New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-27
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SIR: The following We take !

SIR: The following we take from an editorial in
ycur paper OF this morrirg:
1--WE remember that three or four yesfs ego young
Of this city Just smbs he'd in the sunss hd
and invested con,dersbs sum in large edition. The Mess
hp,J one Shs 1 sSPs :n Il.
In reply, We ask you to insert . copy Of letter
written by Nc on that occasion which, think pre-
seIts the case referred to in different aspect.
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NEw.YoKK, Sept. S. 1884,
DEAR SIR leave scknowedee the rscep. OF your
letter Of yesterday with the Enclosure which propose 70
publish ouowunless las understand your letter 20 In
msts comply with the demand made Of " lev days
Dss and Ry f s % biz :rd 20: n ,sPoS' .,
from seeding TO the demand designed to enforce 10 the
present n,,nee mJov,I the tenor 81 In the .nsn
ey variance with facts that must ask attention to
You Of course, that we had parehssed from Mr.
John Wiley the stereotype pste: Of all the works Of oten:
Blesh Houss'snnounsips intention 70 pablsh ell hi:
writing. When Bleak House was announced We Instructed
London agent TO purchase the advance sheet. for our e
which he tia. a. cost Of es,ooo.
ed TO purcha,e the sheets of that work the manner We
learned from him that; After nesotsor the pqbihers re-
pce reiave to copyTsh And from ether sources
nfo ed Euh publisher had authority Of in
potd to The .h.etm.a, q an stsfS.as coPy!sh
had per,s sdsd the publishers Of Ha Tines. that .hsfa9
pasGes Of the sred ar. By these representations be
ceedsd securing The advance sheets Of Hard Times for ii,
and advantage and made srsaeener.st)
have reissu.d here By branch Of HE es-absnuenA
We immediately snnoupce through the ordinary adverscg
oha,Des that should Dish the book feeling sesout-
y necsy not merely for oursev ou- foc the genera inter
ests 81 ADe publishers 10 prevent the success Of chs
poly Of their booh in the United sdvac Of ths
enactment ofa Cotyrsht Law.
Neither yours. had puss.ssd the shsets Of
Hard 1mes" .: that time Of body did ether BE-
you purchas. them any time from either the author his
pselsker IL the In h pGbsher who succeeded by unfair
and improper In Sepiiyrg OF them. fsSnd
order to profit BY bis scheme TO pu. them into oths
hands that this fact does not the least degree
Alter the nature Of the II you bouse them
sn !: mus, have been from h-spd h. too sfsr
meat that should publish TIE thereby
made ourselves parties 70 HE plans and 70 the be had
adopted TO carry tkem oct.
fIcn this statement which 10 the In substance
have submitted TO In eonversson feel warranted
saypg that your son "a Ducc
on hir." Ard or this ground decline paying the
8 ,ae which you demsnd on bis b.sslf
We recpocse heartily expressiops Of feEehip and
are beg 20 the have Tsp-s:edy
given you in convsrssor, hat IL rspntns Hs; rues
bad insDiion Of vhorn supposed
be In that be in other publ atoms simply TIE the
Eneh publisher VIA bad enaesvored 9vs and IL Other
pubhshers whom they could not control OF Of To-
eifimsie and legal business.
we shan ssdly 90 anything IL p~-r restore the
friendly rsscrs which have hitherto prevailed between
We ,rust col mssndssand object venture
10 .sp,ss :he soo Whistler .g.h esu: viii b. promoted BY
Inc ID pustion Of yOsr letter b.. q The ety
~ap.een.y 81 sECA eo1-s. moe b. he l,cs.- We
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ip 9, RE esrts sosISs viAeti 1t re samt uHs pHifs