The sun., 1889-12-08
At 4 COPYHIGn7 BREAKFAST.
Bishop Potter Prrsides. and Count dc ker-
airy Makes an Address.

Bishop Potter presided at breakfast
given at De!monico's yesterday by authors,
artists. and pu blshers to Count de Keratry,
french champion OF international copyright.
The guest wore evening dress. as is the Gus
tom IN France Oh formal occasions even in the
daytime. His breast was covered with the
cross of a commander of the Legion OF Honor
and the insignia OF other orders. The other
persons at the chief table were Dr. Patton.
President OF Princeton, O. ,. DAILY; bronson
HHoward: 4 Prots. Marsh Gnd Lounf.9ury: .n G%eorSe %
PHrke Goodwin. f. II. S.oidard f.. l.. God&ln.
Fred Z; Coudort DR.. tGglestou. ana W. M.
TIC banquet room was draped with flags,
and the tables were adorned with flowers.
place Of daylight. whic6 was shut out. About
twenty Indies looked on from the gallery.
Letters were read from james Russell Lowell.
Grover Cleveland, Gen. Sherman College Pres
idents Eliot. Dwight. and Low, and Chauncsy
NJ. Depew. Mr. Ldison sent telegram. Mr..
Cleveland wrote:
hope that need not assure you how much regret
my INABILITY to be with you and other fiends aud a
seems to me very strange that movement having SO
Seh to to 3 Y Saa aS Of Of s% SRG
to RSfnses And ss
ana know YOU and NE others snsaKed 1 he cause use
friends Of this reform win SEQ their hope: reAIiIed
success was achieved by force of fairness justice and
Bishop Potter. in the course of all address
which was at once humorous and dignitied.
told Of Thackeray's disgust when travelling
Ing piraled edition OF his works containing
some misshapen Grats which he hoped had
been buried SO deeply that they couldn't dis
once when at the commencement OF a Mestern
university he had referred to the superiority OF
articles for house decoration. an Arkansas
Congressman. shaking his long Coates at HIM
and and allqdnG 10 him o as the ieye9nd ;hit geHit'n
from the effete civilization of Europe" In con-
clusion. Bishop, Potter spo Ks OF IL ance As hay
ing done more for protection OF the rights
OF authors than any other nation in the world.
he introduced the guest OF the occasion;
Count de Keratry read u written address in
French. In which he paid the following conlplt-
ments to American writer's:
preosts some OF our poes and novsiisu We DO not
The lets apPrseiats the od.tlme poetic rGmAnoes Of
the Dlonoer have charmed the IoyhOod q France tor
conquest OF Mexico anI Peru painted III vivid eolors
S ~ Of 81 S. H Stsa
pure ana dseoSs dys OF Iongsa% the
s+T sna 'nGSGs S.S SS Es q s' the
!his century IND among tue hvnS t6s syn wmpa!hsnc
% The u Intsrnacna a Literary % and Sr,isto socs.S
fhS asa O cur m m The %nS @
OF every country WITH on cns grra ,eNesptI2nnyour
own Like Ike Jour nHtrSaH LenEne 1s oata
of Its foundation to lN -. II has he twelve Int.rnG-
tQnAl Congresses and has rallied under the banner OF
Justice authors all the Governments OF Europe. IL
has held Us meenngsn London. Lisbon, Nisnla tome.
Berne. Amsterdam, RrugselS Antwerp Madrid Venice,
ana 1stly Paris DO you not also feel tho desire Al
the beginning OF the international Exposition
tract and amaze ali Enrope-do you not feel the
desire 10 invite tho representatives. Of and
letters TO new and peaceful International congress
tins classic land OF liberty What beautiful pref
could there be the golden boOE whef you in.
scribe your latest and Industrial
DO not indeed hOieYo that authors and bisherB
building up for posterity monuments as durable
those artisans and enRrRYers Tho shades Of Dante
and shAk sprars or CervAntes of Corneille and Of
Victor Hugo await from you tho homage due them and
for which thOy have oiled and gueredthe proclEmA.
tion OF the dignity and independence OF the author
close in better terms than BY quoting tho last
WordG full OF promise pronounced at the Literary In.
tornAtOnAl Conference OF Berne. in 1885, by Mr. Win.
chester Minister or and speaking for tho United stAes
Tho man whoGe brain creates - entitled TO a Just
and complete remuneration"