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PENSION FUND THE 39 , , ., , S .W 's , to of Communications for The Author should Old the Society the Offices addressed Queen Street Storey Gate and should reach the Editor not later than the 21st each month Communications and letters are invited the Editor all literary matters treated from the standpoint art business but other subjects whatever Every effort will made accepted return articles which cannot VOL XXII of be . . 6d a if 58 . is it a on very heavy charge the resources the great many members did not forward subscription for the Secretary the modest the year fighting obtain copyright reform any other matter closely connected with the work the Society slowly The Pension Fund This fund increasing and hoped will time cover the needs the members the Society of of its , , of to of of to begs THE Editor The Author remind members the Society that although the paper production would sent them free cost to expenditure either ciple assisting dealing with or . ARTICLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS Society on of to . of paid which these contributions may The funds suitable this purpose are The Capital Fund kept This fund reserve necessary for the Society case incur heavy . . on of the names the publishers application them its of FROM time time members the Society desire make donations 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 to or , the Society who desire have concerned can obtain to of of of those members to in ' of to of THE Editor begs inform members the Authors Society and other readers The Author that the cases which are quoted The Author are cases that have come before the notice the knowledge the Secretary the Society and that be is . be , to is if SOCIETY THE 'S of as . be to of or or in . , , do no , be is . papers that are the opinions expressed signed initialled the authors alone are para responsible None the papers graphs must expressing the opinion taken especially stated the Committee unless such be the case be it , LONDON to of of to impression among there seems readers The Author that the Committee personally responsible for the bona fides the advertisers the Committee desire stated that this not and could not possibly the case Although care exercised that undesirable they advertisements inserted not accept and never have accepted any liability Members should apply the Secretary for advice special information desired is , AUTORIDAD NOTICES DIOR .) . As . VICTORIA ADDRESS · TELEGRAPHIC PRICE SIXPENCE 1912 VERTISEMENTS : 374 BESANT : NUMBER TELEPHONE Monthly Authors . JUNE 1, No . 9 . .- . XXII Society BY SIR WALTER FOUNDED VOL Incorporated of The Organ of . ( the The Author . �THB AUTHOR . 228 £500 in the purchase of Antofagasta and Bolivian Railway 5 %. Preferred Ordinary Stock Argentine Railway Ordinary Stock . and Central The amounts purchased at the present prices are £237 in the former and £232 in the latter stock . The trustees desire to thank the members of the society for the generous support which they have of Fund , and have much pleasure in informing the Pension Fund Committee that there is a further sum available the payment another pension case any application should be made The money now invested amounts fully set out £4 846 198 and the list given in ., is 4d matter. Bankers' Order for on the 10s . drawn on the London , County and Westminster Bank , Maidstone . Bankers ' Order for 10s . drawn on the National Provincial Bank of England , Baker Street , W . Bankers ' Order for 5s . drawn on the London , County and Westminster Bank , Kensington , W. 4 . 13 . . . 5 0 6 6 0 . . . H . ) . . 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 . . ) . . 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 5 . . 10 1 5 100 0 . N . . , 10 1 . ) in ( H en ( in 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 10 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 1 1 . ... .. ... 100 1 . W 010 10 10 10 . ) . . . . . . H W , , Smith Bertram Buckrose 50 . L . . Jan Jan Tighe Grant Lady Sybil . . . . . Jan Sir Arthur Scott Henry . Jan Church Durrant 0 in . . . . . . W Cliffe Dart Miss Edith , , Jan Jan Risque , , , Jan Jan 0 ( . E , . M . . . W , , , . , , . 0 . . P . , J. Forrester d. to in , to ., F Taylor Mrs Basil , J. 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He would be glad , therefore , if those members who may have sent in these orders , recognising them from their description , would write to the secretary three : . , . to in for of to the Pension The secretary would received �THE AUTHOR . com . erne 0 6 1 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 : : ) 3 , . . , . on of of Management , - , . . , . . . . . ( . F M . , . , C NOTES instead it of , in to of of . on at 29 , 1 at - . to up , for . of In . , it , by ; . 's , to he his hands with the sanction the chair reported that the month had gone into the matter and seemed clear that the publisher had dealt with some rights belonging the member without the member sanction he on , . on of , to a The issues were little involved other claims but after full discussion the committee decided take action behalf the member and the The solicitor solicitor was instructed accordingly reported further certain the cases mentioned the last issue The Author one instance money the money had claim for the recovery 0 0 0 In a in 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 of . 0 0 6 1 1 5 3 0 5 containing were a . been . it ' . . the future In charge for corrections from this publisher forwarded in a of to , set to for at 0 to . time and trouble The committee instructed the giving solicitor take steps aside this claim the same time authority the secretary ask formal vouchers where statements account to 5 0 in a 's of , 0 10 2 1 0 0 obtained and the accounts had been settled publisher had been settled Another dispute with also the only point remaining over being the checking charge for corrections the publisher accounts When the voucher was pro duced was found that the publisher had charged 108 beyond the printers statement for his own 0 of of 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 er Twenty three members and associates were the list the current year bringing the total elections for the year 156 Four resignations were accepted by the committee with regret The solicitor then laid before the committee the report the cases one dispute which had been mittee added to 0 0 1 10 0 : . . . , H , F M . . L . , , . , . . . . , , . . L Committee in of 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 10 5 1 5 Berreteroreroo 0 holding its monthly meeting May held April meeting the offices the society the usual hour that date After the minutes the previous meetings hac been read and signed the names authors seeking admission the society were laid before the com placed 0 0 : 25 2 , 22 , , M HE man during 10 0 . . April May d. 1 . 1 1 . . : . . . , , 2, 0 1 5 5 erero 1 0 5 0 ener April April 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 5 errererererer 5 0 0 5 1 0 . . . . . C . . . . . . April s. . Parks 0 . . J. . . H ) . . . . . (in . . . . . R . A K , A . , , , , , , , F. , , W , H L A . . . . . G E . A A W L . . ., . . . S B. E . . . . . . . . . kenzie Wharton Leonard Holbach Mrs April April £ 1 Williams Mrs Illtyd XX Pen Club Taylor Mrs Basil · Cameron Mrs Charlotte Kenny Mrs Stacpoole Robbins Alfred Harris Emma Scaramanga Ralli Aitken Robert £1 per month February March April Prior Mrs Melton Baden Powell Miss Agnes COMMITTEE 5 , , . , R , . N . . . , , C . . . . , , , .. . .. . ... .. ... .. .. .. . : March March March ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· , -H H , , . , , , , , , , K C . H .C . . F, . . . V . J. . . .O . C . . . . . . . . . Feb March March March March March March March Mrs April April addition Percival Raphael Mrs Cabourn John Gibbs Hinkson and Mrs Hamilton Cosmo Plowman Miss Mary Aspinall Montesole Max Pickering Mrs Frank Trevanwyn John Higgins Wallis ealy Schwarz Prof Ernest Wallace Sir Donald Mac ' Feb Henley Westall , , Feb Feb Feb Parker April April 6 6 0 March 11 10 10 10 16 11 , , , , , , 10 8 . . .. , , , .G James Mrs Nella Allen Mrs James Whibley Loraine Lady 12 Ainslie Miss King Ayre Miss Gibson Miss Feb Feb . . , . , - , , , Douglas 23 22 21 , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . . . Weyman Stanley subscription Jan Feb Sidney Paternoster Ewan Miss Madge Kaye Smith Miss Sheila Mackenzie Miss 22 Reiss Miss Erna Grisewood Norman Machen Arthur Williamson and Mrs Way Miss Beatrice Saies Mrs Florence Jan Feb Feb Feb Clark Henry Rankin Mrs , . . . Jan Jan Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb and ' . . . . . . . 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O F to , H . , Craven 8. 0 £ Lathbury Miss Eva Wilson Dr Albert Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan 229 three �THE AUTHOR . . 17 to ” - of at . or . a to 's , - , to . to be inquire whether they instructed the secretary ready would undertake the duties An agency agreement was laid before the com mittee and attention was drawn the percentage charge for the collection was proposed fees from amateurs The secretary was instructed write the firm concerned pointing out that the Dramatic Sub Committee considered the suggested fees exorbitant and that these fees were not impossible reduced would the society of to to . , if - firm the collection to of place question their . dramatists with the in fees for to be , advise cineinatograph The question fees was again appeared from the before the sub committee far definite standard evidence collected that payınent bad been fixed foreign countries The secretary was instructed collect much guide the sub evidence could order committee the fees they should advise accept members the society The question brought the sub cinematograph fees then the schedule fees which committee proposed place the disposal the dramatic section the society The secretary was instructed It no . so as . in to to in he to . to of as as of is it of . at to to - to of a , to . ) to for to of on its he of at of “ Treaty which had been sent had been forwarded their members consideration The Dramatic Sub Committee now awaits further reply As one two the delegates named the former meeting were unable act the Dramatic Sub Committee selected other members from the society dramatic section and of of in “ of of .” to ( it from the copies of of of . a It to was decided have series articles The Author dealing with the subject The Cost Production the suggestion one the Nobel Prize Com mittee was decided ask the chairman that Lord Avebury convene meeting committee discuss the present position and the secretary was instructed act accordingly On Managerial them of Agriculture the monthly May of as to to to a of . of Minister . SUB -COMMITTEE DRAMATIC THE Dramatic Sub - Committee held meeting the offices the society The secretary reported that had heard Society West End Managers that the - of to in 's in on , Sir to . to a a of to of . in a support the member claim against the gentle man who had ordered the articles The question Canadian copyright was again brought before the committee owing the receipt letter from Canadian correspondent the society The chairman kindly undertook write Gilbert Parker who had consented act representative his visit Canada the society there June The chairman further promised copy forward Sir Gilbert the letter which the society had already sent the the Premier and fully acknowledged by the committee , and the receipt subscription a life membership from Mrs . by the Curlewis ( Ethel Turner ) was reported secretary . of it a to no for . , , by a paper without articles had been ordered for the editor disclosing that the paper was run limited liability company and the company having gone into liquidation money had been forth coming the author The committee decided Sir Frederick Macmillan , who was acting as Chair of the Joint Committee , had promised to put these additional proposals forward . Two donations to the Capital Fund of the Society , (one of 108 . 6d . from Mrs . Thornton Cook , and one of £1 18. from the Baroness de Knoop ) were grate man , . to an of . and the committee confirmed the action that had been taken The last legal matter dealt with the responsibility editor for articles which he had ordered The claim arose owing the fact that the tions , but calculated to strengthen the position of authors and composers , had been passed , and that to , a in It it 's a of of . 's of s in to he . be last month 's Author , between two members of the society the solicitor stated that he was waiting for a further report . There were two or three claims against a publisher who gave the society some trouble last year . Particulars of the cases were laid before the committee , and it was decided that the cases should be taken in band , and that as soon as the solicitor could get a clear cause of action , action should be taken . In the meantime the other cases should be settled as far as possible . Some of the disputes were so involved by delays and other issues that they were difficult to deal with , but the committee felt it essential that the publisher should be pressed to carry out his con tracts in a businesslike fashion , for the benefit of the authors concerned . The secretary , who had brought before the committee a proposal to publish an article in The Author on a clause in a publisher 's agreement , reported that the matter was withdrawn as the author did not desire , at the present time , printed that the article should The secretary reported that had obtained the place chairman leave another case the hands the society American lawyers was infringement rights small case member The secretary reported to the committee the result of the meeting of the Joint Committee of the Society of Authors , the Copyright Association , and the Publishers ' Association . He stated that the society 's report on the regulations issued by the Board of Trade under the Copyright Act , 1911 , had been approved by the Joint Committee ; that some sug gestions in no way inimical to the society 's altera to small County Court cases against papers for non payment of sums due , the solicitors were glad to report that the amounts had been paid and forwarded to the members . In a dispute reported in it 230 �THE AUTHOR . - , - . for ' to it to to of , of , , in to ' of to of of , to of . , - a . of to of to . of to a , of to of , in ' , as . , of in , to a of - , . of of to . . : of , , in . , at is ., the on in ; on a of a ; of . in . of is another case the editor present away from the MSS holiday but is ; , his return the matter will still the last case receive his close consideration office open of 's ; . There were four claims for moneys and accounts satisfactorily settled one has been Two have been and , the hands the society solicitors the last has only recently come into the office placed in an careful search control and more who had . . of to , in it in he of to of If . a no on be - , , at , called order discuss the amount the fees charged and the machinery for collection one some the MSS have been handed hoped that the rest will come after . as to . to be , at to it instructed forward the list settled the and the same time the Sub Committee association suggested that the fees should moderate agreement can be reached the the matter performing rights doubt further meeting will be The usual tally cases has passed through the May The the society during the month offices numbers have varied but little from month month during the present year Fifteen cases have been Four these were claims for the dealt with one the MS has been returned MSS return of be it by to ' - . of , , The list after keen debate was agreed the the Music The representative Sab Committee he would be very stated Publishers Association happy put the question before the committee when their next meeting his association possible might decide upon some trusted joint action Secretary satisfactory was The to Cases to it on of a . claimed be , view was decided and after considerable discussion make out list all the music which was thought possible fees for performance could . as , he point of ' it the publishers from a , of at as to , Pub a be . S . , . of . . ' understood the a ' at , to a to , it ' , on kindly undertook act chairman meeting Mr Elkin the delegate from the Music lishers Association explained the matter , in to to ' of 's . of be to in ' . 27 , April to 's , - on a special meeting Saturday of the Composers the meet delegates from the Music ascertaining Publishers Association with view possible how far under the new Act would for publishers and composers secure some returns the performing rights The chairman the management Squire Sprigge committee Dr THERE was Sub Committee Society office , on of , of of , of to , of SUB COMMITTEE - ' COMPOSERS be it - . of of at 11 . in - if The letter sent the Music Publishers regard performing Association the fees rights was finally settled and was decided adjourn the question the amount the fees till the next meeting The agreement the Mechanical Copyright Licences Company was read the committee but discussion was again adjourned pending the issue the regulations the Board Trade their final form was decided however send copies the agreement members the Composers Sub Committee that they might have time consider before the next meeting when the question would further discussed The Composers Sub Committee also sent Management recommendation the Committee undertaking the stamping that addition composers music the society should collect the per gramaphone fees subject the payment centage the collection these fees was likely importance under the new Act be matter Finally the secretary placed before the Sub Com dispute between composer mittee the society publisher and the matter was referred and the Management Committee the strong hope that action would be taken to byof in this sub committee Saturday the offices the society May After the minutes the previous meeting had been read and signed the secretary reported the action the Copyright Sub Committee the matter Messrs Curwen agreement and this action received the approval the Composers Sub Committee refer the agreement back Management the Committee order obtain possible the approval that body It in , - . - The monthly meeting was held . of in of of , . the article that had appeared the April issue The Author The action taken was approved the sub committee II. of to of . of - . of , of of at , of a of of by be of of to is It . . It for to inquire of some dozen or so of the dramatists , members of the society , whether they would furnish the Dramatic Sub -Committee with a statement of their fees , the guidance their fellow dramatic the was decided that the names authors dramatists furnishing such information should kept confidential hoped means the compile information thus collected schedule prices which shall assist dramatists many whom enter into agreements and dispose their rights ridiculous prices through sheer ignorance their position Several the members the Dramatic Sub Committee present promised forward their prices own list The secretary reported the receipt certain agents letters touching the appointment other countries but the consideration the matter was adjourned The dramatic competition The Era was also before the sub committee and the secretary read 231 �THE AUTHOR . Road , . W Road , . , . Amy Hale . , Rankin shire . . S . Mrs : /co . Commercial New . Alice Grant Cheshire Caius House sea Square of Bishopsgate . Brighton . , . H . Y . , . PUBLISHED BY MEMBERS . BOOKS by to . to in is , it of In by it , to , of , , is It . of in . . , . . . pp . . . 7 by x J . . 51 . . . ' IN . 9 x D OP , . 60 ' n . 108 By . , & c 2 70 of . 54 . x BOOK 1912 Edited ninth Annual Publication Macmillan COOKERY . By MARIE Paul Is . . Kegan . 133 6d . n DE . HOUSEKEEPERS .pp YOUNG DRAMA 64 . n . Scenes 45 . Eight Lane . .pp Play . 51 . A 93 , 8 X THE HERALDS THE DAWN By WILLIAM WATSON in . 77 x 5 . . LETTERS JoncouRT OF , , , . W . W , , TO . 63 . 0 . Harley Street Albany Chambers 196 Regent Street Hutchinson - Forty . . , 41 428 pp 614 OF REFERENCE YEAR , Village Charles . , , . . Dr Hawthorne Jones Sidney . by H of 188 , .E n . . , BOOKS THE STATESMAN SCOTT KELTIE 84 MELVILLE . .C . Wella Willa Pickwick Road Dulwich ; , . - , , 218 'S , , LEWIS . , .S . A . U , . & W 5, , . , Gritton John Hastings Basil Macdonald . n . OF , 's . W c / o Elinor . 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Mold . by , , . . , , West 8th Street New York House Grosvenor co - . 20 Jr . ., G of in to to , as to is keep WHILE every effort made the compilers possible they have this list accurate and exhaustive attaining this object owing some difficulty the fact that many the books mentioned are not sent the cffice consequence necessary rely the members largely upon lists literary and books which appear hoped however other papers that members will operate sending the compiling this list and substantially help particulars make works their accurate as at , . , Davson . Burrows Arnold Batter , , . . Jerrard S W , G . Wilkinson , 's in the July Elections Charles Bank Australia , , , Stanger W Rock Rosman on , , , . , , Tibberton Court Gloucester Kingswood Warwick Phillips Morgan Price . be Bromley Kent of be 's is or of the committee Author Barney Square , Wadham , J. on , Peacock to , of be in in before laid Powis Bayswater Rosslyn Newman , is a It of to to in , ; in , two matters have had solicitors the society June and will appear , . 47 , . . . H . , W Reilly . , be will whose report their meeting . Traverston West Road Cambridge , Miss Evelyn , , . , , . . , Mackenzie ' . . in , ; to . . of , , is it to be During the month one placed the hands Sutton Surrey Aldbourne Wilts to a accounts none has come the office where the mistake has been favour the author No doubt from time time clerks make mistakes wrong but and accordingly the accounts must strange that the mistakes should always one side Of four claims for money one has been settled and the money has been forwarded the author concerned one has only recently come into the office and the other two will most probably have placed the hands the society solicitors There are very few cases left over from former important very months and none of them Brunswick , . , , , , Kingsley in be Ernest Alfred it , to in , in 's of to placed before the committee and the hands the society solicitors the other lying India will take some time settlement There has been one claim for accounts and money which the accounts and cheque were forwarded the author but was found that the accounts were wrong The publisher having his attention drawn the matter imme diately undertook readjusted and have them fresh cheque made out curious thing wrong however that out the many cases Knight O go a , of infringement copyright one difficult matter will most probably have two cases rather , Of for 232 �THE AUTHOR OF ? . 6d & Co . for . , x , . . . , C 's ). 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The medal is now being struck , and will be presented to Mr. Hardy on next birthday June Mr Hubert Wales new book The Spinster was published Mr John Long the end last month Mr Fred the notice We regret that published Shaw book Our Future Existence our last issue we omitted mention that Messrs Stanley Paul Co Essex Street Strand were the publishers W FICTION . THE REAL MRS . HOLYER . By E . M. CHANNON . 327 pp . New York : Doubleday Page . $1. 20 n . By GERTRUDE TIMES . AND HER FRANCE JULIA $1:35 n . ATHERTOX . 533 pp . New York : Macmillan . By C. J . KETTLE . OF CAPTAIN THE MARRIAGE Indianapolis CUTCLIFFE HYNE . 373 pp . : Bobbs SHAKESPEARE : A STUDY BY DARRELL FIGGIS . NOTES . N THE GREY STOCKING , AND OTHER PLAYS . By MAURICE $1. 25 n . Boston : Houghton Mifflin . BARING . 366 pp . New York : Putnams . LITERARY , DRAMATIC , AND MUSICAL �THE AUTHOR . is , on , It on an to so . It is it , to he of to . to , so is is , as , is to , on of of of , of by in to be , , it . on to in It is is to . , of of . & " .Co , “ 's , . by Berlin at in ; at . of in lived , of , of . of on of , . , a , . ; ” a a , of of a known readers angling under his of to , & on is is ” . in at a Co . : 's . “ W as of ” - “ It . fly - , is & . , M , of in is . of . . who writer on , , . in . “ ", of “ , “ , 's .” ” 's by. . so or by , of 29 ' the " . Quilliam the paper Mechanics Institute Bradford April recitals from the works Mr Mackenzie Bell were given Mr William Miles pieces were presented Some half dozen Mr Miles including The Keeping the Vow The Battle Pause and No Sun ever Rose without Setting History Although the late Justin McCarthy At is a so , , a he . of of in its of of ” is Our Own Time well known there most attractive piece annal writing which he sight wrote that has fallen out When the Daily jubilee Veur attained the year 1890 compiled kind souvenir the event a , , be - be a of , . , to pseudonym Caine - . of of it on of at “ .” It no in , be , Field , -a - for be to of , , , or is is , ) as , to of , . is of The , , 5 to be ( to so . acceptance any rate Moreover one case quite frankly stated that certain date publication can promised should added however that failing publication within reason able time from acceptance the author would payment despite the rule entitled the editor the magazine for Mr William as of to of to , “ , , , at , .” serious articles Whether with this informa tion before them writers will wise submit humorous work which probably would need prevent dispute subsequently marked not quite clear nor any The Editor points out thing said verse fiction We regret notice also that some the American publications are adopting the practice paying for work after publication instead she had Frederick the Great and intimacy with Marie Thérèse Vienna terms Stanislaus Poland was one her friends and amongst men letters she included nearly every one note published The work two volumes and contains over seventy illustrations from original paintings facsimiles letters etc Mr Frederic Halford has just issued through Messrs George Routledge Sons new book for Dry Fly angler the dry called the including Complete Manual Man Handbook Entomology The Fisherman and The Making Fishery and Management There are forty photogravure plates and numerous illustrations and diagrams printed the text Large An Angler the title new book which Messrs Kegan Paul are publishing . to of of in as , is , . , its her suitor friendship with been close 's - It a , of . it , of , an It as ., well the rates and times other matters important the free lance For example we learn from The Editor Century Magazine that the Twentieth Park Square present pay Boston not able had 's - of . to to a us , is to . of of MSS and Le Blond new work Charlotte Countess Bentinck was issued last month Messrs Hutchinson The subject this work lived an extremely interesting period European history Sweden The assassinated King Aubrey Sophie “ to 's 's , , . , , a , , on a to return payment American satisfactory them Mrs “ - “ . of . to connection with the Guide has been Seville revise the selection relating We have received from The Editor Company Ridgewood New Jersey little magazine published by that company entitled The Editor The April good deal contains before issue which gain information useful writers anxious foot pro ing the American magazine market monthly record vides the requirements the American magazines which would seem alter too quickly make annual record much use gives particulars the author also the practices regard the different magazines the issue conducted these lines accept note that payment ance the rule America but because the less satisfactory method payment publication being adopted some the American publica tions behoves authors and particularly British authors sure the practice American magazines this respect before submitting work . in by is to . in . a is . in ” work bute “ . in . by , be . to , is : of in , or It J. . Co . C . & , by ; to , of . ; , & Co . of a to ' be put into print before the work can The volume contains verbal index the poetical and dramatic works the author comprised the complete edition published Messrs Mac millan Ltd the poems contained the Life Lord Tennyson by his son and published by the same publishers also the suppressed poems edited Thomson and arranged Messrs Sands contains approximately quotations and arranged 150 000 references strict alphabetical sequence the different senses the same word are frequently distinguished price The subscription under separate headings twenty five one guinea nett increased shillings nett upon publication paragraph We regret that our April issue conveyed the impression that Mrs Bernard Whishaw Baedeker was preparing the new edition Spain not the case Mrs Whishaw This But this practice of payment on publication , involving as it does a constant scrutiny by writers of magazines which have accepted their MSS . , is very irritating authors bad enough when spot but speak the writer the when the case the British contributor magazines American miles away from the market becomes practically intolerable clearly would not pay any author situated contri of - , . A of Messrs . George Routledge & Sons have undertaken to publish the work , provided a sufficient number of subscribers be obtained to justify publication fair number sub scriptions have been received but more are required its Lord Tennyson . 235 �THE AUTHOR . a , so . as It by , on , to to of . A . A . of , of . , in , " to . B . at . T . . C. , . , , its W , 3 byon . “ new by . 's Mr , 16 on at , , 13 , a . , on be 's of to " “ on to . , , . In ", ’s “ at . , , in is of , , . P. . J. or . , , at . 's , E , 's C. ., . . of St The play deals the with , 7 . at on . by , " ' . Actors Benevolent Fund The Double Game Mr Maurice Baring May was produced the Kingsway Theatre revolutionary Russian is a . to up , , In a a . . , . C . M . , Louis Calvert Mr Lowne Mr Leonard Quartermaine Gladys Grey and an to , of In to . Mr , at in ”, a , 7 of a Watson , . . , . to he is to . a it of to a , , movement and the action centres round three girl characters two men and The girl carry out the revolutionist whom falls assassination hated official After standing for one the men whom she has given her heart police spy the girl forced realise that and tragedy follows her disillusionment the cast were Miss Erniter Lascelles Mr Claude King and Mr Harcourt Williams comedy The Five Frankforters three acts Captain Basil Hood was produced the Lyric May picture Theatre The play presents wealthy Jewish family and describes the life marry one their attempt the girls impecunious duke the cast are Miss Henrietta . in new Murray modern French duel Between the itenis Mr Egerton Castle will briefly describe the development the weapons Tickets may be obtained the James Theatre from Mr Blake 147 Leadenhall Street from Mr Gerald Ames Hon Secretary Actor Sword Club 159 Brompton Road The performance aid the , . a , , of of on at ” “ of the Court plays Henry Arthur Jones Mrs Dane Defence May was revived the New Theatre the cast were Sir Charles Wyndham Miss Mary Moore Mr Sam Sothern and Miss Lena Ashwell special The Actor Sword Club announce given Thursday matinee the June The Duel throughout the Ages from the gladiator combat ancient Rome the on of or , , . by Mr is of , in , . by by ”, 's 's 28 . , . version June Boyle Mr William Lennox Robinson besides The Countess Cathleen London and Mr Yeats will open will include which season . , . a . of M , . . Theatre , IV . of of is in . " . . in . J. a at during the , . . . , . of “ him - . . of , on compiled Strong who has quoted Mr importance sections the Act likely be dramatists adding explanations where explanations have seemed necessary The repertory the Abbey Theatre Company “ , : .) of . ( in of of a in a . . . “ M a . E in The Hon Creed Member the Legis lative Council New South Wales delivered paper May 14th the Royal Colonial Institute Tropical the Settlement Whites Australia The meeting was held the Hotel Marlborough was Métropole and the Duke the chair pamphlet received from the Era office the Copyright Act 1911 far the Act affects Dramatic and Musical Copyright has been “ a . , . Co . at & “ ” - . V . of , .D , ." A of - , of by . 10 F by to “ .” an “ , , , , , in an is is a . at , . a is On in on The Norse King Bridal ballads from the Danish and Old Norse with original verses Smith Dampier was published March Andrew Melrose net Mr Arthur Dillon forthcoming book will con sist connected trilogy set three tragedies sequence Mr Elkin Mathews already has preparation the volume We have by , “ is in , it . , in - — it to ; it of , , be is " to in - is no in to he by , , is - ”, “ of new of Burton 's romance The Sea Devils now ready somewhat the nature The Hispaniola Plate which first became known the reading public though there treasure seeking nor finding The story laid and around Lisbon whence the Armada and sailed which returned woeful plight some and the Inquisition also prominent English the narrative The hero himself Spanish girl resident sailor and the heroine Lisbon Their love gets tangled however from the fact that first the girl has believed her lover Spaniard himself and hence woes Naturally enough English unnumbered spring sailor and his brother sea devils know well put matters right enough how last The published book White Limited May Mr Martin Secker published first Stupor Mundi book Lionel Allshorn entitled the Life and Times Frederick the Second King Emperor Sicily and the Romans Jerusalem 1194 1250 16s net The chief interest the subject lies the dramatic struggle between Frederick and the Popes This most gifted the mediæral Emperors was the object peculiarly violent hostility He was excommunicated again and again and was finally solemnly deposed from his thrones by Innocent Lyons the Council The historian Freeman has called the most gifted the sons men sheer genius the greatest Prince who only one other book ever wore crown There the subject the English language and that century ago was published half Bloundelle of . . Mr . DRAMATIC its It deals with the struggles . Swimmer ,” a new novel by Louise in the life of a girl poet from her baby days to her womanhood , and contains many sketches of poverty in varying phases “ The . ., publish Gerard Messrs . Williams & Norgate have published The Quest : A Drama of Deliverance ," by Miss Dorothea Hollins , author of “ The Veiled Figure , and Other Poems ” (Williams & Norgate ) , “ The Herbs of Medea ” (Elkin Mathews ) , and other works . “ S .W political and social retrospect of the fifty years of Victoria 's reign . It is now published by Messrs . Sampson Low & Co . Early in September Messrs . Mills & Boon will Queen 3 p .m 236 Miss �THE AUTHOR . PARIS NOTES . Gilles ," by M . André Lafon , has won for author French Academy prize francs ten thousand psychological study schoolboy and with the painful domestic tragedy there exception not quite young and this much incident Lafon his first novel Academy Gobert prize has been The French divided this year and awarded Louis Madelin 'ELÈVE a It . , a , , sixteen photogravures . Among books of interest to English readers are “ Bernard Shaw et son (Euvre ” by Charles Cestre . Neige ,” by Edith Wharton , another “ Sous la novel by the author of « Chez les Heureux du Monde, ” and Metteurs “ Les en scène ." ALYS HALLARD . to M . La , de . ) on " by .” - ( of . , to it to a . to of , , , of . in he is of , to of a it of if a , , for . in a be a It to a . to to for ) be to , ; is as , . it be it , set to as , a a , , , ' B , A TO TINUING INTEREST HIS WORK . . . H J by. ”, too often repeated that NO AUTHOR SHOULD TRANSFER HIS COPYRIGHT PUBLISHER WHILE HE PRESERVES CON IN , , not .” : it Valeurs be “ on Les leurs résultats statistiques They an to Le Maury efore the clauses which have been taken from publishers agreements are out will well general rule state roughly what wise publisher author should grant First should be stated and the statement can A Paul “ on .” . F ", le “ on being published of du is volumes françaises depuis dix leurs garanties and Etudes are both books that will interest social economists Les Ravageurs Fabre This ans “ of I is of . . V . ", la a on on before them for their consideration be clear should drafted certain specific form should begin with recital the parties The first clause should indicate the rights the author grants the second clause the duties the publisher undertakes and the third clause the royalties for this paper professes con royalty agreement sideration and other willing pay considerations the publisher the rights which the author grants him laid a ' all ), 'qu should An agreement . , d ” ( by . to , by it la de in of twelve the Histoire universelle Travail Louis has just published one this series Travail dans Monde romain and another from of ( to of en an . A . interest series by Lieutenant fait subject universal it - In .” la de . “ is , , Guerre telle another book is “ La Jaray will assist authors the terms and clauses agreements which have been known signature and the difficulties offered the clauses explained rather than that formal clause fore are taken be as of du M ” chef the Commandant extremely instructive book for who military questions are interested The author has received the Gobert prize from the French Academy Dupuis In to a is ” " in “ of , 0 . P . . , - of In “ des généraux , In de to “ explain this volume the author has endeavoured the workings the French agricultural systems the progress realised French agriculture and the difficulties with which has contend La Direction Guerre La liberté action AGREEMENTS . THE AUTHOR GRANTS literary the evolution the management and musical property has become almost universal custom for publishers submit their agreements authors rather than for anthors publishers draft and submit their agreements consequence large number publishers have part and parcel made their agreements ask for everything they can possibly obtain and unless the author aware the dangers and difficulties may unwittingly inherent these agreements sign away his birthright considering the question agreements there TN be on ' be d , ." to is , , Le by “ Droit massacrer les Hérétiques Mariage des Prêtres the author the the Père Janvier after his lecture the cathedral Notre Dame the series books published the Bibliothèque Mouvement social contem porain Michel Augé Laribe has just brought out his Evolution France agricole reply PUBLISHERS ' ROYALTY to in an to of be to is by ” , on “ , ' * L du A of . of . In ” us . “ de of is , M to ' d .” . M , ” “ de his “ à his “ for “ to Révolution and Pierre Vie Charles Orléans prize has been awarded Laborie Paris sous Napoléon Napoléon Sainte Hélène 1815 1821 Frédéric Masson the last the volumes this subject The three volumes entitled Autour gave Sainte Hélène details with regard the various persons who approached the Emperor during his captivity the present book we have account that captivity and his death 1821 published series books Dogme catholique Evolution The first one Les Origines Félix Goblet Alviella published has appeared and another volume each year for book Champion for The Berger “ Napoléon à Sainte Hélène " (Ollendorf ) . “ L 'Evolution du Dogme Catholique " (Emile Nourry ) . “ Le Droit de massacrer les Hérétiques " (Emile Nourry ) . “ Evolution de la France Agricole ” (Armand Colin ). “ La Direction de la Guerre " (Marc Imhaus & René . Chapelot ) . “ Histoire universelle du Travail ” ( F . Alcan ). “ Les Ravageurs " (Delagrave ). “ Bernard Shaw et son Cuvre ” (Mercure de France ) . “ Sous la Neige " (Plon -Nourrit ) . of his . . M is a volume is an account of the various insects which are harmful to agriculture . It is illustrated with , of of . is is a of U is T its “ 237 �THE AUTHOR . to to of of to or in of the on on at as of on , , , . . 5 or of of ) in or of of . of ( be by to on in to to . or , to or of no in at be to as , of to . , of of of , in , , to or . in C all . of to a , of in or . on on on . in of in of in to , , , on , viz . all of of of , to . " of a as ", in to . of to to in of on to to of be in to be in in to . to for to . of of be a or at of be of , be in in of to . ., . 50 to of be . . , , , If us . . , to in the the publisher asks the author to with , begin . of of to assign The author agrees the publisher their successors and assigns the copyright and sole right publication the above work To . , . , of . a , to of on . If of of of in of to , a be particular take consideration printed clauses above their order Let . . fit of . for be . as of be to . . in of or to .* to to of : . viz is uniformity and owing difficult the lack simplicity prevent the drafting the agreements division clauses these lines from overlapping Some making their agree publishers have curious method complicated confusing ments both and When therefore principles have already been laid down they will not uecessarily repeated It . to of , to 's , . A . B If or , to , of If . be in assign The author agrees the publishers their successors and assigns the copyright and sole right publication the above work copyright The therein shall the property the publishers who may arrange they think the com pletion and publication the work any moneys are received from the sale translation rights receipts expenses other the net after deduction relating thereto shall divided the following propor Sixty per cent tions the author and forty per cent the publishers * in . a if , set , in it to ). of ( to , , , SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLISHER of of or ( 4 ) is It CLAUSES , ; ) , or a of for Britain and Ireland , the Colonies and dependencies thereof ) . ( 2 ) Limitations as to edition (an edition of 1,000 , 2 ,000 , or 3 ,000 copies ) . period ( 3 ) Limitation as to time ( three five seven years Limitations which combine one two the former Great Britain and Ireland for period seven years now essential out from the publishers own agreements what the publisher thinks the grant and will be convenient author ought which the publisher we take first those clauses any author finds any asks for the copyright agreements submitted these clauses him for signature he will able ascertain from the following criticisms the grounds objection standpoint them from the author to should be limited to the publication of the at a fixed price , say £1 18. ; 10s . 6d . ; 68 . ; 58., etc ., and it should be distinctly stated whether the price is “ nett ” or subject to discount . The other limitations which this clause should contain are : ( 1) Limitations as to country ( generally Great lisher work D . to leave the format of the book to the discretion of the publisher . It is important that the pub . The clause printed above gives a rough idea of the model form of the clause which contains the It is sometimes desirable author' s conveyance . E form to a F . should be slightly altered when it musical composition , but on the subject of agreements for musical compositions , readers are referred to the May ( 1910 ) issue of The Author . This as " The Author grants to the Publisher a licence to publish format ' in book form in his work entitled ( or in a format agreed between Author and Publisher ) at the published price of in the English language . " comes That consideration the hereinafter mentioned sell and assign payments the author hereby agrees copyright publisher the the the above work and the publisher agrees purchase the said copyright with the printing and publishing the work exclusive right serial without revision and abridgment and book form with Great Britain and Ireland the British Colonies and Dependencies the United States America and Europe and Continent all other countries islands and continents That should the publisher issue special editions for sale the the British Colonies and Dependencies only Europe he shall pay the author Continent royalty copies of such editions sold ten per cent the Colonial edition and five per cent the Continental royalties being edition these the net receipts such the same time the royalties provided sales and payable eof for That the publisher shall have the sole right sell assign the American Colonial Continental Foreign Trans rights lation Serial and Dramatic the above work He pay negotiating distributing shall all costs such sales and copies purposes publisher the work for such and the shall pay the author fifty per cent the receipts from payable the sale the same such amounts the same time the royalties provided for Clause hereof guarantee securing copy That the publisher gives right outside the United Kingdom and does not bind him self issue special Colonial Continental editions sell serial translation dramatic other rights The author agrees transfer the publishers the remaining copyrights and all other rights the said stories for all foreign countries the terms that the publishers shall pay the author one half the net profit which may made the publishers from the sale by them any rights plates copies bound sheets for the pur pose publication the said work abroad all editions thereof the work and The copyright shall belong the publisher his executors administrators assigns and purchase and the author The publishers agree agrees sell the copyright Great Britain and all other hereinafter parts work entitled the world referred the said work the MS which the author has delivered the publishers and future editions thereof consideration the following payments per cent all copies sold thirteen copies being counted twelve The publishers shall have the right sell copies the any said work the rights translation thereof foreign countries and terms they shall think expedient royalty respect the author shall not entitled thereof but the net amount realised therefrom shall divided between the author and the publisher the following proportions per cent viz the author 50 per cent the publishers any edition the said work shall included England works published for exclusive sale India and the Colonies the author shall entitled receive per cent such sales the actual net proceeds copies the ordinary edition sold Colonial and exporters other booksellers rate lower than the ordinary trade price the author shall entitled receive per cent the actual net proceeds such sales C What , then , should the author grant ? His clause , which ought to be Clause I ., should run somewhat on the following lines : A 238 �THE AUTHOR . . his . a to by to , be . in of he of for on him of . is to be is . . to be to of is by to an A . 's of 's , to a . on 's ' , s A of as . is so if . to . . . to in . a , on . . , a , of in , , , & of Co . . of , of to of , on in . of , , of . it an , by on by in on of £d . to a of . . on as a to in , , as a ", or , . Mr Justice Warrington the first instance was upheld songs The plaintiff was the composer certain assigned his copyright and the defendants subject royalty every the payment copy sold the Defendant Company the United every copy sold States and the Defendant Company elsewhere The songs were published two occasions the Weekly Dispatch the Willis Music Company advertisement and was and the decision court by to he an to by to , on is convince estate The second was somewhat similar lines but was not the hands the committee the Appeal society was carried the Court ld of on in he , in , , “ . already put forward any author there have been cases tried the Courts which make the conveyance copyright when the author retains continuing interest suicidal The first was Warwick Deeping and Moring Here Mr Warwick Deeping conveyed his copyright every Mr Grant Richards receiving royalty copy the book sold Mr Grant Richards went bankrupt and the trustee bankruptcy assigned the agreement Mr Moring The Court held that Mr Deeping could not claim royalties from Moring but could only claim damages agreement against the bankrupt for breach arguments the not sufficient were It in , he . a re - to . * alien hand Then to , , to by he on a of - by for of a , , he - re a synonym for We use the words technical works those books which for one reason other need periodic very wide and give revision The range detailed list would be very cumbersome all the . to It be . A , . to , . , to . , , the copyright the former book refused except issue terms which financially convey There are other reasons which apply all authors copyright the actual pro perty conveyed publisher can alter that property long he does not libel the author literary reputation But the work the author jury and what may not appear tradesmen reputation may pure libel the author point view sacrilege from the author father does not care see his own child whipped With the conveyance . , it , to is on to a A as held make too careful not of . by a . of , its by is . a To return Clause The reason for our objection necessary not far seek will quote one instance merely convince any author the point young medical man who was making his mark specialist was swooped upon far seeing publisher write book him his special subject Ignorant the value his property and perhaps rather flattered the compliment conveyed the copyright wrote the book the publisher and received royalty Ten years afterwards when had become famous wanted issue his book with the additions and alterations necessary account the changes that had been made his particular study and the wisdom many had collected fresh examples He was unable come agreement with his publisher who knowing that cannot copyright he in , of to or a , up suitable technical medical work taken educational centres sells steadily its year hundreds and sometimes thousands right through the whole term copyright Though this last paragraph somewhat by the way still great truth which the careless author contains should fully realise by mentioned , , - , is of of to as , by — on is in it or - , of , , . It , of . * , in in a , , , , , as , , is it , to to Many on . necessary writers , , view on of first be a place consider the such matters for example theological biographical historical sub jects educational works scientific technical medical and those thousand and one subjects which owing the great advance research are constant state of change Although works fiction are more popular with the public financially their returns cannot compare with the returns from the works quoted foolish think therefore that the society deals only with writers fiction because they are more often evidence that not fully aware the vast property any other works and writers the joining the society be above subjects should kept informed the value their property and the difficulties with which they have contend point of the to In ? which cannot be deleted . What are the reasons for reiterating the phrase They are many and varied with such vehemence , of . , . NO AUTHOR SHOULD TRANSFER HIS COPYRIGHT PUBLISHER WHILE HE PRESERVES A CON TINUING INTEREST IN HIS WORK . This phrase will be quoted and re - quoted , until, it is hoped , the brain will receive an impression TO A and otherwise , were absurd . The author then joined the society and the secretary went into the matter with great care , but found there was no loophole of escape . On his advice the author refused to accept the terms, and proceeded to pur chase back the copyright at the publisher ' s own price , and to publish with an old established house , By this paying production himself the cost gain control increasingly means alone could valuable property But all anthors are not such favourable position and other examples might quoted where the technical writer has had accept the bad ternis offered the publisher rather than allow his work continue before the public slur his reputation But this arrangement may preclude from writing again the subject which his life study This the main reason why authors the works to and assigns , the copy - ' successors . , bis a assign to him right. 239 �THE AUTHOR no fit ." of “ to as . in by be a to B ” “ . to be , in It is . an , if . of be in ., a to of on . of on of a on is in . , a if , , he , at to , of be . of be ' in , ." - I of is a , of , to , - to is it as , to of in to or of on of in in of on of at of on . a to he , , onall or on on , of of , , or of . in , , to . 5 of , . to . . 5 of no or . or or of to 10 , , . is 1 of as , A . IN A The latter part Clause with the exception sur words which will be mentioned certain The the less plusage the greater includes of on to , be , AUTHOR to of in C . in in , , of of to of fit of . in to . It as . of be as of , .: . the transfer worth while SHOULD TRANSFER HIS COPYRIGHT HE PRESERVES WHILE PUBLISHER HIS WORK CONTINUING INTEREST TO , it . to to viz , of Comment has already been passed may however copyright repeat that NO of , to be it no in . B If or to the publishers , no . . ” of is it , if it for a is as of of be be is it so the the property The copyright therein shall they think publishers who may arrange for the com the work pletion and publication translation any moneys are received from the sale expenses other rights the net receipts after deduction relating the following propor thereto shall be divided Sixty per cent the author and forty per cent tions in of . In “ right that added which word should any way tend confuse the issues An assign the copyright carries with agreement publication indisputably the sole right should mentioned the hereinafter consideration That payments the author hereby agrees sell and assign the above work and the the publisher the copyright purchase the said copyright with the publisher agrees printing and publishing the work serial exclusive right without revision and abridgment and book form with Great Britain and Ireland the British Colonies and Dependencies the America and the United States Europe and Continent all other countries islands and continents That should the publisher issue special editions for sale the British Colonies and Dependencies only the Europe Continent shall pay the author copies royalty per such editions sold ten cent the Colonial edition and five per cent the Continental royalties being receipts edition these the net such sales and payable the time as the royalties provided for Clause hereof That the publisher shall have the sole right sell assign the American Trans Colonial Continental Foreign lation Serial and Dramatic rights the above work He negotiating such sales and distributing shall pay all costs copies the work for such purposes and the publisher shall pay the author fifty per cent the receipts from be payable at the the same such amounts the sale same time the royalties provided for Clause hereof guarantee securing copy That the publisher gives right outside the United Kingdom and does not bind Continental editions issue special Colonial himself sell serial translation dramatic other rights in , , , in is a It .” , agreements . , he is , if . , of " an am to of a , to a an is to a , “ of I , in in , , is to It ! ! of , I , some serious comment When author conveys the copyright without conveys the translation rights the serial limitation rights and all the minor rights These rights properly marketed are valuable But when only paid author conveys the copyright he royalty pub the agreement definite form lication say the published price the work book form the price 12s 6d he would not entitled claim anything the sale these other rights unless special stipulation that effect were made the agreement allowing these minor rights The question marketed by the publisher and the division possible profits matter which has been discussed discussed this paper and may the columns publishers later when considering other clauses in no of , , is , in , to , or ." “ : I for - by , in its or it . , turn round and say the first publisher The work infringement my copy you have published right may The composer when referred infringement and retort Oh No not have the best musical opinion that not The publisher the alleged piracy owner the copyright may say have the not going copyright worry action and and expense regret your com say withdraw must therefore position from the market very doubtful whether such circumstances the composer would have any remedy whatever although his work might possibly have brought him steady income further consideration the clause the words publication the above work and sole right sign are surplusage and bad draftsmanship right that They should deleted necessary word should omitted define beyond dispute any point accurately and make There is something , however , beyond a transfer of copyright in this clause . When copyright has been transferred altera tions may made the assignee which would literary libel amount But this clause the publishers are allowed arrange they think for the completion and publication the work very doubtful whether the author would have any remedy these circumstances however grievous the alterations might his reputation The second clause under heading calls also an . . of by is on to to . . of on in of for admitted that the publication was made with the knowledge and approval of the defendants . The plaintiff 's claim was royalties the sales copies the songs the Weekly Dispatch Mr Justice Warrington held that the defendants were not liable The copyright was assigned the defendants subject only pay the condition that they should royalties copies sold them The Weekly Dispatch the property the Associated News papers Limited and was not sold the Defendant Company agents and therefore royalties respect copies contained were payable the paper Lastly possible and this case would arise perhaps more frequently the publication composer music than book publication that may transfer his copyright publisher Another publisher perhaps another composer lucky enough have retained his copyright may . in 240 �THE AUTHOR . of . 50 ! to to in a ask is to ! 's he It . if be he , in , to if to I “ , be — . a of of an , is 4 , — .” , no to do is . for a to , or is of an . to . in to to be . of . ) in or of ( by of on by to be of to of to no if is on . of It to is to in , in an in . , at . to or of or - a he on , , , of of to in a this clause that . of definitions relating to ." of of series by ““ a In words And And of all all cu editions thereof the book to . a to to or in , in in , , a ” , " “ ' , trade issued the Publishers Association we reprint impression believe was taken mean reprint but altered unaltered edition The publisher therefore order make himself doubly secure can control the author any alteration may desire make his original text can hamper expedite any improve , a . few separate comment " , need he , indeed reaches the last that the publisher should have , ; There are only stand in ask , to ." “ rights absurdity and assigns be be It no do do to to his dramatic of point The copyright the work and all editions thereof shall belong the publisher his executors administrators , , if 's of to . be it sole right what author should ever publisher except under certain limitations and that the rights mentioned include dramatic rights nego That the author should ask the publisher tiate circum let the publisher handle them but profit sharing arrange allow stances should the sheets the sale bound copies ment ordinary Colonies abroad enter into royalty agreement The reasons for this state ment have been put forward some length The Author for January 1902 . be of , in at , as a to as . a 3, portion the former clause well Clause really refers what ought the third clause properly drafted agreement cannot discussed here But should noted that the publisher has the There little said this clause except that the latter part carries considerable disadvan arrange may be possible tages the author profits equitable division stereos the sale foolish enough the author and other rights in on of a . , , — - . a 3d , . ” as , . , i. e so ., his market and extend his The author agrees transfer the publishers the remaining copyrights and all other rights the said stories for all foreign countries the terms that the publishers shall pay the author one half the net profit which may made the publishers from the sale them any rights plates copies bound sheets for the pur publication pose the said work abroad of , a . 's it as to . 1d . is . 10 , . , to “ widen to interests reputation But under this agreement he transfers the rights guarantee from the publisher and content with anything that the latter will utilise these rights agreement for This not the kind author any sign who has any respect for himself desire obtain suitable market his property . , a no . of of on is 10 of is he , if , is of clauses are dealt with the clause the beginning should The word calls for remark the publisher does not undertake consequence issue these editions and may he should desire totally neglect the author best form D in in , in , , . a be . , ignorance on in his Clause further eridence further evidence were needed how far anthor may throw him publisher self into the power very wise An author might say would not might say but still will give you these rights you will undertake issue Colonial editions obtain United States copyright and will market my work serially and translation an . ” in . no he , in 2 it . , is fair But he should be warned per cent 11d that copy the average prices received by publishers copy for the ordinary sized book whereas pays royalties the offered the lowest one publisher well The royalties however will dealt with more fully when the regular royalty Colonial editions them . by of of for as ) ( , of in of South America These words then could prevent the author from publishing those countries even although rights there had Or other words pirate profit until the publisher might make stepped although copyright the author had but the author would debarred from making profit himself Clause needs but little comment But emphasises the fact drafted the author royalty exceedingly low servitude The amount per cent The author receiving the English ignorant the value edition may think literary property that the same percentage negotiate these rights the sole right and that per cent should generously pay the author profits the latter pub sorry evidence put forward that lisher can openly have such printed clauses his agreement and pass the unfortunate author E of , - , of , on on . , all “ To 's as a to of or in to It be . his no , of , to " 's - or “ , , . the transfer of copyright includes exclusive right printing and publishing The words bowever with without abridg ment materially increase the author danger and difficulty and practically hand over the pub lisher that right revision and abridgment which being carried beyond literary libel leaves the author protective power over property with clearly understood must however that nothing the transfer the publisher the power abridgment revision will allow the publisher putting commit fraud the public forward one man work the work another Europe the words the Continent other countries islands and continents wemust also take exception There are many countries not reciprocal treaty with Great Britain the pro copyright such tection Russia and Turkey Europe and the United States unless certain drastic formalities are complied with and all the countries 241 �THE AUTHOR . ment , and can , so to speak , hold the author at his beck and call , Of the technical writer we have already made mention . Such a clause as the above would hamper him , if possible , more than the mere transfer of his copyright . It is bad for the writer of fiction ; it is disastrous for the scientific and technical so, and why does he use two different terms two succeeding clauses ? “ Net profits ” has a clear meaning . It is the profit realised after the deduction of all expenditure , i.e., the net profits on “ the net receipts ” as opposed to " the gross profits " on " the gross receipts ." In the third clause the words “ ordinary trade price ” are elusive . The ordinary trade price varies considerably , as any bookseller will tell you. Accuracy and finality not secured these They may all afford food doubtful phrases the lawyers This what the society anxious its members should avoid say in writer . for is , . ., , by are . " , “ , on be -- . . . W . . ' d . A . ." “ By M . 's . . C . . . . . . . By . . of By . . . de , Longard A ). . ( . . - NATIONAL . C . Biron . By H of Dickens ' The Plots 20 TO .) .. . . . 0 1 3** 100 00 to .J F , .. . be addressed , E .C . , of 25 of Sis .. . for a : . per per 0 , 6 for 0 ** * ** * . .. a a of & of 20 .Co , 29 , , is ADVERTISEMENTS All letters respecting Advertisements should Belmont PaternosterSquare London & so . ? on " , Is FOR . SCALE ALLOWANCE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY PER CENT Front Page Other Pages Page Half of Page Quarter 150 Eighth of Page Single Column Advertisements per inch Reduction cent made Series and cent Twelve Insertions. ( . he , By A . . . . , NINETEENTH CENTURY By Madame German Fiction Dorothea Gerard By Francis Gribble Robert Browning Recent Longgard a is it ; at he . ”, ” of , .” . . . s' in . if , as , , if FORTNIGHTLY of in by , If so Benson For the Centenary Robert Browning Alfred Noyes English and French Poetry Attitudes towards Professor Maurice Gerothwohl By John Pollock The Censorship . “ so ? , If “ ” ? By of . it as 'its , Fiction . it as , of to of a , in “ to Oilliamson ENGLISH REVIEW Among My Books By Frederic Harrison Poetry and the Modern Novel By Compton Mackenzie By Darrell Figgis Robert Browning By Ernest Newman The Folk Song Fallacy . in to , to 's is , of By . 's . a to of is Realism . In de . : La of in . CORNHILL Arc Letters the Comtesse With Note by Andrew Lang John Stuart Mill and Browning Pauline Phillips Joan of as in is to on I By Professor George Saintsbury Father Sir Robertson Nicoll to be , a or at be of to be , 1 It is 2 in it on in England and abroad tion An author may not understand these delightful intricacies publisher business have them his fingers ends finality and There however terrible lack exactitude the use terms this clause The publisher talks about the net amount realised Does the publisher mean this the net profit why does the transaction not say the next clause and the clause following he speaks the net proceeds such sales this equivalent the net amount realised that pet profit the again why does not Alfred BOOKMAN Robert Browning Robert Browning to , . in evidently very badly drafted for Clause the publisher holds the entire copyright stated on former page he certainly holds the rights included this clause was only necessary state what he would pay the for the publisher anything author the sale these rights by no means follows because the because author has sold the publisher his copyright that he all the various methods of publica a — “ A , to in in be . . 50 ., , to . of . of of . in , If If In BLACKWOODS Musings without Method Literary Anodynes Mus Musset and Strong Love Interest Sand Clause this extraordinary combination slightly peculiar the draftsmanship throws into one clause what should have been dealt with three not this that real peculiarity consists but the fact that the publisher has put himself the first party The man who agrees purchase has put himself before the man who has the property sell “ CONTENTS in to be to MAGAZINE . of or , to of . , on in of , of as to to of all a of of all F . The publishers agree to purchase and the author agrees to sell the copyright in Great Britain and other parts the world work entitled hereinafter referred the said work the MS which the author bas delivered the publishers and future editions thereof the following payments viz consideration per cent all copies sold thirteen copies being counted as twelve publishers The shall have the right sell copies the said work any the rights translation thereof they expedient foreign terms shall think countries and royalty respect the author shall not entitled thereof but the net amount realised therefrom shall divided between the author and the publisher the following proportions per cent viz the author 50 per cent the publishers any edition the said work shall included England works published for exclusive sale India and the Colonies the author shall entitled receive per cent the actual net proceeds such sales copies the ordinary edition sold Colonial and other exporters booksellers rate lower than the ordinary trade price the author shall entitled receive per cent the actual net proceeds such sales is 242 �THE AUTHOR . by managed the Secretary , or of . But the transaction should obtained competent agent with the advice the Society of a be USE THE SOCIETY . TO . HOW 243 ; of of (a to : of of by or . ", , or , . to or . to to to or . , is up to to " a to . of , for by to his . a in to be ) . - A II . (1 .) In (2 .) in (3 ). (4 .) (6 16 .) ). As ! . . It to is , to to . to is . an for It , is . in . , . . of . of a of : to ( ( ( 3 2 1 .) .) .) of . if by . . . to . of an of or be copyright . of , a transfer the denied , is a . . of a Always avoid in (2 .) to 80 to right the author We are advised that this nature common law right which cannot withheld . to agreement are combinations All other forms the four above mentioned Such combinations are generally disastrous the author Never sign any agreement without competent advice from Society the Secretary the Stamp all agreements with the Inland Revenue stamp agreements possible Avoid letter The main points which the Society has always demanded from the outset are agreement That both sides shall know what means The inspection those account books which belong . . of . of on it . General (3 .) . to be 7 . This The prevent authors from Some agents endeavour referring matters the Secretary the Society do some publishers Members can make their own deductions and act accordingly 8 Agreement Commission The main points are production Be careful obtain fair cost Keep control the advertisements price Keep control of the sale the book : to to to , . the Society Many agents neglect stamp agreements must done within fourteen days first execution Secretary will undertake behalf members System ( 1 .) . of to of a 6 . of and are recommended submit and explanation the Secretary 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 approximately author ascertain the very important figures truth From time time connected royalties published The Author are with of of . : , as the No contract should be entered into with literary agent without the advice the Secretary the Society accept without careful Members are strongly advised not consideration the contracts with publishers submitted them by literary agents them for interpretation III a obtained in can To a ( 3 ) . . be to work . 's of the Society Prospectus lars be by , of . in To ( 2 ) . ( 1 ) To of to be . , ' in . 6 The Committee have arranged for the reception agreements and their preservation members fire proof safe regarded The agreements will course confidential documents read only the Secretary 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 doctor A if , in , , of no · .4 of to of in , to . to . 3 , Before signing any agreement whatever send the document the Society for examination belonging Remember always that the Society you are fighting the battles you other writers even yourself and that you are are reaping direct benefit your calling advancing the best interests promoting the independence the writer the dramatist the composer of . the Society . . to , do . of ' do . 2 Remember that questions connected with copyright not fall within the experi and publishers agreements ordinary solicitors ence Therefore not scruple use Profit Sharing Agreement bad form agreement this case the following rules should attended pro sign any agreement Not which the cost duction forms part without the strictest investigation give the publisher the power putting the Not profits into charging own pocket advertisements 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 rights give up Not serial translation Not any publisher bind yourself for future work yourself any one solicitor well bind for the future . . all by D IY 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 The of his property . business or the administration Secretary of the Society is a solicitor ; but if there is any special reason the Secretary will refer the case to the Further , the Committee , if they Solicitors of the Society . without deem it desirable , will obtain counsel ' s opinion any Moreover , where counsel ' s cost to the member . opinion is favourable , and the sanction of the Committee is obtained , action will be taken on behalf of the aggrieved member , and costs borne the Society VERY 1. D 15 . for life membership to it an in . or of be a of on of of a by a in . . of : or is . price can - proper be if a , sometimes satisfactory is . . 3 in Outright . it Selling is 1 . : . of in to a N U are few standing rules observed agreement dealing There are four methods with literary property This There are three forms dramatic contract for plays three more acts Sale outright the performing right This unsatisfactory An author who enters into such contract should stipulate the contract for production the piece certain date and for proper publication his name the play bills (a .) an be ERE ofto THE PRODUCERS BOOKS It 2 . . OF AUTHORS 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 manager EVER . TO WARNINGS DRAMATIC . per of an £1 is to Society the TO WARNINGS . £10 10s . , annum or . 9 The subscription �THE AUTHOR . DRAMATIC T of of , an at , is of 's on a in . do of , of an do , or in , of is in , in of ; . or of an , be of to , of in in by as In . . as , be , of to , . of . - . , an STAMPING . MUSIC on 's to . . in be , of . . , , is , of , of be or , . of to of by by give notice the Society begs are acknowledged post return remittances should crossed Union London and Chancery Smiths Bank registered Lane sent letter only All be the same charged for , . of to be filed subject play will The Secretary that all remittances . . . to REMITTANCES . at to a be a 6d . of , .28 one guinea a of be in at also rules with the exception that per act the price at fee or , byof be a . of Original Plays may The term . of in , to D typewritten duplicate foolscap paper forwarded the offices the Society together with registration fee two shillings and sixpence will qualified assis be carefully compared the Secretary stamped and returned tant One copy will the author Copies and the other filed the register the Society any time by the scenario thus filed may obtained typing the author only small charge cover cost coach . treated by a . is . existence composition the Society this informing young writers Their MSS can read and assist MSS includes not only works fiction but poetry and dramatic works and when possible under special arrangement technical and scientific works The competence and experience Readers are writers The is , on OCENARIOS or in is work BRANCH by its of greatly its as of a branch treated . READING EMBERS will V ORIGINAL PLAYS . of ' , THE SCENARIOS AND 6d to its of . of . the Society M OF REGISTRATION of stamp copies The Society undertakes music per 100 part members for the fee 100 The members stamps are kept 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 behalf , , on of be the Secretary of are referred to , of of of . a , An author must remember that the dramatic market exceedingly limited and that for novice the first object obtain adequate publication incomplete As these warnings must necessarily account the wide range the subject dramatic con tracts those authors desirous further information . is is to 11 . . all in . of of of aa . is of : in , a to be . carefully a r It of be U T & . be for should commenced play An author should remember that that production production play highly speculative very great risk that he runs delay and breakdown the fulfilment his contract He should therefore guard himself the more carefully the beginning a in , to in a in a . , collaboration drawn and executed before collaboration ITTLE MUSICAL COMPOSERS TO can added the warnings given for the producers assistance books and dramatic authors pointed out that must however rule the musical publisher demands from the musical composer rights transfer fuller and less liberal finan cial terms than those obtained for literary and dramatic property composer The musical has very often the two rights performing right and copyright He deal with should especially careful therefore when entering into agreement and should take into particular consideration the warnings stated above . of to or . A 7 . 8 . . 9 As to as as a a a . it . he . , . a to . . WARNINGS the words Never forget that United States rights may be exceed English ingly valuable They should never be included agreements without the author obtaining substantial . a . on , , , , , . is . 6 is of Authors should remember that performing rights play are distinct from literary copyright manager holding the performing right perform cannot licence 10 be it in to . , be . 5 Authors should remember that performing rights can limited and are usually limited by town country and time This most important rights Authors should not assign performing but perform should grant licence The legal distinction great importance is RAMATIC is is a it , of - . It is , if in of a to in be reserved consideration Agreements AND AGENTS . authors should seek the advice the Society before putting plays into the hands agents present the law stands agent play who has once had his hands may acquire perpetual percentage claim the author fees from As far plays the placing concerned may general rule that there are only taken very few agents who can anything for author that cannot under the guidance the Society equally well better for himself The collection fees many cases no intermediary also matter which required For certain purposes such as the collection fees amateur performances general the trans and frequent petty authorisations action with different individuals and also for the collection foreign fees countries almost all dramatic authors employ agents and these ways the services of agents are real and valuable But the Society warns authors against agents who profess have influence with managers plays the placing principals who propose offering act purchase rights any case the author the present state agent should not the law employed under any agreement approved circumstances without by the Society 4. Plays in one act often sold outright but possible and better obtain small nightly fee sum extremely any event paid advance such fees important that the amateur rights one act plays should print the book AUTHORS of are (6.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of percentages on vary between gross receipts . Percentages 5 per a and 15 cent . An author should obtain percentage on the sliding scale of gross receipts system preference . Should in to the American obtain a sum in advance of percentages . A fixed play date on or before which the should be performed . right performing of to or a licence (0. ) Sale of perform on the basis of royalties ( i. e. , ised nightly fees ). This method should be always except in cases where the fees are avoided likely to be small or difficult to collect . The other safeguards set out under heading (6.) apply also in this case, an 's 244 �THE AUTHOR . 1st . to length (4 ) ; ) of be ( (3 )1 : ; design . ' in in to to in to to be negotiate for the American States 's . , is the United agent it sheets an author employs , to In a . if to duty sold in the book when that agent copyright and , . by - and secure the copyright their contracts with the author they not only insert clause this effect they fail but also clause which their negotia paid tions certain royalties are the author - or of circle inch UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT PUBLISHERS their agreements are often anxious place authors books have the right America a , - of he , to shape within , “ a ; of In to The paper no circumstances should he allow the publisher have the control We regret however that this not always the view that the agent adopts the agent then author does not employ the following reasons should negotiate this American publication himself He has the whole range the American market before him he can try one publisher after another until assured failure whereas the English publisher would most probably only write his usual corre spondent the United States and that publisher gave his refusal would not trouble any further indeed there reason why should trouble any securing further even while having the right is he go he or , of no is ; , if to , ; is he ; of for If , , an . , . , . he or in , . so , in to for in is a for is all be to an is . 's - , a 's on ; of , he ; in on be . , to , . , of , . of or of ON , in copyright should even far often pays not only the English publisher but the American publisher better deal sheets from the English market than set the work up the very well United States This may the two publishers concerned but bad business the author whom the American copyright valuable asset Besides the English publisher ought only the agent for the author for the production the work book form the English agent for the and Colonial markets not placing literary wares and has not the facilities the necessary stimulus the literary agent for depends the agent livelihood his obtaining other markets whereas they are mere by product the publisher business the American of to for to , its of , of , - to in ) It .” . set to for , . is no of be a , . success , of to it of ( in “ 's , 30 STAMPS MECHANICAL REPRODUCTIONS THOSE composers and authors who are interested the mechanical reproduction their works already reproduced whose works have been in American of .” of of in an is to , our complaint that the present terms the com petition are indefinite and seems hardly fair ask dramatic authors bind themselves indefinite the terms without even the assurance given editor comments that he the dramatist will be quite happy surely con the fulness time firms the statement we have already made that the terms should more clearly out large number The fact that dramatic authors justification for have already submitted plays putting forward indefinite terms We are however indebted The Era for their printing the rules article and particularly immediately below which will clearly show dramatic authors who read the issue The Era April the need our criticism and fairness and will emphasise the difficulties that they may encounter It 's of . of * be is of in a see no reason to why the dramatic author who sends play under this competition should thereby appoint the editor The Era his perpetual agent for placing that play only answer The Era that quite the organ the Society Authors will happy about the matter the fulness time This very suggestion admission the justice of , square enclosed three quarters side , . , at so to be " . . four label entirely of us 's of . to in it in for the sale of stamps on July important points are adhesive . , in as of ) is 30 . ( it May number Having read the whole The Era comments appears that none our criticisms has really been answered all The Era says Possess patience everything will come right your souls the end Zwe hope but such result will certainly not due the excellence the con ditions The difficulties raised are still unsettled and the conditions the competition still indeter particular the editor makes no satisfac minate tory answer our objection that reserves the right arrange the production any play sub mitted whether the winning play not We still this note now so that members may be We give prepared a The of the comments made in The Author . editor comments in a laughing mood on the date on which our criticism appeared (April 1) as a significant one We would point out that the date the answer April still more significant prevented our dealing with the article our need an The in Play competition . of their is 1 in respect form and substance of their answer is themost efficient argument that could possibly have been given of the If April ; to notice that The Era has with the devoted considerable space to dealing suggestions made in these columns in our issue of (2 ) . COMPETITION pleased are ready to supply the should be companies with stamps immediately the Act comes into force at the beginning of July . The Board of Trade has , we understand , come to the following decision as to the shape and size of the stamp : “ The adhesive label shall be an adhesive paper label, square in shape , the design to be entirely enclosed within a circle , and the side of the label not to be greater than three - quarters of an inch in length .” to an THE ERA PRIZE We , mechanically gramophone of GENERAL NOTES . 245 �THE AUTHOR . it , of 12 . , ' of a , , , or a be to . of If of as he a a on a . of all a . to , to . to , , , , , so , , as to to - be , he as it is he by ." , . in of , in to on . - a of as a as in . “ as to of of – in an on of , of , , — to “ is , in . to ”, ! on of . of in to but there are other authors whom and other methods which cinematography may great importance become deserves History Our Own 1905 the great cost alas his health for the strain constant labour the book coming the top his Parlia mentary struggles made him invalid for the rest his life was his principal achievement this , its . to , than doubled and dramatists may regular income from this form historian which familiar most people His finally completed Times of is it in a , be reproduction by or , ." no is in . 's in so it to so . to CINEMATOGRAPH of It is have more making o of a of “ . of E V as a . -w , have record the death Justin McCarthy which occurred just before our May issue went Press Mr McCarthy career historian novelist Irish journalist and Parliamentary has been fully dealt with the newspapers and indeed must be familiar our readers that we need add but little the many tributes which have been paid the Press and elsewhere during the past month journalist His early work after young and unknown reporter his first start was editor the Morning Star But his daily riting leader the Daily News from 1870 onwards many years was his greatest claim through His essays literature this line distinction fiction were numerous perhaps the best known being probably his work Dear Lady Disdain But Mr . P ., be or . a no to regret much M be , as , or of THE time difficult measure the importance cinematography dramatic authors possible that the next few years value will are of . on to , , to or , , ; a , , , MCCARTHY , is it , to of his . of of . AND the various branches should not neglect new , JUSTIN be to is of It . in to of to is , , 5 15 be , be a to Technical writers knowledge and science opportunity in of , his if copyright should come under agreement separate The point one small importance judging examples from the rights which some editors demand from contributors who have through ignorance allowed them publish without proper contract EDUCATION them be of or In a . -r - - to of ; in do . A on , of to , if to or a , in matters business that the terms should set out with exactness The employee should either employer that he careful not offer work employment and has done outside his course apprenticeship outside contract service regards he does offer such work that the terms At the present exhibiting decent livelihood and fair given the performances The Bioscope will demonstrate matters somewhat different character For instance we hear that amongst other things will demonstrated The amoeboid movement leucocyte relapsing fever the phenomenon agglutination examination the stomach under ays and the mosquito doctor can gather money and reputation from writing treatise these subjects there reason why should not equally obtain money and reputation teacher through the cinematograph X .” in in of , a , , , , or , of , a of as an is be , to be to to , be , of , , to to , in a of , a to is it of be is as serial case this kind should made clear lest any dispute doubt should arise that the copyright the serial story was not the pro perty hoped that the the employer special contract would employer the absence always best not lay claim the copyright but it , of by in of , , As there has been some question about this pro necessary warn those who are under con apprenticeship any work tract service that done by them which could hardly be said done the course their employment they should take special care that they retain the copyright journalist such work the paper mightbe employed staff certain journalistic work his spare time he might write story and the editor the paper might offer run viso obtain himself remuneration but by the proprietors to of or in a of ** in similar periodical hiring out these different films of . : ( b ) Where the author was the employment some other apprenticeship and the person under service contract by that employment his the course work was made person the person whom the author was employed shall any agreement the absence the contrary the first owner the copyright but where the work newspaper magazine or article or other contribution any agree similar periodical there shall the absence the reserved deemed the coutrary ment right author restrain the publication the work part magazine newspaper than otherwise , The section states It this to provisos to , of of this Act the author the copyright .” a be of “ to provisions the first owner an 1911 just received notice that the proprietors The Bioscope the cinematograph trade journal organising certain invitation performances with the object demonstrating the value the cinemato graph educational medium These perform ances are going take place the mornings Wednesday Wednesday June June and Saturday June from eleven one clock possible for the earnest student would merely writing natural history instead book and taking photos make his own natural history films of the insects birds mammals and then by as of runs , , We have of a . 5 of ACT, SECTION Copyright Act : SECTION 5 of follows Subject the work shall therein There are two second proviso the COPYRIGHT as 246 �THE AUTHOR . on it a in . or in so . . ' to of , ) of is , , to , , . a be to , a is , of six of be to , in . to ( 28 in in no , a so , . of . ofof 50 ' 30 , of . , in a for . , of to to a by as , are , . to be of of is of to . ), , 30 , to , to . . , to or in all of to , . 70 , to 30 , by to .” no . . . or a at , “ of is It no - of inter action those causes and the individual genius which scientific generalisation can class which scientific prophecy can foretell The toast was responded Sir Walter and then distribute the balance per cent the composer the author where there are copyright words and per cent the publisher cases where copyright words per cent there are the composer and per cent the publisher Now composers should consider first whether the society per cent no . , to of he as of he is . by the it . to . to of 's ”, us in determined the com words songs generally paid outright sum the publisher give the authors seems unnecessary equal representation with the composers whom the most valuable part the property belongs The most important part the rules deals with the distribution the royalties collected charge the sums collected The short effect first with the expenses collection and the maintenance . of . to ” It by of in 's “ of . . by causes cent per the authors . , — as of — . “ called sociological the profits yet they get mittee Inasmuch also ( : . , in , its a is . Do not let look states artistic literary production too mechanical fashion merely what are Literature not the result right Act have interest whatever the mechanical rights are given the largest repre representation sentation upon the committee large that all probability they will nearly always majority Boosey who form Even Mr William has been the moving spirit this matter does not put the publishers claim higher than per cent an £2 ' of , in to , interested literature from the outside public those who write themselves authors poets agents and others and those who act for placing the work the latter into the hands the former support speech The chairman the Fund and work was sound and the point The toast Literature was proposed Mr Arthur Balfour would have been difficult proposer more suitable find the occasion Not only Mr Balfour love literature well known but he has shown himself one the leading thinkers the work which has put before the public His speech was naturally listened with great interest and was full suggestive matter those 40 of ; . of 50 by , and that the total sum which had been only twice the 121 years history the exactly Fund amounted 500 people present There were many distinguished exceeded peruse the draft Society Protection worthy Mechanical Rights Limited successors the original prospectus The front page itself containing the list interesting the committee and turning Article we see that the committee publishers composed three composers and literary and dramatic works with thrce authors composer addition chairman who The publishers therefore who under the Copy 30 , . , of . · 600 , have now been able the Copyright rules of 122nd anniversary dinner the Royal Literary Fund under the popular chair mansbip Mr Owen Seaman has been very successful The secretary announced that the list dona guineas from the King tions was headed that the stewards that night had subscribed nearly E W . HE L M FROM REPRODUCTIONS ROYAL LITERARY FUND THE THE COLLEC MECHANICAL RIGHTS AND FEES TION OF Raleigh ; of a ill - death removed COMPOSERS £1 a in no . to is of is . of a . by . its , the time when among from to him great care and dis Fund administered with very liberal and discerning crimination and with hand For over hundred years has supplied paid workers very essential help those May the work difficulty time and distress long ago continue the future which was begun perhaps even genius those days when intellect living wage paid for is served it on , to up he to us . he , he of to of to his in to works of the kind there . Justin McCarthy was essentially a man of letters - in spite of his boyish connection with Irish revo lutionary ideas — and he continued devotion literature almost the last day his life His association with the Society Authors dates from the year 1890 when first joined ranks Although was not actively identified with its executive side was elected the Council and manifested We must congratulate the chairman the the evening England which fills There Fund similar position that the Royal Literary Fund the success is to particular branch of learning . The writer of this paragraph well remembered the appearance of the first four volumes in the early ' Eighties , and how undergraduates of his even among the thoughtless University they raised an interest that is very rarely 247 �THE AUTHOR . of in of or he ." is by “ 6 , for be in to in 2A it so , . at of of it is as , to , is in if by is a or to of ., of in 5 , , to . in to , in a of of to of , , its of of in of , a in , to be or of in , no 's is . is at of . is , on . all of no as be a by , at , in , 6B , . , in a is be is of be . of , for be , is It a ), , to “ on ( ” ." , , ; to be a to . to of at , are of be if , they cannot undertake reminded the the not very difficult task collection their own fees that there societies ready collect fees much more reasonable rates and without acquiring interest the composer property hoped possible give full details another issue this paper should of . 's to be in an of to is of or , " , It , . posers what appears It - of in . to as to “ be to is of to , the benefit is , to to to . of , or a as a . , is will not quite clear Firstly Two points seem become inadvisable for any composer that member this society and secondly that com it . on is , is a statements The committee allowed conduct they may sanction defend such legal proceedings apparently without reference the composer who seems that under this the rights the owner perhaps for financial rule they might neglect rights protect the composer and reasons means that case the composer would have made to - . he is , , , it of 's not the principal control alterations composers . , - , of of 's in it a in is composer alterations are formulated the com mittee wbich we have pointed out the working majority publishers will probably have general meeting wand approved the society probable therefore that any in it to is of to , , a , if do He claim from the The editor over his rights magazine might well claim share the book production from the author the publisher the book claim share the serial rights But the draft rules contain other interesting . tion . , by be is It . of in , . ., , to share It is a it be on a to is , , , or so the mechanical instrument rights ever was good grows less and less but we not admit was ever good The music publisher reproduce the agent the composer his work certain form according contract royalty and the author based this considera entitled It or . is it if , be to a certain however that the near future will the music publisher who will have thank the mechanical reproducer for the advertisement rather than the mechanical reproducer the music publisher going ahead Mechanical reproduction pianolas gramo very fast and many owners phones etc go the retail dealers and try these reproductions quite irrespective the music publisher and choose the reproduction for pur chase hire quite irrespective whether they bave heard the original played from sheet music This practice will become more and more common argument that that the music publisher a , he , of 's a to not be the case but the case matter decided entirely between the composer and arbitrarily the publisher and not decided company which started business basis and not for the settlement ethical questions on by is he that percentage these fees because publishing the composer music makes the gramophone rights valuable may This may entitled i(. e - . , , in . to to the publisher publisher has claimed which has The music under rule member bound for the entire period membership when called upon the committee transfer the society the mechanical may instrument rights his works which are published apparently all present and future rights and under clause even the event his withdrawal death such rights shall continue vested and exercisable by the company Secondly the committee might decide take action case which the composer might strongly object and thirdly the committee might respect take action the reproduction the rights one members and get involved complicated and expensive law suit leaving the rest the members bear the expenses the proceed ings however indiscreetly the committee may have acted The only limit upon the expenses the royalties collected Generally total amount society can only rely the subscriptions received But liable for anything more and member here the whole income the members for royalties mechanical reproductions stake true that the society does not claim percentage for the publisher where the work has any not been published but this does not lessen way the arguments wbich have been put forward possible under rule that these rules may that case the altered and varied but to be to 30 go . is a of so , of to to , tion deducted from their fees when collected and give per cent then the publisher another what remains that the composer might lose expenses considerable percentage his fees and then mulcted 30 per cent of the balance This rule not terms limited mechanical rights alone but would extend all rights and practice even treated limited deprives the member defending all opportunity his own property even his own risk Further of a at to go , . of to of all , by . to , of 75 . 25 , and her colonies but also the Continent com per cent only of the fees which covers mission of per cent all expenses the balance clear the composer Under the rules proposed issued this limited company the composers are have the amount the expenses collec ) , companies are Great Britain enforcing his claims , under rule no legal proceedings shall instituted undertaken any member respect any work which interested without the sanction the committee be for the collec this desirable on , in , to ; of it is necessary to appoint any agents tion fees but assuming they think they may be reminded that other ready collect the fees not only , 248 �THE AUTHOR . an for .” a in he , , , of of a of . ) his a . If , , I of , , to , he do he if ; to to his , ? to do it , he is he - of ? it a in , in be his , of a a to to , no ! — - ” of to as “ . of , , to is , , I , , in to by ! - , , in . of , " , an å a by of ! A ! . of of we if - , a of , ? a no , of , by of be , in a , in at , in he of ” ? to of or of to “ as he , a a . he his 's of a of a his of to , to lad , of a . A a ( - it , of , be , or it ." in of a for , so of ( a as . ; a as a of , at as a it Is “ “ he as to , , the Swan his genius and marvelled the manner wbich historical pathetic incident nay event divine inspiration the embodiment lifelike form and colour brought poet dream may the magic the brush and the gift artistic imagination and skill right before her eyes way mere dealer words could ever accomplish in , and two clever and original writers have elected end the unequal battle life suicide proposes and what the world man What disposes are two cruelly opposite affairs say ninety nine Cases out every hundred But have had the smallest glimmer vision that the calling literature stands alone above and beyond every other calling etc Above big order and beyond every other calling very big order Has the writer this stupendous declaration masterpiece great artist ever stood before of in he as , , - , , , , a of to . , of to . be to , , , of , of ; of in a no no by , thousand times more honour reaping what rewards for A him he he ; of ' is , ? ” a , to is I substance the labour his pen have recollection that claimed for himself the prophetic gifts Merlin his own creation Prospero How then was foretell that posterity would acclaim plays immortal : , in in . in , of in is - , it As plain fact Shakespeare wrote matter plays for living and being what apparently some literary work affect few beginners scorn that say mean man business contrived penniless person elevate himself from into Avon by to he to be of , ? " it go , in . Who could imagine Shakespeare wrote his immortal plays pausing ask himself worth source income how ask Publishers and editors will neither feed clothe nor house The day the patron has gone He may consider himself well fitted pose the teacher and leader mankind modest pro position the way but with his belly filled money pay for with the east wind and night lodging he will come learn that place will civilised community course time not among teachers and leaders but with waifs and strays During the past ten years one real poet the Strand was actually herding with outcasts . , of to of it Is , “ , , of founded spiritual visions his ethereal aims Muses with his lofty ambitions sets out school and direct the world how presume must eat and wear clothes and find lay somewhere head what time transcribes paper his dreams but he has no private a - ; so in of of at of on ill - so of ; as a am I notoriety adulation his vanity the shape egotism friends self sufficiency and the like furnish any real substitute for solid and material rewards for his industry perseverance and per likely drag upon the only chance ability seeing that he and such authorship ranks unscrupulous traders play into the hands literary property against whom the more sensible but less vainglorious members the legion wage perpetual warfare and circumvent whose nefarious Authors was for one thing aims the Society masterly manner Alexander Pope performed certainly demanded something his desk but rather more mundane than the glow achievement his guerdon and Dr Johnson greater man good than renowned writer which means little esteem for the bombastic airs deal had the pretentious dilettante that he roundly declared man but blockhead ever wrote except money Now almost every branch art whether music painting poetry sculpture any other form the genius with romance comparatively exceptions few emanates from home none too well blessed with worldly goods diligent search through the pages biographical dictionary will think assure any doubter the veracity this statement then child the 's it of of of A so to disaster the sole result honest endeavour that constrained wonder how anyone claiming question be bona fide writer could induced quietly the sagacity Robert Buchanan when summed up the whole case his career the words worth Commonsense and genius unlike ignorance and impudence rarely hand hand But the person of Robert Buchanan these two uncommon mental gifts were compounded and saw with may work clear eyes that whatever vineyard worthy the labourer his hire The writer who pretends that subsidiary sops time ) ”, of . , of . to of at is of in of “ of to by of upon no a time I might have felt flattered the amount interest which appears have been excited the publication my brief article entitled The Hazard the Pen the columns The Author for December 1911 At the present moment my state mind merely optimism one mild surprise the spirit have evoked seems cursory examination the official organ the Society Authors for the past dozen years reveals many letters and articles retailing personal experiences usage the part editors and despair many wails publishers the trials and disappointments members their attempts win public recognition much heart breaking NCE by could than would have been his due had he allowed others to steal them , while he “ paused " in order that he might hug to his breast the bubble consola age but for all tion that he had written “ not , PEN . THE “ OF I THE HAZARD 249 �THE AUTHOR . of , byto . a in to . its ? — of , : so ? do areto . it — of , in of , I at of , , of ; of I in ! ” a in to or he , of to do it is , byto a “ I by , as , of of “ ” of . to " “ no at in in or - is of . ! or . to , , ! to by of of at to be it , in , , on in a . . W it Is it ? ” be . , “ a is , of “ it , for , ” , of to in or ? ” , of of or be , it I - as , , it ? . its “ on of is it as - - , in on , or , , , a a Finally cannot too strenuously urged too widely understood that for one beloved the gods permitted soar aloft the wings his grey goose quill the regions the blest there flights end are how many whose feeble sickening thud dolorous attics land them with after all what the mire and refuse squalid profession the unlucky may rather mourn still repeat Therefore fully the forceful query worth HERBERT SMITH , . ” of to of on of of to by on a of ? or , of a to , of an professing voluble will time enough reconsider the sad reflection one who all events compelled admiration for the quality his genius live its printed expression and strove , , or of . in be to of an , least . ” “ , in its of of - on ", . , of , of I - so . ” all . , us “ of ! ” , , of of , all , in or a , I and not writing for bread serious the field literature care very little quarrel with the majority least would pick Dr Johnson for using the epithet blockhead They are shielded from the with regard them grisly spectre starvation which has transformed many rapturous visions into horrible night mares and strangled more than one votary the Muse his death within recent years Let them gush rhapsodise deceived No one injured verbiage When they have produced some thing proof the transcendental aims they are so , , ” in he for is of , , “ , is are For those who toilers “ or a of it a if , in . , , of is is be a a “ rely mainly the wilderness seem detective highly spiced stories narratives criminals particularly the one hand romances nauseous sentimentality the other for their staple fare What does the vast multitude composed shop girls street lads and the quarter educated products essentially self satisfied and self seeking age know the illustrious ones There author who portrayed life was one them who neither glorified nor belittled his avocation keen observer and who saw with the eyes transcribed with the pen consummate master his craft allude the late George Gissing the men women now chance finding permanent livelihood They such work writing because they knew not what else took because the literary calling tempted them independence and dazzling prizes They will bang the squalid profession their earnings begging and borrowing until eked out too anything else and then late for them With lifetime dread experience behind me say that who encourages any young man woman look for his living literature commits no less than crime Other and weighty testimony could adduce support testimony from the silent the argument records the mighty dead from the records the Royal Literary Fund the Civil List and the my side from newspaper volumes The Author my book cuttings pasted extracts from witnesses whose wretched stories have gathered word mouth from my own personal experience and knowledge But would not look like piling Pelion upon Ossa , , as — or as ; to of of in “ “ he to found enshrined the temples Cassell Leng Newnes Pearson Harmsworth Hulton Having been penman quarter sorts for century possessing had prided myself rather wide knowledge these Fleet Street idols The majority overwhelming control those who periodicals with large circulations and exert power over the minds and souls men one must take care not mere voice crying of Innumerable writing for bread who have not the or of be or , as , disease as a -- is , physical be and not infrequently dangerous measles though novices fever and infectious badly certain type when they have caught imagine themselves be sanctified by visitation the divine afflatus And the distinctive point tbe whole argument lies the fact that the truly inspired authors and poets rarely ever indulge concerning their art and parts rodomontade Here lies one whose name was writ water said Keats whom the late Lord Tennyson wrote Had lived would have been the greatest Greater than that the parson because the world our parish and the schoolmaster because our work time Perchance the lady who penned these lines knows copy editors who welcome publish and pay for religious value than the greater that prayers the parish priest and its educational than the dogmatics the schoolmaster Are they Cacoethes from whose book , “ The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft , " l venture to take the following serious warning , which I most earnestly commend to the notice of all entertaining inflated and wholly erroneous ideas as to the powers and influence they imagine themselves able to wield by pursuing a literary career - a career whose limitations are only exceeded by disillusionment — have scribendi may .. will it readers , , 's of a , ? , in to to of Has she ever felt her pulses throbbing , her heart beating more rapidly , a catch in her throat , and an inclination to relieve the tension of her soul by listening tears when to a voice of superlative quality , or the wondrous orchestral tone poems of a Wagner ? Has she ever reflected that the medical profession has again and again produced quiet , unassuming heroes who hare given their lives the cause science and their efforts alleviate the agony suffering humanity No good purpose was ever could served by entertaining tumid and quite fallacious view my profession trade the writer craft its do • in 250 �THE AUTHOR . . of , “ At of on to of to , by in so , . R . of a in . in . to " .B . R ; ”, in to It by . “ . to . of a on of . . , in a , “ a , , . di at by , by " ; its on of — to on a . A . at of -S at 43 , . be , , be of to in or , of . of as in on ' “ 's . “ 2 to of , ' , . ." do of its , , , a as AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD in to Table of “ the the University Henry London : . A . , M by . by given at is of its of usefulness Rules for Compositors and Readers Press Oxford Horace Hart Frowde 1912 . ", . evidence about saying that this be little work ought every author Sufficient hesitation most valuable the hands . a , great speech have no E baffled in . '”, 's FOR COMPOSITORS AND READERS , hopelessly he 's of of RULES .* Sir Arthur Browning achieved the Sir Arthur was “ 's as 's Caponsacchi Browning step active and Eng have added imperishably unquestion lish literature because the immense ing unhesitating enjoyment life which animated symbols them was wrought into masterful dialogue and specialised lyric dramatic monologue life delightedly conscious own powers Art can find no greater work than that eye Edmund Browning Mr Henry ambition dramatic The The Novel James address dealt with Ring and the Book and concluded with quotation the highest water considered what Browning fifty lines from imagination mark Guiseppe May inquiring . so , man place would out this column attempt any criticism even appreciation permitted per Robert Browning But we may haps quote felicitous the closing words the Supplement article him The Times Literary Committee . “ in , a so . in great Rodd read Rennell helley Keats the memorial house he on an ” — Pinero delivered address Dramatist the line which Never indeed said least success Browning from 's . at , Mr passages to an at , of a on the following Saturday Theatre the Academic Gosse took the chair meeting and made the opening speech ambition - of on . of So . to or . G . , W Kingsland and Dr Alexander Hill also read papers otherwise contributed their share the commemoration much the celebration may be called official There were also meeting called Caxton Hall the same afternoon by the Academic Committee the Royal Society Literature and entertain ment organised by the Poetry Society at the Court Via Bocca Leone Sir the unveiling It , " if , . C . H . . , , ), of . , , a (a . . Mr After , of no be a Bishop on . “ Boyd Carpenter followed with paper The Oral Interpretation of Browning pleading that his poems would better understood and regarded with more intelligent admiration they were read aloud Canon Rawnsley Miss Emily Hickey founder the Browning Society Mr Ernest Hartley Coleridge Mr Minchin possession No to ' , of , , of as 's he Browning poems the best which claimed any English poetry remained the possession long that small part mankind would form , to , , express his his father the subject the day his birth On the 7th street the town was named after him and marble tablet telegram unveiled was sent the same day his son Asolo by the Syndic Venice Venice where the great heart wbich was carved the Italy beat name last while Rome tablet was unveiled the Mayor Signor Nathan the house formerly occupied the Brownings of on spoke chairman from to for the read writing as of s . ill , ) R . ( , memory , in by of letter had been Barrett Browning Asolo where he has long been heartfelt thanks the honour to After . Mr and being supported the Canterbury the Archbishop Sidney Lee Professor Knight , , Lord Tennyson Sir and many others from as to ; ) 's . , a , , Italian Ambassador a of presiding Crewe . at 's in ” of reception was held the Westminster School the Marquess the service Hall a set 18 Sir ” ( “ 's by “ 's , . , at After College in of on his — . of from Browning own Saul canto and music for the occasion Hubert Parry the second Mrs Browning What would we give our beloved with Sir Frederick Bridge music sung the poet funeral 1889 Sir Frederick Bridge himself was the organ original MSS Here was view collection Browning forming part and early editions the Forster Bequest was John Forster that Browning dedicated Paracelsus the words My my best friend book and the original MS was presented the author him Italy also The centenary was observed the meeting College Hall Professor Knight exhibited placard which he had received from Mr copy Barrett Browning which the Civic Council frequently visited Asolo the poet invited the pay their compliments citizens his memory tion . the of was celebrated W of last month 7th first centenary of Robert Browning , born at Camberwell on May 7 , 1812 . In London the chief feature of the programme in honour of the event was a service at Westminster Abbey , body was laid where , in Poet 's Corner , the last day 1889 The chief feature the Abbey service was the anthems the first being taken * . " the N The Poetry Society 's entertainment was arranged by Mrs . Kendal , and was contributed to by herself , Lady Tree , Mme. Ada Crossley , Lady St. Davids , Messrs . Laurence Irving and E . H . Coleridge . In conclusion , Browning 's short play “ In a Balcony ” was performed . An exhibition was opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum in connection with the commemora — ROBERT BROWNING . 251 �THE AUTHOR . of at . ." If in a a 's , in I a of on to : “ he , , , . , , of or , . at . by as . , , I at , an to an , - of to his , at on . I . - for hour Continuing . , in , . ; of I , ; in to is to “ on diatribe The Author Mr say Bennett goes The reason for the con my mind obvious tinuance these competitions They are very profitable the enterprising pub lisher see no harın that indeed rather admire the cleverness the enterprising publisher but think that artistically reputable novelists should meditate long before they decide dignify purely commercial project with their names Why indignant being asked Mr Bennett give his criticism and the weight his name Are Royal Academicians equally indignant when of , , in to ." at so ? of ? to on the Hanging Committee Competitions undoubtedly give young authors chance they would not have otherwise Mr Arnold Bennett himself started his London literary career winning prize twenty guineas Grant Allen and many others have come before the public the same way invited Novel . . . of a by all in he fee a let , “ is he ." at of so of to for to Scott who boasted , his of , Walter Besant who was never help the beginner , to Brontë of , , , an busy ; they were the the noblest would not in unselfish of how what ought one one cannot but feel that it and be these men practice professions of of of that there was not one all schemes that did serving some poor not afford him the means devil brother author when one thinks to . an Charlotte too , of six of a it is to he in .” 's " a or to grievance seems that the judging seven manuscripts would entail full week tedious work This was not the opinion expressed article contributed the Academy some time back He discussing the time would take reviewer When one calls mind the literary men the past who were not ever pricing their work Southey patiently much hour when one thinks writing helpful kindly letters the unknown a be His By means let Mr Bennett refuse con siders too low but do not him delude himself with doing something artistically the idea that reputable of - , a in ? in a farce be . in ." I I . a in — I to 's of to of I “ , . 's on I in or , a . I . - to or of part . a . I. am , I any way DEAR SIR not publisher connected with any publishing firm but must say that think Mr Arnold Bennett letter Novel Competitions both unfair and misleading He says was recently invited with two very judge one well known novelists these competi tions The publisher letter invitation clearly that stated should not have read more than six hope politely seven manuscripts declined take part such farce Why should Mr Arnold Bennett becoming one taking the judges Novel Competition all COMPETITIONS . NOVEL act to . CORRESPONDENCE . is a to . rule never work for less than ten shillings piece work But every year raise my price per hour Mr Bennett has indeed raised his price per hour his own reckoning the publisher paying him twenty fire shillings the rate hour I . to , be in a of of to it , is Greek and furnished with excellent index easy for any author which renders minute satisfy himself respecting what ought done any perplexity the cases which are occasions in is - to be , to an , , as .” of , of . of of keep time time memorials troublesome words As each edition the book becomes exhausted such words are finally reconsidered and their approved form incorporated into the pages the forthcoming edition anticipated The booklet contains was pages dealing with French German Latin and from , .” J. A . H . in a “ the University Press computation . ) Sir as . , to be up of . , , of of ( Press whose superlative work needs neither our anyone else but commendation nor that authorities the highest rank such Murray and Dr Henry Bradley are guarantors for the correctness the book The booklet has been brought date and how carefully this done may gathered from passage the preface The compiler has encouraged the proof readers given Mr Bennett own works out sixteen hours For this sixteen hours less than three days twenty pounds work Mr Bennett finds the fee twenty guineas miserably inadequate Yet the same article from the Academy from which have already quoted speaking the subject literary remuneration journeyman says As author with the ability and inclination turn my any direction request long ago established pen novel the time . of of of past I is of a , or . years or " , in . or ize to to of put into the hands the com positors and correctors the press the Clarendon for been to read a novel right through , and he says : “ Five pages of novels will amount to sixteen hundred eight words printed matter Reading the rate second the reviewer would accomplish two pages minute and sixteen hundred pages thirteen hours and twenty minutes we allow another two hours and forty minutes for the remaining a Contents ," which begins , “ Some Words ending in Some Words ending in -ible . Some ending in Some Alternative alphabetical order Spellings arranged Difficult and continues enumerate just all those things which present difficulties man who desirous writing accurately correcting his proofs perfectly Not only are the rules those which have - able . Words is 252 �THE AUTHOR . for , of of no . in , a , of of 1 be ) (a A , , 40 . I , of . , I , ler - a I of 15 on , , . ofa am . 12 A , . 12 ; be as 20 ; as 12 on to 3 , of of , is . 15 to am , 1 to up . , of , 3d 13 to . on in “ , to in .” of on of I . , a is in , , I X to , X . , I do of so , ) of in in — : X 15 to of - to X to sense receive the publication the day royalties advance and account my second agreement much contested clause my first was which omitted trouble about my arranging the following that the event publication for elsewhere should pay the original publisher per cent share and the net proceeds me from such reprint That say that supposing and refused issue shilling reprint edition sixpenny the book and some other publisher was willing should to , s it ” ' , of a gain per after which copies per cent counted the Colonial edition 000 upon I . a or a a of a values if so , that we might be counted re - . if in a by " A ." is suit 500 copies total sale copies per copy £30 , ' as “ ; to ; , or in to to I as follow copies sum A of is a , , regards publishers notes terms between those beginning make their way novelists Hitherto my own experi have yearned vain know peculiar ences were average either rich devouring curiosity meagre sense have harboured how many sales constitute successful first novel what are the average sales first novel and what the profit made the author from the first venture First and Second Novel letter most interesting and instructive and would be very satisfactory more beginners would sold cent thereafter royalty to “ A , — in ” as - a SIR a . copies The letter First and Second your May issue supplies what surely Novel public comparison long felt want namely DEAR or TERMS ( PUBLISHER of S' A . I . volumes disposed per cent royalty was 501 therefore the never reached by this book yet My second novel the proof stage and published between July and September 1912 by the same publisher royalty receive all 6s the published price 124 per cent in . ( , , I “ as ) ” ? ment which brings the total is . is it of , I , . a a , " £1 , at a to he , ; a ” to “ already sifted from mass rate equivalent year remuneration over 000 require for reading What would the mass including the works which have described and protest with justice crude illiterate and artistically worthless READER , scripts , , I “ it to clear that him important manu even took of be in in all by . Now Mr Bennett makes not worth while read them novel little it of . the advertised judges these competitions should read the novels sent asked what would making these judges cast gained weary eye upon the stuff which the sorters weed out my my own name while un pen name My sales suppose ored my friends the private advertisements my identity for them made secret which were more reviews all received about less favourable none adverse some highly encouraging and these from the best papers was second thousand the book second edition observed that the home and but will issued Colonial sales added only reach total 383 118 having been given gratis the course advertise written ; Bennett ' s Arnold I Mr. to see to glad was letter under this heading in the May issue of The Author , for Mr. Bennett strongly supports a point made in my own contribution to the discussion in Speaking the same issue the contention that to II . SIR , - I which must be deducted the 15 per cent. claimed by my agent “ for the first novel sold in England .” The circumstances under which my first novel was published were practically similar to those of “ A First and Second Novel. ” I was absolutely unknown in the literary world , for though I had had several short stories published in the magazines , asked for more ," I had and had begun to be ; ." , “ DAVID to 1, Yours truly , be in pounds , reckoned Colonial edition , 12 copies to be counted as 12 . On the day of publication I was paid the sum of £25 , “ in advance and on account of royalties . " The sales and fiuancial profit to myself at the end of the year were as follows : Copies of home edition sold , 586 . Copies of Colonial edition sold , 797 . Total sum received by me, £26 3s . 11d ., from a to be my or being is something not shillings and pence . facts experiences as of better next day. " Had Mr. Arnold Bennett , as colonel , taken part in the review , he would prob ably have earned the lifelong gratitude of some poor struggling private . And to help a human being forward and to earn the gratitude of a human fights and figures . I hereby state my own contribution to the question . For my first novel , published in March , 1911 , I obtained (on paper ) a 10 per cent . royalty on the published price of the 6s . edition on all copies sold up to 1.500 copies : 15 per cent. to a total sale of 3,500 copies ; and 20 per cent . thereafter , 13 copies to be counted as 12 ; and 3d . per copy on the their from to bave taken away in the smallest degree from Mr . Bennett 's dignity had he consented to judge the mation competition in question . The Novel Competition has lost one of our ablest critics . But Mr. Bennett himself is also a loser . When Rudyard Kipling received a letter of encouragement from Lord Tennyson , this is what he wrote : “ When a private is praised by his Colonel he does not presume to thank him but he 253 �THE AUTHOR . in for , or and the . . H . . . L , OF I of . , a it . It . of of two circumstances Yours faithfully these are , of a of . , of a , of to of , , , at , to it . It . is , - in view . T . J. to this brings me novel obvious . it . he if it . in , to And harassed Yours etc H anxious REGISTER SCENARIOS register believe The Society has present mainly Probably used scenarios that me however occurs dramatists make use novelists would also do well The new Copyright Act gives them the sole power their novels authorise the dramatisation rights namely the film new set also creates representation The rights for cinematograph filing the advantages the plot scenario SIR by is I if , no ; on . by of all . at less present to . a he . , I I , log ; -r me life would one than in be to I a he in of a reviewed writer , be , . in I a ; is do not know about because my reviewer friends have recently Some One admitted me verses book reviewed had not me than that he was harder No doubt known me another did not admit olling that had they start with there was probably they not have would me not known complimentary Accepted work has been the greatest courtesy . inserted in due course and paid for promptly ; work that did not meet with acceptance was sent back to me by return of post . I found the editor, publisher , and management generally , exceedingly courteous , prompt , and thoroughly businesslike . I wish I could speak in the same high terms of the management of all the journals other papers to which I contribute . If all were to copy the Bystander ' s methods in dealing with contributors — prompt acceptance or rejection of MSS., courteous replies to letters , when neces of intelligent , vivid or sary ; keen appreciation detecting origin painstaking work smartness prompt payment ality and generous and otherwise the all accepted work commissioned L ) I . it is ( I am . to by , , I to in an , of may take the thing seriously and my just than my efforts labour more know several reviewers own creative work man They are all equally serious The fact that dealing with what knows about severe high standard doubt has natural reported should be unduly football match unjust desire to advertise neither myself nor my wares , but I am on the staff of a London paper and a con tributor to many other papers and magazines . From the Bystander I have invariably received . sin , commit some of the sins — for instance the the tribe pluralism Phokion attributed review and criticise because author First one supposes art and because interested incompetent and However necessary live ful to . EDITORIAL COURTESY . ; the INKSTER DEAR SIR , - Having a keen sense of justice I feel impelled to give my testimony with regard to my own experience as a contributor to the pages of the Bystander . I am not a well-known writer , as I prefer to publish all my work anonymously , and , AUTHORS AND REVIEWERS . SIR , - As an author and reviewer ( though a young one ) I may be permitted to think I have sufficient experience to comment on “ Phokion 's ” article , “ Authors and Reviewers ." As a reviewer , I naturally see the other side of picture . Perhaps I am not sufficiently power - LEONARD be a I Yours faithfully , at consent , or on six months' notice in writing by either party . , like "* A First and Second Novel,” shall be very glad of “ any enlightening comments or conclusions ” evoked by the above . " A BEGINNER . " ,” Morning Bleeder ; “ Distinct reaching out of the spirit ,” Friday Tyrant . I should add that I am a native of Bumpington . “ Versification is I had been assailing the publishers for between eight and nine years . I am bound to my agent for “ all novels ” ; the agreement , as regards any unsold by mutual book , being open to cancellation the first five reviews . “ Almost feminine beauty Bugle ; “ Virile ," The and delicacy ,” Bumpington publishing , " Bumpington Clock ; “ Well worth Bugle ; “ Not worth publishing , ” Morning Bleeder ; “ Never lacking point and thought ,” The Clock ; “ Generally dull and lifeless , " Provincial Scooper ; it things considered , it was best to submit. It would be interesting to know if any other beginners have had such a clause in their agreements , and , if so, what the outcome has been . I am not dependent upon writing for a living ; but , at the same time , I am dependent on it for enlarging a slender income with no margin . Not until I employed an agent did I sell a book , though point of view as author . One can at least squeeze humour out of the business . I quote extracts from ; be bound to hand over 15 per cent of the profits to X and X , though he had had nothing to do with the venture ; his view being that it was owing to him that position . My the book had reached a reprintable point of view was that it was possible quite another book , not published by X and X ,might be responsible for the call for a reprint of a book originally published by them . Yet I should be obliged to part with 15 per cent . of the profits , which to X and X would be unearned increment . 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1890–1914 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context The-Author-Issues Publication Date The date of an event (in YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD format) 1912-06-01 Volume 22 Issue 9 Pages Page range in volume 227–254 Ngram Date Version of the date in YYYYMMDD format for use by the Ngram plugin 19120601 Ngram Text Version of the text with no HTML formatting for use by the Ngram plugin The Author. (The Organ of the Incorporated Society of Authors. Monthly.) VOL. XXII.-No. 9. JUNE 1, 1912. (PRICE SIXPENE. CONTENTS. PAGE 227 227 Nouces . ... .. .. The Society's Funds The Pension Fund Committee Notes ... Books published by Members ... Books published in America by Members Literary, Dramatic and Musical Notes Paris Notes... ... Publisher's Royalty Agreements Magazine Contents How to Use the Society ... Warnings to the Producers of Books... Warnings to Dramatic Authors Registration of Scenarios and Original F Dramatic Authors and Agents 227 229 232 234 234 237 237 PAGHZ Warnings to Musical Composers 244 Stamping Music ... 244 The Reading Branch 244 Remittances 244 General Notes . 245 Justin McCarthy .. 246 The Royal Literary Fund 247 Composers' Rights and the Collection of of Fees from Mecha Reproductions The Hazard of the Pen 249 Robert Browning... 251 Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford ... ... 251 Correspondence ... 252 247 242 243 243 243 244 244 Publications of the Society. 1. THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1911. Price 1s. net. 8. THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS. A Record of its Action from its Foundation, By WALTER BEBANT (Chairman of Committee, 1888-1892). Price 1s, net. 2. THE AUTHOR. Published ten months in the year (August and September omitted) devoted especially to the protection and main- tenance of Literary, Dramatic, and Musical Property. Issued to all Members gratis. 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In this work, compiled from the papers in the Society's offices, the various forms of agreements proposed by Publishers to Authors are examined, and their meaning carefully explained, with an account of the various kinds of fraud which have been made possible by the different clauses therein. Price 38, net. 13. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT CON- VENTION AS REVISED AT BERLIN, 1909. Price 18. net. 14. DRAMATIC AGENCY AGREEMENT, 34. net. 7. ADDENDA TO THE ABOVE. By G. HERBERT THRING. Being additional facts collected at the office of the Society since the publication of the "Methods." With comments and advice. Price 28. net. 15. LITERARY AGENCY AGREEMENT. 31. net. [All prices net. Apply to the Secretary, 39, Old Queen Street, Storey's Gate, S.W.]  ## p. 226 (#682) ############################################ ADVERTISEMENTS. The Society of Authors (Incorporated). Telegraphic Address : "AUTORIDAD, LONDON." Telephone No. : 374 Victoria. PRESIDENT. THOMAS HARDY, COUNCIL. 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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. XXII. THE PENSION FUND. TN January the secretary of the society laid I before the trustees of the Pension Fund the accounts for the year 1911, as settled by the accountants, with a full statement of the result of the appeal recently made on behalf of the Fund. After giving the matter full consideration the trustees instructed the secretary to invest the sum  ## p. 228 (#686) ############################################ 228 THB AUTHOR. The secretary would like to state that he has received three bankers' orders in answer to the recent appeal, unsigned, without any covering letter. He would be glad, therefore, if those members who may have sent in these orders, recognising them from their description, would write to the secretary on the matter. Bankers' Order for 10s. drawn on the London, County and Westminster Bank, Maidstone. Bankers' Order for 10s. drawn on the National Provincial Bank of England, Baker Street, W. Bankers' Order for 5s. drawn on the London, County and Westminster Bank, Kensington, W. £ s. d. 0 5 0 0 5 0 er er of £500 in the purchase of Antofagasta and Bolivian Railway 5%. Preferred Ordinary Stock and Central Argentine Railway Ordinary Stock. The amounts purchased at the present prices are £237 in the former and £232 in the latter stock. The trustees desire to thank the members of the society for the generous support which they have given to the Pension Fund, and have much pleasure in informing the Pension Fund Committee that there is a further sum available for the payment of another pension in case any application should be made. The money now invested amounts to £4,846 198. 4d., and is fully set out in the list below : Consols 21% To 4 .......................... ...........................£1,312 13 Local Loans.................. 500 0 0 Victorian Government 3% Consoli- dated Inscribed Stock............... 291 19 11 London and North-Western 3% Debenture Stock ........ 250 0 0 Egyptian Government Irrigation Trust 4% Certificates ............... 2000 0 Cape of Good Hope 31% Inscribed Stock ............. 200 0 0 Glasgow and South-Western Railway 4% Preference Stock ........ 228 0 0 New Zealand 31% Stock ....... 247 96 Irish Land Act 21% Guaranteed Stock ......... 258 0 0 Corporation of London 21% Stock, 1927-57 .................... ........ 438 2 4 Jamaica 31° Stock, 1919-49 ...... 132 18 6 Mauritius 49% 1937 Stock .. .......... 120 121 Dominion of Canada C.P.R. 31% Land Grant Stock, 1938. 198 3 8 Antofagasta and Bolivian Railway 5°. Preferred Stock ............... 237 0 0 Central Argentine Railway Ordinary Stock 232 0 0 0 5 6 0 6 05 0 0 5 0 0 50 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 10 0 ..... Subscriptions. 1912. Jan. 1, Worsley, Miss Alice . Jan. 2, Sturt, George . . Jan. 2, Wicks, Mark in addition to present subscription). . Jan. 3, Northcote, The Rev. H. . . Jan. 3, Phipson, Miss E. (in addition to present subscription) . Jan. 3, Hedgcock, F. A. . Jan. 5, Matcham, Mrs. Eyre . Jan. 8. Stayton, Frank .. Jan. 8, Canziani, Miss Estella Jan. 10, Ropes, A. R.. Jan. 12, Francis, René .. . Jan. 15, Pollock, Miss Edith (in addi- tion to present subscription) Jan. 27, Hutchinson, the Rev. H. N. . Feb. 7, L. M. F., per month during 1912 Feb. 7, Letts, Miss W.M.. Feb. 8, Cooke, W. Bourne . . Feb. 8, Annesley, Miss Maude . Feb. 9, O'Donnell, Miss Petronella . March 6, Curwen, Miss Maud , . March 6, Anderson, Arthur March 15, George, W. L. (in addition to present subscription). April 6, Bland, J. 0. P. . April 6, Taylor, Mrs. Basil. April 6, Forrester, J. Cliffe. . en 100 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 10 6 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 Total ........ .....£4,846 19 4 010 0 0 100 0 5 0 0 5 0 PENSION FUND. ... The list printed below includes all fresh dona- tions and subscriptions (i.e., donations and subscriptions not hitherto acknowledged) received by, or promised to, the fund from January 1, 1912. It does not include either donations given prior to January 1, nor does it include sub- scriptions paid in compliance with promises made before it. The full list of annual subscribers to the fund appeared in the November issue of The Author. Donations. 1912. Jan. 2, Risque, W. H. . Jan. 2, Dart, Miss Edith Jan. 3, “K." Jan. 3, Church, Sir Arthur . Jan. 3, Durrant, W. Scott . Jan. 3, Tighe, Henry . . Jan. 3, Grant, Lady Sybil. Jan. 4, Smith, Bertram . Jan. 4, Buckrose, J. E. ... 0 10 0 0 10 6 0 10 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 1 1 0 ..  ## p. 229 (#687) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 229 £ 8. d. 0 5 0 0 10 0 10 0 £ 1 s. d. 1 0 · 0 erne er com 0 erero 0 0 1 1 5 5 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 March 25, Williams, Mrs. Illtyd . April 2, XX. Pen Club .. April 6, Taylor, Mrs. Basil . : April 6, Cameron, Mrs. Charlotte April 10, Kenny, Mrs. L. M. Stacpoole April 10, Robbins, Alfred F. : April 10, Harris, Emma H. . . April 11, Ralli, C. Scaramanga . . April 11, Aitken, Robert . . . April 16, L. M. F. (£1 per month, February, March, April) April 22, Prior, Mrs. Melton . : May 2, Baden-Powell, Miss Agnes : 1 0 3 1 6 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 5 0 6 0 2 2 0 5 0 5 errererererer ener 0 0 0 COMMITTEE NOTES. 0 · . . Jan. 4, Lathbury, Miss Eva Jan. 5, Wilson, Dr. Albert . Jan. 5, Craven, A. Scott . Jan. 6, Blundell, Miss Alice Jan. 6, Garbutt, W. H. . Jan. 6, Serjeant, Miss Constance Jan. 9, Chamberlayne, Miss Effie Jan. 9, Hamel, Frank Jan. 10, Allen, W. Bird . Jan. 10, Crellin, H. N. Jan. 10, Smith, Herbert W. Jan. 12, Randall, F. J. . Jan. 13, P. H. and M. K. . Jan. 15, Clark, Henry W. . . Jan. 17, Rankin, Mrs. F. M. M. . . . Jan. 18, Paternoster, Sidney . Jan. 20, M'Ewan, Miss Madge. Jan. 22, Kaye-Smith, Miss Sheila Jan. 22, Mackenzie, Miss J. . Jan. 22, Reiss, Miss Erna . . . Jan. 22, Grisewood, R. Norman. . Jan. 23, Machen, Arthur . . . Jan. 24, Williamson, C. N. and Mrs.C Jan. 26, Way, Miss Beatrice . Jan. 30, Saies, Mrs. Florence H.. Jan. 30, Weyman, Stanley (in addition to subscription). Jan. 30, S. F. G. . . Feb. 3, Douglas, James A. . Feb. 6, Parker, Mrs. Nella . . Feb. 6, Allen, Mrs. James . . . Feb. 10, Whibley, C. . . Feb. 12, Loraine, Lady . Feb. 12, Ainslie, Miss K. . Feb. 12, King, A. R. . . Feb. 13, Ayre, Miss G. B. .. Feb. 14, Gibson, Miss L. S. : Feb. 15, Henley, Mrs. W. E. Feb. 15, Westall, W. Percival Feb. 17, Raphael, Mrs. . Feb. 19, Cabourn, John . . Feb. 19, Gibbs, F. L. A. .. Feb. 21, Hinkson, H. A., and Mrs. Feb. 24, Hamilton, Cosmo Feb. 27, Plowman, Miss Mary . Feb. 28, Aspinall, A. E. . March 2, Montesole, Max . . March 9, Pickering, Mrs. Frank . March 15, Trevanwyn, John March 16, O'Higgins, H. J. . March 18, Wallis-Healy, F. C.. March 18, Schwarz, Prof. Ernest . March 19, Wallace, Sir Donald Mac- kenzie, K.C.V.O. . March 21, Wharton, Leonard . March 22, Holbach, Mrs. . . . March 23, Parks, H. C. . : · · . · · · . . · · . · · · 0 . M HE Committee of Management, instead of 0 5 0 1 holding its monthly meeting in May, held it on 0 5 0 April 29, meeting at the offices of the society 1 1 0 at the usual hour on that date. 5 5 0 After the minutes of the previous meetings hac 0 5 0 been read and signed the names of authors seeking 0 8 6 admission to the society were laid before the com- mittee. Twenty-three members and associates were 1 1 0 added to the list for the current year, bringing the 1 1 0 total elections for the year up to 156. Four 1 0 0 resignations were accepted by the committee with 0 10 0 regret. 1 1 0 The solicitor then laid before the committee the report of the cases. In one dispute which had been placed in his hands with the sanction of the chair- man during the month, he reported that he had 0 gone into the matter, and it seemed clear that the publisher had dealt with some rights belonging 0 5 0 to the member, without the member's sanction. 1 1 0 The issues were a little involved by other claims; O but after full discussion, the committee decided to O take action on behalf of the member, and the 0 5 0 solicitor was instructed accordingly. The solicitor 0 10 0 reported further on certain of the cases mentioned 0 in the last issue of The Author. In one instance 10 a claim for the recovery of money the money had 0 2 6 been obtained and the accounts had been settled. 10 0 Another dispute with a publisher had been settled also, the only point remaining over being the 0 checking of a charge for corrections in the 1 1 0 publisher's accounts. When the voucher was pro- 1 0 duced it was found that the publisher had charged 0 3 0 108. beyond the printers' statement for his own 0 5 0 time and trouble. The committee instructed the solicitor to take steps to set aside this claim, giving 5 0 at the same time authority to the secretary to ask 0 5 0 for formal vouchers where statements of account 0 5 0 containing a charge for corrections in the future 0 5 0 were forwarded from this publisher. In three Berreteroreroo . . · · · . . . . . . . . . . . .  ## p. 230 (#688) ############################################ 230 THE AUTHOR. small County Court cases against papers for non The secretary reported to the committee the result payment of sums due, the solicitors were glad to of the meeting of the Joint Committee of the Society report that the amounts had been paid and for- of Authors, the Copyright Association, and the warded to the members. In a dispute reported in Publishers' Association. He stated that the society's last month's Author, between two members of the report on the regulations issued by the Board of society the solicitor stated that he was waiting for a Trade under the Copyright Act, 1911, had been further report. There were two or three claims approved by the Joint Committee; that some sug- against a publisher who gave the society some gestions in no way inimical to the society's altera- trouble last year. Particulars of the cases were tions, but calculated to strengthen the position of laid before the committee, and it was decided that authors and composers, had been passed, and that the cases should be taken in band, and that as soon Sir Frederick Macmillan, who was acting as Chair- as the solicitor could get a clear cause of action, man of the Joint Committee, had promised to put action should be taken. In the meantime the these additional proposals forward. other cases should be settled as far as possible. Two donations to the Capital Fund of the Society, Some of the disputes were so involved by delays (one of 108. 6d. from Mrs. Thornton Cook, and one and other issues that they were difficult to deal with, of £1 18. from the Baroness de Knoop) were grate- but the committee felt it essential that the fully acknowledged by the committee, and the receipt publisher should be pressed to carry out his con- of a life membership subscription from Mrs. tracts in a businesslike fashion, for the benefit of Curlewis (Ethel Turner) was reported by the the authors concerned. The secretary, who had secretary. brought before the committee a proposal to publish an article in The Author on a clause in a publisher's DRAMATIC SUB-COMMITTEE. agreement, reported that the matter was withdrawn as the author did not desire, at the present time, THE Dramatic Sub-Committee held its monthly that the article should be printed. meeting at the offices of the society on May 17. The secretary reported that he had obtained the The secretary reported that he had heard from the chairman s leave in another case to place it in the Society of West End Managers that the copies of hands of the society's American lawyers. It was a the “ Managerial Treaty ” which had been sent to small case of infringement of a member's rights, them had been forwarded to their members for and the committee confirmed the action that had consideration. The Dramatic Sub-Committee now been taken. The last legal matter dealt with the awaits a further reply. As one or two of the responsibility of an editor for articles which he had delegates named at the former meeting were unable ordered. The claim arose owing to the fact that the to act, the Dramatic Sub-Committee selected other articles had been ordered for a paper without the members from the society's dramatic section, and editor disclosing that the paper was run by a instructed the secretary to inquire whether they limited liability company, and the company having would be ready to undertake the duties. gone into liquidation, no money had been forth An agency agreement was laid before the com- coming for the author. The committee decided to mittee, and attention was drawn to the percentage support the member in a claim against the gentle it was proposed to charge for the collection of fees man who had ordered the articles. from amateurs. The secretary was instructed to The question of Canadian copyright was again write to the firm concerned, pointing out that the brought before the committee owing to the receipt Dramatic Sub-Committee considered the suggested of a letter from a Canadian correspondent of the fees exorbitant, and that if these fees were not society. The chairman kindly undertook to write reduced it would be impossible for the society to to Sir Gilbert Parker, who had consented to act as advise dramatists to place the collection of their the society's representative in Canada on his visit fees with the firm in question. there in June. The chairman further promised to The question of cineinatograph fees was again forward Sir Gilbert a copy of the letter which the before the sub-committee. It appeared from the society had already sent to the Premier and to the evidence collected that so far no definite standard Minister of Agriculture. of payınent bad been fixed in foreign countries. It was decided to have a series of articles in The The secretary was instructed to collect as much Author dealing with the subject of “The Cost of evidence as he could in order to guide the sub- Production.” committee as to the fees they should advise On the suggestion of one of the Nobel Prize Com- members of the society to accept. The question mittee it was decided to ask the chairman of that of cinematograph fees then brought the sub- committee (Lord Avebury) to convene a meeting to committee to the schedule of fees which it is discuss the present position, and the secretary was proposed to place at the disposal of the dramatic instructed to act accordingly. section of the society. The secretary was instructed  ## p. 231 (#689) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 231 II. to inquire of some dozen or so of the dramatists, members of the society, whether they would furnish the Dramatic Sub-Committee with a statement of their fees, for the guidance of their fellow dramatic authors. It was decided that the names of the dramatists furnishing such information should be kept confidential. It is hoped by means of the information thus collected to compile a schedule of prices which shall assist dramatists, many of whom enter into agreements and dispose of their rights at ridiculous prices, through sheer ignorance of their position. Several of the members of the Dramatic Sub-Committee present promised to forward their own list of prices. The secretary reported the receipt of certain letters touching the appointment of agents in other countries, but the consideration of the matter was adjourned. The dramatic competition in The Era was also before the sub-committee, and the secretary read the article that had appeared in the April issue of The Author. The action taken was approved by the sub-committee. The monthly meeting of this sub-committee was held at the offices of the society on Saturday, May 11. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and signed, the secretary reported the action of the Copyright Sub-Committee in the matter of Messrs. Curwen's agreement, and this action received the approval of the Composers' Sub-Committee, to refer the agreement back to the Committee of Management in order to obtain, if possible, the approval of that body. The letter to be sent to the Music Publishers' Association in regard to the fees for performing rights was finally settled, and it was decided to adjourn the question of the amount of the fees till the next meeting. The agreement of the Mechanical Copyright Licences Company was read to the committee, but discussion was again adjourned pending the issue of the regulations of the Board of Trade in their final form. It was decided, however, to send copies of the agreement to members of the Composers' Sub-Committee that they might have time to consider it before the next meeting, when the question would be further discussed. The Composers' Sub-Committee also sent a recommendation to the Committee of Management that, in addition to undertaking the stamping of composers' music, the society should collect the gramaphone fees, subject to the payment of a per- centage, as the collection of these fees was likely to be a matter of importance under the new Act. Finally, the secretary placed before the Sub-Com- mittee a dispute between a composer of the society and a publisher, and the matter was referred to the Committee of Management, in the strong hope that action would be taken. COMPOSERS' SUB-COMMITTEE. THERE was a special meeting of the Composers' Sub-Committee on Saturday, April 27, at the Society's office, to meet delegates from the Music Publishers' Association with a view to ascertaining how far, under the new Act, it would be possible for publishers and composers to secure some returns on the performing rights. The chairman of the committee of management, Dr. S. Squire Sprigge, kindly undertook to act as chairman at the meeting. Mr. Elkin, the delegate from the Music Pub lishers' Association explained the matter as he understood it from the publishers' point of view, and after considerable discussion it was decided to make out a list of all the music on which it was thought possible fees for performance could be claimed. The list, after keen debate, was agreed to by the Sab-Committee. The representative of the Music Publishers' Association stated he would be very happy to put the question before the committee of his association at their next meeting, when he trusted it might be possible to decide upon some satisfactory joint action. The Secretary was instructed to forward the list, as settled, to the association, and at the same time the Sub-Committee suggested that the fees should be moderate. If an agreement can be reached on the matter of the performing rights no doubt a further meeting will be called in order to discuss the amount of the fees to be charged, and the machinery for collection. Cases. The usual tally of cases has passed through the offices of the society during the month of May. The numbers have varied but little from month to month during the present year. Fifteen cases have been dealt with. Four of these were claims for the return of MSS. ; in one the MS. has been returned : in one some of the MSS. have been handed in, and it is hoped that the rest will come, after a more careful search ; in another case the editor, who had control of the MSS., is at present away from the office on a holiday, but on his return the matter will receive his close consideration ; the last case is still open. There were four claims for moneys and accounts. Two have been satisfactorily settled ; one has been placed in the hands of the society's solicitors, and the last has only recently come into the office.  ## p. 232 (#690) ############################################ 232 THE AUTHOR. Of two cases for infringement of copyright, one, rather a difficult matter, will, most probably, have to go before the committee and be placed in the hands of the society's solicitors ; the other, lying in India, will take some time in settlement. There has been one claim for accounts and money in which the accounts and cheque were forwarded to the author, but it was found that the accounts were wrong. The publisher, on having his attention drawn to the matter, imme- diately undertook to have them readjusted and a fresh cheque made out. It is a curious thing, however, that out of the many cases of wrong accounts none has come to the office where the mistake has been in favour of the author. No doubt from time to time clerks make mistakes and, accordingly, the accounts must be wrong, but it is strange that the mistakes should always be on one side. Of four claims for money one has been settled and the money has been forwarded to the author concerned ; one has only recently come into the office, and the other two will, most probably, have to be placed in the hands of the society's solicitors. There are very few cases left over from former months, and none of them is very important. During the month one or two matters have had to be placed in the hands of the society's solicitors, whose report will be laid before the committee at their meeting in June and will appear in the July Author. Knight, Alfred Ernest . Kingsley, Brunswick Road, Sutton, Surrey. . . Aldbourne, Wilts. Mackenzie, Miss Evelyn. Traverston, West Road, Cambridge. O'Reilly, W. H. . . 47, Powis Square, Bayswater, W. Peacock, J. Wadham Rosslyn, Newman Road, Bromley, Kent. Price, Morgan Phillips Tibberton Court, Gloucester. Rankin, Amy Hale. . Kingswood, Warwick- shire. Rock, W. S. Rosman, Alice Grant : c/o Commercial Bank of Australia, Bishopsgate. Stanger, Mrs. H. Y. . New Brighton, Cheshire. Wilkinson, G. Jerrard . Caius House, Batter- sea Square, S.W. BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MEMBERS. Elections. Barney, Charles G., Jr. 20, West 8th Street, New York. Burrows. Arnold , Grosvenor House, Mold. Davson, Gordon . . 20, Ennismore Gar- dens, N.W. Davson, Major H.M., R.H.A. White's Club, St. James's. Denny, Ernest . . 36, Loudoun Road, St. John's Wood, N.W. Glass, Montague . . 504, West 143 Street, New York, U.S.A. Glyn, Miss Elinor . . c/o Messrs. Curtis Brown & Massie, 5, Henrietta Street, W.C. Gritton, John. Hastings, Basil Macdonald Wella Willa, Pickwick Road, Dulwich Village. Hawthorne, Dr. Charles 0. 63, Harley Street, W. Jones, Sidney . . . Albany Chambers, 196, Regent Street, W. 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. CHARLOTTE SOPHIE, COUNTESS BEXTINCK ; HER LIFE AND TIMES, 1715-1800. By her descendant, MES. AUBREY LE BLOND. With over 70 illustrations from original paintings, facsimiles of letters, &c. 2 Volumes. Hutchinson. 248. n. FOURTEEN YEARS OF DIPLOMATIC LIFE IN JAPAN. Leaves from the Diary of Baroness Albert D'Anethan. With an Introduction by H. E. BAROX KATO. 9 x 51. 471 pp. Stanley Paul. 188, n. AN INJURED QUEEX, CAROLINE OP BRCXSWICK. By LEWIS MELVILLE. 84 x 54. 614 pp. Hutchinson. 218. n, BOOKS OF REFERENCE. THE STATESMAN'S YEAR BOOK, 1912. Edited by J. SCOTT KELTIE. Forty-ninth Annual Publication. 7 x 41 428 pp. Macmillan. 108. 60' n. COOKERY. LETTERS TO YOUNG HOUSEKEEPERS. By MARIE DE JoncouRT. 77 x 5. 133 pp. Kegan Paul. Is. 6d. n. DRAMA. THE HERALDS OF THE DAWN. A Play in Eight Scenes. By WILLIAM WATSON, 8 X 51. 93 pp. Lane. 45. 64. n  ## p. 233 (#691) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 233 THE TRAGEDY OF AMY ROBSART. By HAROLD HARDY, 81 x 54. 95 pp. Robert Banks, Racquet Court, Fleet Street, E.C. 28. 6d. n. THE CLOUDS. By C. M. DOUGłty. 81 x 54. 146 pp. Duckworth. 58. n. FIVE LITTLE PLAYS. By ALFRED SUTRO. 7 x 5. 131 pp. Duckworth. 1s. 60, n. FICTION. A HEALTH UNTO HIS MAJESTY, By JUSTIN HUNTLY MCCARTHY. 74 x 5. 364 pp. Hurst & Blackett. 68. LENA SWALLOW. By H. W. C. NEWTE. 7} X 5. 414 pp. Mills & Boon. 18. n. ROGER'S LUCK. By ROSAMUND SOUTHEY. 71 x 5. 320 pp. Ham-Smith. 68. WAR AND THE WOMAN. By MAX PEMBERTON. 78 X 5. 304 pp. Cassell. 68. WINTERING HAY. By John TREVENA, 510 pp. Con. stable. 68. THE INVIOLABLE SANCTUARY. By G. A. BIRMINGHAM, 7} x 5. 369 pp. Nelson. 28. THE SILVER MEDALLION. By PERCY JAMES BREBNER. 74 X 5. 346 pp. Mills & Boon. 68. THE TOWER HILL MYSTERY. By A. WILSON BARRETT. 74 x 5. 320 pp. Ward Lock. 68. A KING AND A COWARD. By EFFIE ADELAIDE Row. LANDS. 7 x 5. 316 pp. Hodder & Stoughton. 68. PETER RAFF. By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. 7} x 5. 247 pp. Hodder & Stoughton. 28. n. THE GREAT SHADOW, AND OTHER NAPOLEONIC TALES. By ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. 64 x 41. 344 pp. Nelson nå. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. BY THOMAS HARDY. 9 x 54. 508 pp. Macmillan. 78. 6d. n. THE VICAR OF NORMANTON. By EDWARD NOBLE. 75 X 5. 523 pp. Constable. 68. n. THE CITY OF LIGHT: A Novel of Modern Paris. By W. L. GEORGE. 71 x 5. 343 pp. Constable. 6s. A CANDIDATE FOR TRUTH. By J. D. BERESFORD. 71 x 5. 403 pp. Sidgwick & Jackson. 6s. JULIA FRANCE AND HER TIMES. By GERTRUDE ATHER- TON. 7} * 5. 516 pp. Murray. 6s. THE JUSTICE OF THE DUKE. By RAFAEL SABATINI. 7} x 41. 286 pp. Stanley Paul. 68. IN THE VORTEX. By CLIVE HOLLAND. 8 x 5. 348 pp. Hurst & Blackett. 6s. KINGFISHER BLUE. By HALLIWELL SUTCLIFFE. 74 x 5. 321 pp. Smith, Elder. 6s. THE LAND OF THE BLUE FLOWER. By FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT. 77 x 43. 62 pp. Putnams. ls. n. MY LORD THE FELON. “By HEADON HILL. 73 x 5. 320 pp. WARD, LOCK. 68. THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. By A. CONAN DOYLE. 7 X 41. 293 pp. Smith, Elder & Co. Cheap Edition. 18. n. FORTUNE. By J. C. SNAITH. 67 4. 365 pp. Cheap Reprint. Nelson, 7d. n. LOVE's OUTLAWS. 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THE SEA KING'S BRIDE AND OTHER POEMS FOR RECI- TATION. By PETRONELLA O'DONNELL. 104 pp. Alexander Moring. IN MANTLE BLUE. By F. GWYNNE EVANS. 127 pp. Elkin Mathews. THE PHANTOM SHIP AND OTHER POEMS. By E. H. VISIAK. With an Introduction by W. H. HELM. Elkin Mathews. Cloth, 1s. 6d. ; Wrapper, 1s. THE BRAIN OF THE NATION, AND OTHER VERSES. By C. L. GRAVES. 71 x 5. 118 pp. Smith, Elder. 38. 6d. n. THE CALL OF THE PRESENT. A Political Jingle. By A. H. COCHRAN. 7 x 44. 64 pp. Simpkin, Marshali. 18. n. THE NORSE KING'S “ BRIDAL." Ballads from the Danish and Old Norse. By E. N. SMITH-DAMPJER. Melrose. 28. n. VALE. A Book of Verse. By LEONARD INKSTER. Fifield. 18. POLITICAL. HOME RULE. By HAROLD SPENDER. With a Preface by THE RIGHT Hon. SIR EDWARD GREY, BART., M.P. Second Edition, with the Text of the Home Rule Bill, 1912, 75 X 5. 191 pp. Hodder & Stoughton. 1s. n. REPRINTS. STUDIES AND APPRECIATIONS. Selected Writings of William Sharp. Uniform Edition. Arranged by MRS. WILLIAM SHARP. Vol. II. 78 X 54. 424 pp. Heine- mann. 58. n. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. By THOMAS HARDY. 9 x 54. 464 pp. Macmillan. 78. 6d. n. THE COLLECTED WORKS OF HENRIK IBSEN. Vol. XII. FROM IBSEN'S WORKSHOP: NOTES, SCENARIOS, AND DRAFTS OF THE MODERN PLAYS. Translated by A. G. CHATER. With Introduction by WILLIAM ARCHER. 71 x v. 528 pp. Heinemann. 48. PLAYS AND POEMS. By OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Selected, with an Introduction by THOMAS SECCOMBE. 6 X 4. 320 pp. Blackie. 28. 68. n. THE MENAECHMI: The Original of Shakespeare's “Comedy of Errors." The Latin Text, together with the Elizabethan Translation. Edited by W. H. D. ROUSE, Litt.D. The Shakespeare Library. 7 X 51. 122 pp. Chatto & Windus. 28. 6d. n. THEOLOGY. MIRACLES AND HISTORY. A Study of the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection. By The Rev. J. H. SKRINE. 9 x 6. 143 pp. Longmans. 38. 6d. n. THE FRIENDSHIP OF CHRIST. By ROBERT HUGH BENSON. 78 X 54. 167 pp. Longmans. 38. 6d. n. THE PATHWAY OF SALVATION. By THE REV. T. A. 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New York : Macmillan. $1.35 n. BLINDS Down. By H. A. VACHELL. 329 pp. New York : Doran. $1.20 n. THE GUESTS OF HERCULES. By C. N. & A. M. WILLIAM SON. 633 pp. lllustrated by M. LEON BRACKER and ARTHUR H. BUCKLAND. New York : Doubleday Page. $1.35. EBB AND FLOW. By Mrs. IRWIN SMART. 279 pp. Boston : Estes. $1.25 n. THE DEVIL'S WIND. By PATRICIA WENTWORTH, 427 pp. New York : Putnams. $1.35 n. LITERARY. SHAKESPEARE: A STUDY BY DARRELL FIGGIS. 345 pp. New York : Kennerley. $2 n. N the recommendation of the Academic Com- mittee, the Council of the Royal Society of Literature has determined to award the Gold Medal of the society to Mr. Thomas Hardy. The last recipient was George Meredith. The medal is now being struck, and will be presented to Mr. Hardy on his next birthday, June 2. Mr. Hubert Wales' new book, "The Spinster," was published by Mr. John Long at the end of last month. We regret that in the notice of Mr. Fred G. Shaw's book, “ Our Future Existence," published in our last issue, we omitted to mention that Messrs. Stanley Paul & Co., of 31, Essex Street, Strand, W.C., were the publishers. Miss K. Everest has published her first book of poetry, entitled “ The Dreaming Antinous " and other poems. The publisher is Mr. Erskine Macdonald, 17, Surrey Street, Strand, and the book is issued at 2s. 6d. Mr. Arthur E. Baker, of the Public Library, Taunton,' has just completed, after seven years labour, a concordance to the works of the late  ## p. 235 (#693) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 235 Lord Tennyson. Messrs. George Routledge & Sons But this practice of payment on publication, have undertaken to publish the work, provided a involving as it does a constant scrutiny by writers sufficient number of subscribers be obtained to of magazines which have accepted their MSS., is justify its publication. A fair number of sub- very irritating to authors. It is bad enough when scriptions have been received, but more are required the writer is, so to speak, on the spot, but 'before the work can be put into print. The when, as is the case of the British contributor to volume contains a verbal index to the poetical American magazines, he is miles away from the and dramatic works of the author comprised in market, it becomes practically intolerable. It the complete edition published by Messrs. Mac- clearly would not pay any author so situated to contri- millan & Co., Ltd.; the poems contained in the bute to an American issue conducted on these lines. Life of Lord Tennyson by his son, and published It is satisfactory to note that payment on accept- by the same publishers; also to the suppressed ance is the rule in America, but because the less poems, edited by J. C. Thomson and arranged by satisfactory method of payment on publication Messrs. Sands & Co. It contains approximately is being adopted by some of the American publica- 150,000 references or quotations, and is arranged tions, it behoves authors, and particularly British in strict alphabetical sequence : the different senses authors, to be sure of the practice of American of the same word are frequently distinguished magazines in this respect before submitting work under separate headings. The subscription price to them. is one guinea nett, to be increased to twenty-five Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond's new work, “Charlotte shillings nett upon publication. Sophie, Countess Bentinck," was issued last month We regret that a paragraph in our April issue by Messrs. Hutchinson & Co. The subject of this conveyed the impression that Mrs. Bernard Whishaw work lived in an extremely interesting period of was preparing the new edition of “ Baedeker's European history. The assassinated King of Sweden Spain.” This is not the case. Mrs. Whishaw's had been her suitor ; she had lived at Berlin in work in connection with the Guide has been to close friendship with Frederick the Great, and at revise the selection relating to Seville. Vienna on terms of intimacy with Marie Thérèse. We have received from The Editor Company, Stanislaus of Poland was one of her friends, and Ridgewood, New Jersey, a little magazine, published amongst men of letters she included nearly every by that company, entitled The Editor. The April one of note. issue, which is before us, contains a good deal of The work is published in two volumes, and information useful to writers anxious to gain a foot- contains over seventy illustrations from original ing on the American magazine market. It pro- paintings, facsimiles of letters, etc. vides a monthly record of the requirements of the Mr. Frederic M. Halford has just issued, through American magazines, which, it would seem, alter Messrs. George Routledge & Sons, a new book for too quickly to make an annual record of much use the dry-fly angler. It is called the “Dry-Fly to the author. It also gives particulars of the Man's Handbook : a Complete Manual,” including practices of the different magazines in regard to the The Fisherman's Entomology ; and The Making return of MSS., as well as the rates and times of and Management of a Fishery. There are forty payment and other matters important to the free photogravure plates, and numerous illustrations lance. For example, we learn from The Editor and diagrams printed in the text. that the Twentieth Century Magazine, of 5, Park “An Angler at Large” is the title of a new book Square, Boston, is not able, at present, “ to pay for which Messrs. Kegan Paul & Co. are publishing its serious articles.” Whether, with this informa- for Mr. William Caine, who is known to readers of tion before them, writers will be wise to submit “The Field ” as a writer on angling under his humorous work (which probably would need to be pseudonym of “ W. Quilliam " in the paper. .so marked to prevent dispute subsequently) is not At the Mechanics' Institute, Bradford, on quite clear, nor, as The Editor points out, is any. April 29, recitals from the works of Mr. thing said of verse or fiction, Mackenzie Bell were given by Mr. William Miles. We regret to notice, also, that some of the Some half-a-dozen or so pieces were presented by American publications are adopting the practice of Mr. Miles, including “The Keeping of the Vow," paying for work after publication instead of on “ The Battle's Pause,” and “No Sun ever Rose acceptance. Moreover, in one case at any rate, it without Setting.” is quite frankly stated that “no certain date of Although the late Justin McCarthy's “ History publication can be promised.” It should be added, of Our Own Time” is so well known, there is a however, that failing publication within a reason- most attractive piece of annal writing which he able time from acceptance, the author would be wrote that has fallen out of sight. When the Daily entitled to payment, despite the rule of the editor Veur's attained its jubilee in the year 1890, he of the magazine. compiled, as a kind of souvenir of the event, a  ## p. 236 (#694) ############################################ 236 THE AUTHOR. political and social retrospect of the fifty years of Messrs. Williams & Norgate have published Queen Victoria's reign. It is now published by “The Quest: A Drama of Deliverance," by Miss Messrs. Sampson Low & Co. Dorothea Hollins, author of “The Veiled Figure, Early in September Messrs. Mills & Boon will and Other Poems” (Williams & Norgate), “The publish “ The Swimmer,” a new novel by Louise Herbs of Medea” (Elkin Mathews), and other works. Gerard. It deals with the struggles in the life of a girl poet from her baby days to her womanhood, DRAMATIC. and contains many sketches of poverty in its varying phases. We have received from the Era office a pamphlet Mr. Bloundelle-Burton's new romance, “The on the Copyright Act, 1911, so far as the Act affects Sea Devils,” now ready, is somewhat of the nature Dramatic and Musical Copyright. It has been of “The Hispaniola Plate," by which he first compiled by Mr. A. A. Strong, who has quoted became known to the reading public, though there is sections of the Act likely to be of importance to no treasure-seeking—nor finding-in it. The story dramatists, adding explanations where explanations is laid in and around Lisbon, whence the Armada have seemed necessary. sailed, and to which it returned in woeful plight The repertory of the Abbey Theatre Company, some of it; and the Inquisition is also prominent during the season which will open at the Court in the narrative. The hero is himself an English Theatre on June 3, will include plays new to sailor, and the heroine is a Spanish girl, resident in London, by Mr. William Boyle, Mr. T. C. Murray Lisbon. Their love gets tangled, however, from and Mr. Lennox Robinson, besides Mr. W. B. the fact that, at first, the girl has believed her lover Yeats's “ The Countess Cathleen," in its new to be a Spaniard himself, and hence “woes version. unnumbered spring.” Naturally enough an English “Mrs. Dane’s Defence," by Henry Arthur Jones, sailor and his brother “sea-devils” know well was revived at the New Theatre on May 16. In enough how to put matters right at last. The the cast were Sir Charles Wyndham, Miss Mary book is published by F. V. White & Co., Limited. Moore, Mr. Sam Sothern, and Miss Lena Ashwell. On May 10 Mr. Martin Secker published a first The Actor's Sword Club announce a special book by Lionel Allshorn, entitled “Stupor Mundi: matinee to be given on Thursday, the June 13, the Life and Times of Frederick the Second, at 3 p.m., on “ The Duel throughout the Ages," Emperor of the Romans, King of Sicily and from the gladiator combat of ancient Rome to the Jerusalem, 1194-1250 A.D." (16s. net.) The modern French duel. Between the itenis, Mr. chief interest of the subject lies in the dramatic Egerton Castle will briefly describe the development struggle between Frederick and the Popes. This of the weapons. Tickets may be obtained at the most gifted of the mediæral Emperors was the St. James's Theatre, from Mr. J. P. Blake, 147, object of a peculiarly violent hostility. He was Leadenhall Street, E.C., or from Mr. Gerald Ames, excommunicated again and again, and was finally Hon. Secretary Actor's Sword Club, 159, Brompton solemnly deposed from his thrones by Innocent IV. Road, S.W. The performance is in aid of the in the Council of Lyons. The historian Freeman Actors' Benevolent Fund. has called him “the most gifted of the sons of “ The Double Game," by Mr. Maurice Baring, men ... in sheer genius the greatest Prince who was produced at the Kingsway Theatre on May 7. ever wore a crown." There is only one other book The play deals with the Russian revolutionary on the subject in the English language, and that movement, and the action centres round three was published half a century ago. characters, two men and a girl. The girl is a “The Norse King's Bridal,” ballads from the revolutionist to whom it falls to carry out the Danish and Old Norse, with original verses, by assassination of a hated official. After standing up E. M. Smith-Dampier, was published in March by for one of the men to whom she has given her heart, Andrew Melrose. 28. net. the girl is forced to realise that he is a police spy, Mr. Arthur Dillon's forthcoming book will con and tragedy follows her disillusionment. In the sist of a connected trilogy, or set of three tragedies cast were Miss Erniter Lascelles, Mr. Claude King, in a sequence. Mr. Elkin Mathews already has and Mr. Harcourt Williams. the volume in preparation. “ The Five Frankforters,” a comedy in three acts, The Hon. J. M. Creed, Member of the Legis- by Captain Basil Hood, was produced at the Lyric lative Council of New South Wales, delivered a Theatre on May 7. The play presents a picture paper, at the Royal Colonial Institute on May 14th, of the life of a wealthy Jewish family, and describes on the Settlement by “Whites” of Tropical their attempt to marry one of the girls to an Australia. The meeting was held at the Hotel impecunious duke. In the cast are Miss Henrietta Métropole, and the Duke of Marlborough was in Watson, Mr. Louis Calvert, Mr. C. M. Lowne, Miss the chair. Gladys Grey, and Mr. Leonard Quartermaine.  ## p. 237 (#695) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 237 PARIS NOTES. volume is an account of the various insects which are harmful to agriculture. It is illustrated with sixteen photogravures. Among books of interest to English readers are “ Bernard Shaw et son (Euvre ” by Charles Cestre. “Sous la Neige,” by Edith Wharton, another novel by the author of « Chez les Heureux du Monde,” and “ Les Metteurs en scène." ALYS HALLARD. “Napoléon à Sainte Hélène" (Ollendorf). “L'Evolution du Dogme Catholique" (Emile Nourry). “Le Droit de massacrer les Hérétiques" (Emile Nourry). “Evolution de la France Agricole” (Armand Colin). “La Direction de la Guerre" (Marc Imhaus & René. Chapelot). “ Histoire universelle du Travail” (F. Alcan). “Les Ravageurs" (Delagrave). “ Bernard Shaw et son Cuvre” (Mercure de France). “Sous la Neige" (Plon-Nourrit). PUBLISHERS' ROYALTY AGREEMENTS. “T'ELÈVE Gilles," by M. André Lafon, has U won for its author a French Academy prize of ten thousand francs. It is a psychological study of a schoolboy, and with the exception of a painful domestic tragedy, there is not much incident. M. Lafon is quite young, and this is his first novel. The French Academy Gobert prize has been divided this year, and awarded to M. Louis Madelin for his book “ La Révolution,” and to M. Pierre Champion for his “ Vie de Charles d'Orléans.” The Berger prize has been awarded to M. de Laborie for his “ Paris sous Napoléon.” “ Napoléon à Sainte Hélène (1815-1821)" by Frédéric Masson, is the last of the volumes on this subject. The three volumes entitled “ Autour de Sainte Hélène ” gave us details with regard to the various persons who approached the Emperor during his captivity. In the present book we have an account of that captivity and of his death in 1821. A series of books is to be published on * L'Evolution du Dogme catholique." The first one, on “Les Origines,” by Félix Goblet d'Alviella, has appeared, and another volume is to be published each year, “ Le Droit de massacrer les Hérétiques" is a reply by the author of the “ Mariage des Prêtres” to the Père Janvier, 0.P., after his lecture in the cathedral of Notre-Dame. In the series of books published as the “ Bibliothèque du Mouvement social contem- porain ” M. Michel Augé Laribe has just brought out his “ Evolution de la France agricole.” In this volume the author has endeavoured to explain the workings of the French agricultural systems, the progress realised by French agriculture, and the difficulties with which it has to contend. “ La Direction de la Guerre” (La liberté d'action des généraux en chef), by the Commandant V. Dupuis, is an extremely instructive book for all who are interested in military questions. The author has received the Gobert prize from the French Academy. “La Guerre telle qu'on la fait," by Lieutenant Jaray, is another book on a subject of universal interest. A series of twelve volumes is being published on the “ Histoire universelle du Travail.” Paul Louis has just published one of this series on “Le Travail dans le Monde romain," and F. Maury another on “Les Valeurs françaises depuis dix ans : leurs résultats, leurs garanties, and Etudes statistiques.” They are both books that will interest social economists. “ Les Ravageurs,” by JH. Fabre. This THE AUTHOR GRANTS. TN the evolution of the management of literary I and musical property, it has become almost a universal custom for publishers to submit their agreements to authors rather than for anthors to draft and submit their agreements to publishers. In consequence, a large number of publishers have made it part and parcel of their agreements to ask for everything they can possibly obtain, and unless the author is aware of the dangers and difficulties inherent in these agreements he may, unwittingly, sign away his birthright. In considering the question of agreements, there- fore, it will assist authors if the terms and clauses are taken from agreements which have been known to be offered for signature, and the difficulties of the clauses explained, rather than that a formal clause should be laid before them for their consideration. An agreement to be clear should be drafted in a certain specific form. It should begin with a recital of the parties. The first clause should indicate the rights the author grants; the second clause the duties the publisher undertakes, and the third clause the royalties (for this paper professes to be a con- sideration of a royalty agreement) and other considerations the publisher is willing to pay for the rights which the author grants to him. B efore the clauses, which have been taken from publishers' agreements, are set out, it will be as well to state roughly what, as a general rule, it is wise an author should grant to a publisher. First it should be stated, and the statement can- not be too often repeated, that NO AUTHOR SHOULD TRANSFER HIS COPYRIGHT TO A PUBLISHER WHILE HE PRESERVES A CON- TINUING INTEREST IN HIS WORK.  ## p. 238 (#696) ############################################ 238 THE AUTHOR. What, then, should the author grant? His clause, which ought to be Clause I., should run somewhat on the following lines: "The Author grants to the Publisher a licence to publish his work entitled 'in book form in format (or in a format agreed between Author and Publisher) at the published price of in the English language." This form should be slightly altered when it comes to a musical composition, but on the subject of agreements for musical compositions, readers are referred to the May (1910) issue of The Author. The clause printed above gives a rough idea of the model form of the clause which contains the author's conveyance. It is sometimes desirable to leave the format of the book to the discretion of the publisher. It is important that the pub- lisher should be limited to the publication of the work at a fixed price, say £1 18. ; 10s. 6d. ; 68. ; 58., etc., and it should be distinctly stated whether the price is “ nett” or subject to discount. The other limitations which this clause should contain are : (1) Limitations as to country (generally Great Britain and Ireland, the Colonies and dependencies thereof). (2) Limitations as to edition (an edition of 1,000, 2,000, or 3,000 copies). (3) Limitation as to time (for a period of three, five, or seven years); (4) Limitations which combine one or two of the former (Great Britain and Ireland for a period of seven years). It is now essential to set out, from the publishers own agreements what the publisher thinks the author ought to grant, and it will be convenient if we take, first, those clauses in which the publisher asks for the copyright. If any author finds any of these clauses in agreements submitted to him for signature, he will be able to ascertain, from the following criticisms, the grounds of objection to them from the author's standpoint.* C. That in consideration of the hereinafter mentioned payments the author hereby agrees to sell and assign to the publisher the copyright of the above work and the publisher agrees to purchase the said copyright with the exclusive right of printing and publishing the work in serial and book form with or without revision and abridgment in Great Britain and Ireland the British Colonies and Dependencies in the United States of America and on the Continent of Europe and in all other countries islands and continents. That should the publisher issue special editions for sale in the British Colonies and Dependencies only or on the Continent of Europe, he shall pay to the author on all copies of such editions sold a royalty of ten per cent. on the Colonial edition and five per cent. on the Continental edition, these royalties being on the net receipts of such sales and payable at the same time as the royalties provided for in C eof. That the publisher shall have the sole right to sell or assign the American, Colonial, Continental, Foreign, Trans- lation, Serial and Dramatic rights in the above work. He shall pay all costs of negotiating such sales and distributing copies of the work for such purposes, and the publisher shall pay to the author fifty per cent. of the receipts from the sale of the same, such amounts to be payable at the same time as the royalties provided for in Clause 5 hereof. That the publisher gives no guarantee of securing copy- right outside the United Kingdom and does not bind him- self, to issue special Colonial or Continental editions or to sell serial translation dramatic or other rights. D. The author agrees to transfer to the publishers the remaining copyrights and all other rights in the said stories for all foreign countries on the terms that the publishers shall pay to the author one half of the net profit which may be made by the publishers from the sale by them of any rights plates copies (bound or in sheets) for the pur- pose of publication of the said work abroad. E. The copyright of the work and of all editions thereof shall belong to the publisher his executors administrators and assigns. F. The publishers agree to purchase and the author agrees to sell the copyright in Great Britain and all other parts of the world of a work entitled " ," hereinafter referred to as the said work the MS. of which the author has delivered to the publishers, and of all future editions thereof in consideration of the following payments, viz., per cent, on all copies sold, thirteen copies being counted as twelve. The publishers shall have the right to sell copies of the said work, or the rights of translation thereof on any terms they shall think expedient to foreign countries and the author shall not be entitled to royalty in respect thereof, but the net amount realised therefrom shall be divided between the author and the publisher, in the following proportions, viz., 50 per cent. to the author 50 per cent. to the publishers. If the said work shall be included in any edition of works published in England for exclusive sale in India and the Colonies, the author shall be entitled to receive per cent. of the actual net proceeds of such sales. If copies of the ordinary edition be sold to Colonial and other exporters or booksellers at a rate lower than the ordinary trade price the author shall be entitled to receive per cent. of the actual net proceeds of such sales. Let us take for particular consideration the clauses printed above, in their order. A. The author agrees to assign to the publisher their successors and assigns the copyright and sole right of publication of the above work. To begin with, the publisher asks the author to CLAUSES SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLISHER. A. The author agrees to assign to the publishers their successors and assigns the copyright and sole right of publication of the above work. B. The copyright therein shall be the property of the publishers who may arrange as they think fit for the com- pletion and publication of the work. If any moneys are received from the sale of translation or other rights the net receipts after deduction of expenses relating thereto shall be divided in the following propor- tions, viz. : Sixty per cent. to the author and forty per cent. to the publishers. * It is difficult, owing to the lack of uniformity and simplicity in the drafting of the agreements, to prevent a division of clauses on these lines from overlapping. Some publishers have a curious method of making their agree- ments both complicated and confusing. When, therefore, principles have already been laid down they will not uecessarily be repeated.  ## p. 239 (#697) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 239 assign to him, bis successors and assigns, the copy-' and otherwise, were absurd. The author then right. joined the society and the secretary went into the NO AUTHOR SHOULD TRANSFER HIS COPYRIGHT matter with great care, but found there was no TO A PUBLISHER WHILE HE PRESERVES A CON- loophole of escape. On his advice the author TINUING INTEREST IN HIS WORK. refused to accept the terms, and proceeded to pur- This phrase will be quoted and re-quoted, until, chase back the copyright at the publisher's own it is hoped, the brain will receive an impression price, and to publish with an old established house, which cannot be deleted. paying for the cost of production himself. By this What are the reasons for reiterating the phrase means alone could he gain control of his increasingly with such vehemence? They are many and varied. valuable property. But all anthors are not in such In the first place, it is necessary to consider the a favourable position, and other examples might be point of view of writers on such matters, as, for quoted where the technical writer has had to accept example, theological, biographical, historical sub- the bad ternis offered by the publisher rather than jects, educational works, scientific, technical, medical, allow his work to continue before the public a slur and those thousand and one subjects which, owing on his reputation. But this arrangement may to the great advance in research, are in a constant preclude him from writing again on the subject state of change.* which is his life study. Although works of fiction are more popular with This is the main reason why authors of the works the public, financially their returns cannot compare mentioned cannot be too careful not to convey the with the returns from the works quoted. It is foolish copyright. to think, therefore, that the society deals only with There are other reasons which apply to all authors. writers of fiction-because they are more often in With the conveyance of copyright the actual pro- evidence, or that it is not fully aware of the vast perty is conveyed. A publisher can alter that property in other works—and writers on any of the property so long as he does not libel the author's above subjects should, by joining the society, be literary reputation. But the work is the author's, kept informed as to the value of their property and and what may not appear to a jury of tradesmen to the difficulties with which they have to contend. be a libel on the author's reputation, may be pure Many a suitable technical or medical work taken sacrilege from the author's point of view. A father up by educational centres sells steadily by its does not care to see his own child whipped by an hundreds, and sometimes by its thousands, a year alien hand. right through the whole term of copyright. Though Then, if the arguments already put forward this last paragraph is somewhat by the way, it still were not sufficient to convince any author, there contains a great truth, which the careless author have been cases tried in the Courts which make the should fully realise. conveyance of copyright, when the author retains a To return to Clause A. The reason for our continuing interest, suicidal. objection is not far to seek. It will be necessary The first was Warwick Deeping and Moring. to quote one instance merely, to convince any author Here, Mr. Warwick Deeping conveyed his copyright on the point. to Mr. Grant Richards, receiving a royalty on every A young medical man, who was making his mark copy of the book sold. Mr. Grant Richards went as a specialist, was swooped upon by a far-seeing bankrupt, and the trustee in bankruptcy assigned publisher to write a book for him on his special the agreement to Mr. Moring. The Court held subject. Ignorant of the value of his property, and that Mr. Deeping could not claim royalties from perhaps rather flattered by the compliment, he Moring & Co., but could only claim damages wrote the book, conveyed the copyright to the for breach of agreement against the bankrupt publisher, and received a royalty. estate. Ten years afterwards, when he had become The second was on somewhat similar lines, but famous, he wanted to re-issue his book with the was not in the hands of the committee of the additions and alterations necessary on account of society. It was carried to the Court of Appeal, the changes that had been made in his particular and the decision of Mr. Justice Warrington in the study, and the wisdom he had collected by many court of first instance was upheld. fresh examples. He was unable to come to an . The plaintiff was the composer of certain songs, agreement with his publisher, who, knowing that he and he assigned his copyright to the defendants, held the copyright in the former book, refused to subject to the payment of a royalty of £d. on every make a re-issue, except on terms which, financially copy sold by the Defendant Company in the United States, and ld. on every copy sold by the Defendant * We use the words,“ technical works," as a synonym for Company elsewhere. The songs were published on all those books which for one reason or other need periodic revision. The range is very wide, and to give a detailed two occasions in the Weekly Dispatch by the Willis list would be very cumbersome. Music Company as an advertisement, and it was  ## p. 240 (#698) ############################################ 240 THE AUTHOR. admitted that the publication was made with the There is something, however, beyond a transfer knowledge and approval of the defendants. The of copyright in this clause. plaintiff's claim was for royalties on the sales of When copyright has been transferred no altera- copies of the songs in the Weekly Dispatch. Mr. tions may be made by the assignee which would Justice Warrington held that the defendants were amount to a literary libel. But in this clause the not liable. publishers are allowed “ to arrange as they think fit The copyright was assigned to the defendants for the completion and publication of the work." subject only to the condition that they should pay It is very doubtful whether the author would have royalties on copies sold by them. The Weekly any remedy in these circumstances, however grievous Dispatch is the property of the Associated News- the alterations might be to his reputation. papers Limited, and was not sold by the Defendant The second clause under heading “B” calls also Company or its agents, and therefore no royalties for some serious comment. were payable in respect of copies contained in the When an author conveys the copyright without paper. limitation, he conveys the translation rights, the serial Lastly, it is possible, and this case would arise rights, and all the minor rights. These rights, if more frequently, perhaps, in the publication of properly marketed, are valuable. But if when music than in book publication, that a composer an author conveys the copyright he is only paid in may transfer his copyright to a publisher. Another the agreement a royalty on a definite form of pub- publisher, or, perhaps, another composer, if he is lication, say on the published price of the work in lucky enough to have retained his copyright, may book form at the price of 12s. 6d., he would not be turn round and say to the first publisher, " The work entitled to claim anything on the sale of these other you have published is an infringement of my copy- rights unless a special stipulation to that effect were right." The composer when referred to may made in the agreement. retort: “Oh! No! It is not an infringement, and The question of allowing these minor rights to be I have the best musical opinion that it is not." marketed by the publisher, and the division of The publisher of the alleged piracy, as owner of the possible profits, is a matter which has been discussed copyright, may say, “I am not going to have the in the columns of this paper, and may be discussed worry and expense of a copyright action, and I later when considering other clauses in publishers' must therefore, I regret to say, withdraw your com- agreements. position from the market.” It is very doubtful whether, in such circumstances, C. That in consideration of the hereinafter mentioned the composer would have any remedy whatever, payments the author hereby agrees to sell and assign to the publisher the copyright of the above work and the although his work might possibly have brought him publisher agrees to purchase the said copyright with the a steady income. exclusive right of printing and publishing the work in serial In further consideration of the clause the words and book form with or without revision and abridgment in Great Britain and Ireland the British Colonies and “and sole right of publication of the above work”. Dependencies in the United States of America and on the are surplusage and a sign of bad draftsmanship. Continent of Europe and in all other countries islands and They should be deleted, for as it is right that no continents, word should be omitted if it is necessary to define That should the publisher issue special editions for sale in the British Colonies and Dependencies only or on the any point accurately and make it beyond dispute, Continent of Europe, he shall pay to the author on all so it is right that no word should be added which copies of such editions sold a royalty of ten per cent, on should in any way tend to confuse the issues. An the Colonial edition and five per cent. on the Continental agreement to assign the copyright carries with it edition, these royalties being on the net receipts of such sales and payable at the time as the royalties provided for indisputably the sole right of publication. in Clause 5 hereof. B. The copyright therein shall be the property of the That the publisher shall have the sole right to sell or publishers who may arrange as they think fit for the com- assign the American, Colonial, Continental, Foreign, Trans- lation, Serial and Dramatic rights in the above work. He pletion and publication of the work. shall pay all costs of negotiating such sales and distributing If any moneys are received from the sale of translation copies of the work for such purposes, and the publisher or other rights the net receipts after deduction of expenses relating thereto shall be divided in the following propor- shall pay to the author fifty per cent. of the receipts from tions, viz.: Sixty per cent, to the author and forty per cent, the sale of the same, such amounts to be payable at the same time as the royalties provided for in Clause 5 hereof. to the publishers. That the publisher gives no guarantee of securing copy. Comment has already been passed on the transfer right outside of the United Kingdom and does not bind himself to issue special Colonial or Continental editions or of copyright. It may, however, be worth while to 10 sell serial translation dramatic or other rights. repeat that NO AUTHOR SHOULD TRANSFER HIS COPYRIGHT The latter part of Clause 1, with the exception TO A PUBLISHER WHILE HE PRESERVES A of certain words which will be mentioned, is sur- CONTINUING INTEREST IN HIS WORK. plusage, as the greater includes the less. The  ## p. 241 (#699) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 241 transfer of copyright includes the exclusive right of the sole right to negotiate these rights ! and that printing and publishing. he should generously pay the author 50 per cent. of The words, bowever, “ with or without abridg- the latter's profits ! ment" materially increase the author's danger and It is sorry evidence to put forward that a pub- difficulty, and practically hand over to the pub- lisher can openly have such printed clauses in his lisher that right of revision and abridgment which, agreement and ask the unfortunate author to pass being carried beyond literary libel, leaves the author them. with no protective power over his property. Clause 4 is further eridence, if further evidence It must be clearly understood, however, that were needed, of how far an anthor may throw him- nothing in the transfer to the publisher of the self into the power of a publisher. power of revision or abridgment will allow the An author might say—he would not be very wise publisher to commit a fraud on the public by putting —but still be might say, “ I will give you these forward one man's work as the work of another. rights if you will undertake to issue Colonial To the words “on the Continent of Europe in editions, to obtain United States copyright, and all other countries, islands and continents” we must will market my work serially and in translation also take exception. There are many countries not form.” in reciprocal treaty with Great Britain for the pro- But under this agreement he transfers the rights, tection of copyright, such as Russia and Turkey in and is content with no guarantee from the publisher Europe and the United States (unless certain drastic that the latter will do anything to utilise these formalities are complied with) and all the countries rights. of South America. These words then could prevent This is not the kind of agreement for an author the author from publishing in those countries, even to sign who has any respect for himself, or any although he had no rights there. Or, in other words, desire to obtain a suitable market for his property. the publisher might make a profit, until a pirate D. The author agrees to transfer to the publishers the stepped in, although the author had no copyright, remaining copyrights and all other rights in the said stories. but the author would be debarred from making a for all foreign countries on the terms that the publishers profit himself. shall pay to the author one half of the net profit which Clause 2 needs but little comment. But as it may be made by the publishers from the sale by them of any rights plates copies (bound or in sheets) for the pur- is drafted, it emphasises the fact of the author's pose of publication of the said work abroad. . servitude. The amount of royalty is exceedingly low. The author receiving 10 per cent on the English There is little to be said of this clause except edition, may think, if he is ignorant of the value of that the latter part carries considerable disadvan- literary property, that the same percentage on tages to the author. It may be possible to arrange Colonial editions is fair. But he should be warned an equitable division of profits on the sale of stereos in his ignorance that 10 per cent. is 1d. to 11d. a and other rights if the author is foolish enough to copy on the average prices received by publishers let the publisher handle them, but in no circum- for the ordinary sized book, whereas 3d. a copy- stances should he allow a profit-sharing arrange- one of the lowest royalties offered—pays the ment on the sale of bound copies or sheets in the publisher well. The royalties, however, will be Colonies or abroad to enter into an ordinary dealt with more fully, when the regular royalty royalty agreement. The reasons for this state- clauses are dealt with. ment have been put forward at some length in The word “should” at the beginning of the clause The Author for January, 1902. calls for remark, as the publisher does not undertake E. The copyright of the work and of all editions thereof to issue these editions, and may, in consequence, if shall belong to the publisher, his executors, administrators, he should so desire, totally neglect the author's best and assigns. interests, i.e., to widen his market and extend his reputation. There are only a few words in this clause that Clause 3, as well as a portion of the former clause, stand in need of separate comment. really refers to what ought to be the third clause in “And of all editions thereof." a properly drafted agreement. It cannot be discussed here. In a series of definitions relating to the book But it should be noted that the publisher has the trade issued by the Publishers' Association, we sole right to do what no author should ever ask a believe “impression " was taken to mean a reprint publisher to do except under certain limitations, and unaltered, "edition” a reprint, but altered. that the rights mentioned include “dramatic rights." The publisher, therefore, in order to make That the author should ask the publisher to nego. himself doubly secure, can control the author in tiate his dramatic rights, indeed, reaches the last any alteration he may desire to make in his point of absurdity; that the publisher should have original text, can hamper or expedite any improve- “And of all cu  ## p. 242 (#700) ############################################ 242 THE AUTHOR. ment, and can, so to speak, hold the author at his say so, and why does he use two different terms beck and call, in two succeeding clauses? “Net profits” has a Of the technical writer we have already made clear meaning. It is the profit realised after the mention. Such a clause as the above would hamper deduction of all expenditure, i.e., the net profits him, if possible, more than the mere transfer of on “the net receipts ” as opposed to "the gross his copyright. It is bad for the writer of fiction; profits" on "the gross receipts." it is disastrous for the scientific and technical In the third clause the words “ordinary trade writer. price” are elusive. The ordinary trade price F. The publishers agree to purchase and the author varies considerably, as any bookseller will tell you. agrees to sell the copyright in Great Britain and all other Accuracy and finality are not secured by these parts of the world of a work entitled “ "hereinafter doubtful phrases. They may all afford food for referred to as the said work the MS, of which the author bas delivered to the publishers, and of all future editions the lawyers. This is what the society is anxious thereof in consideration of the following payments, viz., its members should avoid, per cent, on all copies sold, thirteen copies being counted as twelve. The publishers shall have the right to sell copies of the said work, or the rights of translation thereof on any MAGAZINE CONTENTS. terms they shall think expedient to foreign countries and the author shall not be entitled to royalty in respect thereof, but the net amount realised therefrom shall be BLACKWOODS. divided between the author and the publisher, in the Musings without Method: Literary Anodynes--Alfred de following proportions, viz., 50 per cent. to the author Musset and La Sand—“A Strong Love Interest.” Mus 50 per cent. to the publishers. If the said work shall be included in any edition of BOOKMAN. works published in England for exclusive sale in India and the Colonies, the author shall be entitled to receive Robert Browning. By Professor George Saintsbury. Robert Browning's Father. By Sir W. Robertson Nicoll. per cent. of the actual net proceeds of such sales. If copies of the ordinary edition be sold to Colonial and CORNHILL. other exporters or booksellers at a rate lower than the ordinary trade price, the author shall be entitled to receive Joan of Arc's Letters. By the Comtesse d'Oilliamson. per cent. of the actual net proceeds of such sales. With a Note by Andrew Lang. John Stuart Mill and Browning's “Pauline." In Clause 1 of this extraordinary combination By M. A. Phillips. the draftsmanship is slightly peculiar, as it throws Realism in Fiction. By A. C. Benson. into one clause what should have been dealt with ENGLISH REVIEW. in three. It is not in this that its' real peculiarity Among My Books. By Frederic Harrison. consists, but in the fact that the publisher has Poetry and the Modern Novel By Compton Mackenzie. put himself as the first party. The man who Robert Browning. By Darrell Figgis. agrees to purchase has put himself before the man The Folk Song Fallacy. By Ernest Newman. who has the property to sell. FORTNIGHTLY. Clause 2 is evidently very badly drafted, for if For the Centenary of Robert Browning. By Alfred the publisher holds the entire copyright, as stated Noyes. on a former page, he certainly holds the rights English and French Attitudes towards Poetry. By included in this clause, as it was only necessary Professor Maurice Gerothwohl. for the publisher to state what he would pay the The Censorship. By John Pollock. author on the sale of these rights, if anything, NINETEENTH CENTURY, because it by no means follows because the author Recent German Fiction. By Madame Longard de has sold to the publisher his copyright that he Longgard (Dorothea Gerard). A I on all the various methods of publica- Robert Browning. By Francis Gribble. tion in England and abroad. An author may not NATIONAL understand these delightful intricacies ; it is a The Plots of Dickens By H. C. Biron. publisher's business to have them at his fingers' ends. There is, however, a terrible lack of finality and SCALE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS. exactitude in the use of terms in this clause. The (ALLOWANCE TO MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY 20 PER CENT.) publisher talks about the “net amount realised." Front Page Other Pages .. . *** *** ** 3 0 0 Does the publisher mean by this the net profit on Half of a Page the transaction ? If so, why does he not say so ? Quarter of & Page ... 0 150 Eighth of a Page In the next clause, and the clause following, he Single Column Advertisements : ... per inch 0 6 0 speaks of the “net proceeds of such sales.” Is this Reduction of 20 per cent. made for a Series of Sis and of 25 per cent, for Twelve Insertions. equivalent to the “net amount realised,” that is, the “pet profit”? All letters respecting Advertisements should be addressed to J. F, If so, again, why does he not Belmont & Co., 29, Paternoster Square, London, E.C. ... .. 1 10 0  ## p. 243 (#701) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 243 HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY. 1. D VERY member has a right to ask for and to receive D 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. 6. 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 ; 80 do some publishers. Members can make their own deductions and act accordingly. 9. The subscription to the Society is £1 15. 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. (6.) Not to give up serial or translation rights. 16.) Not to bind yourself for future work to any publisher. As well bind yourself for the future to any one solicitor or doctor! III. The Royalty System. This is perhaps, with certain limitations, the best form of agreement. It is above all things necessary to know what the proposed royalty means to both sides. It is now possible for an author to ascertain approximately the truth. From time to time very important figures connected with royalties are published in The Author. 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 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. 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. U ERE are a few standing rules to be observed in an N agreement. There are four methods of dealing with literary property :- 1. Selling it Outright. This is sometimes satisfactory, if a proper price can be  ## p. 244 (#702) ############################################ 244 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. (0.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of royalties (i.e., ised 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 r 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. T 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. T ITTLE can be added to the warnings given for the U assistance of producers of books and dramatic authors. It must, however, be pointed out that, as & 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. M EMBERS will greatly assist the Society in this V 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 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 the price of 28. 6d. per act. The Secretary of the Society begs to give notice that all remittances are acknowledged by return of post. All remittances should be crossed Union of London and Smiths Bank, Chancery Lane, or be sent by registered letter only.  ## p. 245 (#703) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 245 GENERAL NOTES. mechanically, should be ready to supply the gramophone companies with stamps immediately THE ERA PRIZE COMPETITION. the Act comes into force at the beginning of July. We are pleased to notice that The Era has The Board of Trade has, we understand, come to devoted considerable space to dealing with the the following decision as to the shape and size of suggestions made in these columns in our issue of the stamp: “The adhesive label shall be an April 1 in respect of their Play competition. The adhesive paper label, square in shape, the design to form and substance of their answer is the most efficient be entirely enclosed within a circle, and the side of argument that could possibly have been given of the the label not to be greater than three-quarters of need of the comments made in The Author. The an inch in length.” editor comments in a laughing mood on the date on We give this note now so that members may be which our criticism appeared (April 1) as a signi- prepared for the sale of stamps on July 1st. The ficant one. We would point out that the date of four important points are : (1) adhesive paper the answer (April 30) is still more significant, as label ; (2) square in shape ; (3) design to be it prevented our dealing with the article in our entirely enclosed within a circle; (4) length of May number. side three quarters of an inch. Having read the whole of The Era's comments, it appears to us that none of our criticisms has really been answered at all. The Era says, “Possess UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT. your souls in patience, everything will come right PUBLISHERS in their agreements are often anxious in the end "Zwe hope so; but such a result will to have the right to place authors' books in America certainly not be due to the excellence of the con- and secure the copyright. In their contracts with ditions. The difficulties raised are still unsettled, the author they not only insert a clause to this effect, and the conditions of the competition still indeter- but also a clause by which if they fail in their negotia- minate. In particular the editor makes no satisfac- tions certain royalties are to be paid to the author tory answer to our objection, that he reserves the when the book is sold in sheets to the United States. right to arrange the production of any play sub- If an author employs an agent, it is that agent's mitted, whether the winning play or not. We still duty to negotiate for the American copyright, and see no reason why the dramatic author who sends in a in no circumstances should he allow the publisher to play under this competition should thereby appoint have the control. We regret, however, that this is the editor of The Era his perpetual agent for not always the view that the agent adopts. If the placing that play. The Era's only answer is that author does not employ an agent, then, for the * the organ of the Society of Authors will be quite following reasons, he should negotiate this American happy about the matter in the fulness of time.” publication himself. He has the whole range of the This very suggestion is an admission of the justice American market before him; he can try one of our complaint that the present terms of the com- American publisher after another until he is assured petition are indefinite, and it seems hardly fair to of success or failure ; whereas the English publisher ask dramatic authors to bind themselves to indefinite would, most probably, only write to his usual corre- terms without even the assurance given in the spondent in the United States, and if that publisher editor's comments “ that he (the dramatist) will be gave his refusal would not trouble any further ; quite happy in the fulness of time.” It surely con- indeed, there is no reason why he should trouble any firms the statement we have already made that the further, or, even while having the right of securing terms should be more clearly set out. the American copyright, he should even go so far. The fact that a large number of dramatic authors It often pays not only the English publisher but have already submitted plays is no justification for the American publisher better to deal in sheets from putting forward indefinite terms. the English market than to set the work up in the We are, however, indebted to The Era for their United States. This may be all very well for the article, and particularly for printing the rules two publishers concerned, but is bad business for immediately below, which will clearly show to the author, to whom the American copyright is a dramatic authors who read the issue of The Era for valuable asset. Besides, the English publisher April 30 the need of our criticism and its fairness, ought only to be the agent for the author for the and will emphasise the difficulties that they may production of the work in book form on the English encounter. and Colonial markets; he is not an agent for the placing of literary wares, and has not the facilities STAMPS ON MECHANICAL REPRODUCTIONS. or the necessary stimulus of the literary agent ; for THOSE composers and authors who are interested the agent's livelihood depends on his obtaining in the mechanical reproduction of their works, other markets, whereas they are a mere by-product whose works have been already reproduced of the publisher's business.  ## p. 246 (#704) ############################################ 246 THE AUTHOR. COPYRIGHT ACT, SECTION 5. We have just received notice that the proprietors SECTION 5 of the Copyright Act, 1911, runs as of The Bioscope, the cinematograph trade journal, are follows: organising certain invitation performances with the “ Subject to the provisions of this Act, the author object of demonstrating the value of the cinemato- of a work shall be the first owner of the copyright graph as an educational medium. These perform- therein.” ances are going to take place on the mornings of There are two provisos to this section. The Wednesday, June 5, Wednesday, June 12, and Saturday, June 15, from eleven to one o'clock. second proviso (b) states :- It would be possible for the earnest student of ** Where the author was in the employment of some other natural history, instead of merely writing a book and person under a contract of service or apprenticeship and the work was made in the course of his employment by that taking photos, to make his own natural history films person, the person by whom the author was employed shall, of the insects, or birds or mammals, and then, by in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, be the hiring out these different films, or by exhibiting them first owner of the copyright, but where the work is an himself, to obtain a decent livelihood and a fair article or other contribution to a newspaper, magazine, or similar periodical, there shall, in the absence of any agree- remuneration; but the performances to be given ment to the coutrary, be deemed to be reserved to the by the proprietors of The Bioscope will demonstrate author a right to restrain the publication of the work, matters of a somewhat different character. For otherwise than as part of a newspaper, magazine, or instance, we hear that amongst other things will similar periodical.” be demonstrated “ The amoeboid movement of a As there has been some question about this pro- leucocyte, relapsing fever, the phenomenon of viso, it is necessary to warn those who are under con- agglutination, examination of the stomach under tract of service or apprenticeship, that if any work X-rays, and the mosquito." If a doctor can gather is done by them which could hardly be said to money and reputation from writing a treatise on be done in the course of their employment, they these subjects there is no reason why he should not should take special care that they retain the equally obtain money and reputation as a teacher copyright in such work. A journalist on the through the cinematograph. staff of a paper mightbe employed to do certain Technical writers in all the various branches of journalistic work ; in his spare time he might write a knowledge and science should not neglect a new story, and the editor of the paper might offer to run opportunity. it as a serial. In a case of this kind it should be made clear, lest any dispute or doubt should arise, that the copyright in the serial story was not the pro- JUSTIN MCCARTHY. perty of the employer. It is to be hoped that the employer, in the absence of special contract, would not lay claim to the copyright, but it is always best V E much regret to have to record the death in matters of business that the terms should be set of Mr. Justin McCarthy, which occurred out with exactness. The employee should either be just before our May issue went to Press. careful not to offer work to his employer that he Mr. McCarthy's career as historian, novelist, Irish has done outside his course of employment and M.P., and Parliamentary journalist, has been so outside his contract of service or apprenticeship, or fully dealt with in the newspapers, and, indeed, if he does offer such work, that the terms as regards must be so familiar to our readers, that we need copyright should come under a separate agreement. add but little to the many tributes which have been The point is one of no small importance, judging paid to it in the Press and elsewhere during the from examples of the rights which some editors past month. His early work as a journalist-after demand from contributors who have through his first start as a young and unknown reporter - ignorance allowed them to publish without a proper was as editor of the Morning Star. But his daily contract. leader-writing on the Daily News from 1870 onwards through so many years, was his greatest claim to distinction in this line of literature. His essays in EDUCATION AND THE CINEMATOGRAPH. fiction were numerous, perhaps the best known being At the present time it is difficult to measure the “Dear Lady Disdain." But it is probably his work importance of cinematography to dramatic authors. as historian by which he is, as he deserves to be, It is possible that in the next few years its value familiar to most people. His “ History of Our Own will have more than doubled, and dramatists may Times,” finally completed in 1905–to the great be making a regular income from this form of cost, alas ! of his health, for the strain of constant reproduction, but there are other authors to whom labour on the book, coming on the top of his Parlia- and other methods in which cinematography may mentary struggles, made him an invalid for the rest become of great importance. of his life—was his principal achievement in this  ## p. 247 (#705) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 247 particular branch of learning. The writer of this paragraph well remembered the appearance of the first four volumes in the early 'Eighties, and how even among the thoughtless undergraduates of his University they raised an interest that is very rarely manifested in works of the kind there. Justin McCarthy was essentially a man of letters -in spite of his boyish connection with Irish revo- lutionary ideas—and he continued his devotion to literature almost to the last day of his life. His association with the Society of Authors dates from the year 1890, when he first joined its ranks. Although he was not actively identified with its executive side, he was elected to the Council, and served on it up to the time when death removed him from among us. We must congratulate the chairman on the success of the evening. There is no Fund in England which fills a similar position to that of the Royal Literary Fund ; the Fund is administered with great care and dis- crimination and with a very liberal and discerning hand. For over a hundred years it has supplied to those ill-paid workers very essential help in time of difficulty and distress. May the work which was begun so long ago continue in the future to those days when intellect or perhaps even genius is paid for by a living wage. COMPOSERS' RIGHTS AND THE COLLEC- TION OF FEES FROM MECHANICAL REPRODUCTIONS. THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND. W E have now been able to peruse the draft M HE 122nd anniversary dinner of the Royal rules of the Copyright Protection Society L Literary Fund, under the popular chair- (Mechanical Rights) Limited, worthy mansbip of Mr. Owen Seaman, has been very successors to the original prospectus. successful. The front page in itself, containing the list of · The secretary announced that the list of dona. the committee, is interesting, and turning to tions was headed by 50 guineas from the King ; Article 28 we see that the committee is to be that the stewards that night had subscribed nearly composed of six publishers, three composers, and £1,600, and that the total sum, which had been thrce authors of literary and dramatic works, with exceeded only twice in the 121 years' history of the in addition a chairman who is to be a composer. Fund, amounted to exactly £2,500. The publishers therefore, who under the Copy- There were many distinguished people present : right Act have no interest whatever in the those interested in literature from the outside mechanical rights, are given the largest repre- public, those who write themselves—authors, poets sentation upon the committee, a representation so and others—and those who act as agents for large that in all probability they will nearly always placing the work of the latter into the hands of the form a majority. Even Mr. William Boosey, who former. has been the moving spirit of this matter, does not The chairman's speech in support of the Fund put the publishers' claim higher than 30 per cent. of and its work was sound and to the point. the profits, yet they get 50 per cent. of the com- The toast of “ Literature” was proposed by Mr. mittee. Inasmuch also as the authors of words for Arthur Balfour. It would have been difficult to songs are generally paid a sum outright by the find a proposer more suitable to the occasion. Not publisher, it seems unnecessary to give the authors only is Mr. Balfour's love of literature well known, an equal representation with the composers, to but he has shown himself as one of the leading whom the most valuable part of the property thinkers by the work which he has put before the belongs. public. His speech was naturally listened to with The most important part of the rules deals with great interest and was full of suggestive matter. the distribution of the royalties to be collected. “Do not let us look,” he states, “at artistic or The short effect is first to charge the sums collected literary production in too mechanical a fashion with the expenses of collection and the maintenance Literature is not the result of merely what are of the society, and then to distribute the balance, called sociological causes. It is determined by the 40 per cent. to the composer, 30 per cent. to the inter-action of those causes and the individual author (where there are copyright words), and genius which no scientific generalisation can class, 30 per cent. to the publisher, or in cases where which no scientific prophecy can foretell.” there are no copyright words 70 per cent. to the The toast was responded to by Sir Walter composer and 30 per cent. to the publisher. Now Raleigh. composers should consider, first of all, whether  ## p. 248 (#706) ############################################ 248 THE AUTHOR. it is necessary to appoint any agents for the collec- enforcing his claims, for under rule 6, “no legal tion of fees ; but, assuming they think this desirable, proceedings shall be instituted or undertaken by they may be reminded that other companies are any member in respect of any work in which he is ready to collect the fees, not only in Great Britain interested without the sanction of the committee." and her colonies, but also on the Continent at a com This rule is not in terms limited to mechanical mission of 25 per cent. only of the fees, which covers rights alone, but would extend to all rights, and all expenses, the balance of 75 per cent. to go clear even if in practice it is treated as so limited it to the composer. Under the rules proposed to be deprives the member of all opportunity of defending issued by this limited company, the composers are his own property even at his own risk. Further, to have the amount of all the expenses of collec- under rule 2A a member is bound for the entire tion deducted from their fees when collected, and period of membership when called upon by the then to give to the publisher another 30 per cent. committee to transfer to the society the mechanical of what remains, so that the composer might lose instrument rights of his works which are or may a considerable percentage of his fees in expenses, be published (i.e., apparently all present and future and is then mulcted 30 per cent. of the balance, rights), and under clause 5, even in the event of which has to go to the publisher. his withdrawal or death, such rights shall continue The music publisher has claimed that he is to be vested in and exercisable by the company. entitled to a percentage of these fees because, by Secondly, the committee might decide to take publishing the composer's music, he makes the action in a case to which the composer might gramophone rights valuable. This may or may strongly object, and thirdly, the committee might not be the case, but if it is the case it is a matter take action in respect of the reproduction of the to be decided entirely between the composer and rights of one of its members, and get involved in a the publisher and not to be decided arbitrarily by complicated and expensive law suit, leaving the rest a company which is started on a business basis and of the members to bear the expenses of the proceed- not for the settlement of ethical questions. It is ings, however indiscreetly the committee may have certain, however, that in the near future it will be acted. The only limit upon the expenses is the the music publisher who will have to thank the total amount of all royalties collected. Generally mechanical reproducer for the advertisement, a society can only rely on the subscriptions received, rather than the mechanical reproducer the music and no member is liable for anything more. But publisher. Mechanical reproduction is going ahead here the whole income of the members for royalties very fast, and many owners of pianolas, gramo- on mechanical reproductions is at stake. phones, etc., go to the retail dealers and try these It is true that the society does not claim a reproductions, quite irrespective of the music percentage for the publisher where the work has publisher, and choose the reproduction for pur- not been published, but this does not lessen in any chase or hire, quite irrespective of whether they way the arguments wbich have been put forward. bave heard the original played from sheet music. It is possible, under rule 6B, that these rules This practice will become more and more common, may be altered and varied, but in that case the so that the music publisher's argument that he is alterations are “to be formulated by the com- entitled to a share in the mechanical instrument mittee” (on wbich, as we have pointed out, the rights, if ever it was good, grows less and less, but publishers will probably have a working majority), we do not admit it was ever good. The music wand approved at a general meeting of the publisher is the agent of the composer to reproduce society." It is probable, therefore, that any his work in a certain form according to contract, alterations made will not be for the benefit of and the author's royalty is based on this considera- composers. tion. He is not the principal, to claim from the Two points seem to be quite clear. Firstly, composer control over his rights. The editor of that it is inadvisable for any composer to become a a magazine might as well claim a share in the book member of this society ; and secondly, that com- production from the author, or the publisher of posers should be reminded, if they cannot undertake the book claim a share of the serial rights. what appears to be the not very difficult task of the But the draft rules contain other interesting collection of their own fees, that there are societies statements. ready to collect fees at much more reasonable rates The committee is to be allowed “to conduct or and without acquiring an interest in the composer's defend such legal proceedings as they may sanction," property. It is hoped to be possible to give full apparently, without reference to the composer, who details in another issue of this paper. is the owner of the rights. It seems that under this rule they might neglect, perhaps for financial reasons, to protect the composer's rights, and in that case the composer would have no means of  ## p. 249 (#707) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 249 THE HAZARD OF THE PEN. could than would have been his due had he allowed others to steal them, while he “paused " in order that he might hug to his breast the bubble consola- NCE upon a time I might have felt flattered tion that he had written“ not for an age but for all by the amount of interest which appears time.” to have been excited by the publication of Alexander Pope performed in a masterly manner my brief article entitled “ The Hazard of the Pen,” at his desk, but he certainly demanded something in the columns of The Author for December, 1911. rather more mundane than the glow of achievement At the present moment my state of mind is merely as his guerdon ; and Dr. Johnson, greater as a man one of mild surprise at the spirit of optimism it than renowned as a writer (which means a good seems to have evoked. deal), had so little esteem for the bombastic airs of A cursory examination of the official organ of the the pretentious dilettante that he roundly declared Society of Authors for the past dozen years reveals “no man but a blockhead ever wrote except for so many letters and articles retailing personal money." Now in almost every branch of art- experiences of ill-usage on the part of editors and whether it be music, painting, poetry, sculpture, publishers ; so many wails of despair at the trials romance, or any other form of it-the genius (with and disappointments of members in their attempts comparatively few exceptions) emanates from a to win public recognition ; so much heart-breaking home none too well blessed with worldly goods. A disaster as the sole result of honest endeavour, that diligent search through the pages of a biographical I am constrained to wonder how anyone claiming to dictionary will, I think, assure any doubter of the be a bona fide writer could be induced to question veracity of this statement. If then a child of the the sagacity of Robert Buchanan when he quietly Muses with his spiritual visions, his ethereal aims, summed up the whole case of his career in the his lofty ambitions, sets out to school and direct words,“ Is it worth it?" the world-how is he to do it ? Commonsense and genius, unlike ignorance and I presume he must eat, and wear clothes, and find impudence, rarely go hand in hand. But in the somewhere to lay his head what time he transcribes person of Robert Buchanan, these two uncommon his dreams to paper ; but if he has no private mental gifts were compounded ; and he saw with source of income, how, I ask, is he to do it ? clear eyes that in whatever vineyard he may work, Publishers and editors will neither feed, clothe, nor the labourer is worthy of his hire. house him. The day of the patron has gone. He The writer who'pretends that subsidiary sops to may consider himself well fitted to pose as “the his vanity in the shape of notoriety, adulation of teacher and leader of mankind ”-a modest pro- friends, self-sufficiency, egotism, and the like, position, by the way !—but with his belly filled furnish any real substitute for solid and material with the east wind, and no money to pay for a rewards for his industry, perseverance, and, per- night's lodging, he will come to learn that, in a chance, ability, is likely to be only a drag upon the civilised community, his place will be in course of ranks of authorship, seeing that he and such as he time, not among teachers and leaders but with waifs play into the hands of unscrupulous traders in and strays. During the past ten years one real poet literary property against whom the more sensible was actually herding with outcasts in the Strand, but less vainglorious members of the legion wage and two clever and original writers have elected to perpetual warfare, and to circumvent whose nefarious end the unequal battle of life by-suicide! aims the Society of Authors was, for one thing, What a man proposes and what the world founded. disposes are two cruelly opposite affairs in, say, Who could imagine Shakespeare as he wrote ninety-nine Cases out of every hundred. his immortal plays pausing to ask himself “ Is it “ But if we have had the smallest glimmer of worth it?” a vision that the calling of literature stands alone- As a matter of plain fact, Shakespeare wrote his above and beyond every other calling," etc. Above plays for a living; and, being what apparently some and beyond every other calling! A big order- few beginners in literary work affect to scorn, that a very big order ! is to say, no mean man of business, contrived to Has the writer of this stupendous declaration elevate himself from a penniless lad into a person of ever stood before a masterpiece by å great artist, substance by the labour of his pen. and marvelled at the manner in wbich an historical I have no recollection that he claimed for himself event, a divine inspiration, a pathetic incident, nay, the prophetic gifts of a Merlin, or of his own the embodiment in lifelike form and colour of a creation, Prospero. How then was he to foretell that poet's dream, may be brought, by the magic of the posterity would acclaim his plays as “immortal” ? brush and the gift of artistic imagination and skill, : A thousand times more honour to the Swan of right before her eyes in a way no mere dealer in Avon for reaping what rewards of his genius he words could ever accomplish ?  ## p. 250 (#708) ############################################ 250 • THE AUTHOR. Has she ever felt her pulses throbbing, her heart from whose book, “ The Private Papers of Henry beating more rapidly, a catch in her throat, and an Ryecroft," l venture to take the following serious inclination to relieve the tension of her soul by warning, which I most earnestly commend to tears when listening to a voice of superlative the notice of all entertaining inflated and wholly quality, or the wondrous orchestral tone poems of a erroneous ideas as to the powers and influence they Wagner ? imagine themselves able to wield by pursuing a Has she ever reflected that the medical profession literary career-a career whose limitations are only has again and again produced quiet, unassuming exceeded by its disillusionment. heroes who hare given their lives to the cause of “Innumerable are the men and women now science, and in their efforts to alleviate the agony of writing for bread, who have not the least chance of suffering humanity ? finding in such work a permanent livelihood. They No good purpose was ever, or could be, served took to writing because they knew not what else to by entertaining a tumid and quite fallacious view do, or because the literary calling tempted them by of the writer's profession, trade, or craft—as my its independence and its dazzling prizes. They will readers will have it.. bang on to the squalid profession, their earnings Cacoethes scribendi may be, and not infrequently eked out by begging and borrowing until it is too is, a physical disease, as dangerous as measles or late for them to do anything else—and then ? fever--and as infectious; though novices of a “With a lifetime of dread experience behind me, certain type when they have caught it badly I say that he who encourages any young man or imagine themselves to be sanctified by a visitation woman to look for his living in literature commits no of the divine afflatus. And the distinctive point less than a crime”! of tbe whole argument lies in the fact that the truly Other and weighty testimony I could adduce in inspired authors and poets rarely, if ever, indulge support of the argument ; testimony from the silent in rodomontade concerning their art and parts. records of the mighty dead, from the records of the “ Here lies one whose name was writ in water,” said Royal Literary Fund, the Civil List, and the Keats, of whom the late Lord Tennyson wrote, “Had volumes of The Author at my side, from newspaper he lived, he would have been the greatest of us all.” extracts pasted in my book of cuttings, from “Greater than that of the parson, because the witnesses whose wretched stories I have gathered world is our parish, and of the schoolmaster, because by word of mouth—from my own personal experience our work is for all time”! and knowledge. But would it not look like piling Perchance the lady who penned these lines knows Pelion upon Ossa to do so ? : editors who welcome, publish and pay for “copy” For those who are not writing for bread, serious that is greater in its religious value than the toilers in the field of literature care very little, as prayers of the parish priest, and in its educational, the majority at least would pick no quarrel with than the dogmatics of the schoolmaster. Are they Dr. Johnson for using the epithet “blockhead " to be found enshrined in the temples of Cassell or with regard to them. They are shielded from the Newnes, Pearson or Harmsworth, Hulton or Leng ? grisly spectre of starvation which has transformed Having been a penman of sorts for a quarter of so many rapturous “visions” into horrible night- a century, I had prided myself on possessing rather mares, and strangled more than one votary of the a wide knowledge of these Fleet Street idols. The Muse to his death within recent years. Let them overwhelming majority of those who control rhapsodise or gush! No one is injured-or deceived periodicals with large circulations and to exert by verbiage. When they have produced some- “ power over the minds and souls of men ” one thing in proof of the transcendental aims they are must take care not to be a mere voice crying in so voluble in professing, it will be time enough to the wilderness-seem to rely mainly on detective reconsider the sad reflection of one who at all events stories, narratives of criminals, highly spiced compelled admiration for the quality of his genius, “romances," on the one hand, or particularly and strove to live by its printed expression ! nauseous sentimentality on the other, for their Finally, it cannot be too strenuously urged, or too staple fare. widely understood, that for one, beloved of the What does the vast multitude, composed as it is of gods, permitted to soar aloft on the wings of his shop girls, street lads, and the quarter-educated “grey goose quill ” in the regions of the blest, there products of an essentially self-satisfied and self- are—how many ? whose feeble flights end in seeking age, know of the illustrious ones? There dolorous attics, or land them with a sickening thud was one of them, an author who portrayed life as it in the mire and refuse of what is, after all, “a is, who neither glorified nor belittled his avocation, squalid profession” for the unlucky. who saw with the eyes of a keen observer, and Therefore I still repeat, it may be rather mourn- transcribed with the pen of a consummate master fully, the forceful query, “ Is it worth it ? ” of his craft-I allude to the late George Gissing- HERBERT W. SMITH.  ## p. 251 (#709) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 251 ROBERT BROWNING. The Poetry Society's entertainment was arranged by Mrs. Kendal, and was contributed to by herself, Lady Tree, Mme. Ada Crossley, Lady St. Davids, N the 7th of last month was celebrated the Messrs. Laurence Irving and E. H. Coleridge. In first centenary of Robert Browning, born at conclusion, Browning's short play “ In a Balcony ” Camberwell on May 7, 1812. In London was performed. the chief feature of the programme in honour of An exhibition was opened at the Victoria and the event was a service at Westminster Abbey, Albert Museum in connection with the commemora- where, in Poet's Corner, his body was laid on the tion. Here was on view a collection of original MSS. last day of 1889. The chief feature of the Abbey and early editions of Browning, forming part of the service was the anthems—the first being taken Forster Bequest. It was to John Forster that from Browning's own “ Saul ” (canto 18) and set to Browning dedicated “Paracelsus,” in the words “ My music for the occasion by Sir Hubert Parry ; the book to my best friend. R.B."; and the original second, Mrs. Browning's “What would we give to MS. was presented by the author to him. our beloved,” with Sir Frederick Bridge's music, as The centenary was observed in Italy also. At the sung at the poet's funeral in 1889. Sir Frederick meeting in College Hall Professor Knight exhibited Bridge himself was at the organ. a copy of a placard which he had received from Mr. R. After the service a reception was held in the Barrett Browning, in which the Civic Council of College Hall of Westminster School, the Marquess Asolo, so frequently visited by the poet, invited the of Crewe presiding, and being supported by the citizens to pay their compliments to his memory on Italian Ambassador, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the day of his birth. On the 7th a street in the Lord Tennyson, Sir Sidney Lee, Professor Knight, town was named after him and a marble tablet and many others. After a letter had been read unveiled. A telegram was sent on the same day to from Mr. R. Barrett Browning, writing from his son at Asolo by the Syndic of Venice—“ Venice, Asolo (where he has long been ill) to express his where the great heart on wbich was carved the heartfelt thanks for the honour to his father's name of Italy beat its last " ; while at Rome a memory, the chairman spoke on the subject of tablet was unveiled by the Mayor, Signor Nathan, Browning's poems, the best of which he claimed, as in the house formerly occupied by the Brownings, long as any English poetry remained the possession No. 43, Via Bocca di Leone. of mankind, would form no small part of that After the unveiling Sir Rennell Rodd read possession. Bishop Boyd Carpenter followed with passages from Browning at the Keats-Shelley a paper on “The Oral Interpretation of Browning," memorial house. pleading that his poems would be better understood, It would be out of place in this column to and regarded with a more intelligent admiration, if attempt any criticism, or even appreciation, of they were read aloud. Canon Rawnsley, Miss Robert Browning. But we may be permitted, per- Emily Hickey (a founder of the Browning Society), haps, to quote as felicitous the closing words of the Mr. Ernest Hartley Coleridge, Mr. H. C. Minchin, article on him in The Times Literary Supplement Mr. W. G. Kingsland, and Dr. Alexander Hill also of May 2. “ Browning's “active step' and read papers or otherwise contributed their share to inquiring eye' have added imperishably to Eng- the commemoration. lish literature, because the immense, unquestion- So much of the celebration may be called official. ing, unhesitating enjoyment of life which animated There were also a meeting called at Caxton Hall on them was wrought into masterful symbols- the same afternoon by the Academic Committee of dramatic monologue, dialogue, and specialised lyric the Royal Society of Literature, and an entertain- —of life delightedly conscious of its own powers. ment organised by the Poetry Society at the Court Art can find no greater work to do than that." Theatre on the following Saturday. Mr. Edmund Gosse took the chair at the Academic Committee's meeting, and made the opening speech. Sir Arthur RULES FOR COMPOSITORS AND READERS Pinero delivered an address on “ Browning as a Dramatist”—the line in which he achieved the AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD.* least success. Never, indeed, said Sir Arthur, was ambition in so great a man so hopelessly baffled W E have no hesitation about saying that this as Browning's dramatic ambition. Mr. Henry most valuable little work ought to be in James's address dealt with “ The Novel in The the hands of every author. Sufficient Ring and the Book,'” and concluded with a evidence of its usefulness is given by the “ Table of quotation of what he considered the highest water- * "Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University mark of Browning's imagination, fifty lines from Press. Oxford," by Horace Hart, M.A. London: Henry Guiseppe Caponsacchi's great speech. Frowde. 1912.  ## p. 252 (#710) ############################################ 252 THE AUTHOR. Contents," which begins, “ Some Words ending in to read a novel right through, and he says: “Five -able. Some Words ending in -ible. Some novels will amount to sixteen hundred pages of Words ending in -ize. Some Alternative or printed matter. Reading at the rate of eight words Difficult Spellings arranged in alphabetical order," a second the reviewer would accomplish two pages and continues to enumerate just all those things a minute and sixteen hundred pages in thirteen which present difficulties to a man who is desirous hours and twenty minutes." If we allow another of writing accurately, or of correcting his proofs two hours and forty minutes for the remaining perfectly. Not only are the rules those which have novel the time as given by Mr. Bennett's own been for years past put into the hands of the com computation works out at sixteen hours. positors and correctors of the press of the Clarendon For this sixteen hours, or less than three days Press (whose superlative work needs neither our work, Mr. Bennett finds the fee of twenty pounds, commendation nor that of anyone else) but or twenty guineas, miserably inadequate. Yet, in authorities of the highest rank, such as Sir J. A. H. the same article from the Academy, from which I Murray and Dr. Henry Bradley, are guarantors for have already quoted, speaking on the subject of the correctness of the book. The booklet has been literary remuneration, he says : “ As a journeyman brought up to date, and how carefully this is done author, with the ability and inclination to turn my may be gathered from a passage in the preface. pen in any direction at request, I long ago established “The compiler has encouraged the proof-readers a rule never to work for less than ten shillings an of the University Press from time to time to keep hour piece-work. But every year I raise my price memorials of troublesome words. As each edition per hour.” Mr. Bennett has indeed raised his price of the book becomes exhausted such words are per hour, for, on his own reckoning, the publisher reconsidered, and their approved form finally is paying him at the rate of twenty-fire shillings an incorporated into the pages of the forthcoming hour. edition.” Continuing his diatribe in The Author, Mr. The booklet contains, as was to be anticipated, Bennett goes on to say, “ The reason for the con- pages dealing with French, German, Latin, and tinuance of these competitions is to my mind obvious. Greek, and is furnished with an excellent index, They are very profitable to the enterprising pub- which renders it easy for any author in a minute to lisher. I see no harın in that ; indeed, I rather satisfy himself respecting what ought to be done in admire the cleverness of the enterprising publisher; any of the cases which are occasions of perplexity. but I think that artistically reputable novelists should meditate long before they decide to dignify with their names a purely commercial project." Why is Mr. Bennett so indignant at being asked CORRESPONDENCE. to give his criticism and the weight of his name? Are Royal Academicians equally indignant when invited to act on the Hanging Committee ? NOVEL COMPETITIONS. Novel Competitions undoubtedly give young authors a chance they would not have otherwise. I. Mr. Arnold Bennett himself started his London DEAR SIR, I am not a publisher or in any way literary career by winning a prize of twenty guineas. connected with any publishing firm, but I must say Grant Allen and many others have come before the that I think Mr. Arnold Bennett's letter on Novel public in the same way. Competitions both unfair and misleading. By all means let Mr. Bennett refuse a fee he con- He says, “I was recently invited with two very siders too low, but do not let him delude himself with well-known novelists to judge one of these competi- the idea that he is doing something “ artistically tions. The publisher's letter of invitation clearly reputable." stated that I should not have to read more than six When one calls to mind the literary men of the or seven manuscripts. I declined—I hope politely, past who were not for ever pricing their work at so to take part in such a farce." much an hour, when one thinks of Southey patiently Why should Mr. Arnold Bennett in becoming one writing helpful, kindly letters to the unknown of the judges in a Novel Competition be taking Charlotte Brontë, of Walter Besant, who was never part in a farce ? too busy to help the beginner, of Scott, who boasted His grievance seems to be that the judging of six that there was not one of all his schemes that did or seven manuscripts would entail "a full week's not afford him the means of serving some poor tedious work.” devil of a brother author ; when one thinks of all This was not the opinion expressed in an article these men and how unselfish they were in the he contributed to the Academy some time back. practice of what ought to be one of the noblest He is discussing the time it would take a reviewer professions, one cannot but feel that it would not  ## p. 253 (#711) ############################################ THE AUTHOR. 253 mation bave taken away in the smallest degree from Mr. from their facts and figures. I hereby state my own Bennett's dignity had he consented to judge the experiences as my contribution to the question. competition in question. For my first novel, published in March, 1911, I The Novel Competition has lost one of our ablest obtained (on paper) a 10 per cent. royalty on the critics. But Mr. Bennett himself is also a loser. published price of the 6s. edition on all copies sold When Rudyard Kipling received a letter of up to 1.500 copies: 15 per cent. to a total sale of encouragement from Lord Tennyson, this is what 3,500 copies ; and 20 per cent. thereafter, 13 copies he wrote: “When a private is praised by his to be counted as 12; and 3d. per copy on the Colonel he does not presume to thank him but he Colonial edition, 12 copies to be counted as 12. On fights better next day." Had Mr. Arnold Bennett, the day of publication I was paid the sum of £25, as colonel, taken part in the review, he would prob- “in advance and on account of royalties." ably have earned the lifelong gratitude of some The sales and fiuancial profit to myself at the poor struggling private. And to help a human end of the year were as follows: being forward and to earn the gratitude of a human Copies of home edition sold, 586. being is something not to be reckoned in pounds, Copies of Colonial edition sold, 797. shillings and pence. Total sum received by me, £26 3s. 11d., from Yours truly, which must be deducted the 15 per cent. claimed “ DAVID." by my agent “ for the first novel sold in England.” The circumstances under which my first novel was published were practically similar to those of II. “A First and Second Novel.” I was absolutely SIR,-I was glad to see Mr. Arnold Bennett's unknown in the literary world, for though I had letter under this heading in the May issue of The had several short stories published in the magazines, Author, for Mr. Bennett strongly supports a point and had begun to be asked for more," I had made in my own contribution to the discussion in written them un ler my own name, while for my the same issue. Speaking of the contention that novel I took a pen-name. My sales, I suppose, ored the advertised judges in these competitions should a little to the private advertisements of my friends, read all the novels sent in, I asked what would be for to them I made no secret of my identity. I gained by making these judges cast a weary eye received about 40 reviews, all of which were more upon the stuff which the “sorters ” weed out. or less favourable ; none adverse, some highly Now Mr. Bennett makes it clear that to him it is encouraging, and these from the best papers. A second edition of the book (a second thousand) was not worth while to read even “important manu- issued ; but it will be observed that the home and scripts, already sifted from a mass," at a rate of Colonial sales added only reach a total of 1,383, 118 remuneration equivalent to over £1,000 a year. having been given gratis in the course of advertise- What would he require for reading the mass, including the works which I have described (and, I ment, which brings the total of volumes disposed of to 1,501 ; therefore the 15 per cent. royalty was protest, with justice) as “crude, illiterate, and never reached by this book. artistically worthless”? READER. My second novel is yet in the proof stage, and is to be published between July and September, 1912, by the same publisher. I am to receive a royalty of A PUBLISHER'S TERMS. 124 per cent. on the published price of 6s. on all copies sold up to 1,500 copies ; after which 15 per DEAR SIR,—The letter of “A First and Second cent. to a total sale of 3,000 copies ; 20 per cent. Novel” in your May issue supplies what is surely thereafter, 13 copies to be counted as 12. A a long-felt want, namely, a public comparison of royalty of 3d, per copy on the Colonial edition, 12 notes as regards publishers' terms between those copies to be counted as 12. I am to receive the beginning to make their way as novelists. Hitherto sum of £30 upon the day of publication, “in I have yearned in vain to know if my own experi. advance and on account of royalties.” ences were average, or peculiar in either a rich or a A much-contested clause in my second agreement meagre sense ; have harboured a devouring curiosity (which I omitted to trouble about in my first) was as to “how many sales constitute a successful first the following :—that in the event of my arranging novel ; what are the average sales of a first novel, for re-publication elsewhere, I should pay the and what the profit made by the author from the original publisher, X and X, 15 per cent, share in first venture." "A First and Second Novel's” the net proceeds to me from such reprint. That is letter is most interesting and instructive, and it to say, that supposing X and X refused to issue a would be very satisfactory if more beginners would sixpenny or shilling reprint edition of the book, and follow suit, so that we might gain a sense of values some other publisher was willing to do so, I should  ## p. 254 (#712) ############################################ 254 THE AUTHOR. be bound to hand over 15 per cent of the profits to point of view as author. One can at least squeeze X and X, though he had had nothing to do with the humour out of the business. I quote extracts from venture; his view being that it was owing to him that the first five reviews. “ Almost feminine beauty the book had reached a reprintable position. My and delicacy,” Bumpington Bugle; “ Virile," The point of view was that it was possible quite another Clock; “Well worth publishing," Bumpington book, not published by X and X, might be responsible Bugle ; “ Not worth publishing,” Morning Bleeder ; for the call for a reprint of a book originally published “Never lacking point and thought,” The Clock ; by them. Yet I should be obliged to part with “ Generally dull and lifeless," Provincial Scooper ; 15 per cent. of the profits, which to X and X would “ Versification,” Morning Bleeder; “ Distinct be unearned increment. My agent supported the reaching out of the spirit,” Friday Tyrant. publishers on this score, and I decided that, all I should add that I am a native of Bumpington. things considered, it was best to submit. It would Yours faithfully, be interesting to know if any other beginners have LEONARD INKSTER. had such a clause in their agreements, and, if so, what the outcome has been. I am not dependent upon writing for a living ; EDITORIAL COURTESY. but, at the same time, I am dependent on it for DEAR SIR,-Having a keen sense of justice I feel enlarging a slender income with no margin. Not impelled to give my testimony with regard to my until I employed an agent did I sell a book, though own experience as a contributor to the pages of the I had been assailing the publishers for between Bystander. I am not a well-known writer, as I eight and nine years. I am bound to my agent for prefer to publish all my work anonymously, and “all novels”; the agreement, as regards any unsold desire to advertise neither myself nor my wares, but book, being open to cancellation by mutual I am on the staff of a London paper and a con- consent, or on six months' notice in writing by tributor to many other papers and magazines. either party. From the Bystander I have invariably received I, like "* A First and Second Novel,” shall be the greatest courtesy. Accepted work has been very glad of “any enlightening comments or inserted in due course and paid for promptly; work conclusions” evoked by the above. that did not meet with acceptance was sent back to "A BEGINNER." me by return of post. I found the editor, publisher, and management generally, exceedingly courteous, prompt, and AUTHORS AND REVIEWERS. thoroughly businesslike. I wish I could speak in SIR, -As an author and reviewer (though a young the same high terms of the management of all the one) I may be permitted to think I have sufficient other papers to which I contribute. If all journals experience to comment on “ Phokion's” article, were to copy the Bystander's methods in dealing “ Authors and Reviewers." with contributors—prompt acceptance or rejection As a reviewer, I naturally see the other side of of MSS., courteous replies to letters, when neces- the picture. Perhaps I am not sufficiently power- sary ; keen appreciation of intelligent, vivid or ful to commit some of the sins—for instance, the sin painstaking work ; smartness in detecting origin- of pluralism, attributed by Phokion to the tribe. ality ; and generous and prompt payment for First an author, I review and criticise because I am all accepted work, commissioned or otherwise, the interested in art, and because it is (one supposes) writer's life would be a less anxious and harassed necessary to live. However incompetent and one than it is at present. Yours etc.. unjust I may be, I take the thing seriously, and L. H. H. labour more in my efforts to be just than in my own creative work. I know several reviewers. REGISTER OF SCENARIOS. They are all equally serious. The fact that a man SIR,- The Society has, I believe, a register of is severe in dealing with what he knows about is scenarios. Probably it is used, at present, mainly natural ; he has a high standard ; no doubt, if I by dramatists. It occurs to me, however, that reported a football match, I should be unduly novelists would also do well to make use of it. complimentary, because I do not know about it. The new Copyright Act gives them the sole power Some of my reviewer friends have recently to authorise the dramatisation of their novels. It reviewed a book of verses by me. One admitted also creates a new set of rights, namely, the film that he was harder on me than if he had not rights for cinematograph representation. The known me ; another did not admit it. No doubt advantages of filing a scenario of the plot of the there was log-rolling to start with, in that had they novel in view of these two circumstances are not known me they would probably not have obvious. Yours faithfully, reviewed me at all. And this brings me to the L. T. 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