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6peetd1 Correspondence Of 12s Chicago 7tiounk ::
LONDON, April 8.-The first sessfm NJ +ha "a
~ 1s-s. +,,a -, "as nelo IN ran:
request OF King Luis Of Portugal the third MI
assumed 90 norsnna, s,e;a'a une as as Majesty ha'
4,N1 Po4'"1 Pet 4s,o'i u loe ofepata-
uons ior tne assembling OF the Congress, and 4
doing everything in his power to make tho sessfon
agrand success tie has chartered steamer
wntch Will sail from an English port in 1bns,
Lisbon, to conecy to his Capital the membe1s n n
tho international literary ssocia5o ,as,ah..a ~
ea assoelauo members
legitimate writer's The part; viii return, prpbi-
bly,, by way OF Paris and Munich. The secret of
the Kings interest in This vear,a congras I,ss N
the fact that it Is the 1ooth anniversary Of The
birth OF Portugnls great poet, Camoens whose
WorKs nave 9een read IN every portion Of Tia
civilized world.
| THE TWO SOCIETIES.
It Is possible that the distinctttn he+uaen II.
r1tcrnRtinnn ritarr. esndatio9, etHeSa 1ae
terntionu1 literary Fnnpress nav nnt @ ba fhor. ~
the other. The Conprrss meets m snn1iait anG =
co1nnnsei nf n1l sneh 1frararv sriantiRo, lras
mntic. n1usfcaI. ar artistic walkers "a are desir
! GUS OF obtaining nm international law fhr The
nrItecton nf tSe;r ri fntnectna nrnrv ~ that
! Innv hn i,nd nc sncrnT and a. ftharorghir ~.
s1sctei, IA at othar nr1nat. 81. "a En-, thereiors N
TO evise 1f,a hast eons tm occomnf,s hi. "a
iftor +horo,<r;, 5;sn,esia,, - ~ n,oet;on tha
| whole matter is placed In the hands OF the A.
sociarion. which, In turn selects committees to
curry OUT the aims Of the Congress:
these committees are composN ...1 o.
immediate attention to tho cause, but Rtfaa
general membership representing The literary
classes OF all countries.
~ - .a.;-;,,, tim.
Inc honorary members OF rne Amel,Gan eo W.
Rainb Woda vi rrP Fer nsn am tha acttya ~
,nesSss ,rs J.. :" MdfSg1nson, h1ons94 q Maetts
wi.fa val klpE: mil!iam Appleton q. NJ hun'als
'oE' ano 1unn ~ hyaM; 4oo that vo,,ne
nus u teH oceu saiu, anu Justly, 1tt
nnih =, 1ifa "Su ha,,a 7 -, ,,sa howev ame
can phrase. irons in tie IRE" push themselves
forwurtl Into too urofninent notice. This Ger
tuinly cannot be said cf this Committee. Ths
gentlemen composing IT were selected, not BE-
but because they are so near the bureau kesd-
quarters; which are at 81 Rue Vivienne, Psfk,
that ut moments notice they could be on ths
spot to attend to the duties Of tue Committee.
They have devoted many valuable hours
during the roast year to tho CAUSE
and IRE now nrcnarii'1 a circular, to b
sent in few DAYS to the etlitors-n+chief Of tie
various rcprcgcntutiyc American newspapers,
asking their views on this important topic Of III
Internationul- Copyright law,
Your correspondent was fol tunate enough 9Is t;a tna
cular and scizcs the first opportunity to aequa1as
you with its contents,
i sgw or rt.osr 1xrrnrsrrn TN THE xoyn-
- 1A" VI 4nos1 ANa1sn9ihD sss As A1
.,.naohsyn
among the leading men or the Wof1o see,sttof maJ
s3veh G n tnear @ coElaI ohcslon TO me sy Sa mon:
toned: T. Ensan4 Messss Tenn1ys9a, mn ths f5 Fsri
nt1tnony frD'lope, HIadstonc, ano Ine pner+hoH nr
a,nr,,ns.h ~, H., r. nfFanans n S@tn 4niercs,
MM. Torres I;ni,,.t, and Manuel Peralta, DON
Pedro Of Brazil, aud the VIscount Of Rio BraHeo;
August Manncf' lilies Simon and Frederic
Thomns: in Russia. II. TourYueneK and Count
Leon Tolstoi: in Austria, II. Nordtnann: u
Castelar, and Caizado. -:
wm.r Tus COMMITTEE prs1nks.
ut ia ,1esrnh,, tb.t ] 1ho = American ~, membersd
the Executive Committee should Be aets .s,tis +
sans. at the lt,shon congress. WnaL sI r. sub
nene net "a me United states really = oh ~ su and to
what extent tho leading Journals ort o. oo1 sftae
try can 1e depended upon for the suppoEt. .paerE
cause Il Is expected that nj 1he eIens a,s tn III
Gan puollshers WIZ present .her pan II fheda
hr!: ai W LUIS ',hporthnt ~ .her seuti
1ncnts -, ti, .tt s.s,t - j. ,ot ioo much 70
say that ,nnst IF tt1n innrto,,t ntblishing fins
believe. tint The time - I'm. for the enactment
Of Il general Inv .n,,nliy onratiyc in all coun'
rif, e.stnhiishing I'm ,It.hts nf Tho author ere1
rhcre. ,,s fhnra,,hI, ah :. IN " bis own land d
this moment the Tni,3ms 40 RI American 1iteratu!s
pub!ishcd abr1,1,l il rant,lly increasing, and Hs
have nn especial interest in farthering lass
and ,yist, l,risnfion ,yirh regard to literary pfR
intended to he the s,mmi11g-up II of opinlons e@ o
lnternatonal,c cvpyrixht law gathereo, ,be st' bass
r ttnsG 1nnian1 1no r. a nrfinct Of law to be pr