypt as it now is. The first edition of M. Rhoné's
book was awarded a prize by the French Academy.
As it is now out of print, it occurred to the author
to bring out this new edition, with numbers of
illustrations of things as they were, for the benefit
of those lovers of antiquity to whom the past is
sacred, and who prefer the Egypt of the Pharaohs
to that of Cook's tourists.
“L’Oiseau Bleu,” by M. Maurice Maeterlinck,
is a delightful fairy story. Tyltyl and Myltyl,
children of a woodcutter, set out in search of the
“Bluebird,” which in other words means happiness.
They go to the Country of Souvenirs, which is the
past. They then visit the Palace of Night, which
means ignorance and superstition. After this they
go to the forest, or to nature, and then to the
cemetery on the way to the Kingdom of the Future.
Their search is all in vain, though. They find
several blue birds, but directly they take them
from their own surroundings their colour, nºt being
genuine, fades away. The two children return
home quite sad, but on arriving they discover that
their own dove in the old cage is blue. Delighted
to find such happiness in their own home, they
stroke the bird in their glee. At the first touch,
though, it flies away. There are some charming
images, full of the subtle symbolism peculiar to
this author. In the Country of Souvenirs Tyltyl's
grandmother, who has long been dead, tells him
that she is always loºking forward to the visits of
her living friends.
came to see me,” she says. “You have not been
since All Saints' Day !” “But I did not go out
all that day,” exclaims Tyltyl. “No,” replies the
grandmother, “but you thought of us, and every
time a living person thinks of us we wake up out
of our sleep, and we see you. It is sweet to sleep
when life is finished, but we also like such waking
up from time to time.” Altogether it is a charming
book, and the allegory of the sister souls in the
Kingdom of the Future is most poetical.
“It is a long time since you
“Figaro et ses Devanciers,” by MM. Paul
d’Estrée and Frantz Funck Brentano, is a very
instructive and amusing study of the times under
the ancien régime. Although the press, as we have
it at present, did not exist then, there was a thirst
for information and for news about everything.
We are told that nearly everyone was eager to
collect and carry about the news of the day. The
letters of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
were very different from the scrappy epistles of our
time. They were veritable gazettes, as we see by
those of Madame de Sévigné, Madame de Maintenon,
Mademoiselle de Scudéry, Madame de Stael,
Mademoiselle de Lespinasse, Madame du Deffand,
and Madame d'Epinay. Men, too, found time
to Write such letters, as we see from the
correspondence of Balzac, Voltaire, Diderot,
the Abbé Prévost, Mirabeau, and Beau-
marchais. Many of the salons were more like
academies of journalism. The delight of the
hostess was when a guest brought some startling
piece of news. It was not to be wondered at that,
With such stirring times in the history of France,
everyone should want to be well posted. This
thirst for information led to the establishment of
bureaux, where news was copied and distributed to
Subscribers. There were as many as sixty or
Seventy subscribers to some of these bureaux. In
1730 Madame Doublet started a little society
in her Salom called “La Paroisse.” She had twenty-
nine members, and at a fixed hour they all used to
meet and examine the authenticity of the news which
each member contributed. Madame d’Argental, who
was admitted as a member of this little society,
took copies of the news, circulated it, and obtained
subscribers. Madame Doublet was threatened by the
police if she continued to circulate the news
brought to her Salon. As she had friends at court,
she took no notice of the threat and continued her
information bureau until her death, at the age of
ninety-three.
In recent numbers of the Revue des Deua Mondes
we have articles on “La Vieille France monas-
tique,” by M. l'Abbé A. Sicard ; “La Police
Politique sous la Restauration,” by M. Ernest
Daudet ; and “La Revolution Fiscale à propos
du Budget Anglais,” by M. Leroy Beaulieu.
In the Revue Hebdomadaire we have “Jean
Aicard,” by M. Chantavoine ; “Les Critiques du
Rationalisme,” by M. A. Chaumeix : “La Bataille
du Budget en Angleterre,” by M. Raphael Georges
Lévy ; “Fénélon,” by Jules Lemaître ; and “La
Cour des Tuileries,” by the Marquis de Massa.
The Figaro is to be congratulated on its enter-
prise. It is publishing as a supplement, once a
fortnight, a children's newspaper, Le Figaro de la
Jeunesse. This new paper is the delight of French
children. It is brought out in exactly the same
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style as the newspaper for their parents. There is
a leading article ; subjects of the day are treated,
the latest exploits of the aeroplanes, theatrical
news, with a résumé of plays suitable for young
people. There will be criticisms of books, news
concerning sports, and, in place of the financial
column, a column devoted to the Stamp Exchange,
etc. Altogether the venture seems to be a happy
one and to supply a need. There is to be a
separate subscription for this supplement, and the
little paper will no doubt be hailed with delight in
foreign countries as a means of making the study
of French attractive to boys and girls. We hear of
schools subscribing for this paper, and suggestions
are invited from the youthful subscribers.
At the Vaudeville Theatre, Paul Bourget's play
“La Barricade '' is pronounced a success. The
plot is by no means a new one. It is the old story
of the employer and his workmen, but the subject
is treated by Paul Bourget as might be expected
from the author of “L’Etape.”
At the Français Lavedan's new piece “Sire * is
being given, and at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt's
“Le Procès de Jeanne d'Arc.”
A new society has just been founded styled
“Amis de l’Art Dramatique.” The object of this
group is to raise the standard of so many of the
pieces now being given on the French stage and to
facilitate and encourage the putting on of plays
that will have a better influence on the public.
The society is headed by several academicians and
by many of the best known men and women in
France. Among others are Maurice Barrès,
Francis Charmes, René Doumie, Emile Faguet,
the Duchesse d'Uzès, Madame Dieulafoy, Madame
Massieu, Madame Felix-Faure Goyau, Madame
Chenu, and the Comtesse Jean de Castellane. M.
de Ronseray is the honorary secretary, and the
Society is already doing useful work.
ALYS HALLARD.
“L’Egypte à Petites Journées : Souvenirs du Caire
d’Autrefois" (Henri Jouve, éditeur, 15, Rue Racine).
“L’Oiseau Bleu" (Fasquelle).
“Figaro et ses Devanciers ” (Hachette).
—s—Q–
UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT CASE.
(From the U. S. Publishers' Weekly.)
—º-º-º-
COPYRIGHT UNDER REPEATED ENTRY.
N the Supreme Court of the United States,
October term, 1909, in the case of Isaac H.
Caliga (plaintiff in error) v. Inter Ocean
208paper Company, Mr. Justice Day delivered
the opinion of the Court, November 29, 1909, as
follows:
The plaintiff in error, also plaintiff below,
brought an action in the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Northern District of Illinois
to recover damages under section 4965 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States, because
of the publication by the defendant of more than
one thousand copies of a newspaper containing a
picture of a painting, copyrighted by the plaintiff.
The plaintiff alleged that he had in all respects
complied with the Revised Statutes of the United
States by causing to be deposited, on or about the
fifth day of November, 1901, a photograph and
a description of the painting for the purpose of
having it copyrighted, which deposit was before
publication of the same in the United States or in
any foreign country. By reason of the premises
and the compliance with the statutes of the United
States the plaintiff claimed to be entitled to a
copyright for the painting for the term of twenty-
eight years from and after the recording of the
title thereof by the Librarian of Congress on
November 7, 1901. r
There were other allegations, and proofs tending
to show a publication of a copy of the photograph
in the newspaper of the defendant company. In
the course of the trial it appeared that the plaintiff
had deposited a description and photograph of the
same painting with the Librarian of Congress on
October 7, 1901, for the purpose of securing a
copyright. The trial court charged the jury, as
a matter of law, that the plaintiff had brought his
suit upon the wrong copyright, and therefore
directed a verdict in favour of the defendant.
Upon writ of error the Circuit Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit affirmed this judgment ;
(157 Fed. 186.) The case is now here for review.
The photographs filed upon the two applications
for a copyright are identical. Nor is any sub-
stantial change in the painting shown ; the copy-
rights undertaken to be secured were, therefore,
upon the same painting. The difference is that
in the copyright sued upon, that of November 7,
1901, the title and description are, “The Guardian
Angel. Portrait of a young girl sitting, hair
arranged smoothly over the ears, hair parted in
the middle. Her guardian angel stands behind
her, one hand resting on her left shoulder, the
other on her right arm.” The description accom-
panying the application for the copyright of
October 7, 1901, is, “Maidenhood ; A Young
Girl seated beside a Window ; An Angel stands
behind her.”
The question in this case is : Is the second
attempt to copyright valid and effectual, or was
the court right in charging in substance that it
was void and of no effect 2
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We have had such recent and frequent occasions
to consider the nature and extent of the copyright
laws of the United States, as the same were before
the recent revision, which took effect July 1,
1909, that it is unnecessary to enter into any
extended discussion of the subject now. (Bobbs-
Merrill Company v. Straus, 210 U. S. 339; White-
Smith Music Publishing Company v. Apollo Com-
pany, 209 U. S. 1 ; American Tobacco Company V.
Werckmeister, 207 U. S. 284 ; Bong v. Campbell
Art Company, 214 U. S. 236.) In these cases
the previous cases in this court were cited and
reviewed.
As a result of the decisions of this Court certain
general propositions may be affirmed. Statutory
copyright is not to be confounded with the common-
law right. At common law the exclusive right to
copy existed in the author until he permitted a
general publication. Thus, when a book was
published in print, the owner's common-law right
was lost. At common law an author had a pro-
perty in his manuscript, and might have an action
against any one who undertook to publish it with-
out authority. The statute created a new property
right, giving to the author, after publication, the
exclusive right to multiply copies for a limited
period. This statutory right is obtained in a
certain way and by the performance of certain
acts which the statute points out. That is, the
author, having complied with the statute and
given up his common-law right of exclusive dupli-
cation prior to general publication, obtained by
the method pointed out in the statute an exclusive
right to multiply copies and publish the same for
the term of years named in the statute. Congress
did not sanction an existing right ; it created a
new one. (Wheaton v. Peters, 8 Pet. 591, 661.)
Those violating the statutory rights of the author
or proprietor are subject to certain penalties, and
to the payment of certain damages, as is provided
in the statute.
Section 4952 of the Revised Statutes, as amended
in 1891 (3 Comp. Stat. 3406), provides that the
proprietor of any painting, upon compliance with
the provisions of the Copyright Act, has the sole
right of publishing, copying and vending the
same. By section 4953 we find that this right
exists for the period of twenty-eight years from
the recording of the title of the copyright, with a
right to certain extensions after the expiration of
the twenty-eight years, as provided in section 4954.
In section 4956 we find that a copyright is secured
by depositing, on or before the day of publication,
in this or any foreign country, in case of a painting,
a photograph of the painting, accompanied by a
description thereof. There is absolutely no provi-
sion in the statutes for a second filing of the
photograph or description, nor is there any provi-
Sion as to filing any amendments thereto, and as
the matter is wholly the subject of statutory
regulation, we are at a loss to perceive by what
authority any second application for the same
painting, with a view to securing a copyright
thereon, can be sustained. If it could be, we see
no reason why the proprietor might not thus
extend the limit of copyright fixed in the statute
by an indefinite number of new applications and
filings with the Librarian.
The argument of the plaintiff in error is that,
inasmuch as the statutory copyright is not com-
plete before a publication of the subject-matter
thereof, and no publication being shown prior to
the second application, it was within his power,
while his rights were thus inchoate, to make the
second application for the copyright, that of
November 7, 1901. Assuming that these premises
are correct and that publication was requisite to
complete the right to be secured by the statute,
it by no means follows that a second copyright is
warranted by the statute. On the other hand, as
we have already stated, the statute is barren of
any provision to that end. There is no provision,
as there is in the patent law, for an amended
application, and under the patent law it has been
held that there is no authority for double patenting.
(Miller v. Eagle Manufacturing Company, 151
U. S. 186.) This is so because the first patent
exhausts the statutory right secured by the Act of
Congress.
In this case the plaintiff had complied with all
the terms of the statute on October 7, 1901. He
then attempts to take out a new copyright under
the same statute on November 5, 1901, for the
same painting, by depositing a new description of
the painting, and the same photograph. It is
true there is a change in the title of the painting,
and a slight change in the description, but these
matters are immaterial and cannot enlarge the right.
of the plaintiff. We think the same principle, in
this aspect, controls, as in the case of a patent.
The plaintiff had already exhausted his statutory
right and the second attempt availed him nothing.
These views render it unnecessary to consider
whether the record shows a publication of the
painting prior to November 5, 1901. For the
reasons stated, we are of opinion that the Circuit
Court of Appeals was right in holding that the
attempted duplication of the copyright was void
and of no effect.
Affirmed.
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TFIES A DITFIOR.
COLLES v. MAUGHAM
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HIS action was tried on Monday, Decem-
ber 20, 1909, before Mr. Justice Channell
and a special jury. The defendant was
represented by Mr. Montague Lush, K.C., and
Mr. George Wallace. Mr. Eldon Bankes, K.C.,
and Mr. Hugh Fraser appeared for the plaintiff.
Mr. Bankes, in opening the case for the plaintiff,
dwelt at some length on the amount of work that
the plaintiff had done during the eighteen months
the play had been in his hands, in the course of
which he had submitted the play to Mr. Waller.
He relied on the letters from Mr. Waller dated
July 6 and 21, 1903, in which Mr. Waller said
he liked the play and under certain conditions
might be inclined to treat for it, but suggested that
it was too thin and not sufficient for a whole
evening's entertainment, and required the collabora-
tion of a good dramatic author to fill it out, and
that if Mr. Maugham could be induced to take a
collaborator he believed there might be money in
the play and would be willing to entertain it.
Mr. Maugham refused to have a collaborator and
withdrew the play from Mr. Colles in April, 1904,
since which time the MS. had never been in Mr.
Colles's hands.
In 1907, four years after it had first been pre-
sented to him and about three years after the play
had been withdrawn, Mr. Waller agreed to accept
the play, whereupon the plaintiff brought this
action. The Judge, in the course of counsel's
opening speech, remarked that the amount of work
that the plaintiff had done had really very little to
do with the case. The question to be decided was,
Did the plaintiff’s work really bring about the ulti-
mate acceptance of the play by Mr. Lewis Waller 2
The defendant relied on the evidence of Mr.
Lewis Waller, who stated that he had never
suggested to Mr. Maugham the alterations he
thought should be made. The witness thought
that the play had been so altered when it was last
submitted to him as to amount to a different play
altogether. In reply to Mr. Lush’s question
whether the services of Mr. Colles had anything to
do with his ultimately accepting the play, Mr. Lewis
Waller replied, “Nothing whatever.”
Mr. Maugham explained the extensive alterations,
including the addition of an entirely new act and
the various rejections of the play by theatrical
managers, including Mr. Waller himself. He also
explained how and by whose influence the play was
ultimately accepted by Mr. Waller, and how he was
in fact paying commission to other persons in
respect of such introduction.
The Judge, in his summing up to the jury,
explained the nature of the contract in commission
cases. He told them that it was very necessary, if
the system of commission was to prevail, to be very
careful not to accede to the argument “Oh, I have
done a very great deal of work, and having done a
very great deal of work it is very hard that I should
not be paid anything ”—because those were the
very terms upon which the business was done.
The question, the Judge said, was, Did the
plaintiff’s work really bring about the ultimate
acceptance of the play by Mr. Lewis Waller 2
The Judge further pointed out the difference
between the principal introduced by a house agent
and the introduction to Mr. Lewis Waller. “If it
is found,” he said, “that after the owner had taken
the house out of the house agent's hands the owner
has sold it to a person to whom the house agent
had introduced him, then the natural inference of
the agent would be, ‘It is my introduction that
brought it about.’ -
“But the defendant, in taking back the play into
his own hands,” he continued, “is not disentitled
to deal himself with Mr. Lewis Waller. Mr. Waller
is, of course, a very well-known gentleman, and
there are a limited number of theatrical managers,
and when it was taken again to Mr. Waller by the
defendant it was taken to Mr. Waller because
Mr. Waller was Mr. Waller. He was the theatrical
manager—he was the man likely to produce the
play. It is not like going back to a man whom
you would never have known of but for the
introduction.” He referred to Mr. Waller's letters
of July 21, 1903, in which he suggested a
collaborator to help to fill out the piece. Mr.
Maugham had filled out the play himself since then
more or less on the lines suggested by Mr. Waller.
“Mr. Waller's evidence,” continued the Judge,
“cannot be overlooked, but the jury are not bound
by it, because it is just the thing that a person
cannot judge for himself very certainly. As to
whether it had or had not influenced him is a
matter for you, and whether Mr. Waller thought it
had or had not is an important matter for you to
bear in mind.”
The Judge in conclusion said that he had thought
all along that it was 10 per cent. or nothing, but that
it turned out that that was not so, because the 10 per
cent. was to include the carrying out of the agreement
and the collecting of the royalties, which Mr. Colles
had not done ; and that, therefore, if they found
for the plaintiff they were at liberty to deduct some-
thing in respect of the work which he had not done
and which had in fact been done by other people.
The jury, after long consideration, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff for £21 10s., being 5 per
cent. on the amount of the author's fees, half the
amount claimed, with a declaration that the plaintiff
was entitled to the like commission on all future sums
received as a result of the agreement. Judgment
Was entered accordingly.
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HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY.
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 without
any cost to the member. Moreover, where counsel's
opinion is favourable, and the sanction of the Committee
is obtained, action will be taken on behalf of the aggrieved
member, and all costs borne by the Society.
2. Remember that questions connected with copyright
and publishers' agreements do not fall within the experi-
ence of ordinary solicitors. Therefore, do not scruple to use
the Society.
3. Before signing any agreement whatever, send
the document to the Society for examination.
4. Remember always that in belonging to the Society
you are fighting the battles of other writers, even if you
are reaping no direct benefit to yourself, and that you are
advancing the best interests of your calling in promoting
the independence of the writer, the dramatist, the composer.
5. The Committee have arranged for the reception of
members' agreements and their preservation in a fire-
proof safe. The agreements will, of course, be regarded as
confidential documents to be read only by the Secretary,
who will keep the key of the safe. The Society now offers:
(1) To stamp agreements in readiness for a possible action
upon them. (2) To keep agreements. (3) To enforce
payments due according to agreements. Fuller particu-
lars of the Society’s work can be obtained in the
Prospectus.
6. No contract should be entered into with a literary
agent without the advice of the Secretary of the Society.
Members are strongly advised not to accept without careful
consideration the contracts with publishers submitted to
them by literary agents, and are recommended to submit
them for interpretation and explanation to the Secretary
of the Society.
This
The
7. Many agents neglect to stamp agreements.
must be done within fourteen days of first execution.
Secretary will undertake it on behalf of members.
8. Some agents endeavour to prevent authors from
referring matters to the Secretary of the Society; so
do some publishers. Members can make their own
deductions and act accordingly.
9. The subscription to the Society is £1 1s. per
annum, or £10 10s. for life membership.
WARNINGS TO THE PRODUCERS
OF BOOKS,
—e—-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
IQ63, Il 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.
WARNINGS TO DRAMATIC AUTHORS,
——e—º-e—
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
UnflDageT.
3. There are three forms of dramatic contract for plays
in three or more acts:— -
(a.) Sale outright of the performing right. This
is unsatisfactory. An author who enters into
such a contract should stipulate in the contract
for production of the piece by a certain date
and for proper publication of his nause on the
play-bills.
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(h.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to
perform on the basis of percentages on
gross receipts. Percentages vary between 5
and 15 per cent. An author should obtain a
percentage on the sliding scale of gross receipts
in preference to the American system. Should
obtain a sum in advance of percentages. A fixed
date on or before which the play should be
performed.
(c.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to
perform on the basis of royalties (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.
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REGISTRATION OF SCENARIOS AND
ORIGINAL PLAYS.
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Sº; typewritten in duplicate on foolscap paper
forwarded to the offices of the Society, together with
a registration fee of two shillings and sixpence, will
be carefully compared by the Secretary or a qualified assis-
tant. One copy will be stamped and returned to the author
and the other filed in the register of the Society. Copies
of the scenario thus filed may be obtained at any time by
the author only at a small charge to cover cost of typing.
Original Plays may also be filed subject to the same
rules, with the exception that a play will be charged for
at the price of 2s. 6d. per act.
WARNINGS TO MUSICAL COMPOSERS.
ITTLE can be added to the warnings given for the
assistance of producers of books and dramatic
authors. . It must, however, be pointed out that, as
a rule, the musical publisher demands from the musical
composer a transfer of fuller rights and less liberal finan-
cial terms than those obtained for literary and dramatic
property. The musical composer has very often the two
rights to deal with—performing right and copyright. He
should be especially careful therefore when entering into
an agreement, and should take into particular consideration
the warnings stated above.
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STAMPING MUSIC.
The Society undertakes to stamp copies of music on
behalf of its members for the fee of 6d. per 100 or part
of 100. The members’ stamps are kept in the Society's
Safe. The musical publishers communicate direct with the
Secretary, and the voucher is then forwarded to the
members, who are thus saved much unnecessary trouble.
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THE READING BRANCH,
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EMBERS will greatly assist the Society in this
M branch of its work by informing young writers
of its existence. Their MSS. can be read and
treated as a composition is treated by a coach. The term
MSS. includes not only works of fiction, but poetry
and dramatic works, and when it is possible, under
Special arrangement, technical and scientific works. The
Readers are writers of competence and experience. The
fee is one guinea.
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“THE AUTHOR.”
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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
58. 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. -
Communications and letters are invited by the
Editor on all literary matters treated from the stand-
point of art or business, but on no other subjects whatever.
Every effort will be made to return articles which cannot
be accepted.
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REMITTANCES.
The Secretary of the Society. begs to give notice
that all remittances are acknowledged by return of post.
All remittances should be crossed Union of London and
Smith's Bank, Chancery Lane, or be sent by registered
letter only.
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GENERAL NOTES.
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THE REPERTORY AGREEMENT.
MEMBERS will see, on reading the record of the
work done by the committees, that the Dramatic
Committee have settled finally the Repertory
Agreement.
After due consideration, they have decided not
to publish it in The Author, but to give this notice
to the members that the Agreement is lying at the
offices of the society for reference.
Any member or associate who desires informa-
tion is asked to apply direct to the secretary.
The committee consider that it might lead to
difficulty if the agreement were published ; that
the document might get into the hands of managers
who might make a wrongful application of the
terms set out, while at the same time they could
assure the dramatist that the terms had been
approved by the Dramatic Sub-Committee of the
society.
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UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT CASE.
IN another column of this number we print a
United States copyright case which will accentuate
what we have mentioned in our review of the
report of the Departmental Committee on Copy-
right, namely, the danger of registration in order
to secure copyright protection.
The Publishers’ Weekly, in its editorial, makes
the following comments:—
“Artists seem to have a notion that it is
desirable to copyright a sketch and afterwards the
picture painted from that sketch, and publishers of
books have not infrequently sought to strengthen
their copyright by recopyrighting latereditions with
minor changes.
“The general principle of copyright law is that a
second copyright is valid only where there are sub-
stantial additions to or modifications of a work first
copyrighted, and then only for such additions or
modifications. Further than that, a mistaken claim
of copyright of later date than the true or original
copyright is invalid because it claims ipso facto
a longer term of protection than the law allows,
though a date in the copyright notice which is
earlier than the true one and therefore claims a
term within that allowed by law, may not have the
same effect.”
This matter is, of course, one of great importance;
for who is to decide how far additions and altera-
tions are substantial additions to or modifications
of the work as copyrighted ?
-*-
An author might make additions to his book,
cause a re-entry of copyright to be made and, when
the work is infringed, sue under the re-entry. He
might then find that his money has been wasted, as
the Court might declare that the alterations were
not substantial.
On the other hand, an author might obtain
Cºpyright in a scientific work and fifteen years
afterwards re-edit the work with alterations and
modifications, but fail to re-register the copyright,
thus losing what might have been a substantial new
property. 4.
Some effort should be made to effect such an
alteration in the law as would modify the serious
position in which the author may find himself
placed. */
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COLLES v. MAUGHAMI.
WE have been asked to chronicle an error in our
general note bearing on this case, printed in the
January issue of The Author, and accordingly we
insert the following letter received from the plain-
tiff’s solicitors — -
- Our client Mr. W. Morris Colles calls our attention to the
incorrect report of this case appearing on page 115 in the
issue of The Author of the 1st January.
All reference to the declaration obtained by our client
that he is entitled to commission upon all future earnings
of “The Explorer’’ at the rate of 5 per cent., is excluded
from your report ; and we must ask you to be kind enough
to make this correction in the next issue of the paper.
Yours faithfully,
ADAMS AND ADAMS.
The Editor of
The -47(thoſ”.
We are sorry that we omitted the declaration
of the commission that was allowed upon all future
earnings, for it emphasises the point as to what
commission a court of law is likely to allow an
agent, and makes it all the more important
that authors should not deal with literary or
dramatic agents except under express contracts
very carefully drawn and supervised.
THE LIBRARIES AND BOOKs.
SUNDRY letters and articles have come to hand
from members of the society dealing with the
question of the Libraries' Association and the
Censorship of Literature. It has already been
chronicled in The Author that a sub-committee
has been elected to meet a sub-committee of the
Publishers' Association to discuss the position.
We think it right, while the question in dispute
is, so to speak, sub-judice, not to print any corre-
spondence referring to the subject. What steps
the sub-committee take will be printed in The
Author. If it is found necessary to refer any point
to the members, due notice will be given in these
columns.
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THE AUTHOR.
PUBLISHERS’ METHODS.
FROM time to time some very curious examples of
the methods of publishers in the conduct of their
business come to the offices of the society.
During the last two months cases have arisen in
which publishers have undertaken to pay a certain
sum on the first edition of a book, to be followed by
a further payment when that edition is exhausted.
By some error, perhaps, the number of copies com-
prised in the first edition is not mentioned by the
publishers. When the author takes the liberty of
inquiring as to the number of copies contained in
the first edition the publisher's answer varies. In
two cases, however, the publishers assert that it lies
entirely in their own discretion as to the size of the
first edition, so that, if they cared, they could
print a first edition of 5,000 copies. This, we feel
sure, would not be upheld in a court of law. We
are equally sure that the position would not be
defended by any of the better-known and older
established firms. It is, naturally, of the greatest
importance that the limit of an edition should be
established when the monetary payment under the
contract depends upon that limit. It would seem
unbelievable, were it not unfortunately true, that
publishers should consider it impertinent for an
author to make inquiries on a matter of so much
importance in the interpretation of the contract.
We have often urged that the Publishers'
Association should agree to a unit for an edition.
Had they done so no questions could have arisen,
and many of the disputes so common between author
and publisher would have been at an end.
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A PRIZE COMPETITION.
WE have just come across a prize competition
sent out by the London Magazine for a short story.
The short stories have to be in by January 31,
so that whatever we have to say, we regret,
will come too late for the benefit of our members.
The competition states, “the winning story will
become the sole copyright of the London Magazine.”
This is rather a funny way to state what the
magazine desires, but we think it expresses
sufficiently clearly the abandonment by the author
of all his rights. It further states, “Any story not
awarded the prize may be published in the maga-
zine on payment of two guineas per thousand
words unless directly specified to the contrary by
its owner at the time of sending in.” This is a
curious sentence to be issued from the editorial
department of the London Magazine. We do not
think it really conveys to the public what it is
intended to convey. Indeed, one member of the
society inquired whether he had to pay the two
guineas per thousand words to the editor for the
insertion of his story. This, we take it, was not
the editor's meaning, but that he is willing to pay
two guineas per thousand words if the story is
suitable for the magazine. Apart from the con-
struction of the sentence, the terms are by no
means clear. We think the legal position in these
competitions should be clearly expressed both for
the benefit of the public and for the benefit of the
contributors. We consider that the clause as it
stands Would mean that two guineas per thousand
Words would be paid for the serial use of the story
in the London Magazine only, but it is possible
that the editor does not desire to convey this. He
may desire to convey to the public that he is
purchasing the full copyright of the story for the
payment of two guineas per thousand words. We
can only regret, as already stated, that the compe-
tition has come to our notice too late for our advice
to be of any use to our members.
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LORD MONKSWELL.
WE note, with great regret, the announcement of
the death of Lord Monkswell, which we were unable
to chronicle in the last issue, as the January
number had already gone to press when the sad
event occurred. Although he was never a member
of the society, he has been in close touch with
it for many years as a staunch supporter of the
rights of authors and of the cause of copyright.
As opportunity offered, Lord Monkswell was good
enough to act before the House of Lords in placing
forward the views of the Society of Authors in
respect to copyright legislation, and used his best
endeavours to carry through copyright reform. He
succeeded in piloting one Copyright Bill through
a second reading, and the last Copyright Bill,
drafted by Lord Thring, was placed under his
guardianship. The attempt to carry it failed, but
we are not the less indebted to Lord Monkswell
for his support and for the earnestness which he
displayed in the struggle.
His death has come suddenly, for on the last
occasion when we had the pleasure of Seeing him he
appeared to be in his usual vigorous health with
many years of life before him. Whatever work he
engaged in he took up with vigour and with a
sincere desire to put into his task the very best.
It was only because of the great difficulty incidental
to all copyright matters, and the lack of public
interest in these questions, accompanied by in-
activity on the part of his Majesty's Government,
that his efforts were not crowned with the success
which they deserved. He was quite cognisant of
the difficulties surrounding this undertaking, but
these difficulties did not prevent him from throwing
his whole energy into the work. Indeed, the Very
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fact that these difficulties existed seemed to serve
as a stimulus to fresh endeavour.
It is with great sorrow, therefore, that we have
to chronicle his death at the comparatively early
age of 64. g
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AUSTHN DOBSON.
E congratulate Mr. Austin Dobson on
his seventieth birthday, which fell on
January 18. We do not offer our con-
gratulations to him as a well-known writer only,
but also as a cordial friend to the Society of
Authors. He joined the society as long ago as
1887, three years after its foundation. He has
served on its committee of management, and has
been a steady supporter of the Pension Fund. In the
former capacity, his advice, assistance, and sympathy
were of great value to his colleagues, and also to
the secretary, who owes him a debt of the deepest
gratitude. We are pleased to see that his position
in letters has been recognised by the presentation
to him of a set of silver, consisting of a rose bowl,
a salver, and two pairs of candlesticks, all of late
eighteenth century design. This gift was accom-
panied by the following address and list of
subscribers:–
January 18th, 1910.
DEAR MR. AUSTIN DOBSON.—
It is hard to realise that you complete your seventieth
year to-day, but we take the opportunity to assure you of
our constant admiration and affection.
We greet in you the brilliant lyrical poet and the
fastidious writer of prose.
We are rejoiced to know that you are still as eager as
ever in the pursuit of literary perfection, and we confidently
hope that you have before you many years of honourable
activity.
In asking you to accept the birthday gift which accom-
panies this letter, we beg you to believe that it is but
a small token of the esteem with which you are regarded,
not merely by your many personal friends, but by an
ever widening circle of readers.
We are, dear Mr. Austin Dobson,
Very faithfully yours,
ALFRED E. BATEMAN,
JAMES jºkeux.)
EDMUND GOSSE,
MAURICE HEWLETT,
HENRY JAMES, Committee.
LYTTON,
P. CHALMERS MITCHELL,
ARTHUR WAUGH,
Pull List of the Subscribers.
Edwin A. Abbey, R. A. Alfred Austin.
G. A. Aitken. T. G. Bain.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sir Alfred Bateman,
K.C.M.G.
Arthur C. Benson, C.V.O.
Charles W. Boyd, C.M.G.
A. C. Bradley. -
R.A.
Arthur W. Anstruther, C.B.
William Archer,
J. Ashby-Sterly.
The Lady Burghclere.
W. C. Cartwright, C.M.G.
The Hon. Evan Charteris,
Sidney Colvin.
Wilbraham Williers Cooper.
The Hon. Mrs. Wilbraham
Cooper.
W. J. Courthope, C.B.
The Earl of Crewe, K.G.
Major Marten Dunne.
The Hon. Mrs. Marten
Dunne.
Sir Thomas Elliott, K.C.B.
Isaac N. Ford.
Hanson W. Fraser, I.S.O.
Henry N. Gladstone.
The Hon. Mrs. Henry Glad-
Stone.
Edmund Gosse.
Mrs. Edmund Gosse.
Miss Teresa Gosse.
Miss Sylvia Gosse.
Anthony Hope Hawkins.
William Heinemann.
Maurice Hewlett.
Sir Francis Hopwood,
G.C.M.G.
The Rev. Dr.
Hunt.
Archer Milton Huntington.
Henry James.
James Fitzmaurice-Kelly.
W. P. Ker.
Rudyard Kipling.
Andrew Lang.
Sidney Lee.
The Earl of Lytton.
Charles Home McCall.
Sir Frederick Macmillan.
Edward H. Marsh, C.M.G.
Sir Frank Marzials, C.B.
A. E. W. Mason.
Leo Maxse.
P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.R.S.
Horace C. Monro, C.B.
William
The Lady Dorothy Nevill.
Henry Newbolt.
W. E. Norris. -
The Lord Northcliffe.
Sir Gilbert Parker.
Alfred Parsons, A.R.A.
J, Bernard Partridge.
Sydney S. Pawling.
The Hon. T. H. W. Pelham,
C.B.
Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart.
J. M. W. van der Poorten-
Schwartz (“Maarten
Maartens”).
The Lord Rendel.
The Lady Rendel.
The Hon. Clarice Rendel,
Lady Ritchie.
Alexander Galt Ross.
Robert Ross.
George Saintsbury.
Owen Seaman.
George Bernard Shaw.
Clement K. Shorter.
Sir Cecil Clementi
P.C., G.C.M.G.
M. H. Spielmann, F.S.A.
The Duchess of Sutherland.
Henry R. Tedder.
The Lord Tennyson.
Hamo Thornycroft, R.A.
Miss Agnes Tobin.
Humphry Ward.
Mrs. Humphry Ward.
The Hon. Lady Leighton-
Warren.
The Vice-Chancellor of Ox-
ford University (T. Her-
bert Warren).
Arthur Waugh.
|B. W. Willett.
Mrs. Robert H. Williams.
Thomas J. Wise.
C. T. Hagberg Wright.
Smith,
We understand that the following gentlemen
who, from absence or other causes, were unable to
take part in the above presentation, have since
signified their sympathy with its object: the Hon.
Maurice Baring ; Mr. Douglas W. Freshfield ; Mr.
H. B. Wheatley, F.S.A.; Mr. Laurence Binyon ;
Mr. S. T. Irwin ; Mr. G. Herbert Thring ; Mr.
Frederic Harrison ; Mr. W. H. Pollock.
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THE BERLIN CONVENTION.
—e—º-e—
HE Report of the Committee on the Law of
Copyright, which has been presented to both
Houses of Parliament, was published towards
the end of December.
It was impossible to insert a satisfactory state-
ment with reference to this document in the
January issue of The Author. It was of such
mportance that it required more than a superficial
study. -
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TISIES A UITISIOR.
The Committee of Management of the Society
of Authors, and the members of the society,
may well be pleased with the result of the
labours of the Committee as embodied in the Report,
and we hope that when the time comes for effective
legislation it will be possible to carry through a
Bill embodying the main features of the Committee's
Report.
The Committee, so it appears from their state-
ment, came to the conclusion that the most con-
venient course to adopt was to deal with each
Article of the Revised Convention, and to point
out (1) how far, in their opinion, the Article could
be accepted either in whole or in part, and, if any,
with what amendment ; (2) what alterations in
British law will be required in order to bring that
law into harmony with the Revised Convention ;
(3) what amendments it would be desirable to
make in inter-territorial British law irrespective of
the Revised Convention.
Having come to this admirable decision, the
Committee proceed to give a list of the laws dealing
with the various kinds of copyright property. No
more trenchant argument could be brought forward
to prove the necessity of the consolidation and
amendment of the law of copyright than is con-
tained in the fact that the list of copyright enact-
ments occupies three pages of printed matter. It
is not necessary, in this article, to go into any sort
of review of the law of copyright, but there can
hardly be any law throughout the British Empire
So contradictory, so confusing, and, in many cases,
so badly drafted, as the law embodied in the Acts
which govern copyright property.
The Berlin Convention, on a consideration of
which the Report is founded, was printed as a
supplement to the January (1909) Author. To
this number the members are requested to refer.
There are some important comments in the
Report on the first Article, or perhaps we should
rather say arising out of that Article. First, the
Committee consider it important that any assign-
ment of the rights which the author possesses
should be in writing. Secondly, quoting In re
Grant Richards, Ea, parte Warwick Deeping (a case
which was conducted by the society on behalf of
One of its members), the Committee suggest that
it would be desirable, “as assignments and licences
by authors at the present day are largely based on
a royalty payment, to provide in any amending
Act that the author should retain the right to
enforce the payment of his royalties against any
person who holds an assignment of the author's
right or of the licence which he has given.”
It may be necessary to give a few words of
explanation in regard to this recommendation.
Mr. Warwick Deeping assigned his copyright,
subject to the payment of certain royalties, to Mr.
Grant Richards. Mr. Grant Richards went into
bankruptcy, and the agreement, not being merely
a personal agreement, but having included a transfer
of copyright, became assignable by the trustee in
bankruptcy. He assigned the copyright to a third
party, who refused to pay the royalties due under
that agreement. The matter was referred by Mr.
Deeping to the society, who decided to take it up.
The decision, we regret to say, was given against
Mr. Deeping. The committee would have appealed,
but, on referring the matter to King's Counsel,
were informed that if they appealed the result
would be the same, but the decision would most
probably be given on a point quite outside the par-
ticular issue which it was desired to clear.
It is evident, however, that the society’s action
in this matter has borne fruit. It has called the
attention of the Committee to an existing evil
which, without the Deeping decision, might have
escaped their notice.
The second Article specifies the works which are
to be the subject of copyright. The Committee
advise, under the heading of literary and artistic
Works, the inclusion of choreographic and panto-
mimic works, the acting form of which is fixed in
writing or otherwise. There is some doubt as to
whether these can possibly be included under the
present law, but they are included in the Berlin
Convention.
The other forms of literary and artistic works
included in the list, with the exception of architec
ture, differ but little from the present definition
of these works in England, but the Committee
recommend that the right of delivery of lectures,
speeches, and sermons should be assimilated to that
of dramatic authors.
Under Art. 4 the question of registration is
raised. The Committee fail to see what advantage
to the public can be expected from systems of
registration which are particularly onerous in the
case of foreign authors. If abolished for these, they
should equally be abolished for authors of our own
country. This decision seems to be thoroughly
Satisfactory. There is no doubt that for some
countries registration has a fatal fascination, but it
may prove, in the end, disastrous for the owners
of the property to be registered. Under the United
States Act the difficulties surrounding registration
have grown till it may safely be said that it would
be almost impossible for a foreigner to rely upon
obtaining copyright protection there by his own
unaided efforts, especially if that foreigner has
published a book in the English language.
The Committee made some very sound recom-
mendations in regard to the alteration of the
artistic copyright law, which is in an even worse
state of confusion and uncertainty than the
law which deals with literary property. The
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Committee recommended that the author of any
work of art should retain the copyright for his work
when the work is sold, unless an agreement in Writing
is made to the contrary, but that in the case of any
work ordered by any person to be produced by the
author, such person should be entitled to the copy-
right therein unless there be an agreement in
writing to the contrary effect.
Under this section there is a very important
change proposed in the law dealing with dramas and
dramatico-musical works. Dramatists should take
particular note of it. The Committee are anxious
that the law should be brought into conformity
with the suggestions contained in the Berlin Con-
vention, and consider that it is desirable “that the
British Law should be clearly laid down upon this
point to the effect that the representation or per-
formance of works anywhere shall not amount to
publication and shall not deprive, the author of
protection in the United Kingdom.”
The next two Articles deal with the citizens and
subjects of the different States of the Union, and
these Articles, though important, are not of such
paramount interest as the others.
Art. 7 is an important Article dealing with
the duration of copyright. The Committee report
that evidence was given showing that the existence
of copyright did not, at the present date, interfere
with the publication of books in cheap editions,
when there was a sufficient demand from the public
for such editions. We are glad this point has been
put forward very strongly, as we had understood it
was the desire of the Labour Members, and those
who deny the right of any individual to own pro-
perty, to endeavour to prevent an extension of the
copyright period on the ground that such extension
prevented the public from obtaining what was
theirs by right. The Committee recommend the
extension to life and fifty years. In the case of
photographs they also approve this extension, but
where the producer is employed by another, whether
the employer be an individual, a firm, or company,
the employer should receive protection for the term
of fifty years from publication.
Under this heading, also, they touch on the 18th
section of the present Act—one of the most badly
drafted sections in any Act of Parliament—and
recommend that the proprietor of an encyclopædia,
etc., should have the copyright in the whole Work
as published for fifty years from the publication, and
that the author of each article or writing in it
should have the copyright of such separate part
for his life and fifty years, subject to any agreement
in writing between the parties. This seems to be
a sensible view to take of the present situation
which is not without its difficulties. Finally, in
dealing with posthumous works, the Committee
recommend that the copyright should last for fifty
years, and they also touch upon that curious section
(Section 3) of the present Act which provides that
the copyright in a posthumous work is to be the
property of the proprietor of the author’s MS. from
Which such work shall be published and his assigns,
and recommend that this should be altered, and
that the mere possession of the MS. shall not be
conclusive proof of the ownership of the copyright.
Art. 8 is also an important clause. In it the
rights of British authors are enlarged, and the
Committee recommend its adoption. It is to the
effect that the right in translations shall endure for
the same period as the right of the author in the
original MS. Art. 9 deals with points which
are already, to a great extent, covered by the
Imperial Act. Art. 10 deals with the right of
extracting portions of literary and artistic works
for use in publications for educational purposes.
The Committee do not think that any changes are
necessary in the British law in respect of the
matters with which this section deals.
Authors of music should make a careful study
of Art. 11. Under it, the difficult question
arises whether it is more advisable to print a notice
On copies of music to prevent their being per-
formed or not. The Committee have set out, at
Some length, the evidence given on both sides.
Our opinion is that it would be desirable that
the notice should be done away with. If the
composer wishes his piece to be performed widely
without it being necessary to ask for his sanction,
he can always print a notice to that effect on the
copy It has not been found necessary, under
the laws of other countries, to publish a notice
prohibiting the performance, and the weight of
evidence appears to be, on the whole, against
such notice. There was a very distinct difference
of opinion amongst the witnesses, but the Com-
mittee came to the conclusion that the weight of
evidence was in favour of abolishing the require-
ment of the notice which at present exists under
British law. The Committee continue : “It is
extremely important, in the view of the Committee,
that there should be uniformity amongst the
countries of the Union upon this point, and if
Great Britain were to dissent from this Article,
considerable difficulty would arise in relation to
foreign composers who might in their own country
not be compelled to put any motice upon the songs.
or music produced by them.”
Art. 12 refers to the transformation of a novel
or piece of poetry into a dramatic composition, or
vice versä. This also is an important Article
for the dramatic writer. At present, under British
law, the Committee state : “Transformations of a
novel, tale, or piece of poetry into a dramatic
composition by way of performance and not by
way of copying are not forbidden, unless the author
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TISIE A DITFIOR,
has first clothed his work with a dramatic char-
acter, in which case it would be protected under
the Dramatic Copyright Act of 1833.”
With a slight reservation, the Committee are in
favour of adopting the Article.
Art. 13 deals with the reproduction of musical
works by mechanical means, and the public per-
formance of musical works by mechanical means.
There is some difficulty in regard to the drafting
of this Article. As it at present stands it would
seem to refer to musical works only. That there
should be no question that this Article refers also
to dramatic, dramatico-musical, and literary works,
the Committee suggest that the necessary protection
should be expressly conferred.
There was a considerable amount of evidence
given against this Article, and the section in the
United States Act of last year, dealing with
mechanical reproduction, was quoted. Many of
the objections were based on the fact that a large
amount of capital had already been invested in
mechanical reproductions under the present law—
a law which does not bind the producer to pay any
royalty to the author. The Committee state that
there can be no doubt but that it is right in
principle that authors of works capable of adapta-
tion to mechanical instruments should have the
exclusive right of authorising adaptation of their
works to such instruments, and most of the Wit-
nesses who defended the compulsory licence did
not deny the justice of the author's claim.
The Committee, with one dissentient, came to
the conclusion that the author should have freedom
of action in regard to the exercise of this right.
There can be no doubt whatever that this is the
right view to take of the position, if it is allowed
that any property exists in the reproduction of the
outcome of a man's individual talent.
Not only for the sake of the author, but even
for the sake of the public, it is as well that the
composer’s work should not be falsely interpreted
through bad mechanical reproduction.
The next Article deals with reproduction by
cinematograph. The Committee recommend its
adoption.
The next three Articles deal with proof of an
author's title to his work and with piracy, while
Art. 18 deals with the rights in existing pro-
perty, which may be extended or restricted by
the adoption of the present convention, or by
alteration of the present law, in order to bring
it into uniformity with the Convention. These are
exceedingly difficult questions, but as time goes
On they are bound to get fewer and fewer, till in
the fulness of time everything will fall naturally
under the new terms.
There is a small note at the end of the Report
dealing with the colonial aspect of the case.
The Committee do not make any report, but they
consider it of the utmost importance that the
colonies, as part of the British Empire, should
come into line with Great Britain, and that, as
far as possible, there should be one law through-
out the Empire. We heartily support this sug-
gestion. Nothing is more likely to interfere with
the liberary production of a colony than a limited
Copyright Act.
Four members of the Committee made sup-
plementary reports. Mr. W. Joynson Hicks
objected, from the point of view of the public, to
the extension of the copyright term. We know
that this feeling does exist owing to the fact that
the public have been allowed a share of the author's
rights for so long a time, but we take it that Mr.
Joynson Hicks would object very strongly if any-
One took his hat off his hat-stand, after he had the
use of it for a year, and claimed the right to use it
if he wished to. The cases, though not strictly
analogous, have much in common.
Mr. E. Trevor Ll. Williams seems very anxious
to establish a register. He gives his reasons, the
chief of which is that the date of the existence of
Some copyrights will depend upon the date of
publication. That is so, but if the term of copy-
right is extended to life and a certain number of
years the cases will be so few that they will hardly
Warrant the expense of a copyright register. We
must repeat that anything in the form of registra-
tion, anything that tends to complicate the title of
the author to his property, we consider bad.
All the members of the Committee signed the
report. -
Their names are : The Right Hon. The Lord
Gorell (Chairman), L. Alma-Tadema, G. R.
Askwith, H. Granville Barker, William Boosey,
C. W. Bowerman, Henry R. Clayton, Henry Cust,
E. Cutler, Anthony Hope Hawkins, W. Joynson
Hicks, Algernon Law, Frederick Macmillan, Walter
Raleigh, T. E. Scrutton, E. Trevor Ll. Williams.
The members who supplemented the Report with
Some remarks of their own were : Henry R.
Clayton, W. Joynson Hicks, T. E. Scrutton,
E. Trevor Ll. Williams.
If a law is ever passed embracing all the
suggestions put forward by the Committee, then,
indeed, will all the owners of copyright property
obtain a greater security of tenures, and the members
of the society may justly congratulate themselves
and the Committee on the untiring labour of those
whom they have entrusted to watch their interests.
Indeed, whatever may be the final result, the
management of the society has shown itself now as
always keenly alive to the welfare of its members.
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THE ART OF ILLUSTRATING.
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BY WIM. BRETT PLUMMER.
(Compiled for the use of authors, artists, journalists,
advertisers, and others).
(All riſh is reserved by the Author.)
CHAPTER W.
What Aufhors can do wiſh ſhe J/alerials
at their Disposal. -
S I have before expressed myself, an author
often desires to illustrate his work, but in
many instances hasn't any idea how best to
set about it commercially.
It may be a novel, for example, in which case
it is comparatively a simple matter, for then he
has only to select his artist, and according to the
latter's abilities, coupled with his own taste, instruct
him as to whether he is to pourtray the sketches
in “ half-tone'' or “line.”
If it is decided they are to be in “half-tone " it
will be necessary that the blocks are printed either
on “high art” or “super-calendared " paper,
because it will then be imperative that a starch
surfaced, or highly polished, or planished paper is
employed to catch up the fine dots of the half-tone
block, while another, and perhaps more important
A half-tone block as it appears when printed on a coarsely-
surfaced paper.
factor, is that a perfectly level surfaced or ungrained
paper is requisite for this class of what is termed
“high art work,” otherwise the grain of the paper
Would show up underneath the printing and spoil
the effect as depicted in the preceding example.
ſ
The previous block printed on a surfaced or art paper.
One word more. Every art paper even has a
riſht and a wronſ side. The right side is always
apparently more highly glazed than the other, on
which the grain of the paper shows more discernibly;
but, of course, on both sides of such carefully
prepared paper as this, half-tone blocks print with
good effect, and it is only an expert who would
notice the slight difference.
“Line” work, especially if it is roughly drawn,
that is to say, the lines broadly and boldly set
apart, can be printed upon almost any quality of
paper, no matter how rough or unfinished its surface
may be. It could even be printed upon the coarsest
brown paper, such as is employed for common trade
bags, if the individual lines are sufficiently thick
and well defined. They will then have enough
force in them to leave their mark upon whatever
paper they are impressed.
Even particularly finely-drawn line work can be
reproduced upon a comparatively coarse-grained or
soft, yielding paper.
So it remains with the author to decide whether
he prefers a “half-tone” or “line" effect for
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his illustrations, and, of course, it also depends
Somewhat upon the nature of the subjects he
desires to illustrate.
“Half-tone * suits some subjects, while clear
open line work is preferable for others.
Cost is likewise an object, because if the author's
intended illustrations can be depicted by “line,”
the whole letterpress matter—that is, the type
matter and the blocks themselves, can be printed
upon one and the same paper throughout the entire
book, without regard to the quality of the paper
at all.
This is an important item in any publication,
and one worth noting.
If the entire letterpress matter and illustrations
can be produced at one pull or machining through-
Out, a decided advantage is gained, as the whole
effect is thus reproduced upon one and the same
sheets, and afterwards folded up complete into either
quarto, Octavo or any other form or size.
This is, in technical phraseology, termed “Letter-
press printing.” Any ordinary printer, even a
perpetrator of the commonest form of handbill, can
or ought to be able to turn out this class of
illustrated work in a presentable manner.
On the other hand, when you come to “ half-
tone * reproductions, it is only a printer of actual
experience and ability who can give effect to the
artist's and block-maker's efforts, and it is only
upon expensive paper that you can get a thoroughly
Satisfactory result.
In this superior class of work, if any fault is to
be found, the printer usually tries to blame the
block-maker, while the latter endeavours to shift
the responsibility by retaliating on the printer for
his want of knowledge or carelessness in “making
ready.”
Sometimes the paper-maker is also drawn into
the argument, when he tries to smirch the two of
them—the one for bad blocks and the other for
indifferent printing. So you see the author is
really between three stools when he starts illustrating,
unless he knows something about what he is doing.
The paper maker is not invariably blameless in
the dispute, for it is true that papers from the same
mill occasionally vary very greatly indeed.
There is much virtue in the paper if it is always
up to the sample. Unfortunately it is not.
But in the case of the paper being brought into
question the printer is primarily to blame, because
he has no right to start printing on any paper he
may consider unsuitable for the class of work he
has to produce. In such a case he should raise an
objection at the outset.
Measuring up Work.
Now, in arranging for the sizes of blocks for a
book, you first of all must take into consideration
the extreme measurement of the type matter that
you can allow for your pages.
Because it stands to reason that your full-page
illustrations must not exceed this limit.
And a most important thing to recollect is, that
drawings and photographs are not elastic. They
cannot be stretched in one direction and at the
same time reduced in the other.
If you lengthen the depth of a picture, you
necessarily also widen it in proportion.
It is astonishing how often people send an
engraver a photograph or drawing that is perhaps
6 inches wide by 10 inches deep, with instructions
to reproduce it and make the block four inches
“square.”. This is of course, impossible.
As a guide to measuring up all kinds of work, I
introduce the following diagram, which may serve
to illustrate the proportionate progressive sizes up-
wards of an original photograph measuring, say,
4 inches deep by 3 inches wide.
By the above plan, if you take your original
photograph or drawing and pin it squarely down to
a board or piece of paper, placing a straight edge
from corner to corner as per the upper edge, rule
shown transversely, and then measure from the left-
hand side in a horizontal line to the evacſ width
you require the enlargement to be, and then
re-measure from that particular point downwards
to the bottom horizontal line of your subject, you
will obtain the proportionate depth your block will
Occupy.
The same idea of scaling applies equally to
7'éductions as shown in the following diagram.
Imagine the outer lines to represent a draw-
ing 9 inches wide by 6 inches deep, which you
require to reduce in this instance to 6% inches
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wide ; thus, by the same rule of following the
dotted line from opposite corners you obtain a
measurement of 6% inches wide by about 4% inches
deep.
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There are two capital instruments that can be pro-
cured for mechanically measuring up drawings, etc.,
for reproduction. One is Graddon's scale, which is
a very useful article for quick measurement, and the
other a yard-stick with an elastic or pliable measure
attached.
Both of these can be obtained of Messrs. Penrose
& Co., Ltd., 109, Farringdon Road, E.C.
“Faked ” Originals.
Inferior photographs, that many who are un-
initiated might cast aside as worthless for repro-
ductive purposes, can be frequently touched up by
the engraver so as to come out quite well in the
block itself.
This is what is termed “Faking,” and is often
very successfully carried out, the block-maker
charging extra, of course, according to the amount of
work expended upon it by his toucher-up.
Even fairly good photographs are often improved
by retouching in certain places, such as strengthen-
ing weak lines, painting in detail, etc.
Portraits alone are dangerous to tamper with, as
the artist, who has in all probability never seen the
original “sitter,” stands a very good chance of
spoiling the character of the likeness.
A “flat" photograph can often be successfully
reproduced with good contrasts in the lights and
shades without any retouching at all.
This effect can be obtained by the engraver him-
self by the medium of what is known as “fine
etching.” This means that certain parts of the
plate are protected by varnish after the first acid
bath, and then re-etched to obtain the extreme
“high lights” in the uncoated spaces.
Cracked and damaged photographs can often be
remedied or made perfect by the engraver, and
While on this subject I would like to say a word or
two on
Packinſ Photographs and Wegatives.
All unmounted photographs going through the
post should be rolled up with the picture or film on
the outer side.
If rolled the other way the films are extremely
liable to crack.
Stout cylinders should be employed for their safe
transit. -
Glass negatives require most careful packing.
Many thousands of the latter are broken annually
going through the post, owing to the remitter's own
Carelessness.
A negative should always be packed in wadding
first, and then wrapped round with several thick.
nesses of stout paper. Blotting paper is very good
for this purpose, as it protects the negative from
damp. A layer of cardboard should then be placed
or tied on each side, and the whole should be
packed tightly in a substantial box.
Engravers will not hold themselves liable for
accidents occurring to negatives sent per post.
Packages should be marked “With care,” and
insured if valuable.
Instructions ſo Euffrarers.
Always write clearly underneath your drawings the
width you wish them to be in inches, or if you are
going by the depth measurement—that is to say,
from top to bottom of the picture—write your
desired measurement along one side.
If you do not wish to injure the face of the
drawing, write your instructions on the back, but
in that case be careful to draw a line with a
pointer at each end, so as to show clearly in which
direction you wish the subject to be measured by ;
thus :—
<— 6% inches. –-
or whatever the measurement may be.
If you wish a sketch or photograph to be repro-
duced evacfly the same size as the original, it is only
necessary to put a mark on same similar to this :—
Should you desire to reduce a drawing to half
scale, remember that when reproduced it will only
represent one quarter the original size, as it means
half the width of same, and consequently only
half the depth also, as the depth is reduced
proportionately to the width.
Some engravers will put up two or three photos
together, and after reproducing them on the metal
cut them up into separate blocks, and charge the
ordinary scale measurement over all the work.
This is a saving, of course, when the blocks
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required are very small, as they may work out two
or three blocks collectively at a minimum charge,
but this is not always practicable, as the photographs
so dealt with must be of a uniform, or at least a
similar, character and colour. Otherwise one suffers
for the other in the reproduction.
The engraver, in this instance, makes an extra
charge of 3d. for separating and mounting each
respective block.
When two or three photographs, or drawings, are
so put up and reduced together, they must neces-
sarily all be reproduced to the same scale.
General Hints.
Ferro-prussiate or light blue engineering prints
made from tracings, and used principally by
engineers, have in most cases to be re-drawn entirely
as the blue of the ground-work photographs white.
This remark applies also to lavender or helio-
trope colouring, or any pigment in which blue
predominates.
Mechanical line drawings can often be altered by
the reproducer as required, such as obliterating a line
or two here and adding in a line or a word there.
This can be done by “painting in ’’ on the plate
without in any way destroying the original drawing.
If any explanatory lettering is to be added to a
drawing always remember that it must be drawn
sufficiently large so as to be perfectly legible when
reduced.
The style of lettering should likewise be in
keeping with the character of the drawing.
Maps, when in colours, are as a rule difficult to
reproduce direct, but the colouring, if not too
varied or too strong, can sometimes be overcome by
the engraver using an isochromatic plate.
In my next I shall explain the use of the various
screens, etc., and what they are suitable for.
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FRANCESCO PETRARCA.”
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NEW English life of Francesco Petrarca was
wanted, and Mrs. Jerrold has produced one
of a kind likely to be most serviceable in
the present state of Italian studies in England.
For some time past the literature of Italy, one of
the greatest that Europe has brought forth, has
been too much neglected in England. There seem
now to be indications that it is emerging from a
period of eclipse, and it is to be earnestly hoped
that these indications are an evidence of an
approaching restoration of the Italian authors of
the classical period of the language to their rights.
* “Maud F, Jerrold : Francesco Petrarca, Poet and
Humanist.” London : J. M. Dent & Co. 1909.
In one respect they resemble the authors of
classical Greece and Rome. They are removed
from our modern northern thought by a consider-
able lapse of time, and by a wide difference in
circumstances. In consequence of this they can-
not be righty appreciated without some such know-
ledge of themselves and of their times as must be
gathered from commentaries and memoirs.
Francesco Petrarca in particular needed to be
re-focussed. Recent investigations on the part
both of his own countrymen and of others, the
more careful examination of documentary records,
and the wider views now taken of the lives and
works of men, have all combined to throw new
light upon his character and his story, and to render
needful more accurate appreciations of both the
one and the other. In some respects he is much
easier to understand than Dante ; he neither rises
to the heights, nor penetrates to the profundities
of thought presented by the great epic poet. In
other respects he is more difficult to understand,
for Dante was ever consistent with himself, and
Petrarca presents a great deal of the inconsistency
of ordinary human nature. He was also a many-
sided man, and one of the merits of Mrs. Jerrold's
work is that this aspect of his character and of his
writings is fully illustrated. While her pages do
justice to the great lyric poet, one of the very
greatest the world has ever seen, the humanist is
also fully presented to view, and Petrarca's right to
be accounted one of the primary forces of the new
learning is duly accentuated. That aspect of
his work, and his great learning, an erudition
for his age positively enormous, though he never
attained the Latinity that was his ambition,
places Petrarca in a light entirely different from
the one in which he is too commonly regarded in
England—simply as a writer of celebrated sonnets.
On the other hand, we have been particularly
pleased by the sane manner in which this work
deals with the whole history of Petrarca and
Lauretta de Sade. The story is one around which
no small amount of myth has gathered, and into
which a still larger measure of wilful perversion has
been introduced. If Mrs. Jerrold's book succeeds
only in sweeping away some of this mass of non-
sense, it will do good service ; but it is a book that
goes far beyond the mere removal of vulgar errors.
It puts the Italian poet in the light in which his
works should be read by all who desire to under-
stand him. The work is illustrated with repro-
ductions from Italian engravings, for the most
part appertaining to the “Trionfi’’; and contains
a chapter showing the direct influence of Petrarca
upon the earlier English sonneteers, which will
interest students of the history of English
literature. -
We have no wish to dwell upon minor points in
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which we do not entirely agree with the accom-
plished authoress; an entire agreement respecting
some of the particulars discussed is a thing hardly
to be expected, but we should have liked to have
found a stern condemnation of Carducci's return,
in his critical edition, to the wholly unauthorised
division of the “Canzoniere,” first suggested,
most mistakenly, by Cardinal Bembo. After
Mestica's demonstration that this division of the
“Canzoniere " was Bembo's invention, and incon-
sistent with the other division of the work made
by Petrarca himself (because it corresponded to a
critical moment in his own life), Carducci's con-
tinuation of a misrepresentation, merely because it
had become popular, appears to us unpardonable.
A great poet has a right to have his works per-
petuated in the form which he himself gave them.
We are unable also to endorse wholeheartedly the
chapter on the Provençal Poets, and it appears to
us that their enumeration in the order in which
they are mentioned in the “Trionfi" opens a door
for a serious misunderstanding of their relative
dates. But, be that as it may, “Francesco Petrarca,
Poet and Humanist,” is a work of many merits,
and will be found full of interest and of instruction
both by those who are about to make the acquaint-
ance of Petrarca and by those who have been long
familiar with his works.
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DICTIONARY OF COPYRIGHT.;
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HE author, who is a sub-director of the
International Bureau of Intellectual and
Industrial Property at Berne, has compiled
in dictionary form a valuable book of reference
respecting everything bearing upon copyright
property. In his preface he modestly disclaims
any attempt to add to the already very bulky
literature, in many languages, dealing with copy-
right legislation and copyright questions; but it
will be immediately apparent how useful will be,
if only on account of the vast extent of this
literature, a book which gathers together the facts
in such a manner as to present the information in
alphabetical order.
The matter is arranged under a far-reaching
number of headings, and many unexpected articles
will be found showing how very varied are the
aspects under which questions of copyright can
present themselves. The work begins, for instance,
with “Abandon,” setting forth the ways in which
* “I.6on Poinsard : La Propriété Artistique et Lit-
teraire.” Répertoire Alphabétique : Paris. Libraire
Générale de Droit et de Jurisprudence. 1910.
it is possible for an author to renounce his rights;
“Abridgements,” presenting in a succinct form
the results of recent legislation upon this topic ;
and “Abyssinia,” mentioning that this is one of
the countries still without any copyright legislation.
“Hotels” may be mentioned as a case of an
article that was hardly to be expected. At the
Same time an important point is mentioned,
namely, that in these days, when it is a common
thing for the proprietors of large hotels to provide
Various evening entertainments for their guests,
cases are not rare when dramatic pieces are per-
formed, or musical entertainments given, by which
the rights of dramatic authors or of composers are
directly infringed. It may be supposed that there
is no intention to defraud, and that the resulting
piracies are absolutely unpremeditated. At the
same time authors and composers are on these
occasions defrauded of their rights.
Long articles are naturally dedicated to the
Countries whose literatures are of world-wide
importance. That on “France ’’ includes, among
many other things of value, an interesting enumera-
tion of all the French laws bearing on copyright
presented in chronological order.
The article on “Great Britain’’ occupies twenty
pages, and is both full and also admirable for the
lucidity and conciseness with which the undeniably
perplexing English copyright legislation is treated.
The article concludes with an index of the various
literary conventions which have been made between
Great Britain and other countries—a particular
fully dealt with in the case of all the civilised states.
One of the results of the dictionary arrangement
is the drawing together under one head of informa-
tion that might be otherwise scattered, with the
consequence that large and often interesting
opportunities of comparison present themselves.
“Duration '' (of authors’ rights) presents a wide
conspectus of the actual situation of this much
vexed question in a number of countries. Guate-
mala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela are
here seen setting a splendid example, “perpetual
copyright,” which States that boast at least an
older civilisation appear to be in no hurry to
emulate. The number and status of the countries
that have “life and fifty years afterwards” can be
immediately distinguished—and those that, for
reasons not very apparent, have preferred not to
come into that simple and highly sanctioned
principle. The quaint English term of copyright
stands isolated in its Oddity. But M. Poinsard
elsewhere remarks with reason, “It will be seen
that the English copyright law is remarkable
neither for its simplicity nor for its lucidity.”
The Revised Convention of Berne is printed at
an appendix at the end of the volume. The
innovations introduced at the last Congress are
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printed in heavy-faced type, with the result that all
these important modifications can be distinguished
at a glance. -
The work is fully furnished with cross references,
and has every appearance of being likely to be
found most convenient for use and reference.
There is one particular only in which we wish that
the author could have found it possible to go a
point farther. We will admit at once that to give
anything like full references would have so much
overburdened the book as to defeat its aim. But
we cannot, at the same time, help wishing that the
author had found it possible to add, at least at the
end of the more important articles, references to
some of the leading works bearing on the several
subjects. The value of a dictionary is very much
increased when such notes at the close of its
articles show the reader where he may look if he
desires to push his investigations a little farther.
CORRESPONDENCE.
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THE LITERARY YEAR BOOK.
DEAR SIR,-In the review of the “ ſaw and
Letters” section in the Literary Year Book (1910)
in the current number of The Author, your reviewer
states that there is no variation from the issue of
last year under this heading. May I point out that
alterations have been made to meet the views of
The Author, as expressed in its notice last year of
the 1909 issue of the Year Book, and that, judging
from his remarks, your reviewer cannot have read
this year's edition very carefully.
On pages 554 and 555 of the 1910 edition, under
the heading “Sale of Copyright,” two clauses have
been inserted in consequence of your suggestions,
viz.: “There should always be a clause fixing
(under penalty) . . .” etc.; and (2) “An offer below
the rate of £1 per 1,000 words . . . .” etc. Other
alterations have been made in accordance with
previous suggestions in The Author, which to
mention in detail would make this letter unduly
lengthy, but I should like to point out that the
various agreements, as set forth in the “Law
Letters ” section of the Literary Year Book, are
considered as typical of those most commonly used,
and do not profess to be ideal from the point of
view of either an author or a publisher.
Yours faithfully,
B. STEwART, Editor L. Y. B.
[We have pleasure in inserting this letter, and
regret that the alterations should not have been
noticed by the reviewer. We do not, however, see
any reference to the U.S.A. Act, the most impor-
tant copyright event which is likely to occur short
of a new copyright law in Great Britain.—ED.].
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WOUCHER COPIES.
DEAR SIR.—In , an excellent protest against
“Payment Quarterly and on Demand ” in the
January issue of The Author, “Home Counties”
mentions the Manchester Guardian as “conspicuous
among daily papers in sending a voucher copy.”
It would be interesting to know if other members
who habitually contribute to the paper in question
can ratify the assertion, or whether “Home
Counties " has been singularly favoured in this
respect. As the writer of twelve special articles
for the Manchester Guardian, I can testify to its
exemplary regularity in payment and unfailing
courtesy ; but I have never received a voucher
Copy.
Possibly, however, “Home Counties" refers
solely to commissioned articles—in which case I
can but apologise for misunderstanding, and sign
myself,
Yours faithfully,
“DUNCE * SCOTUS.
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BOOKMAN.
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A Man in the Making. By Sir George Douglas, Bart.
The English Essay. By Thomas Seccombe. -
CORNIHILL.
The First Editor and the Founder. By Lady Ritchie.
An Impromptu to the Editor. By Thomas Hardy.
The Jubilee of the Cornhill. By E. T. Cook.
On Essays at Large. By A. C. Benson.
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