New-York tribune., 1906-11-23

covers
And fixed the brazen basp;
Al 9ad Sa Gasp FoS!f @(tk SO elSsp SGSs my mind
The corporation records Of the school show
that the usher engaged February Ii.
1853 and IN the following year he was arrested.
A new book about Henrik Ibsen is on the
stocks. Its author is Herr Paulsen, q compatrtot
. OF the dramatist. He describes Ibsen's expert
ences as theatrical manager and has some in
1 teresting notes his life in Italy.
4 correspondent OF The Author recalls g.
curious instance of Ibsen's selhshness his utter
lack OF feeling for the guild 10 which he be-
ionged- He once complained bitterly OF the loss
occasioned to himself and Bt0rnson by the IN
adequate laws Of Norway for the protection Of
dramatic copyright or acting rights. But in
stead Of proposing the establishment Of equitable
agreements with other countries for interna
tional copyright he cooy wrote:
That Ia Nor N0Fway should yoluntarily take steps to
Dd!ag ebout genera international Copyrlght con
come q party 70 the convention already existing
cannot even wish tRat such gtep should be tSEen
with Us greatly increase the cost OF every foreign
strable 70 make accessible 20 our public by means
o. lransIaLloil, Ana tnts would De equivalent to
nghtennent which now dow gratis into Norway.
And then he proposed that the loss from
which he and BJ6rnson suffered should be made
good TO them by the grant OF increased pen
sions from the storthing. That body did not
see its way 10 acQuiescing IN this odd proposal.
Peder Nanseu, the Danish novelist, is 70 be
introduced shortly 10 the English reading world.
translation Of his book, "a Loves Trilogy: in
Three Stories" has Just been prepared.
An English reviewer asks what IS the place
of R. L Stevenson in literature. and tells the
story which follows, It was told to him, he says,
by W. z, Henley. one day many years ago. long
before that division between Henley and Ste
venson which became public property:
One, day said Henley. "ag we we're talk talking Of
times thought, Ernest, that I'm ra ther like Vol
[a5Ts TarS decent TeTs sores 100 not at all BAD
stories; and I'm fair essayist too; ana cTtti-
! n nor vo!taire No. Louis / said No. you're
Stevenson looked up SHARPLY Well al, all right,
a pause you know, Henley. sometimes think if
6b6sff ns9n o d reay BEEN Strong healthy man
without lungs to think about -. perhaps I
F taTe fays sighed s9hs too 0S Yes Louis said Perhaps
B9n mgh edgad And why Rs5tRa 5 6inS s d "a
only been hale and vel I could have hay t lifted ~ Up
2sy s 5sf sa f24'd5 faP as 566 Of t"s0a2 ns %sfs
c6acerned It might have been & our physical lImi-
tatton which made US what we were.
-aoayt Court of Appeal decision in England
,,ae sbovyn that under Copyright law the repre-
ean+a+iveg Of a deceased writer cannot prevent
,77nubIighed letters written by him from being
r,a6A Yuhlic by the recipient. This is the result
of the decision that Messrs. Dent had no. right
TO publish the Lamb letters, though the repre-
sen+at tives OF Lambs unadministered estate had
in 1905 assigned TO them all their rights The
London Saturday Review" says:
These letters had become the property of Mr.;
bought from them the right TO publish, and they
then in an edition OF Lambs letters, edited by
Canon Anger. Mr.. and Mrs Steeds. who had re-
sell Them again to Messrs. Dent for $3.50. dscos
g the s5 nm66n Pn6sd 10 9R 5R + oSF is now dscded @
that Messrs. Dent had no right 70 do this The let
pablshed in Lambs lifetime the copyright vas in
The owners OF the manuscript, whose TlgIIs smith,
Elder & Co. had acquired
Apropos Of this action, the Review adds:
Laws Of Copyright are quite defective; and in the
should be made Early and worthless, OF at any
rate misleading editions 81 @9oK; d running mn out m
unsuspecting public as II they WeIe me Te4i IA5g
redqer q4i!le S5'gSt - 5I ~ winch has not exDired
and they are bought and read without any knowl-
a5gA ~ the fact that they have long been super
gaEed This IS hard ,he holder OF the copyright
and complete editions II would he good thing
~ The law compelled every one who reprinted ed-
+ions OF this kind admit their supersesstOn in
prominent note in he preliminary matter or
13c-vybich Is composed mainly of babes and suck
Iings-would know what 1t really buying.
n de la Pezuela Conde de Cheste, president
Of the Spanish Academy. died recently In
Madrid He was poet of talent and trans
lator Of Dante. He was, moreover. the son Of
the last Spanish Viceroy OF Peru
How did Dickens first get the information
about Yorkshire schools that resulted in his
rictrres Of Dotheboys Hall? correspondent
Of Notes and Queries" makes this record:
There died In Newcastle few years ago at
rpe old ace my friend Mr.. John Crosse Brooks
V,fo was native Of Chatham. but came North
U hon q Young man, and. Ike many more pros
It00,es scb0ols-not Dotheboys Hall however on
his ref1IrD 10 Chatham he used take walks witt
IJj,lxsus who lie said older lad than him
so In the course of their Tamblea Brooks told
Dickens Of his treatment at the school and how
rsUfl were gulIed Dickens used 10 slap his thigh
yyrrr anvthing told took his fancy particularly
,Ir1e Information impaired on these evening walks
'5s ir t4e ureface Nicholas NiCkleby" he said
lie wished he could meet the boy who first told
Llm of the schools. lie further adds that Ihe lad
had = sore nose, which lie mad got at the school