, 1879-08-12
The Author Of "6screts Of Success II
Denies the Charges Of Pla-
giaritm.
Were Mr. Adams and Prof. Mathews In
debted for Their Tit1os to
Third Person?
Docs Dstra,ttoa Assist In "Celtlug On In The
World" FEELS Plagiarism "Seeret
Of Suttess"7

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III L''c' ano ncM .:, E"s"s" '"soN =! ~. ~. ~.
naahs' shtnI'cn @ .ns ee:Ies . =. 80. nusssst nos
~ es r. on en, % or, u' a. s .,,sta ".sa
maze IN natcnei eolu"n'' n'o ~ WIS ,hll''atea
tlMt rs Prof. MnthsW'a BOOB was tlvc Tears
older thar Mr. Ad1tna, the latter must have
"cribhed " extensively from the former. This
cj,arre tyas nut .,!casant for Tie American psl.
lisuer, uf tho book, Ncssr,. q, r, Pu,na,n,s
atan,i,nr IN the trade, Thcr wrote to Tie En-
rlish t publisher and author askinc for explain.
prutca bclov:
1t ought to be possible Tor INC E'a'aah author
and publisher to carry OH the discussion Without
,nn,1tlur jmoroper motive, 10 Tur Ta,uuyE,
."p"s'''t' ~ N.,-,. s...s
viii bc nble to {udge for himself whether Tie cx-
p'anas1on Of tue English author Is In all respects
satisfactory. It Is one thing to nee common
historical fucts and references: It ts another
thing to relate t1'etn' WITHOUT c'cat' 10 INC iaa
guagc Of Il contemporary writer and rival. Mr..
!, Adsm' admits having had a copy Of prof. a;a. y,
tHc"s' pook put 10 gus hatast anut from Tie
many quotations made and acknowledged, It
sSs'.'s s.1' .n'' "'.ss H'e ~ stA9e W.
English booK was bcRnh. Inc l1hGhsh authot
does not deny that he got tue idea Of writing
s"sh st' =" oooa noin 1lot' ',1'" =. t'''s
SECRETS Of Success Is q papablc initiation OF
"Gcttne On in tho World.n 1t would nut bo
possible for hitn Or anybody eiae TO make anci'
fe fnt.r. ra or suss LII 'of
A~ '9' rrov W - '1'y - rr,r..v,a zox.
Ia tie Editor ., 1at Tribune.
q appeared - artic'e headed .'Litvfa,J Iar-
1ithe1 l,v u.s., entitled THE Secret of Success"
and written bF v. Il. Davenport Adaa,s, bad been
arEs;y m1,e M ~ up n frSm W,, Prof Ms;laews .wofk.
borrowed from Mt. Mathews the plan the title,
md Q yeas pnrt Of tho material Of hts noox. ow-
recently Teachcd lin: We ,wiilnow al; you, AZ
matter of ias,'c. to NJ. M Aaams =. s i. t. our.
the chsr!e made by your literary editor wh'ch -
tnelo4e herewith. We aiao tent letter from The
tory Of tts publication and o! tss title Is g!ycn.
We hayc lesors Nt the yn1ame 10 wheh NJ. flosg
refers, ''Ihc Secrets q Success; o.; How to st
which i eera!nly evidence tnst Ar. Ada,ns a! noi
70 to Mt: Matthew's for the title nr rlan OF his
sGs hss. " @ asd H. ny a :0M ss " ss s'; Il
ion ~ the '0etItn1 On . ths Worl'," md that
SS :1sS y as 81 o S si psas
ter TnS sl1I39 of mplasa1s
onsht to nS fully Withdrawn, as il h,s boom ti,o
cause Of needless nnnoyanec 10 author ana .puu-
Stss ~ sny.as' 'h' '''' our
q. p. PuTSAn's soSs.
FROM THE ENGLISH PUBLISHER.
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!dm adam. ..scc,cs ~ Succe..H rns f,i,r. " r,u.
- rss romari;s as foI,ews: 'r4s yery stls. il Wit
ne se'; y ,s,ot aans ..m.Hs TN,
tsn o s.rret ~ uc"es. or IInw il ,Iet IN in tn
World" 4 plasIa,rsn' u ;ls title "f;ett'nG or
hs ts acan TS1errn 10 II ss,n"g @ "a anEuas' @ i, M
uLact natI VI 10y II Ms ~ Gte @
Mneinsr ~ IT,, y nnent, ~ no rut.tF ~
moi ". s,mn,T ~ LUZ a1 , H. .sE s,, sK y,
Hk Lst A"W .hanh.., t3 tt3 80. ~ ~ '..e' @ ~
8ecrets Of success; o. anw 10 ass pn IN thn
wa Ms nssu a",a vo .hctcns Pof MstSs
eos ho "tiS ao,'as as on Ia ths Wor not pub.
rsasoHlng o. w''s GSo IT, ~ ~ anusf n III ,s ssa.
ss, ehsgse af of Sssats!ns e 90 ill., aud s Ss Vii
hsEe na sx ~ nnt ~ 'h c,s.r. h,ou,,, h,
'o.s ,,n ,tr ~. n~,nst IL nn,. 4 9 ~
| Iilh CtItrAnn 1ntnnSE ni.nst ~. ME' n"aais u ~
nono'cg gnint III. T., .n5no n"s,n.t prnS H.,i'a,v.
have GompsGI5 t sns ~ ,m. n.s at
that s' tio III t,1o 10 was not Ills; i. was chosen
ins IT, h1w sn,s Gas 30 ,1,a w. IN !sa iSD "a
title whicl. naye tno"m ~ Nv. va a11saoy ,sa aca
md that haSs given y yo .a,,n naa - no nsasi or
!hG present Ease e9a't tn,ut nI, 'i.n.f s!a',.nf
t!t'cs-ns fos e1ansp,e, si'h!i iseRtnninss' o.
| tho MAy ~ GeL oh, pao''e"sa " NY 'aIo atn'
Just lWculY fcn!s atg:
sayS t IT, H. ~ as .E 10 ,rhe .G &c d =;
he cui vcrr easily d. fot, Win every resPcct for
tlio rights OF otheft Mllel saY that nave seldom
! seen Moss 'trumnem M chaf9c uiaac fha?
hsip % Surprising III was ina,lo from malicious mot,so
possibly Inspired hy jralonsY: aiy the way do ynn
hapnen to know wI'st M sosssion e. in,Ieneo ftof
| Mathews has with THE UnlcAno tntnuNEr hayo
| notiun tint It We knew gil about thts "potty
larceny oaslncss tho Professor would not posa
Tnis 2 no case - strengthen ths Arguments IN
Ind l'rof. Mathews bauk been reprinteA WHOLESALE
.lore could have eeoa no complatut ~ J.. tue lay nov
for had both hooss beon r.t pull! lahcd here,
theEe could have been ~ Just cause OF compliant;
| jnst As | say fhorc ls not IN tho Unitnd
ktaies. 4 y too ah.a5d =. to- c'slm 70;
or Biographical facta. or In literary extracts, which
nsc onuu 10 MI. and by ao n,eans % que to Prof.
wonId ventura openly to claim any such rght 1t Ii