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Full text search for all issues, and other additional search functionality, will be added in 2022. 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) 1912-11-01 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages Page range in volume 33–64 Ngram Date Version of the date in YYYYMMDD format for use by the Ngram plugin 19121101 Ngram Text Version of the text with no HTML formatting for use by the Ngram plugin Che Huthbor. (The Organ of the Incorporated Society of Authors. FOUNDED BY SIR Monthly.) WALTER BESANT. Vox. X XTII.—No. 2. NOVEMBER 1, 1912. [PRicE SIXPENCE. TELEPHONE NUMBER: 374 VICTORIA. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: AUTORIDAD, LONDON. ——_—_—_e——______ NOTICES. —— $< ee the opinions expressed in papers that are signed or initialled the authors alone are responsible. None of the papers or paragraphs must be taken as expressing the opinion of the Committee unless such is especially stated to be the case. Tue Editor begs to inform members of the Authors’ Society and other readers of The Author that the cases which are quoted in The Author are cases that have come before the notice or to the knowledge of the Secretary of the Society, and that those members of the Society who desire to have the names of the publishers concerned can obtain them on application. ARTICLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS . Tue Editor of The Author begs to remind members of the Society that, although the paper is sent to them free of cost, its production would be a very heavy charge on the resources of the Society if a great many members did not forward to the Secretary the modest 5s. 6d. subscription for the year. Communications for The Author should be addressed to the offices of the Society, 89, Old Queen Street, Storey’s Gate, S.W., and should reach the Editor not later than the 21st of each month. Communications and letters are invited by the Editor on all literary matters treated from Vou. XXIII. the standpoint of art or business, but on no other subjects whatever. Every effort will be made to return articles which cannot be accepted. ADVERTISEMENTS. As there seems to be an impression among readers of The Author that the Committee are personally responsible for the bona fides of the advertisers, the Committee desire it to be stated that this is not, and could not possibly be, the case. Although care is exercised that no undesirable advertisements be inserted, they do not accept, and never have accepted, any liability. Members should apply to the Secretary for advice if special information is desired. ——_— > —___ THE SOCIETY’S FUNDS. to {1ROM time to time members of the Society desire to make donations to its funds in recognition of work that has been done for them. The Committee, acting on the suggestion of one of these members, have decided to place this permanent paragraph in The Author in order that members may be cognisant of those funds to which these con- tributions may be paid. The funds suitable for this purpose are: (1) The Capital Fund. This fund is kept in reserve in case it is necessary for the Society to incur heavy expenditure, either in fighting a question of principle, or in assisting to obtain copyright reform, or in dealing with any other matter closely connected with the work of the Society. (2) The Pension Fund, This fund is slowly increasing, and it is hoped will, in time, cover the needs of all the members of the Society. *9 a THE PENSION FUND. 1 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 made on behalf of the fund. After giving the matter full con- sideration, the trustees instructed the secretary to invest the sum of £500 in the purchase of Antofagasta and Bolivian Railway 5% Pre- ferred Ordinary Stock and Central Argentine Railway Ordinary Stock. The amounts pur- chased at the current prices were £287 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. The money now invested amounts to £4,454 6s. Later in the year, at a meeting of the Com- mittee of Management, a question concerning the funds of the society was brought up for dis- cussion, and it was suggested that it would be a good thing for the Pension Fund trustees, if they had power, to sell out the Fund’s holding of Consols and to invest in some more satisfactory security. The suggestion was placed before the trustees of the Pension Fund, and a meeting was called, when the chairman of the Committee of Management, the trustees, and Mr. Aylmer Maude, the member of the Committee of Management who had made the suggestion, were present. The figures were very closely considered, and it appeared clear that altera- tions in the investment of the funds could be carried out with advantage to the Fund’s income. It was decided by the trustees, with the approval of the Committee of Management, to sell out the holding of Consols. With the amount realised, were purchased — $2,000 (£400) Consolidated Gas and Elec- tric Company of Baltimore 44% Gold Bonds ; 30 Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway 4°, Extension Shares, (1914) £8 paid ; £250 Edward Lloyd, Ltd., £1 5% Prefer- ence Shares. These amounts are fully set out and added in the nominal value to the Pension Fund investments, below. The trustees have also, in view of the option extended to them as holders of £232 Central Argentine Railway Ordinary Stock, subscribed for 8 Central Argentine Railway £10 Preference Shares, New Issue. The nominal value of the investments held on behalf of the Pension Fund now amounts iT January, the secretary of the society laid THE AUTHOR. to £4,454 6s., details of which are fully set out in the following schedule :— Nominal Value. gd Local loans ......:0. 552... 500 0 0 Victoria 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 ...<.:.. 200 0 0 Cape of Good Hope 34% Inscribed Stock 2.2.2.5.....0 2 200 0 0 Glasgow and South-Western Rail- way 4°% Preference Stock 228 0 O New Zealand 34% Stock........ 247 9 6 Trish Land 23% Guaranteed Stock 258 0 0 Corporation of London 23% Stock, 1927-57 .............. 438 2 4 Jamaica 34% Stock, 1919-49 1382 18 6 Mauritius 4% 1937 Stock ...... 120 12 1 Dominion of Canada, C.P.R. 34% Land Grant Stock, 1988 ...... 198 3 8 Antofagasta and Bolivian Railway 5, Preferred Stock .......4., 237 0 0 Central Argentine Railway Or- dinary Stock... ........ 3. 232 0 0 $2,000 Consolidated Gas and Electric Company of Baltimore 44% Gold Bonds ............ 400 0 0 250 Edward Lloyd, Ltd., £1 5% Preference Shares 2 ........ 250 0 0 80 Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway 4° Extension Shares 1914 (£8 paid)... 240 0 0 8 Central Argentine Railway £10 Preference Shares New Issue... 30 0 O Total. ..........£4,454 6 0 Se PENSION FUND. —— ++ Tue 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 April 1st, 1912. It does not include either donations given prior to April Ist, nor does it include sub- scriptions paid in compliance with promises made before it. THE AUTHOR. Subscriptions. 1912. April 6, Bland, J. O. P. April 6, Taylor, Mrs. Basil April 6, Forrester, J. Cliffe June 6, Probert, W. S. : June 6, Wheelhouse, Miss M. V. June 6, Acland, Mrs. C. D. . June 6, Spurrell, Herbert (from 1912 to 1915) June 6, Spens, Archibald B. . July 18, Liddle, S. 5 Aug. 7, Joseph, L. : : : Sept. 6, Garvice, Charles (in addi- tion to present sub- scription of £1 1s.) 2, Todhunter, Dr. John. 10, Eseott, T. H. S. : : 10, Henderson, R. W. Wright 10, Knowles, Miss M. W. : 11, Buckley, Reginald 12, Walshe, Douglas 12 * Penmark’”’ ; : 15, Sinclair Miss Edith . 16, Markino, Yoshio 20, Fiamingo, Carlo Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 1912. Donations. April 2, XX. Pen Club April 6, Taylor, Mrs. Basil . April 6, Cameron, Mrs. Charlotte . April 10, Kenny, Mrs. L. M. Stac- poole ; ‘ g 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 May 25, Koebel, W. H. : : May 28, Harland, Mrs. Henry May 28, Wood, Mrs. A. E. ; June 4, Hornung, E. W. June 4, Ward, Dudley June 6, Worrall, Lechmere . June 13, Robbins, Miss Alice E. July 5, Hain, H.M. . ; Aug. 16, Shipley, R. H. ; Sept. 20, Willcocks, Miss M. P. Sept. 23, Peacock, Mrs. F. M. Oct. 2, Stuart, James . Oct. 14, Diblee, G. Bonney . . Oct. 14, Michell, The Right Hon. Sir Lewis, C.V.O. : Oct. 17, Ord, H.W. . : Oct. 20, Yorke-Smith, Mrs. . OCOorfocooot _ SCrewmpnoocoroconcocoocow aOorH oS noo COroooooocoore re oooceo _ oon —_ Ome ane? Or Or Or Or ee oe OOS OOO OO = Se SCKNOCUHaANe _ Son coaceooceocseco oooo Seooascoos — ooo OASCeoannocooocoocoaoo oooceo DAO COMMITTEE NOTES. —— + HE first meeting of the committee after the vacation was held at the offices of the Society, on Monday, October 7th. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and signed, the committee proceeded to the election of members and _ associates. Kighty-six elections were recorded, bringing the total for the current year up to 290, a record election for the first ten months of any year. The full list of names appears on another page. The committee, accepted with regret, the resignation of two members. The solicitor then read a detailed report of the cases left open from the former mecting and those taken in hand during the vacation. Against one paper there were six County Court cases. In each of these cases the sums due to the authors have been paid, and where summonses have been issued, costs have also been recovered. One important case, left over from the last meeting, related to the claim of a member against the proprietor of a paper for wrongful dismissal. In this case the damages demanded were obtained after some slight demur, and the matter has been closed. There was another case against the editor of a paper for infringement of copyright. This matter was settled, with the approval of the author, who resides in China. Of the County Court cases left open, in addition to those already mentioned, five have been settled by payment of the sums claimed, with costs. In one case the paper has gone into liquida- tion, and it is feared there are no assets. In three other cases, summonses are still pending, and will be heard some time in October. A report of these will be made to the committee at their meeting in November, and details will appear in the December issue of The Author. Three cases against a music publisher are in the solicitors’ hands. They involve complicated questions of account and disputes under agreements. Negotiations have been carried on, and it is hoped the matters will be settled before the November meeting of the committee. A case against a paper, on behalf of a member of the Society, arising out of a dispute as to the exact terms of a contract, has been set down for trial and will be carried through in due course, unless, as the solicitor reported might possibly happen, terms are reached before the case is tried. A serious case against an agent was taken in hand on the authority of the chairman during the vacation. The action of the chairman was 36 THE AUTHOR. approved by_ the committee, and the matter will be carried through by the lawyers as quickly as possible. In another case, where a magazine had printed a story purporting to be the work of an author who had not, in fact, written it, the course adopted during the vacation was confirmed by the committee, and the case will be carried through. A dispute between an author and publisher as to the terms on which a commission agreement could be terminated, was also reported by the solicitor, who was instructed to proceed, as the question was a matter of principle, although the sum in dispute was small. The solicitor reported that delay had occurred in one case owing to the difficulty in obtaining answers to letters written from the society’s office. The committee decided it would be best for a representative of the Society to see the member personally and discuss matters with him. Having heard all the circumstances, the committee decided they could not take up a case dealing with the loss of a MS.. which had been put before them. The secretary then reported a curious difficulty which had arisen in the conduct of an action for infringement of copyright in Burma. It appeared, that the infringement had occurred when the Act of 1842 was in force, under which Act it was necessary to produce a copy of the certificate of registration of the author’s copyright. This, however, it was impossible to do now as the registration office had been closed. It was equally impossible to sue under the Act of 1911, as that Act had not yet been proclaimed in India or Burma. The secretary reported he had written twice to the India Office on the matter, and that that office reported that they had drawn the attention of the Indian authorities to the difficulty, and had forwarded the correspon- dence. It is hoped that the Society will be able to take action, as soon as the Act is pro- claimed under Section 37. The secretary then read to the committee a statement of a case laid before the Society by a member, in which a publisher had refused to keep his contract, owing to the refusal of the printers at the last moment to print the book. The member did not wish any action taken, as the book was being published by another house under a fresh agreement, but she wished to draw the committee’s attention to the position of the publisher, and that of the printers in the special case. The committee expressed their thanks to the member for her statement. A further report was made by the secretary as to a case taken up by the Society in San Francisco, and the committee decided to push the matter forward. It will be seen from this report that the number of cases carried through has been very large, and in most of them, the issues have been successful. The pressure of legal work in no way slackened off during the vacation. After the reports of the secretary and the solicitor, the next business dealt with was Canadian copyright. The chairman explained that it had been necessary for him to act in this matter under powers given to him by the committee, and he read a report of the work done during the vacation. As a result of interviews and correspondence it was decided to address the Canadian Prime Minister upon the proposed Copyright Bill of the Dominion. A letter, which it was proposed to send to the Canadian Premier, was therefore submitted to certain members of the Society, and the chairman said that it had been signed, with few exceptions, by all those before whom it had been laid. It will now be forwarded. The object of the letter was to urge upon the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honour- able R. L. Borden, the importance of main- taining the unity of imperial and international copyright. The committee next considered the most important matter that has been before the Society for some time, viz., the collection bureau an office which is being started to assist authors in the collection of certain fees. In another column of this issue will be found a short statement of what it is proposed to do, although ‘the full details have not, as yet, been settled. The secretary reported the action that had been taken during the vacation, as a result of the approval of the council, which approval was chronicled in the October issue of The Author. Letters had been sent to certain members of the Society, asking them whether they would guarantee any sum towards the starting of the new bureau. The secretary reported that promises had been given, and a guarantee amounting to £670 had been raised. The committee then gave authority to the secretary to collect the fees due on the mechanical reproductions of the work of composers, members of the Society, who wished these fees collected by the Society. The question of the commission to be charged was referred to the Composers’ Sub-Committee, with a request to that body to report to the Committee of Management at the earliest opportunity. The question of the collection of fees on dramatic contracts was referred to Sse anaes ae ANS THE AUTHOR. the Dramatic Sub-Committee, with a similar request for report as to the commission to be charged for collection. The question of the charge for collection of fees on literary contracts between authors and_ publishers was adjourned to the next meeting of the committee, when it will come up with the reports from the Composers’ Sub-Committee and Dramatic Sub-Committee. The secretary was authorised to hire another room for the use of the Collection Bureau at a given limit of rental, and to engage another clerk to carry out the work and to assist in the work of the Society generally. The appointment of the date of the dinner, and the necessary arrangements in connection therewith, were left in the hands of the chairman to settle in consultation with the secretary. A circular dealing with this matter will be sent out in due course. Questions referring to Australian copyright and other copyright matters were referred to the Copyright Sub-Committee. Finally, the committee sanctioned the purchase of a safe to contain the scenarios which were being registered at the office, as the present regis- tration box was inadequate. They also sanc- tioned the purchase of a card index and other necessary equipment. The business discussed occupied the com- mittee till a late hour. ——>+— Dramatic SuB-CoMMITTEE. Tue first meeting of the Dramatic Sub- Committee after the vacation was held at the offices of the Society of Authors on Friday, October 18th. The matter of the managerial treaty was the first on the agenda. The secretary read a letter from the Society of West End Managers to the effect that the last communication from the Society of Authors was to be considered by the managers at their mecting in November. Further discussion therefore was adjourned. The sub-committee next considered what fees authors should be advised to accept for performances of their plays in provincial halls and theatres twice nightly, as certain managers in the provinces had started performances on these lines. The secretary received instruc- tions to obtain some further information and to report to the next meeting. The question of fees in portable theatres, was also discussed, and a letter from Mr. Cecil Raleigh was read to the sub-committee. 37 It was followed by “‘ Cinematograph perfor- mances and authors’ rights.” The secretary stated that Mr. Raleigh had promised to submit a report, but was unable to lay it before the present meeting, as he was awaiting further information from the Société des Auteurs Dramatiques. The Committee of Management referred to the Dramatic Sub-Committee for advice in regard to the collection of authors’ fees by the society's Collection Bureau. The secretary explained at length what the Society proposed to undertake, and the sub-committee recom- mended, as the Society did not propose in any way to act as agents for the placing of plays, that under contracts actually made between a dramatist and a manager for the performance of a play, the Society should collect the fees on a commission of 5 per cent. The secretary then laid before the sub- committee the translation of an agreement issued by the Société des Auteurs Dramatiques between a dramatist and a translator. He explained that he had been desired to take this step by a gentleman in Holland who was anxious to act as the Society's agent now that Holland was about to enter the revised Con- vention of Berne, and to have authority to translate the works of those dramatists who were members of the English Society. He had expressed his willingness to stand by the terms of any contract the sub-committee cared to settle. The matter was adjourned to the next meeting so that the sub-committee could give it their consideration, and the secretary was instructed to send round copies of the draft. The papers relating to the schedule of fees which, at the request of the sub-committee, had been issued to the members of that body, were laid on the table, and, after some discussion, it was decided to take no further steps at present. The secretary again raised the question of the appointment of agents in foreign countries. As at present there appeared to be no way of getting over the serious practical difficulties that existed, further discussion was abandoned. The dramatic cases that had been taken up, with the sanction of the chairman, during the vacation were reported. — ++ Composers’ SUB-COMMITTEE. A MEETING of the Composers’ Sub-Com- mittee was held at the offices of the Society on Saturday, September 14th. Following the reading of the minutes of the last meeting, a question submitted to the 38 Composer's Sub-Committee by the Committee of Management, namely, the amount of com- mission to be charged for the collection of mechanical instrument fees, was considered. The sub-committee reported to the Com- mittee of Management that they considered, in the first instance, the Society should charge 15 per cent. on the collection of these fees under the Act of 1911, on works reproduced in England, the composers affected paying for the manu- facture of the necessary stamps. The sub- committee also considered that if accounts were rendered and settled every six months, this would be convenient to composers. This report will be considered at the next meeting of the Committee of Management. A question then arose touching an agree- ment which had been submitted to one of the Society’s members for signature, and the secretary received instructions to write to the firm that had made the proposal, as the sub- committee considered the form of agreement submitted was wholly unreasonable. The question of performing rights again came up for discussion, and the secretary received instructions to write to the Music Publishers’ Association on the matter, referring them to correspondence which had passed in the spring of the year. Mr. W. A. Elkin, a Director of the Mechani- cal Copyright Licences Co., was kind enough to call at the Society’s offices to discuss the terms of an agreement put forward by his company for the collection of mechanical instrument fees, and it is hoped that some definite pronouncement may be made later. A discussion also took place relative to the Taylor-Coleridge Fund and Concert. —1—>+ Tur Copyricut Sup-CoMMITTEE. A MEETING of the Copyright Sub-Committee was held at the offices of the Society on Thursday, October 17th, at 4 o'clock. A report on the Australian Copyright Bill, which had been drafted kindly by Mr. E. J. MacGillivray, was laid before the sub-com- mittee and carefully considered. The sub-committee recommended that the report should be laid before the Committee of Management, and advised that the Commit- tee of Management, if possible, should take steps to see the following points adopted. Under the present Bill registration is neces- sary in the Colony, if an author or copyright owner desired to take advantage of some of the penal clauses. THE AUTHOR. The Copyright Sub-Committee advise that, if possible, this registration should be done away with. The sub-committee advise that the penal clauses should be more clearly expressed, and it should be stated that the £10 is cumulative. They consider that a severer penalty should be enforced in the case of a second or subse- quent infringement. The sub-committee consider that the period in which to take summary proceedings is too short, being limited to six months. It is quite probable in many of the infringements of drama- tic rights that it would be impossible to take proceedings in the Australian Courts under the penal clauses, even if the infringement was known in Great Britain and other Colonies within the specified period, and they think it advisable that the time should be extended to a year. ++ Cases. Members of the Society may be inclined to consider, from the record of cases appearing monthly in these columns, that the Society’s work is confined merely to taking legal action. If this is their view, they are making an en- tirely false deduction, although, no doubt, the number of cases taken up by the Society during the year is considerable. During the past month, seventeen cases have been in the hands of the secretary. There were four demands for money. In one case the money has been paid, two other cases have had to go into the hands of the Society’s solicitors, and the fourth has only recently come to the office. Three cases for accounts have come to the office. In one the Society has placed in an accountant to investigate the accounts, in another the accounts have been rendered and satisfactorily explained, and the last case is still in course of negotiation. Two infringements of copyright have been dealt with. One has been settled, and it is hoped to bring the other to a satisfactory conclusion as the infringement is admitted, and the question is merely one of damages. A curious case of property in title has been placed in the hands of the Society’s solicitors in Dublin, though it is very doubtful whether a satis- factory result will ensue, as the movements of the defendants—a travelling theatrical company—are difficult to follow. Three claims for the return of MSS. have been dealt with. In two the MSS. have been returned, and the third, recently brought to the office, has not Beaman, Lieut. A. A. M. THE AUTHOR. yet been settled. Of four claims for accounts amd money, two have been settled and two are in the course of negotiation. —+—< + Elections. Barradell-Smith, W. (Richard Bird) Biddulph, Mrs. Wright. Bluett, Mrs. Duncan C, (Beatrice Kelston) Brewster, Bertram Buckley, Reginald R. . Cameron, W. J. . Chatterton-Hill, Georges Clarke, E. M. (C.0.M.) Close, Evelyne Dale, Miss Mary . Dibblee, G. Binney. Douglas, Sholto O. G. . Duckworth, Mrs. Madge Egerton, Mrs. Fred . _— Ervine, St. John G. Kscott, T. H. S. Evans, Frederic . Felberman, F.R.HS. Fellowship Song Com- mittee. Louis, Fiamingo, Carlo . Frere, Edgar Garrison, Mrs. Isabel ___— Gibbs, Philip Glasgow Academy, Glasgow. 96, Piccadilly, W. The Chilet, Pet- worth, Sussex. The Wood End, Prestwood, Gt. Missenden. 59, Madeley Road, Ealing. 23, Coram Street, Russell Square, W.C. Université, Gen®ve, Suisse. 8, Winchester Street, St. Helier, Jersey, C.I. (Temporary). 48, Rutland Gardens, Hove. 12, E. 38th Street, New York, U.S.A. 37, South Parade, Southsea. Gwessin House, Tonypandy, S. Wales. Cheriton _ Cottage, Alresford, Hants. Arcade House, Temple Fortune, Hendon, N.W. 33, Sackville Road, Hove. Ty Cynwyd, Llan- gynwyd, __ Bridg- end. Bladen Lodge, South Bolton Gardens, W. 114, Hunter House Road, Sheffield. 998, Sda S. Tom- maso, Floriana- Malta. Authors’ Club. 21, Brook Green, W. 36, Holland Street, Kensington, W. 9, Govat, Ignato Henry . Harris, The Rey. John H. Harris, Whitfield ‘ Heathcote, Mrs. Man- ners. Hegarty, Miss Sheila Helston, John Henderson, R. W. Wright Hewlett, Etheldred M.M. Holiday, Henry . Holliday, Agnes Theresa Jane, L. Cecil Johnson, Harrold Jones, Gladys (Gwen John) Joseph, Leonard A.M.L.E.E. Klein, Charles Knoblauch, Edward Knowles, M. W. . (May Wynne) Legge, Miss Margaret . McLaughlin, Miss Mary M. Markino, Yoshio Marsden, Alfred, . M.1.A.E., A.M.I.M.E. Michell, The Hon. Sir Lewis, C.V.O. Moggridge, Edith Montefiore, Claude G. . , Myers, L. H. 39 “* Glencoe,” Ashleigh Avenue, __ Bridg- water. Denison Vauxhall Road, S.W. Vivary, Taunton. Horsley Priory, Nailsworth. 14, Bessborough Street, Westmins- ter, S.W. 23, Henderson Road, Wandsworth Com- mon, S.W. House, Bridge Oaktree House, Branch Hill, Hampstead, N.W. and Betty-Fold, Hawkshead, Am- bleside. 39, High Oxford. Fairhaven, Harrow Road, Pinner, Middlesex. 20, xlebe Chelsea. 6, Birchington Road, London, N.W. Hudson Theatre, Street, Place, Hast Hill, Hayes, Kent. 307, West 88th Street, New York, N.Y. USA. 116, Lexham dens, W. 3, Regent House, Wir- temberg Street, Clapham, S.W. Rondebosch, Cape Town. Stanfield House, High Street, Hampstead, N.W. 12, Portman Square, W. Union Club, London. Gar- 40 Oldfield, L. C. F’. Parsons, Ernest Bryham Pedersen, Amy Skov- gaard. Perring, Miss Mary Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H., M.P. Read, Mrs. Amy E. Richards, Miss Mary Roch, Mrs. Walter Rose, Frederick, L.D.S. Rowe, Louise Jopling . (Louise Jopling) —Scholes, Perey A. Shore, W. Teignmouth Sinclair, Edith . Singleton, Miss A. H. Smith, F. Stanley (Stanley Smith) Smith, W.S. M. . : - Soddy, Frederick, M.A., F.R.S. Spencer, Blanche Stoddard, Frederick . Wolcott (Dolomite). Strachey, Mrs. Olive (Ray Strachey) Stuart, James. ¢ Tait, Miss EK. M. . : Tata, Sir Dorab J. : Thoren, Lieut. Oscar de Turner, Denis . : Vahey, John Haslette . (John Haslette) THE AUTHOR. 5, Pump_ Court, Temple, E.C. 41, Guildford Street, Russell Square, W.C. Quimper, France. 5, Clifton Gardens, Maida Vale, W. 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Yellon, Evan ; 33, Furnival Street, K.C. ~—>—_+—___—_- BOOKS PUBLISHED BY MEMBERS. ———-— + 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 office 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. ART. Prerverxo. By Serwyn Briton. Tilustrated with eight reproductions in colour. 8 x 6. 80 pp. Jack. ls. 6d. n. Famous Parstrncs. Selected from the World’s Great Galleries and Reproduced in Colour. With an Intro- duction by G. K. Cuzsterron and Descriptive Notes.. 15 x 103. 50 pp. Cassell. 12s. 6d. n. VisvAKARMA. Examples of Indian Architecture, Sculp- ture, Painting, &c. 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The rhymed couplet. is used in the dialogue throughout. The plays are, “* The Charioteers,”’ “ Chrysippus,” “ The Victors at Olympia,” and * Tantalus: A Satyric Play.” The volume is published at two prices, on antique laid paper, in boards at 3s. 6d. net, and on wove paper, in wrapper, at 1s. 6d. net. F. Bancroft’s new novel, issued on the 24th ult., by Messrs. Hutchinson & Co., though it deals mainly with a phase of life in South Africa during the stormy days of the conflict between Britain and the Transvaal, is in no Sense a war story, but a study of character minutely sketched and framed in a background of South African portraiture which recalls her former work, “ Of Like Passions,’ now in an eighth edition. Miss Mary C. Rowsell’s “ Thornrose and 44 Sparkbedor,” and “ Humpbacked Riquet,”’ are two plays in rhyme, excellently adapted for school or indoor amateur performance. There are no fees charged in respect of either play. Messrs. Samuel French are the publishers. Miss T. Wilson Wilson published in Sep- tember, through Messrs. Stanley Paul & Co., “© 4 Modern Ahab,’ a present-day novel. In October the same writer produced a book for boys and girls entitled ‘“ Jim’s Children,” which Messrs. Blackie have published. Miss Wilson Wilson also has a story in Blackie’s Christmas Annual. Miss Amy McLaren’s novel “‘ Bawbo Jeeck,” has just appeared in a reprint in Messrs. Everett’s 7d. Library. The same writer’s ‘‘ With the Merry Austrians,’’ has just appeared in America, where Messrs. Putmans Sons publish it. Mr. R. A. Peddie has compiled, for the use of students, a handbook to The British Museum Reading Room. ‘The book is revised and enlarged from Mr. Peddie’s lecture ‘* How to use the Reading Room of the British Museum,” and contains useful information on the Library of the Museum, conditions of admission to the reading room, the general catalogue and special catalogues. There are also chapters dealing with rare and valuable books, and one devoted to the Department of Oriental Books and Manuscripts. Messrs. Grafton & Co., of 69, Great Russell Street, W.C., are the publishers. Messrs. Blackie & Son, Ltd., have re-issued Miss Rowsell’s story, ‘The Pedlar and His Dog.” This volume belongs to a series of “Stories Old and New,” which has been especially prepared for children. The books have been carefully chosen so as to include many stories by the best children’s authors of to-day. Messrs. Blackwoods published last month Sydney C. Grier’s new novel, “‘ One Crowded Hour,”’ which deals with Garibaldi and the adventures of an Englishman in the campaign of the two Sicilies. They have also in the press an illustrated edition of “A Young Man Married,” which deals with the Penin- sular War. It will probably be out in time for the centenary of the battle of Vittoria, next spring. Mr. Clifford King, whose poems, published by Messrs. Kegan Paul & Co., have been accepted by H.M. the King, has just finished a blank verse play, in five acts, with forty speaking characters, upon a Carthago-Roman subject, and is negotiating for its London production. THE AUTHOR. K. L. Montgomery’s new novel, “ The Gate Openers,’’ has recently been published by Messrs. John Long. The story deals with the Toll Riots of 1843 in S. Wales, where the traditions of the Rebekah rioters still linger. Lieut.-Col. W. H. Turton is bringing out this month the eighth edition of his book, ‘*The Truth of Christianity.”” The volume is now in its thirtieth thousand and was trans- lated into Japanese a few years ago. Messrs. Wells, Gardner & Co. are the publishers. On October 9th, Constable & Co. published a new book by Maud Diver, “ The Hero of Herat: A Frontier Biography in Romantic Form.” The book is as much a biography as a romance. The hero in question, Major Eldred Pottinger, C.B., did notable service in Afghanistan in 1838-39, and also through- out the Afghan War. Mrs. Diver’s first novel, “Captain Desmond, V.C.,” is now being translated into German. It is also running serially in a Norwegian-Danish paper. ‘“*Samphire,”’ a pot-pourri of original and humorous inconsequences or essayettes on such subjects as gardening, shops, personal relations, etc., by Lady Sybil Grant, is to be published shortly by Messrs. Stanley Paul & Co. The work includes fanciful skits entitled ‘“* Shadows,’ analogues, the sources of which it is not difficult to trace. A new edition of ‘Dr. Phillips,” one of Frank Danby’s most popular novels, is to be issued immediately by Messrs. Stanley Paul & Co. Although the thread of the story remains, each page has been extensively revised by the author. The romance of village life of rural England is a most interesting thing, and in some respects pathetic, because it cannot be denied that the spirit of modern progress is destroying the old face of the countryside of England. It is therefore interesting to know that Mr. J. M. Dent has in the press a work entitled “ Cottages and Village Life of Rural England,” by Mr. P. H. Ditchfield, who is known as an archeologist and antiquarian. It will contain no fewer than 52 coloured pictures and numerous line drawings by Mr. A. R. Quinton. Mr. Dent hopes to publish the book shortly. * Arabic Spain: Sidelights on Her History and Art,” by Bernard and Ellen M. Whishaw, published by Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co., is an attempt to elucidate some points in the history of Southern Spain, under the Moslems, on which the existing histories throw no light, and thus to account for some features in the art and architecture of the country hitherto unexplained. The writers account historically 4 THE AUTHOR. 45 for the undoubted Egyptian influence which is seen in a great deal of the architecture of Seville and the surrounding country. There is an index to the work, as well as genealogical tables and illustrations. Mr. Charles Garvice’s new 6s. novel, ‘* Two Maids and a Man,” appeared last month. French translations of “Just a Girl” and “The Outcast of the Family ” have appeared, whilst Spanish versions of “A Heritage of Hate,” “A Fair Impostor,” and “ Just a Girl.” Mr. Garvice is engaged to deliver his lecture-recital, ‘“ Humorists, Grave and Gay,” in Dublin, Belfast, Bradford, Hull, and other places. The Christmas numbers of Lhe Grand and The Strand will contain stories from his pen. Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton announce a new and uniform edition of Mr. Garvice’s novels. The volumes will be well printed, bound in cloth, and published at 3s. 6d. In his new work, “Light on the Gospel from an Ancient Poet,” the Rev. Dr. Edwin A. Abbot aims at illustrating the Gospel by showing how the recently discovered odes of Solomon—written by a Christian J ew, and prob- ably at the close of the first century—supply a missing link between the religious poetry of Jews and Christians, not quoting or imitating but independently corroborating Pauline and Johannine teaching, about the Church as the body of the Messiah as the Son of God, and about God as revealed to man in the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Cambridge University Press publish the work. Messrs. J. M. Dent & Son announce the publication of “ Aspects of Algeria : Historical, Pictorial and Colonial,” by Roy Devereux. The author’s treatment of Algeria includes her history her arts and sciences, her domestic economy, her industries, her political situa- tions. He pictures also her social life, the life of the natives, and that of the peoples living there. The text is illustrated by photographs. Mr. A. C. Fifield published’ last month a new volume of poems by H. M. Waithman, author of ‘“‘ Harvesting and Charybdis.”” The present volume is entitled “The Soul of a Gardener.” In it, every month of the gar- -dener’s year is enshrined in a cluster of poems, the work of an artist and a gardener. . Yolland’s novel, ‘‘ The Struggle for the Crown,” published by Messrs. Lynwood & Co., is a romance of the seventeenth century. In it, the author presents a picture of the life and social conditions of the time, while the narrative possesses a strong love interest. Messrs. S. Fischer, Berlin, have just pub- lished a German translation of Mr. H. H. Richardson’s novel, -‘‘ Maurice Guest.” The title of the translation is ‘‘ Maurice Guest, von Henry Handel Richardson. Authorisierte Ubersetzung von Dr. Otto Neustalter.’ It is published in two volumes. Chaucer’s Complete Works have been added this week to the Oxford Standard Authors. This is a new issue of the well-known edition edited by the late Rev. Professor W. W. Skeat. In addition to Dr. Skeat’s introduction and Chaucer’s text—756 pages—a glossarial index of 149 pages, double column, is given, at what is really a nominal price. Maude Annesley’s new book, ‘‘ My Parisian Year,” 10s. 6d., Messrs. Mills & Boon, is a book on Paris written “from a woman’s point of view.” Mrs. Annesley has lived in Paris for years, and has seen many phases of its life. She deals with a good many subjects not usually touched upon in books on France, and she leaves weighty matters— such as religion, education, and polities—to other writers, preferring to describe for her English and American readers the “little things ’’ which are so interesting to the average Anglo-Saxon. There are chapters on the Frenchman, the Frenchwoman. Children, the Flineur, Concierges and Servants, Street- sellers, Students and Studios, the Demi monde, Family Functions, Theatres and Music-halls, the Races, Restaurants, Fétes and Fasts, Rows and Riots, Nerves, the Tourist, and others. Mrs. Annesley gives many interesting anecdotes, and there are descriptions of amusing and tragic incidents which the author has seen. The book is fully illustrated. “Kton in the ’Seventies,” by the Hon. Gilbert Coleridge, and published by Smith, Elder & Co., gives an insight into the school life of that period. It is written from a healthy and optimistic point of view, and contains many stories and episodes character- istic of the schoolboy which the author has collected. Earl Curzon of Kedleston and Mr. A. C. Benson contribute accounts of the literary movement in that decade, and there is much valuable and interesting matter added by the Rev. and Hon. Edward Lyttelton, the present Headmaster, and Mr. Basil Thomson, the author of “ The Diversions of a’ Prime Minister.’ There is much in the book which should interest other than Etonians. Messrs. A. & C. Black have issued in their “Peeps at many Lands” Series a booklet on Java by Mr. J. F. Scheltema, which will be followed, before the end of the year, by a richly illustrated volume from his hand, but 46 THE AUTAOR. appealing to a different class of readers, on the ancient monuments in the same island, to be published by Messrs. Macmillan & Co. The October number of the Ouaford and Cambridge Review had a paper by Mr. J. F. Scheltema on “ Constantinople and the Holy Cities of Islam,” while other articles he has written will shortly appear in The Antiquary, The Englishwoman, The Dublin Review, and The Asiatic Quarterly Review. Miss Alice E. Robbins’ new novel, “ Things That Pass,” has just been published by Mr. Andrew Melrose. Mr. Headon Hill’s recent novel, “‘ My Lord the Felon,”’ has been translated into Swedish, and is published at Stockholm by the Aktie- bolaget Hiertas Bokforlag. Mrs. Fred Reynolds’ new work, entitled “Letters to a Prison,” was published by Messrs. Chapman & Hall last month, when the same house issued also “The City of Beautiful Nonsense,” in their uniform 2s. net edition of Mr. E. Temple Thurston’s works. Anne Douglas Sedgwick, author of “* Tante,” “Franklin Kane,” and other novels, is pub- lishing, through Mr. Edward Arnold, a volume of short. stories. His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to accept a copy of “Life in the Indian Police,” by C. E. Gouldsbury (late Indian Police). The book is published by Messrs. Chapman & Hall. Messrs. Wickins & Co. are shortly pub- lishing a book of “‘ Motto Action Songs ” for Children, by E. Budgen. The words are based on well-known proverbs; the music includes three waltzes, two gavottes, and one march; and the actions are either simple, or with tambourines, handkerchiefs or fans. Miss May Crommelin’s new book, ‘“ The Golden Bow,” has just been brought out by Messrs. Holden & Hardingham. The scene is laid in Ulster; but it is, nevertheless, free from reference to the strong political feelings lately aroused there, being a novel dealing with the development of mind and purpose in a young girl early tried by heavy responsi- bilities and by a love affair whilst still in her teens. Miss Crommelin’s ‘‘ Crimson Lilies ”’ has been reproduced by Mr. John Long, in a 6d. edition. Messrs. Wildt & Kray (Willesden) are bringing out a series of small Christmas gift books at 6d., each of which contains a long poem by Miss H. M. Burnside. One of these, entitled ‘“‘ Friends Afar,” is specially designed for sending to Colonial friends. Another little book of a similar kind is published by Messrs. William Ritchie, of Edinburgh. “ Littledom Castle,” by Mrs. M. H. Spielmann, has run into its third edition, and is being issued by Messrs. Routledge at a reduced price, with all the original illustrations by Phil May, Kate Greenaway, Mr. Hugh Thomson, Mr. Arthur Rackham, Mr. Harry Furniss, Miss Rosie Pitman, and Miss Jessie King. “South America” will not for long be among the few countries unrepresented in Black’s series of Colour-Books. A volume has been written by Mr. W. H. Koebel, and illustrated by Mr. A. S. Forrest, which will be published immediately. The subject is vast and complex, but Mr. Koebel is a well- known authority on matters South American, and he has described the Republics of the Continent topographically, historically, and, to a certain extent, socially. G. P. Putnam’s Sons announce a new story by Florence L. Barclay, the author of “The Rosary.” Itisentitled ** The Upas Tree,” and was published at the end of October at 3s. Gd. net. There is a coloured frontispiece, drawn by Mr. F. H. Townsend, the well- known Punch artist. ‘‘ The Upas Tree” is described as a love story with a musical interest, and contains stronger scenes than any Mrs. Barclay has treated before. She tells in the last chapter of a happy home-coming at Christmas time. ‘The Thought in Music: an Enquiry into the Principles of Musical Rhythm, Phrasing, and Expression,” is the title of a book issued by Messrs. Macmillan & Co. Its author is Mr. John B. McEwen, Professor of Musical Composition in the Royal Academy of Music, and it may be further described as an attempt to formulate a definite basis on which the musical facts underlying the principles of shape in musical structure may be correlated and codified. Sir Frederic W. Hewitt has prepared a new edition of his well-known work, “* Anesthetics and their Administration,’’ with the assistance of Dr. Henry Robinson, Anesthetist to the Samaritan Hospital and to the Cancer Hospital. Since the publication of the last edition, extraordinary changes have taken place in this branch of medical science, so that large sections of the book have had to be completely rewritten. An entirely new chapter on local or regional anesthesia, and another on_ the medico-legal aspects of surgical anesthesia in general, have been added. The book was pub- lished in October by Messrs. Macmillan & Co. THE AUTHOR. 47 Mr. Cayley Calvert, in “ Brighton and Hove Society,” has an article dealing with, and traversing, Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence’s views on the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy. Mr. Calvert deals with the statement that Shakespeare was unable to write his own name, and also with the allegation of his “ illiteracy.” Finally, Mr. Calvert seeks to show that the mastery of stage technique which the plays denote could not be gained by a life spent in the legal and parliamentary circles, in which the author of “The Advancement of Learning ”’ moved. Mr. Alex. J. Philip has in preparation ‘‘ The Library Encyclopedia,’ to be published on December 31st. It will contain some 700 pages, and will be illustrated wherever it is considered necessary. The matters it will deal with will include library administration, book purchasing, library history, library plans and buildings, classification, cataloguing, office work and routine. Various contributory branches of knowledge will be included, such as binding paper, the preservation of records, museum works, practical printing, bibliography, and all the numerous subjects either directly or indirectly connected with work in public, proprietary, and private libraries and museums. Messrs. Stanley Paul & Co. are to publish the Encyclopedia. In “Five Years on a Training Ship,” by J.D. Bush and E. T. Miller, is given a faithful picture, in the form of a story, of the conditions under which hundreds of poor boys are dis- ciplined, trained and educated for the training ship life. One of the authors, Dr. Bush, spent several years on board the vessel, a Scottish training ship, coming in daily contact with the boys, whom he had exceptional opportunities of observing closely. The book is illustrated by Savile Lumley. A shilling edition of “The Truth about Man,” by a Spinster, has recently been issued. Originally published in The Lady’s Realm, and afterwards in M. A. P., it has already passed through two editions in book form. The present edition has been thoroughly revised. “In Praise of Australia,” by Florence Gay, forms one of Messrs. Constable’s “‘ Ini Praise of Series.”” The volume is divided into three parts. The earlier pages are devoted to a sketch of Australia’s story. These are followed by references to the black man, while the white man and his environment are dealt with towards the conclusion of the volume. Miss Edith EK. Kenyon’s new novel “ The Wooing of Mifarnoy: A Welsh Love Story,” was published last month by Messrs. Holden & Hardingham. * Written in the Sand,” by G. B. Duval, is aromance of Sahara. Woven into the story are pictures of desert life and sketches of desert scenery. Mr. W. J. Ham-Smith is the publisher. Messrs. Mills & Boon will publish another novel by Mary L. Pendered, next spring, entitled ‘‘ Phyllida Flouts Me!’ The same author’s “That Daisy the Minx,” is now in a 1s. edition. The Religious Tract Society are issuing a new historical story by Helen H. Watson. It is called “ When the King came South,” and has to do with the Battle of Worcester. The scene is laid for the most part in the neigh- bourhood of Warton and Borwick Hall, Lancashire. Esme Stuart has had the honour of sending her new child’s book, “‘ Two Troubadours,” by request, to H.M. The Queen. The book is well illustrated, and will, it is hoped, prove an acceptable Christmas gift to children. “ The Snarer,” by Brown Linnet, published by Mr. John Murray, deals with a woman poacher. The book opens with the return of the woman, after a term of imprisonment, to the village in which her life has been spent. Apparently, she has decided to abandon her previous pursuits, and succeeds in engaging the interest of various powers in the village in her reformation. How far the reformation is genuine readers may gather from the chronicle of her escapades which the book contains. DRraMATIC. “Westward Ho!”, a romantic drama in four acts, was produced by Mr. Matheson Lang at His Majesty’s Theatre, Johannesburg, on September 28th. It is written by Miss Pegg Webling, the author of ‘‘ The Story of Virginia Perfect,” ‘‘ Felix Christie,’ and other novels. Founded on Charles Kingsley’s classic of the sea, the latest Elizabethan play is imbued with the spirit of the stirring times of Fro- bisher, Hawkins and Drake. The principal characters of the famous novel—Amyas and Frank Leigh, the Rose of Torridge, Don Guzman de Soto, Salvation Yeo—are intro- duced into the play, but many changes have necessarily been made in the story. The second act takes place in old Burrough Hall, the home of the Leighs of Devon, in striking contrast to another of the beautiful stage 48 an isle in the West Indies—and the curtain rises, for the last scene, on a realistic representation of the deck of Amyas’s ship, homeward bound. The part of Amyas Leigh was written by Miss Webling for Mr. Matheson Lang, and that of Ayacanora for his wife, Miss Hutin Britton. “ Words,” the new play by Kitty Barne, author of “‘ To-morrow,” will be produced at the Royal Court Theatre on November 29th, by an amateur company. : Mr. Charles Howett, the South African actor-manager who arrived here a few weeks ago, witnessed, and has secured, Mr. Forbes Dawson’s play, ‘“ Triumph of the Blind,” for production in Johannesburg shortly. He has also secured the same author’s ‘‘ Glorie Aston, The Female Convict,” which was produced in the provinces a few years back, as well as “Cherry Hall,” a society drama, originally staged at the Avenue—now the Playhouse— and ‘ The Man from Ceylon,” a three-act farce which ran in the Colonies. Mrs. Percy Dearmer is at present engaged in the production of ‘ The Dreamer,” a poetic drama of Joseph in Egypt. The play has already been published by Messrs. Mowbray & Co. Music has been composed expressly for this play by Mr. Martin Shaw, who will conduct the orchestra. The play will be produced at King’s Hall, Covent Garden, on November 29, December 6, 18, and 20, in the evening, and on November 30, December 7, 14 and 21, in the afternoon, by the Morality Play Society. Tickets may be booked now from the Hon. Secretary, Miss Bartlett, 57, Fellows Road, N.W. Mr. Arthur Wontner will be in the leading part, and will be supported by Mr. Guy Rathbone, Mr. Acton Bond; Miss Lilian Braithwaite and Miss Margaret Halstan will play the only two women’s parts inthe play. The scenic effects will be arranged by Mr. George E. Kruger. The performers will number some hundred and _ thirty people. The play is on the same lines as “ The Soul of the World,” which was produced at the Imperial Institute a short time ago. pictures— —— PARIS NOTES. —+~> + HERE is still a dearth of really good, strong novels. In consequence of this, __ everyone has turned to the stories of real life to be found in the various memoirs and THE AUTHOR. biographies offered to us. At present the pub- lishers are bewildered by the numberless manuscripts they receive from people who imagine that their exploits or ideas cannot fail to interest the public. There are volumes and volumes now being published which will prob- ably only charm the writers of them, and, in the meantime, we are all hoping that the forthcoming publishing season may reveal to us some hidden genius who will supply us with strong, entrancing novels. M. J. H. Rosny, ainé, whose books are always worth reading, promises us a series of novels, and gives us the first, entitled ‘‘ Les Rafales.” The rafales, or squalls, which are constantly disturbing the tranquillity of the Lérande family, are all due to the fact that the head of the little household, Antoine Lérande, is an absolutely unpractical man with wonderful ideas. In his efforts to carry out his ideas he uses his own and his wife’s fortune. The story is well told and is infinitely pathetic; the heroic struggle of the wife and mother to keep her little home together, the education of the children, accustomed from their earliest infancy to all the inconveniences of the constant storms caused by the demands of creditors, or the exasperation of unpaid domestics, are so many chapters taken from real life. The author has not needed to go abroad in search of a background for his story, nor has he had to invent a far-fetched plot. He has simply thought out a picture of life and painted it for us. The Baron de Batz gives us another book compiled from the archives of his family. Some little time ago he supplied us with the true story of his celebrated ancestor, Baron Jean de Batz, who, almost single-handed, attempted to rescue Louis XVI., who was being conducted to the scaffold. In ** Vers Viichafaud ” he now tells us of another of his ancestors, his grandfather, Jean Francois de Montegut, Councillor of the Parliament of Toulouse, who, together with his son and a number of other councillors, was condemned to death by Robespierre and Fouquier- Tinville. The story is extremely pathetic. Jean Francois de Montegut came of a culti- vated, intellectual family. His mother was a most refined woman and a_ poetess. The author of this volume draws attention to the extraordinary attitude of these victims of the Revolution, and to the facility with which a whole nation allows itself to be influenced and follows blindly a small minority of leaders. In this same volume are two other historical studies. “> ix} i THE AUTHOR. 49 “T’Ame des Enfants, des Pays et des Saints” is the title of the latest volume by Lucie Félix-Faure Goyau. The book contains a series of delicate and exquisite studies on widely different subjects. The first part is entitled, Le Reflet des Choses dans l Ame des Enfants, and among the things reflected in the soul of the child, we have the fairies’ tree, the swan, the ideal house, old people, clocks, the fear of darkness, sea birds, ete. Several chapters are devoted to Pascal’s childhood, and from this study we have an excellent idea of the Pascal family. The second part of the book is entitled Le Reflet des Ames sur la figure des choses: La Phystonomie des Pays, and a large part of this is devoted to Fromentin, the celebrated French artist. In the third division of the book we have Le Reflet des Ames sur les Ames: Ame des Saints. Among the subjects treated are the disciples of Socrates and the Apostles of Christ, Monica and St. Augustin, St. Catherine of Ricci, St. Catherine of Génes, St. Theresa. The subjects are all delicate and are delicately handled. In these days of materialism, and of such an alarming output of commonplace publica- tions, a volume of this kind will be weleomed by many readers. “Mes Souvenirs depuis la Guerre (1870—1901),” by General Zurlinden, the ex-Minister of War, is a book written by a man well qualified to speak on the subjects he touches. He tells us of the situation after the war, and of his experi- ences as Military Governor of Paris. The volume is extremely instructive, coming as it does from the man most able to write on such things. ““Le Suicide,” is the title of the sixteenth volume of “L’Empire Libéral,” by Emile Ollivier. The subjects treated are: Le Pre- muer Acte, Woerth, Forbach, and Renversement du Ministire. They are handled in the same conscientious manner as those of the other fifteen volumes of this important historical work. “ La Politique Indigéne de l’Angleterre en Afrique occidentale,” by M. E. Baillaud, will be interesting for English readers. The author has lived for some time in the country about which he writes. “ La Russie Moderne, by Grégoire Alexinsky, formerly member of the Douma, has been translated by Madame Lavadsky. “Essai sur la Littérature Chinoise,”’ by Georges Soulié, is an attempt to familiarise us with the literature of a country about which we know comparatively little. “La Vie d’un Heros: Agrippa d’Aubigné,” is a biography that cannot fail to interest all readers, so curious and remarkable was the personality of this man. M. S. Rocheblave has rendered a great service in giving us so concise an account of a man whose life was a veritable romance. “ Marietta Alboni,” by Arthur Pougin, is a biography of the celebrated singer and charming Italian woman who made her home in Paris and left her fortune to found small scholarships for students attending the free classes organised by the City of Paris, and beds in one of the hospitals. Her husband, M. Charles Zieger, formerly captain in the French army, has supplied M. Pougin with most of the material] for this volume. A new edition, with a great amount of additional matter, of “La Géographie Humaine,” by Jean Brunhes, has just been issued. M. Jean Brunhes has now a chair of Human Geography at the College of France. His book is most remarkable, and he has been awarded the Halphen prize of the French Academy and the Gold Medal of the Geo- graphical Society of Paris for it. The present volume contains 272 illustrations. A book entitled “La Lutte preventive contre la Misére,” by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, has been translated by H. La Coudriac. The death of Alphense Lemerre will be re- gretted by the poets, as he was one of the rare publishers willing to consider their manuscripts. Sully Prudhomme, Francois Coppée, and numbers of other poets were discovered by Alphonse Lemerre. Fortunately his son keeps up the tradition of the firm and has published just recently, ‘‘ Les Oases,” by Charles. Clere, the poet who was awarded the Sully Prudhomme Prize for 1912. Perhaps one of the reasons of the dearth of novelists is the over-abundance of so-called dramatic authors at present. Very few of the new plays are really a success, so that the public has the opportunity of seeing plenty of variety, thanks to the frequent change of the bill. The programme of the season at the Odéon has a number of unknown names, as M. Antoine keeps up his reputation for endeavour- ing to discover hidden talent. M. Porel is organising a series of matinées at the theatre of the Jardin d’Acclimatation, which will no doubt attract the English and American colonies this winter. The prices are very moderate and the plays good ones. The theatrical event of the moment is Paul Hervieu’s play at the Francais. The Athénée had such success last season with ‘‘ Le Coeur Dispose,” that it has gone back to it, and the 50 public is waiting impatiently for the new play that has been announced to take its place. Auys Hatrarp. « Les Rafales ” (Plon). “Vers PEchafaud” (Calmann Levy). «t?Ame des Enfants, des Pays et des Saints” (Perrin). “Mes Souvenirs depuis la Guerre (1870—1901) ” (Perrin). “ Le Suicide” (Garnier). “Ta Politique Indigtne de TAngleterre en Afrique occidentale” (Hachette). “La Russie Moderne ” (Flammarion). « Bgsai surla Littérature Chinoise” (Mercure de France). La Vie d’un Heros: Agrippa d’Aubigné” (Hachette). ‘«* Marietta Alboni”’ (Plon). “La Géographie Humaine ”’ (Felix Alcan). “La Lutte preventive contre la Mistre” (Giard et Britre). ————_+—>—_+—__—_—_ THE ACCESSION OF HOLLAND TO THE BERNE CONVENTION. —+-~< + TINUE accession of Holland to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, makes complete the accord of the nations of Western Europe. The Act of the Dutch Parliament effecting this highly desirable result has already passed. It is to come into force as soon as it is proclaimed ; and as proclamation is anticipated on November 11th, a Western Europe united in accord regarding intellectual rights will be, within a few days, a fait accompli. The actual number of new adherents to the Berne Convention will not be very large. The population of Holland is a little under six millions. That of the Colonies, situated principally in the East Indies, is considerably greater—about 88,000,000—but of these a very large proportion are natives, speaking languages other than Dutch. If the numeri- cal significance of the new accession is thus small, its moral significance is, nevertheless, very great ; for of the European nations there now remain outside the Union those only that occupy the eastern portion of the continent, whose claim to figure among the intellectual leaders of the world may be, perhaps, best left to be decided by themselves. It is hardly necessary to say that the two of the greatest importance are Austria and Russia. The adherence of Austria is much to be desired ; that of Russia—notwithstanding recent steps in the right direction—appears to be still some way off. The occasion of Holland’s long reluctance to enter the great solidarity of brain workers represented by the Copyright Union is the THE AUTHOR. oceasion of Russia’s reluctance as well as of that of Austria—and, we may add, that of the United States. It is not possible for any one who has watched the history of the Berne Convention, and the arguments alleged by those unwilling to join it, not to have observed the fact that all hesitations to accede amount to one and the same thing; namely, that attitude of mind so long ago quite shamelessly avowed by Diogenes the Cynic, in his reply to the question, which wine he liked best: “That,” he asserted, ‘‘ for which some one else pays.” Again and again this, and this only, has been the excuse pleaded for remaining outside the Convention: “It is our interest to be able to translate ’—“‘ to reprint ” is what is said on the other side of the Atlantie— “without paying the author.” This desire to pick other people’s brains without offering any money equivalent, disgraceful in the case of countries such as the United States, Russia, and Austria (which last, however, it is fair to add, is the least offender, for Austria has made independent copyright treaties with many countries) was by far less gross in the case of States such as Denmark and Holland, whose languages have a limited extension, and whose literatures a correspondingly restricted sale. Since, however, these have come into a line with civilisation, the position of the outsiders becomes positively unpardon- able. The new law, in virtue of which Holland accedes, is short; and we give here a translation of the whole, omitting only the formal title and the signatures. “ ArticLE 1. ‘We reserve to ourselves the power to join, for the Netherlands and their Colonies, the revised Berne Con- vention for the Protection of Artistic and Literary Works, concluded at Berlin on the 13th of November, 1908, between Belgium, Denmark, the German Empire, France, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Luxem- burg, Monaco, Norway, Spain, Tunis, Sweden and Switzerland, of which a copy is attached to this law. “ ARTICLE 2. “ On our joining the Convention we shall avail ourselves of the liberty afforded by the second sentence of the third part of the 25th Article of the Convention concluded at Berlin on the 13th of November, 1908, in this sense, that the 8th Article of the said Convention shall be replaced by the 5th article of the Convention concluded at Berne on the 9th of September, 1886, as that Article is modified by Article 1, paragraph IIT. of the Additional Act of Paris, of the 4th of May, 1896; of which a copy is attached to this law ; “that Article 9 shall be replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, as that Article is modified by Article 1, paragraph IV. of the Additional Act of Paris; of which a copy is attached to this law: “that Article 11, second clause, shall be replaced by THE AUTHOR. 51 Article 9, second section, of the Berne Convention; of which a copy is attached to this law. “ ARTICLE 3. “We reserve to ourselves the power to conclude with the Powers, which shall not have confirmed the Convention concluded at Berlin on the 13th of November, 1908, or shall not have adhered to it, for the Netherlands, and for their Colonies, treaties within the bounds of that Con- vention; observing always the reservations mentioned in the second Article of this law. “* ARTICLE 4, “ This law comes into force on the day of its proclama- tion.” Attached to the law, in accordance with its terms, are—the full text of the International Convention, signed at Berlin on November 138th, 1908 ;* the Articles 5 and 7 of the Convention, signed at Berne on September 9th, 1886, as they are modified by the additional Act of Paris of May 4th, 1896; and Article 9 of the Berne Convention. One term in the law may seem to some of our readers to need an explanation. It will have been noted that ‘‘ Holland ” is nowhere mentioned but ‘‘ The Netherlands.” When on June 7th, 1815, the great powers remade the political map of Europe, what are now known as Holland and Belgium were by them constituted “The Kingdom of the Nether- lands.” In 1830 a revolution separated Belgium from Holland; but the latter has always retained the official designation invented in 1815. It is of importance to observe what will be the precise effect of the reservations made by the new Dutch law in accordance with the liberty afforded by the second sentence of the third part of Article 25 of the Berlin Conven- tion. The article regards “ The accession of other countries,” allowing them, instead of “ full adhesion,” to “‘ indicate such provisions of the Convention of September 9th, 1886, or of the Additional Act of May 4th, 1896, as it may be judged necessary to substitute, provisionally at least, for the corresponding provisions of the present Convention.” The Dutch reservations are in number three, affecting Articles 8, 9, and 11 of the Berlin Convention. Article 8, is that which rules the copyright of translations. It gives authors exclusive right of translation for the whole term of copy- right. ‘‘ Authors of unpublished works within the jurisdiction of one of the countries of the Union, and authors of works published for the first time in one of these countries, enjoy in * A full translation of the Revised Berne Convention, concluded at Berlin in 1908, was printed in The Author for January, 1909. the other countries of the Union during the whole term of the right in the original work the exclusive right to make or to authorise the translation of their works.” For this the new law substitutes : “ The first paragraph of Article 5 shall run as follows :— “Authors belonging to any one of the countries of the Union, or their lawful repre- sentatives, shall enjoy in the other countries the exclusive right of making or authorising the translation of their works during the entire period of their right over the original work. Nevertheless, the exclusive right of translation shall cease to exist if the author shall not have availed himself of it, during a period of ten years from the date of the first publication of the original work, by publishing or causing to be published in one of the countries of the Union a translation in the language for which protection is to be claimed.” (Additional Act of Paris, Article 5). Article 9 of the Berlin Convention regards the publication of serial novels in periodicals and of newspaper articles. Its provisions are— *“ Serial stories (romans feuilletons), novels and all other works, whether literary, scientific or artistic, whatsoever be their subject, published in newspapers or periodicals of one of the countries of the Union, may not be reproduced in the other countries without the consent of the authors. ** With the exception of serial stories (romans feuilletons) and of novels, any newspaper article may be reproduced by another news- paper if reproduction has not been expressly forbidden. The source, however, must be indicated. The confirmation of this obligation shall be determined by the legislation of the country where protection is claimed. ‘The protection of the present Convention does not apply to news of the day nor to miscellaneous news having the character: merely of press information.” For this the new Dutch law substitutes— “ Article 7 shall run as follows :— ** Serial stories, including tales, published in the newspapers or periodicals of one of the countries of the Union, may not be reproduced, in original or translation, in the other countries, without the sanction of the authors or of their legal representatives. “This stipulation shall apply equally to other articles in newspapers or periodicals, when the authors or editors shall have expressly declared in the newspaper or periodical itself in which they shall have been published, that 52 the right of reproduction is prohibited. In the case of periodicals it shall suffice if such prohibition be indicated in general terms at the beginning of each number. “In the absence of prohibition, such articles may be reproduced on condition that the source is acknowledged. “Tn any case the prohibition shall not apply to articles on political questions, to the news of the day, or to miscellaneous information.” (Additional Act of Paris, Article 7). Article 11, second clause, of the Berlin Convention, regards representation of transla- tions of dramatic works, and provides “ Authors of dramatic or dramatico-musical works are protected, during the term of their copyright in the original work, against the unauthorised public representation of a transla- tion of their works.” For this the new Dutch law substitutes ‘“* Authors of dramatic or dramatico-musical works, or their lawful representatives, are, during the existence of their exclusive right of translation, equally protected against the unauthorised public representation of their works.” (Berne Convention, Article 9). It will be immediately perceived that all the restrictions regard, in one form or another, the rights of translation, which the Dutch are still indisposed to understand in the liberal terms of the Berlin Convention. If this is to be regretted, and it seems to us regrettable, the Dutch may yet honestly plead that they are giving as much as the foremost nations, for many years, considered it sufficient to give. Authors will be, naturally, asking themselves what Dutch rights are likely to be worth. At first sight any one who has been in Holland, and has seen the translations of English popular novels teeming in the Dutch daily papers might suppose Dutch rights likely to represent a good deal. It is, however, by far more probable that they will amount to something, but not to very much. There will remain for some time at the disposal of the Dutch translator the enormous number of English works that were published more than ten years ago and are not yet translated; but, in addition to this, it is most important to remember that comparatively few people read Dutch. There is no world-wide public such as exists for French and German. Every educated Dutchman reads French; and this cannot be without effect upon the demand for Dutch translations ; whilst the sale of Dutch books also represents a limited market. English authors have already learned that it is not possible to secure any very large sum for German rights; and THE AUTHOR. a considerably smaller honorarium must be anticipated for the right of translation into Dutch. i UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT ACT. oe [Norge.—The new matter in this amendatory Act is printed in italics. ] An Acr to amend sections five, eleven, and twenty-five of an Act entitled “ An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respect- ing copyrights,” approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections five, eleven, and twenty-five of the Act entitled “An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting copyrights,” approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, be amended to read as follows : “Sec. 5. That the application for registra- tion shall specify to which of the following classes the work in which copyright is claimed belongs : ‘““(a) Books, including composite and cyclopedic works, directories, gazetteers, and other compilations ; ‘(b) Periodicals, including newspapers ; ‘“(c) Lectures, sermons, addresses (prepared for oral delivery) ; ‘*(d) Dramatic or dramatico-musical com- positions ; ‘*(e) Musical compositions ; ‘“*(f) Maps ; ‘““(g) Works of art; models or designs for works of art ; : ‘‘(h) Reproductions of a work of art ; ‘“(j) Drawings or plastic works scientific or technical character ; ‘“*(j) Photographs ; ‘‘(i) Prints and pictorial illustrations ; “<(1) Motion-picture photoplays ; ““(m) Motion pictures other than photoplays : “« Provided, nevertheless, That the above specifications shall not be held to limit the subject matter of copyright as defined in section four of this Aci, nor shall any error in classification invalidate or impair the copy- right protection secured under this Act.” “© Sec. 11. That copyright may also be had of the works of an author, of which copies are not reproduced for sale, by the deposit, with claim of copyright, of one complete copy of such work if it be a lecture or similar production or a dramatic, musical, or dramatico-musical composition ; of a@ title and description, with of a THE AUTHOR. one print taken from each scene or act, if the work be a motion-picture photoplay ;; of a photo- graphic print if the work be a photograph; of a title and description, with not less than two prints taken from different sections of a complete motion picture, if the work be a motion picture other than a photoplay ; or of a photograph or other identifying reproduction thereof, if it be a work of art or a plastic work or drawing. But the privilege of registration of copyright secured hereunder shall not exempt the copy- right proprietor from the deposit of copies, under sections twelve and thirteen of this Act, where the work is later reproduced in copies for sale.”’ “Sec. 25. That if any person shall infringe the copyright in any work protected under the copyright laws of the United States such person shall be liable : “(a) To an injunction infringement ; “(b) To pay to the copyright proprietor such damages as the copyright proprietor may have suffered due to the infringement, as well as all the profits which the infringer shall have made from such infringement, and in proving profits the plaintiff shall be required to prove sales only and the defendant shall be required to prove every element of cost which he claims, or in lieu of actual damages and profits such damages as to the court shall appear to be just, and in assessing such damages the court may, in its discretion, allow the amounts as hereinafter stated, but in case of a newspaper reproduction of a copyrighted photograph such damages shall not exceed the sum of two hundred dollars nor be less than the sum of fifty dollars, and in the case of the infringement of an undramatized or nondramatic work by means of motion pictures, where the infringer shall show that he was not aware that he was infringing, and that such infringement could not have been reasonably foreseen, such damages shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ; and in the case of an infringement of a copy- righted dramatic or dramatico-musical work by a maker of motion pictures and his agencies for distribution thereof to exhibitors, where such infringer shows that he was not aware that he was infringing a copyrighted work, and that such infringements could not reasonably have been foreseen, the entire sum of such damages recover- able by the copyright proprietor from such infringing maker and his agencies for the dis- tribution to exhibitors of such infringing motion picture shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars nor be less than two hundred and fifty dollars, and such damages shall in no other restraining such 53: ease exceed the sum of five thousand dollars nor be less than the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, and shall not be regarded as a penalty. But the foregoing exceptions shall not deprive the copyright proprietor of any other remedy given him under this law, nor shall the limitation as to the amount of recovery apply to infringements occurring after the actual notice to a defendant, either by service of process in a suit or other written notice served upon him. ‘First. In the case of a painting, statue, or sculpture, ten dollars for every infringing copy made or sold by or found in the possession of the infringer or his agents or employees ; ** Second. In the case of any work enumerated in section five of this Act, except a painting, statue, or sculpture, one dollar for every infringing copy made or sold by or found in the possession of the infringer or his agents or employees ; ‘Third. In the case of a lecture, sermon, or address, fifty dollars for every infringing delivery ; “Fourth. In the case of a dramatic or dramatico-musical or a choral or orchestral composition, one hudred dollars for the first and fifty dollars for every subsequent infring- ing performance ; in the case of other musical compositions, ten dollars for every infringing performance ; *“(e) To deliver up on oath, to be impounded during the pendency of the action, upon such terms and conditions as the court may pre- scribe, all articles alleged to infringe a copy- right ; ““(d) To deliver up on oath for destruction all the infringing copies or devices, as well as. all plates, molds, matrices or other means for making such infringing copies as the court may order. *“ (e) Whenever the owner of a musical copy- right has used or permitted the use of the copy- righted work upon the parts of musical instru- ments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work, then in case of infringement of such copyright by the unauthorized manu- facture, use, or sale of interchangeable parts, such as disks, rolls, bands, or cylinders for use in mechanical music-producing machines adapted to reproduce the copyrighted music, no criminal action shall be brought, but in a civil action an injunction may be granted upon such terms as the court may impose, and the plaintiff shall be entitled to recover in lieu of profits and damages a royalty as pro- vided in section one, subsection (e), of this Act: Provided also, That whenever any person, in the absence of a license agreement, intends 54 to use a copyrighted musical composition upon the parts of instruments serving to repro- duce mechanically the musical work, relying upon the compulsory license provision of this Act, he shall serve notice of such intention, by registered mail, upon the copyright pro- prietor at his last address disclosed by the records of the copyright office, sending to the copyright office a duplicate of such notice ; and in case of his failure so to do the court may, in its discretion, in addition to sums hereinabove mentioned, award the complainant a further sum, not to exceed three times the amount provided by section one, subsec- tion (e), by way of damages, and not as a penalty, and also a temporary injunction until the full award is paid. “Rules and regulations for practice and procedure under this section shall be prescribed by the Supreme Court of the United States.” ee en CROWN COPYRIGHT. —+-—<>—+—_ COMMON idea exists in the minds of authors and the public, that papers and documents issued from Govern- ment offices are public property. The question was raised somewhat acutely under the old Act, but the position of the Crown has been more clearly defined under Clause 18 of the Act of 1911. We print below a Treasury Minute, dated June 28th, 1912. This will define the attitude of the Crown more clearly for the information of writers on political matters and others who may desire to know their exact position in this connection. Treasury MINUTE DatTEep 28TH JUNE, 1912. My Lords read section 18 of the Copyright Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, ch. 46), which enacts that— ** Without prejudice to any rights or privileges of the Crown, where any work has, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, been prepared or published by or under the direction or control of His Majesty or any Government department, the copyright in the work shall, subject to any agree- ment with the author, belong to His Majesty, and in such case shall continue for a period of fifty years from the date of the first publication of the work.” The above statutory provision renders it necessary to reconsider the Treasury Minute of the 3lst August, 1887 (presented to the House of Commons No. 335 of 1887), and to define anew the practice to be followed with regard to Crown Copyright. The Treasury Minute divided Government publications into the following classes :— (1) Reports of Select Committees of the two Houses of Parliament, or of Royal Commissions, THE AUTHOR. (2) Papers required by Statute to be laid before Parliament, e.g., Orders in Council, Rules made by Government Departments, Accounts, Reports of Government Inspectors. (3) Papers laid before Parliament by Command, e.g.; Treaties, Diplomatic Correspondence, Reports from Consuls and Secretaries of Legation, Reports of Inquiries into Explosions or Acci- dents, and other Special Reports made to Government Departments. (4) Acts of Parliament. (5) Official books, e.g., King’s Regulations for the Army or Navy. (6) Literary or quasi-literary works, ¢.g., the Reports of the “Challenger”? Expedition, the Rolls Publications, the State Trials, the “‘ Board of Trade Journal.” (7) Charts and Ordnance Maps. A considerable and increasing number of Government works fall into the three last classes above set forth, and My Lords see no reason why such works—often produced at considerable cost—should be reproduced by private enterprise for the benefit of individual publishers. For the future, publications which fall within this description will bear an indication on the title page that the Crown Copyright is reserved. The Controller of the Stationery Office will act on a notification by the Department responsible for the production of the work that it is desired that Crown Copyright should be expressly reserved subject to reference to Their Lordships in case of doubt. Any infringement of copyright in these cases should be brought to the notice of the Controller of the Stationery Office by the Heads of Departments, so far as works prepared or published by or under their direction are concerned. The Controller of the Stationery Office will refer to this Board for instructions as to whether any infringement of Crown Copyright shall be made the subject of legal proceedings. The publications which fall into the first four classes are issued for the use and information of the public, and it is desirable that the knowledge of their contents should be diffused as widely as possible. In the case of these publications no steps will ordinarily be taken to enforce the rights of the Crown in respect of copyright. The rights of the Crown will not, however, lapse, and should exceptional circumstances appear to justify such a course it will be possible to assert them. In such a case, the Department concerned should acquaint the Controller of the Stationery Office as early as possible of the special circumstances which render it desirable to depart from the general rule permitting full and free reproduction of works in these categories, and the Controller will, subject to the direction of Their Lordships, take such measures as may seem appropriate to enforce the right of the Crown. Acts of Parliament must not, except when published under authority of the Government, purport on the face of them to be published by authority. SCALE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS. [ALLOWANCE TO MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY 20 PER CENT.) Frout Page ave ae so aes a w.£4 0 Other Pages ave ae eas aa ake eee on SO Half of a Page .., aes uae ses ssa ave aan eo 10 Quarter of a Page a . O1 Eighth of a Page cay ee vie sa O Single Column Advertisements a é per inch 0 Reduction af 20 per cent. made for a Series of Six and of 25 per cent. for Twelve Insertions. All letters respecting Advertisements should be addressed to J. F. Bstmont & Co,, 29, Paternoster Square, London, E.C. 0 0 0 5 6 70 6 0 THE AUTHOR. HOW TO USE THE SOCIETY. = i; VERY member has a right toask for and to receive K advice upon his agreements, his choice of a pub- lisher, or any dispute arising in the conduct of his business or the administration of his property. The Secretary of the Society is a solicitor; but if there is any special reason the Secretary will refer the case to the Solicitors of the Society. Further, the Committee, if they deem it desirable, will obtain counsel’s opinion without any cost to the member. Moreover, where counsel’s opinion is favourable, and the sanction of the Committee is obtained, action will be taken on behalf of the aggrieved member, and all costs borne by the Society. 2. Remember that questions connected with copyright and |publishers’ agreements do not fall within the experi- ence of ordinary solicitors. Therefore, do not scruple to use the Society. 3. Before signing any agreement whatever, send the document to the Society for examination. 4, Remember always that in belonging to the Society you are fighting the battles of other writers, even if you are reaping no direct benefit to yourself, and that you are advancing the best interests of your calling in promoting the independence of the writer, the dramatist, the composer. 5. The Committee have arranged for the reception of members’ agreements and their preservation in a fire- proof safe. The agreements will, of course, be regarded as confidential documents to be read only by the Secretary, who will keep the key of the safe. The Society now offers: (1) To stamp agreements in readiness for a possible action upon them. (2) To keep agreements. (3) To enforce payments due according to agreements. Fuller particu- lars of the Society’s work can be obtained in the Prospectus. 6. No contract should be entered into with a literary agent without the advice of the Secretary of the Society. Members are strongly advised not to accept without careful consideration the contracts with publishers submitted to them by literary agents, and are recommended to submit them for interpretation and explanation to the Secretary of the Society. This The 7. Many agents neglect to stamp agreements, must be done within fourteen days of first execution. Secretary will undertake it on behalf of members. 8. Some agents endeavour to prevent authors from referring matters to the Secretary of the Society ; so do some publishers. Members can make their own deductions and act accordingly. 9. The subscription to the Society is £1 1s. per annum, or £10 10s. for life membership. ———+——_ - —_____ WARNINGS TO THE PRODUCERS OF BOOKS. — + — ERE are a few standing rules to be observed in an agreement. There are four methods of dealing with literary property :— I. Selling it Outright. This is sometimes satisfactory, if a proper price can be 55 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: (.) 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 Continenta} rights. (5.) Not to give up serial or translation rights. (6.) Not to bind yourself for future work to any publisher. As well bind yourself for the future to any one solicitor or doctor |! III. The Royalty System. This is perhaps, with certain limitations, the best form of agreement. It is above all things necessary to know what the proposed royalty means to both sides. It is now possible for an author to ascertain approximately the truth. From time to time very important figures connected with royalties are published in Zhe 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 advicefrom 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. — 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 inte 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, 56 (b.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of percentages on gross receipts. Percentages vary between 5 and 15 per cent. An author should obtain a percentage on the sliding scale of gross receipts in preference to the American system, Should obtain a sum in advance of percentages. A fixed date on or before which the play should be performed. : (c.) Sale of performing right or of a licence to perform on the basis of royalties (é.c., fixed nightly fees). This method should be always avoided except in cases where the fees are likely to be small or difficult to collect. The other safeguards set out under heading (@.) 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. ‘hey should never be included in English agreements without the author obtaining a substantial consideration, 9. Agreements for collaboration should be carefully drawn and executed before collaboration is commenced. 10. An author should remember that production of a play is highly speculative : that he runs a very great risk of delay and a breakdown in the fulfilment of his contract. He should therefore guard himself all the more carefully in the beginning. 11. An author must remember that the dramatic market is exceedingly limited, and that for a novice the first object is to obtain adequate publication. As these warnings must necessarily be incomplete, on account of the wide range of the subject of dramatic con- tracts, those authors desirous of further information are referred to the Secretary of the Society. +e — —______ REGISTRATION OF SCENARIOS AND ORIGINAL PLAYS. 1 ay fone sy typewritten in duplicate on foolscap paper forwarded to the offices of the Society, together with a registration fee of two shillings and sixpence, will be carefully compared by the Secretary or a qualified assis- tant. One copy will be stamped and returned to theauthor and the other filed in the register of the Society. Copies of the scenario thus filed may be obtained at any time by the author only at a small charge to cover cost of typing. Original Plays may also be filed subject to the same rules, with the exception that a play will be charged for at the price of 2s. 6d. per act. THE AUTHOR. DRAMATIC AUTHORS AND AGENTS. ag 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. ESS ITTLE can be added to the warnings given for the assistance of producers of books and dramatic authors. It must, however, be pointed out that, as a rule, the musical publisher demands from the musical composer a transfer of fuller rights and less liberal finan- cial terms than those obtained for literary and dramatic property. The musical composer has very often the two rights to deal with—performing right and copyright. He should be especially careful therefore when entering into an agreement, and should take into particular consideration the warnings stated above. ———————_e—_—_e—__ 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. 0 THE READING BRANCH. epee EMBERS will greatly assist the Society in this M branch of its work by informing young writers of its existence. Their MSS. can be read and treated as a composition is treated by a coach. The term MSS. includes not only works of fiction, but poetry and dramatic works, and when it is possible, under special arrangement, technical and scientific works. The Readers are writers of competence and experience. The fee is one guinea, oe REMITTANCES. The Secretary of the Society begs to give notice that all remittances are acknowledged by return of post. All remittances should be crossed Union of London and Smiths Bank, Chancery iLane, or be sent by registered letter only. THE AUTHOR. 5T GENERAL NOTES. —— IMPERIAL COPYRIGHT. WE understand that by Orders in Council the Copyright Act is extended to the following terri- tories under Imperial Protection :— The Bechuanaland Protectorate, Hast Africa Protecto- rate, Gambia Protectorate, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate, Northern Nigeria Protectorate, Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Nyasaland Protectorate, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Sierra Leone Pro- tectorate, Somaliland Protectorate, Southern Nigeria Protectorate, Solomon Islands Protectorate, Swaziland, Uganda Protectorate, and Wei-hai-wei. The Act is also extended to Cyprus. Another Order in Council extends the protection of the Act to works of the following countries within the area of the Statute :— Belgium, Denmark and the Faroe Islands, France, Germany and the German Protectorates, Hayti, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Luxemburg, Monaco, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Tunis, belonging to the Copyright Union; also to works published in Austria- Hungary. To COMPOSERS. THE special attention of composers who are members of the Society is drawn to the article appearing elsewhere in this issue on the collec- tion bureau, and also to the reference to that bureau in the notes of the Committee of Management and of the Composers’ Sub- Committee. The committee have sanctioned the collec- tion of fees for mechanical instrument repro- ductions, due under section 19 of the Act, as they feel that any delay may tend to prejudice seriously the position of composers, for the payment of fees started from July of the present year. The committee considered that the commissions being charged by publishers and others for such collection were exorbitant. The commission to be charged by the Society has not yet been fixed, but the committee confidently hope that it will be considerably less than the charges already referred to. Three houses, it is known, have offered to collect the fees for composers whose works are published by them, on the following terms. After deduction of expenses of collection— a wholly indeterminate quantity—to pay 30 per cent. of what remains, to themselves, leaving the composer with a bare 70 per cent. The following may well represent the practical result of such a system. Say a publisher collects £100. He would then put in the rent of office for collection and other details of clerkship at, say, £20, or perhaps more (no figure is fixed), leaving a balance of £80. He would then pay himself, for no apparent reason, except that the composer has been fool enough to agree to the arrangement, 30 per cent., and would hand over the balance, £54, to the composer. This system practically means that the composer is putting 50 per cent. of his property into the hands of a publisher who has no claim on it whatever, for doing a piece of work which most agents would willingly and gladly do 50 per cent. cheaper. In the case of composers whose mechanical instrument fees do not amount to a very high figure, the expenses of collection may leave them in a very poor position, indeed. Even with the best intentions in the world, without reference to the publisher’s windfall of 30 per cent., any firm collecting fees on this basis can hardly fail to do injustice to the composer, as to appor- tion the expenses of collection fairly among all the composers affected would be a herculean task. The fairest offer, so far, which has been made to composers, is the offer made by a certain company, mentioned in a previous number of The Author, to pay the whole of the balance to the composer after deducting 25 per cent., but in both these cases, that is, in the case of the publishers and in the case of the company, it is made a sine qua non that the composer shall assign all his rights of mechanical reproduction. Quite apart from the fees which are claimed, this condition is unsatisfactory and absurd. 0 THE REY. PROF. W. W. SKEAT. — +> +—_ EATH has removed the Rev. Professor W. W. Skeat, Professor of Anglo- Saxon at the Cambridge University since 1878, and one of the most distinguished members of this Society. Professor Skeat had obtained a deservedly high reputation as an authority on the English language, and his Etymological Dictionary had shown him to be a scholar in the very first class. His edition of Chaucer is, in its way, a classic of a classic, and students, and, indeed, the English public generally, have suffered a great loss in the death of one so erudite and so sincere in every subject that he made his own. The Press has drawn attention to the fact that as a student of Pickwick he obtained the second prize in Calverley’s examination, 58 held so long ago as 1857. We well remember the good founder of the Society, Sir Walter Besant, telling the story of that examination, for he was the winner of the first prize when his friend the Professor took the second. The Society of Authors owes a deep debt of gratitude to Professor Skeat for the warm support which he always gave it. He joined the Society in 1884, being one of the first of that small band who willingly stood by their old friend in the good cause which sometimes, in those days, appeared to be a lost cause. The death of an original member brings back recollections, full of sadness, for there are very few left now. It was due entirely to that small body of men of strong purpose and unselfish ideals, which met together in that year that the Society owes its present pros- perous position. The Author also has lost a good friend. The Professor was a constant reader of the magazine, and contributed many articles to its columns, dealing with points in classical English which were of interest. The thorough- ness and accuracy of his knowledge of the English language cannot be exaggerated, and the wideness and depth of the range of his studies makes it indeed difficult to replace such an ardent and cultivated scholar. —————1+—>—+ —___ THE COLLECTION BUREAU. 1 fF\HE committee, with the approval of the Council of the Society of Authors, have decided that a bureau for the collection of members’ royalties might with ad vantage be started for the members. Some of the members of the Society have delegated such collection to literary, dramatic and musical agencies, but it is believed that there must be others who would value an organisation which, for a moderate commission, would collect their royalties under contracts entered into with publishers, theatrical managers, amateur dramatic societies, ete. Under the new Copy- right Act some such bureau is required if authors, dramatists, and composers, are to receive the full benefit of the increased protec- tion which that act affords. There is no intention whatever to extend the work of the Society to embrace the scope of the usual literary agency. The committee have definitely sanctioned the collection of fees on mechanical reproductions under Clause 19 of THE AUTHOR. the new Copyright Act, on behalf of any composers, members of the Society, who care to entrust the collection of these fees to the Society. This was an urgent matter. The question of the commission to be charged, they have referred to the Composers’ Sub- Committee, but, in the meantime, any composer who chooses to put his work into the hands of the Society, can have his mechanical instru- ment fees collected at a less commission, pending the fixing of the exact percentage. Under that section it is necessary that stamps should be provided for sale at fixed prices, to the producers of mechanical instruments. It must be understood, therefore, that the composer will have to pay for the cost of the stamps. The question of the collection of fees for dramatists has been referred to the Dramatic Sub-Committee, which body will, in due course, report to the Committee of Manage- ment. The question of the commission to be charged on sums collected under other contracts will be considered at the next meeting of the Committee of Management. It is hoped that, before the end of the year, it will be possible to give to the members of the Society fuller details of the work which the Society has taken in hand. Meanwhile, if any member has any suggestions to make, the Committee of Manage- ment will be pleased to receive and to consider letters sent to the Society’s offices, while they would also like to draw the attention to the guarantee fund. It is proposed to call up 25 per cent. of the guarantee immediately, but it is hoped to make the bureau self- supporting in the course of two or three years at the outside. The sum already guaranteed is £670. EGE Ue PUBLISHERS’ ROYALTY AGREEMENTS. LIMITATIONS. I. T is the habit of publishers in their printed | forms of contract to ask for various rights. Some ask for the copyright, some an unlimited licence to publish, some a limited licence, some one thing and some another. Each one will ask for as much as he thinks he can get and, if the author is ignorant of the methods of dealing with his property, he generally yields up much more than is either necessary or right. But it would not be fair to leave the author with this statement only. No author should transfer his copyright to a ee, THE AUTHOR. 59 publisher while he preserves a continuing in- terest in his work. This being the case, he grants to the pub- lisher a licence to publish in book form. This article, therefore, proposes to explain what limitations can be placed on a publisher so far as book publication is concerned. It must never be forgotten that the publisher is the agent of the author and not the principal. Book publication, then, can be limited as follows :— 1. As to country. 2. As to time. 8. As to edition. 4. As to price and format. 1. Limitation as to country. Publication in the English language is generally limited to (1) Great Britain and Ireland, the Colonies and Dependencies thereof (sometimes Canada excepted); (2) The United States and Canada; (8) Tauchnitz editions which cover most of the Continent and a great many of the non-copyright countries of South America, Russia, Turkey, ete. To the English publisher it is sufficient to grant a licence to publish in Great Britain and Ireland, the Colonies and Dependencies thereof. It is possible, however, if the English pub- lishers continued to handle the Colonial markets so badly, that some different arrangement may be forthcoming by stimulating the Colonial publishers to enter into contracts direct with the English authors. Already the English publishers have in most cases lost the Canadian market, and complaints are coming in from all sides. The authors complain that their Colonial sales are small, and the Colonial pub- lishers and booksellers state that they find no push and enterprise among the English publishers. The United States publishers, owing, no doubt, to local conditions, have secured the Canadian market, but there is no reason what- ever why, with their American goods, they should be pushing out the work of British authors in Australia and New Zealand. If they continue their energetic career, it may pay the English author best to get the American publishers to take over his Colonial market. One English author has already done so with success. At present, however, speaking generally, it is best to license the English publisher to take the Colonial market, with the exception of Canada, but he should undertake to publish in the Colonies, and should not merely take the licence and then let the market lie idle. In regard to Canada, if a suitable arrange- ment can be made with a Canadian publisher, it would be better for the author to make the contract direct. If the United States pub- lisher or the English publisher holds the licence for this market some percentage of the profits will go into his pockets, which might well be shared in just proportions between the author and the Canadian publisher. If it should prove impossible, owing to the lack of Canadian enterprise, to make a contract direct, then, with some regret, it must be stated that it will be best to leave the matter with the publisher in the United States. Many of these enterprising gentlemen have already got offices in Montreal and Toronto, and nearly all of them have busy agents working over the Dominion. These remarks refer to the book trade under the present Colonial laws. What advice it may be necessary to give if the self-governing Dominions legislate for themselves it is impos- sible at present to say. It may be necessary to contract, in every case, direct with a Colonial publisher, or it may be an author’s misfortune to be the victim of licensed piracy, when no contract will be of any avail. When the time comes the proposition will be met. So much for Colonial book rights. It is now necessary to consider the question of a licence to publish in the United States. Again we should like to repeat the formula. No author should transfer his copyright to a publisher while he preserves a continuing interest in his work. Under the peculiarly unfair arrangement at present existing between Great Britain and the United States it is necessary, first, that the book should be printed from type set up in the United States, and then published within a sixty | days’ limit of the publication within the British Empire. This is a general statement. For fuller details and other technicalities further reference must be made by the reader. It has been stated by one author in a book of advice to his brethren that it is not worth while to bother about the American market. To this dictum we would raise the strongest objection. The United States publishers are already push- ing the books of English authors out of Canada and Australia, and it is of the utmost import- ance that the United States copyright should be preserved, if possible. The agent is, to some degree, responsible for this slackness with regard to the States, and the author should insist upon greater effort and alacrity. Some authors, indeed, whose books appear to suit the taste of the American public, 60 obtain a greater sale there than they obtain in Great Britain. It requires, no doubt, more trouble to negotiate these rights, but this is no reason why they should be neglected. Now, owing to the fact that publication must be approximately simultaneous and_ that everything must be done by correspondence, an author should be ready and begin to nego- tiate these rights at least six months before he attempts the English market. : His negotiations should be carried on by him- self or his agent, and should never be left with the publisher. The reason for this is simple. First, as has already been mentioned, a publisher is not a literary agent. Secondly, a publisher will generally only negotiate with one or two United States houses with whom he may have personal connection instead of going steadily through all ‘the responsible United States firms. Thirdly, when the publisher has the business in hand the English author has gener- ally made his contract for publication in Great Britain, and the publisher is therefore anxious to get the book on the market, and chafes at what he may consider the author’s unreason- able demands and delays. Fourthly, the author is generally bound to share some of his profit with the publisher, who will ask considerably more than the usual agent’s charges. Lastly, it often pays the publisher better to sell sheets or stereos to the United States, losing the copyright for the author, than to gain the copyright and share the profits. An author, therefore, cannot be urged too strongly to endeavour to obtain these rights for himself, and to make his effort at least six months before he offers to an English publisher. Besides, if he has placed his work in the States, an English publisher will almost certainly take the work without demur. The argument for one is an argument for the other. He must not wake up suddenly when he has completed all his arrangements for the Empire, and discover that he has other rights, and valuable rights, that he might have cbtained. English authors must remember the United States market is a valuable market, in some cases, and with some books more valuable than the English. If, however, for one reason or another, no American publisher will handle the work, then it is as well to have a clause in the English agreement allowing the publisher to sell sheets or stereos to the United States, but at a moderate profit to himself and not in accord- ance with the usual exorbitant demand. He can send these out before any pirate can get THE AUTHOR. the book and copy it, and the United States publisher can get the first run of the States market and secure his profit. Indeed, there appears to be a sort of unwritten understanding among the best class publishers in the States not to interfere with this kind of publication from another firm. If the book, however, is extraordinarily successful then the unscru- pulous pirate will, of course, step in. The last publication in book form in the English language is the publication by Baron Tauchnitz. This form of publication is best negotiated through a literary agent, if the author employs one, or by the author himself. It should not be left in the hands of the publisher, who is not a literary agent. If, however, an offer comes from Tauchnitz consequent on the action of the publisher, if, in other words, he has worked successfully for the author as a literary agent, then the author should give him the usual agency fee of 10 per cent. In no circumstances should he allow these rights to be exclusively in the hands of the publisher to make whatever contract he thinks fit, and in no circumstances should he allow the publisher to take 59 per cent. of the profits, for writing, perhaps, to letters. A warning should be given here of a serious difficulty that has arisen under the contracts for the purchase of the cheap 7d. rights put forward by the firm of Messrs. Nelson & Son. These contracts are limited—and rightly so, when the Tauchnitz rights are so valuable—to Great Britain, her Colonies and Dependencies and to the production in book form at the price of 7d. The contract is in most cases thus strictly limited. But Messrs. Nelson, having prepared a special paper cover, proceed to export the books to France and to sell them at one frane. Such action is, of course, a distinct breach of contract. Messrs. Nelson have endeavoured to justify their action. The author, must, therefore, be put on his guard. If he is offered a contract from a firm of publishers for a cheap reproduction, unlimited as_ to country, he may be selling his Tauchnitz rights and may lose a chance of a further market. This should not be, for, as a rule, Tauchnitz can cover a much wider area abroad than any English publisher, and can, therefore, pay a better price. If the English publisher is limited as to country and price, then the English author must see that the contract is adhered to, or must obtain equivalent damages for loss of the Tauchnitz market. It is possible that this important question ee ee a apes ee / rights in foreign languages. sold for a sum down, or for a sum down in THE AUTHOR. 61 of cheap edition rights may be dealt with more fully in another article. Next come the translation rights or book These are usually advance of royalties. They are sometimes limited as to country, but generally only limited as to language. The serial rights are not infrequently included in the sale, and if there is any chance of the work meeting with success in this form when translated, then the author should get a just portion of the returns. Finally, now that copyright in translations runs for the whole period of copyright, if published within ten years from the date of publication in the country of origin, an author who takes any pride in his work should either retain to himself some right of approving the translation before it is placed on the market, or be very sure of the capacity of his translator before he makes the assignment. (To be continued.) — COLONIAL PUBLICATION, —+-—~<>—+ — N article under the above title in the October number of The Author, contains the statement that English works—in comparison with American—do not get a fair circulation on the Colonial markets. My own experience in the matter may be of interest. When my first novel was published, jast autumn, I happened to be in Australia, and naturally I took a paternal interest in my first-born. Before it arrived in the Common- wealth a Sydney literary agent warned me that it would have little chance of success in competition with the new American books. He added the amazing explanation that Australian buyers disliked English books on account of their pornographic tendency. The agent probably did not know a great deal about the contents of the books he handled— he was agent for everything that came in his way, from fire insurance to sheep dip—but it was certainly true that English paper- covered books, with suggestive covers and titles, occupied prominent positions on the bookstalls. I did not believe that the pornographic portion of the English output could be large enough to affect the reputation of the whole. A more credible explanation was _ forth- coming when my own book arrived. Wishing to see a copy of the Colonial edition I asked for it at one of the leading shops. The book- seller told me that he had not got it, was not likely to get it, and knew nothing about it. He added that the book could not be worth reading, or his London agents would have sent him some copies of it. When I meekly told him that I was the author of the book he made amends by explaining how it was that he knew nothing of it. He left the purchase of English books, he said, entirely to his London agents, who sent him out whatever they thought best. He never replaced books that he sold, except under exceptional circumstances, as a book that had been in brisk demand might be forgotten during the three months that must elapse before fresh stocks could be obtained from England. He bought American books because the representatives of American publishers called on him and were able to tell him all he needed to know about the contents of the books that he sold. To stock American books was therefore less of a speculation than to stock English ones. A New Zealand gentle- man, a large buyer of books, told me that he bought all his books from a London bookseller, as the choice among those offered for sale - locally was so limited. Though many Australasian booksellers are men with literary tastes, some bring to their business qualifications that would serve them equally well if they sold candles or mousetraps. A Sydney lady who read my book was so sporting as to order twenty-four copies of it, to be sent to twenty-four of her friends as Christmas presents. The bookseller, not having my novel in stock, without consulting his customer, sent out twenty-four copies of a new American novel instead. When the lady remonstrated with him, he pleaded that as the two books were equally new and were sold at the same price, there was nothing to choose between them. He knew nothing, of course, about the contents of either work. I was credibly informed afterwards by a publisher’s agent that his profit on the American book was double what he would have got by selling mine. The same gentleman told me that in order to capture the Australasian market American publishers allow Australasian booksellers a profit so large that they have none left for themselves; that, in fact, they practically let the bookseller get them at the price it costs to produce them. The buyer, however, pays the same price as he would for an English book. So far my complaint has been against the Australasian bookseller. English publishers, too, must share the responsibility of allowing 62 American books to shoulder English ones out of the market. One New Zealand bookseller ordered thirty copies of my book on the strength of a notice of it that he had seen in a trade journal. He sold these out in three weeks and applied to the Melbourne representa- tive of my publisher for more copies. Tle was referred to the London house. Before leaving Australasia I called on my publisher’s local representative, and asked if it were true that he could not supply my book. He told me that he had originally received only twelve copies of my book, that he had disposed of all these to one bookseller soon after they had arrived, and had never replaced them. He had had a number of applications for the book, but had referred each applicant to the London house. He admitted that he could have sold a hundred copies if he had had them. It is necessary to add that as I know of one English publishing firm that is admirably represented in Australasia, and as others may be equally well represented for anything I know to the contrary, my remarks must not be applied too generally. My evidence shows that there is something wrong with the Australasian book trade—so far as it concerns the English author—but it does not show the extent of the evil. ——__+_>__+—__—__ WRITING THE SHORT STORY.* HE above work has been written by J. Berg Esenwein, editor of a monthly magazine. The publishers, in a preface, state as follows :— “This treatise is confidently recommended for class-room use because of several important considerations. Its inspirational method and logical order are based upon the best pedago- gical approach.” There is no doubt that certain points in the technical development of the short story may be taught, just as certain points in the technical development of the essay, but no class-book will make a person capable either of writing a short story or a read- able essay. Indeed, in our humble opinion, the machine-made short story is likely to be a considerably worse production than the machine-made essay. The author writes with the experience resulting from a lifetime of observation, and we do not wish to decry the * “Writing the Short Story,’ by J. Berg Esenwein. Andrew Melrose. THE AUTHOR. value of the book so far as such a book is valuable. If any author thinks that he or she may fail in placing short stories, through lack of power to master the technical difficulties, it will certainly be worth while to purchase a copy of this book and to peruse its contents. Op de THE AUTHOR AS PUBLISHER. —+—~ + — LITTLE book*has been produced entitled “The Author as Publisher.” The publishers of the book are :—Messrs. Grant and Woods, of 31, Ampton Street, Grays Inn Road, W.C., and the price of the book is 1s. net. The book is a small one of some fifty pages but will hardly repay the reading. It is full of theories, but has not come down to definite figures and practical issues except on one or two occasions, and then the figures are misleading and inaccurate and the statements contradictory. The writers of the book put forward three objections to the production of books by the authors themselves. (1) The author is not a man of business. (2) He needs capital. (8) He has no experience in the distribu- tion of books. These are all weighty and sound objections, especially the second one. They then endeav- our to show that these are really no objections. The writers of the book state that the average cost of production of a book, even including ‘pushing,’ may be roughly estimated at about £50. The Society of Authors, as a general rule, has no inclination to bolster up publishers’ prices, but could hardly accept this figure as a fair one. Indeed, as will be shown later, the writers themselves seem to contradict this figure. The advantages they mention are, that an author would bear his own losses and enjoy his own profits, and that, most probably, such a system would tend to diminish, to a con- siderable extent, the enormous output of worthless books. The writers also state that the author of a technical book very often knows his own market better than the publisher, and, therefore, he could reach it so much easier. Again we are inclined to differ, for the pub- lishers of technical books, if they know their business, must make it a point that their distributing agents should have the necessary THE AUTHOR. 63 knowledge of how to obtain the technical markets. The writers propose to get over the difficulty of the publisher by the union of several authors together for the publication, each paying the cost of production of his own book and his own proportion of advertisement, but, they go on to say, that when the books are bound and ready for delivery there must be of necessity a distributing office in the Metropolis; there must be also a clerk to do the accounts ; there must be also a responsible manager, and, in time, they state, an advertising department would be necessary, perhaps also a foreign department. Personally, we should have included all these details in the term “* push- ing ”’ mentioned above, and if these details are taken into consideration, and there were ten people joined together, they would find that the ultimate cost per book was considerably over £50. Until the writers of the book come down to figures, hard and fast, so long will it be useless discussing any further the proposition they put forward. It is true, and the writers have touched the point, that in some cases authors of technical subjects can sell their own books as well as, if not better than, the publisher. There are authors of technical subjects doing a great deal of lecturing to students, who find that by keeping the printing and produc- tion of their own books in their own hands, they can obtain larger profits and as good a circulation as they may want. This example must not be quoted as illustrative of the rule, but as an exception. The advantages of going to a publisher are evident, they arise from the fact, that the publisher’s travellers can handle a hundred books at a time, whereas, the author who has only one book, has to go to the same expense for handling one book as the publisher goes to for handling a hundred. In the same way, in the matter of advertisements, a publisher can easily obtain a reduction for large and frequent advertisements that an author of one book cannot obtain. Again, if a really capable manager for the Authors’ Union business, was obtained, the manager would certainly, as soon as he had found his own power, set up publishing himself. The writers quote the © + case of Mr. Ruskin as an author who published uf | | his own works, but has not the result been the 1 | firm of Messrs. George Allen and Son. There is no doubt that if an author has the “| power and the capacity and the knowledge, ‘© only obtained after long years of training, he might be able in exceptional cases, to do much better by publishing his own books, than he would do if they were produced through a publisher, but we do not advocate the system at the present time, while authors remain artists, and publishers remain tradesmen. We have written at some length on this question, at greater length than is justified by the contents of the book, because the subject has been brought forward on two or three occasions recently. The arguments against co-operative publishing are many and fatal, but it is impossible to gather them all within the compass of a short review. —————__ e ~»>_ + —__ —_— CORRESPONDENCE. —— +e CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING. LE: Sir,—I have just arisen from a dream; kindly allow me the pleasure of relating it to you. It was a reforming sort of utopian fantasy concerning a young author, whose name did not transpire and is matterless; but for the sake of clearness, let us speak of him as Needful. Usually it is not the man who matters, it is what he does. So it was with my dream character. Now Needful’s lines had not been cast in pleasant places. The forces of necessity and inclination had combined in a nefarious plot to make of him an author, with the result of a plentiful crop of disappointments, scattered illusions, some sourness, and enough strengthen- ing of character to make for the betterment of the man. Being unsure of himself, he had, at the outset, followed the example of some other writers, by submitting his MSS. to certain eminent litterateurs. These had accorded him more than sufficient praise to send him hope- fully forth on the rough road of authorship ; they had dubbed his work “‘ distinctive,” ‘‘ of a fine literary flavour,’ ‘‘ with character, humour, ability in dialogue,’ ete. He was | also a maker of verse and plays which won him equally kind remarks from prominent members of his adopted profession. This is the position that Needful appeared to me to possess at the opening of my dream. *“ Alas for the frailty of human hopes,” especi- ally youthful literary ones. He had sent his MSS. to publishers, and had them returned to him, some with polite letters of rejection ; some with regrets that the work was not sufficiently sensational, not ‘‘ popular’? enough; and some with requests to see other efforts. But 64 most of the rejections were accompanied by offers to publish his work at his own expense, and some of the offers came from the front rank of long-established firms. My friend, of the dream, had a shelfful of sad reminders that there are more things in the realm of publica- tion than are imagined in a young author's philosophy. Of his three published books— the first, a critique, had died of the malady known as clever mystification ; the second, a volume of verse, had occasioned a storm of abuse, which he—forgetting the similar cases of Keats, Byron, Shelley, Tennyson, ete.— omitted to take as praise, and thereon swore an eternal severance from every thought akin to poetry ; whilst of his royalties on the third, a romance, he was robbed by a fraudulent publisher, with whom he had signed an agree- ment that completely tied his hands in the matter of retaliation. Thus much for the making of Mr. Needful. But now came a change: just after the begin- ning of my dream Needful was startled almost out of his wits by being left half a million pounds by a relative who had gone out to the Colonies and been forgotten. Having gained possession of the money he spent a week in close thought on one subject. Then (and here comes the peculiar part of the dream) he came to you with the idea that had cost him seven days in bringing to a workable conclusion. Roughly, this was the uniting of all British authors in a publishing company. Well, as might be expected in the face of such a radical innovation, those who were most to benefit by the project held dubiously aloof. But that did not deter Needful. He was determined to save them even in spite of them- selves. So he, with your practical help, founded, and endowed in a way, a sort of Syndicate of British Authors. Entirely at his expense a huge building was put up in the W.C. district, a part of it being fitted with all the necessary machinery, etc., for a very large printing and publishing business, the remainder was a club room, library, theatre, restaurant and sleeping rooms. ‘This place, stored and supplied to the last detail, Needful gave to the Committee of the Syndicate, to be held in perpetuity by them and their successors for the sole use of the Syndicate. As to the benefits of this institution, the membership was one guinea per year; for which the mem- ber was supplied with a club, a private theatre, ete., and had his books published, the whole solely at working cost, he receiving every penny of clear profit on his work. Of course, what had kept the authors from THE AUTHOR. putting their money (such as had any) into the project was the fear that it would not pay. Now, with a free gift of the whole concern and a level start at no more cost than a guinea each, in they came—necessity-driven animals into the ark of self-protection. In a short time every author in Britain, whose work would pay for its publication, was a member of the Syndicate. Each book was issued on its merits, and, in the case of the more literary, cleared its cost partially owing to the good repute of the Syndicate. Outside publishers of books became practically nil; such as did survive lived on publishing for the dead, and on ‘‘ commission ” work for wealthy scribblers of no merit. Thus ended my dream, and I awoke sadly to realise that I had but dreamt, and to sink back on my pillow, murmuring—“ If this be dreaming, let me sleep and dream it o’er again.” Under the impression that this will interest you, and all authors who would help to form a co-operative publishing concern, I am, Sir, Faithfully yours, A. DREAMER. 1 —— Il. Sir,—Disraeli remarks in his “‘ Calamities ” that authors are the most ingenious and the most enlightened class of the community, and the least remunerated. .. Some are forced to exist by means that are painful to describe, while others end their lives in apathy and despair. This is terribly true, and there is ample evidence to prove that one of the causes of these dire struggles with penury is the flagrant evil of the unsatisfactory publishing arrange- ments, from which there seems no escape at. present. If authors would but co-operate and bring their ‘‘ ingenuity and enlightenment ” to bear upon this most distressing state of affairs, we fully believe that they could obtain redress of their grievances. The remedy is in their own hands, and we venture to suggest that authors should formulate a system by which the publishing business would be more under their personal control, and thus prevent further * calamities.”” We suggest that this is possible, and in view of establishing, say, The Authors’ Publishing Association, we should like to hear any objections against it, and shall be pleased to communicate with those who are in favour and willing to assist. ANNABEL GRay. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Author, Vol. 23 Issue 02 (November 1912) Subject The topic of the resource The Author, Vol. 23 Issue 02 (November 1912) Type The nature or genre of the resource Publication Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1912-11-01-The-Author-23-2 publications The Author