New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-16
ENGLAND.
THE QUEEN-COPYRIGHT-I NsTANTANEOUS
PHOTOGRAPIIS-JUMBO.

tons of sympathy shown her is liked by everybody
because it is obviously her own letter The general
rem ark is that it is the letter of woman rs well
rs of a SOVEREIGN 1t is feminine IN its touches OF EN-
phasis There are phrases which one can imagine
the royal pen Everything the Queen uses. from a
railway train to IA tOohpck. is here called royal
understanding One would like TO have a look at
the original Most of the papers-all but one.
think-prnt the letter in the usual typography.
But The Morning Post introduces style which
nav be Official but which has doubtful effect.
The last sentence. for example, is printed TINS:
"The Queen thanks God that He spared Her be-
loved Child. who Is Der constant and devoted com
paniOn. and those who were WIN IieI III inc mo
ment of danger as we'll as Herself, and She prays
that lie will continue to protect Her Tor Her Peo-
pies sake AZ He has hitherto so vlslbly done"
You remark that the Queen. the Princess Beatrice
and the Deity are aiiko indicated by pronouns be-
ginning with capital letters. This may or may not
he copied from The London Gazette the official paper,
of which a supplement was issued for this letter.
The official paper, again, may OF may not have
copied it from the manuscript For aught know.
il is the customary royal style. All that is of little
moment What is of moment is to see the most
radical journals IN the country joining with the
most conservative in congratulations on the
Queens escape and in expressions of pleasure at
this recognition by her of her subjects devotion.
Take this, tor example from workngmans
organ
Even the most captions critics, if they are honest
must admit that during the course OF her reign ex-
tending over nearly five and forty years the Queen
has filled wOrthly the Office she holds, anu mas
done more than could be expected OF her toward
satisfying the difficult rtquirene nts OF her position.
II is no easy task to handle sceptre that others
WELD to make dgniied show OF exercising
authority that has really been transferred to other
hands. and without excess of arrogance or undue
mod La i'm IN mail a
would not be tolerated if it were reality.
That shows how personal respect for the Queen
may be reconced with very sturdy adherence to
doctrines about the monarchy which to the Queen
herself probably seem revolutionary.
Copyright continues burning question, and just
now it is domestic copyright which is in contro-
versy. The storm raised by Mr. Pineros free pro-
ceedings in The matter of Mr. Hardys novel has not
subsidized. Other dramatists beside Mr.. PInero have
taken liberties with other novels than Mr.. Hardys
Ouida published sharp letter the other day to
complain that a book of hers entitled Moths
was being Grammatical without her permission, and
would shortly appear play on the boards Of the
Globe Theatre. The adapter of Ouida i really
forget his name-replied that he had always in
tended SO soon as his play should be ready Tor pro
duclion, to ask Ouda's" leave to produce IT, Not,
however. one infers with any view of suppressing
the piece III tue lauy ODccJeu, Dut pulSuduVo VI
what seemed to him the dictates OF politeness
This if the weather had been hot enough, would
have been enjoyable. "Ouida " does not enjoy it at
ALL she appears again in print with the remark
that an entreaty for permission is merely an i'm
pertinent farce unless the petitioner be prepared to
abide by refusal if he receive one, In spite OF
some supeIuOus energy of expression, this seems a
sound opinion. ~Ouida" adds:
The appetite for other peoples ideas and creations
is much the same thing as what Lord Salisbury
called silver plate hunger" and the former is not
the more but the less respectable because IL SINKS
in safety behind the laws indifference.
observations which have possibly a wider APP
plication than was intended by the author-wide
enough to reach across the Atlantic. Mr.. Herman
Merivale also rushed into the fray, and it is
ouestion whether he has not enriched the English
tongue with new word. He describesa playwright
who appropriates the work of n novelist as having
Pinerized" it, Altogether, the fact is impressed
rather more strongly than before on the British
public that u novelist has rights which dra
matte adapter is bound TO respect Anybody may
dramatic anybody's else novel unless the novelist
take pains to anticipate him by himself dramatic
ing his own story.
Mr. Muybridge. of Palo Alto has become all at
once London celebrity. HIS lecture on the move
ments OF animals and the accompanying exhibition
of instant aneOus photographs of the movements,
was delivered on Monday afternoon at the Royal
Institution, and repeated on Tuesday evening at
the Royal Academy of Arts. The audience in each
case was limited in number, there being no admis-
sion by payment. but the sensation produced has
extended rapidly over London. Mr. MuybIidee
dealt with the Horse, and the Horse is muck
p,ore trulv typical British beast than the Lion or
I ronard lor even the Eephantl, anything new
obour him is sure of instant and serious attention.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and two or three OF
their children went to hear the lecture at the Royal
Institution-the Duke OF Edinburgh also. and many
other notable persons. They ore and all took the
liyrliest interest in these extraordinary photo
graphs and in the explanations of theory and pro-
ce,ses Mr. Muybrdge soon IA he had recovered
from the embarrassment Of so much. royalty was
most lucid and informing, though too rapid. lie
shonld avoid transferring to his eXpoStlonS the
swiftness of method which has proved so useful in
his photography.
Nj. Muybrdge is not only an or gInal but dar-
ING man. lie has smitten one of tile gods of British
idoatry. Not the least instructive part of his lee
ture was his contrast between the positions OF
animals as shown in ancient modern art with
theiI true positions as shown by themselves in
presence of the camera. The audience listened
calmly enough while Egyptian Assyrlan, Roman
and Renaissance artists were put out of court
When Rosa Bonheur's turn came there was a slight
thrill Mile. Rosa has long been popular IN Eng
land But Mr.. Muybrdge next showed us photo
graph from an English picture of a race-horse at
full speed, with his four legs extended to the Mt.
most limit and his feet of the ground. He pointed
ont that the position was impossible and that If
once the animal got into it he would infallibly
break his back in coming down. moment later
appeared photograph Of ten such horses; all, as
YOU see" observed Mr.. Muybridge, "cxactly like
the first horse and each other. If it lie impossible
for one horse to assume such an attitude, to find
ten horses doing it all at once would be nothing
short of a miracle This remark the audience APP
t1o1 ,,no, Yl ich tha lacturpr ad1ed with dplu-