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OL. IRegiiteredf orTrmumluUm Abroad. f^6 1044—V XLIV. | -jspjto' n THE "|Vf °XA B AND General Mctovb of 2&riti£f> an& forei gn literature CONTAINING A COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST OP ALL NEW WOKKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN AND EVERY WORK OF INTER EST PUBLISHED ABROAD [Issued on tbe 1st and 15th. of eech Month ] i Pake sa. March 15, 1 881 §S: ?S ra con"te isrrcs LITEBAB.Y INTELLIGENCE 201—213 PUBLISEEBS' NOTICES OF BOOKS JTTST ISSUED 207 OBITUARY .¦ , 208 BOOKS RECEIVED , 208—213 INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 0-REAT BRITAIN BETWEEN MARCH 1 AND 15 213, 214 BOOKS PTTBUSHBD IN GREAT BRITAIN FROM MARCH 1 TO 15 214—218 AMEBICAN NEW BOOKS 218, 219 BOOKS NOW ITR8T ADVERTISED AS PUBLISHED 219—223, 240 «¦« aa ¦ vv —' w ^~^ ^" ^ BOOKS ^™ *** *• ¦ ^ B ^^^^ p ^ p ^ # # A ft 0 0 0ft # ft 1 4 A i £ A A A ft 1 A ¦ a a A A a A a a £ A a a A A a A A tt t 0 A A ¦ 0 t 0 0 ft • 0 • % • ^ # • # ft w 0 • • • ft VV • • • • * ^^ ** ^ *^ ^ IN THE PKESS a* 219—231, 240 » * «»_ _ _ _ _ i. NW EDITIONS AND BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED 230, 231 MISCELLANEOUS 282—239 BUSINESSESvuku-u j iooj uo FORVAJXt, SALEoAXfXS *o*284 " " • ' ASSISTANTS WANTED . 234, 235 WANT SITUATIONS " ' 235 1%^%^%^^V^lH b^^A - _ . '. .^ _ -a- ^ A. BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE , 236—239 I 3ST3DEJ3C TO ADVERTISERS ood jktaF&Son ,.; 222 234 (G.) 234 (James) 232 Hodgson.CA.)& Sons 234 NewmanOlyett S^^ & Co Holden 223 lyrHjtt-), Waldron 223 Leipsig Bibliographic Institution .. 223 Parker (J.) & Co 219 I p ^ fftte&Co .... 224 Lock wood (Crosby ) & Co 224 Simmons (Thomas) 228 I ™^«Son Co 232 Low (Sampson)Co & Co 226—229 Tegg (WilliamCo ) 233 I pJ!^,?811011 & 233 Macmillftn & 221 Weatleys & 234 aar I Per ' Magazine 230 Nelson & Sons 240 I ¦I 188 Fleet Stree t , London : March 15, 1881. I ^ Saturday Review, in noticing Mr. Grant White's pamp hlet ' Tho American View of \\ satisfaction the opinion propounded I b Tir ^ Pyri gh* Question / demolishes to its own I 2' • ite ? and ' maintained at various times by several eminent jud ges, and now ed^^ b y natural justice copyri ght 1 ou Sf y 8ever al eminent men of letters—n amely, that b ¦ ¦ J! g 11to iabe absolute and perpetu al ; 9 that it is propert y which should be protected by ¦ ¦ ^"" "non11 law.w , and tht.h ata f. '< thatfVinf accursed«.rv *nrRA (l ActA of. ofrtf QueenOiiaah AnneAnn ft did all the mischiel.mischief.'* WeWe havenave no ^T ^ o the Sat on the question whether authors I ih m °^ J ^n ^ng issue with urday Review worn-out enjoy pro perty in their books protected by the same common law as ofother proper ty, or I wh fK tlle l<i not we to who are not legal training W 1av^T y sllou ; this leave those ' innocent .' Wh° prints them may split I rt riLw!!^ reco^nise an author 's ri ght to his own tho ughts before he Vtihil? * mu°h as th ey ple&se -as to whether or not he has any ri ght in them after they are I are aforeme ntioned I St f X ^ e °kliged to content ourselves with the knowled ge tha t by the ¦ ¦ tor n! yueen Anne and other Acts since a perhaps sufficient amou nt of copyri ght now exists at pr actical purpose s. Whether the gaJbttxd qyReview and Mr. G rant Wh ite are right or m^^^ n IB | ** »r^ nyi il r i .mi » ^^ _ . _ ^ ^^——— ^^^^^ » ^^ —>— *m^*mtmm——K JUHM* 1 ^ ^^^^ ^ ,M , ^ 2o2 The Pub lishers ' Circular March 15, 188, -w rong in their opposite views on this question of perpetual copyright we do not much care ; but we thoroughly endorse the opinion of the Saturday - Review as regards England and America in upholding * The soundness of the more genera l princi ple maintained by Mr. Grant White , that a satisfactory international copyrig ht law would consist in the mutual extension by the tvo countries to each othe r's m. m~»^ »¦•» -» —- <¦ aa ¦» ¦— !¦ ¦ !¦ f~f \j j ^ i <>• ^ . j b^ - w • ¦ — ~» ^ r — —• h -—- — — — ¦ ¦ — ^r— —— » » • w ¦»*,.¦ » citizens\ ^ i , , ^-i\ j i ofg allT_ V 1_ #- the(,XA!» / advantaU/V* I W*Jl ^ iVh ges %«s»»# conferred™¦•*^^ *»*¦* ^ p"^ »™»> b^^ y—/ the^^^ copyrig^ -^^ j if ht* law* in either of them. But that would^^ reqa y>\_ i uire\A ¦ J"fr ^ among other condition s, an assimilation of the term of copyri ght in the two countries. If this and othei mm *¦» a> ¦ ¦ m i fc* 1V4. Kr\S V/.A. w » t 1 t x. a^a«aa, » » » ¦» e ¦¦»•-* ^»»— -v» — — — — —— v — —»— » — ——- —— — — -*— — — —w - - ¦>•»- —»— *-» difficultiesy^ j C|^ (/1VO could"WV-^ be gotV w over^»*» T ,j> the%».&**<¦' advantages«iv^ «* ja^ *-*. * are*• obvious* ¦* ¦** • ^ ; and in the case in hand th ey would pror '*' *^ babW *>-*Cfc 1/1 V . ' . - - • . --. « .1 -r-m 1 «¦ ¦*• ,* T irr i ill »5 _ mr ysi . ¦ ¦ ¦ — . • be greater for4* the American than for the English*• public. " We should have ," says Mr. Gra nt White, " the work s of British and other European authors in a better form than that in which they ar e now, almost of necessi fcy, presen ted to us. The American book-buyer , as well as the author , would profi t bj the act of justice : for the ori ginal publisher , having such an immense market thrown open to him, would m»w -•¦ mi 1 ¦ -^-^ ¦ m,, a a^ »«^ Jp* Alw • •—By ^ a»a/ ^^ ^^dfc* ^ *** »^ »^ ap^ rfai *^ • ¦ ^^ ¦ ai » »^ r ^ ^ ^r »^^ ^/r v - <p^ p** - ^*- ™» ¦ ^— —^— -— — ^ — — w — —- — — — — -— — ~ — — ~ — — — r—' ^- —' »— -^ — — -» ^^ ^ pu* ^ blish*»» for^** ^"* a large^ ^ t instead of a smal l sal e, and would in the sty^ le of his issues and the proportio n of^^ ^ hisJ profit consult the tastes and the pockets of his new customers."' There is, however, we fear, absolutely no hope for such a happy settlement of the question c as #^j ^¦•w ^» ¦ '^ " " » "^ » — m^ ¦— —" -^»— ^-^ — — — — — ^^ ^^ ^*i^ ^b^ thisV^^^VVV .w The^^^» ^^^» ^^^ Saturdayw ^^ ^^» *r •* ^ w ^^» ™ w ' J Revie^ *^ ^ ^» w^ ^ says : Apparently^j there is no chance of Congress being^ ^ persuadedj ^^V *-^ ^^^t to enter into any arrangement save on the footing of taxing the American consumer for the benefit of the American manufacturer, > that is by insisting that an English book shall not onlrvnltry beV»a ri-ft-mihlishfiriepubhshed bhvy aa. citizenr.itiz pm ofnf thethft TTnUnitediterl States , butbut bebe remamnactureremanufacture d in _ the TTni+A^United States. We will say frankly that we are not quite so sure that the ' American consumer ' would be ' taxed 9 if he had to buy American instead of English manufactures. On the at a ¥ V » ¦ ^^ fc » «^ rf» ^*^ F w » ^»W »>^ ^ ¦^ ¦^ ^ i^ |»>- ¦»*¦ --^^ r-—- -» ^— — —— — ^^ con^^ ^^ trary,W^A ^^ W^ k we^^ believePV^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ that** it*^ ^^ would*i^ ^ ^*^ ^ be^^ quite^ ^ ^ impossible^™ -^^^ **r ^^ for Eng^ ^ ^ M lish publishers^ t to compete^^ r ^ ^^ ^^ witliAViA American publishers on their own ground with a handicap of 30 per cent, (freig ht and duties) to start with ; and, other things being equal, we do not think English authors and publishers would throw any impediment in the way of * republishing ' and ' remanufacturing9 in the States. Nor do we suppose they would care to insist upon the natural equivalent, viz., that #^^ h ^B> inrf^ ¦^^^^ ^ff^^^^k^B r^^^ Bb ^ B> ^k ^*^ ^^"^^^« ^ «K ^ ^ arf^ ^ B ^ p« ^ B>fl* ^rf* ^*^^ "^ ^^^» ^ BBBh ^ ¦- ^ ¦•^ ^ p^' ^ ^ Hr W4^ f ^^ ^^ ^ Bl ^ ^ i»w^ ^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^-^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ ™ ^— ^ ^ ^^ ~ ^ ^^ ^"^ ^^ ^^ ^ ~^ ^ — ™^ ^^ '—^ ^^' ^ » ~^ ^^ ^^^ ^^"^" ¦ *¦ ^» flA ^ W an^^ American^ ^^ author^^ ^^^ ^^ should get^ ^^ ^^ his copyri^ ^^ ght in EngB land on the condition of his book being printed and published here by an English citizen ; it may be assumed that this would naturally be the case in most instances, as indeed it probably would be in America if their jealous and onesided restriction were not insisted on by Americans. UIU J. M W\/ X111V * W JJ.UV uvs aiJ- ^ ll HV4U4XVAX t*O J. X1C JLLJLVOU O&11V/UO J-/CH. U *-/O. Ui.JH5 M UOIUCOO j J.\-ro »» everV> » V^JL , is to find that so hi VJ' Vl*\j ¦ h w gh an authority as the The most serious_ .. part of the_ business_ - M . , — , ^» ^k A ^m _ ^b ^hAtf^ta. ^^ ^k ^^m^H^t ^B _ ^^ ^ ^ <. ^H ^M ^ ^b Saturda y Review should c incline to think,' with the Board of Trade, that i the authorised ^v ¦ p I v ^hi ^ p^^ ^pw ^ p^^^^^ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ^§^^ - ¦^ p'^ v^- ' ¦^ p-^-' -^v ^^ r^^^ ^^ r ^^ h > ^v -^p- ¦ ^^p- American«^ h^^ b^ k«BB4i ^ if ^ B ^ Bl ^ B7 V^^F *^*'^' reprints^^* ^^ v H^^ ^Bm dBMIBt ^v w^f of^^ ^ ^w books1^^^ ^^^ ^«^ F ^ ^^^^^^^ first^B »^^ ^te Bn^ published^h^^fr T^^ .^^^v*^^ ««^ p> ^t p ^ ¦'^ v in Eng^^^^^JP 1*k land^^^ v ^^^^^ -^v^v should-—'^^ not^^ —— ^ -^ be> ^— exclude^ ^ ^^^ ^» r^ — ^^ d-^^ v fro^^ ^«« m^^^^^ these^^ ^— kingdoms.' Why not, then, import Tauchnitz editions ? Why, indeed , if by the perfection of machinery it were possible, not reprint the Saturday Review every Saturday afternoon at one ¦ ¦ ai » ¦ ^pr -^"- VHI » ¦¦ ¦ penny¦J ^ ^^ ^^^P^ ^^^^ ? What^^P^^ ^-» ^P' an^ir^P* ^«^^ enormous-^»" ^^^^ ^P ^B^ ^^^^— ^— ^ >^ V^ circulation^Ppr P^P^^ B -^^ » W I ^^^ -^^^ ^» ^^ « '^^ ^^^^^ it^^ V would^ V ¦ ^ ^^— ^^ get^p^ PP. ¦ — ,V and^" -^ — what— ' — -^ a~ ~~ benefit" "— ¦ ~ to the ¦ ^^ British^" —^ ^^ • —' ^~ public^~~ ~ ~- ! But what would become of the sixpenny morning edition ? There is probably no business on earth more absolutely speculative than that of a publisher. Saturday Reviewers and Board of Trade reformers must evidently become publishers themselves before they will compre hend --> ¦¦ ¦-** » VkJ fl IL ^ -W VAAV B-*' X^— «W->.J*.^.«. UNA VA W*.^/4W^V* %r\/*a.V%A v —— — — j theVl& V ins.»*,-»—». .J andVwV.»-.JL ^-* ». outsV U of^/.--i what4.AWV both\S U^Ji , areLVJh pleasedK^A^VVK^W ^* to"-* ^-** call%^ W-"--* the ' paV^/ mp*V ere^ ¦* - ^g^ d and art ificial conditV*V«*ion of*— the i book trade.' The Saturday Reviewer , surely somewha t inconsis tently, insists that English jb.