https://historysoa.com/files/original/5/419/1911-04-01-The-Author-21-7.pdf 9868431b6267bcd602ca9dcf8659cbfe PDF Text Text The Elutbor . ( The Organ VOL . XXI . - No. the Incorporated of 1, APRIL 7. of Authors . Society Monthly . ) 1911 . [ PRICE SIXPENCE CONTENTS. PAGE 153 153 153 154 154 157 158 159 162 163 164 164 165 165 165 Notices TheSocietys Funds List of Members... The PensionFund CommitteeNotes Bookspublishedby Members Bookspublished in America by Members... Literary, Dramaticand Musical Notes Paris Notes ... ... ... ... The Public Domain Copyright in Fiction and Cinematograph Representations MagazineContents . How to Use the Society Warnings to the Producers of Books Warnings to Dramatic Authors ... ' PAGE 166 166 166 166 166 166 167 168 168 171 175 179 180 181 Registration of Scenariosand Original Plays Dramatic Authors and Agents Warnings to Musical Composers Stamping Music ... The Reading Branch ... Remittances General Notes ... Committee Election General Meetings Thackerayand the Dig Literature Style in Literature About Edwin Drood Short Reviews ... Correspondence PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY . . 1s . for ), . , 38 . . 18 . . .) at 38 . . of to by , an ." “ of , . of Copyright Bill 1890 With the Berne Convention and the 's , 1878 By Foundation . from its . . 6d 18 Action WALTER BESANT by By . ERNST . By Hungary and Switzerland , , Austria , ). Germany 6d in of of . its of . J. – , LELY Record 1888 1892 Publication Lord Monkswell Commission M the A . Committee 28 . of Authors of , J. U .D of . ( of . Byof Copyright Bill Exposition 1s . An . American the 6d 15 . , . Storey Gate , S . W .] Street . 1909 's Old Queen , Berlin 18 . . . . ; ' , Secretary at Revised , 39 , as . the Apply to net . prices 6d . . . of . of All [ . . International Copyright Convention , . . on , by Agreement issued the Publishers Association with Comments 2nd Edition Sir WALTER BESANT HERBERT THRING and Illustrative Examples Giving the Terms Periodicals and their contributors which the different Magazines and Periodicals deal with MSS and Contributions Society price Authors List Members Published October 1907 Forms G . Report from The Contract 10 , by . . . G of of Reform Law Extracts The Society Chairman . In of . . S . , 's , are in to Copyright . 28 . 7 . . 8 . 9 6d . . SQUIRE SPRIGGE print Publication the Society LUNGE 11 Law SQUIRE SPRIGGE this work compiled from the agreements proposed offices the various forms Publishers carefully explained Authors examined and their meaning with account the various kinds fraud which have been made possible the different clauses therein By Being additional facts Addenda the Above HERBERT THRING collected the office the Society since the publication the Methods With comments and advice The papers 13 12 Barrister at - , By S . Lettres . , 58 . or ., 6d , of . - , COLLES . W de By MORRIS By ( Out . Cost Production Various Methods of the Société des Gens of of The History The ( in to 6d . . . , at . 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W ., 's , month subjects LIST S to of Communications for The Author should the Offices the Society Old Storey Queen Street Gate and should reach the Editor not later than the 21st each addressed . be . to or , . of of a if on of paid which these contributions may The funds suitable for this purpose The Capital Fund kept This fund reserve necessary for the Society case incur heavy prin fighting question expenditure either ciple assisting obtain copyright reform dealing any other matter closely with connected with the work the Society slowly The Pension Fund This fund increasing and hoped will time cover the needs the members the Society is to . of . of to or , of CONTRIBUTIONS Editor The Author begs the Society that although to be is a . to to of in of of of AND remind the paper production would sent them free cost very heavy charge the resources the great many members did not forward Society subscription for the Secretary the modest the year THE FUNDS ROM time time members the Society desire make donations its funds recognition work that has been done for them The Committee acting the suggestion place one these members have decided this permanent paragraph The Author order that members may be cognisant those funds of to ' on application ARTICLES , to if the case members SOCIETY stated , is THE 'S be as especially . be unless such The Editor begs inform members the Authors Society and other readers The Author that the cases which are quoted The Author are the cases that have come before the notice knowledge the Secretary the Society and that those members the Society who desire have the names the publishers concerned can obtain them Members should apply the Secretary for advice special information desired or of or the Committee . T to of in the opinions expressed papers that are signed initialled the authors alone are para responsible None the papers graphs must expressing the opinion taken is DOR be no , . , NOTICES . do is that this be , , it the Committee desire stated not and could not possibly the case Although care exercised that undesirable advertisements be inserted they not accept and any liability never have accepted . , be advertisers LONDON , AUTORIDAD of readers personally impression among seems The Author that the Committee are responsible for the bona fides the to there is ADDRESS .) . of As : TELEGRAPHIC ADVERTISEMENTS VICTORIA . 374 PRICE SIXPENCE 1911 : NUMBER 1ST to APRIL BESANT [ No TELEPHONE Monthly Authors SIR WALTER . 7 . . . — XXI Society . 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E . , , , , COMMITTEE 39 , .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 1911 Yolland Miss Bowen Miss Marjorie Bolton Miss Anna Edginton Miss May Canpan Gilbert Reynolds Mrs Baillie , Ward 0 5 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 8 4 121 , E, . . 0 0 0 , March 1 () 0 Land 1938 , March , 4 0 11 13 0 0 0 18 2 £4 377 132 Humphreys Mrs Gibbs Haultain Arnold Hardy Harold Hutton Wilson Albert 1 . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . Dale Machen Arthur Strachey Lady Feb 198 .. C .. .P ... .R . .. . .. . . 49 .. .. 31 .. % ... ... .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. , Kemp Miss Emily Greenstreet The Rev Blundell Miss Alice Benecke Miss Ida Wilkinson The Rev Lawes Dawson Mrs Tweedie Mrs Alec Feb March March March 438 120 , - Feb 6 4 96 Subscriptions . . . 9 3 3 15 11 13 , , , . , , Jan Jan Feb March 258 1919 Total . . 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Victorian Stock Glasgow , . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... % Local Loans Trust Cape im in in 24 £1 312 Jan Jan Jan . is to Consols the . , hand the course case any declare another pension portant claim forthcoming in sufficient funds in to to of be the Jan Jan Jan . . . the members draw the attention desire society the hope that by this fact additional subscriptions and donations there will They . 1911 . Jan . 2, Northcote , The Rev . Jan . 2, Mackenzie, Miss J . Jan . 3 , Church , Arthur Wasteneys Lady Jan Jan and Randall Jan S , to of is at as . , , at of , to £4 377 19s This brings the invested funds The trustees however have been unable recom the any further pensions mend the payment present exhausted their disposal income . Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 9 7 3 3 2 , 30 28 26 21 17 16 12 10 , , , 25 , 10 , , , 9 9 6 3 , 21 , , , , , , , , , 13 16 10 , , , , , , 4d . . £312 13s Feb Mulliken , Mrs . . 9, Boughton , Rutland 10 , Somers , John . . . . . . . 5 5 5 4 4 3 , , , , , , 4d is at had position of the fund - decided to invest £250 in the purchase of Consols . the present price The amount purchased Feb 21 , A 1, the trustees of the Pension of the society — after the secretary placed the financial before them Fund Jan . February N Jan Jan Jan Feb £ , 21 , Rhys , Ernest : 21 , Cameron , Mrs . (Charlotte ) March March THE PENSION FUND . year Feb . . Feb . . end of the list for the convenience of those who desire to add future elections as they are chronicled from month to month in these pages . . . . . 154 - - �THE AUTHOR . arrangements could be made by which Consuls or Commercial Correspondents could notify to the Commercial Intelligence Branch for transmission to the Society of Authors the title of any English play mentioned in the local newspapers as being in the course of performance , so as to safeguard British authors' interests . He reported that the matter was now being considered by the departments concerned , and he hoped that good might result . Following this statement , the committee turned 155 purpose , the secretary was instructed to apply to the member for the fullest information as to th ownership of the copyright , date of publication , and other particulars necessary to make the case clear . On the receipt of the opinion the matter will be reconsidered by the committee . The solicitor then furnished the committee with a report of the work he had in hand for the society . Of ten small County Court cases four had been settled . In two others default summonses had been issued and served . In one of the remaining cases of for , it a at in In . it so , a . In . be . of . , in of be it , a for . it a , In in to , a ' , . to of , of . to be , of . to to of on to of ' , to of of of , of to . , of , ' of to as , it a it , of as to of , . - a would referred sub committee The secretary reported that two members of , ) ( . if of to a . to as so In States this case the committee take the opinion United States any could ascertain what relief obtained under the United States law For this the United under discussion expenditure incidental The question the summoning the Dramatists Conference was next considered the committee who sanctioned pay ments for the hiring the hall printing etc circulars The literary agency agreement drafted by the secretary was laid before the meeting and was adjourn discussion decided this document establishing well the question loan fund the next meeting when was possible both matters be out rights one performance of of of the dramatic cinematograph of of . , the members by a the infringement the Board Trade the view the important point that was to 's In . by , as take the matter further The next case before the committee arose be to . as be , to he , , the committee to had pressed the case before had sent the papers the society solicitor and the solicitor had expressed the same opinion that given the secretary the circumstances the committee decided they could not the member communicate the committee by of a go , but . in , he . no in for could in of to , of of . , a claim question , it, , . a of a , to , . , of in by , a to the conclusion that against the magazine the magazine the author would bound prove the bankruptcy After the conclusion the cases the committee proceeded with the consideration the ordinary business the society The first matter related the Copyright Bill and letter from the president covering the Publishers Association certain resolutions from that body was laid before the committee together with correspondence that had passed between the secretary the society and the permanent secretary the Board Trade The secretary was instructed write the president the Publishers Association and also of , a to if to — , of to up in had come established paid for that some the instalments should full but for the balance owing the liquidation of , 's to to were involved The solicitor having made report the society the history the publishing concern the committee decided after some discussion take steps throw the whole concern into bankruptcy not only for the benefit authors already involved but also becoming mixed order save other writers from this company reported The secretary case laid before the brought charge society member which against one the big magazines He stated that having investigated and considered the papers he - twelve members that the end the MS would found the portion the MS had been returned last case and was hoped that the balance would be forthcoming magazine money due one claim against for serial matter supplied had been arranged of a In to of 's in a an to . willingly reconsider the matter bankrupt publisher the next case that decided lawyer . ; of by . . . an investigate consideration accountant After careful to In would , to ill for of is of . - , up to he the publisher the committee came the conclusion that the case was hardly justify such enough strong course and they were unable proceed with regretted but stated that the author could produce any further evidence establish his contention they pay for books to they were waiting for the affidavit of the member before issuing the default summons . One claim it current year up to seventy - two . There were ten had been necessary to abandon owing to the author resignations , bringing the resignations being too give evidence and the two remain the year rathering claims had been arranged forty five the satisfaction The number elections resignations rather below above and the number the authors Three claims had been raised the the average return MSS one had been abandoned owing Cases The first case considered the insufficient evidence another the paper had alleged error publisher gone into bankruptcy and matters were committee related state present accounts statement prepared by the member confusion that was impossible satisfactory answer though expressed his desire that the society should obtain was hoped Twenty to the election of members and associates . five were elected , bringing the elections for the the �THE AUTHOR . 156 society had become life members ; that Mr. Arnold Haultain had made a donation of £1 ls. to the correct title , and to of in to to , of , on . of in or to these cases the negotiations must long time , take in to to . a to on , . In , In necessarily . . Germany a of on . to , be be , should be laid before the conference for discussion put forward and that other subjects should which resolutions should moved one subject particular interest dramatists being the single licence for music halls and theatres Nearly all the cases open from last month have placed either been closed the hands the Society solicitors two cases the Society was carry the matters further owing unable lack proper evidence legal claim which base Three cases that are still open refer two matters the United States and one an action ' to s Sub Committee of , Dramatic - of be a to for , - present the publisher in to to of a be . of . a , . of a to It ment candidates for appointment the Dramatic Sub Committee the current year and that the report . for is impossible so do to it if how when that title is proved it to take action if the infringement has Capital Fund ; and Miss E . M . Ducat a donation occurred before registration . Holders of literary of £1 to the same fund , out of money recovered by copyright have, at least , the satisfaction of knowing the society . that they may register at any time before action is coinmenced , and thus far they have a considerable advantage over their unfortunate brethren , the artists . DRAMATIC SUB- COMMITTEE . There was one claim for the return of MSS ., and A SPECIAL meeting of the Dramatic Sub -Com this has been successful , and two matters came into mittee was held on Friday , March 3. After thethe Secretary ' s hands in regard to the duplication minutes of the previous meeting had been signed , of titles . These matters are very often difficult to the secretary placed before the members a case settle , but in the present instances , the Secretary which had recently come into his hands , with refer was bound to advise the members that they had not ence to the infringement of a work of one of the established any property in their titles by user . In members by a cinematograph performance in the most of these cases , if any question arises before the United States of America . The sub - committee book is published or the play performed , it is referred the matter to the Committee of Manage possible to come to some arrangement satisfactory ment , with a strong recommendation that the Com to both parties , as the offending party is usually mittee of Management should give the matter their an innocent offender and is willing to fall in with earnest consideration , first , by ascertaining the exact the views of a brother author, if such views do legal rights of the member , and , secondly , by guard not necessitate a heavy financial loss . ing those rights by an action for injunction and There were three demands accounts One damages was possible these has terminated satisfactorily and two are still The next matter under discussion was proposal the course of negotiation There have been two call conference the dramatists disputes the Society agreements one which has had was decided that vote should taken with transferred the solicitors and one has been recommending view Manage the Committee settled owing by the given the explanation a . Cases it . , . , Glover Road 's , Gun Plain , . , . , . W Lauderdale sions Writers Club folk Street Harrow the Man 134 , 10 .C , W Hill - - on , Alexander - is Kinloch Nor . . , . , W ' , . , - Mrs , Bond Street Ealing , . . , 39 , Birmingham Comins Miss Catherine May Clapham Hutton Edward Hynes Hurst Institute Midland , . , Rutland , , in to 17 . . , . B . . H , to Boughton , a to is it ; Salisbury Reigate . of to be It . Blair , , . at a , . . . . . . G . , Winterbourne in is , of in is come before serious matter which will have the Committee their next meeting One case copyright the dealing with the infringement Secretary was obliged advise the member could not carried forward owing defect the title dealt with artistic copyright and all those who know anything about Copyright Law know hopelessly unsatisfactory artistic copyright how prove for the artist how almost impossible Broomfield Sheffield The Manor House ner . of , , of . . one has been settled and one still the course negotiation Of five for money only two have been satisfactorily settled and the remaining three negotiation are the course One however Arnold Mrs Ayscough John 0 , March Elections to in of DURING the past month sixteen cases have been the hands the Secretary when has been necessary for him intervene between the author The cases have been and the opposite party Of two for accounts and money various kinds �THE AUTHOR . , Gordon Terrace , Wightman Road , , 25 , Chenies Chambers , ' U .S .A . 327 pp . 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Prof. Skeat edition of his “ Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, ” published at the price of 58 . nett with thick paper , 6s . nett with thin paper , by the Oxford University Press . The dictionary was originally published in 1882 , and after passing through several editions, appeared in 1901 so largely rearranged and re practically book . a new as to become written The present edition is a revision of the edition of 1901. There is no need to recommend this book to the English student and the British public . The Rev . Prof . Skeat 's position as an English scholar is so W E V must congratulate on the fresh well known and his work has become so well estab lished that the public is sure to welcome this fresh Of the two different publications the edition with thin paper is perhaps the more satisfactory ; it is easily handled , lighter , and does not lack dis tinctness or careful production . “ Oil of Spike nard ,' a romance by E . N . Smith Dampier , was published Mr. Andrew Melrose . at the end of February by “ Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China ,” by A . W . Bahr , contains illustrations and brief descriptions of pottery , Porcelain , jade and other artıc 'es selected from the first Art Exhibition held in China , viz . , at Shanghai in 1908 . There are 12 coloured plates from the pictures by the Chinese artist , Wong Chun Hai , and more than 100 black -and -white illustrations. Messrs . Cassell & Co . are the publishers . “ The Great Betrayal ,” by Harold Wintle , is a novel that deals with the efforts of a foreign power to obtain British State secrets with the connivance of the Foreign Secretary . Messrs. John Ouseley , Limited , are the publishers . The new edition of Dr. Clark Hall 's “ Beowulf ” contains , besides a revised translation , a great deal of matter intended to form a sort of introduction to the study of the poem , and an interesting and exhaustive index of the things mentioned in it , with numerous illustrations . It is hoped that this illustrated index will be useful to archæologists as well as to students of Beowulf . As an experiment , a metrical rendering of the Finnsburg Fragment has been inserted , as well as the prose translation . Messrs . Swan Sonnenschien & Co . are the publishers . In “ A Small Collection of Japanese Lacquer , " Mr. James Orage gives a brief account of the history and manufacture of lacquer and of the various kinds of lacquer work , followed by a detailed description of the articles , which are of varied �THE AUTHOR . on is 6 at , in . on . or 's is in “ of ", be . by of in be . . . . , of . 9 on . , for a , 's of an , in , for , its in , . P . W . , , of , , in in . to to - £4 , of for . of on in 's , to of . at , , , of on , of . , 18 re . . . . . , . M . H . , . . , . , M . , 10 be , , , , of It .” of to is . It to London “ of . , . . of is " on Magazines . John Long have just published 1s Messrs a ", ”, is , . ." . , in in du “ . in . by Street ImpatientGriselda the title Mr Laurence North new novel which Mr Martin Secker has published recently Mr Laurence North has also the current number the Oxford and Cambridge Review article The Earlier Oxford an , on of “ off . is 's by in Museum .” , In . . , . on “ . be Messrs Stanley Webb . of , , by 's . of Nutt Mrs Vassel , . by an , , Fr . of a to of , W . F . of the publisher Duty book On and Annam published Messrs Heinemann last year now appearing French the Tour Monde and published will Messrs Hachette volume David K of ” is of A fourth and enlarged edition has been published Frankland series short studies theological and metaphysical subjects under the Thoughts title Ultimate Problems Mr Mr “ . Co . by & a . . , " is of . , in “ In it, articles and books James Baker this article the names Dr Herbert Warren John Addington Symons Henry Whatley the artist and Walter Crane are also mentioned . in in “ new literary and patriotic for the promotion travel has Prague edited Hlavacek space given article from the pen the Director the Prague Art Museums Imperial upon Councillor Franz Borovsky the numerous The first number journal Vestnik just appeared Mr Birrell would take the chair the dinner May Thursday Lord Tennyson was president elected the society and Sir Alfred Bateman was elected treasurer the retirement Mr Edward Dicey who had held that post since 1888 Those present included Sir Edward Brabrook Mr Percy Thornton Mr Richard Bentley Mr Sidney Lee Mr Maurice Hewlett Mr Edmund Gosse Mr Anthony Hope Hawkins and Mr Spielmann Miss Everest has just published her fourth song The Love the Night for the Day dedicated Her Highness the Princess Pretiva Cooch Behar had from the publishers that 's ' . by in ”, of . in , . by pub be , , , , Co . . , will and of .” , ” in , to & “ 1910 on - in . a “ 's : , , 's , , . A Own Paper since October lished book form the Religious Tract Society September 1911 The Polar Star the title new novel Lady Helen Forbes which Messrs Duckworth have just published , else . authors whose literary work was valuable though appeal and limited these writers exist ence the proceeds their works was impossible The report showed that the income the fund the year amounted 088 and that £2 770 was grants forty one applicants voted Since the society foundation 1790 the total sum dis grants was £160 757 tributed Professor Ker seconded the adoption the report which was carried The chairman announced that the King had consented become patron the society and . , is , of , of . Little Brown the autumn serial The Emotions Martha Mrs Maxwell Armfield has been running The Girls Messrs Liverpool Lundy North Devon and the Island The annual general meeting the Royal Literary Fund was held March Sir Alfred Bateman submitting the report mentioned that among the Fund cases was one author whose name was not unknown who was receiving only £10 Every month they had cases novel from his pen . . . “ In of of of ' , ." in . . E . A of “ on The Brownings Their Life and Art which give the complete biography she has endeavoured each separately before their marriage and his again after death from some new material gained friendship from Miss Whiting with their son Mr Barrett Browning The book comes from , Manchester in where , was published in the Scottish Geographical Magazine for February Mrs Vassel responsible also for the articles Paris which have been appearing the Evening Standard since June last and now bear her signa Burlington ture On January she lectured House Annam for the Royal Geographical Society Mr George Hansby Russell new novel will April published early Mr John Murray May The title will Ivor and the story , in in . a of . T . in Court House There besides the political interest the book much literary interest con nection with the Young Ireland literary movement and the work the Dublin University dons Mr Andrew Melrose announces the publication Jacomb new novel The Lonely Road Miss Lilian Whiting has just completed book , December in Edinburgh , Glasgow , Dundee , Rugby , and .C . , " " , of topics delivered “ a of of “ , his a is . In " the Good Old Times and denls with social interest not touched his previous England volume contrasting present day life century ago with that Mr Werner Laurie has just published Mr thirty Ramsay Colles volume reminiscences years Ireland under the title Castle and work in the summer . An article by the same writer, entitled “ An Elephant Hunt ” appeared in the February issue of The Badminton Magazine, while Mrs. Vassel ' s lecture on the Philippines form is and include over 60 inros (medicine boxes ) . by Messrs . Y . Imaizumi , examined S . Fujiya , assistant director of the Department of Fine Arts, Imperial Museum , Tokyo . A limited edition of the book has been printed , and the publishers are The Times Book Club of 376 - 384 Oxford Street , W . Mr. J . C . Wright is shortly to publish through Changes Mr. Robert Scott , new book Century This continuation his previous All have been director , and W , objects in 160 �THE AUTHOR . by . . a " , as in ." is of - to of a by . of a in a . , , . of 's It .” of . of . , . . - . to at - . is a is its by it , is It . of . " “ a in is It a on in in . A . C . . by W . . . B , it . as on of , a at of , , . is ”, at , Sir by . . , a it on “ at 's ” 1, , by on , , in . , a ”, - of . . at , he a , in , he a 27 at . , . . V of , of adaptation was produced Mr George . March 4 on ' “ L 's Theatre . ”, 's George Grossmith Amorçage Xamoff and Guérin the Gaiety of a It Mr . in H the caste Peggy . in , Grossmith Mr Edmund Payne Miss Gabrielle Ray and Miss Phyllis Dare are the caste , publish , to is . shortly is “ by “ relates how lord travelling caravan meets the lady his heart Lindell and Miss Vallis were two . ”, of Mr . . . - - a of “ by incognito , " is , of 's to is ( . J. L . , Sandro Botticelli vice president the the newly appointed mind torture that when his reprieve falls dead of . a of in to , 's . in it is its Gosset two hours is in . L . W ", by . of a Miss Adelaide Hodges and Miss Mary Horace , to , is , in in in It Co . & of as . Dr Mahaffy Mr February . ) & c . president Henry live works himself into such state length learns Mr James Welch and Mr Leslie Carter are the caste comedy The Caravanners one act Beatrice Heron Maxwell was produced for the Hastings first time the Gaiety Theatre woman life torn shreds the mere story for existence shattered ideals triumpbs and sorry The title of the novel application path ironical the heroine difficulty and beset with every kind published by Mr Frank danger The book Palmer Count Plunkett author has been nominated Royal Irish Academy Mr play Mr Anthony Hope The Prisoner Zenda was revived the Lyceum Theatre March where was played by caste which included Mr Henry Ainley Miss Ethel Warwick and Mr Fred Morgan one act play William Gilbert called The Hooligan was produced the Coliseum February the end Its theme the agony condemned murderer who with apparently but to in a , . “ A story struggle Mr . on by , " 's “ prize which won £200 the Daily News competition and was after wards published book form America be England this summer by Messrs brought out eight different Cassell has run serially English newspapers George Bed Roses the M Düring Chicago McCarthy - by at in in “ . ” in . of to in a to paper Direction read the May International Press Congress Rome journalists the facilities given the English Houses Parliament His novel John Westa cott has just been issued the popular two shilling series Privilege Love the mystery story Stella of , in J. . for . R , 's de . . . to Comité the . the district . chairman , , of elected retiring chairman Mr Mickie referring many journalism Mr James Baker work countries Mr James Baker has been asked , .S of ., F .R . G , as of . , ult . unanimously the a “ 158 . ) . “ , . J. ( five tickets At the annual meeting of the Bristol District of the Institute of Journalists held in Bristol on the 10th Mr James Baker the special correspondent and honorary secretary the British International Association Journalists was “ 3s. 6d . each a Granville Bantock , Hubert Bath , William Wallace , Young, and many R . Vaughan Williams , Dalhousie others . Tickets are procurable from the honorary secretary of the club by members at 2s . 6d . each ( five tickets half -a - guinea ) and by non -members at play published was last month simultaneously London and New York the former city Mr Fifield and the latter Mr Buesch described romantic variation Homeric theme While the episode which suggested the play told the Odyssey belongs the folk lore all times symbolical rather than classical and races and such Mr Binns has treated with some thing the breadth and freedom demanded prospect motive There the play being seen the London stage Rococo one act farce Mr Granville Barker which was produced the Court Theatre last month quarrel The piece relates middle class home respecting the ownership rococo vase The caste included Mr Norman Montagu Love and Page Miss Kate Bishop Miss Agnes Thomas The same occasion witnessed peasant play the revival Mr John Masefield life The Tragedy Nan was interpreted company which included Miss Lillah , The committee of the Imperial Club , Hove , Miss hare arranged with Miss A . E . Keeton Keeton and and Miss Grainger Kerr to give one of their studies of modern British song , at the club ' s premises , 2 and Saturday afternoon , 4 First Avenue, Hove , on April 8. at 3. 15 . The illustrations include works by the following composers : Ernest Austin , DRAMATIC The Adventure Bryan Binns which by announces for publication a (author of “ A Wife from the Forbidden Land " ) entitled “ Dick Comerford 's Wager .” The scene of the story is laid in the country amidst the hunting gentry of a hundred years ago . A . P . Crouch A Scott novel by at Mr. Robert new Messrs . Constable & Co . , à volume called of Britain : Scenes from Shepherd Life Past and Present ," from the best authorities , by Adelaide L . J. Gosset . There are to be sixty illustrations from drawings and photographs . through “ Shepherds “ edition of Tom Gallon 's popular novel, “ The Great Gay Road , " a dramatised version of which produced touring has been and is now the provinces . 161 �THE AUTHOR . things Compare so much better in France ? postage stamps with theirs our coins with theirs The Semeuse design course , , is . , “ by in 's , by in of of of at on . an , , , of on a of . of for ? of " of ” , of , of at . . 15 is .” to to of , “ his. Le “ of . ( , ? Il “ . M de an of of of . G an . . by on M on of . byof on . on of by . An . M on ). , of on an . M in Government . M his , ” ”, . M . by . is There also the Marquis Massa General Bourbaki Germain Breton Augustin The Clergy and Politics writes Filon Le Prince Impérial and Comte Jean Elbée Armand Chateaubriand Henry play Bernstein has withdrawn article .” . “ of for is in 's - - la . a by , of , , is , is et . of of .” nine thousand interesting on on on on “ “ “ , is . , of . , . is machines extremely . . by. A a of ' . by ", d , of , to future doctors . in all - . - , of to of an - to of , " “ Question médico sociale the title Dr Grasset latest publica the which contained tion the summing up Necessity last chapters under the heading union and collaboration among doctors Advice M is an . , . a of is us is it engravings Le Milieu médical ' is de of in by , " is as , “ as ten the the Revue hebdomadaire Gabriel Hano taux writes article entitled faut choisir the subject the Triple Entente Russia France and England Louis Bertrand pub lishes his lecture Gustave Flaubert excel lent series articles has been organised this Revue the various French ministries Jules Méline writes the first one the Ministry Agriculture The second article was written Foreign Affairs René Millet the Ministry The third the Colonial Ministry was Demartial These articles give the public excellent idea the working the various d to of d of us . of “ attractive psychological study Egypte Visions Dr Le Dentu impressions another volume traveller who descriptions gives the landscape ruins life day together with some notions the past history the legends myths religion and art the Egyptians The volume written conscientious critic and illustrated with about medals Academy XIII for June M This Roty has awarded one the francs for the history most eloquent piece French Brédier professor the College France for Légendes épiques work and another one thousand francs Louis Battifol for his work vingt ans Roi Louis The reception arranged General Langlois the Academy M “ is , novel a . as M by , " de as Emile Collas the first Duc and Duchesse Orléans takes back the beginning the fifteenth century The story Valentine Milan one the most fascinating French history La Plus Forte Alain Valvert extremely modern novel We see the young girl who medical student imagines her indepen dence dearer her than else the world She witnesses the results the vaunted indepen dence some her women friends The whole book Sorbonne The French Gobert Prizes ' . history Milan interesting of to . in is is , . a “ Valentine biography of . a In , . to , of as as as book of , the series Luxembourg Museum and the interesting series peasants Mme Merignac the types the various provinces France ordered from her the Mint the Museum the Monnaie At the Sorbonne this winter two American professors are giving series lectures one which consists four lectures Chaucer Malory Spenser and Shakespeare When will there be English lecturer English literature the , " , by Revanche Madame Juliette Adam describes many political events from 1877 1880 life active that Madame Adam surrounded she has always been by the men who have made history there naturally very much that intensely interesting this volume The letters which she publishes add greatly the value the 's to ”, of to . l' Abandon la de PRÈS To Roty works the best known those visitors study the metallic history Paris who wish the nation we would recommend among other collections PARIS NOTES of , our byà a by . has ruined ago , in reply to a letter bearing the new French stamp with Roty ' s incomparable design of La Semeuse (the simple figure of a woman scattering seed as she passes along with the rising sun beyond her ), I received an eloquent letter ending with the words : “ How is it that they do these de he the girl whom an of at in ult . of sister The death of Roty , the celebrated French medallist , will be regretted by the whole French nation . As M . Roger -Milés very aptly says : “ The metallic history of a nation bears the exact reflection of the psychology of that nation .” From part of Africa , some years an almost uninhabited of Maugham ' s new comedy Somerset and Fishes ” was produced at the Duke of York 's Theatre on February 24 . The chief character is a Canon of the Church , and the action of the piece centres round the various schemes of this very worldly church dignitary for his social advancement . The play was interpreted by a caste which included Mr. Robert Loraine , Mr. Athol Stewart , Miss Florence Haydon , and Miss Mary Barton . A copyright performance of Mr . Spencer T. James ' piece in one act, “ The Death - Trap , " took place at the Alexandra Hall , Leeds , on the 18th The story concerns the trapping midnight army officer London flat the W. M Mr. “ Loaves . . ." 162 �THE AUTHOR . to ? 's an of it . . , , ? In of of a of its . of of , by for a , in , ; of an is , . be . * be ( in ), a to of to on - be . In pr . be . , of to ; to a or . to . — at .. probably meant although , Date first publication the writer does not specify is I . 's be - , . , of of a ; . a is at compel The common sense remedy would print publishers each volume the date publication and decide that during number years say sixty years determined the property literary work shall vested the author his representatives After sixty years perty the work should become public this way there would no longer any uncertainty On opening book we should know immediately what was its position with regard the public quitable would once simple and two very good reasons against its adoption a to is - a ity ; he of . is is a recall the incident the most that comes into my vague sound which formulates itself into mind is a in . 's at , an be to on , , as so - ; . is have its , , , a , a , to oblivion I once conceived the idea reveal writer who had fallen into the public forgotten the writer name When this neglected property for fifty years only whereas another the mere fact the author living fifty years after publication will remain private property century anomaly which nothing can This justify of of a 's be In of to a friend all - 's so — in of . ; of in In , . and not the death author its author the event One literary work dying the day after publication remains private It 12 , of , , St . , .” in a to friend through to U publisher mine was some second hand books shop suburban brooker and disappoint the dealer who was very attentive not he purchased few volumes at random nothing remarkable this there what more remarkable that had the curio literary read these derelicts And still more remarkable thing that one these books seemed very valuable work him The discovery masterpiece always publisher treat for my an , 's , a a thought was compelled much against his will abandon his project and the same time the public was also deprived interesting literary exhumation This demonstrates that the laws governing public property the field literature are defective what way are they defective literary copy this respect that the termination right ought only based upon the age work . DOMAIN an 92 “ . , [ in , Le day looking be to to . : , — My friend . ” ( Ber Translated from article signed Fred Isly appearing Pèle Véle rue Lazare Paris March 1911 headed Domaine Public NE on ; on , , , ? was not to . ) médicosociale ). PUBLIC THE ing us . on , , as a , ; . no A , fly - . . of it be of so . ). ). ” ( ' " et ( la d ). de 'l La Le Lemerre " ( Abandon Revanche Valentine Milan Plon Plus Forte Perrin Egypte Visions Perrin Milieu médical Question nard Grasset ? or in be I , de " la ( Après Paris . de Vaugirard to , As in us if Rue since be , ' . of . HALLARD ALYS ascertained whether fifty years the day when Savourot had this life Without consulting the death every parish France and the colonies elapsed had departed registers country any other How was it he is ” d - , d . M du , - M Sous Secrétaire Etat Estournelles Constant Chef Service des Théâtres have both joined English delegate the Shakespeare Committee this French Shakespeare League should particulars any readers could give glad England existing Shakespearean Societies and of Beaux Arts ' , is .” of , 's 's , - “ , “ at to a A . Dujardin Beaumetz that direction important And yet there was one question one that arose had Savourot work become public property Certainly the typographical appear style furnished ance the book and the author some indications but respectable publisher cannot content himself with uncertain information The literary property courts protect and rightly Now we know that work does not become public property until fifty years after the author death of of de . M Camille Sainte Croix founder the Théâtre Shakespeare gave Love Labour Lost crowded house for two performances and present rehearsing The Merchant Venice Shakespeare League now being formed and and call him the leaf but was that unknown book light and die during seller whom dozens come the year There was nothing found out , , " , . is “ M in . . being played aux an to . , is by - a , ” At the Varietés Les Midinettes four acts by Louis Artus still being given comedy a et de “ . At all be Maeterlinck 's play is that could desired Papa the Gymnase three act play MM Robert Flers Armand de Caillavet 60 , Let Savourot The question for the publisher was resuscitate Yes but fact was Savourot dead There was date the book which would help approximate idea form the point and the encyclopædias eagerly consulted were mute the subject publisher name certainly figured on Savourot to " L Oiseau bleu " at the Théâtre Réjane is the great sensation at present . It certainly is admirably staged and , with Georgette Leblanc , " " " " " name some such Savourot . of the Comédie , ' the programme from . Française as moi ” " Après 163 �COPYRIGHT IN FICTION AND CINEMATO GRAPH REPRESENTATIONS . M to ." all . , de M , , be .” to to . M . a a it , ) no ( a a of or . , , of , a of . M of it in of at .” . ” to ; of “ , of , of an a , to on “ of , to ” MAGAZINE CONTENTS . . ' , a an - of - film “ , of , ” ", a ." " “ - , by “ in in a de the title Bossu At the same time ordered that the bills exposed the entrances cinemato graph halls should all cases exhibit the names the authors represented the scenes and pay costs condemned the Société Pathé . . , G , A . . St . . . on . : By A . . . . . . . By in . . . of : By . . de By J. E . G . . FORTNIGHTLY By Ford Madox Hueffer By Filson Young Composer The Musician By Francis Gribble the Fifties The Theâtre Français By Björnstjerne Björnson Robert Machray . . . . . in . as . It be is .' It ' to ' Frank Harris . SCALE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS PER CENT .) 20 OF TO THE SOCIETY 300 .. .. .. . . . 0O1 7 1510 60 for J. to addressed , E .C . , , 29 , be a w of 25 .. . 60 F . .. .. . .. . aa of 20 Co . All letters respecting Advertisements should BELMONT Paternoster Square London & - MEMBERS Front Page Other Pages Page Half Page Quarter of Page Eighth of per inch Single Column Advertisements por cont. per cent. made for Series Sixand Reduction Twelve Insertions. of a of am to it it , I to by so a of a ALLOWANCE ( a . . M of , by it , Religion . , of “ . M . . a .” be a is . s . " “ . be 's . · or a by to The Romance Christina Rossetti an , “ in Mary Dame Eleanor and Lady Macbeth Montmorency ENGLISH REVIEW Renan true when chooses name word But the celebrity property which the word constitutes attained respected ought Edmond Rostand As you ask what are my views regarding wrote literary works property the title may opinion that title howsoever commonplace has the author when becomes the property stranger such success that been consecrated his by adopting reckons upon doing profit personal advantage and hopes the con Dewhurst the late : a " of Literary Supplement an of M to be a ' Ben Suddard no as be to ) of a CONTEMPORARY Impressionism By Wynford Shakespeare Jonson and What Clarette wrote assert that any word would Le Cid very would commonplace becomes commonplace and Le Misanthrope author cannot annex the dictionary that he as A of " In . , of CU a a to , be ( . his client bold thing be , London . a DIVIS au Bossu question whether arose now The original regarded Hunchback was doubt authors had The great majority title given The about the answer which should Paul Feval case produced counsel conducting the letters from leading literary men number day addressed Book MONTHLY Burns " M “ de a “ . 's M nection with Paul Feval celebrated novel previous action against La Société Gaumont Lagadère Paul respecting the title Le Fils Feval had obtained sentence that there was commonplace title which distinction between might freely used and VIVIC title VI some originality which was entitled the protection the law By F . ” , to . “ - a ” . , , BOOKMAN Bettany Bennett An Appreciation By Professor John Adams Psychologist Mark Twain great American Journalist Note the Centenary John Adcock Horace Geeley Arnold . M à in ' by “ In . 's Leon Gandillot title cease particular value opinions was consensus however convince the court The sentence play which decreed that the success norel was really the point under discussion has influence the commonplace nature title and rejected the demand Paul Féval fils respecting Such insufficient . of , In a by to of in 1 M than 200 francs The court however reaffirmed the decision that the reproduction work for infringement the cinematograph constitutes author rights and condemned the defendants pay Madame Hémon one thousand francs damages Société Pathé the second case the same The Paul Feval fils was proceeded against question was work novel entitled Bossu The Société Pathé had given this title had no con cinematograph film which however similar opinions expressed declared Success causes commonplace and gives courts and present some features interest the first case Madame Hémon who holds rights Prosper Mérimée brought works action against La Société des anciens établissements Pathé Frères for having published and offered catalogue under the title for sale Châti cinematograph reproducing ment Corse the striking episodes the well known story Matteo Falcone The Société Patbé admitted the fact and pleaded that the damage did not amount more “ be named his work · certainly intending profit would reputation that has been already made Marcel Prévost Francis Croisset Madame Alfonse Daudet and Madame Claude Farrère cases which the copyright well known French novels was alleged have represen been infringed by cinematograph tations have recently come before the French to an Anyone who . fusion Misérables . WO Les THE AUTHOR . 164 �THE AUTHOR . be managed by the Secretary of . of a obtained But the transaction should competent agent with the advice Society the THE SOCIETY . USE TO , or HOW 165 of (a - in of : to be ). to up ", . or , , up is to " a . of , or by of . a to to to to op. to . or to to . It to is , to to . to is It , . an . in . . . . of . of of a of : to . of of . an : . if . . , to . 18 . is a , in of EVER or copyright . of , be . DRAMATIC AUTHORS . a so per transfer sign agreement without submitting the Secretary the Society Authors some com petent legal authority extremely careful negotiating well for play with any one except the production established proper price can be a , if sometimes satisfactory it to or of an in of to a be is of contract for plays . the performing right This An author who enters into on by a in should stipulate the contract the piece certain date publication his name the of a play bills dramatic of unsatisfactory such contract for production and for proper . of : or is Sale outright . Outright . it Selling This is I. : of in observed dealing methods There are three forms more acts three - . 3 an be a . n are few standing rules agreement There are four with literary property to TTERE It manager , THE PRODUCERS BOOKS in OF (a .) WARNINGS . TO . 2 . N of an £1 is to the Society life membership for . . or . , £10 10s Always avoid WARNINGS . ; (3 .) to . to 8 . do subscription 9 The annum is of ( (2 ( 3 1 ). .) .) The inspection those account books which belong right the author We are advised that this the nature common law right which cannot denied withheld TO . of . of on it prevent authors from Some agents endeavour referring matters the Secretary of the Society some publishers Members can make their own deductions and act accordingly means . of a . to be 7 . This The (1 .) to . Many agents neglect stamp agreements must done within fourteen days first execution Secretary will undertake behalf members (2 .) to to to . of a of be , by All other forms agreement are combinations the four above mentioned Such combinations are generally disastrous the author Never sign any agreement without competent advice from the Secreta the Secretary of the Society Stamp all agreements with the Inland Revenue stamp possible Avoid agreements by letter The main points which the Society has always demanded from the outset are agreement That both sides shall know what to . No . 6 literary contract should entered into with agent without the advice the Secretary the Society accept without careful Members are strongly advised not consideration the contracts with publishers submitted literary agents and are recommended them submit them for interpretation and explanation the Secretary the Society of General To the A . of , as : a (3 ) obtained in 's be to . . To (2 ) . of can System Agreement Commission The main points are production careful obtain fair cost Keep control the advertisements Keep control the sale price the book a be , of . in To of to , . ' in . 5 work The Royalty perhaps with certain limitations the best form This agreement above all things necessary know what the proposed royalty means both sides now possible for approximately the author ascertain truth From time time very important figures connected with royalties are published The Author IY . in The Committee have arranged for the reception members agreements and their preservation fire proof safe regarded The agreements will course only by Secretary confidential documents be read the who will keep the key the safe The Society now offers stamp agreements possible action readiness for upon them keep agreements enforce payments due according agreements Fuller particu lars the Society Prospectus A II . (1 .) In (2 .) . III Be . to , if to , , , of to of in belonging , of 4 . . of . do , always Remember that the Society you are fighting the battles you other writers even reaping yourself are no direct benefit and that you are advancing the best interests your calling promoting the independence the writer the dramatist the composer (1 ) doctor , to send give Not serial translation rights any publisher Not bind yourself for future work As well bind yourself for the future any one solicitor ! , 's 's on by . . document any agreement whatever for examination the Society in , if , . , ' of . the3 signing Before (3 .) if to is . of ; is a . , to , 2 . Remember that questions connected with copyright and publishers agreements do not fall within the experi ordinary solicitors use not scruple Therefore ence the Society Profit Sharing Agreement bad form agreement following this case the rules should attended pro sign any agreement Not which the cost part investigation duction forms without the strictest give the publisher the power putting the Not profits into his own pocket charging for advertisements by charging exchange advertise his own organs ments Therefore keep control the advertisements special charge for Not allow office expenses unless the same allowance made the author give Not American Colonial Continental rights ( (6 5 (4 .) .) . . ) . a in of , his , or of or of it is , is of member has a right to ask for and to receive pub agreements his choice advice upon any dispute arising his the conduct lisher business the administration his property The any Secretary but there solicitor the Society the special reason the Secretary will refer the case they Further the Committee the Society Solicitors opinion without counsel deem desirable will obtain any cost where counsel Moreover the member opinion the Committee favourable and the sanction obtained action will be taken behalf of the aggrieved member and all costs borne the Society VERY 1. D �THE AUTHOR . ( 6.) Sale 's , do , of . of is ; in of . , or of in of to in of by be , an . TO , as , of to , . . of . . or on of 's in . to . in . this . . , , it . of is . . be of of , and experience The , competence . by be , or of . of to of , to the same charged for give notice The Secretary the Society heys posi that all remittances are acknowledged by return All remittances should be crossed Union London and registered Smiths Bank Chancery Lane sent letter only . will . of at filed play subject be a be . . 6d per act Society . of be to at a . , at of 28 Plays may also with the exception that the REMITTANCES to be in . Original rules ibe price Readers are writers fee one guinea or a , byof to be a D , of in typewritten duplicate foolscap paper forwarded the offices the Society together with registration fee two shillings and sixpence will carefully compared qualified assis the Secretary stamped and returned tant One copy will the author Copies and the other filed the register the Society any time by of the scenario thus filed may obtained the author only typing small charge cover cost is , on OCENARIOS is an of no as in , , of as In . It of be . - assist . . a his . in in , to an 's a as of a SCENARIOS AND PLAYS greatly BRANCH its work by informing young writers existence Their MSS can read and composition treated treated by coach The term MSS includes not only works fiction but poetry possible under and dramatic works and when special arrangement technical and scientific works The branch its OF CEMBERS will REGISTRATION ORIGINAL ofon , or a . on of , , . THE READING a . authors desirous of further information are referred to the Secretary of the Society . stamp copies The Society undertakes music part behalf of members for the fee 6d per 100 stamps are kept 100 The members the Society safe The musical publishers communicate direct with the Secretary and the voucher then forwarded the members who are thus saved much unnecessary trouble is tracts , those MUSIC of 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 to as as a a As it . be it is in to STAMPING in is the more carefully to all ' therefore guard himself the beginning . added the warnings given for the producers books and dramatic must however be pointed out that rule the musical publisher demands from the musical composer transfer fuller rights and less liberal finan cial terms than those obtained for literary and dramatic property The musical composer has very often the two rights deal with performing right and copyright He especially careful therefore when entering into should agreement and should take into particular consideration the warnings stated above can assistance authors its He should COMPOSERS , be carefully should MUSICAL , , collaboration ITTLE of for WARNINGS . 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 . Society agents . , 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 . AGENTS . AND RAMATIC to be . . 6 . Authors should not assign performing rights, but should grant a licence to perform . The legal distinction is of great importance . rights in a 7. Authors should remember that performing copyright . A manager play are distinct from literary holding the performing right or licence to perform cannot words . print the book of the the words AUTHORS authors should seek the advice of the plays into the hands of before putting As the law stands at present , an agent who has once had a play in hands may acquire perpetual percentage claim the author fees plays from far the placing concerned may general rule that there are only taken very few agents who can do anything for author that he cannot under the guidance the Society equally well better for himself The collection fees many cases intermediary also matter which required purposes For certain such the collection general the trans fees amateur performances and frequent petty authorisations action with different foreign individuals and also for the collection fees countries almost all dramatic authors employ agents and agents are real and valuable these ways the services But the Society warns authors against agents who profess plays have influence with managers the placing principals by offering purchase who propose act any case rights the author the present state agent employed under any the law should not agreement approved circumstances without the Society D a 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 . rights can 5 . Authors should remember that performing be limited , and are usually limited , by town , country , and time. This is most important . DRAMATIC an 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 . ( o. ) 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 except in cases where avoided the fees are likely to be small or difficult to collect . The other safeguards set out under heading (6.) apply also in this case. . 166 �THE AUTHOR . GENERAL ALTERATIONS NOTES . IN AUTHORS ' MANUSCRIPTS . that no contended THE society has always has a right to alter an editor or publisher , on behalf Indeed behalf of of one the author ' s MS. Indeed , on one of of the of the society a very important case was members An editor taken through the Courts on this basis . of a responsible paper , who is also an author , has state that an editor has absolute right to alter an author' s MS . should he so desire without reference to the author . On being asked known six his . , , 14 he , to by up a in in it , ." - “ , of of . of a , is of 4 To . . 2 ; ; . . ; ; 9. 14 ; . 8 . ; 13 ; of . 11 off A ; . 7 10 ; 5 . 1 :- ; ; ; . 6 To 12 Revolt The riddle kinsmen ; . To ; to To 22 ; . 28 ; 27 of be To 23 . of . . ; a To To . ; 19 . 20 ; ; . 24 ; of 26 's ; . . of ; 17 or To 21 . to ; 15 . ; of . ; 16 . . 18 . . ; : ; . . ; ; ; 35 . 32 30 is ' Recovery . . ; error Remorse kinsmen lose one s To Judicial 34 ; an To . ; 29 the dishonour one who loved Loves enemy obstructed love Ambition Struggle against God Mistaken jealousy an of from DURATION another column we publish article taken French paper dealing with the question a . In for is is an he if , , COPYRIGHT . on on of . to 25 in If , it to ; , be . , . of at , go In the author but still the matter serious the produces expensive author and book limited edition the tax almost impossible in a prey obtain Hatred kinsmen friends Murderous adulterer Madness Fatal imprudence Involuntary crime love kill kins recognition man before sacrifice to the ideal sacrifice for kinsmen passion obliged sacrifice all Rivalry unequals sacrifice one kinsmen Adultery Crimes Love learn Rivalry 36 . to be . no to of an be . in of by a Deputation see that from the Committee the Welsh National Library was received Mr Sydney Buxton The deputation asked that the obligation new Copyright Bill there should upon authors send copies their books the Welsh Library We can only trust that extra placed upon authors and publishers tax will supplying gratis copies the matter As the law present the tax comes very hard stands any steps were taken they should towards reducing rather than increasing the burden but impossible perhaps the Government will find back upon the rights that have already been granted by statute the five libraries supplying these gratis most cases the cost books comes heavier the publisher than . 33 . 31 . We hunted Disaster Daring effort Carrying COPIES . LIBRARY if to , , . so so , of off . " - “ to , , of in It 's in as . to his of as . book called The Thirty six Dramatic Situations this book he digested the whole subject not only from the point view the drama but from the point view literature and history The correspondent the Chicago Dial has set down the analysed brief headings under which each group but suggests that such list does but scant justice Monsieur Polti ingenuity and skill Supplication The list follows The Vengeance pursuing crime Saviour avenge kinsman upon kinsman The fugitive 3 is . he , , at . at to do . as to - , , . situations of a , as , in a be . to be it ' to a as no . , do of . to it it , he for to MSS still occur authors SITUATIONS . correspondence has been recorded Dial with regard to thirty - Goethe conversation with February Eckermann under date 1830 attributed Gozzi the statement that there could tragic situations but thirty six This state ment Goethe set Schiller see could not discover any more but according the record many though he took much he could not find pains appears was followed The question Georges Polti who published 1895 Paris be . to of in In . In an In knew better than the author how the should laid before the public own discretion headed all the chapters We are glad report that the publisher has made amends this mistake but the same time we necessary think call the attention authors the fact that such things alterations THIRTY - SIX DRAMATIC An interestimg in the Chicago original dramatic appears that In his own MS. during publica what he would if tion was altered he is reported to have answered that the issue was not the same We have only quoted this instance show how authors rightly personal consider any alteration their MSS duelling matter the days doubt such alterations might have been looked upon personal insult But still cases occur and one has come the notice the society recently where England and America book anthor produced the author England was produced exactly had meant For special reasons had carefully avoided any headings the chapters reader Think America however some proof reader think book . statements to say ing It has been the custom lately at Christmas to produce beautiful illustrated books in editions limited to 250 to 500 copies . The prices of these books range from £2 28 . to £5 5s. The tax , therefore , that is laid upon these editions , if the book is £5 58 ., would be £26 58 . ; if the book is £2 28 ., the tax would be £10 10s . This is a serious item to be considered by the publisher and author in working out their financial to been 167 �THE AUTHOR . a , I. , , of , to , of to to . , of a on , . , , as . re - & II . . of ., 4 a of To ( 1 ) - : ; ( 2 ) of To , - , re ; the , in , of of of , to as 3 on for of to . no , be by , at 262 244 209 committee despatched This business having been Mr Hewlett said that the present occasion was the second time that he had presided over the general the last meeting would als the society He con office now closd his annual tenure was with mixed feelīgs that fessed that The hairmanship the past year looked back was very difficult post and one hich was glad very easy But make mistakes . , be be it to is . ' he in , . on it he . It of . of as to he of . , le to M to , on . as W . P . to his the assiance think that thanks able Thring colleagues the committee and rocks had kept the ship under way and off to of the election . in in in , . , E . H . . , scrutineers , to of . a society may nominate third member The thanks the society are due the Reverend Henry Cresswell Mr Francis Gribble Mr Lacon Watson for their Sergeant and Mr act order sacrificing their time kindness a , a , - . of , or . to of of . to of It be . 123 Mackenzie Bell repeat that one third may worth while Therefore the committee retires annually four members twelve committee consisting The committee have the retire members have any two members the right nomination , . . . re - . :- , of the 267 Maurice Hewlett Sir Alfred Bateman Aylmer Maude . . Jacobs . , . W . W the signed statement recording the votes for 1911 is following THE THEscrutineers . of . 2 to , 's .. to To ( 3 ) . ELECTION on . p . m of at Maurice Manage receive the paper were The agenda discuss the accounts and report desired and Management elect the Committee Fund Committee under the the Pension member the Pension Fund scheme for the management due order Mrs Alec Tweedie having resigned but submitting her name for election while name no other candidate had been put forward appoint scrutineers count the votes under the society CONSUILUIon constitution The chairman proposed last year take Nos and before proceeding the main business the meeting No other candidate having been proposed the vacancy the Pension Fund Committee Mrs Alec Tweedie was automatically elected With regard the appointment name being put forward and seconded scrutineers the meeting the chairman announced that the necessary appointment would made the . . was held Mr the Committee to on . , , Hewlett ment presiding of 23 , , March chairman if to is , is , by the best under existing conditions Thursday , - be to , . of on of 23 , , of In . be , . a it THE SOCIETY The general meeting the society of it 's up , of , which that the present method the Berlin Convention COMMITTEE at . the to D , , of no , , of to registration self and any formalities tend endanger his position Whereas under the present arrangement for certain fixed time the descen an author must benefit by the work he has dants survival We cannot has any power done if of held . . 's in is 's it to be , by annual general meeting Thursday the Royal Society Arts March the general meeting the share The the Society was held holders the Council pass meeting was the annual formal one report Management the Committee elect adopt the accounts the accountants for 1911 and for the past year As the report and accounts had been circulated they were taken read and the three items the agenda put from the chair were duly carried being Messrs Oscar Berry elected accountants . If, . a is is of if THE COUNCIL MEETING RIOR f of if . in his all he for is , it an to 's , of pub the copyright should run from the date lication and was the author first book his descendants might reap but little perhaps value from the length duration and that which the legislature set out acquire would lost addi publication tion the difficult question the date might constantly cropping would and him necessary the author property confirm help thinking promulgated MEETINGS . of is , , a if 's , in , of to of . family the secure author and benefit that author work for certain time therefore perpetual copyright outside the range practical politics then the French author sug wholly unsatisfactory gestion when the main copyright protection kept object mind for , namely GENERAL a of of for the duration of copyright . The author thinks it would be a better thing for copyright to run publication fixed time from the date the book rather than for the life the author and fixed time after his death and his deduction that copyright runs for fixed time after the death published just before the author the book might only last fifty the author death misses the chief years this argument But copyright legislation object countries Co 168 �THE AUTHOR . in all . of to 's as . . , 's in , as in of At , , . , of on . , , of to of in to , of of . a of in of to in , . . as on in if in be of . of to , it , no no , to by of . to . , as to in , on . , go to , it of a to . , of . a . , of on , at of of . of of of . 's to it in to . of of . of a at . in a . of on to to . appealed Ward Mrs Ward later support the views she the council had just expressed and censure the Committee Management The result was council meeting specially a to , Humphry , of of . of as , of the society he could insist upon the right . ; by. . - of as a of of of , influence and above the members the Committee Management there was exactly one member the council present and that member was not Mrs . to of of of he , up a . - and have done otherwise than really representative Academic Committee Baillie Reynolds after complaining the sparse attendance the general meeting indicative the lack interest the part the members supported Mrs Humphry Ward Mr Bernard Shaw said that the members the Management felt more strongly than Committee anyone else the apparent impossibility inducing most the members take any interest the get them out society except when they wanted some personal trouble Mrs Humphry Ward attempt agitate the question the Academic point case The chairman put Committee was council that question fully before the council meeting the annual meeting that body Over form Mrs to in to a , - in , of of importance women the nominating committee there cer tainly ought have been substantial representa tion on that committee of the women the Society Authors Mistakes had been made Was beginning again impossible now back and at to he of as . - a of to for a Manage without the approval the Committee ment the Society Authors and Mr Hewlett the he was did not believe that convinced now stands Mrs representative authority though its members doubt were The unfortunate procedure adopted stood the way the trust which ought have given been the Academic Committee the general body of authors Then the question to of of a it . , of , finally Management address Mrs the general meet council the question chairman The Academic Committee Ward continued had personally distinguished . , . in of he , , , of to question Committee the . he on as a request was made the the Society Authors recommend fourteen members the society for nomination upon the Academic Committee Mr having been selected Douglas Freshfield and sub committee the Committee of Management drew list names and then this purpose joined the sub committee the Royal Society joint session with whom they prepared Literature Nothing was done twenty eight names list whole this the consultation the society the action taken the formation the Academic Committee She submitted that paragraph The Author was not sufficient official notice intended action She thought that the authority and prestige the society would be more likely raised the manner hoped for by general Mr Hewlett the council and the society important business were more fully consulted of as to to of . & of . , to as an an in of society was not considered His name having then sub committee deal with the been added the adequacy with regard . to . to of to . on , which matter felt that he ought being partly responsible for the action the society had taken the matter He said that being member the Council the Royal Society meeting Literature attended that body November 1909 when was proposed form Academy Letters subsequently modified into Academic Committee He had explained that chairman the Society Authors could not practical regard any such proposal which that Literature speak close Humphry Ward raised again ing she had already done of , , on , . of a . . be , of it of or . an as to it say stands After calling attention what the report had the subject the Musical Agreement settled between the society and Messrs Stainer Bell Mr Hewlett came the appointment the Academic Committee by the Royal Society of now literature office the of of in one of term to . , collect Parliament every process But the details the Bill were now under consideration the Government and hoped for this year could not He had recently had instructive conversation with his friend Mr William Heinemann the subject and he sug gested that Mr Heinemann should be invited meeting Management attend the Committee discuss the very important objections the Bill schemes affecting Having alluded the subject the Pension Fund Committee and the gratitude which every member the society was bound feel with regard Miss May Crommelin the generous action the report Mr Hewlett concluded by recorded very sincerely thanking his colleagues the Com Maoagement mittee and Mr Thring now right hand for the sapport always the committee which they had given him throughout his second of it 's of least attempt to . , of at in of did circuit in of of it to . to of , he in its a , in to . of a in in is , - , , of to be . of £2 , in its in the £6 for he Bill the new ambit copyright intervene country of Mr Turning to the report , . Hewlett pointed to continued increase both the membership the society and income which was now only short 000 Nevertheless the member larger than ship the society ought great many more authors there were England than Also the ranks the society very heavy increases its the society was liable expenditure which rendered necessary consider able increase income With regard this felt hopeful and was confident that would prestige the society follow upon the growth He would not attempt deal with the immensely copyright which was mentioned difficult subject part the report He would however say that 169 �THE AUTHOR . had in to of a no , In in . of : to of iis it to at he by the ) it as ( in to ; , a of in to of the of he ? . to an of to of by of of , to a , of . her . , . in to to to a . in . , to he . of . 's of Mr to to of — were having expressed desire point out Hewlett said would like with reference what Mrs Ward and Mr Shaw had said that the Society sole part the business No other members speak . , of of of . — of of - of . . , a to . of of in of the whole which Mrs Humphry Ward rose second time personal explanation make Mr Shaw having apparently misunderstood her Whatever objections certain activities women she had represented the very strongest desire see them every way the intellectual sphere a ; ) a , Academy Letters This stroke the anarchism characteristic men letters was completely successful The Society Authors could have immediately repu a British and ratified the members women , . on , of in , on , a of a fledged had been submitted Committee two , to , . , ; lay ; . on its , if of of ( of as full views on the suffrage question , what other con clusion could be come to than the one he expressed Mr Douglas Freshfield said would only refer two points the first place the Committee Management was way free agent matter the constitution the Academic Com mittee all that was possible was make the best use invitation from the Royal Society join Literature constitution and nominate certain number members out our own body next that had been point out pains The Author was incorrect allege that women had been excluded from constituting committee since every step taken Management the delegates our Committee of its in of . ; of of attended that the committee was in an overwhelming majority , and the vote of censure could have been carried only by the votes the censured No doubt this showed the confidence the society and the council committee but the society and the council left everything the committee they must not complain when the committee acted own responsibility On the point raised by Mrs Humphry Ward however she was virtually quite right the Academic Committee had not been democratically constituted by the Society Authors but the fault outside the society promptly insisting The chairman the rights the Society Authors when the proposal was sprung him had done precisely the right thing Hear hear and the next steps were the forma provisional committee the drawing up tion constitution for the proposed Academy and finally list the Academicians These could general meeting have been submitted the Society which could thus have become one the constituents the new body But whilst this progress was whilst drafts statutes were actually being circulated among members our Management somebody wrote Committee the Times announcing the provisional committee to so thinly in 170 to for Its . . to . to , as to to . be of à to a be , in . 's an . at general . at to to to — of , ' be . to him to so of of , . . , . () . , . . . M . B R . C ( ) . , of to he . , . , L . - . E . N T . . S. P . , , , : - ; if so the society the annual Marras seconded the vote was carried unanimously Mr Hewlett having briefly acknowleged this and again referred the help had received through office the meeting terminated out his term Chairman Mr The members present included Burge Bates Maurice Hewlett Beddoes Sir Alfred Bell Dr Mackenzie Bateman Mrs Belloc Lowndes Miss Blods Clements Chase Miss Chase Mrs , of of do to interest Mr Mowbray , - of , to in to , show times than thanks which . N . . off , , of of , . to . .) . she would and when well known affairs L of . of to to on her . , on : As . a of . it an to of , of it , support her so do to or it to of . as on : a to an , . offering She had declined her refusal was taken along with thanks doubt get anyone able With regard Mrs exhorted them other meeting herself the question the right the women representation the society the provisional com mittee Mr Shaw continuing said that he had urged Mrs Humphry Ward secure the rote having women favour the council meeting Academicians Mr Charles Garvice moved vote the retiring chairman and expressed whether the Society would good succeed Baillie Reynolds complaint said that members all others too this society were like those apt He the committee leave everything that point but had confined she had not dealt with move that its It to on of to to , the Society could not have the present list which contained sufficient number eminent men dignity and authority give letters the women that exclusion was scandal English Academy Letters without women absurdity But even here the quaint was difficulty had arisen that Mrs Humphry Ward who championed the claims the women the society wished keep them the committee Mrs Humphry Ward dissented explaining that men were concerned improved materially ( no to ; , be . a . as , . of - nominate Committee was the Academic could not call upon the Academic members diated the whole affair and withdrawn from the project past action Mr George Trevelyan did but that Committee overhaul The right authority Society had would have simply knocked the whole affair generation the head for There was nothing róle was over when had recommended names appointment done but accept the situation and allow the the committee As for the repre prevent Academic Committee make the best itselfsentation women there was nothing origin the committee and there their being elected its illegitimate without calling attention elected far as the was not the slightest doubt they would After all there was no harm done �THE AUTHOR in all of to be a is of to , , , .” as he of be a -- . of a - a of by , or , as , ? , , in - , on be “ . , of , in in so it be to to to in , , for ' , of of or , , of ? to in . it is to as , be of or , of of , is or , to in ; , a in , ; 't “ at for I . ; a .” of as he is by , - to he of by no be , it , it . , it ; to is in ; . to to of , 's ? of It ? I I 't of . I of did “ is , . , he in of ”, do , a I . I 's . I . or , I ; or as , of to ; by a as a of no , If us , or as 's ", he he In I . “ ? ” , as . as if . he ”, do , be to to in he a , in in he I a of . “ In , , to , in of in at for of of “ to 's ." . to of - I as , , he “ , if as a in ." of “ of ; of in “ in , to permit me my part say absurd ungrateful What would that fills mechanics the great provincial towns when institutes literary men are invited attend their festivals Has not every literary man mark his friends and his circle his hundreds his tens thousands readers And has not every one had from these constant and affecting testimonials the esteem which they hold him course one writer lot from the nature his subject his genins command the syınpathies awaken the many more readers than shall choose curiosity listen another author but surely all get their hearing The literary profession not held disrepute nobody wants disparage man may prac loses his social rank whatever tising place On the contrary the pen gives the world men who had none before fair place fairly achiered by their genius any other degree any other kind eminence merit The sub repeated when stance this passage the follow ing year replied literature the Royal Literary Fund Annual Dinner We don want patrons we want friends and thank God we have thein despised by and for any idea that our calling the world for my part protest against and deny the whole statement declared have society been all sorts this world and have never been despised that know don believe literary man there has been the slightest merit the slightest mark who not greatly advance uis literary labours himself see along this in a it , to , by ; - in to , to ” to ” “ - man letters some one not unlike prison and have watched the beautiful devotion his wife that dreary place wrote Why are these things not they described they appear illustrate that strange and good and wrong which take place awful struggle our hearts and the world the second place expressed the opinion that was entirely justified hope what had written said that comic writer because he describes improvident and another one author may not only be guiltless parasite desire vilify his profession but may really have its spendthrifts honour heart there are parasites amongst the satire becomes unjust they are good but such exist have existed subjects comedy men other callings never heard that the Bar felt itself aggrieved because Punch chose describe Mr Dunup insolvency notorious state that the picture Shandon ungenerously awarded they are honestly won That generous faith men letters that kindly regard which the whole reading nation holds appear clearly them me be shown our country every day that question them would of . noof “ ; by , in , is1 was always proud hold brief for the dignity his calling and was therefore with little irritation that one day early 1850 he found himself arraigned by two London papers the Examiner and the Morning fostering Chronicle the latter for baneful prejudice against literary men the former stooping for flatter this prejudice the public mind and condescending caricature his literary pay court fellow labourers order the non literary class The attack was based upon the portrayal the literary men who figured Thackeray reply was the novel Pendennis very much the point the first place denied that the characters were exaggerated Bludyer robbed have seen the bookseller whom his books have carried money and from noble brother . , ? ” he ing asked Does not the contrary get friends sympathy applause money perhaps all good and pleasant things themselves and not or MELVILLE LEWIS HACKERAY , by . LITERATURE By if in , , I be at OF — AND THE DIGNITY — a an of its to a ? , if at is a to scorn the notion that men letters class were looked askance the non literary class Does any man who has written book worth any poet novelist man reading lose science reputation his character for genius for learn “ THACKERAY is be to . , , of at ; or all be to one and balance vice and virtue struck novels think would become impossible they would intolerably stupid and unnatural and there would lamentable end writers and Thirdly laughed readers such compositions of . - . , , E . S . H . , W . . R W E . Tiddemann — Ser Shaw passed over because we cannot afford laughed every character story And represent every class not individual obliged contrast good bad figure have , - H , - . , P . G . , Mrs , , , G . . F. Toplis mouth Bernard Miss Grace Wey Wilson Walkes Humphry Ward Williamson , Francis Mrs . . . . , Bernard Shaw Storr Miss G geant . , ' , O Pendlebury Conal Riordan Charles Mountray Read Mrs Baillie Reynolds W D , S G , . , , . , , E . , M C . , . Hine Hubert Haes Mrs Willoughby Hodg Lowry Mowbray Lincoln Miss Mary Macquoid Marras Gilbert Marshall son 171 of Stiggins in ‘ Pickwick ' was intended as an insult to dissenters that the attorneys the empire were indignant the famous history the firm Quirk Gammon and Snap Are we as , , G , . . J. H F . . , Henry , Mrs . Herbert Joseph Cohen , Fisher , Douglas Freshfield , Charles Garvice , Anthony Hope Hawkins Frank Hamel Hunter Miss . �THE AUTHOR . of lot he by of .” his , to a as , or he a . of no “ no 's to a , It of . of , he if of he , ”, of in he of to of of not ? be “ . . of he lt " . of “ , an at , a “ in a to , I “ , in a , by in . he to I - . a a of a an or Dr . . of , , of . be as an , or , . , no , , , as . . . as as , of ; on , . or ' at it, it , ; , would have had and Byron and Shelley and Hazlitt and Hunt would have been without and had Keats been proposed officer how the Tory prints would have yelled with rage and scorn , . be to a dinner How Peter Pindar would have railed Fifty years later the noble Scott would have worn theGrand Cross and deserved but Gifford as , he as of claimed the Grand Cross Mr Gibbon would not eligible been account his dangerous thinking opinions and her sex well her republican sentiments might have interfered with the knighthood the immortal Mrs Catherine Macaulay How Goldsmith would have paraded the ribbon Madame Cornelys the Academy have free ! “ on - , of was the first admit that the status improved men letters class might The money prizes which the chief among them of the other suppose , , - - to , to be ., be to .” , on If, the one hand Thackeray vehemently pro tested against the idea that those who followed the pursuit letters required pity and sympathy too have been called the Order Minerva badge with owl for The knights were have worn star sixteen points and yellow ribbon and good old Samuel Johnson was talked President Grand Cross Grand Owl the society Now about such Order this there certainly may doubts Consider the settling their claims the claimants the difficulty rows and squabbles amongst the candidates and posterity the subsequent decision Beattie would have ranked first poet and twenty years after the sublime Mr Hayley would doubt hare was of I he of viz . . . to , of , to is genius honour While Thackeray thus declared that men letters should share the rewards for meritorious services distributed the Government con fessed frankly that did not see how these honours were be distributed have heard lecture about George the Third that his accession the king had mind establish Order for literary Roundabout Paper men he wrote it ; . , us let Do be it , . If , 's , of or or , , am called for their share , 's or , in a . , of of be of no , a is of put forward that men letters exempt from are the prose duties this daily bread wanting tax paying life and are not made work and pay like their neighbours inclined and what come declared at , at : 's . , . , . . him gets cut the whip the driver not however too prodigal our pity upon Pegasus exempt There reason why this animal should decay any more than any from labour illness gets the other creatures God world the whip Pegasus very often deserves and for quite ready protest against the one doctrine which some poetical sympathisers are will as to by , , , . ) property farewell poetry and aerial flights Pegasus only rises now like Mr Green periods balloon advertised beforehand and when the spectator money has been paid Pegasus trots harness over the stony pavement and pulls cart cab behind Often Pegasus does his work with panting sides and trembling knees and not seldom statesmen and artists and civil servants why should they withheld from authors He attri buted the fact that the fountain honour did play upon men letters their comparative poverty Directly men letters get rich they and to , - , on to is or his . “ A himof to “ , " , or of , of in or to or “ in he , " to , of as ( - it us is , he , ? ” in his of I , ', to of as a as of or , “ have you good you which know that questions the dignity the literary profession my neighbour soup quiet who would like eat the man letters who commences the argu thought the man ment Indeed letters received more sympathy than was due literary man wrote Pendennis has often against work for his bread against time spite will his health his indolence his repugnance the subject which he called exert himself just like any other daily Pegasus toiler When you want make money he must perhaps who has no other saleable would of but of , he I , as a 's literary man , - as of at I sit If . be a people sense your table my neighbour equal that begin straightway with protest am I I to all , as Sir , I I . amamIf to of is mine question which settled Brompton . to a , it as “ of troversies upon must take suppose that might well have been created was not how any such ever that was particularly desirous thought distinction for himself but titles and stars and ribands are good for soldiers and sailors tive man letters Thackeray Lord ! of . - a of us Ministers men letters and feelings that Thackeray doubt had slighted merit because part the debt was paid Thackeray probably him would have barony and baronetcy representa liked added of of .” to accusing the public persecuting and class seems me that men letters had best silently assume that they are any other gentlemen nor raise piteous con good Instead disparaging the Queen , but friends , to ” my never have called should - I whom for the humble literary labours I have been engaged in . And therefore I say, don 't let us be pitied any more Thackeray had little patience with those men letters who suffered from the impression that they were despised and with those who made strenuous prejudice that was non existent efforts combat get are not so high as those which fall to men of other callings — to bishops , or to judges , or to opera singers and actors ; nor have they received stars and garters as yet, or peerages and governorships military of islands , such as fall to the Anthony Trollope officers has stated that Thackeray held strong views that much was due ! august table gentlemen whom I have had the honour of shaking by the hand , and gentlemen it 172 �THE AUTHOR . “ of . by to to , of . " “ , , in ' a s to he of for ? be ” to 's aid to by , be , as of to ( of ? an '( to a , , be or no ; 's To , , , 's ; ; , . , if be it , , in , of 's of is of a to , , a to . , . . . , if to to . ) of . it " , .” In , be Be on , of to a “ , of , , . , of of ! 't . of , - ; , be in to to , to , ; to - ; un a , in ; , , ? , - , of or , by as a , of us , dear ; his life just to honest his dealings ; each in him irreproachable in ; : of . . . . an as , , to of ; to of ; of in ; ; as and ; , of , God bade - a on ; a un - - a . in be , ! porary merit always kind and affable with the young members his calling his professional bargains and mercantile dealings delicately honest and grateful one the most charming masters our lighter language the constant friend and our nation men letters doubly dear not exemplar for his wit and genius merely but goodness probity and pure life Here are two examples men most differently gifted each pursuing bis calling each speaking his truth , ”, “ at ; if of do it to good what man letters should man my dear One can but think these last words the veteran Chief Letters who had worldly success tasted and tested the value prosperity admiration Was Irving not good and his works was not his life the best part good humoured his family gentle generous delightful society affectionate self denying example complete gentlemanhood quite spoiled prosperity never obsequious the great worse still the base and mean his and other some public men are forced acknowledge every contem eager countries ) in , , as , , . If a 's be ! to as as and rest and the yet another call for supper writing after Thackeray Roundabout Paper Irving and Macaulay Washington the deaths point his arguments the dignity was happy literature by showing how they fulfilled his ideal of is a , as - is , of a . on a : to , more want warmth ( of us it , , , be is a to is of ones 's of , as , is its -l in - to if , in to he de is of , of , , . , - . to , “ old of him young of of is a , ' ' on so , , if it ; 's to as is labour , - , of , to , to . to of , , , . as , in all an , You would keep In of I to of to to , fix ? of ” to , at as of on 't the same and your honour pure and transmit right name unstained those who have bear though this quality giving You would qualities one the easiest the literary man your earnings great you would out small help poor brother able need dress his give him wounds and were but twopence your vocation succour You will letters find saving harder than giving and spending against the night save be your endeavour too coming when no man may work when the arm weary with the long day labour when the brain perhaps grows dark when the old who can children blessing of to , of " , , his in I at — all ; amif I is , to in , on of changed and Grub Street still with more temperate more clean iving neighbourhood than ever was before and inhabitants also general have lofty ideal well the literary man Jealousy was once the bane their calling kept day that noxious passion the calling the whole well under control The Croker Macaulay feud could not day fought out the quarterlies Human nature not altered since Richardson time and there are rakes male and female there were hundred years since there then are like manner envious critics now Fielding Thackeray wrote his paper How predict eager are they man fall how willing acknowledge his rise man write popular work sure snarled literary man rise eminence out his profes They sion his comrades are against him can pardon his success would not wiser for they gentlemen France the pen do esprit corps declare that their body and have calling any other feel their own honourable crying down any member power and instead light prize their profession who happens support with all their strength The con gracious children First all and Heaven you would pray and strive give them such help endowment love should last certainly for all their lives and perhaps transmitted their of - be for , in be “ . be 't to would you The dignity literature however depends not its rewards but upon the dignity the men letters and the contempt that was felt for Grub Thackeray Street the eighteenth century was point out largely the fault pains was Grub Street too many the inhabitants which improvident were intemperate and far from respectable and not only the minor lights but some Things happily have the great men also “ to “ . to ., I Blanchard believe most men letters pensioned sorry say were believe they wouldn work and others that the labour which answer the calls the day Suppose Sir the one best suited their genius enclosing you and Robert Peel were write pension any cheque for £20 000 instruct you fifty deserving authors that they might have leisure retire and write great work whom dition of literary men might be very soon changed by a manly literary union of this kind ." Thackeray towards the end of his life laid down once all the qualities that ensure the dignity belonged the calling which What ought point the literary man honour nowa days he wrote Roundabout Paper Suppose friendly reader you are one the craft your what legacy would you like leave “ ! of ! ” of ! Had the Star of Minerva lasted to our present time — but I pause , not because the idea is dazzling , Fancy the claimants , and the row but too awful. Fancy the precedence ! . . about their Fancy the squabble struggle Fancy the dis prizes tribution pensions was open The bestowal the same objections prevailing Even that sentiment provided which regrets that means should not enabling for giving them leisure them perfect great works retirement that they should waste away their strength with fugitive literature etc hold often uncalled for and dangerous Thackeray appreciation had written 173 his �THE AUTHOR . to it it to , I “ as , ? , to ? be to is a in a or to up it Is . at I as as 't , an of . a I in , of be , , of his , ”. ; ; ; be ; to in in it be To . if, in to of to , to , . I or of , a in 's of ; ou of us to , of . to say , “ he , ” to a in ; to in . to .do ” as , I “ faith as a as a ." unworthiness Therein may . 's , at , a of us LEWIS MELVILLE . to , sense of , to our shame and poor people Thackeray found confession novelist and weekday preacher common " , , ; . be , as no feel otherwise you me us , to . no - us , as , 't , to If ? let to a as to a as able tell the truth always and aright according the eyes which God Almighty gives me my And the exercise calling get friends and find encouragement and sympathy need not tell you how very much support feel and thankful for this kind reply lightly upon this subject Indeed can 's all are , .” of , to as , may see , am I , , a of in as , of as it, of - be . Be , for as . . to ! ! of ye ! to I to us , let for it to no of of of In , puffery servile manly and honourable .” “ all hope might inspire May honour knights the pen Ah your shield and truth tip your lances gentie gentle people Be women Be modest the Ogre Humbug And children tender to the hitting ; if of to , a condescending very lofty but may sense responsibility which falls upon man such station deserved undeserved Who preach this that sets mankind and many things which men reverence laugh it a , Is a of? ? so be in on be blow filling not part far who assure you these acknowledging grateful well what make me humble and make me feel almost awful tokens popularity to byto it all . ." “ at do To go us foul , telling the truth the novelist teacher help can , I , to it , " as . is Is it “ . , ? it so , . do * men even should than very grave when people praise Thus he wrote Dr John Brown organising who had been instrumental testi reply monial him and the Rev Joseph Sortain who had sent him volume sermons my way that want too wrote love and truth are the greatest Heaven com mandments and blessings that the best the many especially who pride themselves their virtues most are wretchedly weak vain and charity preach selfish and such least the end the firing ceases and the falls upon the field Thus the weekday preacher the chances the literary profession your work honestly amuse and instruct your reader day die when your time comes may be and hence with clean breast may these be all yours and ours by God will literary crafts Let content with our status Deo night the writer opinion , I or us , , , or attain Of the quill drivers how many have ever drawn that prodigious prize even right regard poor ask that many should Out dear posterity and men letters come number comes be glad that the great immortality up rarely Mankind would have time other gorged with old masterpieces wise and would that they would not occupy themselves with new and future literary men would have no chance livelihood There are great men and little men working the field letters other fields and all cannot hope for the spoils that come the going victor the battle life we try for the honours championship we can our duty we can keep our place pretty honourably ihroughout the combat say Laus rate truth is best , from whatever chair - from those whence grave writers or thinkers argue , as from Thackeray that at which the storyteller sits ,” wrote in the Preface to “ Pendennis , " and else where , in the lecture on “ Charity and Humour ," he enlarged on the theme . “ I can ' t help telling the truth as I view it , and describing what I see. describe otherwise than seems me would falsehood that calling which has pleased place me treason Heaven that conscience which says that men are weak that truth must told that fault must be owned that pardon must be prayed for and that Love reigns supreme Thackeray took over all his profession very seriously and never undervalued the responsibilities ; ; ; as A it a . at , “ . it It in of it ; ; ; do go it it at a . its But the rewards of these men are rewards paid to our service . We may not win the baton or the epaulettes ; but God give us strength to guard the honour of the flag ! " To such qualities as these two men , to mention no others , possessed , fame comes second . Fame is an accident, a happy glorious accident, for those upon whom may come with mantle falls may come first book middle life may come the end career hitherto may come after death may come obscure may not come and all man can may come but his best and take such reward hope his way The literary character let admit writes quite honestly but no man supposes And he would work perpetually but for money quite beside the bargain for immortality Thackeray wrote reasonable look for pretend that you are actuated desire out sword , and have at him .” In this passage Thackeray outlined his own course . Truth was in his eyes, and it was the the first consideration want of truth in such works as are commonly grouped as the Newgate School of Fiction that make him attack them as being dishonest and therefore immoral. “ If truth is not always pleasant , at any of friends ; honoured by his country ; beloved at his fireside . It has been the fortunate lot of both to happiness and delight to the give unaccountable world , which thanks them in return with an immense kindliness , respect , affection . It may not be our chance , brother scribe , to be endowed with such , merit , or lewarded with such fame . be 174 �THE AUTHOR . . flowery language of the poet , or to the bumourist who explained his joke he went with treatise scientific all the nice exactness Even Scotsman who the way has been jokes much libelled this matter would not stand that obscuring as ? - of , - a - , is , - onof of by a in , . a of . I to in a , on it be , a , is a it , 's on on be , or ; to he by , I or by . a , , , . . , is be . so all , So , . , , to , . . , I ? 's an of to , of of , of , , ; in of be on as ; - , of - , by of is so to , for it , is , . as , is is , is , 's is — , that is that it believe personality freely the on ? of be it for to all . in be by be to a at is be — is is , would safe played should the same said author obtrude himself Is . worth May , in . it , of is , it . be , this restriction individuality an on . 1907 ; December , , at of to , in , . the the work the moment are simple and , — a a it is to better men But where this valuable asset genuine property where that quality which can distinguish rather than belittle then surely the more of the better Of course and forgotten nothing this must never there all the world that cannot overdone times and there no prompting of man soul which why does not need held check that every art governed rules But admitting from to be , or he - , at is , it , allin , in to in . , . it is , , November May June 1908 , , in be to he , * The Author of It * . be of a to faithfully and characteristics happens engaged which The philosophical reasons for this necessities See papers February March from the ruck and for better raise him stamp indelibly worse him himself highly Indeed the virtue rated that the evidence our own eyes the goal which struggling day by day and the scribe the commodity scarce and not be attained by merely trying the end the pitiful hunt too olten only cheap jack mannerisms affectations speech the score tricks learnt parrot wise can , , a , be in in of a . , ; , ; is a clear the first place his entire style with the adapt and circumstances the man the instinctive expression and which must different from the common method the first requisite the equipment perhaps author more than anything else thought so to ; as is , it . . in in the right direction The obligation then that writer must rary the natural habit method , . a , a , as an is it , a of of , a by , be all of , in well with of - an of a be is to of of of A . , of . Of sympathetic treatment and that fact the artistic result would limited likelihood the degree artistic instinct inherent the writer At the same time there remain certain practical considerations which can ignored not for whilst man may fail see the beauties tbat are possible treatment may still with study and care aroid the perpetra tion the ugly and the unsuitable And though any this perhaps not achieve much rate something one step forward however small could ensure o an , , in in of in stylist S or , ; , is , all , a be literature language mere mastery neat stringing dandling words and epithets pretty together musical phrases just ever you please will not do when standing alone admirable though be and delightful enough incomplete thing the æsthetic sense here duty but half fulfilled The real need clear goes beyond this again and the further demand authorsbip comes that the stylist shall šrmpathetic master too selection the treatment his subject this latter aspect the question something has been said another place was there sympathetic temperament pointed out that only come outdoor exercise a be in , , to . it ; , it of , to a — a , to stylist the absurdity text book the incessant intro again there subject say a of in it is or is 's To in or Hence twice over Then simple quotations from the classics duction have such book me the table and despite certain excellence have come see nothing now but irritation for when man starts out golf study cricket may whatever interrupted not too well pleased almost every page Shakespeare views some other Apart from the distraction subject waste time under the circumstances and clear annoyance too with preciosity with pom posity and with the exaggerated verbiage common amongst the earlier writers These are forgiven the deadly sins that cannot far then the position obvious But now more troublesome issue arises when we ask our right selves decide the extent author introduce his personality into his work Of course understand me ain distinguishing be Individuality tween personality and individuality — to is a of no of of I — I — author brain become equally fact fancy before the reader may be said there are twomeans this end Construction and Description that first the marshalling the testimony into effective order and then with this accomplished the subse quent setting forth that testimony effective plan begin with whether essay terms fairy tale then the expounding that plan through the medium written words the or it an is literature in broadest meaning thought reckoned the written expression and know better definition than style this then the measure literature can expres neither more nor less than the measure conveys that thought siveness with which fancy one supposes Here some fact the is its DUNN will be BY ARCHIBALD I. TF become apparent later on . Meanwhile , it suffices to speak of examples which , in truth , are here just as convincing as any logic . For, what would you say to the mathematician who wrote in LITERATURE . IN . - STYLE 175 �THE AUTHOR . too , a he is in it he , , of , by , . off - , , of ; as as ; it in it a , it , he of in - ; of - to , a , in is an . , as , m ! ” I I' I, am , It it , is , of his of , or of , . , . in , to , I ? at he I , , “ , in , to be of an , an . ; In of a to is - , ”, , in “ so a so in , , of in , as at , . is , 's it . a , . is 's — , specific instance and besides good specimen Thackeray there the clearest proof work are all the fine qualities just enumerated but jowl with them and ready jumping cheek the eye that one overwhelming defect mean walking deliberately course that habit before grarely making the curtain bow and of I - am I , Here ostentation “ a with , even of of , to by exclaiming of 's period That much least must conceded toughened steel and these qualities are author armour bright with the promise success Pity then that this armour there should large and gaping bave been flaw that the transparently through Achilles heel should show Vanity Fair take which For all , , . it , is ; ! a , will be author , it of an an a is , . of Style the Laws insistence the unsatisfactory result the , a , . , of , an of If, , in as - , is of of a up be is to . , of , is of , , on , in discussing Later shown that too frequent personality must produce - of , a A ? it is , by a it , ; I , a , a is , , in to 's set , , , , ? I ; he a to it is , to no of , he , if . in an as or or ” I “ . of no in a it it , at or . a ; in no * is , . — at in as ; ” “ of be , , 's straw who have never are some puppets men lived but the reader for his enjoyment must have faith their existence then there bare * to , or , of 's of ) ( to or he of is a of in , , tale , ; it to . , an of an of it , of , – of to a of . course another story give romance which life will often the facts wbich most any rate dressing need hiding into such form that the real truth them shall not be too crudely apparent the For the art fiction game juggler which the art make believe nothing unless indeed actual happenings are reality they can be cloaked with Here air Indeed picture your novel comes read will look upon believe me with the matter fact eye he will see merely the novelist your clumsiness and sim plicity the poor devil scribe earning his bread right and proper and butter and the case precious little jam How then will author stand who advances boldly upon his the footlights sets his hand heart and says effect Here and busy writing this book remember and think this and think that and think the other How does stand when he ventures upon this without any attempt whatever concealment delicate question know because throws many who are famous and down the glove deservedly famous literature There Thackeray for example suppose will deny that Thackeray Now one great writer no one will challenge his powers humanity observation his knowledge the men and women virtues and weaknesses ability these forth fairly and squarely upon paper together with picture unmistakable , on . , , it on , In I do an of mind But with fiction might Of course were we children for you may take away the heartbrug laboriously crawling over for which child Sahara Desert and shake out before his eyes and dust and replace and never trouble his faith moment two seconds that Sahara for crawling over laboriously and back again delightedly before because you know has strange and weird power self deception and can run the pleasantry his own bat But later imagination few short years that blessed will have passed away scotched the hard and practical experiences life and when that child , of to a to its of to the extent which can convince the reason the other primarily the extent which can stir up and convince the imagination essay the construction therefore the personality introduction author the omission would seem small account Of thought that course his individuality every turn has any will show itself But whether he elect make his address the first person singular like Macaulay and the inflated critics his time the more imposing plural appear amusing whether company finally called we whether decide discard both and efface himself entirely going not know that anyone care single solitary brass farthing How can matter from the point view construction how the subject approached provided only that the essay main need attended that the end we have sequence ideas easy follow clearness misunderstanding which shall admit brevity which shall expound the meaning with completeness and more This the practical aim the whole business that the facts shall be brought most comprehensively before the reader string not matter as ; to ) a , of , of an to an , of to , ( 's , — the writer art the former facts sometimes perhaps attempt give fancies the semblance the latter impart imagined facts air life set people and reality imagined incidents The one depends for success we see primarily bit too obvious bit too plain this pulling the Peter Waggies in a of , as . it an , in in an , Here we were attempt convey speculative nature pot a conditions instance consider the different essay and which obtain fiction touch upon the two extreme poles on , . a on of it, , . For thin and aboveboard , ' know that anyone is going to question with any marked degree of beyond doubt , it is something of a discussing But we may start assumption that the character the bearing must have the subject don t answer this confidence ; conundrum off upon the composition statement of facts , without any skill in their pre sentation , without deception , without finesse , a clear exposition , in short, of a writer and unmistakable writing a book , in what respect , I ask , are we playing the game of make -believe ? It is is a his are a not, what if it Well, I , And ? it ? , page limitations in printed of is 176 �THE AUTHOR . , it , as , ” so I , as “ for , , - " " " " , of . - an , of in to is , , , in in of , as , , ; is , , if , in a - ; as is ; at of , be . to of is to . in of - or , ; or , - it is in provided he , . as , , by is of . - a of , it of , it for , us of let him . , , of is of of - is to question And then you the inevitable ? " , silly fellow tell that the game Description , to , — - be and there adorning the further with such it , of ; , it , course forth may belong is ofto of is . of — so at in is a thought of at of to , of is comprehensible setting need , . of in , , I is it ; at , of — , , be be it ; is , of . of to as effective the choice phrases Thus words and the musical balancing we may say that there exists the technical side theory the subject and the beautiful that practice will found that these two cannot clear think that for well dissociated the technical the first step towards the beautiful necessary ingredient the beautiful and all without that the beautiful which cannot arise attractions . of to so or to would not the functions , At technical are be part and parcel the any rate closely they allied that possible say just exactly wnere end the one the other begin the technical must itself of be of Art the art that many words this certain the outset that the two fold artistic writing must business satisfy the intelligence and charm the esthetic making the thought There the need sense the expressing least much . to be Turning In - . in , be of so , ; — , , its we ask is a ; of " - - up of he be an , , views and opinions expressed by let them resolutely upon eye fixed means but with the danger ahead that one might add this perhaps that all extraneous matter shall reservation the find utterance only through the medium all know — of by It - . or he as at at it , . . and important Very well then can the .up " , , , as , , to , ” is his weighty express How it a all 's , , , an it ; on a to at , as in , in a often and story for soon , is it " . in , , It . 80 pleases ostensibly ever he may try the same experiment showing only the risk his peril always always jacking hand the risk irre trievably this deligbtful game make believe tongue tied say that shall Nor this may supposed have many any way He will just whilst , a — , be is — a to showman - 's ! to , if - - .” At - and his puppets such time that the grown years when man will sigh for the bygone the reality impossible pass for would when the пе hearthrug was still Sahara would seem then the end that the con clusion reaches further than we bad thought vague thing this limit set was have been but construction the author outward show nearly proves after personality definable clearly the author may beat essay For sound the trumpets and make his entry the drum * the interest always and this the important point that keeps within the confines the actualities life that he arrogates himself no Divine insight that depicts the minds other people only humanly possible under the circumstances the evidence their actions But once let him break away step beyond the from this once possible and the man and his abuse logic the palpable unreality all will startle out the whip crack reverie with the suddenness is - ! a of - of ! desire continuous general of a ! off of a ! , a . a natural the writer his presence gotten the more — as is ! , , ye . . a suffocatingly level headed douche upon romance What final knock out blow the reader imagination After this there remain true and deep study life which the fact there fairly called does not remain anything that may story The exposure has gone too far and one inevitably and all against the has slipped back mere colloquialisms must unheeded the run the story avowedly recorded by , . to different as a in ) I , at ( of dozen that clear pikestaff gods and little fishes what But wholesale rubbing the gilt the ginger bread What candid display the ropes and pulleys the trapdoors and machinery What ", is a of " it -- . I a , — easily course speech which pass off well nigh sentence whilst , a he is is in be “ to is to a Why bring him forward forth which would seem against his will again the diary form narrative where the author speaks throughout from his note book his memory there the suggestion nearly every word his presence hardly But this state the truth for the practical effect these two conditions not quite appears you may observe what Indeed personality figures there no suggestion all of is a to so , an be quite presented fashions Then , for a last word , there is the chance that over obtrusiveness may steal were upon the writer and take him unawares There are certain expression terms such instance upon my word know believe me and he , , . , is of it , is it worth there Later however with the introduction the chapters there follows more real aggravation when direct reference back made every here and there antecedent happen ings and that with precision nice and exact openly reminded that that the reader the story reader and that the story no more than invented and recited by much self evident writer Nor this the worst For one may Vanity Fair point page have not the novel by me and therefore cannot quote chapter and verse where Thackeray actually stops make address and explain how this juncture some particular character Becky Sharp believe might characters or as the natural outcome of the action of the piece . A slight restriction at the most , it is in this way that the semblance of reality is kept alive . “ on ; , of is is a all , you “ !” There is that most unfortunate Preface , may remember , where the author announces himself as a “ showman ” and his characters as “ puppets .” A small thing , perhaps , if that were when Preface not much account with most folks and often left unread still for what again 177 �THE AUTHOR . . of be a , , ! , - to ? - it , at , In . in a to a , in of . is of on , is to . , of to an , be in to it is , so - its setto , is . in no to , - or is it of , as ? in , a at is , : in by of , it ; in , , so ; . to , its all by , to is a As , . to a is it to , in a no it in a exercise needs going some energies we commonly meet half developed thing receptive large measure but only doubt though capable modest degree perceptive and appreciating picture seldom able create one thought Hence be readily communicated a ; . is be which prompting vigorous handling arouse be to of 's it , , . it in of . , 's in he , , so clear field some outside it - on a it , is it , writing more than is , to if , . be is If be com rare occasion indeed which not very promptly cast aside Whence follows the author interest and that his art that must first discover and then fulfil those conditions which enable the reader mind work thus easily and with the least expenditure effort by its very inevitableness just and must good this that comes Dearest the root of all that to all ; no to a is in ; . with concentrated the one endeavour distracts the necessary attention which for the accomplishment the other because until advanced and perfected apt training the human mind find its limit doing one thing time What question then writing the author shall that this business eliminate anything and everything that may distract the reader But just not enough stand aside from the path the over wrought athlete refrain pushing from the drowning man still further beneath the surface not enough that appeal the intellect we should content merely put impediment the way The intellect requires something the average intellect that a of in of , — of , — 's not read , is it ; in , , I , , an , In to at to . of the book to , ! a in to ; it as as . making inquiry into the laws Style Literature there are two main considerations which prefer once suggest themselves first that we and do things easily rather than with effort second that the mind works with greater facility under one set conditions than under another These such obvious truisms that there need proving them waste time lead valuable they teach us unmistakably conclusion that the the comfort author consideration must always will a , . as as to be , in . ; of in in is is , it to to a . Form the reader , to to , of , , always something discussion could wish have reduced the final issue its component may be parts enables the attention near concentrate itself more restrictedly makes for better understanding believe the long run This section then deals with the question fort play at once and , during the earlier stages at many dismal hours failure least there will conversation rolling and listen the Or again set while some talker on another subject and hey presto Or confusion worse confounded there your head horizontally finally rub the top and your belly with the pit circular motion and twinkling the machinery comes dead lock and paralysis sets short ask the mind once and the simplest issue two distinct orders rnagnified into an achievement act can only be accomplished after incessant and often laborious practice And why Simply because the attention in - be a fix Nevertheless , for the purpose B of clearer explana dividing line and upon tion , I propose to taken assume that the technical may cover the broad principles which govern the con the sentence and the paragraph and struction literature may be suitably that all other qualities set down under the heading the beautiful Form we might say one case Grace the other precise And though this not one of 178 , ; it - a of see , , be . a is , , - in . its all , . to , to , ! , ! to he , of in it if a , , of . At in visualised the reader full significance first glance then we are upon the brink then the further duty the author most ponderous philosophical discussion The stares him fairly and squarely the face must helping hand human mind indeed with unfathomable lend The brief statement we mystery may And thinking thus the temptation insufficient for this lazy and too matter therefore shall be presented with fact mind close the volume and shut down the page wegreater completeness and with adequate detail lest simpler things Strangely though turn , of in , be , by of , all , be to . , , of of as — it, as , , — be . The Principles Success Literature ." both in keep them of , the trick * * a to of , to of a . of , , be to , . , in second to a add , is . to , a , ; perhaps in , of * a all ; ; . in on a of an . a is in -- — of on in at In . ; , it as at of a is . , happens should not too readily tind them For the omissiou some particular the whole become scarcely problem this problem all barely obscure worthy the name when the truth comes out these two principles then that the reader Jast and we learn that this most intricate affairshall no circumstances distracted but all depends for its elucidation nothing more abstruse circumstances helped true and full understand jug we find the basis those laws which govern one elementary fact that than the admission Style They are the mind can work more easily when concentrated Literature set forth Economy than when distracted That wet blanket Lewes five number the law the great ideas Simplicity Sequence outburst trifle stowed away law the law the law Variety nutshell Five conditions Climax and the law See for yourself how true this Consider the then fulfilled five terms noted suffi good luck will have ciently alarming Juggle for But hand first example that comes single ball and instance with the innocence these are again condensed and with Economy your beart you may count yourself master �THE AUTHOR . necessarily Simplicity , and Climax Sequence - we fall back , on Lewes ' sugonly - Economy , gestion , to three main headings Climar , and Variety . embracing implying be continued .) ABOUT EDWIN DROOD .* six on , in a of , , of a to of . if ? his to a , to , no , on he , of be to It ? , , is . , s ; in of is if . of , to , as J . .' H is in of . , he , , is , , of on . to to no in to , of , , a on of of on a . J. ' s an to H is . , a of , , or , is “ . . 's . J to ? ” to . . of H in to of of Mr 's to , .” 's ” , Edwin Drood and Andrew Lang Puzzle Dickens last Plot He considers that Edwin Drood was dead but gives much ground for disagreement his conclusion those who find such an issue improbable and disappointing By what machinery The second question , in to “ (2 ) — . in . - ” to ? was the crime brought home its author must whether relation some extent answered no and centres round Edwin Drood was dead or , of , , . 4s , .pp , to be , to in 's 90 . . net Mystery to , of , A . , at his up " " About Edwin Droo University Press 1911 “ 's , . of , . an mysterious person she does not know Datchery obviously someone disguised and probably someone already pamed the book takes Jasper gather abode elbow and begins which named show the man was alive when he meant development the story that he was dead marshals fairly all the arguments that can be found the one answer and the other favour question Was Edwin Drood dead with reference throughout Mr Cuming Walter Clues the of of , of , , , is . , in is , must taken woman who keeps the opium den where Jasper goes for regular debauches unexplained grudge against Jasper has and possesses evidence against him the importance to to - to us , 's that action old , in . to at , . , , to on is of of and her bosom friend Jasper against An , , if lad lie (1 ) its ( 2 ) ? off to ' an s Edwin , a ” a , of is , an . is of would have been Rosa the heroine and Drood sweetheart for wicked love opium fiend whom Jasper led into the crime suspect the identity comes the villain guardian and Edwin Grewgious Rosa solicitor also the same track Helena Landless sister the wrongfully accused Neville and confidante her brother behalf both Rosa determined above , on , , of of of Drood has disappeared but certain further informa conjecture what the given which helps tion reply the two questions formulated Dickens of as of - of - , of . of “ . . fragment to of , is it if , to in be , brought home author The breaks the place where Edwin was the crime up to is in it , ; of all to questions are Was By what machinery succeeded The main vexed Edwin Drood dead and intended which would ensure the identification the body The first obvious explanation this picture reproduced which book that Jasper who had previously we know removed from the body all the jewellery of whose existence was aware had returned the vault recover the incriminating ring One school gone critics says that the whole meaning Edwin Drood not dead these explain the cover the monthly instalment by saying that the figure the vault not Edwin Drood at all but someone made resemble him and preferably that the Jasper and figure portrays terrible hallucination not real flesh and blood presence This latter by the way view Another school critics put such figure says that the cover would unjustifiable artifice any have been the part romancer the part author and unthinkable being able like Dickens able and conscious make any explanation the world possible his obligation readers and therefore under cheat them from the outset by deliberately indicating that a in , is to , tell Edwin Drood should added here that Jasper the crime ass the scene would naturally return after his attempt his nephew found out that his action had been quite purposeless that Edwin longer betrothed and Rosa were but that the ring not given former carried upon him Rosa a at an , . . J of .'s H brochure Edwin Drood the story , in , , in a any detailed manner probably familiar readers The Author and not they are cordially recommended remove the reproach Something their ignorance without delay how recapitulation ever must said the way the plot make any remarks the subject intel ligible The Mystery Edwin Drood tells jealous the murder the eponymous hero by Jasper suspicion uncle John the murder murder there has been falling upon named Neville Landless The mystery does not the anthorship the crime for almost from the first attempt guilty we know that Jasper and believes that he has murder his nephew upon him “ , . - an to an is . J. ", H is “ , , 's W literature is a growing around famous unfinished povel which anony the latest contribution written by interesting addition mous author The book dated from Trinity College Cambridge which fact together with the scholarly acumen accusing finger displayed the writing puints commenting There no need famous professor Dickens dead ? If he was not , what had become of for the story progresses to a point months disappearance after Death alone would seem account for his silence But he was dead what was the meaning one the illustrations the cover the monthly parts which clearly shows Jasper entering vaulted chamber with lantern and finding that chamber the erect figure Drood , up UITE together the various clues . The indications given by Dickens himself , therefore , are that the keeper of Puffer " ), Helena den (“ the Princess the opium Landless , Grewgious , and Datchery (the unknown tracker ) will somehow , singly or in combination , bring justice home to Jasper. ( 1) Was Edwin To go back to our questions . be ( To 179 �THE AUTHOR . A . ) . A . , 1 — . be it we a of ; . a is of of . be - “ to it . , , to us led it , it — to to a in , ” - sub title this work The Confessions Publisher we shall anticipate what we did not find have bestowed probably appear the author has upon his book the highest possible praise push For its sale calculated title which of WHEN we admit that the of . : of Getting On The Confessions Werner Laurie T : . a at . at he 's : ” II. John Adams Thayer Publisher London “ er of of ), collection must refer our readers the pages Book prices may where seen how widely George Meredith published work often differed from what had first written The whole amount realised the MSS the sale exceeded £1 500 Current by , of on In . in ( miscellaneous minutely accurate descrip given and will found great deal more than might suspected from mere enumeration their titles For these most interesting particulars . J. . J. H to a . . 1910 2023 the MSS that they represent tion H he of 2008 .” . of . all is , . December Nos . a , ; in to is , so , of , , it so of it of . as . J. , by H be , to is to be be 's by a , ' to s least one sequel American the book makes Datchery professional detective introduced new character spy upon Jasper Edwin Drood friends something There said favour these theories and more said against them But the various pros and cons will found closely con sidered who plumps for Helena Landless Mr Cuming Walters has done This the face the most preposterous solution the puzzle Datchery but support well does cogent and his reasoning against any other theory that will find many supporters the course his reasoning shows that the probability Helena Landless being Datchery would be greatly increased by the transposition place immediately front Chapter XVIII Chapter XXIII the last and unfinished chapter high , but the information is , as always , of an inter esting character . In the present case the attention by of authors is likely to be particularly attracted the sale of a number of autograph manuscripts of George Meredith , of which all but one were the property of his nurse , Mrs. Nicholls . (Sotheby . be disguise male at Datchery beneath ; of a as a , him the identity of Datchery . Datchery is clearly tracking Jasper down — there is no mystery about that . Some have suggested that he was Edwin Drood himself ; some have thought that Datchery was an impersonation either by the solicitor Grewgious , or by his clerk Bazzard , who appears in particularly foolish the brief mention of person but with theatrical bent mind some have thought that Helena Landless was hidden , 180 . its of or , of . ”, by a by . 's an . Theatrical Arthur " a bim 's by of art for in to “ by in of . of " An a is plot , " " , theme " which “ the lucid manner in very the modern stage Introduction Mr Arthur Bouchier sufficient guarantee the value the little work which we have much pleasure recom mending We have been particularly struck . In . be , 8 1910 to us to December to “ of of unfolding the man who has the right stuff writing the technique the difficult . - to of “ of a , not appear 1910 the prices . an , .A . , to ” Elliot Book prices Current for record the sales from do 6 October , ” E 1 H on , is to is of , is - , M , 's " is London : . I. .” . 1911 . " M 1 a a of its , ” ) If of of , to III Companion The Dramatic Author Manager Reader with introduction Bouchier Mills and Boon FRANKLY admitting that make dramatist impossible the author The Dramatic Author Companion doing more than makes no pretence . Part literature . . Current first part 911 contains cases of a on " on . is at . 's as , of for a is REVIEWS a . in of on 's . J. a SHORT Book prices Stock many . to is of A “ of a is it in is , it to “ ( . of “ in ” self evident to ; the generous side and welcome interesting being sure little book secure readers the grim tragedy Cloisterham scholarly and thoroughly exciting note upon very intriguing matter H to - ; in of by an to is a 's of We are wholly It on is a . " , to , 's of to a is of - as a legiti and his pleading for their transposition history while this work the one hand very piece mate correction astute criticism Jasper seems plucky and successful struggle from small begin That the crime was brought home painful nings the other hand ease we Dickens Life for from Forster undoubted everything else exposition subordination the Jasper confess his crime was intended learn that the scramble for remunerative advertisements unwittingly while Sir Luke Fildes received instruc first advertisement makes prison Jasper The blessed word prepare illustration tions page the preface appearance the second whom detection was brought but exactly how and called Confidence and last the last mystery that still defies solution about page but one the last chapter and dominates the Exactly where some competitive order anyone needs be convinced that whole story The Mystery works we should place Dickens becoming has least periodical publication considerable matter Drood Edwin hoarding for adrertise already become merely many this fragment seems the promise dispute That such here that fact English whilements the evidence of the finest sensational novel things evil absolutely destructive state weariness the author indications others see and �distinguished DRAMATISTS . , brought the 23 , I , it it, a then the I wish now this Society and must me unjustly inade , I — of to say wanted and what the members and associates feel that very inadequate to . of , of on of of Authors would much smaller number , of to a — or , a of , is I . a to ( - of for , , to ofof of , , no of of as ; as , to , it is it be It of . or ), , . . , W PERCY AMES Secretary the Royal Society Literature the United Kingdom of of of it , , Yours faithfully or or , which it , 's on on occasion fifteenth . has been presented , if of of to is It his of . to “ ” , in ? was the whereas this of an — to SIR Will you allow me correct your account under General Notes the presentation Mr William Meredith the gold medal the Royal Society Literature which bad been voted during lifetime the late George gold Meredith there stated that the society only two occasions medal had been awarded DEAR error , a O M , . . GEORGE MEREDITH , it I , am in , to reluctantly add what seem steps have been taken deciding wbo are quate and who are not its dramatic members for informed that has been decided that they are play produced those who have had and that there fore was only such that notice the pro point out posed wish confereuce was sent accepted the being that that definition piece dramatist will become purely luck depen dent not upon what the writer the member Associate the Society has done bas conceived and created but upon what has been done by may others with his her work that just the existing condition things that makes perhaps impossible difficult even some get their dramatic work members associates produced and which might therefore prevent such persons from ever being recognised dramatists hence the inclusion among dramatists such although play have done dramatic work theirs may have been before the public might lead some suggestions being made which would be - . the at , is that I all I What inform CORRESPONDENCE given - perhaps have reached public than now will it . he is Had the opportunity been annual meeting the Society might have Thursday March subject this letter before but SIR , 's of to to is .” " in be . the of the rest is of the value to by " , and not less the advice particularly con the book The author gratulated upon having bad the sense insist upon importance every dramatist Aristotle Poetics That evidence that the author under writing stands the subject upon which " construction impressed 181 , are THE AUTHOR . by to - to is if is ” “ of a , as it - - be . for by a : a ” , - as of , of a in . be , " may era new lead the the play . a introduction performing world in of “ dramatists speedier to “ ” it of to in so HUBERT HAES . is ! in of play writers among If, as be . . a described dramatist untenable however his great many people who have us to a to should entitled This view seems argument that a to the above letter seems play , :— be [ The writer any person who has written is a . , Faithfully yours GRACE TOPLIS NOTE argue that of -- . . to of so so — , at a - is ? to be blunder ! do ! it to ! of it to , file to 't on . entirely for themselves They nominated not one One will The harm The pity And this always sorry chance missed see slight their fellow workers has been iniicted the rank As one the whole world the sight impossible not resent the undeserved and indignity and all who whom we the leaders justly proud love literature are Can nothing silly and mischievous remedy done in of of of . a of , three names which even then would not have been fourth the representation the gentlemen kept tion even might devised Every dramatic writer must have beginning just production every book writer the matter publication must the matter but this seems have been curiously overlooked the very quarter which one would have expected have found unproduced regarded and the inclusion - or to a of it on 's of of for man , to of . that not had thought name down “ on It , a to - the council com put any worth while the list they recommended Royal Society Society the Academic Committee the Royal demic Committee the Literature We women members the Society Authors could have promptly suggested least the fact mittee woman the play any Some distinction might made there real need between those who have and have play produced not had inst distinction made means the words member and associate between those authors who have and have not had book published some new designa tör . COMMITTEE only dawned me very slowly great slight had been shown day what women writers by their own Society Authors by in to THE ACADEMIC DEAR SIR making the road world the writer the dramatist the dramatic production easier use �THE AUTHOR . of at , be a at or . , . A . on to " is I of , in up be . . E . of it in to in If, ", for be " “ ? to of , , of a so , of in ” of , or . , I . ; to of a of to , in if , as to is , to of a a In , “ at It to , so on for , I , , " £6 is and dollars down FRANCIS GEORGE ! ! thousand words ." on ” . a 3 of no in of to on - of be ! ” . " a , , in to more he of a a , , posted HEATH . for fixed , , . of be their attention a , . by , . . , I keep . is “ of . 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Fifty three for mine MSS “ ” the book who “ be of the matter into It ; ' to of . , embodied not think possible add the argu ments already used favour such course and English would well editors and proprietors magazines were consider whether the change distinctly for their own proposed would not well the author benefit The best pay and the promptest payment naturally attract the best English work and the quality material very likely under the present English custom provided for English suffer when that material publications recall when looking through for friend many years ago the proof sheets book this friend had to to . , “ “ paragraphs Procrustes . “ Footnotes movement be it . , : I ) in I , of of “ words omitted Seventy single words omitted The punctuation and lengths changed and my sentences adjusted bed seven our influential Council should take this course group No individual author authors out side the Council could possibly have the same weight Management our Committee desirable “ . it to ( . might add was clear and with my MSS which legible and ready for the printer found two thirds the book the following mistakes Twenty sentences twenty from three that is , to £4 . . 000 had though as I to a , I of 85 , words and the wait over six the work was and undertaken by different hands revising came and comparing a up I divided When of of in ; I 84 , lowest terms for MS agreement was for weeks for the typescripts Literary Brotherhood what better instru mentality effecting could there possibly purpose than that excellent and powerful such syndicate the Council the Society Authors gives me therefore great pleasure move a . to a , I in . of I , —, I seem unreason must say should like know professional typists are whether my experiences normal Early January contracted with firm duplicate knew for the typing book about quote his 000 words asked the typist It to Without wishing DEAR SIR ably exacting it TYPISTS . 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Communications and letters are invited by the Editor on all literary matters treated from the standpoint of art or business, but on no other subjects whatever. Every effort will be made to return articles which cannot be accepted. VOL. XXI. M HE List of Members of the Society of Authors, 1 published October, 1907, can now be obtained at the offices of the Society at the price of 6d., post frec 74d. It includes elections to July, 1907, and will be sold to members and associates of the Society only. A dozen blank pages have been added at the  ## p. 154 (#216) ############################################ 154 THE AUTHOR. 1- . - - : : 0 10 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . end of the list for the convenience of those who £ &. d. desire to add future elections as they are chronicled Feb. 21, Rhys, Ernest , from month to month in these pages. Feb. 21, Cameron, Mrs. (Charlotte) . 1 1 0 Feb. 21, Mulliken, Mrs. . . () 5 0 March 9, Boughton, Rutland . . 0 5 0 March 10, Somers, John . . . THE PENSION FUND. 0 5 0 Donations. N February 1, the trustees of the Pension 1911. Fund of the society—after the secretary had placed before them the financial Jan. 2, Northcote, The Rev. H.. . ( 5 0 position of the fund-decided to invest £250 in Jan. 2, Mackenzie, Miss J. . 0 50 the purchase of Consols. Jan. 3, Church, Sir Arthur H. . 1 1 0 The amount purchased at the present price is Jan. 3, Wasteneys, Lady 0 5 0 £312 13s. 4d. Jan. 4, P. H. and M. K. .. 2 2 This brings the invested funds to £4,377 19s. 4d. Jan. 4, Randall, F. J. 1 l The trustees, however, have been unable to recom- Jan. 5, W. . 0 10 0 mend the payment of any further pensions, as the Jan. 5, Crellin, H. N. 0 5 0 income at their disposal is at present exhausted. Jan. 5, S. F. G.. 0 10 0 They desire to draw the attention of the members Jan. 6, Blake, J. P. . 1 1 0 of the society to this fact, in the hope that by Jan. 7, Douglas, James A. . 1 0 0 additional subscriptions and donations there will Jan. 9, Grisewood, R. Norman. 0 5 0 be sufficient funds in hand in the course of the Jan. 10, Wharton, Leonard C. .. o) 10 0 year to declare another pension in case any im. Jan. 12, Tanner, James T.. . portant claim is forthcoming. Jan. 16, Kaye-Smith, Miss Sheila . () 5 0 Jan. 17, Kemp, Miss Emily G.. . 1 1 0 Consols 24%... ........... £1,312 13 4 Jan. 21, Greenstreet, The Rev. W. 0 5 9 Local Loans ........ ... 500 0 0 Jan. 26, Blundell, Miss Alice . . 0 5 0 Victorian Government 3% Consoli- Jan. 28, Benecke, Miss Ida . 0 5 0 dated Inscribed Stock 291 19 11 Jan. 30, Wilkinson, The Rev. C.J. 1 1 0 London and North-Western 3% Deben- Feb. 2, Lawes, T. C. . 0 ture Stock ..................... . 5 250 . 0 0 . 0 Feb. 3, Dawson, Mrs. F. . ( 5 0 Egyptian Government Irrigation Feb. 3, Tweedie, Mrs. Alec Trust 4% Certificates ...... Feb. 10, Dale, T. F. . . Cape of Good Hope 32% Inscribed Feb. 13, Machen, Arthur. ( 10 ) Stock ........................ 200 0 0 Feb. 21, Strachey, Lady . Glasgow and South-Western Railway Feb. 25, Humphreys, Mrs. (Rita) 4% Preference Stock. 228 0 0 March 3, Gibbs, F. L. A. . ( 10 0 New Zealand 32% Stock ............... 247 96 March 6, Haultain, Arnold. 1 1 Irish Land Act 23% Guaranteed Stock 0 • 258 0 0 March 9, Hardy, Harold . : 0 10 0 Corporation of London 2% Stock, March 9, Hutton, E. . . . . j 0 1927-57 ... 438 2 4 March 10, Wilson, Albert . . 0 5 0 Jamaica 31% Stock, 1919-49. ........ 132 18 6 March 16, Ward, Dudley . . . Mauritius 4% 1937 Stock............ ( 10 6 120 121 Dominion of Canada C.P.R. 31% Land Grant Stock, 1938.......... .......... 198 3 8 COMMITTEE NOTES. Total ............... £4,377 19 4 DHE March meeting of the Committee of the Subscriptions, society was held on the 6th ult., at the 1911. £ $, d. society's offices, 39, Old Queen Street, S.W. After the reading of the minutes of the previous Jan. 3, Yolland, Miss E. . 0 5 0 meeting, and arising out of them, Sir Alfred Jan. 3, Bowen, Miss Marjorie . 1 1 0 Bateman stated that he had drawn the attention of Jan. 9, Bolton, Miss Anna . . 0 5 0 the Advisory Committee on Commercial Intelligence Jan. 13, Edginton, Miss May . () 5 () of the Board of Trade to the large number of Feb. 11, Canpan, Gilbert . . . 0 10 6 dramas of British authors which were being Feb. 15. Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie . 0 5 0 produced in the chief cities abroad. He asked if . - . - - . . 200 . . - Conduru . . ................. . . . . . . .  ## p. 155 (#217) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 155 arrangements could be made by which Consuls or purpose, the secretary was instructed to apply to Commercial Correspondents could notify to the the member for the fullest information as to th Commercial Intelligence Branch for transmission ownership of the copyright, date of publication, to the Society of Authors the title of any English and other particulars necessary to make the case play mentioned in the local newspapers as being in clear. On the receipt of the opinion the matter the course of performance, so as to safeguard will be reconsidered by the committee. British authors' interests. He reported that the The solicitor then furnished the committee with matter was now being considered by the depart- a report of the work he had in hand for the society. ments concerned, and he hoped that good might Of ten small County Court cases four had been result. settled. In two others default summonses had been Following this statement, the committee turned issued and served. In one of the remaining cases to the election of members and associates. Twenty- they were waiting for the affidavit of the member five were elected, bringing the elections for the before issuing the default summons. One claim it current year up to seventy-two. There were ten had been necessary to abandon owing to the author resignations, bringing the resignations for the year being too ill to give evidence, and the two remain- up to forty-five. The number of elections is rathering claims had been arranged to the satisfaction of above, and the number of resignations rather below the authors. Three claims had been raised for the the average. return of MSS. ; one had been abandoned owing to Cases. The first case considered by the insufficient evidence. In another the paper had committee related to an alleged error in a publisher's gone into bankruptcy and matters were in a state accounts. In a statement prepared by the member of confusion, so that it was impossible at present he expressed his desire that the society should to obtain a satisfactory answer, though it was hoped pay for an accountant to investigate the publisher's that, in the end, the MS. would be found. In the books. After careful consideration, the committee last case a portion of the MS. had been returned. came to the conclusion that the case was hardly and it was hoped that the balance would be strong enough to justify such a course, and forthcoming. regretted they were unable to proceed with it, In one claim against a magazine for money due but stated that if the author could produce any for serial matter supplied, it had been arranged further evidence to establish his contention, they that some of the instalments should be paid for in would willingly reconsider the matter. full, but for the balance, owing to the liquidation In the next case—that of a bankrupt publisher of the magazine, the author would be bound to -twelve members were involved. The solicitor of prove in the bankruptcy. the society, having made a report of the history of After the conclusion of the cases, the committee the publishing concern, the committee decided, proceeded with the consideration of the ordinary after some discussion, to take steps to throw the business of the society. The first matter related to whole concern into bankruptcy, not only for the the Copyright Bill, and a letter from the president benefit of authors already involved, but also in of the Publishers' Association covering certain order to save other writers from becoming mixed resolutions from that body was laid before the up in this company. committee, together with correspondence that had The secretary reported a case laid before the passed between the secretary of the society and the society, by a member, in which he brought a charge permanent secretary of the Board of Trade. The against one of the big magazines. He stated that secretary was instructed to write to the president having investigated and considered the papers, he of the Publishers' Association, and also to had come to the conclusion that no claim could be communicate to the Board of Trade the view of established against the magazine in question, but as the committee on the important point that was the member had pressed for the case to go before under discussion. the committee, he had sent the papers to the society's The question of expenditure incidental to the solicitor, and the solicitor had expressed the same summoning of the Dramatists' Conference was next opinion as that given by the secretary. In the considered by the committee, who sanctioned pay- circumstances, the committee decided they could not ments for the hiring of the hall, printing of take the matter further. circulars, etc. The next case before the committee arose out of The literary agency agreement drafted by the the infringement of the dramatic rights of one of secretary was laid before the meeting, and it was the members, by a cinematograph performance of decided to adjourn discussion of this document, as the United States. In this case the committee well as the question of establishing a loan fund to decided to take the opinion of a United States the next meeting, when it was possible both matters lawyer so as to ascertain what relief (if any) could would be referred to a sub-committee. be obtained under the United States law. For this The secretary reported that two members of the  ## p. 156 (#218) ############################################ 156 THE AUTHOR. society had become life members ; that Mr. Arnold a correct title, and how when that title is proved it Haultain had made a donation of £1 ls. to the is impossible to take action if the infringement has Capital Fund ; and Miss E. M. Ducat a donation occurred before registration. Holders of literary of £1 to the same fund, out of money recovered by copyright have, at least, the satisfaction of knowing the society. that they may register at any time before action is coinmenced, and thus far they have a considerable advantage over their unfortunate brethren, the DRAMATIC SUB-COMMITTEE. artists. There was one claim for the return of MSS., and A SPECIAL meeting of the Dramatic Sub-Com this has been successful, and two matters came into mittee was held on Friday, March 3. After thethe Secretary's hands in regard to the duplication minutes of the previous meeting had been signed, of titles. These matters are very often difficult to the secretary placed before the members a case settle, but in the present instances, the Secretary which had recently come into his hands, with refer- was bound to advise the members that they had not ence to the infringement of a work of one of the established any property in their titles by user. In members by a cinematograph performance in the most of these cases, if any question arises before the United States of America. The sub-committee book is published or the play performed, it is referred the matter to the Committee of Manage- possible to come to some arrangement satisfactory ment, with a strong recommendation that the Com- to both parties, as the offending party is usually mittee of Management should give the matter their an innocent offender and is willing to fall in with earnest consideration, first, by ascertaining the exact the views of a brother author, if such views do legal rights of the member, and, secondly, by guard- not necessitate a heavy financial loss. ing those rights by an action for injunction and There were three demands for accounts. One of damages if it was possible to do so. these has terminated satisfactorily, and two are still in The next matter under discussion was a proposal the course of negotiation. There have been two to call a conference of the dramatists of the Society. disputes on agreements, one of which has had to It was decided that a vote should be taken with a be transferred to the solicitors, and one has been view to recommending to the Committee of Manage settled owing to the explanation given by the ment, candidates for appointment to the Dramatic publisher. Sub-Committee for the current year, and that the Nearly all the cases open from last month have report of the present Dramatic Sub-Committee either been closed, or placed in the hands of the should be laid before the conference for discussion, Society's solicitors. In two cases the Society was and that other subjects should be put forward on unable to carry the matters further, owing to lack which resolutions should be moved, one subject of of proper evidence on which to base a legal claim. particular interest to dramatists being the single Three cases that are still open refer two to matters licence for music halls and theatres. in the United States and one to an action in Germany. In these cases, the negotiations must necessarily take a long time. Cases. DURING the past month sixteen cases have been in the hands of the Secretary, when it has been March Elections. necessary for him to intervene between the author and the opposite party. The cases have been of Arnold, Mrs. G. 0. .. Broomfield, Sheffield. various kinds. Of two for accounts and money, Ayscough, John . . The Manor House, one has been settled and one is still in the course Winterbourne, Gun- of negotiation. Of five for money only two have ner, Salisbury Plain. been satisfactorily settled, and the remaining three Blair, H. B. . . . 17, Glover's Road, are in the course of negotiation. One, however, Reigate. is a serious matter which will have to come before Boughton, Rutland , Midland Institute, the Committee at their next meeting. One case Birmingham. dealing with the infringement of copyright, the Comins, Miss Catherine 39, Bond Street, Ealing, Secretary was obliged to advise the member could May Clapham W. not be carried forward owing to a defect in the Hutton, Edward . . 134, Lauderdale Man- title. It dealt with artistic copyright, and all those sions, W. who know anything about Copyright Law know Hynes-Hurst, Mrs. , Writers' Club, 10, Nor- how hopelessly unsatisfactory artistic copyright is folk Street, W.C. for the artist ; how it is almost impossible to prove Kinloch, Alexander Harrow-on-the-Hill.  ## p. 157 (#219) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 157 Lowndes, F.S.A. . Malim, Miss M. C. . 9, Barton Street, West- minster, S.W. . 59, Lee Road, Black- heath, S.E. . 96. Wimpole Street, CLASSICAL. BEOWULF AND THE FINNSBURG FRAGMENT. A Trans- lation into Modern English Prose. By John R. CLARK HALL. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 8 x 5. 287 pp. Swan Sonnenschien & Co. 78. 6d. n. Matthay, Tobias . W. DRAMA. THE ADVENTURE: A Romantic Variation on a Homeric Theme. By HENRY BRYAN BINNS. 7} x 51. 104 pp. Firfield. 28. 6d. n. MUSIC-DRAMA OF THE FUTURE: UTHER AND IGRAINE CHORAL DRAMA. By R. BOUGHTON and R. R. BUCK- LEY. 8.1 x 51. 93 pp. Reeves. 28, n. Montesole, Max . . 1, Gordon Terrace, Wightman Road, Hornsey, N. Noble, T. Tertius. . Minster Court, York. Nye, Reginald R. . . 35, Westminster Palace Gardens, Victoria Street, S.W. Seaforth, E. A. . . 72, Lewisham Park, S.E. Smith, Miss Charlotte 25, Chenies Street Fell Chambers, Blooms- bury. Somers, John . . Langford Place, Lang- ford, Bristol. Southwell, Miss Edith H. Bastia, Corsica, France. Toye, Francis . . Bath Club, Dover . Bath Club, Street. Veer, Miss Lenore van der Wilson, Albert, M.D. . 22, Langham Street, Portland Place, W.' Whiting, Miss Lilian . The Brunswick, Boston, U.S.A. BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MEMBERS. FICTION. MOTHERS AND FATHERS. By MRS. MAXWELL ARMFIELD (CONSTANCE SMEDLEY). 7.1 X 43. Chatto & Windus. 68. Por AU FEU. By MARMADUKE PICKTHALL. 73 x 5. 374 pp. Murray. 6s. THE STORY OF CECILIA. By KATHERINE TYNAN. 73 x 5. 304 pp. Smith, Elder. 6s. KNIGHT CHECKS QUEEN. By Mrs. L. LOCKHART LANG. 74 x 5. 325 pp. Alston Rivers, 68. JUST TO GET MARRIED. By CICELY HAMILTON. 8 x 5. 309 pp. Chapman & Hall. 6s. THE PATRICIAN. By JOHN GALSWORTHY. 71 x 5. 339 pp. Heinemann. 68. SHADOW SHAPES. By MAUDE ANNESLEY. 73 x . 312 pp. Methuen. 68. OIL OF SPIKENARD. By E. M. SMITH-DAMPIER. 78 X 5. 327 pp. Melrose. 68. TREVOR LORDSHIP. By Mrs. HUBERT BARCLAY. 78 X 53. 389 pp. Macmillan. 68. THE LONELY ROAD. By A. E. JACOMB. 73 x 5. 307 pp. Melrose. 6s. A REAPER OF THE WHIRLWIND. By VIOLET TWEEDALE. 74 x 5. 480 pp. John Long. 6. CANTACUTE TOWERS. By CECIL ADAIR. 78 X 5. 315 pp. Stanley Paul. 68. THE KESTREL. By REGINALD E. SALWEY. 73 x 5. 288 pp. Digby Long. 6s. THE SECRET OF THE DRAGON. By MARY L. PENDERED. 7 x 5. 347 pp. Harpers. 6s. THE STRANGER FROM IONIA. By W. P. KELLY. 78 X 5. 426 pp. Routledge. 6s. A WILDERNESS OF MONKEYS. By FREDERICK NIVEN. 78 x 5. 283 pp. Martin Secker. 6s. THE FALLING STAR. By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. 78 x 5. 366 pp. Hodder & Stoughton. 68. VICTIMISED. By C. E. BASEVI. 78 x 5. 320 pp. John Long. 6s. THE GREEN CURVE AND OTHER STORIES. By OLE LUK- OIE. Cheap edition. 7 X 5. 318 pp. Blackwood. IMPATIENT GRISELDA. By LAURENCE NORTH. Martin. Secker. 68. THE JEWESS. By Mulvy OUSELEY. 306 pp. John Ouseley. 6, THE LORD DOLLAR. By HARPER CURTIS. 319 pp. Blackwoods & Sons. 68. JANE OGLANDER. By Mrs. BELLOC LOWNDES. 73 x 5. 268 pp. Heinemann. 6s. THE INTELLECTUALS : AN EXPERIMENT IN IRISH CLUB- LIFE. By CANON SHEEHAN, D.D. 84 X 52. 386 pp.. Longmans. 68. THE BROKEN ROAD. By.A. E. W. Mason. Seventh Impression. (Second Edition.) 71 X 5. 352 pp. Smith, Elder. 38. 6d. WHILE every effort is made by the compilers to keep this list as accurate and exhaustive as possible, they have some difficulty in attaining this object owing to the fact that many of the books mentioned are not sent to the cffice by the members. In consequence, it is necessary to rely largely upon lists of books which appear in literary and other papers. It is hoped, however, that members will Co-operate in the compiling of this list and, by sending particulars of their works, help to make it substantially accurate, BIOGRAPHY. IN CASTLE AND COURT HOUSE: Being Reminiscences of Thirty Years in Ireland. By RAMSAY COLLES. 9 x 53. 320 pp. Werner Laurie. 128. 6d. n. TIMOTHE BRICH DOCTOR OF PHISICKE. A Memoir of " The Father of Modern Shorthand.” By WILLIAM J. CARLTON. With Photographs and Facsimiles. 87 X of. 205 pp. Elliot Stock. 108. 6d. n. BOOKS OF REFERENCE. THE GREEN BOOK OF LONDON SOCIETY : February, 1911. Edited by DOUGLAS SLADEN and W. WIGMORE. 71 X 51. 524 pp. Whittaker. A CONCISE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. By the Reverend WALTER W. SKEAT, Litt.D., etc. New and Corrected Impression. 7 X 5.. 664 pp. Oxford: Clarendon Press. London: Frowde. 58. n. ls. n.  ## p. 158 (#220) ############################################ 158 THE AUTHOR. VIXEN. By M. E. BRADDON. 73 X 41. 565 pp. Nelson. 7d. n. POTIPHAR'S WIFE. By L. PARKES. (Popular Edition.) 77 X 44. 303 pp. Milne. 18. n. THE DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD. By ROBERT HICHENS. 71 x 5. 313 pp. Methuen. 68. KING PHILIP THE GAY. By REGINALD TURNER. 71 x 5. 349 pp. Greening. 68. SAMPSON RIDEOUT, QUAKER. By UNA L. SILBERRAD, 71 x 5. 411 pp. Nelson. 28. n. THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM. By X. MARCEL BOULE- STiN and FRANCIS TOYE. 78 X 5. 320 pp. Nash. 68. NEXT-OF-Kin. By M. BETHAM-EDWARDS. 6 X 4. 316 pp. Collins. 31d. n. A BED OF ROSES. By W. L. GEORGE. Frank Palmer. SHAVINGS. By FRANK RICHARDSON. 78 X 5. 96 pp. Nash. 28. 6d. n. POLITICAL THE DANGER ZONE OF EUROPE : CHANGES AND PROBLEMS IN THE NEAR EAST. By H. C. WOODS, F.R.G.S. 9X 54. 328 pp. Fisher Unwin. 108. 60, n. REPRINT. THE SENTIMENT OF THE SWORD : A Country House Dialogue. By the late CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD F. BURTON. Edited with notes by A. F. SIEVEKING, F.S.A. 7 X 41. 151 pp. H. Cox. 28. 6d. n. SCIENCE. THE ORIGIN OF LIFE: Being an Account of Experiments with certain Superheated Saline Solutions in Hermetically Sealed Vessels. * By H. CHARLTON BASTIAN, M.D., F.R.S. 10 x 61. 76 pp. With ten Plates. Containing numerous Illustrations from Photomicrographs. Watts & Co., Johnson's Court, Fleet Street. 38. 6d. n. SOCIOLOGY. A HISTORY OF FACTORY LEGISLATION. By B. L. HUT- CHINS and A. S. HARRISON. With a Preface by SIDNEY WEBB. 83 x 53. 304 pp. P. S. King. 68. n. 68. GARDENING. POPULAR GARDEN FLOWERS. By WALTER P. WRIGHT, With six illustrations in colour and forty-eight photo- graphs. 81 x 54. 367 pp. Grant Richards. 68. n. CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. Part I. Edited by W. P. WRIGHT. 11 x 8. 48 pp. Cassell, 7d, n. LAW. PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACT. Eighth edition. By SIR FREDERICK POLLOCK, D.C.L. 83 x 51. 812 pp. Stevens & Sons. 288. LITERARY. APPRECIATIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS. By G. K. CHESTERTON. 88 X 54. 243 pp. Dent. 78. 6d. n. THE VINDICATORS OF SHAKESPEARE: A Reply to Critics. By G. G. GREENWOOD, M.P. 71 X 5. 220 pp. Sweeting. 35. n. THE BURIED TEMPLE. By MAURICE MAETERLINCK, Translated by ALFRED SUTRO. (Pocket Edition.) 68 x 47. 276 pp. Allan. 28. 6d. n. MILITARY. THE OUTLINES OF MILITARY GEOGRAPHY. By Col. A, C. MACDONNELL. Two Volumes. With 19 Maps. 81x 5. 227 pp. Hugh Rees, Ltd. 128. 6d. n. MISCELLANEOUS. LONDON CLUBS : THE HISTORY AND TREASURES. By RALPH NEVILL. 9 x 51. 316 pp. Chatto & Windus. MUSIC. THE LOVE OF THE NIGHT FOR THE DAY. By KITTY EVEREST, Stanley Webb, 1s. 4d. TRAVEL. A SAGA OF THE “SUNBEAM.” By HORACE G. HUTCHIN. SON. 9 x 51. 211 pp. Longmans. 6s. 6d. n. SOMALILAND. By ANGUS HAMILTON. 8 X 54. 366 pp. Hutchinson. 128. 6d. n. THE DANUBE WITH PEN AND PENCIL. By CAPT. B. GRANVILLE BAKER. 94 X 61. 191 pp. Swan Sonnen- schien. 158. BOOKS PUBLISHED IN AMERICA BY MEMBERS. NATURAL HISTORY. WITH NATURE AND A CAMERA : Being the Adventures and Observations of a Field Naturalist and an Animal Photo- grapher. By R. and CHERRY KEARTON. Popular edition. 83 X 51. 368 pp. Cassell. 58. PHILOSOPHY. THE WORLD OF DREAMS. By HAVELOCK ELLIS. 9 X 6. 288 pp, Constable. 78. 6d. n. POETRY THE STORY OF NEFREKEPTA. From a Demotic Papyrus. Put into verse by GILBERT MURRAY. 98 x 7. 47 pp. Oxford : Clarendon Press. London : Frowde. 48. 60, n. SONGS OF THE ROAD. By A. CONAN DOYLE. 7 X 41. 137 pp. Smith, Elder. 58. THE COLLECTED POEMS OF MAURICE BARING. 78 x 57, 237 pp. Lane. 58. n. ART. ESSAYS ON THE PURPOSE OF ART ; PAST AND PRESENT CREEDS OF ENGLISH PAINTERS. By Mrs. RUSSELL BARRINGTON. 421 pp. New York : Longmans. $4.25 n. BIOGRAPHY. THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH. By F. FRANKFORT MOORE. New York : Dutton, $3.50 n. THE FATE OF HENRY OF NAVARRE. By JOHN BLOUN- DELLE-BURTON. 349 pp. New York : John Lane. $4 n. BRAHMS. With 12 Illustrations. By J. A. FULLER- MAITLAND. 263 pp. New York: John Lane & Co. $2.50. THE GROWTH OF NAPOLEON: A Study in Environment. By NORWOOD YOUNG. With Portraits and Illustrations. 418 pp. New York : Duffield. $3.75. FRENCH MEN, WOMEN AND Books : A Series of Nineteenth Century Studies. With 8 Portraits reproduced by special permission. By M. BETHAM-EDWARDS. Chicago : McClurg. $2.50 n. DRAMATIC. THE ADVENTURE. A Play by HENRY BRYAN BIxxs. New York: B. W. Huebsch. $1 n. THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA, GETTING MARRIED, and THE SHOWING UP OF BLANCO POSNET. By G. BERNARD SHAW. 443 pp. New York : Brentanos. $1.50 n.  ## p. 159 (#221) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 159 FICTION. LITERARY, DRAMATIC, AND MUSICAL MASTER AND MAID. By Mrs. L. ALLEN HARKER. NOTES. 315 pp. New York: Scribner & Sons. $1.25 n. BERENICE. By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. 264 pp. Boston : Little, Brown. $1.25 n. W E must congratulate the Rev. Prof. Skeat THE HUMAN CHORD. By ALGERNON BLACKWOOD, V on the fresh edition of his “ Etymological 326 pp. New York : Macmillan. $1.50 n. THE NEW MACHIAVELLI. By H. G. WELLS. New York: Dictionary of the English Language,” DUFFIELD. $1.35 n. published at the price of 58. nett with thick paper, THE ANDERSONS. By S. MACNAUGHTAN. 372 pp. New 6s. nett with thin paper, by the Oxford University York: Dutton. $1.25 n. THE RIDING MASTER. By DOLF WYLLARDE. 354 pp. Press. The dictionary was originally published in New York: John Lane & Co. $1.50. 1882, and after passing through several editions, THE VENTURE: A STORY OF THE SHADOW WORLD. By appeared in 1901 so largely rearranged and re- R. NORMAN GRISEWOOD. New York: R. W. Fenno. written as to become practically a new book. TWO ON A TOWER. By THOMAS HARDY. 332 pp. New The present edition is a revision of the edition of York: Harper Bros. $1.25 n. THE GREEN CURVE AND OTHER STORIES. By OLE 1901. LUK-OIE. 313 pp. New York: Doubleday Page. There is no need to recommend this book to the $1.20. English student and the British public. The Rev. THE GIRL FROM NOWHERE. By Mrs. BAILLIE REYNOLDS. Prof. Skeat's position as an English scholar is so 307 pp. New York : Doran. $1.20 n. THE LAME ENGLISHMAN. By WARWICK DEEPING. well known and his work has become so well estab- 368 pp. New York: Cassell. $1.20 n. lished that the public is sure to welcome this fresh TREVOR LORDSHIP. By Mrs. HUBERT BARCLAY. 389 pp. New York : Macmillan. $1.20 n. DENRY THE AUDACIOUS. By ARNOLD BENNETT. 350 pp. Of the two different publications the edition New York: Dutton. $1.35 n. with thin paper is perhaps the more satisfactory; NONE OTHER GODS. By R. H. BENSON. St. Louis : it is easily handled, lighter, and does not lack dis- Herder. $1.50. tinctness or careful production. THE JUSTICE OF THE KING. By HAMILTON DRUMMOND. “ Oil of Spike nard,' a romance by E. N. Smith- 335 pp. New York : Macmillan. $1.20 n. THE ROGUE'S HEIRESS. By TOM GALLON. 315 pp. Dampier, was published at the end of February by New York : Dillingham. $1.50. Mr. Andrew Melrose. THE PATRICIAN. By JOHN GALSWORTHY. 393 pp. New “Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in York : Scribner. $1.35 n. China,” by A. W. Bahr, contains illustrations and THE DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD. BY ROBERT HICHENS. 273 pp. New York: Century Co. $1.10 n. brief descriptions of pottery, Porcelain, jade and THE CAMERA FIEND. By E. W. HORNUNG. 346 pp. other artıc'es selected from the first Art Exhibition New York : $1.25 n. held in China, viz., at Shanghai in 1908. There THE SINS OF THE CHILDREN. By HORACE NEWTE. are 12 coloured plates from the pictures by the 407 pp. New York : John Lane Co. $1.50. THE INTELLECTUALS: AN EXPERIMENT IN IRISH CLUB Chinese artist, Wong Chun Hai, and more than LIFE. By The Rev. CANON P. A. SUEEHAN. New 100 black-and-white illustrations. Messrs. Cassell York : Longmans. $1.50 n. & Co. are the publishers. “The Great Betrayal,” by Harold Wintle, is a JUVENILE. novel that deals with the efforts of a foreign power WE OF THE NEVER-NEVER. By Mrs. ÆNEAS GUNN, to obtain British State secrets with the connivance 340 pp. Macmillan. $1.50. of the Foreign Secretary. Messrs. John Ouseley, Limited, are the publishers. LITERARY. The new edition of Dr. Clark Hall's “ Beowulf” LIFE OF JOHN RUSKIN. By ASHMORE WINGATE. 203 pp. contains, besides a revised translation, a great deal Scribner. $1. of matter intended to form a sort of introduction DIMINUTIVE DRAMAS. By MAURICE BARING. 224 pp. to the study of the poem, and an interesting and Boston: Houghton Mifflin. $1.25 n. exhaustive index of the things mentioned in it, ALARMS AND DISCURSIONS. By G. K. CHESTERTON, New York: Dodd Mead. $1.50 n. with numerous illustrations. It is hoped that this illustrated index will be useful to archæologists as MEDICAL. well as to students of Beowulf. As an experiment, a metrical rendering of the Finnsburg Fragment ALCOHOL AND THE HUMAN BODY. BY SIR VICTOR HORSLEY and DR. MARY D. STURGE. 290 pp. New has been inserted, as well as the prose translation. York : Macmillan 40 cents n. Messrs. Swan Sonnenschien & Co. are the publishers. In “ A Small Collection of Japanese Lacquer," SOCIOLOGY. Mr. James Orage gives a brief account of the SOULS IN ACTION IN THE CRUCIBLE OF THE NEW LIFE: history and manufacture of lacquer and of the Expanding the Narrative of Twice-born Men. By various kinds of lacquer work, followed by a detailed HAROLD BEGBIE. 310 pp. New York : Doran. $1.25 n. description of the articles, which are of varied  ## p. 160 (#222) ############################################ 160 THE AUTHOR. objects, and include over 60 inros (medicine boxes). form in the summer. An article by the same All have been examined by Messrs. Y. Imaizumi, writer, entitled “ An Elephant Hunt” appeared in director, and S. Fujiya, assistant director of the the February issue of The Badminton Magazine, Department of Fine Arts, Imperial Museum, while Mrs. Vassel's lecture on the Philippines Tokyo. A limited edition of the book has been delivered in December, in Manchester, Liverpool, printed, and the publishers are The Times Book Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Rugby, and else. Club of 376-384 Oxford Street, W. where, was published in the Scottish Geographical Mr. J. C. Wright is shortly to publish through Magazine for February Mr. Robert Scott, his new book, “ Changes of a Mrs. Vassel is responsible also for the articles on Century." This is a continuation of his previous Paris which have been appearing in the Evening work "In the Good Old Times," and denls with Standard since June last, and now bear her signa- topics of social interest not touched in his previous ture. On January 6 she lectured at Burlington volume, contrasting present day life in England House on Annam for the Royal Geographical with that of a century ago. Society. Mr. T. Werner Laurie has just published Mr. Mr. George Hansby Russell's new novel will be Ramsay Colles' volume of reminiscences of thirty published by Mr. John Murray in April or early in years in Ireland, under the title of “ In Castle and May. The title will be “Ivor," and the story is of Court House." There is, besides the political North Devon and the Island of Lundy. interest in the book, much literary interest in con- The annual general meeting of the Royal Literary nection with the Young Ireland literary movement Fund was held on March 9. Sir Alfred Bateman, and the work of the Dublin University dons. in submitting the report, mentioned that among the Mr. Andrew Melrose announces the publication Fund's cases was one of an author, whose name was of A. E. Jacomb's new novel “ The Lonely Road.” not unknown, who was receiving only £10 for a Miss Lilian Whiting has just completed a book novel from his pen. Every month they had cases on “ The Brownings : Their Life and Art,” in which of authors whose literary work was valuable, though she has endeavoured to give the complete biography limited in its appeal, and for these writers exist- of each, separately, before their marriage, and his, ence on the proceeds of their works was impossible. again after death, from some new material gained The report showed that the income of the fund for from Miss Whiting's friendship with their son, the year amounted to £4,088, and that £2,770 was Mr. Barrett Browning. The book, comes from voted in grants to forty-one applicants. Since the Messrs. Little, Brown & Co. in the autumn. society's foundation in 1790, the total sum dis- A serial, “ The Emotions of Martha,” by Mrs. tributed in grants was £160,757. Professor W. P. Maxwell Armfield, has been running in The Girls' Ker seconded the adoption of the report, which was Own Paper since October. 1910, and will be pub. carried. The chairman announced that the King lished in book form by the Religious Tract Society had consented to become patron of the society, and in September, 1911. that Mr. Birrell would take the chair at the dinner “The Polar Star" is the title of a new novel by on Thursday, May 18. Lord Tennyson was re- Lady Helen Forbes, which Messrs. Duckworth & Co. elected president of the society, and Sir Alfred have just published. Bateman was elected treasurer on the retirement of The first number of a new literary and patriotic Mr. Edward Dicey, who had held that post since journal“ Vestnik” for the promotion of travel, has 1888. Those present included Sir Edward Brabrook, just appeared in Prague, edited by Fr. Hlavacek. Mr. Percy M. Thornton, Mr. Richard Bentley, In it, space is given to an article from the pen of Mr. Sidney Lee, Mr. Maurice Hewlett, Mr. Edmund the Director of the Prague Art Museums, Imperial Gosse, Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins, and Mr. M. H. Councillor Franz Borovsky, upon the numerous Spielmann. articles and books by James Baker. In this Miss K. Everest has just published her fourth article the names of Dr. Herbert Warren, John song, “ The Love of the Night for the Day.” It Addington Symons, Henry Whatley, the artist, is dedicated to Her Highness the Princess Pretiva of and Walter Crane are also mentioned. Cooch Behar. It is to be had from the publishers, A fourth and enlarged edition has been published Messrs. Stanley Webb, 10, Museum Street, London, of Mr. F. W. Frankland's series of short studies on W.C. theological and metaphysical subjects, under the “Impatient Griselda " is the title of Mr. Laurence title of “ Thoughts on Ultimate Problems." Mr. North's new novel which Mr. Martin Secker has David Nutt is the publisher. published recently. Mr. Laurence North has also, Mrs. Vassel's book “ On and off Duty in Annam," in the current number of the Oxford and Cambridge published by Messrs. Heinemann last year, is now Review, an article on “ The Earlier Oxford appearing in French in the “ Tour du Monde,” and Magazines.” will be published by Messrs. Hachette in volume Messrs. John Long have just published a 1s.  ## p. 161 (#223) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 161 through Messrs. Constable & Co., à volume called “Shepherds of Britain : Scenes from Shepherd Life Past and Present," from the best authorities, by Adelaide L. J. Gosset. There are to be sixty illustrations from drawings and photographs. edition of Tom Gallon's popular novel, “ The Great Gay Road," a dramatised version of which has been produced and is now touring the provinces. Mr. Robert Scott announces for publication a new novel by A. P. Crouch (author of “A Wife from the Forbidden Land ") entitled “ Dick Comerford's Wager.” The scene of the story is laid in the country amidst the hunting gentry of a hundred years ago. The committee of the Imperial Club, Hove, hare arranged with Miss A. E. Keeton and Miss Keeton and Miss Grainger Kerr to give one of their studies of modern British song, at the club's premises, 2 and 4 First Avenue, Hove, on Saturday afternoon, April 8. at 3.15. The illustrations include works by the following composers: Ernest Austin, Granville Bantock, Hubert Bath, William Wallace, R. Vaughan Williams, Dalhousie Young, and many others. Tickets are procurable from the honorary secretary of the club by members at 2s. 6d. each (five tickets half-a-guinea) and by non-members at 3s. 6d. each (five tickets, 158.). At the annual meeting of the Bristol District of the Institute of Journalists held in Bristol on the 10th ult., Mr. James Baker, F.R.G.S., the special correspondent and honorary secretary of the British International Association of Journalists, was unanimously elected as chairman of the district, the retiring chairman, Mr. R. J. Mickie, referring to Mr. James Baker's work for journalism in many countries. Mr. James Baker has been asked by the Comité de Direction to read a paper at the International Press Congress in Rome in May on the facilities given to journalists in the English Houses of Parliament. His novel “ John Westa- cott” has just been issued in the popular two shilling series. “Love's Privilege," the mystery story by Stella M. Düring, which won a £200 prize in the Chicago Daily News competition, and was after wards published in book form in America, is to be brought out in England this summer by Messrs. Cassell & Co. It has run serially in eight different English newspapers. “A Bed of Roses," by W. L. George, is the story of a woman's life, torn to shreds in the mere struggle for existence a story of shattered ideals and sorry triumpbs. The title of the novel is ironical in its application to the heroine's path, beset as it is with every kind of difficulty and danger. The book is published by Mr. Frank Palmer. Count Plunkett (author of “Sandro Botticelli,” &c.) has been nominated a vice-president of the Royal Irish Academy by the newly-appointed president, Dr. Mahaffy. Miss Adelaide L. J. Gosset is shortly to publish, DRAMATIC. “ The Adventure" is a play by Mr. Henry Bryan Binns which was published last month simultaneously in London and New York, in the former city by Mr. A. C. Fifield and in the latter by Mr. B. W. Buesch. It is described as “a romantic variation on a Homeric theme." While the episode which suggested the play is told in the Odyssey, it belongs to the folk-lore of all times and races. It is symbolical rather than classical, and as such Mr. Binns has treated it with some- thing of the breadth and freedom demanded by its motive. There is a prospect of the play being seen on the London stage. “Rococo" is a one-act farce by Mr. Granville Barker which was produced at the Court Theatre last month. The piece relates to a quarrel in a middle-class home respecting the ownership of a rococo vase. The caste included Mr. Norman Page, Miss Kate Bishop, Mr. Montagu Love, and Miss Agnes Thomas. The same occasion witnessed the revival of Mr. John Masefield's play of peasant life, “The Tragedy of Nan.” It was interpreted by a company which included Miss Lillah McCarthy, Mr. Horace Hodges and Miss Mary Mr. Anthony Hope's play “The Prisoner of Zenda ” was revived at the Lyceum Theatre on March 1, where it was played by a caste which included Mr. Henry Ainley, Miss Ethel Warwick, and Mr. Fred Morgan. A one-act play by Sir William Gilbert, called “ The Hooligan,” was produced at the Coliseum at the end of February. Its theme is the agony of a condemned murderer, who, with apparently but two hours to live, works himself into such a state of mind torture that, when at length he learns of his reprieve, he falls dead. Mr. James Welch and Mr. Leslie Carter are in the caste. “The Caravanners,” a comedy in one act, by Beatrice Heron-Maxwell, was produced for the first time at the Gaiety Theatre, Hastings, on February 27. It relates how a lord, travelling incognito in a caravan, meets the lady of his heart. Mr. J. H. Lindell and Miss V. Vallis were two of the caste. “Peggy," Mr. George Grossmith's adaptation of Xamoff and Guérin's “L'Amorçage,” was produced at the Gaiety Theatre on March 4. Mr. George Grossmith, Mr. Edmund Payne, Miss Gabrielle Ray and Miss Phyllis Dare are in the caste.  ## p. 162 (#224) ############################################ 162 THE AUTHOR. Mr. W. Somerset Maugham's new comedy The death of Roty, the celebrated French “ Loaves and Fishes” was produced at the Duke medallist, will be regretted by the whole French of York's Theatre on February 24. The chief nation. As M. Roger-Milés very aptly says : character is a Canon of the Church, and the action “The metallic history of a nation bears the exact of the piece centres round the various schemes of reflection of the psychology of that nation.” From this very worldly church dignitary for his social an almost uninhabited part of Africa, some years advancement. The play was interpreted by a caste ago, in reply to a letter bearing the new French which included Mr. Robert Loraine, Mr. Athol stamp with Roty's incomparable design of La Stewart, Miss Florence Haydon, and Miss Mary Semeuse (the simple figure of a woman scattering Barton. seed as she passes along with the rising sun A copyright performance of Mr. Spencer T. beyond her), I received an eloquent letter ending James' piece in one act, “ The Death-Trap," with the words : “ How is it that they do these took place at the Alexandra Hall, Leeds, on the things so much better in France ? Compare 18th ult. The story concerns the trapping in a our postage stamps with theirs, our coins with London flat at midnight of an army officer by the theirs ..." The Semeuse design is, of course, sister of the girl whom he has ruined. the best known of Roty's works. To those visitors to Paris who wish to study “the metallic history of the nation,” we would recommend, among other collections, the series of Roty's medals in the PARIS NOTES. Luxembourg Museum and the interesting series by Mme. Merignac of the types of peasants in the various provinces of France, ordered from her by PRÈS l'Abandon de la Revanche," by the Mint for the Museum of the Monnaie. Madame Juliette Adam, describes many At the Sorbonne this winter two American political events from 1877 to 1880. In a professors are giving a series of lectures, one of life as active as that of Madame Adam, surrounded which consists of four lectures on Chaucer, Malory, as she has always been by the men who have made Spenser, and Shakespeare. When will there be an history, there is naturally very much that is English lecturer on English literature at the intensely interesting in this volume. The letters Sorbonne ? which she publishes add greatly to the value of the The French Academy has awarded one of the book. Gobert Prizes of nine thousand francs for the “ Valentine de Milan," by M. Emile Collas, is “most eloquent piece of French history" to a biography as interesting as a novel. This M. Brédier, professor at the College of France, for history of the first Duc and Duchesse d'Orléans his work “ Légendes épiques,” and another of one takes us back to the beginning of the fifteenth thousand francs to M. Louis Battifol for his work century. The story of Valentine de Milan is one “Le Roi Louis XIII. à vingt ans.” The reception of the most fascinating in French history. of General Langlois by the Academy is arranged “ La Plus Forte," by Alain Valvert, is an for June 15. extremely modern novel. We see the young girl in the Revue hebdomadaire M. Gabriel Hano- who, as a medical student, imagines her indepen- taux writes an article entitled “Il faut choisir ? dence is dearer to her than all else in the world. on the subject of the Triple Entente (Russia, She witnesses the results of the vaunted indepen- France, and England). M. Louis Bertrand pub- dence of some of her women friends. The whole lishes his lecture on Gustave Flaubert. An excel- book is an attractive psychological study. lent series of articles has been organised by this “ Visions d'Egypte," by Dr. A. Le Dentu, is Revue on the various French ministries. M. Jules another volume of impressions by a traveller who Méline writes the first one on the Ministry of gives us descriptions of the landscape, ruins, life Agriculture. The second article was written by as it is to-day, together with some notions of the M. René Millet on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. past history, of the legends, myths, religion, and The third on the Colonial Ministry was by M. G. art of the Egyptians. The volume is written by a Demartial. These articles give the public an conscientious critic, and is illustrated with about excellent idea of the working of the various ten engravings. machines of Government. There is also an “ Le Milieu médical et la Question médico- extremely interesting article by the Marquis de sociale" is the title of Dr. Grasset's latest publica- Massa on General Bourbaki. M. Germain Breton tion, the summing up of which is contained in the writes on “ The Clergy and Politics,” M. Augustin last chapters under the heading of “ Necessity for Filon on “Le Prince Impérial,” and Comte Jean union and collaboration among doctors. Advice d'Elbée on “ Armand de Chateaubriand.” to future doctors.” M. Henry Bernstein has withdrawn his play  ## p. 163 (#225) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 163 " Après moi” from the programme of the Comédie Française. "L'Oiseau bleu" at the Théâtre Réjane is the great sensation at present. It certainly is admirably staged and, with Georgette Leblanc, Maeterlinck's play is all that could be desired. At the Gymnase “Papa,” a three-act play by MM. Robert de Flers et Armand de Caillavet, is being given. At the Varietés “ Les Midinettes," a comedy in four acts by M. Louis Artus, is still being played. M. Camille de Sainte-Croix, founder of the Théâtre Shakespeare, gave “ Love's Labour's Lost” to a crowded house for two performances, and he is at present rehearsing “ The Merchant of Venice.” A Shakespeare League is now being formed, and M. Dujardin-Beaumetz, Sous-Secrétaire d'Etat aux Beaux Arts, and M. d'Estournelles Constant, Chef du Service des Théâtres, have both joined the Shakespeare Committee. As English delegate of this French Shakespeare League I should be so glad if any readers could give us particulars of existing Shakespearean Societies in England or in any other country. ALYS HALLARD. 60, Rue de Vaugirard, Paris. "Après l'Abandon de la Revanche" (Lemerre). " Valentine de Milan" (Plon). "La Plus Forte” (Perrin). " Visions d'Egypte" (Perrin). "Le Milieu médical et la Question médicosociale” (Ber- nard Grasset). some such name as Savourot. Let us call him Savourot. The question for the publisher was to resuscitate Savourot. Yes; but, as a fact, was Savourot dead ? There was no date on the book, which would help to form an approximate idea on the point; and the encyclopædias, eagerly consulted, were mute on the subject. A publisher's name certainly figured on the fly-leaf, but it was that of an unknown book- seller, of whom dozens come to light and die during the year. There was nothing to be found out in that direction. And yet there was one question, an all-important one, that arose : had Savourot's work become public property ? Certainly, the typographical appear- ance of the book and the author's style furnished some indications, but a respectable publisher cannot content himself with uncertain information. The courts protect—and rightly so— literary property. Now, we know that a work does not become public property until fifty years after the author's death. How was it to be ascertained whether fifty years had elapsed since the day when Savourot had departed this life? Without consulting the death registers of every parish in France and the colonies, it was not to be thought of. My friend was compelled, much against his will, to abandon his project; and at the same time the public was also deprived of an interesting literary exhumation. This demonstrates that the laws governing public property in the field of literature are defective. In what way are they defective ? In this respect, that the termination of literary copy- right ought only to be based upon the age of a work, and not on the death of its author. One literary work, in the event of its author dying the day after publication, remains private property for fifty years only ; whereas another, by the mere fact of the author living fifty years after its publication, will remain private property for a century. This is an anomaly which nothing can justify. The common-sense remedy would be to compel publishers to print on each volume the date* of publication ; and to decide that during a number of years, to be determined (say sixty years), the property of a literary work shall be vested in the author or his representatives. After sixty years the work should become public pr perty. In this way there would no longer be any uncertainty. On opening a book we should know immediately what was its position with regard to the public. It would be at once simple and quitable—two very good reasons against its adoption. THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. [Translated from an article signed Fred Isly, appearing in Le Pèle. Véle, 92, rue St. Lazare, Paris, of March 12, 1911, headed “ Domaine Public.” NE day a friend of mine, a publisher, was U looking through some second-hand books in a suburban brooker's shop; and so as not to disappoint the dealer, who was very attentive, he purchased a few volumes at random. In this there is nothing remarkable ; what is more remarkable is that he had the curio-ity to read these literary derelicts. And a still more remarkable thing is that one of these books seemed to him to be a very valuable work. The discovery of a masterpiece is always a treat for a publisher; and my friend at once conceived the idea of reveal- ing this neglected writer, who had fallen into oblivion, to the public. I have forgotten the writer's name. When I recall the incident, the most that comes into my mind is a vague sound which formulates itself into Date of first publication is probably meant, although the writer does not specify..  ## p. 164 (#226) ############################################ 164 THE AUTHOR. COPYRIGHT IN FICTION AND CINEMATO fusion. Anyone who named his work · Les GRAPH REPRESENTATIONS. Misérables' would be certainly intending to profit by a reputation that has been already made." M. Marcel Prévost, M. Francis de Croisset, Madame M WO cases in which the copyright of well Alfonse Daudet, and Madame Claude Farrère all 1 known French novels was alleged to have expressed similar opinions. M. Leon Gandillot been infringed by cinematograph represen- declared, “ Success causes a title to cease to be tations have recently come before the French commonplace, and gives it a particular value.” courts, and present some features of interest. Such a consensus of opinions was, however, In the first case Madame Hémon, who holds insufficient to convince the court. The sentence rights in works by Prosper Mérimée brought an decreed that the success of a norel or a play (which action against “La Société des anciens établissements was really the point under discussion) has no Pathé Frères” for having published, and offered influence on the commonplace nature of a title, and for sale in a catalogue, under the title of “ Châti- rejected the demand of M. Paul Féval fils respecting ment de Corse," a cinematograph film reproducing the title “ Bossu.” At the same time it ordered the striking episodes of the well-known story that the bills exposed at the entrances of cinemato- “ Matteo Falcone." graph halls should in all cases exhibit the names The " Société Patbé” admitted the fact, and of the authors of the scenes represented ; and pleaded that the damage did not amount to more condemned the “ Société Pathé ” to pay costs. than 200 francs. The court, however, reaffirmed the decision that the reproduction of a work for the cinematograph constitutes an infringement of an author's rights, and condemned the defendants MAGAZINE CONTENTS. to pay Madame Hémon one thousand francs damages. In the second case the same “Société Pathé” BOOKMAN. was proceeded against by M. Paul Feval fils. The Arnold Bennett: An Appreciation. By F, G, Bettany. work' in question was à novel entitled “ Bossu.” Mark Twain as Psychologist. By Professor John Adams. The Société Pathé had given this title to a A great American Journalist. A Note on the Centenary cinematograph film, which, however, had no con- of Horace Geeley. By A. St. John Adcock. nection with M. Paul Feval's celebrated novel. In Book MONTHLY. a previous action against “ La Société Gaumont " Burns in London. respecting the title “ Le Fils de Lagadère "M. Paul CONTEMPORARY. Feval had obtained a sentence that there was a distinction between a commonplace title, which What is Impressionism. By Wynford Dewhurst. Ben Jonson and Shakespeare. By the late Mary might be freely used, and a title of some originality s which was entitled to the protection of the law. Literary Supplement : Dame Eleanor and Lady Macbeth. The question now arose whether “Bossu" By J. E. G. de Montmorency. (Hunchback) was to be regarded as an original ENGLISH REVIEW. title. The great majority of authors had no doubt about the answer which should be given. The Renan : The Romance of Religion. By Frank Harris. counsel conducting M. Paul Feval's case produced FORTNIGHTLY. a number of letters from leading literary men of the day addressed to his client. M. Clarette wrote, “ It Christina Rossetti. By Ford Madox Hueffer. would be a very bold thing to assert that any word The Musician as Composer. By Filson Young. The Theâtre Français in the Fifties. By Francis Gribble. becomes 'commonplace. ' Le Cid' would be Björnstjerne Björnson. By Robert Machray. commonplace and · Le Misanthrope.' It is true that an author cannot annex the dictionary when SCALE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS. he chooses a name or a word. But the celebrity attained by the word constitutes a property which (ALLOWANCE TO MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY 20 PER CENT.) ought to be respected.” M. Edmond Rostand Front Page wrote, “ As you ask what are my views regarding Other Pages ... ... 300 property in the title of literary works, I am of Half of a Page ... Quarter of a Page ... O 15 0 opinion that a title, howsoever commonplace it may 0 7 6 Single Column Advertisements ... per inch be, becomes the property of the author when it has 60 been consecrated by such a success that a stranger Reduction of 20 per cent. made for a Series w Six and of 25 por cont. for Twelve Insertions. by adopting it reckons upon doing so to his All letters respecting Advertisements should be addressed to J. F. personal advantage, and hopes to profit by the con- BELMONT & Co., 29, Paternoster Square, London, E.C. CU VIVIC VI DIVIS"au Suddard. .. ... 1 10 Eighth of a Page  ## p. 165 (#227) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 165 HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY. 1. D 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 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. 7. Many agents neglect to stamp agreements. This must be done within fourteen days of first execution. The 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 18. per annum, or £10 10s. for life membership. 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 op 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. IY. 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 Secreta 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 means. (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. WARNINGS TO THE PRODUCERS OF BOOKS. N 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 any one except an established manager, 3. There are three forms of dramatic contract for plays in three or more acts: (a.) Sale outright of the performing right. This is unsatisfactory. An author who enters into such a contract should stipulate in the contract for production of the piece by a certain date and for proper publication of his name on the play-bills. TTERE are a few standing rules to be observed in an n agreement. There are four methods of dealing with literary property :- I. Selling it Outright. This is sometimes satisfactory, if a proper price can be  ## p. 166 (#228) ############################################ 166 THE AUTHOR. DRAMATIC AUTHORS AND AGENTS. (6.) 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. (o.) 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 (6.) 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. D RAMATIC authors should seek the advice of the Society before putting plays into the hands of agents. As the law stands at present, an agent who has once had a play in his hands may acquire a perpetual claim to a percentage on the author's fees from it. As far as the placing of plays is concerned, it may be taken as a general rule that there are only very few agents who can do anything for an author that he cannot, under the guidance of the Society, do equally well or better for himself. The collection of fees is also a matter in which in many cases no intermediary is required. For certain purposes, such as the collection of fees on amateur performances, and in general the trans. action of frequent petty authorisations with different individuals, and also for the collection of fees in foreign countries, almost all dramatic authors employ agents; and in these ways the services of agents are real and valuable. But the Society warns authors against agents who profess to have influence with managers in the placing of plays, or who propose to act as principals by offering to purchase the author's rights. In any case, in the present state of the law, an agent should not be employed under any circumstances without an agreement approved of by the Society. WARNINGS TO MUSICAL COMPOSERS. the words. 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. 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. THE READING BRANCH. REGISTRATION OF SCENARIOS AND ORIGINAL PLAYS. CEMBERS will greatly assist the Society in this 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, REMITTANCES. OCENARIOS, typewritten in duplicate on foolscap paper D 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 ibe price of 28. 6d. per act. The Secretary of the Society heys to give notice that all remittances are acknowledged by return of posi. All remittances should be crossed Union of London and Smiths Bank, Chancery Lane, or be sent by registered letter only.  ## p. 167 (#229) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 167 GENERAL NOTES. It has been the custom lately at Christmas to produce beautiful illustrated books in editions limited to 250 to 500 copies. The prices of ALTERATIONS IN AUTHORS' MANUSCRIPTS. these books range from £2 28. to £5 5s. The THE society has always contended that no tax, therefore, that is laid upon these editions, if editor or publisher has a right to alter an the book is £5 58., would be £26 58. ; if the book author's MS. Indeed, on behalf of one of the Indeed, on behalf of one of the is £2 28., the tax would be £10 10s. members of the society a very important case was This is a serious item to be considered by the taken through the Courts on this basis. An editor publisher and author in working out their financial of a responsible paper, who is also an author, has statements. been known to state that an editor has absolute right to alter an author's MS. should he so desire THIRTY-SIX DRAMATIC SITUATIONS. without reference to the author. On being asked what he would say if his own MS. during publica- An interestimg correspondence has been recorded tion was altered he is reported to have answered in the Chicago Dial with regard to thirty-six that the issue was not the same. We have only original dramatic situations. quoted this instance to show how authors rightly It appears that Goethe, in his conversation with consider any alteration in their MSS. as a personal Eckermann, under date of February 14, 1830, matter. In the days of duelling, no doubt, such attributed to Gozzi the statement that there could alterations might have been looked upon as a be but thirty-six “tragic" situations. This state- personal insult. But still cases do occur, and one ment of Goethe set Schiller off to see if he could has come to the notice of the society recently where not discover any more, but, according to the record, an anthor produced a book in England and America. he could not find so many, though he took much In England it was produced exactly as the author pains to do so. had meant it to be. For special reasons he had The question it appears was followed up by carefully avoided any headings to the chapters. Georges Polti, who published in 1895 in Paris a In America, however, some proof-reader, think- reader Think book called “ The Thirty-six Dramatic Situations." ing he knew better than the author how the In this book he digested the whole subject not only book should be laid before the public, at his own from the point of view of the drama, but from the discretion headed all the chapters. We are glad to point of view of literature and history. The report that the publisher has made amends correspondent of the Chicago Dial has set down the for this mistake, but at the same time we brief headings under which each group is analysed, think it necessary to call the attention of authors but suggests that such a list does but scant justice to the fact that such things as alterations in to Monsieur Polti's ingenuity and skill. authors' MSS. still occur. The list is as follows:-1. Supplication ; 2. The Saviour; 3. Vengeance pursuing crime ; 4. To avenge kinsman upon kinsman ; 5. The fugitive hunted ; 6. Disaster ; 7. A prey ; 8. Revolt ; 9. LIBRARY COPIES. Daring effort ; 10. Carrying off; 11. The riddle ; We see that a Deputation from the Committee 12. To obtain ; 13. Hatred of kinsmen; 14. of the Welsh National Library was received by Mr. Rivalry of kinsmen or friends ; 15. Murderous Sydney Buxton. The deputation asked that in the adulterer ; 16. Madness ; 17. Fatal imprudence ; new Copyright Bill there should be an obligation 18. Involuntary crime of love ; 19. To kill a kins- upon authors to send copies of their books to the man before recognition ; 20. To sacrifice to- Welsh Library. We can only trust that no extra the ideal ; 21. To sacrifice for kinsmen ; 22. To tax will be placed upon authors and publishers in sacrifice all to passion ; 23. To be obliged to the matter of supplying gratis copies. As the law sacrifice one's kinsmen ; 24. Rivalry of unequals ; stands at present, the tax comes very hard. If 25. Adultery ; 26. Crimes of Love ; 27. To learn any steps were taken, they should be towards the dishonour of one who is loved ; 28. Loves reducing rather than increasing the burden ; but, obstructed ; 29. To love an enemy; 30. Ambition ; perhaps, the Government will find it impossible to 31. Struggle against God; 32. Mistaken jealousy : go back upon the rights that have already been 33. Judicial error ; 34. Remorse ; 35. Recovery ; granted by statute to the five libraries. 36. To lose one's kinsmen. In most cases the cost of supplying these gratis books comes heavier on the publisher than on the author, but still the matter is serious for the COPYRIGHT DURATION. author, and if he produces an expensive book In another column we publish an article taken in a limited edition the tax is almost impossible. from a French paper dealing with the question of  ## p. 168 (#230) ############################################ 168 THE AUTHOR. the duration of copyright. The author thinks it GENERAL MEETINGS. would be a better thing for copyright to run for a fixed time from the date of publication of the book I. rather than for the life of the author and a fixed time after his death, and his deduction is, that if THE COUNCIL MEETING. copyright runs for a fixed time after the death of D RIOR to the annual general meeting, held at the author, if the book is published just before f the Royal Society of Arts on Thursday, the author's death, it might only last for fifty March 23, the general meeting of the share- years. But in this argument he misses the chief holders, the Council of the Society, was held. The object of copyright legislation in all countries. meeting was a formal one to pass the annual namely, to secure to an author and his family the report of the Committee of Management, to elect benefit of that author's work for a certain time. If, the accountants for 1911, and to adopt the accounts therefore, perpetual copyright is outside the range for the past year. of practical politics, then the French author's sug. As the report and accounts had been circulated gestion is wholly unsatisfactory when the main they were taken as read, and the three items on object of copyright protection is kept in mind for, the agenda, put from the chair, were duly carried, if the copyright should run from the date of pub- Messrs. Oscar Berry & Co. being re-elected lication and it was the author's first book, his accountants. descendants might reap but little, perhaps no value from the length of duration, and that which the II. legislature set out to acquire would be lost. In addi- tion, the difficult question of the date of publication THE SOCIETY. would be constantly cropping up, and it might be The general meeting of the society was held on necessary to confirm the author's property to him- Thursday, March 23, at 4 p.m., Mr. Maurice self by registration, and any formalities tend to Hewlett, chairman of the Committee of Manage- endanger his position. Whereas, under the present ment, presiding. arrangement for a certain fixed time, the descen- The agenda on the paper were :-(1) To receive dants of an author must benefit by the work he has and, if desired, to discuss the accounts and report of done if it has any power of survival. We cannot the Committee of Management ; (2) To elect a help thinking that the present method, which is member of the Pension Fund Committee under the promulgated by the Berlin Convention, is the best scheme for the management of the Pension Fund, under existing conditions. Mrs. Alec Tweedie having resigned in due order, but submitting her name for re-election, while the name of no other candidate had been put forward ; (3) To appoint scrutineers to count the votes under the society's constitution. COMMITTEE ELECTION. The chairman proposed, as last year, to take Nos. 2 and 3 before proceeding to the main business of the meeting. No other candidate having been THE following is the signed statement of the proposed for the vacancy on the Pension Fund scrutineers, recording the votes for 1911 :-. Committee, Mrs. Alec Tweedie was automatically W. W. Jacobs . 267 re-elected. With regard to the appointment of Maurice Hewlett 262 scrutineers, no name being put forward and seconded Sir Alfred Bateman. at the meeting, the chairman announced that the Aylmer Maude . . 209 necessary appointment would be made by the committee. Mackenzie Bell . . 123 This business having been despatched, Mr. It may be worth while to repeat that one-third Hewlett said that the present occasion was the of the committee retires annually. Therefore, of a second time that he had presided over the general committee consisting of twelve members, four meeting of the society. It would als be the last, members have to retire. The committee have the as his annual tenure of office now closd. He con- right of nomination, or any two members of the fessed that it was with mixed feelīgs that he society may nominate a third member. looked back on the past year. The hairmanship The thanks of the society are due to the Reverend was a very difficult post, and one in 'hich it was Henry Cresswell, Mr. Francis Gribble, Mr. P. W. very easy to make mistakes. But he is glad to be Sergeant, and Mr. E. H. Lacon Watson, for their able to think that, thanks to the assiance of his kindness in sacrificing their time in order to act as colleagues on the committee and to M Thring, he scrutineers in the election. had kept the ship under way and off le rocks. CONSUILUIon. THE 244  ## p. 169 (#231) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 169 Turning to the report, Mr. Hewlett pointed to intervene in all schemes affecting literature in this the continued increase both in the membership of country. the society and in its income, which was now only Having alluded to the subject of the Pension £6 short of £2,000. Nevertheless, the member- Fund Committee and the gratitude which every ship of the society ought to be larger than it is, member of the society was bound to feel with regard for there were a great many more authors in to the generous action of Miss May Crommelin, England than in the ranks of the society. Also recorded in the report, Mr. Hewlett concluded by the society was liable to very heavy increases in its very sincerely thanking his colleagues on the Com- expenditure, which rendered necessary a consider mittee of Maoagement, and Mr. Thring, now as able increase in its income. With regard to this always the committee's right hand, for the sapport he felt hopeful, and he was confident that it would which they had given him throughout his second follow upon the growth of the society's prestige. term of office. He would not attempt to deal with the immensely At the close of the chairman's address, Mrs. difficult subject of copyright which was mentioned Humphry Ward raised again in the general meet- in part of the report. He would, however, say that ing, as she had already done in council, the question the new Bill did at least attempt to collect in one of the adequacy of the consultation of the society ambit or circuit of Parliament every process of with regard to the action taken in the formation of copyright. But the details of the Bill were now the Academic Committee. She submitted that a under consideration of the Government, and it paragraph in The Author was not sufficient official could not be hoped for this year. He had recently notice of intended action. She thought that the had an instructive conversation with his friend, Mr. authority and prestige of the society would be more William Heinemann, on the subject, and he sug. likely to be raised in the manner hoped for by gested that Mr. Heinemann should be invited to Mr. Hewlett if the council and the society in general attend a meeting of the Committee of Management were more fully consulted on important business. to discuss the very important objections to the Bill The Academic Committee, as it now stands, Mrs. as it now stands. Ward continued, had no representative authority, After calling attention to what the report had to personally distinguished though its members no say on the subject of the Musical Agreement as doubt were. The unfortunate procedure adopted settled between the society and Messrs. Stainer & stood in the way of the trust which ought to have Bell, Mr. Hewlett came to the appointment of the been given to the Academic Committee by the Academic Committee by the Royal Society of general body of authors. Then, as to the question Literature, on which matter he felt that he ought of women on the nominating committee, there cer- to speak as being partly responsible for the action tainly ought to have been a substantial representa- the society had taken in the matter. He said that, tion on that committee of the women of the Society being a member of the Council of the Royal Society of Authors. Mistakes had been made. Was it of Literature, he attended a meeting of that body impossible now to go back and, beginning again, in November, 1909, when it was proposed to form to form a really representative Academic Committee. an Academy of Letters, subsequently modified into Mrs. Baillie Reynolds, after complaining of the an Academic Committee. He had explained that sparse attendance at the general meeting, indicative as chairman of the Society of Authors he could not of the lack of interest on the part of the members, regard any such proposal as practical in which that supported Mrs. Humphry Ward. society was not considered. His name having then Mr. Bernard Shaw said that the members of the been added to a sub-committee to deal with the Committee of Management felt more strongly than whole question, finally a request was made to the anyone else the apparent impossibility of inducing Committee of Management of the Society of Authors most of the members to take any interest in the to recommend fourteen members of the society for society except when they wanted it to get them out nomination upon the Academic Committee. Mr. of some personal trouble. Mrs. Humphry Ward's Douglas Freshfield and he, having been selected by attempt to agitate the question of the Academic the Committee of Management as a sub-committee Committee was a case in point. The chairman put for this purpose, drew up a list of names and then that question fully before the council at a council joined the sub-committee of the Royal Society of meeting at the annual meeting of that body. Over Literature, in joint session with whom they prepared and above the members of the Committee of a list of twenty-eight names. Nothing was done Management there was exactly one member of the without the approval of the Committee of Manage council present; and that member was not Mrs. ment of the Society of Authors, and Mr. Hewlett Humphry Ward. Mrs. Ward later on appealed did not believe that, convinced as he was of the specially to the council to support the views she importance and influence of the society, he could had just expressed, and to censure the Committee have done otherwise than insist upon the right to of Management. The result was a council meeting  ## p. 170 (#232) ############################################ 170 THE AUTHOR. so thinly attended that the committee was in an views on the suffrage question, what other con- overwhelming majority, and the vote of censure clusion could be come to than the one he had could have been carried only by the votes of the expressed ? censured. No doubt this showed the confidence of Mr. Douglas Freshfield said he would only refer the society and of the council in its committee; to two points. In the first place, the Committee of but if the society and the council left everything to Management was in no way a free agent in the the committee, they must not complain when the matter of the constitution of the Academic Com- committee acted on its own responsibility. On the mittee : all that was possible was to make the best point raised by Mrs. Humphry Ward, however, she use of an invitation from the Royal Society of was virtually quite right ; the Academic Committee Literature to join in iis constitution and to had not been democratically constituted by the Society nominate a certain number of members to it out of Authors ; but the fault lay outside the society. of our own body ; next, that (as he had been at The chairman, in promptly insisting on the rights pains to point out in The Author) it was incorrect of the Society of Authors when the proposal was to allege that women had been excluded from the sprung on him, had done precisely the right thing constituting committee since every step taken by (Hear, hear); and the next steps were the forma the delegates of our Committee of Management tion of a provisional committee, the drawing up had been submitted to and ratified by the whole of a constitution for the proposed Academy, and Committee, two of the members of which were finally a list of the Academicians. These could women. have been submitted to a general meeting of the Mrs. Humphry Ward rose a second time to Society, which could thus have become one of the make a personal explanation, Mr. Shaw having constituents of the new body. But whilst this apparently misunderstood her. Whatever her was in progress—whilst drafts of statutes were objections to certain activities of women, she had actually being circulated among members of our the very strongest desire to see them represented Committee of Management—somebody wrote to in every way in the intellectual sphere. the Times announcing the provisional committee No other members having expressed a desire to as a full-fledged British Academy of Letters. speak, Mr. Hewlett said he would like to point out, This stroke of the anarchism characteristic of with reference to what Mrs. Ward and Mr. Shaw men of letters was completely successful. The had said, that the Society's sole part in the business Society of Authors could have immediately repu- of the Academic Committee was to nominate diated the whole affair and withdrawn from the members. It could not call upon the Academic project, as Mr. George Trevelyan did ; but that Committee to overhaul its past action. The would have simply knocked the whole affair on Society had no right or authority to do so. Its the head for a generation. There was nothing to róle was over when it had recommended names for be done but accept the situation, and allow the appointment to the committee. As for the repre- Academic Committee to make the best of itselfsentation of women, there was nothing to prevent without calling attention to its illegitimate origin. their being elected to the committee and there After all, there was no harm done as far as the was not the slightest doubt they would be elected. men were concerned : the Society could not have Mr. Charles Garvice moved à vote of thanks to improved materially on the present list, which the retiring chairman, and expressed a doubt as to contained a sufficient number of eminent men of whether the Society would be able to get anyone letters to give it dignity and authority. As to so good to succeed him. With regard to Mrs. the women, that exclusion was a scandal : an Baillie Reynolds' complaint, be said that members English Academy of Letters without women on it of this society were like those of all others—too was an absurdity. But even here the quaint apt to leave everything to the committee. He difficulty had arisen that Mrs. Humphry Ward, exhorted them to show an interest in the society's who championed the claims of the women of the affairs at other times than at the annual general society, wished to keep them off the committee. meeting. (Mrs. Humphry Ward dissented, explaining that Mr. Mowbray Marras seconded the vote of she had not dealt with that point, but had confined thanks, which was carried unanimously. herself to the question of the right of the women of Mr. Hewlett having briefly acknowleged this and the society to representation on the provisional com- again referred to the help he had received through- mittee.) Mr. Shaw, continuing, said that he had out his term of office, the meeting terminated. urged Mrs. Humphry Ward to secure the rote of The members present included : (Chairman) Mr. the council meeting in favour of having women Maurice Hewlett, E. S. Bates, C. (). Burge, Academicians, offering to support her if she would Mackenzie Bell, Dr. T. P. Beddoes, Sir Alfred move that. She had declined to do so ; and when Bateman, Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes, Miss R. M. Blods her refusal was taken along with her well-known L. N. Chase, Mrs. L. N. Chase, Miss B. Clements-  ## p. 171 (#233) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 171 Henry, Mrs. Herbert Cohen, Joseph Fisher, of Stiggins in ‘Pickwick' was intended as an insult Douglas Freshfield, Charles Garvice, Anthony to all dissenters ; or that all the attorneys in the Hope Hawkins, Frank Hamel, J. F. Hunter, Miss empire were indignant at the famous history of E. M. Hine, Hubert Haes, Mrs. Willoughby Hodg- the firm of Quirk, Gammon, and Snap. Are we to son, C. Lincoln, Miss Mary G. Lowry, Mowbray be passed over because we cannot afford to be Marras, Gilbert S. Macquoid, H. G. Marshall, laughed at ? And if every character in a story is Conal O'Riordan, Charles Pendlebury, D. H. to represent a class, not an individual—if every Mountray Read, Mrs. Baillie Reynolds, P. W. Ser- bad figure is to have its obliged contrast of a good geant, G. Bernard Shaw, Mrs. G. Bernard Shaw, one, and a balance of vice and virtue is to be Francis Storr, Miss E. Tiddemann, Miss Grace struck—novels, I think, would become impossible, Toplis, G. F. Wilson, W. R. Walkes, E. S. Wey- as they would be intolerably stupid and unnatural, mouth, Mrs. Humphry Ward, W. H. Williamson. and there would be a lamentable end of writers and readers of such compositions.” Thirdly, he laughed to scorn the notion that men of letters as a class were looked at askance by the non-literary class. THACKERAY AND THE DIGNITY OF “Does any man who has written a book worth LITERATURE. reading—any poet, novelist, man of science--lose reputation by his character for genius or for learn- ing?” he asked. “Does be not, on the contrary, By LEWIS MELVILLE. get friends, sympathy, applause-money, perhaps ? all good and pleasant things in themselves, and not HACKERAY was always proud to hold a brief ungenerously awarded, as they are honestly won. 1 for the dignity of his calling, and it was, That generous faith in men of letters, that kindly is therefore, with no little irritation that one regard in which the whole reading nation holds day early in 1850 he found himself arraigned by them, appear to me to be so clearly shown in our two London papers, the Examiner and the Morning country every day that to question them would be Chronicle ; by the latter for “ fostering a baneful as absurd as, permit me to say for my part, it prejudice” against literary men ; by the former would be ungrateful. What is it that fills mechanics' for“ stooping to flatter” this prejudice in the public institutes in the great provincial towns when mind, and condescending to caricature his literary literary men are invited to attend their festivals ? fellow-labourers in order to pay court to “the Has not every literary man of mark his friends and non-literary class." The attack was based upon his circle, his hundreds, or his tens of thousands, of the portrayal of the literary men who figured in readers ? And has not every one had from these the novel of “Pendennis." Thackeray's reply was constant and affecting testimonials of the esteem very much to the point. In the first place he in which they hold him ? It is, of course, one denied that the characters were exaggerated. “I writer's lot, from the nature of his subject or of his have seen the bookseller whom Bludyer robbed of genins, to command the syınpathies or awaken the his books ; I have carried money, and from a noble curiosity of many more readers than shall choose to brother man-of-letters, to some one not unlike listen to another author; but surely all get their Shandon in prison, and have watched the beautiful hearing. The literary profession is not held in devotion of his wife in that dreary place,” he wrote. disrepute ; nobody wants to disparage it; no man “Why are these things not to be described if they loses his social rank, whatever it may be, by prac- illustrate, as they appear to do, that strange and tising it. On the contrary, the pen gives a place in awful struggle of good and wrong which take place the world to men who had none before-a fair place, in our hearts and in the world ? ” In the second fairly achiered by their genius, as any other degree place, he expressed the opinion that he was entirely of eminence is by any other kind of merit.” The sub- justified in what he had written. “I hope," he stance of this passage he repeated when in the follow- said, “ that a comic writer, because he describes ing year he replied for literature at the Royal Literary one author as improvident and another as a Fund's Annual Dinner. “We don't want patrons, parasite, may not only be guiltless of a desire we want friends ; and I thank God we have thein ; to vilify his profession, but may really have its and as for any idea that our calling is despised by honour at heart. If there are no spendthrifts or the world, I do, for my part, protest against and parasites amongst us, the satire becomes unjust; deny the whole statement,” he declared. “I have but if such exist, or have existed, they are as good been in all sorts of society in this world, and I have subjects for comedy as men of other callings. I never been despised that I know of. I don't believe never heard that the Bar felt itself aggrieved there has been a literary man of the slightest merit because Punch chose to describe Mr. Dunup's or of the slightest mark who did not greatly advance notorious state of insolvency; or that the picture himself by uis literary labours. I see along this  ## p. 172 (#234) ############################################ 172 THE AUTHOR. august table gentlemen whom I have had the get are not so high as those which fall to men of honour of shaking by the hand, and gentlemen other callings—to bishops, or to judges, or to opera whom I should never have called my friends but singers and actors ; nor have they received stars for the humble literary labours I have been engaged and garters as yet, or peerages and governorships in. And therefore I say, don't let us be pitied of islands, such as fall to the lot of military any more.” officers.” Anthony Trollope has stated that Thackeray had little patience with those men of Thackeray held strong views that much was due by letters who suffered from the impression that they the Queen's Ministers to men of letters, and he were despised and with those who made strenuous added that Thackeray “no doubt had his feelings efforts to combat a prejudice that was non-existent. of slighted merit because no part of the debt was “ Instead of accusing the public of persecuting and paid to him. Thackeray probably would have disparaging us as a class, it seems to me that men liked a baronetcy or a barony, and as a representa- of letters had best silently assume that they are as tive man of letters he might well have been created good as any other gentlemen, nor raise piteous con- Lord Thackeray of Brompton. It was not, how- troversies upon a question which all people of sense ever, that he was particularly desirous of any such must take to be settled. If I sit at your table, I distinction for himself, but he thought if titles and suppose that I am my neighbour's equal, as that he stars and ribands are good for soldiers and sailors is mine. If I begin straightway with a protest and statesmen and artists and civil servants, why of “Sir, I am a literary man, but I would have you should they be withheld from authors ? He attri- to know I am as good as you,' which of us is it that buted the fact that the fountain of honour did not questions the dignity of the literary profession-my play upon men of letters to their comparative neighbour, who would like to eat his soup in quiet, poverty. “ Directly men of letters get rich they or the man of letters, who commences the argu- will come in for their share of honour too,” he ment ? ” Indeed, he thought the man of letters declared. received more sympathy than was due to him. “A While Thackeray thus declared that men of literary man," he wrote in “Pendennis," “ has often letters should share in the rewards for meritorious to work for his bread against time, or against his services distributed by the Government, he con- will, or in spite of his health, or of his indolence, or fessed frankly that he did not see how these honours of his repugnance to the subject on which he is were to be distributed. “I have heard, in a lecture called to exert himself, just like any other daily about George the Third, that, at his accession, the toiler. When you want to make money by Pegasus king had a mind to establish an Order for literary (as he must, perhaps, who has no other saleable men,” he wrote in a “Roundabout Paper." “lt property) farewell poetry and aerial flights : Pegasus was to have been called the Order of Minerva-I only rises now like Mr. Green's balloon, at periods suppose with an owl for a badge. The knights advertised beforehand, and when the spectator's were to have worn a star of sixteen points and a money has been paid. Pegasus trots in harness, yellow ribbon, and good old Samuel Johnson was over the stony pavement, and pulls a cart or cab talked of as President, or Grand Cross, or Grand behind him..Often Pegasus does his work with Owl of the society. Now about such an Order as panting sides and trembling knees, and not seldom this there certainly may be doubts. Consider the gets a cut of the whip of the driver. Do not let us, claimants, the difficulty of settling their claims, the however, be too prodigal of our pity upon Pegasus. rows and squabbles amongst the candidates, and There is no reason why this animal should be exempt the subsequent decision of posterity. Dr. Beattie from labour, or illness, or decay, any more than any would have ranked as first poet, and twenty years of the other creatures of God's world. If he gets after the sublime Mr. Hayley, would, no doubt, hare the whip, Pegasus very often deserves it, and I for claimed the Grand Cross. Mr. Gibbon would not one am quite ready to protest . . . against the have been eligible, on account of his dangerous doctrine which some poetical sympathisers are free-thinking opinions; and her sex, as well as her inclined to put forward, viz., that men of letters, republican sentiments, might have interfered with and what is called genius, are to be exempt from the knighthood of the immortal Mrs. Catherine the prose duties of this daily bread-wanting, tax- Macaulay. How Goldsmith would have paraded paying life, and are not to be made to work and pay the ribbon at Madame Cornelys' or the Academy like their neighbours.” dinner! How Peter Pindar would have railed at If, on the one hand, Thackeray vehemently pro- it! Fifty years later the noble Scott would have tested against the idea that those who followed the worn the Grand Cross and deserved it, but Gifford pursuit of letters required pity and sympathy, on would have had it; and Byron, and Shelley, and the other he was the first to admit that the status Hazlitt and Hunt would have been without it; and of men of letters as a class might be improved. had Keats been proposed as officer, how the Tory “The money prizes which the chief among them prints would have yelled with rage and scorn!  ## p. 173 (#235) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 173 Had the Star of Minerva lasted to our present dition of literary men might be very soon changed time—but I pause, not because the idea is dazzling, by a manly literary union of this kind." but too awful. Fancy the claimants, and the row Thackeray towards the end of his life laid down about their precedence ! ..Fancy the once for all the qualities that ensure the dignity of struggle! Fancy the squabble! Fancy the dis- the calling to which he belonged. “What ought tribution of prizes !” to be the literary man's point of honour nowa- The bestowal of pensions was open to the same days ?” he wrote in a “ Roundabout Paper." objections. “Even that prevailing sentiment “Suppose, friendly reader, you are one of the craft, which regrets that means should not be provided what legacy would you like to leave to your for giving them leisure, for enabling them to children ? First of all (and by Heaven's gracious perfect great works in retirement, that they should help you would pray and strive to give them such waste away their strength with fugitive literature, an endowment of love, as should last certainly for etc., I hold to be often uncalled for and dangerous," all their lives, and perhaps be transmitted to their Thackeray had written in his appreciation of children. You would '(by the same aid and Blanchard. “I believe if most men of letters blessing) keep your honour pure, and transmit a were to be pensioned— I am sorry to say I believe- name unstained to those who have a right to bear they wouldn't work at all ; and of others, that the it. You would, though this quality of giving is labour which is to answer the calls of the day is one of the easiest of the literary man's qualities- the one best suited to their genius. Suppose Sir you would, out of your earnings, great or small, be Robert Peel were to write to you, and, enclosing a able to help a poor brother in need, to dress his cheque for £20,000, instruct you to pension any wounds, and, if it were but twopence, to give him fifty deserving authors, so that they might have succour. . . . You will, if letters be your vocation, leisure to retire and write 'great' work, on whom find saving harder than giving and spending. To would you fix ?” save be your endeavour too, against the night's The dignity of literature, however, depends not coming when no man may work ; when the arm on its rewards but upon the dignity of the men of is weary with the long day's labour; when the letters, and the contempt that was felt for Grub brain perhaps grows dark ; when the old, who can Street in the eighteenth century was, as Thackeray labour no more, want warmth and rest, and the was at pains to point out, largely the fault of Grub young ones call for supper.” In yet another Street, too many of the inhabitants of which “ Roundabout Paper " Thackeray, writing after were intemperate, improvident, and far from the deaths of Washington Irving and Macaulay, respectable, and not only the minor lights but some was happy to point his arguments on the dignity of the great men also. Things, happily, have of literature by showing how they fulfilled his ideal changed, and if Grub Street is still with us it is a of what a man of letters should be. “Be a good more temperate, more clean-living neighbourhood man, my dear! One can't but think of these last than ever it was before, and its inhabitants also, as words of the veteran Chief of Letters, who had well as the literary man in general, have a lofty ideal tasted and tested the value of worldly success, of their calling. Jealousy was once the bane of admiration, prosperity. Was Irving not good, the calling ; to-day that noxious passion is kept, and, of his works, was not his life the best part ? on the whole, well under control. The Croker- In his family gentle, generous, good-humoured, Macaulay feud could not to-day be fought out in the affectionate, self-denying ; in society, a delightful quarterlies. “Human nature is not altered since example of complete gentlemanhood ; quite un- , Richardson's time, and if there are rakes, male and spoiled by prosperity ; never obsequious to the female, as there were a hundred years since, there great (or, worse still, to the base and mean, as are in like manner envious critics now, as then,” some public men are forced to be in his and other Thackeray wrote in his paper on Fielding. “How countries) ; eager to acknowledge every contem- eager are they to predict a man's fall, how un- porary's merit ; always kind and affable with the willing to acknowledge his rise! If a man write a young members of his calling ; in his professional popular work he is sure to be snarled at; if a bargains and mercantile dealings delicately honest literary man rise to eminence out of his profes- and grateful; one of the most charming masters sion all his old comrades are against him. They of our lighter language; the constant friend to us can't pardon his success : would it not be wiser for and our nation ; to men of letters doubly dear, not gentlemen of the pen to do as they do in France, for his wit and genius merely, but as an exemplar have an esprit de corps, declare that their body and of goodness, probity, and pure life. ... Here calling is as honourable as any other, feel their own are two examples of men most differently gifted : power, and instead of crying down any member of each pursuing bis calling ; each speaking his truth their profession who happens to light on a prize, as God bade him ; each honest in his life ; just support him with all their strength! The con- and irreproachable in his dealings ; dear to his  ## p. 174 (#236) ############################################ 174 THE AUTHOR. friends ; honoured by his country ; beloved at his out sword, and have at him.” In this passage fireside. It has been the fortunate lot of both to Thackeray outlined his own course. Truth was give unaccountable happiness and delight to the the first consideration in his eyes, and it was the world, which thanks them in return with an want of truth in such works as are commonly immense kindliness, respect, affection. It may grouped as the Newgate School of Fiction that make not be our chance, brother scribe, to be endowed him attack them as being dishonest and therefore with such, merit, or lewarded with such fame. immoral. “If truth is not always pleasant, at any But the rewards of these men are rewards paid to rate truth is best, from whatever chair-from those our service. We may not win the baton or the whence grave writers or thinkers argue, as from epaulettes ; but God give us strength to guard the that at which the storyteller sits,” Thackeray honour of the flag !" wrote in the Preface to “Pendennis," and else- To such qualities as these two men, to mention where, in the lecture on “ Charity and Humour," no others, possessed, fame comes second. Fame is he enlarged on the theme. “I can't help telling an accident, a happy glorious accident, for those the truth as I view it, and describing what I see. upon whom its mantle falls. It may come with To describe it otherwise than it seems to me would a first book ; it may come in middle life; it be falsehood in that calling in which it has pleased may come at the end of a career hitherto Heaven to place me ; treason to that conscience obscure ; it may come after death ; it may come which says that men are weak ; that truth must be and go ; it may not come at all. A man can told ; that fault must be owned ; that pardon but do his best, and take such reward as may come must be prayed for ; and that Love reigns supreme his way. “The literary character, let us hope or over all.” Thackeray took his profession very admit, writes quite honestly, but no man supposes seriously, and never undervalued the responsibilities he would work perpetually but for money. And as of the writer, even of the novelist, who, in his for immortality, it is quite beside the bargain," opinion, should be a teacher. “I assure you these Thackeray wrote. “Is it reasonable to look for it, tokens of what I can't help acknowledging as or pretend that you are actuated by a desire to popularity, make me humble as well as grateful, attain it? Of all the quill drivers, how many have and make me feel an almost awful sense of the ever drawn that prodigious prize ? Is it even right to responsibility which falls upon a man in such a ask that many should ? Out of a regard for poor station. Is it deserved or undeserved? Who is dear posterity and men of letters to come, let us this that sets up to preach to mankind, and to be glad that the great immortality number comes laugh at many things which men reverence ? I up so rarely. Mankind would have no time other hope I may be able to tell the truth always, and to wise, and would be so gorged with old masterpieces, see to it aright, according to the eyes which God that they would not occupy themselves with new, Almighty gives me. And if, in the exercise of my and future literary men would have no chance of a calling, I get friends and find encouragement and livelihood." There are great men and little men sympathy, I need not tell you how very much I working in the field of letters, as in other fields, feel and am thankful for this kind of support. and all cannot hope for the spoils that come to the Indeed, I can't reply lightly upon this subject or victor. “In the battle of life are we all going to feel otherwise than very grave when people praise try for the honours of championship ? If we can me as you do.” Thus he wrote to Dr. John Brown, do our duty ; if we can keep our place pretty who had been instrumental in organising a testi- honourably ihroughout the combat, let us say Laus monial to him ; and in reply to the Rev. Joseph Deo at the end of it, as the firing ceases, and the Sortain, who had sent him a volume of sermons, night falls upon the field.” Thus the weekday “I want too,” he wrote, “ to say in my way that preacher on the chances of the literary profession. love and truth are the greatest of Heaven's com- * To do your work honestly, to amuse and instruct mandments and blessings to us ; that the best of your reader of to-day, to die when your time comes us, the many especially who pride themselves ou and go hence with as clean a breast as may be, their virtues most, are wretchedly weak, vain, and may these be all yours and ours, by God's will. selfish ; and to preach such a charity at least as a Let us be content with our status as literary crafts- common sense of our shame and unworthiness men, telling the truth as far as may be, hitting no might inspire, to us poor people." Therein may foul blow, condescending to no servile puffery, be found "Thackeray's confession of faith as a filling not a very lofty, but a manly and honourable novelist and weekday preacher. part.” LEWIS MELVILLE. “Ah! ye knights of the pen ! May honour be your shield and truth tip your lances ! Be gentie to all gentle people. Be modest to women. Be tender to children. And as for the Ogre Humbug,  ## p. 175 (#237) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 175 STYLE IN LITERATURE. will become apparent later on. Meanwhile, it suffices to speak of examples which, in truth, are BY ARCHIBALD DUNN. here just as convincing as any logic. For, what would you say to the mathematician who wrote in I. the flowery language of the poet, or to the TF literature in its broadest meaning is to be bumourist who explained his joke as he went with I reckoned the written expression of a thought all the nice exactness of a scientific treatise ? —and I know of no better definition than Even a Scotsman—who, by the way, has been this—then the measure of style in literature can be much libelled in this matter of jokes--would not neither more nor less than the measure of expres- stand that. Then, again, there is the absurdity of siveness with which it conveys that thought. obscuring a simple subject - say, a text-book on Here is some fact or fancy, one supposes, in the come outdoor exercise-- with the incessant intro- author's brain ; it is to become equally fact or duction of quotations from the classics. I have fancy before the reader. such a book by me on the table and, despite a To this end, it may be said, there are two means, certain excellence, I have come to see nothing in Construction and Description; that is, first the it now but irritation ; for, when a man starts out marshalling of all the testimony into an effective to study cricket or golf, or whatever it may be, he order and then, with this accomplished, the subse- is not too well pleased to be interrupted on almost quent setting forth of that testimony in effective every page by Shakespeare's views on some other terms—a plan to begin with, whether in an essay subject. Apart from the distraction, it is a waste or in a fairy tale, then the expounding of that of time under the circumstances and a clear plan through the medium of written words. annoyance. So, too, with preciosity, with pom- Hence, to be a stylist in literature is to be a stylist posity, and with all the exaggerated verbiage so twice over. A mere mastery of language, a neat common amongst the earlier writers. These are dandling of words and epithets, a stringing the deadly sins that cannot be forgiven. together of musical phrases just as pretty as ever S o far, then, the position is obvious. But, now, you please, will not do when standing alone; a more troublesome issue arises when we ask our- admirable though it be and delightful enough to selves to decide the extent of an author's right to the æsthetic sense, here is an incomplete thing, a introduce his personality into his work? Of duty but half fulfilled. The real need, it is clear, course, understand me, I ain distinguishing be- goes beyond this again and the further demand tween personality and individuality.. Individuality comes that the stylist in authorsbip shall be —the natural habit of the man, the instinctive master. too, of a šrmpathetic selection in the method of thought and of expression, which treatment of his subject. must be different from the common method- Of this latter aspect of the question something is the first requisite in the equipment of has been said in another place. * It was there an author ; more than anything else, perhaps, pointed out that only a sympathetic temperament it can raise him from the ruck and, for better could ensure a sympathetic treatment and that, in or worse, stamp him indelibly as himself. fact, the artistic result would be limited in all Indeed, so highly is the virtue rated that, on the likelihood by the degree of artistic instinct evidence of our own eyes, it is the goal for which inherent in the writer. At the same time there the scribe is struggling day by day; and, as the remain certain practical considerations which can commodity is scarce and not to be attained by not be ignored; for, whilst a man may fail to see merely trying, so is the end of the pitiful hunt too all the beauties tbat are possible in treatment, he olten only cheap-jack mannerisms, affectations by may still with study and care aroid the perpetra- the score, or tricks of speech learnt parrot-wise tion of the ugly and the unsuitable. And though from better men. But, where this valuable asset this, perhaps, is not to achieve much, it is at any is a genuine property, where it is of that quality rate something ; one step forward, however small, which can distinguish rather than belittle, then, well in the right direction. surely, the more of it the better. Of course and The obligation then is clear, in the first place, this must never be forgotten—there is nothing in that a writer must rary his entire style with the all the world that cannot be overdone at times, circumstances and adapt it faithfully to the and there is no prompting of a man's soul which necessities and characteristics of the work on does not need to be held in check—that is why which he happens to be engaged at the moment. every art is governed by rules. But, admitting The philosophical reasons for this are simple and this restriction, it would be safe to believe that individuality should be played for all that it is * See papers in The Author, November, December, 1907; worth. Is the same to be said of personality ? February, March, May, June, 1908. May an author obtrude himself freely on the  ## p. 176 (#238) ############################################ 176 THE AUTHOR. printed page? And, if not, what are his statement of facts, without any skill in their pre- limitations ? sentation, without deception, without finesse, a clear Well, I don't know that anyone is going to and unmistakable exposition, in short, of a writer answer this question with any marked degree of writing a book, in what respect, I ask, are we confidence ; beyond doubt, it is something of a playing the game of make-believe? It is too conundrum. But, in discussing it, we may start thin, is it pot? A bit too obvious, a bit too plain off upon the assumption that the character of the and aboveboard, this pulling of the Peter-Waggies composition must have a bearing on the subject. by a string! Of course, were we children it might For instance, consider the different conditions not matter; for you may take away the heartbrug which obtain in an essay and in fiction. Here we which a child is laboriously crawling over for a touch upon the two extreme poles, as it were, of Sahara Desert and shake it out before his eyes and the writer's art—the former, an attempt to convey dust it and replace it and never trouble his faith in facts (sometimes, perhaps, of a speculative nature); that Sahara for a moment ; in two seconds he is the latter, an attempt to give fancies the semblance back again, crawling over it as laboriously and of facts, to impart an air of life to a set of imagined as delightedly as before ; because, you know, he has people and of reality to imagined incidents. The a strange and weird power of self-deception and one depends for its success, we see, primarily on can run the pleasantry off his own bat. But, later the extent to which it can convince the reason ; on, in a few short years, that blessed imagination the other, primarily on the extent to which it can will have passed away, scotched by the hard and stir up and convince the imagination. practical experiences of life, and when that child In the construction of an essay, therefore, the comes to read your novel he will look upon it, introduction of an author's personality, or the believe me, with the matter-of-fact eye ; he will see omission of it, would seem of small account.* Of merely the novelist in your clumsiness and sim- course, his individuality of thought—that is, if he plicity, the poor devil of a scribe earning his bread has any–will show itself at every turn. But, and butter and, as is right and proper in the case, whether he elect to make his address in the first precious little jam. person singular or (like Macaulay and the inflated How, then, will an author stand who advances critics of his time) in the more imposing plural; boldly to the footlights, sets his hand upon his whether he appear as “I” or as an amusing heart, and says in effect, “ Here am I, and I'm company called “we”; or whether he finally busy writing this book, remember, and I think decide to discard both and efface himself entirely, this, and I think that, and I think the other ! ” I do not know that anyone is going to care a single How does he stand when he ventures upon this solitary brass farthing. How can it matter, from without any attempt whatever at concealment? It the point of view of construction, how the subject is a delicate question, I know, because it throws of an essay be approached, provided only that the down the glove to many who are famous, and main need is attended to-that, in the end, we deservedly famous, in literature. There is have a sequence of ideas easy to follow, a clearness Thackeray, for example. which shall admit of no misunderstanding, a Now no one, I suppose, will deny that Thackeray brevity which shall expound the meaning with is a great writer ; no one will challenge his powers completeness and no more? This is the practical of observation, his knowledge of humanity, of the aim of the whole business that the facts shall be virtues and weaknesses of men and women, or his brought most comprehensively before the reader's ability to set these forth fairly and squarely upon mind. paper, together with an unmistakable picture of But with fiction it is, of course, another story. the period. That much, at least, must be conceded, Indeed, in a tale, in a romance which is to give a and these qualities are as toughened steel in an picture of life, it will often be the facts wbich most author's armour, bright with the promise of success. need hiding, or at any rate dressing up into such a Pity it is, then, that in this armour there should form that the real truth of them shall not be too bave been so large and gaping a flaw ; that the crudely apparent. For the art of fiction is the Achilles heel should show so transparently through juggler's art, a game of make-believe, in which the it all. For, in “ Vanity Fair,”- which is to take a actual happenings are as nothing unless, indeed, specific instance and, besides, a good specimen of they can be cloaked with an air of reality. Here Thackeray's work—there is the clearest proof. In are some puppets, men of straw, who have never it are all the fine qualities just enumerated but, lived ; but the reader, for his enjoyment, must have cheek by jowl with them and ready jumping to the faith in their existence. If, then, there is a bare eye, that one overwhelming defect-I mean, of * Later on, in discussing the Laws of Style, it will be course, that habit of walking deliberately before shown that too frequent an insistence of the author's the curtain, of grarely making a bow, and of personality must produce an unsatisfactory result. exclaiming, even with ostentation, “Here I am  ## p. 177 (#239) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 177 again !” There is that most unfortunate Preface, characters or as the natural outcome of the action you may remember, where the author announces of the piece. A slight restriction at the most, it is in himself as a “showman” and his characters as this way that the semblance of reality is kept alive. “puppets.” A small thing, perhaps, if that were Then, for a last word, there is the chance that all, when a Preface is not of much account with an over-obtrusiveness may steal, as it were, upon most folks and is often left unread; still, for what the writer and take him unawares. There are certain it is worth, there it is. Later on, however, with terms of expression--such, for instance, as “I the introduction of the chapters, there follows a know," "believe me," "upon my word,” and so more real aggravation when direct reference back is forth-which would seem to bring him forward made every here and there to antecedent happen against his will ; or, again, in the diary form of ings, and that with so nice and exact a precision narrative, where the author speaks throughout that the reader is openly reminded that he is the from his note-book or his memory, there is the reader and that the story is no more than a story suggestion of his presence in nearly every word. invented and recited by a much self-evident writer. But this is hardly to state the truth ; for, the Nor is this to be the worst of it. For one may practical effect of these two conditions is not quite point to a page in “ Vanity Fair"--I have not the what it appears to be. Indeed, as you may observe, novel by me, and therefore cannot quote chapter there is no suggestion at all of personality in figures and verse—where Thackeray actually stops to make of speech which, as mere colloquialisms, must an address and explain how at this juncture some pass off well-nigh unheeded in the run of the particular character (Becky Sharp, I believe) might sentence ; whilst, in a story avowedly recorded by be presented quite easily in a dozen different the writer, his presence, if continuous, is soon for- fashions. Why, of course! that is as clear as a gotten in the more general interest ; provided pikestaff. But, ye gods and little fishes ! what always—and this is the important point-that he a wholesale rubbing of the gilt off the ginger- keeps within the confines of the actualities of life, bread! What a candid display of the ropes and that he arrogates to himself no Divine insight, that pulleys, the trapdoors and machinery! What a he depicts the minds of other people only, as is. suffocatingly level-headed douche upon romance ! humanly possible under the circumstances, by the What a final knock-out blow to the reader's evidence of their actions. But, once let him break imagination ! After this, if there remain a true away from this, once let him step beyond the and deep study of life—which is the fact—there possible, and the man and his abuse of logic, the does not remain anything that may be fairly called palpable unreality of it all, will startle us out of the a story. The exposure has gone too far, and one reverie with the suddenness of a whip-crack. has slipped back-inevitably and all against the “How," we ask - for, it is the inevitable question- natural desire-to the "showman" and his “can the silly fellow tell that?" And then, you * puppets.” At such a time it is that the grown know, the game is up. man will sigh for the bygone years when the impossible would pass for a reality, when the hearthrug was still Sahara. Turning to the Art of Description—the art, that It would seem, then, in the end, that the con- is, of expressing a thought in so many words—this clusion reaches further than we bad thought. It much at least is certain at the outset that the was to have been but a vague thing, this limit set by business of artistic writing must be two-fold, to construction on the author's outward show of satisfy the intelligence and to charm the esthetic personality ; it proves, after all, definable or nearly sense. There is the need of making the thought 80. For in an essay, clearly, the author may beat comprehensible, of course ; and there is the further the drum, sound the trumpets and make his entry need of setting it forth, of adorning it, with such just as often and as ostensibly as ever he pleases ; attractions as may belong to the choice of effective whilst, in a story, he may try the same experiment words and the musical balancing of phrases. Thus, only at his peril, always at the risk of "showing we may say that there exists the technical side of his hand,” always at the risk of jacking-up irre- the subject and the beautiful; that is, in theory. trievably this deligbtful game of make-believe. In practice, it will be found that these two cannot Nor is this to say that he shall be tongue-tied in well be dissociated; for, it is clear, I think, that any way. He will, it may be supposed, have many the technical—the first step towards the beautiful weighty and important views and opinions to —is a necessary ingredient of the beautiful, and express. Very well, then, let them be expressed by that the beautiful which cannot arise at all without all means, but—with an eye fixed resolutely upon the technical must itself be part and parcel of the the danger ahead ; so that one might add this technical. At any rate, so closely are they allied that reservation, perhaps, that all extraneous matter shall it would not be possible to say just exactly wnere find its utterance only through the medium of the the functions of the one or the other begin to end. пе  ## p. 178 (#240) ############################################ 178 THE AUTHOR. Nevertheless, for the purpose B of clearer explana- in play at once and, during the earlier stages at tion, I propose to fix upon a dividing line and to least, there will be many dismal hours of failure. assume that the technical may be taken to Or, again, set a conversation rolling and listen the cover the broad principles which govern the con- while to some talker on another subject and, hey! struction of the sentence and the paragraph, and presto! there is confusion worse confounded. Or, that all other qualities in literature may be suitably finally, rub the top of your head horizontally and set down under the heading of the beautiful. Form, the pit of your belly with a circular motion and, in we might say, in one case ; Grace, in the other. a twinkling, the machinery comes to a dead-lock And, though this is not to be as precise as one and paralysis sets in. In short, ask the mind to could wish, it is always something in a discussion issue two distinct orders at once, and the simplest to have reduced the final issue to its component act is rnagnified into an achievement-it can only parts as near as may be ; it enables the attention be accomplished after incessant and often laborious to concentrate itself more restrictedly ; it makes practice. And why? Simply because the attention for a better understanding, I believe, in the long concentrated on the one endeavour distracts the run. attention which is necessary for the accomplishment This section, then, deals with the question of of the other: because, until advanced and perfected Form. by training, the human mind is apt to find its limit In making an inquiry into the laws of Style in in doing one thing at a time. What question then Literature, there are two main considerations which that, in this business of writing, the author shall at once suggest themselves—first, that we all prefer eliminate anything and everything that may distract to do things easily rather than with effort ; and, the reader ? second, that the mind works with greater facility But, just as it is not enough to stand aside from under one set of conditions than under another. the path of the over-wrought athlete or to refrain These—such obvious truisms that there is no need from pushing the drowning man still further to waste time in proving them lead to a valuable beneath the surface, so is it not enough that, in an .conclusion ; they teach us unmistakably that the appeal to the intellect, we should be content merely author's consideration must always be the comfort to put no impediment in the way. The intellect- of the reader. If the book is not read with com- the average intellect, that is requires something fort, it will be a rare occasion indeed on which more than a clear field in which to exercise, it needs it is not very promptly cast aside. Whence it some outside prompting to set it going, some follows, in the author's interest, and in that of his vigorous handling to arouse its energies. As we art, that he must first discover and then fulfil those meet it commonly, it is a half-developed thing ; conditions which enable the reader's mind to work receptive no doubt in a large measure, but only in thus easily and with the least expenditure of effort; a modest degree perceptive ; and so, though capable and so, by its very inevitableness, it must be just of appreciating a picture, seldom able to create one. this that comes Dearest the root of all that is good. Hence, if a thought is to be readily communicated, in writing. if it is to be visualised by the reader in all its full At first glance, then, we are upon the brink of a significance, then the further duty of the author most ponderous philosophical discussion. The stares him fairly and squarely in the face-he must human mind, indeed! with all its unfathomable lend a helping hand. The brief statement, we see, mystery! And, thinking thus, the temptation is may be insufficient for this lazy and too matter-of- to shut down the page, to close the volume and fact mind; therefore shall it be presented with a turn to simpler things. Strangely, though, wegreater completeness and with adequate detail lest, should not too readily tind them. For, as it happens, the omissiou of some particular, the whole become this problem is scarcely a problem at all ; barely obscure. worthy of the name when the truth comes out at In these two principles, then that the reader Jast and we learn that this most intricate affairshall in no circumstances be distracted, but in all depends for its elucidation on nothing more abstruse circumstances helped to a true and full understand- than the admission of one elementary fact—that jug---we find the basis of those laws which govern the mind can work more easily when concentrated Style in Literature. They are, as set forth by than when distracted. That is all ; a wet blanket Lewes, * five in number—the law of Economy, the on an outburst of great ideas; a trifle stowed away law of Simplicity, the law of Sequence, the law of in a nutshell. Climax, and the law of Variety. Five conditions, See for yourself how true this is. Consider the then, to be fulfilled, five terms to be noted, all suffi- first example that comes to hand. Juggle, for ciently alarming. But, as good luck will have it, instance, with a single ball and, in the innocence of these are again to be condensed and—with Economy your beart, you may count yourself a master- perhaps ; add a second to the trick, keep them both * * The Principles of Success in Literature."  ## p. 179 (#241) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 179 embracing Simplicity, and Climax necessarily together the various clues. The indications given by implying Sequence-we fall back, on Lewes' sug- Dickens himself, therefore, are that the keeper of gestion, to three main headings only-Economy, the opium den (“the Princess Puffer"), Helena Climar, and Variety. Landless, Grewgious, and Datchery (the unknown (To be continued.) tracker) will somehow, singly or in combination, bring justice home to Jasper. To go back to our questions. (1) Was Edwin ABOUT EDWIN DROOD.* Drood dead? If he was not, what had become of him, for the story progresses to a point six months UITE a literature is growing up around after his disappearance ? Death alone would seem W Dickens's famous unfinished povel, to which to account for his silence. But if he was dead, the latest contribution, written by an anony- what was the meaning of one of the illustrations on mous author, “ H. J.," is an interesting addition. the cover to the monthly parts, which clearly shows The book is dated from Trinity College, Cambridge, Jasper entering a vaulted chamber with a lantern, which fact, together with the scholarly acumen and finding in that chamber the erect figure of displayed in the writing, puints an accusing finger at Edwin Drood ? It should be added here that Jasper a famous professor. There is no need, in commenting would naturally return to the scene of the crime, ass upon H. J.'s brochure, to tell in any detailed manner after his attempt on his nephew he found out that the story of Edwin Drood ; it is probably familiar to his action had been quite purposeless, that Edwin all readers of The Author , and, if it is not, they are and Rosa were no longer betrothed, but that the cordially recommended to remove the reproach of former carried upon him a ring, not given to Rosa their ignorance without delay. Something, how- as intended, which would ensure the identification, ever, must be said in the way of recapitulation of of the body. The first obvious explanation of this the plot to make any remarks on the subject intel- picture, which is reproduced in H. J.'s book, is. ligible. “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” tells of that Jasper, who had previously, as we know, the murder of the eponymous hero by a jealous removed from the body all the jewellery of whose uncle John Jasper, suspicion of the murder, if existence he was aware, had returned to the vault murder there has been, falling upon a lad named to recover the incriminating ring. One school of Neville Landless. The mystery does not lie in the critics says that the whole meaning is gone if Edwin anthorship of the crime, for almost from the first Drood is not dead ; these explain the cover of the we know that Jasper is guilty of an attempt to monthly instalment by saying that the figure in the murder his nephew, and believes that he has vault is not Edwin Drood at all, but someone made succeeded. The main vexed questions are (1) Was up to resemble him, or, and preferably, that the Edwin Drood dead ? and (2) By what machinery figure portrays a terrible hallucination of Jasper, and was the crime brought home to its author. The not a real flesh and blood presence. This latter, by fragment breaks off at the place where Edwin the way, is H. J.'s view. Another school of critics Drood has disappeared, but certain further informa- says that to put such a figure on the cover would tion is given which helps us to conjecture what the have been an unjustifiable artifice on the part of any reply of Dickens to the two questions formulated author, and unthinkable on the part of a romancer above would have been. Rosa, the heroine, and like Dickens, able, and conscious of being able, to Edwin Drood's sweetheart, for wicked love of make any explanation in the world possible to his whom Jasper, an opium fiend, is led into the crime, readers, and therefore under no obligation to cheat comes to suspect the identity of the villain. them from the outset by deliberately indicating that Grewgious, Rosa's guardian and Edwin's solicitor, a man was alive when he meant to show in the is also on the same track. Helena Landless, sister development of the story that he was dead. H. J. of the wrongfully accused Neville and confidante marshals fairly all the arguments that can be found of Rosa, is determined, in behalf both of her brother in favour of one answer and of the other to the and her bosom friend, that action must be taken question, “ Was Edwin Drood dead ?” with reference against Jasper. An old woman, who keeps the throughout to Mr. Cuming Walter's “ Clues to the opium den where Jasper goes for regular debauches, Mystery of Edwin Drood,” and Mr. Andrew Lang's has an unexplained grudge against Jasper, and “Puzzle of Dickens's last Plot.” He considers that possesses evidence against him the importance of Edwin Drood was dead, but gives much ground for which she does not know. A mysterious person disagreement in his conclusion to those who find named Datchery, obviously someone disguised, and such an issue improbable and disappointing. probably someone already pamed in the book, takes The second question—(2) “ By what machinery up his abode at Jasper's elbow and begins to gather was the crime brought home to its author ? ”-must be answered to some extent in relation to whether University Press. 1911. 90 pp., 4s, net. Edwin Drood was dead or no, and centres round. " " About Edwin Droo  ## p. 180 (#242) ############################################ 180 THE AUTHOR. II. the identity of Datchery. Datchery is clearly high, but the information is, as always, of an inter- tracking Jasper down—there is no mystery about esting character. In the present case the attention that. Some have suggested that he was Edwin of authors is likely to be particularly attracted by Drood himself ; some have thought that Datchery the sale of a number of autograph manuscripts of was an impersonation either by the solicitor George Meredith, of which all but one were the Grewgious, or by his clerk Bazzard, who appears in property of his nurse, Mrs. Nicholls. (Sotheby. the brief mention of him as a particularly foolish December 1, 1910. A miscellaneous collection. person, but with a theatrical bent of mind ; some Nos. 2008—2023). A minutely accurate descrip- have thought that Helena Landless was hidden tion of the MSS. is given ; and it will be found beneath Datchery's male disguise ; at least, one that they represent a great deal more than might American sequel to the book makes Datchery a be suspected from a mere enumeration of their new character, a professional detective introduced titles. For these most interesting particulars we by Edwin Drood's friends to spy upon Jasper. must refer our readers to the pages of“ Book-prices There is something to be said in favour of all these Current”: where it may be seen how widely theories, and more to be said against them. But George Meredith's published work often differed the various pros and cons will be found closely con from what he had at first written. The whole sidered by H. J., who plumps for Helena Landless, amount realised by the MSS. at the sale exceeded as Mr. Cuming Walters has done. This is, on the £1,500. face of it, the most preposterous solution of the puzzle of Datchery, but so well does H. J. support - John Adams Thayer : Getting On, The Confessions of it, and so cogent is his reasoning against any other er a Publisher.” London : T. Werner Laurie. theory, that he will find many supporters. In the course of his reasoning H. J. shows that the WHEN we admit that the sub-title of this work, probability of Helena Landless being Datchery “ The Confessions of a Publisher,” led us to would be greatly increased by the transposition of anticipate what we did not find in it, we shall Chapter XVIII. to a place immediately in front of probably appear to the author to have bestowed Chapter XXIII. (the last and unfinished chapter), upon his book the highest possible praise—it has and his pleading for their transposition as a legiti- a title which is calculated to push its sale. For mate correction is a very astute piece of criticism. while this work is on the one hand a history of a That the crime was brought home to Jasper seems plucky and successful struggle from small begin- undoubted, for from Forster's Life of Dickens " we nings to ease, it is on the other hand a painful learn that Jasper was intended to confess his crime exposition of the subordination of everything else unwittingly, while Sir Luke Fildes received instruc- to the scramble for remunerative advertisements. tions to prepare an illustration of Jasper in prison; The “ blessed word " advertisement makes its first but exactly how and by whom detection was brought appearance on the second page of the preface about is a mystery that still defies solution. (called “A Confidence”), and its last on the last Exactly where in some competitive order of page but one of the last chapter, and dominates the Dickens's works we should place “ The Mystery whole story. If anyone needs to be convinced that of Edwin Drood” is a matter of considerable at least periodical publication is becoming, or has dispute ; to many this fragment seems the promise already become, merely hoarding for adrertise- of the finest sensational novel in English. whilements, the evidence of that fact is here. That such others see in it indications of the author's weariness. a state of things is an evil absolutely destructive of We are wholly on the generous side, and welcome literature, is self-evident. H. J.'s interesting little book as being sure to secure readers for the grim tragedy of Cloisterham. III. It is a scholarly and thoroughly exciting note upon "The Dramatic Author's Companion,” by a Theatrical a very intriguing matter. Manager's Reader, with an introduction by Arthur Bouchier, M.A. Mills and Boon. FRANKLY admitting that “ to make" a dramatist SHORT REVIEWS. is impossible, the author of “The Dramatic Author's Companion” makes no pretence to doing more than unfolding to the man who has the right stuff in bim " Book.prices Current.” Part I. 1911. London : Elliot the technique of the difficult art of writing for the Stock. modern stage. An Introduction" by Mr. Arthur M H E first part of “ Book-prices Current for Bouchier is a sufficient guarantee of the value of 1 1 911” contains a record of the sales from the little work which we have much pleasure in recom- October 6, 1910, to December 8, 1910. In mending. We have been particularly struck by many cases the prices do not appear to us to be very the lucid manner in which “theme," " plot," and  ## p. 181 (#243) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 181 " construction" are distinguished, and not less impressed by the value of the rest of the advice in the book. The author is to be particularly con- gratulated upon having bad the sense to insist upon the importance to every dramatist of Aristotle's "Poetics.” That is evidence that the author under- stands the subject upon which he is writing. CORRESPONDENCE. GEORGE MEREDITH, O.M. DEAR SIR,—Will you allow me to correct an error in your account under “ General Notes ” of the presentation to Mr. William Meredith of the gold medal of the Royal Society of Literature which bad been voted during his lifetime to the late George Meredith ? It is there stated that the society's gold medal had been awarded on only two occasions, whereas this was the fifteenth occasion on which it has been presented. Yours faithfully, PERCY W. AMES, Secretary of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom. DRAMATISTS. SIR,-Had the opportunity been given at the annual meeting of the Society of Authors, on Thursday, March 23, I might have brought the subject of this letter before it, but it would then, perhaps, have reached a much smaller number of the public than it now will. What I wanted to say, and what I now wish to inform all the members and associates of this Society is that I feel that very inadequate—and, I must reluctantly add, what seem to me unjustly inade- quate-steps have been taken in deciding wbo are and who are not its dramatic members, for I am informed that it has been decided that they are those who have had a play produced, and that, there- fore, it was only to such that a notice of the pro- posed confereuce was sent. I wish to point out that, if that definition is accepted, the being a dramatist will become purely a piece of luck, depen- dent not upon what the writer—the member or Associate of the Society-has done (bas conceived and created), but upon what has been done by others with his or her work. It may be that it is just the existing condition of things that makes it difficult, or, perhaps, even impossible, for some members or associates to get their dramatic work produced, and which might, therefore, prevent such persons from ever being recognised as dramatists ; hence the inclusion among dramatists of such as have done dramatic work, although no play of theirs may have been before the public, might lead to some suggestions being made which would be of use to the dramatic world by making the road of production easier to the dramatist-the writer of the play. Some distinction might be made-if there is any real need for it-between those who have and have not had a play produced, inst as a distinction is made by means of the words “member” and “associate” between those authors who have and have not had a book published: some new designa- tör tion, even, might be devised. Every dramatic writer must have a beginning in the matter of production, just as every book-writer must in the matter of publication, but this seems to have been curiously overlooked in the very quarter in which one would have expected to have found it regarded, and so the inclusion of “unproduced” play-writers among “dramatists " may lead to the speedier introduction of a new era in the play- performing world. HUBERT HAES. [NOTE :—The writer of the above letter seems to argue that any person who has written a play should be entitled to be described as a dramatist. This view seems to us untenable. If, however, his argument is that a great many people who have THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE. DEAR SIR,- It only dawned on me very slowly to-day what a great slight had been shown to women writers by. their own Society of Authors by the fact that not a man of the council or com- mittee had thought it worth while to put any woman's name down on the list they recommended for the Academic Committee of the Royal Society demic Committee of the Royal Society of Literature. We women members of the Society of Authors could have promptly suggested at least three names, which even then would not have been a fourth of the representation the gentlemen kept entirely for themselves. They nominated not one! The pity on't! The harm it will do ! One is always sorry to see a chance missed! And this slight to their fellow-workers has been iniicted in the sight of the whole world. As one of the rank and file, it is impossible not to resent the undeserved indignity to the leaders of whom we--and all who love literature—are so justly proud. Can nothing be done to remedy so silly and mischievous a blunder ? Faithfully yours, GRACE TOPLIS.  ## p. 182 (#244) ############################################ 182 THE AUTHOR. written plays but have not had them acted, are than two or three lines at a time and who pretend dramatists, there is a good deal in favour of the to improve our work, must be at the root of many argument; but if this view is to be adopted, in failures. order to arrive at any satisfactory settlement, it Yours truly, would be necessary for the Society to establish a A MEMBER. reading branch which should confine its work to deciding whether an unacted dramatist should be included in the company of dramatists or not. EDITORIAL DELAY. This proposition would seem to be equally unten. able. In consequence, it would seem to be much DEAR SIR,I was pleased to see that my sugges- better to draw the hard-and-fast line already tion in The Author as to "payment on acceptance" settled by the Dramatic Sub-committee.-Ed.] instead of “ payment on publication” for manu- scripts of magazine articles had met with approval; for I have little doubt that the support accorded to it in the letter of Mr. Frank E. Verney represents PROFESSIONAL TYPISTS. very wide concurrence amongst authors generally -in any case amongst magazine writers. DEAR SIR,— Without wishing to seem unreason. If, however, this question is one that should be ably exacting, I must say I should like to know taken up in the interests of what I may call the whether my experiences of professional typists are “Literary Brotherhood," what better instru- normal. mentality could there possibly be for effecting Early in January, I contracted with a firm I such a purpose than that excellent and powerful knew for the typing in duplicate of a book of about syndicate the Council of the Society of Authors ? 84,000 words; I asked the typist to quote his It gives me, therefore, great pleasure to “move" lowest terms for a MS. of 85,000 words, and the that our influential Council should take this agreement was for £4. I had to wait over six course. weeks for the typescripts, though the work was No individual author, or group of authors, out- divided up and undertaken by different hands. side the Council could possibly have the same weight When I came to revising it and comparing it as our “Committee of Management” in so desirable with my MSS. (which I might add was clear and a movement. legible and ready for the printer) I found, in two. It is not, I think, possible to add to the argu- thirds of the book the following mistakes :- ments already used in favour of such a course ; and “Twenty sentences, of from three to twenty it would be well if editors and proprietors of English seven words, omitted. magazines were to consider whether the change “ Seventy single words omitted. proposed would not be distinctly for their own, as “ The punctuation and lengths of paragraphs well as for the author's benefit. The best pay and changed, and my sentences adjusted to Procrustes' the promptest payment naturally attract the best bed. work; and the quality of English “material ” is “Footnotes embodied into the matter of the very likely under the present English custom to book. suffer when that material is provided for English “Fifty-three of the typists' words were substituted publications. for mine." A few of the worst examples follow : I recall, when looking through for a friend, many MSS. TYPESCRIPT. years ago, the proof sheets of a book this friend had men those written on America, a means he had made of a heart . . . . least “ notice to the public" posted at the entrance to a any . many big San Francisco hotel. It was, “In God we compliment . . . complaint trust : ALL OTHERS, Cash !” and really the under- defeudants independants lying principle seems to be reflected now, so to mirage . marriage speak, in American publications, for on looking speeches. spectacles haphazard through the principal lines and ticking curiously seriously off from a list of American journals and magazines succumbing recovering those open to general contributions, I find in my list rempant. permanent of twenty-four no less than twenty which announce symptoms . sympathy. “payment on acceptance ” one of these says, " Pay- My handwriting, by the wildest stretch of ment from 3 cents. a word upwards on acceptance." imagination, can scarcely be responsible for this. 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