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+ CkestsFaeld's letters aors thaa snes.
The latest addition TO the sensational
literature OF the times Ia regard 80
international eopyrig ght is the quarrel
now Ia progress between Miss A. \.
BEaddon, the Eaglish novelist, and Mr.
I William C.uiawsll Of the New York
Mercury" The controversy began
early in September through shs publi-
cation in the London "Athsnsam" by
Miss Braddon OF letter of protest, In
which shs claimed that Mr.. Cauldwell
had printed the opening chapters of =
novel, entitled Tiger head, or the
Ghost OF an Avalanche" Ia August.
1880, under her signature. Miss Brad
don goes on TO say that she has seen
ffty novels of her writing reprinted in
America without the sligh peouniary
advantage TO her, and that she feels
constrained TO protest agains, frittsr-
Tag away her name az . writer by Civ
ing 10 10 stories she Is known not to
have written. In closing her letter
Miss Braddon says: The dishonesty of
this method of fsbricating literature
Is so glarins an example of the evil
caused by the want of international
copyright, that feel myself justified
in making this appeal to the English
aud American press"
To this charge Mr.. Cauldwell, who, by
the way, is the oldest editor IN continu-
ous service in New Y ork city, replies that
ne has vouchers TO show that during
the years from 1864 10 1885 inclusive,
he paid to Mr. Maxwell, Miss Braddon's
husband, g., 1875 for the privilege of
printing her novels during that time.
he having printed from 1868 to 1889
fifteen of her authorized works.
Moreover, he says, that in the absence
of en- international copyright law he
could have appropriated her stories
without payment, bat in every in
stance where advance sheets could be
procured Mr.. Cauldwell paid from $3.50
10 1900 for the exclusive use of pu n
fishing them when they appeared in
England With regard to the specific
charge made by Miss Brsddon. Mr..
Caldwell says that the novelette, re-
ferred to was purchased several years
ago from Mr.. Henry l. Williams, then
In the employ OF Miss Braddon's hus-
band Furthermore, Mr.. Csuldwell
says that be had reason to believe that
Mr. Williams had the perniss of
the novelist to use the material which
had been previously used Oy her in
play, because OF the internal evidence
of her style exhibited in the story, as
well as from the fact that he had fol-
lowed closely the language of the play.
Mr.. Csuldwell also claims that Miss
Braddon's style is deteriorsting He
has a suspicion, judging from this
conclusion, that she is only the alleged
authoress of the late romances for
warded from her literary headquarters
bureau in her name. He says that 1t
was only in January of the present
year that be bought from one of her
publishers, Sir w. @. Leng, the right
for the State of New York the
advance sheets of the latest production
"By Whose Hand" and paid $3.50 for
the same. He adds that, on receipt of
the copy and submitting 1t to his
reader, IL was pronounced too "dry,
dull aud dresry, and devoid of the in
t~rest necessary for serial publication, I"
and Was, therefore, laid aside ss a dead
loss Mr.. Caldwell added in the inter-
view with the writer, that perhaps
this refusal to publish after paying for
one OF her novels may, in some meas
ure, account for Miss Brsdd on's recent
ill-nstured and inaccurate card" Fur
thsr installmsnts in this interesting
controversy are avery day looked for
by those interested in international
o0Pyright. FCsTEs CoATEs.