New-York tribune., 1888-08-26
LITERARY NOTES.

The maxnhccnt Senate chamber Of the Doses
Palace in Venice Is to bc the meeting place this year
of tho International Literary Congress- spot whcn
ought to inspire all the poets in the ssscmbage' Inc
time Is to be September 1922. The syndio OF
Venice will give various entertainments in honor OF
the congress. The American Copyright Bill IS ono Oh
tho subjects named for discussion
In explanation Of the utility Of the Incorporates
Society Of Authors, Walter Bcsant states these fac
concerning the publishing trade in England ana us re-
lanons to authors:
al. The trade is now enormous, representing as
II does many millions sterling every year.
40 II is entirely dependent on the men and women
who produce the material sod.
a. These men and women number many 'nou.
sands who live By the production OF literature, good
or bad.
a. The copyright law IS chaotic
az The methods Of publishing are numerous ana
pcdom Ineligible to persons inexperienced In busi-
ness large proportion OF authors have no business
experience whatever
al submit that these facts in themselves suf-
6cient warrant for He existence Of Society OF Au-
thors.'
Tho statement that no book has been burnt publicly
for over hundred years Is contradicted Dy coh-
trlbutor to The London STAR who says: Not per-
hans BIZ legal authority but plenty Of books have bce
burnt in popular fcrvor of ono kind or another ii an
not mistaken Mr. FrouLe's Nemesis of Faitn was
so burnt by High Chuch students at oxford III io4o'
A translation from the Russian by Professor Apoc'
NJ the Signal OGcc of Monkofs work on Tho Gil
mates of the Earth" Will soon be brought out hcre'
,s valuable textbook on clmatoosy, and was pup
lished at st. Petersburg In 1854.
Tho seventh volume of Mr.. Lcoky's History OF
England. will appear during tho autumn IL dea's
exclusively with Irish questions at the Close Vi '"'
last century.
There IS a possibility that a strong copyrlgh' la"
and consequent change in the ine'hods OF puOi"'"e
current fiction Will have notable ehect on 'nc sciiai
features of magazines. Authors may prefer 10 pu1.
,sh their books I'm complete form whom the uh'ali
competition Of unpaidfor English oookS IS suppio0'0
And editors may find 1t more profitable 10 ha'o aN
their fiction complete in one number.
Charles Rcadc's Sketches Of "Blblc Characters
eomc 10 not all of which have been published ID nae
zines or papers-are 10 be brought out IN COOK
form.
T.. T. T. Wlngatc dramatic critic OF The BOSTON
1ournals has written a novelette, entitled Can euch
r,,rg nc ~ and the next number Of Bclfords MaSa
yIre- will prescnt It in full The best thih2 ia .io
last number is short story called The hhzua "iiu
c,ts II is not brilliant. but has an honest napirai
flavor.
carIvle's present popularity in England is esti'a'eu
,v tho fact that Chapman q Hall have IN Inc IaS'
civ months sold l5s COO volumes Of their cheap sh'liig
edition OF his works.
From CARLYLE to sylvanus Cobb ir., Is long step
h,, tbo publishcrs' statements Imply 'hat ohe l.
s nonlar in America as tho other in England CooD
,oos, sucressh,I story The Gunmaher OF MOSCOW
,s about TO be published by Casscll in book for-'he
first time It has appeared in that gulse.