tionality. Hawthorne, the novelist, is quite as well known in England as he is in his own country. But I do not Moncler Jakke know that to either of these three is awarded any favor or is denied any justice because he is an American. Washington Irving published many of his works in this country, receiving very large sums for them from Mr. Murray, and I fancy that in dealing with his publisher he found neither advantage nor disadvantage in his nationality; that is, of course, advantage or disadvantage as respected the light in which his works would be regarded. It must be admitted that there is no jealousy in the States against English authors. I think that there is a feeling in their favor, but no one can at any rate allege that there is a feeling against them: I think I may also assert Parajumpers Daniela Väst on the part England Drakt Barn of my own country that there is no jealousy here against American authors. As regards the tastes of the people, the works of each country flow freely through the other. That is as it should be. But when we come to the mode of supply, things are not exactly as they should be; and I do not believe Parajumpers Masterpiece Portland Jakke that any one will contradict me when UNAM Drakt I say that the fault is with the Americans.
I presume that all my readers know the meaning of the word copyright. A man’s copyright is right in his copy; is that amount of legal possession in the production of his brains which has been secured to him by the law of his own country and of others. Unless an author were secured by such law, his writings would be of but little pecuniary value to him, as the right of printing and selling them would be open to all the world. In England and in America, and as I conceive in all countries possessing a literature, there is such a law, securing to authors and to their heirs, for a term of years, the exclusive right over their Players Pelipaidat own productions. That this should be so in England, as regards English authors, appears to be so much a Parajumpers Dam Alaska matter of course that the copyright of an author seems to be as naturally his own as a gentleman’s deposit at his bank, or his little |
