Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-07
A QUESTION OF FACT.

of Congress to enact an international copy
right law, says:
As to Story's literature it does not appear that
any man would be open to the impugnment of
his own intelligence should he undertake to
steal anything that Story wrote.
We should be just to our own authors
and artists. Americans are prone to be-
little American authorship and run after"
English, German and French writings,
but it is disposition not to be encouraged.
Mr.. William w. Story, the distinguished
author and artist, and educated a lawyer,
is no less person than the author of "a
Treatise on the Law of Contracts not
Under Seal and of "The Law of Sales of
Personal Property"
As poet, he was chosen by his class at
Harvard as far back as 1874 and his maiden
volume of poems, issued in 1S47, still
has sale. Both Oxford and the Uni
yersity of Bologna have conferred degrees
upon him, in recognition of his ability.
The United States made him Commissioner
Of Fine Arts at the Worlds Fair of 1879.
and both France and Italy conferred deco
rations of honor upon him He is the
author of THE Life of Joseph Story" of
well-known patriotic and approved work
entitled ''The American Question" writ
ten and published in the troublous times
| of 1862, of several works of travel and on
art, and some notable poetic dramas
As sculptor, he created those notable
works, the statue of Joseph Story, his
father, the great jurist; of George Pea
body and of Edward Everett. Among his
art works that are famous are the cele-
brated Judith ''Sappho," Cleopatra .
and "Semiramis," the two latter being in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
His bronze statue of Peabody, erected in
London, was so admired that Robert Gar
rett had it duplicated for the city of Balti-
more
Such product of America is certainly
entitled to respectful recognition, even if
ones taste does not awaken admiration for
its writings.
Our contemporary adds to its criticism
| 1t is strange that nine tenths of the advocates
| OF q copyright law never fathered anything
worth copyrighting.
! Since this is gross error, it should not
be permitted to go uncontradicted The
petition for the copyright is signed by
every distinguished, or even average, liv-
ing author in America. with not half
| dozen exceptions. OF the 800 or more
noted men and women writers of whom
America is proud, and whose works make
| up American current literature, over 300
| signed the petition. Among them are
such lights as James Russell Lowell, Lo-
rettus Metcalf, Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jno. Greenleaf Whittier, Geo. VIM. Cur
It's, w. D. Howells, Edward Everett Hale
Murat Halstead, W. g. Sumner, Chas
Dudley Warner. Andrew Lang, Judge
Tourgee, Francis A. Walker, Sarah Orne
Jewett, Alfred J. Church, Frank K Stock
ton, Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain
Bret Harte, Rossiter Johnson, Mrs Bur-
nett, Margaret Deland, Joel Chandler
Harris, Geo. P. Lathrop, Geo. W. Cable
Martha j. Lamb, H. H. Boyesen, Geo. P
Fisher, Constance Fenimore Woolson, Geo
w. Childs, John Hay, Admiral Porter
General Lew Wallace, Ernest Ingersoll
Colonel Robert G.. Ingersoll, Professor
| Quackenbos, Professor w. j. Youmans
Chas. Ledyard Norton, Lloyd Bryce, Jno
D. Champlin and SO on through list Of
writers in whom we ought to take pride.
OF well-known and leading journals ad.
| vocating the same cause are the Boston
Adeertiser, Star, Journal, Post, Transcript
Traveller, Herald, Beacon and Pilot and
Youths Companion.
New York Journal, Independent, Times
Tribune, Commercial Aduertissr, Epoch, Har.
per's journals, Cosmopolitan, Century, NORTH
american, Forum, Economist, Leslie's, Ma.
ton, Judge, Post Telegram, Herald, Star
| World.
Brooklyn Eagle. Standard. Union, Citizen
Albany Times, Journal. Rochester Union
Post-Erpess. Philadelphia Record. Ledger
Press, Inquirer, North american, Telegraph
Standard, htelligencer, Telephone, Amer.
lean.
Chicago Ne,rs, Journal Standard, Times
Nal, Advocate, Indicator, Citizen, Journalist
Tribune, Inter Ocean. Pittsburg Post, Ap.
peal, Telegraph, Dispatch, Gazette. Wash.
ington Critic, Star, National Vieu, Publ,
Opinion, Kate Fields.
Richmond Times, State. st. Louis Globe
Democrat, Republican, Critic, Republic
Louisville Courier Journal Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, Post, Messenger. New
Orleans Times Democrat, Item, Star, AdUo
cate, Messenger.
Memphis Avalanche. Charleston Neus
| Courier, World. Atlanta Constitution, Jour
nal, Chronicle Cleveland Leader. Toledo
Blade. Portland, Me-, Transcript, Press
Express, Times New Haven Nelcs, Regis
ter. Syracuse Herald, Standard. Utics
Press. Wilmington Star, Erening Journal
So we might continue the list, embra
cling three hundred and fifty journals O
especial prominence in the several States
in addition to which should be named ev
cry American magazine without excep
ton.
1t is one Of the easiest things imagin
able to make broad and high sounding
statement apparently statistical, but it i.
more difficult to marshal facts and make
record of data upon which serious allega
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