The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-28
: VIEW DAILY EvENIN G PENNY
PAPER,

DEVOTED TO SCIENCE, LITERATURE, MORALS AND
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The editor of the Pilot proposes to issue, in a
few days, new paper, TO be circulated on the
penny plan, devoted to Science, Literature, and
news in general. In the editorial department,
he has secured the services Of T. S. .arth,r-, for
the last four or fire years the conductor Of the
ATHENEUM, Ofthis city; paper, that, under his
direction, received the most datterine encomi.
ums from men of the first shding for intelli.
gencs and mcEal worth. The new paper will Be
neutral in politics, and furnish the most interest
ing occurrences Of the day, at the earliest posi-
BE moment II is intended for circulation
among families as we'll as business men, and
viii, therefore, be kept, at all times, free from
ovsrything that husband, father, or brother
might hesitate to introduce at home.
IN che first number, illustrated By an Ameri-
can artist, of distinguished mind, will be conn
menced, story of Baltimore, of exciting inte-
rest, entitled 'tTHE TAILoR's AppRpNT,cr . T.
Will be continued regularly for seysral months
and embrace, when completed, as much matter
as Is usually given in two or three volume. Of
the ordinary sized novel
Iothis new feature ii4h will embrace tbe
publication of original works ofmerit from Anne
rican authors, the publisher would call particu-
lar attention He has long had in contempla-
ton the execution of plan for giving to lvr;-
tiers OF talent in this country, Just compensa-
ton for their labors, and for securing to them n
proht commensurate with the sale of their works.
lie now proposes topay for the privilege of in
sertins such new works of merit as NAV he Of
tered and meet his views, in the new paper
ms daily Pilot, and the Weekly paper to be
made up from both these sources. Those will
nave local circulation in Baltimore and Wash
lngton, and general and enlarged circulation
throughout the South and West, leaving tho
Northern and Eastern markets open for the sale
81 such copies as may be published in numbers.
or as complete book if that form is preferred,
tie author, retaiaing an unembarrassed interest
in the copy rights. 1t is well known that the
principal sale of books is in the middle and east
ern States, particularly in the large Atlantic CT.
ties OF Philadelphia, New York and Boston,
In the South and West, the towns and villages
are so remote from each other, that there are diff
hcuities, not easily overcome, in the way of a
general, profitable circulation of books The
publication, therefore, in the paper, cannot in
any important degree, affect sales of books in
the North and East; and, as for this privilege.
the authors will be paid, they can, at once,
secure far more than could be realized by trust
gto the sales in the South and West, in book
or pamphlet form.
As copyrights will, in every case be taken ont
the subscriber would call the attention of publisb-
ers ofnewspapers throughout the countrvt to the
fact, and caution them against infringing these CO.
Ply rights bytransfering to theirpapers such works
as may appear from time to time in his. The
fact that these works are paid for, and that the
authors still retain an interest in the sales Of
their property, will at once show the Justice
and necessity for such an Observance.