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If first publicly performed outside of H.M. dominions, copyright may be acquired either by public performance or by publication or republication as a book within the three years, etc., as provided for books.

The purchaser of a printed copy of music shall have the right of publicly performing it unless the copy contains notice that consent is required from a specified person and address, but if such person, with reasonable diligence, cannot be found, no liability shall accrue.

Where a musical composition is published with words, the proprietor of copyright in the words may not prevent the use of such words with the music at any public performance by any person authorized to publicly perform the musical portion.

TRANSLATIONS OF NON-COPYRIGHT WOKKS.

Subject to the provisions as to translations of copyright books, a translation of a book shall be deemed to be a new book, without prejudice, nevertheless, to the making of any other translation of the original book. This applies also to a dramatic piece or the words of a musical composition.

REVISED EDITIONS.

Any second or subsequent edition of a book which is published with any additions or alterations, whether in the letter-press or in the maps or illustrations belonging thereto, shall be deemed to be a new book.

PART II.-FINE ARTS.

[The general principle of this division is that the copyright in a work of art rests in the purchaser, except it be expressly reserved by the author. It is for author's life and thirty years, and prohibits reproduction of any kind,-including "any repetition, colorable imitation, or other multiplication of the work or of the design thereof or of any part thereof or of any material part thereof, whether by painting, drawing, photography, or otherwise." Engravings and photographs (the latter for a term of thirty years from publication) are included, the copyright resting in the owner of the plates or negatives, but such person is not entitled to dispose of copies when the work has been done for a valuable consideration, without the consent of the person paying for the same, who shall be entitled to prevent infringement as if he was the proprietor of the copyright.]

BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS.

Where an engraving or photograph is published as part of a book containing letter press, it shall be deemed part of the book and not an engraving or photograph; and the copyright in the engraving or photograph shall belong to the proprietor of the copyright in the book.

PART III-COLONIAL COPYRIGHT. Where a local law in any British possession provides for registration, such registration shall secure copyright under this law: otherwise copyright shall be registered in the United Kingdom. Such colonial registries shall be returned to the home registrar, and he shall also supply to the colonial governments re turns of copyrights registered in the United Kingdom or in other British possessions.

Where a book is first published in a British possession, and not published in the United Kingdom in number and manner suitable for

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general circulation therein, after one month from first publication any person may apply to Her Majesty in Council for a judicial license to publish the same, which may be granted under such conditions as seem just; and if any book is not so published within six months after first publication, any person may apply to Her Majesty in Council for a license to import foreign reprints of the book.

Where any British possession has made effectual and reasonable provision for ends similar to those of this act, including the collection of percentage on books republished or imported under license, Her Majesty in Council may direct as regards that possession, in the case of a book first published out of that possession and entitled to copyright therein, that within a reasonable time and under similar conditions as above any person may apply to a court to be designated in that possession, for court being subject to appeal to Her Majesty a similar license to publish, the orders of such in Council; if the book is not published as above in that possession within six months from first publication, any person may apply to such court for a license to import.

Where it appears to Her Majesty in Council that, having regard to the position, size, or other circumstances of any British possession, foreign reprints ought to be admitted at once, Her Majesty in Council may direct, under conditions similar to above, that any person may import copies of foreign reprints of any book.

No proprietor of copyright shall be entitled to bring suit in any British possession unless as to registration he has complied with the requirements of the local law.

The power of license for republication vested above in Her Majesty in Council may also be exercised in any British possession by the Governor in Council.

Colonial bills relative to the purposes of this act shall require Her Majesty's approval.

This part of the act applies to books in which copyright in H.M. dominions is acquired by republication as though this were first publication.

Protection and Remuneration of Proprietors.Where a subsequent edition of any book has been published, a license shall permit the republication only of the last edition, except with the consent of the proprietor.

The title-page of a book printed under license shall contain, in the case of the United Kingdom, the words "British edition," and in the case of any British possession words signifying the local edition.

Reprints violating these conditions forfeit protection.

A licensee must give to the publishers of a book, if name and address are given on the title-page, notice of his license, which notice may be proved by the posting of a registered letter to the address given.

The licensee shall pay to or for the benefit of the proprietor of the copyright the percentage specified in the license, not less than the percentage below specified on reprints imported, the percentage to be paid in such manner as the law of the possession requires, and the licensee shall give security for the same to the satisfaction of the authority granting the license.

The importer of foreign reprints shall pay a

percentage, which shall be determined in the United Kingdom by Order in Council, in the possessions by the local law, and the percentage so determined may be different on different classes of books, or uniform for all.

The provision against infringement by importations before made shall extend in any one part of H.M. dominions to reprints in pursuance of license in another part as though these were included as "foreign reprints."

PART IV. FOREIGN COPYRIGHT.

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52. (1.) Where Her Majesty has entered into any treaty, convention, or agreement with any foreign state in relation to copyright, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty by Order in Council to declare that this part of this Act shall, subject to any exceptions and limitations specified in the Order, apply to that state, and thereupon this part of this act shall so apply accordingly. 53. (1.) Where the author of any book, dramatic piece, musical composition, painting, sculpture, engraving, or photograph first published in a foreign state to which this part of this act applies is an alien being a subject or citizen of that state, he shall, on complying with those regulations of the law of that state which entitle him to copyright in the work in that state, be entitled to copyright in the work in Her Majesty's dominions as if he were a British subject and had complied with the provisions of this act as to registration or otherwise entitling him to copyright in the work.

(2.) The registration of any such work under this act, and the delivery of a copy thereof to the trustees of the British Museum, shall not be required.

54. (1.) Where a book is first published in a foreign state to which this part of this act applies, it shall be an infringement of the copyright in the book if any person, without the written consent of the proprietor of the copyright, publishes in Her Majesty's dominions a translation of the book before the expiration of three years after the first publication of the book in the foreign state.

(2.) If a translation of the book into any language is published within those three years, by or under the authority of the proprietor of the copyright in the book, it shall be an infringement of the copyright in the book if any person, without the written consent of that proprietor, publishes in Her Majesty's dominions another translation of the book into the same language before the expiration of ten years from the date of the first publication of the authorized translation.

55. (1.) Where a register of copyright is kept under the authority of the government of a foreign state to which this part of this act applies, an extract from that register purporting to be certified as a true copy of the portion of the register by the officer keeping it, and to be authenticated by the official seal of a minister of state of that country, or by the official seal or signature of a British diplomatic or consular officer acting in the state, shall be admissible as evidence of the register and of the facts therein stated with respect to the existence of copyright and the property therein.

(2.) All courts shall take judicial notice of

every such official seal and signature as in this section mentioned, and shall admit in evidence, without further proof, the documents authenticated by it.

56. Where the author of a book (including a dramatic piece or musical composition) first published out of Her Majesty's dominions is an alien domiciled in a foreign state to which this part of this act applies, he may acquire copyright by republication in accordance with Part I. of this act as if he were a British subject.

PART V.-GENERAL.

Property in and Term of Copyright.—Copyright shall be property of the kind known in England as personal property. Assignment shall not be valid unless it is in writing, or, where the copyright is required to be registered, is authenticated by a proper entry in the register of copyrights.

If Her Majesty thinks fit to agree with any foreign states for a uniform international term of copyright, Her Majesty in Council may direct that the copyright specified shall endure, without prejudice to any copyright previously acquired, for the term specified in the Order instead of for the term mentioned in this act.

Nothing in this act shall affect the right of any person to prevent the publication of unpublished matter.

Nothing in this act shall confer copyright in anything the publication of which is illegal.

Licenses.-A license granted by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for the publication of a book shall authorize the licensee to publish the book in accordance with the terms of the license notwithstanding anything in this

act.

Every licensee shall register the license, if in force in the United Kingdom, in the register under this act, and if in force in a British possession, as is provided by local law.

On such registration, or, in a British possession where there is no such law, without such registration, the licensee shall have in the United Kingdom or the British possession the same rights as the proprietor of the copyright in the book, as against all persons including that proprietor, except that the license or the registration thereof shall not prevent the issue of the like license to the proprietor or another person, and shall not entitle the licensee to any percentage under this act.

Unlawful Copies.-Every copy imported for sale or hire in infringement of copyright shall be forfeited to the Crown, and may be seized and destroyed by any officer of excise.

Every copy made in infringement of copyright shall be forfeited to the proprietor of the copyright.

Any copy thus forfeited may be required by any court of summary jurisdiction to be delivered to the proprietor, or may be seized by any constable on authorization of the proprietor or his agent and taken before such court, and the exportation of any such copy is prohibited.

Library Compensation.-The payment by the government to certain libraries for surrender of their old right to receive gratuitous copies is continued.

Temporary Provisions.—The provisions of this act are extended to works previously copy. righted, for whichever term is longest, and nothing in the act shall deprive any person of

any right to which he is entitled at its com

mencement.

A person becoming entitled, under the above provisions, to any copyright to which he was not before entitled shall register such copyright within six months after the commencement of this act, but no person shall be required to re-register a copyright to which he was already entitled.

Where any copyright has been acquired from the author for some consideration other than that of natural love and affection, the term of that copyright shall not be extended by virtue of this section, but shall endure for the term subsisting therein at the passing of this act and no longer, unless the author, if he is living, or his personal representatives, if he is dead, agree with the proprietor of the copyright before the expiration of the last mentioned term to accept the provisions of this act with respect to the book, and register the consent in the prescribed manner, and in such case the property in the copyright during the extended term shall belong to the persons named in the

agreement.

This section applies to aliens entitled to copyright under any treaty as it applies to any British subject.

Repeals, Previous copyright acts, as specified, are repealed, but the repeal does not affect the rights of any college or university now holding copyrights in perpetuity, or other existent rights; and all books, etc., previously registered are deemed to be registered as provided in this

act.

ANOTHER KIND OF FRAUD.

WE have had the pleasure this year of showing up several ingenious professors of the art of earning a living without working, who make the book trade their field, and now have another specimen to offer. A man signing himself William Miller wrote to Mr. W. J. Widdleton a year ago, ordering several sets of his standard, works for a transient party," and urged haste in delivery, as otherwise he would lose the sale. He regretted that he had not a trade-list by him, so as to remit price, but would send New York exchange at once on receipt of bill. The goods were sent, received and acknowledged, with regret that the bill had not come to hand. A second order was sent, however, and it was suggested that the two lots should be billed together, when, etc., etc., as before. This was a little "thin;" the books were not sent, and Mr. Miller waxed virtuously indignant, and was also very much grieved at Mr. Widdleton's having lost the sale to the transient par y. Mr. Miller, however, continued not to remit, and a correspondence at last brought out the following interesting letter, some months later, dated at the National Hotel, Washington:

MESSRS. W. J. WIDDLETON:

Gentlemen-Your letter, after being forwarded, was received by me at this point. You will remember that you sent me circulars repeatedly, soliciting orders, for at least a year before I sent you any order. Finally I did send you an order, and received the books. The reason you were not paid you already know. Now, as to your threats, per mit me to say if I had the money convenient to pay you I should do so, and that threats unfortunately are not troconvertable into greenbacks" or anything else, and

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However, that is neither here nor there. If I had the money I would pay you; when I am able I will pay you. haven't the books, so cannot return them. I do not fear your influence with others. I can purchase all the books I So can pay for, notwithstanding anything you can say. that is the long and the short of the matter. If you think it a good thing to do to pursue the course indicated in your letter, why, do it. I assure you though that's not the short road to getting your money. Yours etc., W. MILLER.

The next development was a letter from Wright's Grove, Ill., without date, but received the last of July, signed Mrs. Geo. H. Gray. The writing of the letter was slightly different, but the envelope bore a striking resemblance to Mr. Wm. Miller's correspondence. Mrs. Gray desired Poe's works for a birthday present right away; she could not find them in Chicago, and unfortunately had neglected to ask the price there, so, etc., etc., as above. Mrs. Gray was notified of the price and requested to remit, but unfortunately it was too late then for the birthday present, and Mr. Widdleton again lost a valuable sale by his unhappy cautious ness. This was Aug. 6th; the middle of the month Mr. Widdleton received from Nichols & Hall the following letter, forwarded innocently enough lest the sale of the goods, which they had not in stock, should be lost :

WRIGHT'S GROVE, ILL., Aug. 15, 1879. MESSRS NICHOLS & HALL: Gentlemen-Will you please send me a copy of Edgar A. Poe's complete works? Library edition, bound in cloth. I want them fora birthday present and am in quite a quandary. I have looked through the Chicago bookstores and do not find a copy, and I understand you publish them. Unfortunately when I was looking I did not ask the price. If I had they would probably have been able to tell me, and I could enclose it, which would ensure my getting the books. Now, I suppose you have some rule about not sending out books unless they are prepaid. Now, how am I to prepay these books? I don't know the price; so cannot enclose it. If I write and inquire, receive a reply, then send the money and get the books, the birthday will have come and gone, and posthumous presents lose their flavor. Therefore I will have to beg that you make an exception to this rule of yours, and that you will consider the urgency of the case and send me the books. I have set my heart on Poe's works for the present; I can't postpone the birthday and your kindness and courtesy is the only outlet to the difficulty. I hope that you will send me a set by return mail-we have no express-and I assure you I will send you the amount immediately on receipt of the bill, by registered letter. Now, please don't disappoint me, and oblige Yours respectfully,

ADELAIDE GRAY.

Which is, on the whole, enough said! The dodge is remarkably ingenious. Have others in the trade been bitten?

BOOKSELLERS' AND STATIONERS'

PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION.

THE Secretary has found it necessary to issue a second notice to many delinquents who have not yet paid the first assessment, necessitated by the death of Mr. Prescott. The constitutional limit of thirty days expired August 25th; but as this was the first assessment, and occurred during the summer season, when many were away, the amount ($1.10) will still be accepted, if remitted at once. Otherwise the names of delinquents must be reported at the next meeting of the Board for erasure from the list of members.

STATIONERY NOTES.

A FIRE broke out on the second floor of Henry Bainbridge & Co.'s establishment last Monday night, and caused a damage of about $1200 before it was put out.

L. PRANG & Co. have issued a set of Shakes pearean dinner cards,in twelve different designs, with gilt bevel edges, and quotations from the bard printed upon them.

allows the pocket-book to be thrown over the back of the hand, or lie in the palm; in either position it secures itself, leaving the hand disengaged, and makes it impossible to be snatched by thieves or be lost in any way.

CHAS. E. HAMMETT, JR., calls attention for the fall trade to his well-known game of letters, which under the title of "Word Making and Word Taking" has been among the most sala-ders, etc., etc. ble of all, during the present rage of the "letter

games."

AIKIN, LAMBERT & Co., the well-known gold pen house, in addition to their very complete stock of pen goods, which embraces pens and pencil-cases in every conceivable style, have with their usual enterprise made large additions to their "Novelty" department, by their introduction of new goods for fall and holiday demand. In their selection of models they have drawn on the practical as well as the fanciful, as their new styles show. Pencils in hammers,

hatchet, door-key, wood-screw, battle-axe and like shapes are among these, and of two of the most ingenious cuts are presented herewith. One is the exact model of a Bell telephone, about an inch and a half long, and fitted as a watch-chain, the pencil being telescopic barrel.

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It has the knobs, mouthpiece, etc., of the regular telephone, and is manufactured both in ebony and polished plate, the former being the more desirable as more fully imitating the model. Another odd design, also figured, is the policeman's club. Still other novelties are promised by this house before the approach of the holidays.

THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN Co. add to their very well-known line of goods, which have stood every test of popularity, two new pens of which cuts will be found elsewhere. These are the "Choctaw," for rapid writing, and the "Inflexible" stiff pen, Nos. 309 and 322, making about seventy styles now before the public.

THE CAMBRIDGEPORT DIARY Co. are already in the field with their new "Standard" diaries for 1880, reminding us that New Year's is after all not far off. They offer, with marked improvements in styles, a simultaneous reduction in prices; their goods have all the most desirable features, and their lines include the patent self-closing diaries.

LANGFIELD & HEIDELBERGER, pocket-book manufacturers of Chicago, by a simple device have introduced a most valuable attachment to ladies' pocket-books. The novelty, called "The Protection," consists of an elastic guard or band, attached to the back of the book, through which the hand is thrust, and which

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MESSRS. NOYES, SNOW & Co., of Boston, Mass., announce several new games for the coming season. "The Knowledge-Box" is designed to convey in a pleasant way information concerning some of the chief events and prominent men in the world's history, bringing in the great painters, sculptors, rulers, natural won"Syllabus" will prove a variation of the "Letter" and "Word" games so justly popular, and will doubtless meet with a large demand. Their editions of "Authors" and their series of Natural History Games (Avilude, Ferrilude, etc.,) are put up in very attractive style, and in fact their whole line of publications is one which should not be overlooked.

BUSINESS NOTES.

NEW YORK CITY.-Wm. J. Carlton, formerly with J. R. Anderson & Co., has opened a bookstore at 47 Beekman Street, new and second-hand school-books is his specialty.

-A MEETING of the creditors of L. W. Schmidt has been called by A. G. Dunn, assignee, to take place at the rooms of the Stationery Board of Trade, 93 Nassau Street, Room 9, on September 17th, at 11 oclock A.M., for the purpose of receiving a statement of his assets and liabilities, and to consider the terms of a composition to be proposed in his behalf for the adjustment of his affairs.

LITERARY AND TRADE NOTES.

By some slip of pen or type, we were made to speak of Saturday Afternoon instead of Sunday Afternoon, as the title of our contemporary, which has now become in name what it has always been in fact, Good Company.

SCRIBNER & Co. manage each year to repeat and extend the successes of the year previous, with both of their most popular magazines. The programme of the new volume of Scribner's Monthly, given elsewhere, is unusually rich, and little readers may also be assured that their prime favorite, St. Nicholas, will not wane.

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WE are indebted to B. Westermann & Co. for correction of the statement that Mr. Thayer's 'Life of Beethoven" is written in German and published in England, made on the authority of an exchange in our issue of August 30th. The book is translated from Mr. Thayer's English MS., and published by W. Weber in Berlin.

L. R. HAMERSLEY & Co., the publishers of The United Service, a quarterly review of military and naval affairs, will publish the last number as a quarterly in October. Its success has been such that it will hereafter be published monthly, with its publication office at No. 1510 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Col. G. A. Woodward, U. S. A., will have charge of the Army Department, and Mr. L. R. Hamersley of the Navy. The October number will have many able articles: Naval Education," by Lieut. F. Collins, U.S.N.; "Saving of Life, by R. B. Forbes; The English in South Africa," by Lieut. Phillip Reade, etc., etc.

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BOOKS WANTED.

In answering, always state condition and price.
A. G., Box 4295, N. Y.

V. 3-4 (in 1 vol.), Works of Wm. E. Channing. Bost., Am.
Unitarian Assoc., 1855.

V. 1, Letters of Charles Lamb, with sketch by T. N. Talfourd. Lond., E. Moxon, 1838.

SIMON BRENTANO, 39 UNION SQ., N. Y., Works having reference to fires, fire-extinction, fire-service, and firemen. State price, style, condition and date.

H. D. CHAPIN, COR. MADISON AND DEARBORN STS., CHICAGO, ILL.

Cooper's novels (Townsend's ed.), as follows:

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LEASK & ALLEN, 132 NASSAU ST., N. Y.,

Will pay cash for almost any second-hand Law Books; also Patent Office Reports from 1843 to 1848 (inclusive), containing lists of patents and claims for inventions. Send list with lowest prices.

GEO. A. LEAVITT & Co., ASTOR PLACE, N. Y. Rocky Mountain Life: Daring Adventures, Thrilling

Stories and Pleasant Reminiscences.

Life Among the Flowers, with Poetical, Classical and Historical illustrations.

The above books were published about fifteen years since by Horace Wentworth, or Thayer and Eldridge, Boston, Mass.

TIBBITS & RANDALL, 21 WESTMINSTER ST., Providence, R. I.

Encyclopædia Americana.

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