The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-06-17

Cfesoent - ~, IN long dlsqe'sation on the pub-
abv furn;shs ~ so, Nss ,Iss,s
the following passage
The Autobiography Of Goethe YVES published in Ibis
his edition Of Ram IN b renahisX H. SNq nqe
In tact several numbers OF he Library of Choice
tnre, schlegel. and Ceihni . '-'s' a'
Il would pc hard 70 crowd greater number of
errors INTO the same space In the first place, the
hi s n either
before il was nrnsed bv Bobn n ,hs .s ,,sls
| place, the Autobiography cf Goethe alluded to.
was hrst translated and published by Wiley &
usnam, ana then stolen Dolly BY this enterpr-
version .,oni h~, Mo,Ss g tne America
respects he e;;oss were he same
the typographical errors.
This is case, blythe way, which illustrates the
necessity Of an International copyright, literary
maI;us see oes par 2. ms sme LOT year in
work publ;shsrs Rre found 10 issrs ,elll aal
style and al great expense but il Is scarcely ort
Of the press before i is caught up by the harpies
o. ra.ernos'er Nov, VINO supply the English mar
non .ha with soneaP se..,0n, ana tnen return
original. which Vas nurlo;ned Tbs ra '.,s very
both author and printer, are thus cheated ont II
thelr labor and mans. Il is true that those who
we eelslons N TINS country might be
law gsners, ~ 80 a.. y INA. suit at
Fran, IL. Jyv..,. E...
~ ~ ~ ~ eA'-s Isl we extract
| D.. s's "oo'e Anie wnen the
49, lese'seuas a1snoy =, literary nnatters-
mas''r ~, y mat was
s So - oi's'otsi1 =. now we suspect,
9',eu ~ Wy manner ii,uicaseu oy It's charge
$3.50 ''' Nfes'en'7 W oooA-pupnshers and
T,
800 ~ ~ S'ess'n' "as written by one
wi'l,u' essn 'iie sn' 0i d single vol
-11n P'e'eeu were we win tne selec-
,,r,.aI ~ i, ~ iow prices tnat
~ ofuel large m
-, 49,, - Always Kept lew
49, ~ INC eus,ce, ana received
.old ,,ba,l-~ A''n naVe oeen
| Co.,. -. - ~ o"n merits or our
a. looL;srs -. y -, NINE
tn,e }, ~ Ga II. A1i'e'a-
included Il \, NJ. r,ors,s ~ - ~ no'
bo,h ra..L,;sl ny IT, ~. .ns Ply. ney were
shortly after Robn,s ad;,ions IA - H.
the Choice Iibr.rn i - "1n
cation. Cell;n; mas ,d,er,;.sd =, p.t,- FS--
months bafora ~ e. ~ sotne
-. -. N,.'e''' " NY y usnaiii'
out iieiiory serves US AS 70 1oethes
p'Osiaphy' one translation was printed In this
80 ealy % 1881 Dohn' IN ms preface
,n'' "'' 'anslauon was prepared expressly Tor
L -, LAY, anu tna' ule recent American edition
As % many elrors tna' II couio not be used. But
'-ese are issues tnough to booksellers
4seH' ,ney may appear pertinent these books
were al Standard WORKS In their respective lines.
All we claimed for Mr.. Bohn was, that he had
published an admirable selection of works at such
price as to bring them within reach Of al readers.
Inns certainly is not to be disputed. This very
Goethe contains one third reading matter
than the work in the Library of Choice Literature.
For IN addition to the Auto biography, the last
volume Is chiefly filed with his letters from Italy
These two volumes sell for two dollars. The
American edition of the autobiography alone sells
at " %. 10 judge from the Post one would sup
pose that the German work referred to, had been
translated for the first time by Wiley IL Putnam.
We have not the first translation before US but if
they at all approach the original thew must all bs
essentially the same
Why should Mr.. Bohn be denounced as book
thief? Because he prints book ebeaner and
better than the American publisher. and undersels
him in his own market When Yankee manufac-
tarers send oottons to London and underseIl the
manchester people, an America boasts. IF and
u, comes up very frequently in the transactions OF
NE. FOR our own part, we want international
copyright law Thou shalt not muzze the OK
wnen ne treadeth out the corn" but then he must
not gorge himself. The millions either of England
or America will furnish sufficient commemorative, ..