The Washington herald., 1909-04-28
DR.. aoupY,s RETREAT.
DR.. HannIs TayIOr's Parting shot as
His AssaiIant in London Times.

His AssaiIaHt in London Times.
Editor The Washington Herald:
Ny attention has been called 10 the
following from the Baltimore sun:
TRUCULENT BRITISH REVIEWER.
literary var involving al Orford prufsSSoy. Dr.
Gcsdy. and an American man q letters, Dr.
H2nuis Teylor. IS now being fought IN The cOlumns
q the London Tines. Dr. Taylor has s Tel-
Cs-zbiished reputation IN the United States As Al
author e distinction, who has served this country
creditably IN the diplomatic Srvirs. Dr. GOudy
rccon,ly ErDte a viirioiic review q Mr. Tayiors
latest work II the oouIse q which he charged
plagiarism from serersl eminent sources. DR. Tay-
loF published 4 reply in the Tines which seemed
20 dispose ef Prof G0ady's charges and Vas hailed
b. his friends as a complete rsfutztion q The
Orford urofesscr's allegations q plagiarism
IN the last letter Ct the series which ne Tines
Published yesterday. Pref. Goudy Is more savage
thzn CTtT ard TJsChfs q sensational climax vhsu
he invites Or. Taylor 90 bring hoel siii against
me- aEi I shall Be prerarsd tc meet Il his
plsciarislns do not count by thress. but By hun
drsds Tie OxsoSd profesScr SENS to - a trucu-
lent literary fellow spoins tST Gght- L is 70
Re hoPcd that Dr. Iaylo- vii accept his challenge
ard win vindiczte himself fuily from charges
which bis intimate friends consider ungarrzHied
and maiicicus
Al 2 LENSMA ISSUE VI AAAt A@DA4A-AA AAAAA~e
7 exposed the grave offense Of which DR..
/ Goudy has been guilty in his effort TO
defame me. As the printed evidence
shows. without a word OF testimony from
me. he mutilated Two Of my pages (2s5-
es6) and then published in the Times what
pUrported TO be a copy OF an extract from
them. false in three vital particulars His
charge was that had used certain mat
ter from Pollock and 8laitIand's History
Of English Law" without giving credit TO
that work. Al the foot Of the pages in
question there were double references
the arst. 3. See Maitland, Domesday
I Bcok s. the second, See Pollock and
Maitland History Of English Law, %
/ ed 1. S)-s7" d"
{ In order 10 carry out his design i was
( I5ecessary for him ID 10 remove from the
/ face OF my text the figure 3. and then 70
: suppress the first note quoted above. %
1 10 falsely state that the extract was On
/ page 2s5, when. in fact. II was or pages
- and IS: ~ 10 suppress the second
note az the foot OF page 25g Each one of
+ these acts was a necessary part Of a de-
f sign 10 deceive. which would have failed
+ II any one factor had been wanting It is
unnecessary for me to say to lawyers
]
upon the publication Of false copies OF a
+ printed record. constitutes a palpable
breach Of the penal law Of England. AS
I Dr.. Goudy now stands face 70 face with
/ that condition OF things. he cannot hope
+ 10 alleviate Il by retreat covered by an
Invitation 10 ne 20 journey 10 England
I in order 10 bring a civil SUIT against hini.
/ II the Crown cannot bring him 70 justice
/ certainly I cannot
I No friend Of mine should imagine for q
/ moment that ii is necessary for me 70
T t0ke any further notice OF an attack Sc
+ manifestly 'unwarTanted and malicious
+ GI OtesGUe il is indeed that I should be
+ called upon 70 defend. against the charges
OF a sterile pedant who never had a
thought OF his own a book which has
+ been spplauded for its originality and i'm
/ pOrtanCe by many of the greatest jurists
I OF the world No American law book
I ever received warmer Communications
/ than has been given 10 ny Science o.
( Jurisprudence" by the greatest 5urists OF
+ Germsny-Dr- Rudolph Sohm and DIT. von
+ l. Mites. OF the University of Leipzig
+ In the midst OF his clamor DR.. Goudy
+ was treated with contempt by the Insti-
1 tote OF France, which has honOTed my
/ book 'e7 Seance publique." with Ro-
! dolphe Darest DaTeste- one OF the Oldest
/ members Of the institute and one OF the
most famous jurists IN France, as the
/ spokesman Il should be interesting for
/ al American jurists and scholars who
dare 20 carry the torch a little farther
oft into the dark TO know that they can
ind. al least in Germany and France
+ not only justice. but genuine zpprecia.
l ton HANNTS TAYLOR