The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-05-18
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SERGEANT Talion'd's cry rish, pill. Ibe io'lew'g
prob by, prove nlrrss ig 10 some Of your readers
He Il les The following as come OF The produce OF
copyIigh, i.lling ui;hln his knowledge:
MIR. Fox's Fragments Of English History was sold
by Lord Holland Tor % OOoguih'
Sir lanes MacInosh's English History sod :, 90
I.ingard,s History Of England, Tor 4,633
Oh WI" ~ The ,he ), io,ed books for $4,000
The Ieli receipt OF copyright on the two
first editions only, must have been above
Life d Wilberlorce, by his sons, for AGO
Moorr's Lille uf Byron, for 1000
Of Sheridan for 1000 or 5000
Lii. Of Hannah More, Tor 1900
s iuthey's Life OF Cowper, for Loco
Lady c. Bury's Life and Times Of George 49,
Lockhan's Life Of Scot: More than $4,000
volumes have been alIeady sold, al lbs. 6d.
per volume, and, BY calculation, nell pub
lisher's prc6l OF IS. must have been de-
rived from i IN the first two years copy $50
right equal TO l25oO
Byron's Work according 10 Mr., Murray 10000
Scots Lord OF The Isles. hall share $500
Moore,s LaIlah Rookh 5000
Rejected Addresses 1000
Murray's Republication OF Crabbes Works 5000
M.xons Republication Of Wordsworth oso
Bulwe,'s Novels, each fI2OOto 800
- Rienzi, 1000
Marlyatts Novels, each fl,OO0 10 200
Mrs. rrollope's Factory Boy 1900
"Sr Walter Scouts Waverley (see Lockhan's
Life, VI 3, p.t2a6) 22,5c0 copies sold psevious 10
4 the sale Of the current edition, which must have
Melted Is. per copy, E7500 and this one out OF 22
novels by The same author! The great collected
edition Of 40 volumes with notes, called by Mr..
Lockhar The Magnum,' is understood 10 have
reached an average sale Of 25 600 per volume Mr.
Lockhar says that The sale Of Waverley 10 that edi
/ lion has reached 10000! The total number OF 5s
volumes sold must therefore, be 200 600, and the
publishers profit on these being at least Is. per
i volume, the gain on the edition must be already
fl20000 over and above that on former publications
Of e-ch novel, and the copyright OF the FIRST OF
the e novels does not expire Tor four years"
/ 81 was at considerab bic pains" says Mr. Tegg,
"to ascertain what Sir Waller Scott had gained by
his Writings now comprised in ~ volumes, before
| stated in my pamphlet, in answer 10 SERGEANT Tai
fuurd's published speech, that il amounted 10 quar-
ter OF million sterling; and if the matter be pro-
/ perry inquired into by The House OF Commons, u
| will be iound below the mark"
Mr. Loekhart rs editor Of the Quarterly, Profes-
sor Wilson, OF Backwoods Magazine, f,olessof
| Napier Of the Edinburgh, and Theodore Hook, of
the New Monthly, received, certainly not less Than
FL 900 a year each on The average. Mr. Macaulay,
DR.. Sonthey, Mr. Barrow, and other eminent men,
100 guIneas TO- single article in The Edinburgh and
| Quarterly Reviews.
Hannah More derived $4,000 per anrum from
her copy rights during many Of The latter years Of
hrr life.
Rundes Domestic Cookery. $4,000
E t I Classical Tour, s,Ioo
| Hebef's JOURNALISM r.. Inglis obtained
! for the BEAUTIFUL and interesting widow of
Bishop Heber, by the sale Of this work 5000
1 Murphy's Almanac, 5000
1.-THE copyright Of Marmion expired in 1886,
and since that time nee pioneers have disseminated
more than 100000 copies al a very low rate, viz.
2S,, Is. Cd, and l0d among the humble classes Of
| the public
| "The copyright of that beautiful poem, the Lady
Of the Lake, expired in 1893, since when different
publishers have brought ont editions and sold tho
poem al one-lenlh The price il had ever been sold at
during The existence Of the copyrights II the spirit
Of the author could look down upon the diffusion Of
his pure and elegant writings il would derive plea
sure from this result and rejoice in having conlii-
buled TO the innocent qualification and improve
ment of the human race; but this the HnnsA e.
StI)eant Iafourd
which wou.d operate also the works oil many
other authors at present supplied The lowest posi-
bic rate 10 the public by the competition OF book
sellers.
So far Mr. Teeg; do not pretend to give any
opinion as to The propreiy utility of SERGEANT Tai
| fourd> bill il is clear however that good deal
may be said on both sides. II may be amusing to
contrast The above mentioned gains of modern ati-
ihors with those made by tile writers OF former pc
rod> and for some Of the principal works in English
| literature.