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Ne Day.a's Publishers.
/. is understood that AF Davis has
since taken aclion. euu-eintly with ID
Appleton q Co. ~ whiea he hopes tLai
bis claims will he slloa Ell. sut after q
lapse af nearly decade ~ heretofore uss
less corresv onoence and controversy he
viii az least Ice accorded TIE simple jas
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pleaded all along. as relates % the finan
clsl relations between himself as author
and ID Appleton 4 Co. or New York. n
publishers
Mr. William ". Appleton. Of the aFm
of ID. Appleton. 8 Co when seen 10
regard 70 the controversy existing between
his firm and Mr. Jefferson Davis, OF
Beauvoir, Miss. suggested that the mat
ter was purely personal business trans
action aud il was hardly desirable that
IL should receive publicity. Mr. Apple
ton said, ia substance:
There have been certain differences
between Mr. Davis and ourselves. relating
10 his hook, concerning which there has
been somewhat extended correspondence,
which has been conducted throughout
with mutual good feeling. There WAS
AT one time q misunderstanding, which
we supposed had been settled 10 Mr..
Davis's satisfaction, which has since
been reopeued and Is stillunder cousidera-
ton. According q the terms OF the con-
tYact any such differences. Oh which a
mutual and satisfactory agreement could
not be reached. should be submitted 10
friendly arbitration. The whole matter
has been so submitted and is now Ia the
hands OF arbitTatoTs. All we have done
in this latest phase OF the case was 10
furnish the contract, copies OF correspon-
dence and other matter requested"
"Will the opinion OF the arbitrators be
accepted ~ final by both parties?
Il should presume So"
when will tho referees reach a decis-
ions"
THAT is matter concerning which
am not informed"
When asked ON that point, Mr.. Apple
said that the expense account OF Major
Walthall and An interest account for money
advanced in preparation of Mr.. Davis's
book, were included in the matter under
Amusement.
As 10 the amount Of royalty paid to Mr..
Davis. Mr. Appleton definately stated that
the ROYALTY stipulated in the contract had
set sold in the more expensive bindings rs
well as those in cloth. For example, the
same royalty had been for sets in sheep.
half morocco and full morocco as for sets
In cloth. THE additional expenses in the
blndery account for the fact that the
same royalty has been paid for all sets
alike" said Mr.. Appleton. ut Is Gus
tomary in our contracts for books bound
in cloth 10 pay the same royalty books In
more expensive binding.
The fact IS" continued Mr.. Appleton.
"Afr Davis has not received so large re-
turns AS he expected and ne i disap-
pointed When his book was issued the
South was too poor 10 buy literally, and
there was some feeling in the North which
initiated against its sale. The papers.
too, made copious extracts, and this, In
stead Of helping the sale. was really an
injury"
HAS the work had large sslei"
81 should say-well, yes, 1t has had good
sale-a fair sale"
And does it not az q standard work,
have a steady sale9"
Yes, it has steady sale Every year
we make returns TO Mr.. Davis"
In conclusion. Mr.. Appleton said
he had no reason to believe that the
questions in dispute between Mr.. Davis
and d. Appleton & Co would re-
oure recourse 10 the courts or that
either party desired that il should do so.
There is a considerable sum OF money in
questiou-it might be called large sum,
out we believe that the matter VIII bs
satisfactorily settled"
DAVID WEcHsLER.