New-York tribune., 1886-06-10
NEW PUBLICATIONS

WI p s"wxtR Wmha Bihlorraphy OF Literary c" L.op ~
~" nv II,oEyAID soLBsRG. 40 pl. oo o' "
lie Publishers Weekly 49,.
- hos undertaken TO present in this
.-h;ic.tic, = summary Of the established pFih-
,os and history Of copyright especially IN noons'
a o,ettv full account of the present state Oh '"o
i.rr ho.h IN this country and abroad. Ills CONF
pendmm will be useful. and 1t embraces N"i'ou'
matters which have particular p
tinenco 10 discussions now gong VIZ
although 1t docs not aim at the .n'iou. .a
ness and precision of law treatise. Inc M
auctory chsnter on - The Nature ana oii2ii VI VI"
Convrichtr offers some exec prihc'p'o' '''
oerhavs really covers all the ground necessary io
Che foundation of a popular essay ou' IA w w.,
certain misconceptions winch seem 10 nave i','
.s .r,,soI,.os :, = great many American minds,
s. III tba, this mart of the subject had oeen
,o..d mara thoroughiy ard with an ampcr reier-
-. .o adn,ttel authorities. If we are to reform
,,r co,vricht abnses effectively we must uiuVl-
s,.ud what are anauh RS inherent rghtsto MS pro-
dnctions and whence they are derived an he cia'i
property IN his book in virtue OF natural Iusce' Vi
only because the state has gwen HIM. Tor reasons
of its own. a limited control over It'll Is the eA-
c,usiy, privileCe of reproduction "a secnred py 'he
statutes. a recognition by the Legislature OF an
authors natural rights, or ia 1t mere neneVolenco
granted .or the sake of expediencyf is IL Uuc' as
so,e nreiend that an author has an inherent rlcht
only 10 the material substance the paper ana mk'
of his uuoublished book, aud that anybody has
moral right TO copy it, sell the copies. and appro-
prate ALI the profit os lti These questions nave 10
he answered before we can make up our minds
unon what lines copyright reform ought to pro-
co.l I'm no,nt of fact they have been answered
n,a,v times: but the answers need TO be pressed
home to dlspntants who 60 on patting forth 'x-
DO ed notions and shelterng themselves pe"'n"
riddled arguments.
ENGLISH HYMNS. THEIR AUTHORS AND HIS
TORY. By SAMUEL wiLLoUGhBY DvfFIBLD eVo
pp vii, 67j. Funk x Wagnails
, The Rev. Mr Dutiieids work is a learned and an
almost exhaustive study which leaves niue lor
nuy su ubseauent aborer to do in the same heid. III
gives the history Of about 1900 of the hymns IN
cu,tent use IN the English and American churches,
designating them by their first lines twlthout
nrintinc the text and presenting under each OF
those captions the name of the author, all account
of the origin of the composition whenever
II Is possible to give one, and IN many
cases bioera phcal sketches, critical estimates IN
cidcnts anecdotes and corrections OF unfalthiul
versions Some of these notices are very brief ;
Others are long elaborate, and show extensive re-
search not only among the standard authorizes on
bvmuologv but in other quarters which have be III
little explored. En- husias'ic in his love for the
suhicct and untlriug IN his industry. Mr.. Duiteid
has produced book cf singular interest rs well as
of high scholarship which is sure to be appreciated
in the clerical profession chronological table
and three excellent indexes add largely TO its value