New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-21
AMERICAN LITERATURE IN ENGLAND


DR.. BABY writes from London, oath ult, 10 his Ma.
iOna Era as follows: The facts he states would shame
lose who talk of Uncle Toms Cabin defaming. iniur-
Ing end exciting prejudice against our country IN Europe,
they had the grace to be ashamed Of any thing
have lately learned some interesting ,rii,ulsrsu
ation 10 the pubcat Of nce I0R (0bfa and 9TH
.r American works Mrs stoves novel reprinted 10
May lr52 two months required ge il In crculs-
rup during July snd August II sad fair run which rap
idly increased til it reached is hight in November since
hen The de msnd has declined Clarke BeetoB Co,
'Tt'fpfhng lof don tn, have issued Tx editions, con-
psig an aggregate OF nearly 30 600 copies About tho
ssme rupber ha' been printed by other publishers here,
making an aggregate Of fary 200 oopils-a erculs-
uu larger than that afaued in the same ma by Auy
work IN England native or foreign
"lts worthy OF remark that the two most successful
woIhs Of The year IN the English market have been Ias
T0m's CatfH, and The Wt4c Itiie W0ttL both Amer.
csD and both by women both ths first novels OF their au
ihors. Mis-, WethtreDs book reprinted hers before
Mrs stoves, but bad 10 considerable circulation as An
in'orm ed TIL the latter had aroused the psbic mind
has now circulation q 10000. The PickGi Papsnain
ihsb day hardly reached 18th Of this but tie rid DID
lot ten 90 so much by steam II does The nsn
nost sucCes,iul book The Whtt. Stare. by
hy1omsn, llcreth, three editions Of which have been D.
sud by the firm named shove, berDg geo 600 copies
: IL an editorial written few weeks before
len Washington, | ventursd the assertion that the
great success in England Of Uncle Toms C0btR, had
acted fsvorsbly for the interests Of American liz
erstUre. BY contributing 10 open the foreign MAJ
ket, and 10 stimulate ths demand for lis productions
an glad to fnd myself sustained by facts There nov 10
bsinTf NE printed Catalogue Ot new works lui plbh04
by Clarke Beeton Co. from which il appsara that sD3
The fret republication Of Mrs Stoves novel in May l
they have reprinted 2s Anne ri works. American ~
ersy WORKS reprinted IN London by single drm, ia ens
year Thew told me that they did very little in ibis line
before The appearance Of Jacle Toms Calm bat aaa
then people have been the lookout r american con,
modes or course they have rivals in this kind Of suffer-
prize The truth IT, the people demand cheap ierLafei
publishers taking the advantage Of the absence OF 90
nter aonal copyright have undertaken 20 satisfy me %
msnd by cheap reprints Of foreign literature The Ensn
pubi.heTs b. gu 10 follow the example Having ascerao,
90 that there such thing American ,srstue tosy
are giving shilling editions Of It's production to The Ensss
pubic
IN the catalogue American reprints referred tO no
lee CeyernOok, by Alice Carey Dollars aDd Cents ~
Amy LsthTop. Partisan Sight, and French Pnna2s7,
sfen 'trovgh American specaces; several yoinnes ~
Edgar A. Poe Political Atheism. by DIR. Lymin
RetCher; Nile Notes Of a HsEAoJi; Hesdleys 'Of
Guard Of Napoleon Rsveries Of Bachelor Herberts
Cavaliers Of England Pictures 4 European CsPits ~
" Wsrs snd others; several volumes BY u author OF
sSurny Side Poems by LongfslOE snd Whittier; 70
oir ION Al Home by e. Adams The CABIN ard tae
Psrlo,,' ~ Thornton \ Randolph Senator's Boa by
n "a Victoria Fuller, &c- &c
Is bgf ~ creoi,ablr 10 Clarke, Beeton & Co, wso
have 40 larg.y in the enterprise of repdnng
Az era Won s tia, tEsirs the fsst firm in LoDa0a
nat made Mr.. Stove remittance the sales Of her book
here. anc uncers:and tast their hHsd rule IL 70 allow
American authors whose productions they repablbs e
as porfion Of the profits them should there b. Aay
fu . the principle OF which ought 10 b. adopted BY al
uubii,kers