New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-26


Ouaterlu This new trespasser on the vested rights
of the native Brton is Mr.. Edward King, and his
offence IA entitled " The Gentle Savage" As In the
other cases an English publsherthe firm OF Messrs.
| Kegan Paul Trench 81 Co., IL found 80 false TO MS
country as to present to the English public thlS
American intruder And an English reviewer mas
been found who speaks well of a writer whom the
very title of his book might have suggested to MIN
| to t0mahawk Mr.. King is described in The AcddemB
| of to-day as working out original motive win
great vgOr and carful finish. and the whole DOCK IS
| said 10 he permeated by delightful combination VI
the romantic and realistic elements. The journal
quoting goes so far as TO concede tna', WIN
rare exceptions, the authors English is easy fluent
and pure adding that he has marvellous FACULTY
for describing the beauties of Nature IN PLAIN ian.
guage and for Analysing the play OF
! the human emotions. Still regardless OF the
wrath to come next quarter this critic observes OF
! Mr. Edward King that while he has restricted tue
number of his characters, no has endowed 'noH
with wonderful expression and that in small COM
pass. Too much praise, he presumes TO say cannot
be gwen to the dialogue it is never strained ana
| serves to maintain perfect illusion. falhlul as
this must be to the austere patriot OF me quarterly
| Mr. jennings lust indignation will perhaps become
! more bitter when he learns that MI. Edward King
adds to the crime of American nationality the in
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! peope of Boston know him well; in New-York
als1 he has contributed to the press foreign cor
| respondent and otherwise. | have had some ac-
! quaintance with Mr.. King for many years, during
which he has mostly resided in Paris when
he was not seeing service in remoter and
more war.lke fields He has always passed
for an eslmabe, industrious, capable and
mofensve person. popular with his friends
and respected by all who knew him. But now that
he has far forgotten what is due to British sus-
capabilities TO publish 4 successful American
novel in England, there is nothing for 1t but to
hand him over to the mercies of the terrible judge
whose wrath he has thus wsntonly provoked To
deny his guilt ia impossible, nor IS it clear that
previous good character will avail TO mitigate the
severity OF the doom 10 be pronounced on him.
A ScOtchman not unconnccted with the publish
ing business is authority for the statement that
the edition Of the current volumes of tho Ency-
clopmda Britannica is not less than 10000 copies
for the home market TO which is to be added $1,000
more that 90 to the United States and the Colonies.
The publ iFhcrs profits. he adds. the whole issue
will amount not less than quarter of million
sterling say ~ 100000. The figures are 50 cnor-
| nous that must leave M SeJ,chmap 10 take tho
rc ,pons biItv of his own statement II il be cor
rect, the number Of volumes dispersed througho
The world of this work VIII exceed two MILL 1ns
Tie selling price, in round numbers o. each volume
hero D. So so that We have the all bat incredible
total Of SlOOOOO0O rs the sum the world
! is willing to pay FOR what II can get out
| Of single encyclopedia. Perhaps some Of
| your readers can say what las become Of the rr-
| print executed by tto-, cuicrpising American
publishers who undertook to pirate tie book. and
who carried their enterprise the point of paying
one ol Mcssrs Blacks printers 10 supply them with
| advance sheets. They welo reduced, hear 90 tho
alternative Of emitting the articles copyrighted n
the United States or OF susGcnding th,f enterprise
altogether Ii. ~ is believed here. they chose tho
| latter what is tie degree OF sympathy due 20 the
buyers of the early volumes Of the never o-bcco
picted editoni
Last week appeared paragraph to the effect that
some unnamed author had written an account of
the quarrel Of the British author with the British
publisher which none Of the latter would bring
out This, IN its way was touching. though It did
seem to imply that tie publisher was well aware
| how much statement OF the facts would damage
| him with the public. But these are DAYS when 10
illusion lasts more than week. am sorry 10
| have 70 inform YOU writes w l.. 20 TIE AhHgRH,
" that very short time ago publisher came aud
made me an offer for such book as you describe
an offer was obliged TO decline"
Mr. George Bentley, who is publisher returns in
! The same journal to the question Of the authors
right 10 all received from abroad for his book.
| The question says Mr.. Bentley, resolves iscf
| into this An author has beck 10 cell, and
| wants say $3.50 forit with reserve OF Tauchnitz
| rights, or $500 without such reserve No, Mr..
Bentley, that 10 not the question. Your illustration
suppOscs the author acquainted with his rights and
| with hat peculiar custom of the publishing trade
according to which. If nothing is said on either side
about foreign payments, the English publisher
| ri. fr. IN
! Guilty arises when the author is inexperienced, or
! when "a, in the case 81 the contract between Mr.
| Clark Russell and Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston
& Goa the author supposcs himself TO be selling
thing and the publisher understands that he is buy
ing that and something else beside.
Mr. Marston describes my letter to you december
| %. Is bubbling over with hbeous abuse OF his
| humble self Th, painful suggestion obliged
| 10 read wha. had written On the best consldora-
ton I can give ny own letter 1t seems TO me tenn
perate and scrupulously polite. But if Mr. Marston
will IN his finger an abus, word, ! am ready
to Withdraw it aud to express The regret tina. would
in such case be due from me. If not 10 hin.
Mr. Marston is angry, naturally enough. His is
the anger Of q man WHO has no answer To damag-
ing exposure. In default OF answer it seems TO
him polite 10 divert public attention from the
singular conduct of his finn by imputiug
low motives TO those who have stated
the facts and by alleging that Mr.. Clark Russell Is
still SO much his friend that ho abs,ains from accus-
Ing Mr.. Marston of putting money into his pocket
that ought to have gone into Mr.. Clark Russelrz
These are perhaps Interesting statements but they
DO not touch the matter in controversy, which il is
| impossible to get Mr.. Marston, much as ho has
written, to deal with. Let give him one moro
chance.
The facts, abridged from The Ahene,H, are these
Messrs. Harper paid Messrs, Sampson Low, Marston
| q Co. a large of money or advance sheets OF
Mr. Clark Russells novels. Mr. Russell, on his own
showing WAS unaware that he had sold to his Eng